Praveen Kumar relishes bowling long spell – Cricket News Update
The Indian right-arm medium pacer, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/P-Kumar-c2143 said on Thursday that he enjoys the opportunity to bowl longer spells.
The 24-year-old http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Uttar-Pradesh-c858 pacer was happy with his performance on the second day of the third
Test against England underway at Edgbaston in Birmingham.
On the Day two of Edgbaston Test, Kumar returned with figures of 2 for 75 from 32 over, including 12 maidens as well. The two wickets Kumar had claimed included those of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KP-Pietersen-c1806 (63 off 78). He sacked both Bell
and KP in his 23-over-long spell, which included 8 maidens.
"I love to bowl long spells," said Praveen while talking to the media reporters after the day's play. "The ball was suddenly doing something and I was enjoying. The plan was to bowl in one area. The ball was moving when it was overcast but nothing
much apart from that," he added further.
The 24-year-old Uttar Pradesh medium pacer was given Test cap during India’s recently concluded http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 picking up 25 wickets at an average of 23.96 and an economy rate of 2.62 per over. His
best bowling figures in a Test innings are 5 for 106 while his best bowling figures in a Test match are 7 for 169.
In the One Day International format of game, Kumar debuted in November 2007 against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 at Jaipur. He has averages 33.67 in the ODI format of the game with 62 wickets from 52 One Day Internationals.
Catches win matches but the tourists dropped quite a few catches on Thursday but Praveen Kumar has not been much bothered by the chances that went begging as he said, "Part of the game," when asked about the catches his teammates had dropped on the
day.
At the stumps on Thursday, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Eoin-Joseph-Gerard-Morgan-c56032 was playing at 44 when
the umpires called the day off.
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