Cricket News in Brief – September 11, 2011 – Part 1
Pakistan’s former wicketkeeper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rashid-Latif-c84084 criticises the team management for
dropping middle-order batsman Asad Shafiq from the squad against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045 in the first one-day match that was played on Tuesday September 8, 2011 at Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo.
“This is pure injustice to drop http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Asad-Shafiq-c46208, who had been performing consistently for last one year,” said Latif.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shoaib-Malik-c90088 who was recently cleared by Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) integrity committee to be selected for the national team after he succeeded in satisfying the committee about his
overseas bank account.
Pakistan’s former wicketkeeper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 Cricket Board’s (PCB) behaviour towards senior players,
Moin who was part of the triumphant squad of the 1992 cricket World Cup insisted that the senior players are always an asset for any team in the world and the PCB should not scrap the veterans from the national squad in haste.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Abdul-Razzaq-c41623 in the team who has been discarded by the national selectors.
According to Moin, if http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Razzaq-c84421 stays fit he can play international cricket for another two to three years.
England’s one-day captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adrian-Paul-Grayson-c42130,
who is extremely delighted by Cook’s success in the shorter version of the sport after critics believed that the opening batsman was not suitable for the limited overs game.
"We have always believed that he can play white ball cricket. Good players find a way to score runs in any conditions and in any format. I think he has answered one or two of his critics," said Grayson
Cook led his team to their second win in the third One Day International (ODI) of the ongoing NatWest series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 on Friday, September 9, 2011 at the Oval, London.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 are leading the series by 2-0 after having beaten the tourists in the four-match Test series and then going on to win the only Twenty20 match of the tour.
Sri Lanka’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746
after the mystery spinner was not picked up for the opening Test at Galle on a favourable track.
Mendis who was named in the squad for the second Test, complained to a senior player of having a back pain on the morning of the first day of the second Test at Pallekele.
The player is now in Colombo to get a scan of his back after which the extent of his injury will be determined.
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