South African bowlers help claim clean sweep – Cricket News Roundup – March 3, 2012 – Part 1
A superlative bowling performance from pacer Marchant de Lange helped http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Auckland-c766.
Sent into bat, the hosts could only manage 206 after the Proteas bowling line up took timely breakthroughs with de Lange finishing with an impressive four-wicket haul.
The tourist strolled to the victory total in 43.2 overs with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/HM-Amla-c1557 top-scoring with 76. It further allowed them to clean sweep the local team by a 3-0 margin.
The new selection committee, headed by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shoaib-Malik-c90088.
Malik was a last-minute inclusion for the team’s limited-over bouts against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adnan-Akmal-c42042.
Opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sarfraz-Ahmed-c88818 will be doing the glove work. Pakistan will play their first match against host Bangladesh on March 11th.
Australian veteran batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RT-Ponting-c2377, reckons that his axing from the ODI team can work beneficial in terms of helping him to prolong his Test career.
"It will give me a chance to really freshen up, be fit for every game I play. Be as fit and as strong as I have ever been. I am pleased with my longevity, you cherish every moment you have and get every last bit out of yourself."
The 37-year-old was omitted after performing poorly in the tri-series at home against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 and Sri Lanka, where the selection panel further hinted that his limited-overs career is all but over.
Ponting however, did not take an official retirement but admitted that it will be hard for him to get a reckoning in the shorter version but remained hopeful of playing a pivotal role in the pinnacle format for the national team.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ranasinghe-Arachchige-Suranga-Lakmal-c83928 being drafted in.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/UWMBCA-Welegedara-c2735 have all been excluded after failing to impress in the ongoing Commonwealth Bank series.
The Lankans are all set to battle http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 in the first of three finals tomorrow at Brisbane.
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