West Indies to put pride before performance at Edgbaston: Gibson – Cricket News Roundup – May 29, 2012 – Part 2
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ottis-Delroy-Gibson-c80358 has claimed that the team will be drawing strength from their past victories to gain courage and salvage their pride in their last remaining Test against England, due to be played in Birmingham on June 7.
“… we are very proud of our history and that we were once the number one team in the world and that's something we take a lot of pride in,” he said, referring to the team’s golden period between the mid 1970’s to early 1990’s, when the Caribbean Kings were
among the top teams.
However, the team lost its footing in international cricket after the retirement of yesteryear legends, and is currently struggling with the young lot. Their recent ongoing Test series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 has seen the tourists suffering defeat in both the first
and second Test. While the prospect of playing for a series win is out of the question, the coach has insisted that the team will be playing for pride in the third Test, scheduled for June 7 in Birmingham.
“We'll go to Edgbaston in a week's time and put our pride before our performance and see how we come out,” Gibson said.
Kolkata Knight Riders’ bowling coach and former Pakistan pacer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Wasim-Akram-c96292 has appreciated the BCCI’s recent move to invite a Pakistani team for the upcoming Champions League T20, saying it is the first step in resuming the bilateral ties between
Pakistan and India.
Pakistan’s domestic T20 champions, the Sialkot Stallions (who are being led by ex-http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750, having been granted permission by the BCCI after more than four years of a complete
deadlock in the sporting ties between the two nations.
“… I have seen that people want Indo-Pak cricket to start and for me the invitation for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sialkot-c842 is the first step,” said Akram.
Manvinder Bisla, Kolkata Knight Riders batsman, has termed http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JH-Kallis-c1692 an “inspiration” who taught him how to improve his game.
“Kallis is truly an inspiration,” Bisla said. “… watching Kallis at nets … has been so helpful. At the end of seven weeks, I think I’ve emerged a better cricketer.”
The two batsmen played a pivotal role during their team’s 5-wicket victory over the Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League final on May 27, during which the 136-run partnership of Bisla (89) and Kallis (69) set a solid foundation and enabled their
team to comfortably chase 191, and earn their maiden IPL title.
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