Cricket News-in-Brief - September 15, 2011 – Part 3
England’s off-spinner http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750.
The Poms will be without a few of their regular players in the Twenty20 games against the Caribbean Kings. This will make it challenging for Swann, as he will have a relatively new team.
The wily spinner claimed that he was a highly spirited player and this will certainly not change once he takes the field as captain of his side. However, he understands that some decisions will require him to be more serious than he was as a player.
The highly anticipated series between India and Pakistan is likely to be held next year in March-April. Both nations last played each other in a bilateral series in 2007, but have only gone head to head in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 events since that series.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ijaz-Butt-c64128 had visited India recently in order to resume talks of a bilateral series between the arch rivals and stated that the fans would hear positive news very soon.
However, Butt later claimed that the Men in Blue will have to feature in a series hosted by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 before the latter tour India.
If a series gets finalised between the two Asian giants, it will comprise of three Tests, five ODIs and one Twenty20.
Pakistan’s umpire http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Aleem-Sarwar-Dar-c43094 has claimed that he mostly relies on natural ability rather than technology. He was recently awarded as the ICC Umpire of the Year in a ceremony held in London on Monday, September 12, 2011.
Dar, who has now won the award for the third consecutive time, stated that he was not against the use of technology, as it has made things much fairer.
Former http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-Flintoff-c44360 believes that the current English side will be under a lot of pressure to win, being at the top of the ICC Test team rankings.
According to Flintoff it is always easier to perform when there is no pressure of maintaining your position.
However, he stated that the current ranking of the Poms will add extra responsibility on their shoulders.
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