Australia in trouble at 65 for 5 ? Cricket News Roundup ? Part I ? October 2, 2012
Pakistan spinners ran riot to have Australia against the ropes at 65 for 5 in the 14th over, after putting ?a par 149 for 6 on the board, in their do-or-die Super Eight match, being played at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.
Openers Shane Watson and David Warner both returned to the dugout after scoring eight runs apiece. Rookie ?left-arm spinner Raza Hasan and Mohammad Hafeez shared four wickets between them, while economical Saeed Ajmal accounted George Bailey in his two overs bowled so far, conceding just four runs.
Earlier Pakistan rode on Nasir Jamshed?s calculated half-century to set a respectable total of 149 in their stipulated twenty overs, after getting off to a meticulous start. Kamran Akmal (32) and Abdul Razzaq (22) were the other notable contributors.
Pakistan Playing XI:
Mohammad Hafeez*,?Imran Nazir,?Nasir Jamshed, Kamran Akmal?,?Shoaib Malik,?Umar Akmal,?Shahid Afridi, Abdul Razzaq,?Umar Gul,?Saeed Ajmal,?Raza Hasan
Australia Playing XI:
SR Watson,?DA Warner,?MEK Hussey, GJ Bailey*, CL White, GJ Maxwell, MS Wade†, GB Hogg, PJ Cummins, MA Starc, XJ Doherty
Mahela Jayawardene has defended Sri Lanka?s decision to change captain for the final Super Eight match against England, saying they did that with right intentions.
Jayawardene and his deputy Angelo Mathews have both been recently handed fines for slow over rates and a further offence would mean the player would be handed one match ban, and the Sri Lankan team management did not want to risk its key players ahead of World T20 semi-finals.
"The intention was not wrong. I had a warning for an over-rate issue, and if it happened again I could have missed the next match,? said Jayawardene after his side qualified for the semi-finals with a 15-run win over England. ?We don't want to miss the big games, so we did it with the right intentions,? he added further.
Former Pakistan captain Aamer Sohail has questioned Mohammad Hafeez? decision to bat first against arch-rivals India in a crunch Super Eight match, at Colombo on Sunday.
?Pakistan should have realised that India?s strong point is their batting and they can chase a big total, so why did they bat first?? said the former top-order batsman Aamer Sohail during a TV show. ?Our eleven was not chosen with India in mind,? he added further.?
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