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Kevin Pietersen will play against Pakistan in the test series without any match practice, following Hampshire refusal to play KP this weekend. Kevin had shown his unwillingness to play for Hampshire next season on account of travelling problems. Kevin was of the point of view that his County club was far from his home in London and it was difficult for him to play for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hampshire-c789.
The Management of Hampshire, however, dropped him from this season as well. Hampshire Chairman Rod Bransgrove said it was difficult to play him in place of someone who’s loyal to the club. Rod said, “It was relatively straightforward. We discussed it with (England coach) Andy Flower and he was good about it. What is important for a club is to create a team ethic and have people who are committed to the club and playing for their county. Once someone has said he doesn’t want to play for you any more it is quite difficult to find a good reason to say in that case let’s drop another player and play KP”.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 has not played any international cricket on its home soil following the horrific terror attacks on the Sri Lankan team in Lahore.
The Jimi Hendrix of spin bowling http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 for a follow on.
Jesse Ryder is out of the tri-series with an elbow injury. Ryder already faced trouble this year with fitness issues and now faces another blow when his elbow injury forced him out of the Sri Lankan trip. Jesse made a comeback after recovering from a groin problem in the T20 World Cup but now once again finds himself out of the playing eleven.
It’s a massive blow for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 since they are already resting Daniel Vettori and Brendon McCullum for the upcoming tri-series."Due to the compressed nature of the tour and his speed of recovery so far we feel we have insufficient time to get Jesse fully fit and able to take part in any of the one-day matches. Therefore we have made the decision to keep Jesse in New Zealand where he will continue his rehabilitation from the elbow injury and return to playing as soon as possible", said Coach Mark Greatbatch.
Hashim Amla of South Africa got top honours in the 2010 SA Cricket Awards for his consistent performance during last year. Amla scored 923 runs in the last twelve months at an average of 65.92. During the same time he scored four centuries in nine test matches. He was awarded SA player’s player title along with CSA fans’ cricketer of the year award. Amla also received “So Good!” award for his match winning performance against India where he scored an unbeaten 253. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757’s star bowler, Charl Langeveldt was awarded international Pro20 award for his performance in the shorter format of the game.
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