http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Hafeez-c76898 predicts tough competition against Sri Lanka - Cricket News Roundup – May 29, 2012 – Part 1
Mohammad Hafeez, Pakistan’s newly appointed limited-overs skipper, anticipates that their upcoming series against Sri Lanka will shape up to be a “good tough series”.
“No one can really predict the outcome. It will be a good tough series,” Hafeez said. “We have had success against them in the recent times but it will be really tough competition third time.”
The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 was played in their adopted home venue of the UAE late last year, during which the Men In Green won the ODI series 4-1, the only T20, and the Test series 1-0.
The upcoming series involves two T20s, a 5-match ODI series, and a 3-match Test series. The series is scheduled to kick off at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium in Sooriyawewa, Hambantota, on June 1.
Kolkata Knight Riders batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Manoj-Tiwary-c1890 is convinced that after being crowned the Indian Premier League 2012 champions, his team are favourites to win the upcoming Champions League T20 tournament.
“Of course we are favourites in the Champions League after having won the IPL,” Tiwary said. “Everyone will expect us to win the tournament.”
The Kolkata Knight Riders had been among the more unremarkable teams in the IPL so far, but managed to finish the league stage of the tournament at number 2 on the points table. Their performance in the playoffs was equally impressive, as they knocked the table-topping http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Delhi-c780 Daredevils out of the tournament with an 18-run win, before going on to defeat the Chennai Super Kings by 5 wickets in the tournament final.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Stephen-Paul-Fleming-c91190 has maintained that while he cares deeply for New Zealand national team, he is not interested in a coaching position with them, expressing apprehensiveness about jumping back into “that roundabout of international cricket.”
“I've got a young family that I love spending time with and while I do care deeply about the New Zealand side and the direction they're going, the timing's just not right for me to jump back into that touring lifestyle,” he said.
The post of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/John-Geoffrey-Wright-c67883 in June/July, and Fleming (who has been serving as co-coach of the Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League) is among the few candidates being considered for the post. However, the 39-year-old has maintained that he is reluctant to take up a job with such rigorous demands.
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