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Taylor takes swipe at T20 cricket – Cricket News Roundup – Part 1 – April 25, 2013

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Taylor takes swipe at T20 cricket – Cricket News Roundup – Part 1 – April 25, 2013
Former Australian captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mark-Anthony-Taylor-c74540, believes that the lure of T20 cricket has negatively impacted on the team’s Test match batting resources.

Taylor argued that young players are more concerned with hitting sixes rather than working on their batting techniques.  He gave the example of young all-rounder Glenn Maxwell, who was scooped up for US $1 million by Indian Premier League outfit Mumbai Indians.
Maxwell was recently excluded from the Ashes squad after a poor tour of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750.
"If you look at the IPL and the money that's going around there, that's got to be a big influence I think. As much as they all say 'Test cricket's the No. 1', a million dollars is very distracting," Taylor told ESPNcricinfo. "You look at http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Glenn-Maxwell-c60189 getting
US$1 million to go play in the IPL and he's not even playing. How do you compete with that?
A strong bowling display from Zimbabwe restricted http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 to 125 for 4 in the ongoing opening day of the second Test, currently being played at the Harare Sports Club.

The host’s skipper, Brendon http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jahurul-Islam-c1624, adding 44 for the first wicket. Islam was eventually dismissed by Keegan
Meth before Shingi Masakadza accounted for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Ashraful-c76740.
Resumption from lunch saw the home team edging ahead after they accounted for the dangerous Tamim and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045 are looking to win their first Test series since regaining Test status.
A strong display of power hitting from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820 Indians beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 5 wickets in last night’s Indian Premier League clash at Kolkata.

Having opted to bat first, the home side posted 159 on the board, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Smith-c90598 scored a quick-fire 62 to give his side a solid start.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Harbhajan-Singh-c61453 sealed the win by hitting a six in the last over.   

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