Cricket News-in-Brief - September 16, 2011 – Part 3
Former Australian all-rounder http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Geoffrey-Robert-Marsh-c58893 will be an ideal coach for Sri Lanka.
The former player had coached the same team from 2005 to 2007.
Geoff was present in Sri Lanka for his son Shaun Marsh’s support in the second Test of the three-match series between Australia and Sri Lanka at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium and confirmed the reports of getting an offer of a coaching role.
According to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Moody-c77690, Geoff’s style of coaching will be liked by the Asian team, which is currently struggling in their home series against the Kangaroos.
West Indies’ skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DJG-Sammy-c1382 wants to start his side’s overseas campaign with a win against England
in the two Twenty20 games at the Oval on September 23 and 25, 2011 respectively.
The Caribbean Kings will be headed towards Subcontinent for a couple of complete series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 and India later this year.
Sammy believes that a couple of Twenty20 games against the Poms will give the selectors an idea of the players to choose for the upcoming tours.
Commenting on the matches against the English side, the Windies’ captain was expecting a tough challenge, as the opposition has been playing superbly in every format of the game.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-Dravid-c2229
for his contribution to Indian cricket. The latter announced his retirement from limited-over cricket and will feature in his final One Day International against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 at Cardiff on Friday, September 16, 2011.
Apart from Tendulkar, former Indian skipper Saurav Ganguly also praised the role of Dravid in his side’s success and stated that the nation should be ‘thankful to Rahul’ for his flexibility as a player.
Both Tendulkar and Ganguly highlighted the role of Dravid as a wicketkeeper during the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 World Cup 2003.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Usman-Khawaja-c2729 as unlucky to miss out in the final Test
of the three-match series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 in Colombo.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RT-Ponting-c2377.
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