Pakistan go down in Saturday's clash against Sri Lanka by 44 runs - Cricket News Roundup – Part 1 – June 17, 2012
Saturday turned out to be devastating for Pakistan as they went down against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 by 44 runs in the fourth One Day International (ODI), at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo.
Things went awry for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DPMD-Jayawardene-c1397 took the sting out of the bowling attack by bolstering knocks of 97 and 40.
Pakistan in response to the huge total could muster only 199 runs, as the side failed to tackle the resounding bowling from the Lankans.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755’s lower-batting-order.
"A special day for me. My first hat-trick. My dream come true. Thank you Mahela Aiyya (for the catch that brought up the hat-trick). Thank you supporters too," said Perera in his post match interview.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 team in the first one-day game between the two countries at The Rose Bowl, Southampton, beating the tourists by 114 runs after bolstering a huge total of 288 runs while batting first.
After losing skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/IR-Bell-c1597 (the player of the match) took charge and humiliated the West Indies bowlers by forging commendable partnerships with almost everyone who came out to bat alongside him.
The mild-mannered batsman jabbed a knock of 126 runs, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/IJL-Trott-c1576 behind him after smashing 42 runs.
The Windies just did not have the will or the firepower in their batting line-up to subdue the Poms as they could manage to post only 172 runs in 33.4 overs with English pacer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TT-Bresnan-c2711 causing problems by taking four wickets.
"I really enjoyed it, it was nice to go out there and play some shots at the top of the order. Nerves can be a good thing, some butterflies in the stomach, I've played well in the Tests and wanted to continue that,” said Bell after the match.
Pakistan all-rounder, Rana Naved ul http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hasan-c61990, has launched a cricket academy in his native town of Sheikhupura to promote and groom home-grown talent.
“I want all of the cricketing talent of Sheikhupura to be given a chance at my academy, irrespective of which family they are from and how wealthy they are. My academy is open to all those boys who want to learn the game,” said Rana.
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