Friends Life T20: Durham coach http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Geoffrey-Cook-c58795 not impressed with Worcestershire’s resurgence – Cricket News Update
Geoff Cook, the coach of Durham, is not impressed by Worcestershire’s dramatic resurgence in the midst of the current county season and takes it as an ordinary development. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Worcestershire-c866 are going to clash today, July 3, 2011, in a North Group
match of Friends Life T20 tournament.
With their revamped game plan for the limited-over format, Worcestershire have perked up miraculously and gained third position on the points table with 13 points. They are likely to qualify for the quarter-final round of the tournament as well.
On the other hand, Durham are ranked fourth with 11 points.
Cook appreciates the rivals’ struggle for revival but he is not surprised with the situation at all. As his team is to play a crucial game today, he is composed and not bothered with Worcestershire’s progress.
Talking to the media today, Cook said, “I think they targeted Twenty20 cricket this year and they’ve done very well in it. They’re playing as a really good unit, but I’m not surprised. They were playing with a lot of spirit when we met them, and they’ve
got some very good cricketers with people like Kervezee and Solanki. It’s an admirable club, which is well managed. They are well run and play to their limitations.”
Cook is a former English all-rounder who has 460 First-class and 370 List A matches to his name. However, he played only 13 international games.
Cook played for Eastern Province, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Northamptonshire-c824 and Durham, the team he is coaching now-a-days.
The Friends Life T20 is a domestic cricket league of England. It is run by the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 Cricket Board (ECB) and was founded in 2010.
The league now contains 18 teams under its net. The ongoing tournament is the second edition while the inaugural event was won by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hampshire-c789.
Many cricket lovers in England think that the league has brought a revolution in the English county cricket as it is based on the most popular format of the game, Twenty20.
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