Cricket News in Brief – September 15, 2011 – Part 1
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045 in the third One Day International (ODI) at Harare Sports Club
to take the series 3-0 after beating the hosts by 28 runs.
Being put into bat first, the visitors posted 270 runs on the board in fifty overs and then successfully defended the score by restricting the hosts on 242 runs.
The 33-year-old http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Younis-Khan-c98325 was named as the Man of the Match for playing a jubilant knock of 81 runs to help his side post a tough total on the board.
Meanwhile, in the bowling department it was the newbie http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Yasir-Shah-c98252 who did the damage as Cheema grabbed four wickets while Shah took two wickets in ten overs.
Poonam Pandey intrigues team http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013, to motivate the Men in Blue to at least grab a win in their disastrous tour of England this summer.
Pandey, an avid follower of the Indian team is desperate to see the boys win their final game and has promised a surprise for the team if they defeat the English on September, 16 at Cardiff.
“Now the time for the 5th ODI.. Have lot more "SURPRISES" for the Boyz.. Hope atleast this time i get a Chance to Gift them :) if they Win…But for Now... All u Lovely Tweethearts This one is for u :) Love u all muawaaaaah!!!!” she tweeted.
Pandey has been posting provocative pictures of herself on her twitter account to motivate the Indian team; however, she has been unsuccessful in her efforts up till now.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028 is optimistic about the outcome of the fifth and final One Day International
scheduled to be played at Cardiff on 16, September.
India have had a disastrous tour of England this year, where they lost the four-match Test series by 4-0 followed by a defeat in the only Twenty20 match of the tour and then a 2-0 beating in the five-match one-day series.
With the one-day series already gone to the hosts, Dhoni still believes that his side can grab a win in the last match to take something positive from the tour.
“We have not won anything. It has been a long tour, we have one more game, we will give it our best,” he said.
Darren http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Stevens-c91368 from the English County side Kent is not impressed by the pink ball
as he revealed that the ball was not visible most of the time and does not see the trend of using the pink ball in the longer version of the game catching on.
The International Cricket Council (http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625) is experimenting with the possibility of holding day and night Test matches for which the pink ball is being used.
However, according to Stevens the use of pink ball is dangerous for the batsmen and fielders as they lost the ball a metre or two before them in a County Championship match between http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Glamorgan-c784.
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