Sangakkara brings http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 back on track after India’s assault – Cricket News Roundup – Part 1 – July 28, 2012
A valiant 73 by Sri Lanka’s wicketkeeper batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KC-Sangakkara-c1779 succeeded in steadying his team’s innings after the Indian bowling attack ripped through most of the host team’s top order during the ongoing 3rd ODI at R Premadasa Stadium
in Colombo, where the Lankans are currently at 189 for 5 after 40 overs.
Medium-pacer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Irfan-Pathan-c1601,
leaving the home team at a wobbly 20 for 3 by the 6th over.
However, a 121-run 4th wicket partnership between Sangakkara (73) and Jayawardene (65) got their team up to 141. The skipper was dismissed, lbw, by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ashok-Dinda-c1098 in the 38th
over. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AD-Mathews-c913 (20*) and Jeevan Mendis (3*) are currently occupying the crease.
Intimidating all-rounder http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 in Antigua into a comprehensive win, in order to have a shot at
winning the 2-match series.
“The first game [of the Test series] is always important,” Gayle said. “When you get a chance like this, capitalise and cash in … Hopefully [we] can actually get 50 runs or more and put ourselves in a winning position.”
Following New Zealand’s first innings, which saw the Kiwis posting a total of 351, the Windies got off to a spectacular start courtesy openers Gayle (150) and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kieran-Omar-Akeem-Powell-c71441 (134), who established a solid 254-run base for their side. At the end of Day 3,
the Windies had managed to gain a 91-run lead, and were at 442 for 6 – a position which they will be looking to strengthen on the fourth day, today on July 28.
Clarifying the dubious playing status of Pakistani cricketer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kamran-Akmal-c70122, the International Cricket Council confirmed that the wicketkeeper batsman required no clearance and had always been eligible for national selection.
Akmal was sidelined from national selection after being linked to bookmaker http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ashraf-c46397 had claimed earlier that the board had sought the permission from
the ICC regarding Akmal’s selection – however, the ICC has confirmed that the selection of players for the Pakistan team remains the domain of the PCB alone.
“The ICC has not issued any form of clearance to the PCB for the selection of any of its players and like all others who are not suspended for any reason from participating, Mr Akmal remains eligible for selection for the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 national cricket team should
Pakistan decide to select him,” said Colin Gibson, the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625’s Head of Media and Communications.
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