http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AJ-Strauss-c964 - Cricket News Roundup – Part 1 – April 26, 2012
Under fire http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013’s Test captain, Andrew Strauss, has received support from former English skipper, Michael Vaughan, who on Wednesday, shot down the idea of discarding Strauss from the Test side on the basis of his performance as just a batsman.
Vaughan insisted that Strauss held great importance as skipper of the national team and there should be no doubt in anyone’s mind regarding his abilities as the leader of the team.
“As a captain, it's ridiculous to talk about Strauss' position. You only get better as a captain: tactically and management wise.”
“What Strauss needs now is a score. He needs a big score. He's playing all right: his feet are going quite nicely and I don't see any technical flaws,” he added.
On Wednesday, Kings XI Punjab received a beating by four wickets from Mumbai Indians as they failed to defend a total of 168 runs.
After choosing to bat first, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820 bowlers.
From Punjab, stand-in skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DJ-Hussey-c1380 was the highest scorer from his side with 68 runs under his belt.
While in bowling department, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Azhar-Mahmood-c1116 were effective as they grabbed three and two wickets, however, this was not enough to halt Mumbai Indians as they chased down the target on the penultimate delivery of the match for the loss of six wickets.
AT Rayudu from Mumbai Indians who hammered an unbeaten innings of 34 runs was named as the Player of the Match.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 national, who is playing for Kolkata Knight Riders in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL), has said that even after performing exceptionally well with the bowl, he now wants to better his IPL record by exhibiting match winning performances with the bat.
"From the three matches I played, I was man-of-the-match once. I've done well as a bowler. I'm now focussing on my batting. By the God's grace, I hope to do well as a batsman," he explained in a recent interview.
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