Zimbabwe and Ireland name World T20 squad – Cricket News Roundup – Part 4 – August 17, 2012
Zimbabwe cricket on Thursday named their final squad for the upcoming World T20 Championship, to be hosted by Sri Lanka, between September 18 and October 7.
Brendon http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 in June due to an injury.
"Most of these guys are the ones that played against South Africa and Bangladesh in the tri-series. They did well there and we hope they will do well at the World Twenty20," the Zimbabwe bowling coach http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Heath-Hilton-Streak-c62125 told ESPNcricinfo.
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Cricket Ireland today, Friday, August 17, 2012, named their final squad for next month’s T20 World Cup, to be held in Sri Lanka.
The 21-year-old all-rounder, Stuart Thompson, is the only uncapped player in the experienced squad. Most of the players in the 15-man touring party were also part of the squad that played in the previous edition of the marquee tournament in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760,
two years ago.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/John-Francis-Mooney-c67825 is the disappointing exclusion, as has been recently sidelined for 12 weeks due to a serious finger injury sustained over the weekend.
"It's disappointing for both John [Mooney] and the team," http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Philip-Verant-Simmons-c82175, the head coach of Ireland, said. “He's been a major part of the team for the last 3 or 4 years and it's disappointing we’ve to go without him.”
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Former http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DPMD-Jayawardene-c1397 wanted him to come out of T20 International retirement and play in next month’s world cup, at home.
But the spin wizard turned down the offer as he feels it would have been an injustice with the youngsters waiting in the wings.
“Mahela had asked me, but for me, if you're retired, you've retired. Youngsters pin their hopes on these tournaments to shine...It’ll be selfish on my part to go and play,” said the 40-year-old legendary off-spinner who had retired from international cricket
after 2011 http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 World Cup.
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