Harbhajan wants middle-order stability – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Harbhajan-Singh-c61453, admitted that the lack of stability in the middle-order has left the team handicapped, and has further hindered their ability to post big totals.
Speaking after his side’s narrow 1-run victory against Pune http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Warriors-c861, the off-spinner claimed that he is hopeful that the situation can be rectified in the days to come, despite injuries to key personnel.
In a low scoring affair at the Subrata http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Tendulkar-c2556. Both men added a solid 50-run stand before a middle-order collapse eventually
led the team to post a lowly 120 on the board.
However, with the pitch offering difficulties to the batters, the away team managed to restrict their opponents – cutting them off on 119, owing to some tight death bowling from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MM-Patel-c1987.
Despite the victory, Harbhajan was keen to address the difficulty the team has faced in filling up the middle-order. Franklin had been occupying that role, at no.4, for the early part of the competition before he was elevated up the order, mainly due to
the problems the franchise faced upfront.
With Tendulkar being out for three matches, the likes of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ambati-Rayudu-c1007 have all been tried at the top but none has managed to make a telling mark. With the return of Little Master, that problem had been rectified however; a
shoulder injury to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KA-Pollard-c1754 has left the middle-order exposed.
The outfit recently recruited West Indies’ all-rounder http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MG-Johnson-c1945, and Harbhajan is hopeful that they can cope with the lack of depth in the upcoming games.
“Franklin gives us stability [in the top order], but we are still looking for a middle-order batsman who can fill Franklin's spot. We have Dwayne Smith and hopefully he can fill that slot,” said Bhajji.
"http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Chinnadupargea-Sachin-c50607 gave us a good start today, unfortunately we lost too many wickets in the middle overs. Hopefully we don't make the same mistakes [in the future] and we score 170-180 without losing too many [wickets]," added the Mumbai Indians
skipper.
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