Shane Bond backs Zaheer Khan to find form ? Cricket News Roundup ? Part II ? September 24, 2012
Former New Zealand fast bowler Shane Bond on Monday backed under-fire Indian seamer Zaheer Khan to regain his lost form soon.
?Every fast bowler experiences that phase, when you just don?t get the rhythm. Nothing new in that and Zaheer is just going through a rough patch. It?s all about rhythm,? said Bond, 37, while rejecting 'too much talk'.
The 33-year-old left-arm medium pacer hailing from Maharashtra has come under fire recently, after struggling against New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Afghanistan in T20 matches. Whilst the veteran seamer managed to claim at least one wicket each against the Black Caps and the islanders, he struggled for penetration against the rest of the two opposition. What brought Zaheer?s performance under scrutiny was his figures of 32 for 0 against the inexperienced Afghanistan batting line-up last Wednesday.
South Africa?s World T20 squad is enjoying a two-day break at a luxury beach?in the southern Sri Lankan town of Bentota, ahead of their Super Eight campaign, commencing in Colombo, on Friday.
"We?ve had a hectic touring schedule over the last few months and we felt the next couple of days would be a great opportunity for the players to get away from cricket and to recharge their resources," said coach Kirsten.
The Proteas advanced to the next stage of the mega event after comprehensively defeating Group C competitors Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka. They will return to Colombo on Tuesday to start their preparations for the Super Eight stage opener against former champions India. Australia is the third team in the group while the fourth team will be decided based on the outcome of Pakistan-Bangladesh match on Tuesday.
Niall O?Brien, the middle order batsman of Ireland, hopes to remove talismanic West Indies opener Chris Gayle early on, come their must win match against the Caribbean side on Monday night.
?Hopefully one of the main bowlers can take a scalp early,? said O?Brien while speaking to media reporters on the eve of the do-or-die match. ?Gayle?s obviously a fine player but he's human, he can make a mistake. We need to make sure we take chance when it comes," he added further.
Australia has already qualified for the Super Eight stage and the winner of tonight?s match between Ireland and West Indies will be the other team from the Group B to advance to the next stage.
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