http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Taufeeq-Umar-c92889 delighted over double century – Cricket News Update
Pakistani top-order batsman, Taufeeq Umar, has expressed his delight for batting an exceptional double ton on Day 3 of the proceeding opening Test fixture against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758, from the 3-match series, and said that the achievement was his ever needed desire.
“It was my burning desire to score a Test double hundred,” said Umar at the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Imtiaz-Sheikh-c64290 Zayed stadium in Abu Dhabi, after scoring his career best toll of 236 runs, but was dismissed on a run out off Rangana Herath’s over on the preceding Day 3 of the match.
During his post-day comments, Umar also added that “It was very hot outside, but I kept telling myself that my team needed me to stay and I achieved that to put my team in a strong position.”
With 2 more days remaining for the match, Umar’s mammoth aggregate has now put the Men in Green on top of the Sri Lankan side, which is still left to cover a 267 runs mark, in order to avoid an innings defeat.
However, as for Umar’s knock at Abu Dhabi, the 30-year-old http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lions-c808 to pile up an accessible tally of 197 runs.
Umar, who was in partnership with the team’s opening batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Hafeez-c76898, managed to lead the Men in Green to wrap-up the day after scoring 27 runs, without any loss of wicket.
As for Day 2, suffering an early loss of Hafeez’s wicket, who batted a solid 75 runs spell, Umar resumed his innings in association with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Azhar-Ali-c46890, who too brought a close to the day’s play with a half century, while Umar managed to secure his hundred runs
mark.
Day 3 finally brought more flourish for the batter, after Umar finally earned his 236 runs mark, leading Pakistan to pile up an imposing total of 511 runs, after losing 6 wickets in all.
As for the opponent, the Lankan Lions have already lost an opening wicket, thanks to a well constructed delivery by the new ball bowler, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/NT-Paranavitana-c2132 on a successful LBW appeal, on the second innings’ opening ball.
With Day 4, kicking off today, October 21, 2011, the Lions have another competitive sum of 267 runs to cover, in order to avoid an innings defeat at the hands of the much hyped Men in Green.
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