England stars Lucky escape from accident – Cricket News Update
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Zayed Stadium, ahead of their 1st ODI against Pakistan.
Fortunately, the driver of the cab was able to stop the car safely, and none of the players was injured, taking full part in the proceeding training session.
Earlier, the England team management had declined an invitation from Yas Marina Circuit officials, for the team to be taken around the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix track in F1 automobiles, since such an activity is not under the team’s insurance
cover.
Cricket accidents have turned for worse in the past, which include the terrorist attacks on the Sri Lankan team bus in 2009. Prior to this, the death of Former South African skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Wessel-Johannes-Cronje-c96502 was also unfortuante,
where his plane crashed into the mountains after the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Keith-Alan-Parsons-c70573 lost visibility and was unable to land.
Any injuries or fitness issues for these players at this stage would have been a huge blow to the Poms, who were whitewashed 3-0 by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 in the Test leg of the UAE tour last week.
The world’s top Test side’s limited-over performances have been below par recently, as they have lost 14 of the last 20 ODIs they played away, notably the 5-0 drubbing at the hands of the Men in Blue in October last year.
Preparations have been intense from both camps, with the tourists winning their warm up game against English http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Harold-William-Stephenson-c61707 Finn and Jade Dernbach,
who shared six scalps among them.
As for hosts Pakistan, they played http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahid-Afridi-c2482 inspired them to a seven-wicket victory. The leg-spinner took an easy five-for, while the finishing touches were provided by the experience
of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Younis-Khan-c98325, who ended the game with an unbeaten 70 as the Men In Green chased down 196 with little difficulty.
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