England v Sri Lanka 2011: Craig Kieswetter notices similarities between http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Alastair-Nathan-Cook-c42852 and Marcus Trescothick – Cricket News Update
The English wicket-keeper batsman, Craig Kieswetter, has discovered a few similarities between http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Marcus-Edward-Trescothick-c74400, saying that Cook hits the ball just like the way the former skipper used
to.
Cook hit back against his critics with a beautiful match winning innings against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 in the fourth One Day International (ODI), held at Trent Bridge on Wednesday, July 6, 2011. On a rain-hit Day at Nottingham, England clinched an emphatic 10-wicket
victory (D/L method) with 145 balls to spare.
Put into bat, the tourists took a poor start to their innings, losing top four batsmen at 20. However, the former skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KC-Sangakkara-c1779, consolidated the innings, steering his side to 174 by hitting a steady 75-run knock.
Chasing Sri Lanka’s revised target of 171 in 48 overs, the English openers, Cook and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AJ-Strauss-c964, emerged as England’s hero, smashing a thrilling knock of
95 off just 75 balls.
Recently, the former English skipper, Michael Atherton, termed Cook as a plodder, arguing that Cook’s sluggish batting technique does not suit one-day cricket. However, the story was quite different in the fourth ODI in which the English skipper struck 16
lovely boundaries, hitting the ball all around the park.
Cook’s opening partner and a huge fan of Trescothick, Kieswetter reckons that the batting techniques of the two left-handers are quite similar to each other. He added that Cook can serve England outstandingly just like the way Trescothick did over the years.
“He certainly hits the ball as hard as he does, and is just as calm in the middle,” Kieswetter said of Cook.
Commenting on his fabulous knock in the all important contest, the 23-year-old batsman shared that he didn’t let the pressure build on him since he felt like playing at home.
“It made me feel pretty well at home, because it felt like I was playing at Taunton for a while,” uttered the South African-born cricketer.
Meanwhile, Kieswetter revealed the secret of recent success in limited-over cricket, saying he has learnt the art of adaption which helped him against the islanders.
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