http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 ride on early luck – Cricket News Roundup – Part 1 – September 2, 2012
South Africa opening duo, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/HM-Amla-c1557 rode on early luck to amass another fifty-run stand against England in the 4th ODI, currently being played at Lord’s.
Sent into bat, both openers took a cautious approach against the English bowlers, who again were on the receiving end of some poor slip fielding. The hosts also lost a review in the 9th over before finally managing a breakthrough, with Jade Dernbach being the provider.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/M-Morkel-c73528 to add extra depth at the batting front.
A career-best 7 for 64 for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 take a slender 12-run first innings advantage after they bowled out India on 353, before stretching their lead over 200 in the final hour of play on Day 3 of the second Test, being played at Bangalore.
Resuming on 283 for 5, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028 brought up their respective century and half-century, after which Southee picked up the settled duo and further restricted the lower-order.
The tourist began their second outing poorly, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Umesh-Yadav-c94625 removing both openers. However, strong middle-order contributions ensured that the Black Caps kept on ticking away in the final session.
Pakistan is likely to postpone their scheduled tour of Zimbabwe later in the year in a bid to make room for the proposed ODI series against traditional rivals http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750.
Resumption of bilateral ties remains the top priority for current PCB chief, Zaka http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ashraf-c46397, and a major breakthrough was reached when BCCI hinted at the possibility of hosting a five-match ODI series in Dec-January.
If the series is given the green-light, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 will have to put their planned travel to Zimbabwe on hold, where they agreed to contest in two Tests, three ODIs and two T20Is.
"We have requested http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045 to reschedule the series because of the India-Pakistan series," a PCB spokesman told ESPNcricinfo. "They agreed to work out another plan to host us so there is no way the series will be cancelled. Instead the PCB and Zimbabwe Cricket are in discussions make it happen next year."
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