Mohammad Hafeez sees team responding well under pressure - Cricket News Update
Pakistan finally ended a decade long draught of a series victory against Australia by winning the three-match T20I series on Friday, in a nerve-racking encounter, which went right down to the wire with the game ending in a tie, brining the superover into play where each side had an over to score-off.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Iftikhar-Ali-Khan-Pataudi-Nawab-of-c64075 Cummins, gifting Pakistan a thrilling victory.
The adrenaline rush was just too much for the crowd as fans from both sides could not remain seated and witnessed the thrilling superover on their feet, rooting for their respective teams.
Commending the collective effort by his side, Pakistan skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Hafeez-c76898 in the post-match ceremony said, “We all know that anything can happen in T20s. The boys responded really well. Ajmal and Gul bowled really well today after the batsmen put up a good total. I wanted to bat on this track and we wanted to get a total of 140 plus. I was sure that we could defend 140+ with our bowlers. Gul is coming back to form which is a great thing for Pakistan. The boys are responding well under pressure.”
With the World T20 Championship just around the corner, this series brought out the best of both teams today, giving the competitors a great practice before the mega event.
Meanwhile, the losing captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/George-Bailey-c1480 admitting that his side had a few chances in the game said, “Good game of cricket, we had our chances today. Our bowling was good, nice to see our batsmen hit a few out of the middle. We will be ready to go for game three."
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Saeed-Ajmal-c87859 was yet again staggering, as he took two wickets before getting injured which prevented him from bowling the superover. He was named as the Player of the Match.
Nonetheless, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 take the series.
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