http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 edge closer to victory – Cricket News Roundup – June 25, 2012 – Part 1
Sri Lanka edged closer to winning the first Test against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 after reducing the tourists to 266 for 8 in the final session of Day 4, at the Galle International Stadium.
The Men in Green resumed their second innings from 36 for 3 but lost night watchman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Asad-Shafiq-c46208 managed to frustrate the tourists with a defiant 151-run stand before falling in quick succession.
The late order resisted for a while but the Lankan bowlers continued to make inroads with the pick being http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KMDN-Kulasekara-c1802, who claimed three scalps. The home side had set a daunting target of 510.
England T20 skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KP-Pietersen-c1806’s retirement.
KP decided to quit limited-overs cricket last month and his replacements, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 in the first ODI before adding a fifty, while Hales guided his side to victory in the T20 arena by scoring 99 – the highest individual score by an Englishman in this format.
“KP has retired, so Belly comes into the one-day team and gets a hundred, and then, Alex comes into the T20 side, and hits 99. It was a fantastic knock on his home ground. He knows the conditions and he targeted the bowlers when he wanted to,” a daily quoted Broad.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/CH-Gayle-c1221’s threat when they lock horns against West Indies.
After a 15-month exile, Gayle has returned for the national team, which recently battled http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013. The next assignment for the Windies’ sees them taking on the Kiwis, whom they play in two T20s (in Florida), five ODIs and 2 Test matches (in West Indies).
"(Gayle is) the hottest batsman in the world at the moment," http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mills-c76321 told New Zealand Herald. "He's going to have his moments where he's on top of you. It's how you respond to that."
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