Injury rules http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 – Cricket News Roundup – Part 2 – July 31, 2012
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 pacer Ravi Rampaul will be sitting out his team’s second and final Test against New Zealand, due to be played at Sabina Park in Kingston (Jamaica) from August 2 to 6, owing to a groin injury.
Rampaul’s most recent performance saw him claiming a total of 4 wickets during his team’s 9-wicket win over the Kiwis at North Sound – a vital contribution, although the bowling attack was spearheaded for the most part by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KAJ-Roach-c1758. Their
victory granted the Windies a 1-0 lead in the series.
Rampaul will be replaced by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Fidel-Henderson-Edwards-c57010 in the 13-man squad. Edwards has claimed a total of 25 Test scalps at Sabina Park throughout his career, at an average of 22.28, which could boost his chances of making it to the playing XI, although there is the
possibility that he might be left out in favour of Tino Best.
Following their recent tour of Europe, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Tamim-Iqbal-c2640 highlighted the team’s victories, saying they were definitely displaying an upward trend in terms of performance.
“Leaving aside the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Scotland-c756 game (which the hosts won by 34 runs), I thought we showed a lot of positive signs,” said Iqbal. “We wanted to get into the habit of winning, so I think the tour has given us that. All in all, there were improvements but there's
still a long way to go.”
The Tigers’ tour got off to a flying start, with a 3-0 T20I whitewash of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ireland-c751. However, the visitors were unable to maintain the winning streak, losing the next match, a T20I against Scotland, by 34 runs. They appeared to have gotten back to winning ways
with their 8-wicket win in the first of 2 T20Is against the Netherlands. However, the last match saw the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Netherlands-c753 bouncing back to defeat the tourists by 1 wicket.
The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 Under-19s (2-0) after registering a second consecutive win, defeating their hosts by 7 wickets in the second ODI of the series, played on July 31 at Kerrydale
Oval, Gold Coast.
The Pakistani bowlers displayed stand-out performances, restricting the Australian batsmen to a paltry ODI total of 139. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zafar-Gohar-Khan-c98408 (10-0-43-1),
and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Usman-Qadir-c94698 (7-0-32-1) chipped in with supporting performances.
The 140 chase proved easy for the Pakistan U-19 batsmen, and they reached the target at the expense of 3 wickets, with 92 deliveries to spare. Sami Aslam (26), http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Babar-Azam-c1122 (20), and Umar Waheed (21) all proved instrumental – however, it was the unbeaten 52-run
partnership between Imam-ul-Haq (30*) and Saad Ali (36*) which saw the team home in the end.
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