Stuart Broad Hungry To Attack World Cup Opponents

England fast bowler Stuart Broad is hungry to attack the opponents of world cup 2011. He is ready to bowl his opponent with full energy and looking to utilize his strength and energy to get world cup 2011 for his country.

He was injured most of the time against Australian series and was not part of victorious Ashes team and also missed ODI matches against Australia. Due to injuries Australia managed to win the series 6-1. He is very focus on his bowling and can’t wait for the matches to start.

He took 5 wickets against Canada and brought England a win. The match was going out of England hand but he took the last wicket and got victory by 16 runs. He was talking to news channel and said that after two month he is back and feeling bit nervous but he is right back in rhythm after taking wickets in the warm up game.

He said that he is feeling fresh and looking forward for his return and bring some energy back in the team. He is also committed to perform well against Pakistan team and said that after training he is feeling good. He said that all team members are exited and they all are looking towards the world cup 2011.

England thrash Australia A by 10 wickets in final warm-up

SYDNEY: Skipper Andrew Strauss smashed a four through midwicket to give England a 10-wicket victory over Australia A in their final warm-up match for the Ashes in Hobart on Saturday.

The tourists again had plenty to be cheerful about in the last of their three matches in Australia before their defence of the Ashes begins on Thursday in Brisbane.

Batsman Ian Bell hit 192 and England’s back-up bowlers Chris Tremlett and Tim Bresnan grabbed seven and six wickets respectively.

England’s likely bowling attack for the first test, Stuart Broad, Steve Finn, Graeme Swann and James Anderson, are already in Queensland acclimatising. AGENCIES

England win fifth ODI against Pakistan by 121 runs

SOUTHAMPTON: Eoin Morgan’s latest match-winning Rose Bowl century saw England to a crushing 121 run-victory against Pakistan as they took the five-match one-day series 3-2 on Wednesday to end a scandal-marred season.

Success meant England had won consecutive Test (3-1), Twenty20 (2-0) and limited overs series against a Pakistan side whose tour was overshadowed by ‘spot-fixing’ allegations.

Man-of-the-match Morgan made 107 not out in a total of 256 for six after England had slumped to 47 for three following captain Andrew Strauss’s decision to bat first.

Former Ireland left-hander Morgan had previously made an unbeaten 103 as England beat Australia by four wickets in the first one-dayer at the Rose Bowl in June.

Pakistan were eventually dismissed for 135 with 13 overs still left, seamer Stuart Broad taking three for 25 and off-spinner Graeme Swann

Pakistan looks good on paper: Qadir

Staff Report

LAHORE: Former chief selector Abdul Qadir said on Friday that Pakistan could win the first one-day international against England if the players realize their responsibly.

Speaking to SAMAA in Lahore, Qadir said that Pakistani team is looking strong on paper.

Skipper Shahid Afridi won the toss and put England in to bat in the first encounter of the 5-mtach series. The match was reduced to a 41-overs-a-side match after heavy rain delayed the start at Chester-le-Street on Friday.

Covers were still in place on the pitch at the scheduled 1015BST (0915GMT) start of what was supposed to be a 50-over match following overnight and morning rain.

England: 1 Andrew Strauss (capt), 2 Steve Davies (wk), 3 Jonathan Trott, 4 Paul Collingwood, 5 Eoin Morgan, 6 Ravi Bopara, 7 Tim Bresnan, 8 Michael Yardy, 9 Graeme Swann, 10 Stuart Broad, 11

Trott, Broad set world record for eighth wicket

LONDON: England batsmen Jonathan Trott and Stuart Broad set a world record eighth wicket partnership on Saturday when they extended their stand to 332 on the third day of the fourth test against Pakistan at Lord’s.

The pair, who came to the crease with England in deep trouble at 102 for seven in their first innings on Friday, broke the previous mark of 313 set by Pakistan’s Wasim Akram and Saqlain Mushtaq against Zimbabwe in 1996.

The partnership was finally broken 15 minutes before lunch when Broad was dismissed lbw to off-spinner Saeed Ajmal for 169.

At the interval, England were 445 for eight in their first innings with Trott still at the crease on 183. A draw would be enough for England to win the series 2-1.

Trott, who scored 226 in the Lord’s test against Bangladesh this year, took a single off the first ball he faced on Saturday to reach

Highest eighth wicket test match partnerships

LONDON: A list of the top 10 highest eighth wicket test match partnerships after England’s Jonathan Trott and Stuart Broad broke the previous best of 313 against Pakistan at Lord’s on Saturday.

Players Runs Opposition Venue Year

1. Trott/Broad 332 Pakistan Lord’s 2010

2. Wasim Akram/Saqlain Mushtaq (Pakistan) 313 Zimbabwe Sheikhupura 1996

3. Stephen Fleming/James Franklin (New Zealand) 256 South Africa Cape Town 2006

4. Nathan Astle/Adam Parore (New Zealand) 253 Australia Perth 2001

5. Les Ames/Gubby Allen (England) 246 New Zealand Lord’s 1931

6. Roger Hartigan/Clem Hill (Australia) 243 England Adelaide 1908

7. Tom

Broad follows century with two quick wickets

LONDON: Stuart Broad delighted a capacity Lord’s crowd on Saturday by following up a splendid innings of 169 with two wickets in 10 balls on the third day of the fourth test between England and Pakistan.

Broad shared a world-record eighth-wicket partnership of 332 with Jonathan Trott (184) after England had been reeling at 102 for seven in their first innings on Friday.

They recovered to reach 446, a total which assumed intimidating proportions when Pakistan stumbled to 46 for three at tea.

Broad, taking the new ball from the Pavilion end, moved a delivery away from Yasir Hameed (2) who was comfortably caught at second slip by Graeme Swann.

Imran Farhat fell to James Anderson for six, edging a catch to wicketkeeper Matt Prior. Broad then bowled Pakistan’s leading batsman Mohammad Yousuf for a duck.

Pakistan captain Salman Butt

Dadu: Lawmaker tried to breach dike attacked

Staff Report

DADU: A group of villagers attacked member of Sindh Provincial Assembly Najamuddin Abro when he tried to breach a dike on Friday.

Police rescued the lawmaker from the angry villagers.

According to reports, hundreds of villagers engulfed Abro and police when they were trying to divert the floodwater toward Khairpur Nathan Shah by making a breach in the Kunda Wah dike.

The move annoyed the villagers, who then attacked Abro with slaps. They complained that Abro wanted to see them dead by floods. SAMAA

Trott and Broad save England with record stand

LONDON: Jonathan Trott and Stuart Broad hit centuries at Lord’s on Friday to save England with a record eighth-wicket stand after Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Amir had blown away the early batting in the fourth and final test.

Trott batted all day to reach 149 not out, adding 244 with Broad (125 not out) to lead England to 346 for seven in their first innings at the close of the second day.

Broad, in an innings of genuine quality, scored his maiden test century and the first by an England number nine since John Murray against West Indies in 1966.

His partnership with Broad is an England record for the eighth wicket against Pakistan, and the second highest against any country.

The hosts, 2-1 up in the series, were reduced to 47 for five in the morning session after resuming on 39 for one. Only 12.3 overs were bowled on Thursday

England recall Bresnan for final test decider

LONDON: England have recalled bowler Tim Bresnan for the final test against Pakistan at Lord’s after defeat at the Oval left the series hanging in the balance.

Bresnan is the only change to the squad that fell to a four wicket defeat in the third test on Saturday. England lead the four-match series 2-1.

“Ultimately the team is looking for an improved performance to finish the series well,” national selector Geoff Miller said in an England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) statement on Sunday.

“We have been saying throughout this entire series that consistency is key and that certainly remains the case.”

Bresnan has taken 14 wickets in five test matches at an average of 35.14. The final test gets underway on Thursday.

England squad: Andrew Strauss (captain), James Anderson, Tim Bresnan, Stuart Broad, Paul Collingwood, Alastair Cook, Steven Finn,

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