Pakistan set Sri Lanka 270 – Cricket News Roundup – July 12, 2012 – Part 1
An aggressive half-century from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755, after the visitors had set a target of 270.
Resuming the final day on 299 for 8, the Men In Green added 81 runs courtesy of a defiant stand between http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adnan-Akmal-c42042, with the former completing his second ton.
The tourists declared on 380 for 8 however, with the pitch easing out the Lankans started aggressively, with the opening pair adding a quick fire 44 before http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Saeed-Ajmal-c87859 struck on the stroke of tea - 132 to 2.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 in the third ODI win, hoping to keep that momentum in the remaining two matches.
After suffering back to back losses, the tourists kept the series alive with a battling show at St Kitts, restricting the hosts to 161 in pursuit of 250. They will now be further boosted with the return of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/BB-McCullum-c1129, both of whom missed the early encounters due to injury and break respectively.
"It's a great shift in momentum, hopefully," he said. "Putting a few things into practice, lessons from the other games. It's nice to get a win in such a crucial game. I think the bowling performance was a little bit better executed in terms of the plans and what we wanted to achieve.”
Melbourne Stars have acquired the services of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Glenn-Maxwell-c60189 from rivals Renegades for the upcoming edition of the lucrative Australian Big Bash League.
Both men have signed two and four-year deals respectively, and will add considerable depth to the batting department for their new franchise. Hodge has been a prolific T20 performer and will be available for the full season after retiring from Australian domestic cricket. Maxwell, 23, is known for his hard hitting style and currently, is in impressive form for English County http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hampshire-c789.
In other major moves, Perth Scorchers have announced the capture of teenage pace bowler http://www.senore.com/Cricket/OA-Shah-c2134 has resigned for the Hobart Hurricanes.
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