Cricket News in Brief – September 30, 2011 – Part 1
Kolkata Knight Riders beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by nine wickets in the Champions League T20 at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore on Thursday, September 29, 2011.
Royal Challengers skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DL-Vettori-c1384 played a hefty knock of 44 runs to help his side post 169 runs on the board while batting first against a belligerent Kolkata bowling arsenal.
However, Kolkata reached the target in 17.3 overs for the loss of just one wicket as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/G-Gambhir-c1447 scored unbeaten knocks of 64 and 55 runs.
Kallis was named as the Man of the Match.
Karachi http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Dolphins-c781 won by eight wickets against Islamabad Leopards in the ongoing Faysal Bank T20 tournament at National Stadium, Karachi on Thursday, September 29, 2011 after successfully chasing 132 runs in 13.3 overs.
After winning the toss, Islamabad chose to bat first, but were restricted from scoring a humongous total against Karachi as the bowling side exhibited tremendous talent.
With hard-hitters like http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahzaib-Hasan-c2488 playing for Karachi, a meagre tally of 131 runs was always going to be difficult to defend.
While http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hasan-c61990 lost his wicket after smashing 21 runs, it was Afridi who lit up the stadium with his spectacular hitting as the 31-year-old all-rounder smacked 58 runs off 32 deliveries to setup an emphatic win for his squad.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Saeed-Ajmal-c87859 predicts a tough time for England in the forthcoming one-day series in India, scheduled to begin from October 14, 2011.
According to the spinner, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 would not be able dominate India the way they did during the recently concluded series in England.
“When England go to India they are going to face a different Indian side and I think they will lose the series, In India the pitches will be slow and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-John-Trevor-Miller-c44458 and will assist the spinners and India will plan accordingly and try to avenge their humiliation in England," Ajmal said.
England beat http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 by 4-0 in the Test series followed by a win in the only Twenty20 match of the tour and then a 3-0 victory in the five-match one-day series this summer.
England skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AN-Cook-c1026 reckons not to be complacent against India in the upcoming five-match one-day series and a Twenty20 International in India set to begin from October 14, 2011.
Cook while talking to Sky Sports said, “It is a totally different thing to play them in their backyard. One thing about this England side is that we certainly won't be complacent.”
England humiliated India in the recently concluded home series, where the hosts prevented India from grabbing a win throughout the tournament.
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