Cricket News in Brief – October 29, 2011 – Part 1
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 after winning the third and final fixture of the tournament by three wickets on Friday, October 28, 2011 at Kingsmead, Durban, South Africa.
The hosts South Africa gave Australia a target of 223 runs to win the game which was achieved by the tourists in 47.3 overs.
The Australian victory came due to some phenomenal performance by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MEK-Hussey-c1942 as the two batsmen were the highest scorers from their side with 49 and 45 runs to their names.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Watson-c96326 was named as the Man of the Match, while Hussey took the Man of the Series award for his overall impressive performance in the tournament.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 in the second Test by posting 403 runs on Friday October 28, 2011 at Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
From Pakistan, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adnan-Akmal-c42042 gave commendable performances by smashing 59 and 41 runs to help their side post a daunting first innings tally.
In response to Pakistan’s total, Sri Lanka managed to post 88 runs on the board for the loss of only one wicket.
At stumps, opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KC-Sangakkara-c1779 was batting on 29 runs as Sri Lanka trail by 76 runs with 9 wickets remaining.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KP-Pietersen-c1806 and his statements regarding the lack of natural leadership in KP in his autobiography 'The Breaks Are Off' has not changed anything between the two players.
"My relationship with KP has unchanged. It's fine. I am afraid people churned out stories that did not exist," Swann said.
The spinner insisted that he meant no harm to anyone and his act was certainly not a character assassination of KP.
"When I wrote the book it was certainly not a character assassination on anyone. It was certainly not more than myself. So I did not feel the need to alter the timing of its release,” stated Swann
Graeme Swann hopes to redeem lost glory by beating http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 in the only T20 of England’s tour to India after the English were humiliated by a 5-0 loss in front of India in the five-match one-day series that concluded recently.
Swann who will be captaining the T20 side in the absence of regular skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SCJ-Broad-c2465 on Saturday, October 29 hopes to see an exciting match against the hosts.
"I am looking forward to captain again. It's been a month or so when I was the captain of the side. It's been good fun. It's chance for us to salvage a bit of pride. It's chance for me to get my hands on the game as a leader," Swann said.
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