Peter Forrest scores maiden Century - Cricket Roundup – February 24, 2012 – Part 1
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Peter-Forrest-c2176 completing his maiden century.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DJ-Hussey-c1380 ensured
the innings ended on a high note.
The match held significance in terms of the key changes made to the Aussie side, which finally ended their association with veteran http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RT-Ponting-c2377, who was earlier axed from the ODI setup due to a considerable dip in form.
Losing http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Umar-Gul-c94604, who helped his team to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match T20 series at UAE.
Chasing 145 to win, the English contingent were seemingly cruising to victory before Gul changed the complexion of the game by removing the likes of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Huzefa-Mohammed-Patel-c63657 in quick succession – consequently helping his side to claim an
emphatic victory by 8 runs.
Broad, after the match, was forced to laud the contribution of the Pakistani spearhead seamer, who was deservedly named the Player of the Match after ending with match figures of 4-1-18-3.
"Umar Gul is one of the best Twenty20 bowlers in the world, and he showed his class," Broad said."We probably didn't play him as well as we could have done. But it's such a fine line in Twenty20 cricket."
Former Men In Green all-rounder, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028, over the controversial rotational policy.
Akram said that the policy is justified, and added that the senior players (http://www.senore.com/Cricket/G-Gambhir-c1447) needed to be physically fit to get a permanent reckoning in the ODI team.
“There must be a very good reason behind his comments. I have never heard Dhoni speaking in such a manner.""I think either the seniors are not in his control or they are a liability," Akram told a website.
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