Harbhajan Singh looking forward to making fresh start – Cricket News Roundup – Part II – September 6, 2012
Indian off-spinner http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Harbhajan-Singh-c61453 has vowed to make a fresh start to his international career and not depend on his past laurels, come the opening T20 against New Zealand on Saturday.
"I had the willpower and the desire to wear the India http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750’s most successful off-spinners of all time. "You cannot live in the past glory. For anyone, it does not depend what you've done in the past but what you do in the present and future," he added further.
It is pertinent to mention here that the 32-year-old Jalandhar off-spinner, who has been recently picked in the T20 squads for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758, has not played for the national side since August last year.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Watson-c2558 has hinted at Brad Hogg’s inclusion into the squad for the second T20 International against Pakistan, at Dubai, on Friday, September 7, 2012.
The 31-year-old is expecting the slow-paced Dubai wicket to be more spin friendly in the next two games, and feels Hogg’s inclusion would help them salvage the series defeat.
"There's no doubt the wicket is only going to turn more," said http://www.senore.com/Cricket/George-Bradley-Hogg-c59047 will play. He certainly is a wicket-taking bowler," he added further.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 lead the three-match series 1-0 after having won the series opener by seven wickets.
Jonathan Trott has been ruled out of action for three to four weeks, due to a fractured finger, which he had sustained during the fourth ODI against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757, on Sunday.
“http://www.senore.com/Cricket/IJL-Trott-c1576 has been ruled out of the remainder of the domestic season with an undisplaced fracture of the third metacarpal in his right hand,” an ECB statement confirmed on Wednesday.
The 31-year-old http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DW-Steyn-c1409 during Sunday’s six-wicket win, at Lord’s. Initial scans suggested no serious damage, however a subsequent MRI revealed that he has fractured bones in the injured hand, and would require three to four weeks to return to full fitness. He was also rested for Wednesday’s final ODI against the Proteas due to the injury.
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