Ottis Gibson all praises for Windies’ following 4-1 ODI series win – Cricket News Roundup – Part 3 – July 17, 2012
West Indies’ head coach http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ottis-Delroy-Gibson-c80358 has praised the team for their stellar performances against New Zealand, saying their recent displays have enabled them to make up for their dismal tour of England.
“In England ... we didn't do that well and questions were asked,” said Gibson. “It was really good to see how the guys have ... answered those questions with some good performances.”
The Windies were unable to claim a single series victory over the Poms, but made a strong comeback against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754, sweeping the T20 series 2-0, before going on to claim a 4-1 victory in the recently wrapped-up ODI series – their first ODI series win
against Test-level opposition (aside from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747) since 2009.
Former Pakistan players have expressed their delight at the recent announcement of a short Indo-Pak series due to be played in December 2012/January 2013, which heralds the revival of bilateral sporting relations between the two countries.
“It is great news that the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Aamer-Sohail-c41418, former Pakistan captain.
Former batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 but also for world cricket.”
The bilateral series, the first to be played between both teams since 2007, includes 3 ODIs and 2 T20Is, and is scheduled to take place during a gap in England’s tour of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750, when the Poms fly home for Christmas break.
South Africa’s head coach http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gary-Kirsten-c58527 has brushed off suggestions that his side are underdone as they go into their upcoming Test series against England, claiming they have fit in a sufficient amount of practice.
“There was a lot of preparation that went into mapping out the time leading into the Test match,” he said, explaining that the training had gone on to a point where he felt the team was “over-cooked”, before going on to insist that it was needed.
Concerns regarding the Proteas’ match practice arose owing to the fact that http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757, however, last played an international series in March this
year against New Zealand, and have only played two warm-up matches since, against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kent-c802.
The first Test of the upcoming series is set to begin on July 19 at the Kennington Oval in London.
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