Cricket News in Brief – September 22, 2011 – Part 1
The West Indian coach http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ottis-Delroy-Gibson-c80358 has expressed confidence in the abilities of the young players selected in the national
team for the tour of England where they will be up against a very formidable host.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-Rampaul-c2233, since all these players are currently taking part in the ongoing Champions League Twenty20 in India.
"We have a lot of exciting youngsters that we can build around. We have Bishoo, who's just been named http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andre-Dwayne-Russell-c44235, who people will have seen in the World Cup,” said the coach.
Somerset beat Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in their Champions League Twenty20 match at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hyderabad-c792 on Wednesday, September 21, 2011, as the team from Kolkata fell 11 runs short from the required tally
of 167 runs.
Nonetheless, both teams have qualified for the next phase in the tournament as Somerset went ahead with two wins in two games while Kolkata after having won their first game against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Auckland-c766 Aces managed to slip through with a better run-rate even after
losing against Somerset.
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JH-Kallis-c1692 happy to have qualified
after losing to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Somerset-c843. Kallis who is leading the side in the Champions League Twenty20 acknowledged that the team played poorly in Wednesday’s game, where according to the all-rounder his side lacked in all departments.
“To be honest, we are happy to qualify. It was tight in the end. To be brutally honest, it was a poor performance. We fielded poorly, didn't bat well.” Kallis said.
According to him, KKR’s out of action skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750’s disastrous tour of England this summer.
Banned cricketer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Yasin-Yonus-Patel-c98237 rebuffs any affects on the trail after
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Amir-c76675 pleaded guilty in a London court last week.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Salman-Butt-c2418 will win the case in the British Court which is due to begin from October 4, 2011.
He refrained from disclosing the details of any deal that Amir might have accepted before pleading guilty of spot-fixing charges during Pakistan’s tour of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 in the summer of 2010.
Pakistan’s outgoing coach http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Waqar-Younis-Maitla-c96193 praises the team performance under his coaching and has stated that he is walking away a “satisfied man”.
Waqar had earlier announced that the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045 tour would be his last as he could not carry his duties due to personal reasons regarding his health.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 won the one-day, T20 and Test series in the tour to give their coach a befitting farewell.
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