http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Manzoor-c74308 Elahi is satisfied with the performance of Lahore Eagles – Cricket News Update
Former Test cricketer and the coach of Lahore Eagles, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Manzoor-Elahi-c74322, is all praise for his team’s performance in the on-going Faysal Bank T20 Tournament 2011 at Karachi, and said that his team has the ability to compete with any big team of the competition.
Eagles are relatively the weaker of the two teams from Lahore, who represented the city in this tournament. The stronger team, Lahore http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ahmed-Shehzad-c42359,
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sialkot-c842 Stallions. Now, the Eagles will meet the Stallions in the semi-final of the tournament.
Sialkot Stallions are the hot favourites to clinch the title because of their extra-ordinary bowling attack, which includes, Rana Naved ul http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Raza-Hasan-c84407.
Manzoor said that his team faced a huge setback when their premier middle order batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Usman-Salahuddin-c94700 was ruled out of the tournament because of fitness issues. However, he is very much satisfied with the performance of his team in the tournament so
far.
The former all-rounder said, "Things did not get off to a good start before the tournament when we were notified of Usman Salahuddin's illness and him missing the tournament, but I'm very proud of my boys, they've done really well."
Manzoor admitted that the Eagles were not one of the favourites of the tournament but they have surprised everyone by securing their name in the last four teams of the event. The former all-rounder believes that the major reason behind the success of his
team has been the fact that the players have played like a unit and the experienced players have shown the way to the younger ones.
"We weren't one of the fancied teams going into this tournament, but we have shown that we are a match for any team in this competition. All of the boys have gelled really well and there is a very good spirit and blend of youth and experience in the squad.
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