Ian Botham backs England to remain at the summit – Cricket News Roundup – April 18, 2012 – Part 2
Former http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 all-rounder, Ian Botham, expects the national team to retain its Test supremacy for ‘quite a while now’, despite watching South Africa close the gap at the top.
England reached the summit of Test cricket following a thumping 4-0 victory against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 (1-1).
They will now contest second placed http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 at home in July and Botham expects the Poms to remain on top despite their debacles on sub-continental soil.
"I don't know what went wrong in the first part of the [northern hemisphere] winter. But they are still number one and I think they are going to stay at number one for quite a while now," said Botham.
Pune Warriors’ wicket-keeper batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Robin-Uthappa-c2356, has credited Chris Gayle’s whirlwind knock as the major turning point for his side’s six-wicket defeat to Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Chasing 183, Gayle again provided a glimpse of his power-hitting abilities, smashing 8 sixes, of which five consecutive off http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SS-Tiwary-c2565 (36 off 23), who hit a last ball six, to
finish things off.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Allan-Robert-Border-c43726 and Saurabh played out of their skins to get [the] required 21 runs in [the] last over. But I thought it was well set up by Gayle," Uthappa said at the post-interval.
West Indies’ Head Coach, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746.
The Windies currently trail their opponents by a 1-0 margin and Gibson feels that the half use of technology, only DRS rather than Hot-Spot and Snicko Meter, has become a hindrance to his side after their good work in the ODIs and T20s, which both ended
in draws.
"If the ICC is going to use DRS I think they should use all the technology and I think if we haven't got all the technology we shouldn't use it at all.
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