It was a tense game: Stuart Broad – Cricket News Update
Commenting on his team’s thrilling 5-run victory against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SCJ-Broad-c2465 admitted that it had been a close one.
“It was a tense game,” Broad admitted. “After 10 overs, if we're all honest, it looked like the game was slipping away from us.”
Despite a vicious spin attack by Pakistan’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Asad-Shafiq-c46208 (34)
put in solid performances.
With the Men in Green looking set to claim the series win, the tourists rose to the occasion to cut the hosts off at 124.
“… the 11 guys on the field were very clear that, if we could get a couple of tight overs in, you can change Twenty20 games just like that,” Broad observed.
He went on to praise pacer Jade Dernbach in particular, who not only caught and bowled Mohammad Hafeez out on a golden duck, but also took out http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Misbah-ul-Haq-c1972, who was bowled out on the last ball of the 20th over, with Pakistan falling five runs
short.
“Jade was fantastic with his final two overs, very high-pressure overs to bowl - and he showed his Twenty20 class there,” the skipper said.
He was also all-praises for Pietersen, whose aggressive half-century won him the Player of the Match award. The opening batsman was further named the Player of the Series, following his remarkable improvement in dealing with the spin threat of the Pakistani
spinners.
“KP showed his experience, to know it wasn't going to be a 150-160 wicket. Once we got up to 130, I always thought that was going to be competitive,” added Broad.
The skipper performed fairly brilliantly himself, contributing by conceding just 4 runs, along with dismissing http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Umar-Akmal-c94595, in the second-last over of the match.
After attaining some valuable experience on sub-continental pitches, the Poms are due for a Test leg against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 in May.
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