It’s important to get better with each game, says http://www.senore.com/Cricket/BJ-Haddin-c1170 – Cricket News Update
Having beaten Chennai Super Kings in their opening fixture of the Champions League T20 2012 at Johannesburg, Brad Haddin, the Sydney Sixers’ captain, is delighted with his side’s performance against one of the tournament’s favourites but urged his
men to keep improving by every single encounter.
After being put in to bat on a supporting track, the Sixers struggled to launch an onslaught against Chennai’s premier fast bowlers, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Yo-Mahesh-c2816, the third seam bowling
option for Dhoni, and accumulated 18 runs off his only over, which gave a much required impetus to their innings.
Due to a superb cameo by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Moises-Henriques-c2021 (49 off just 23), the Sixers were able to post a massive total of 185 runs on the board for the loss of just five wickets in their allotted 20 overs.
Chasing the target, Chennai lost http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SK-Raina-c2539 played out of their skins to take their franchise close to Sydney’s total; however, they fell short by 14 runs in the end.
During the post-match presentation ceremony, Haddin expressed his satisfaction over the team’s performance but the wicketkeeper/batsman does not want to be complacent and wants the Kangaroos to be on the top of their game by the closing stages of the
competition.
"We need to get better and better with the tournament. We know it's a hard ground to defend so we needed all the runs in the last five overs. We are happy with the result, but it is important to get better with each game," said Haddin.
On the other side of the coin, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028 is not too fazed after the loss but admitted that his side lost wickets at crucial stages; otherwise, the situation could have been much better for the Super Kings.
"It happens in this format. We batted really well. Hussey and Faf batted brilliantly up front. After that Suresh Raina was aggressive and calculated throughout. If we hadn't lost me and Raina, it would have been closer," said the cricketer from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jharkhand-c800.
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