Rival skipper all praise for Pakistan bowlers – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 skipper Misbah-ul-Haq and his Sri Lankan rival Mahela Jayawardene have lauded the Pakistani bowlers for their stupendous performance in the third match of the ongoing Asia Cup tournament at the Shere Bangla Stadium Mirpur on Thursday, March 15, 2012.
The Aizaz Cheema-led Pakistan attack was at its best against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Umar-Akmal-c94595 took the side home convincingly with more than ten overs to spare and having 6 wickets in hand.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Misbah-ul-Haq-c1972 lavished praise on Cheema for his aggressive bowling.
"I kept on telling Cheema that you have to aggressive as that's your main weapo. The only way to contain batsmen is to bowl fast and get wickets," said the Pakistan skipper speaking to the media at the post match press conference.
Cheema, despite being hammered by the Lankan openers Mahela Jayawardene and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TM-Dilshan-c2691 in his first two overs, came back strongly, claiming four wickets, and giving away 43-runs in his spell of 9-overs.
Cheema was well complimented by new ball partner http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Saeed-Ajmal-c87859 returned with figures of 3 for 27 in his spell of 8.4-overs.
The Lankan skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DPMD-Jayawardene-c1397 was dejected at his team being ousted from the tournament blamed silly mistakes, especially poor shot selection at the top-order for the defeat. However, he gave due credit to the opposition attack for rolling them over for a 188 in the 46th over.
"I thought the Pakistanis bowled really well. They had a much better game than us today. Also we made a lot of mistakes today," said Jayawardene.
Having lost both their opening games, against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 next Tuesday, March 20, and they will have nothing to play for except pride.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Aizaz-Cheema-c961 was adjudged the Man of the Match. Pakistan will play arch-rivals India in a mouth-watering game at the same venue this Sunday, March 18, 2012.
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