Strauss hoping for a turnaround – Cricket News Roundup – May 22, 2012 – Part 2
England’s Test skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760.
After enduring a torrid winter on sub-continental soil, the English contingent began the home summer on a satisfactory note, winning the opening five-day game at Lord’s by five wickets, which further witnessed Strauss notching 122 – his first three figure
score since late 2010.
It allowed him to put an end to speculation regarding his place in the national team, with the skipper now gearing to have a fruitful summer with the bat. "Thankfully that takes the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Holly-Louise-Colvin-c63292 off my back, but I'm really conscious of the need to use that as
a catalyst to have a really good summer,” said Strauss.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/LRPL-Taylor-c1849 are fit to play in the Indian Premier League’s play-off game against Kolkata Knight Riders.
The table http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Thomas-Donald-Topley-c93395 missed the services of their inspirational skipper, along with explosive Kiwi batsman, for the final league phase match against Kings XI, with both suffering from illness. Both have undergone little training but have been deemed fit to
play against KKR today at the Pune Stadium.
"We didn't have an extended practice session for them. They had light practice as both were recovering from bouts of flu. We are confident that they will be fine," Simons stated.
Kolkata Knight Riders’ bowling coach, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Wasim-Akram-c96292, believes that people are simply jealous of the IPL brand and must be ignored.
His comments come after the fifth edition was brought into further limelight following the suspensions of five domestic players for their involvement in spot-fixing. In addition, KKR’s owner, Shah Rukh http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Khan-c71319 was banned from entering the Wankhede Stadium in
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/WD-Parnell-c2787 were all questioned by the police owing to various off-limit offences.
"It is sad to see people protesting against IPL. These are jealous people and should be ignored. Let's focus on the business end of the championship," Akram said
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