Cricket News in Brief – December 02, 2011 – Part 1
Pakistan beat http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 by five wickets in the first One Day International (ODI) at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, Bangladesh on Thursday, November 01, 2011.
After choosing to bat first, Bangladesh were restricted to 91 runs due to some prolific bowling from Pakistan.
All-rounder http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahid-Afridi-c2482, who seems to be enjoying a purple patch with the ball, grabbed five wickets to be named as the Player of the Match.
"I want to be consistent in our performance, it is a good practice, the coach decision was good, he told me to go play my own game, I can change my game now. I tried to experiment with my bowling in this game, and it worked," said the 31-year-old all-rounder.
Pakistan captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Misbah-ul-Haq-c1972 has admitted that his batsmen are failing to carry on their innings after getting off to a good start. The skipper also praised the performance from all-rounder Shahid Afridi, who grabbed five wickets in the first one-day game against hosts Bangladesh on Thursday, December 01, 2011.
“The important thing is, when you have a start you have to carry on, that is a problem with us, many of our batsmen get starts and don't carry on. Afridi is playing wonderful cricket from the day he came back," said Misbah.
Bangladesh skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mushfiqur-Rahim-c2045 has blamed the home pitches for his side’s colourless performance in recent months.
Speaking after his side lost their opening one-day game against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 on Thursday, December, 01, Rahim said, “I have not experienced what home advantage is in the last two series, to be honest with you," Mushfiqur said.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DJG-Sammy-c1382 believes it is extremely difficult to halt India’s winning streak who have won the last 10 matches played at home.
Sammy insisted that the current Indian side is in its prime and it would take an enormous effort to beat them in their own backyard.
"India so far have won the last 10 games at home. When you have a winning run, you always tend to get a way to go over the line," said Sammy.
West Indies will face http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 in the second ODI on Friday, December 02 at Visakhapatnam.
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