England destroy Australia in the first ODI - Cricket News Roundup – Part 1 – June 30, 2012
On Friday, hosts England gave a spectacular performance in the first One Day International (ODI) against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 by winning the match played at Lord’s, London.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 bolstered an amazing total of 272 runs while batting first, with all the batsmen playing their part, making the Australian bowling attack look puny.
While http://www.senore.com/Cricket/EJG-Morgan-c1419 stood apart as the batsman while batting at number five, clobbered 89 runs off 63 deliveries. This innings earned him the Player of the Match award.
Meanwhile, the Aussies giving a strong performance, failed to overcome the required target, as they faltered on a tally of 257 runs, with skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Clarke-c1978 as the top batsman for hitting a knock of 61 runs.
The Sri Lankan skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Misbah-ul-Haq-c1972, in the second Test, where the Pakistan captain would be making his return after serving a one match ban for slow over rate in the ODI series finale.
“Misbah is an experienced guy and a very calm character. They will have that influence on the field with his batting as well. That's a fact that we have to counter," said Jayawardene
With http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Hafeez-c76898, Misbah would be looking to level the series once the second Test begins today (Saturday) at Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo.
Pakistan's Test skipper, Misbah-ul-Haq, wants his team to regroup in order to level the Test series against the hosts http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758.
Talking on the eve of the second Test, Haq said, “We need to regroup and put our 100 percent effort and try and win this game. You can't worry about the games you lose but you need to put 100 percent and win the next game.”
In a recent interview with ESPNcricinfo, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gary-Kirsten-c58527.
"Gary played a role in me keeping the captaincy. He talked me into doing it for longer and he was the reason I decided to carry on," told http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Smith-c90598.
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