Misbah, Farhat excluded from first T20 encounter
October 26, 2010 by Trend PK
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ABU DHABI: Pakistan will not include opener Imran Farhat, middle-order batsman Mishbah ul Haq, pacers Wahab Riaz and Tanvir Ahmed in the first Twenty20 clash against South Africa being played in Abu Dhabi today.
According to sources, skipper Shahid Afridi, Shahzeb Hasan, Muhammad Hafiz, Asad Shafiq, Fawad Alam, Abdul Razzaq, Umar Akmal, Saeed Ajmal, Umar Gul, Shoaib Akhtar and Zulqarnain Haider will enter the field in the series opener. SAMAA
England restrict Pakistan to 241 in 3rd ODI
Pakistan were all out for 241 after winning the toss and batting first against England in the third one-day international at the Oval on Friday.
Fawad Alam anchored Pakistan’s innings with a tenacious 64, having rescued his side from a precarious score-line of 31 for 3. Fawad and Asad Shafiq did their best to regroup in uncomfortable circumstances. Then, Alam and Afridi made a decent fist of a recovery from the depths of 121 for 5, with Afridi showing signs of rediscovering his inner Boom Boom after a shaky start as he belted Swann for two fours and a six in nine balls. Abdul Razzaq, back in the side after injury and at the expense of Mohammad Irfan, did his best to dictate the closing stages. James Anderson was the star of England’s show with an eye-opening display of attacking seam bowling. He claimed 3 for 26 in ten exemplary overs.
Taliban claim responsibility for Lahore attacks
September 3, 2010 by Trend PK
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DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Pakistan’s Taliban on Friday took responsibility for triple bombings at a mourning procession in the city of Lahore that killed 37 people.
Wednesday’s blasts in Lahore was the first major militant attack in Pakistan since floods waters tore through the country over the past month.
“It’s revenge for the killings of innocent Sunnis,” a spokesman for Qari Hussain Mehsud, mentor of the Taliban’s suicide bombers, told Reuters by telephone from an undisclosed location.
“We also have videos of the fidayeen (bombers) and we may release them,” the spokesman Shakirullah Mehsud told Reuters.
Thousands of people have been killed in sectarian violence by militants for over two decades.
Hussain is a senior leader of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), or Taliban Movement of Pakistan led by Hakimullah Mehsud, who was charged by U.S.
Pakistan beats Somerset County in practice match
September 3, 2010 by Trend PK
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TAUNTON: Pakistan won a one-day tour game against southwest county, Somerset, by eight runs in the last over in their final match before the Twenty20 and one-day series against England, SAMAA reported on Friday.
The host team invited Pakistan to bat first at Somerset ground in Taunton. The guest team scored 264 runs in 47.3 overs.
Shah Zaib Hassan scored an impressive century and left the pitch at 105 runs. Fawad Alam also played well, scoring 97 runs.
In response, the host team managed to make 256 runs after losing nine wickets at the end of 50th over. South African player Zander de Bruyn remained unbeaten at 122 runs. He played a smart game, giving Pakistan a tough time. In spite of his hefty score, Somerset lost the match by eight runs.
Umar Gul and Saeed Ajmal took three wickets each; Shahid Afridi took two. The Pakistani
Zimbabwe trounce Pakistan in warm-up counter
LAHORE: The defending champions, Pakistan, slumped to an embarrassing 12-run defeat at the hands of a buoyant Zimbabwe, who followed up their thrilling one-run victory over Australia with another impressive scalp at St Lucia.
At 64 for 5 in the 12th over, Zimbabwe looked unlikely to reprise their heroics of the opening warm-up match, but Elton Chigumbura lived up to his pre-tournament reputation with a hard-hitting 49 not out from 35 balls, to hoist the total to a defendable 143 for 7.
In reply, Kamran Akmal started full of intent with 37 from 27 balls, but Pakistan kept shipping wickets from the opposite end, as they slipped to 67 for 5 after 10 overs.
Fawad Alam and Misbah-ul-Haq then added 51 in in 7.4 overs for the sixth wicket, before being stopped in their tracks by Prosper Utseya, who extracted both men in the space of three deliveries, en route to figures of 4 for 15 in four overs.
Pakistan tumbled from 118 for 5 to 124 for 9, and it was left to Chigumbura to apply the coup de grace, as he finished with figures of 3 for 16 in three overs, and Zimbabwe”s second win in consecutive warm-up matches.
PCB Announces World Twenty20 Squad
Pakistan has announced a 15-member squad for the upcoming World Twenty20 tournament to be played in the West Indies.
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Chief selector Mohsin Khan announced the squad at National Stadium Karachi and informed that naming a captain “is the domain of the PCB chairman (Ijaz Butt)” who will name the skipper later.
Squad
1 Abdul Razzak, 2 Saeed Ajmal, 3 Muhammad Hafeez, 4 Shahid Afridi, 5 Kamran Akmal, 6 Omer Akmal, 7 Umer Gul, 8 Misbah-ul-Haq, 9 Muhammad Asif, 10 Khalid Latif, 11 Salman Butt, 12 Hammad Azam, 13 Fawad Alam, 14 Muhammad Amir and 15 Yasir Arafat.
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Pakistan 2/0 in 5th ODI vs Australia
PERTH: Pakistan openers Salman Butt and Khalid Latif lost wickets without adding a runs in the overs of Ryan Harris and Mitchell Johnson as Shahid Afridi won the toss and opted to bat first in the final one dayer of the five matches series against Australia here at Western Australia Cricket Association (WACA) ground on Sunday.
Mohammad Yousuf, the designated captain, pulled out with a troublesome knee, and Afridi leading Pakistan in an ODI for the first time.
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Pakistan has also made two other changes in the team dropping wicketkeeper batsman Kamran Akmal and leg spinner Saeed Ajmal.
Teams:
Pakistan: Salman Butt, Khalid Latif, Younis Khan, Umar Akmal, Fawad Alam, Shahid Afridi(Capt), Shoaib Malik, Naved-ul-Hasan, Iftikhar Anjum, Mohammad Asif, Sarfraz Ahmed (wicketkeeper)
Australia: SE Marsh, BJ Haddin†, Ricky Ponting (Capt), CL White, AC Voges, MEK Hussey, JR Hopes, NM Hauritz, CJ McKay, RJ Harris, MG Johnson
Pakistan 2/0 in 5th ODI vs Australia was first posted on January 31, 2010 at 11:25 am.
Australia Win Toss, Batting Against Pakistan in 3rd ODI
ADELAIDE: Australia Win Toss, Batting Against Pakistan in 3rd ODI, Australia was 44 without loss in third one dayer against Pakistan in 10th over of the match at Adelaide Oval on Tuesday.
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Ricky Ponting won the toss and chose to bat first at the Adelaide Oval. Australia are looking to take an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series against Pakistan, who have made two changes.
Mohammad Aamer was ruled out with a groin injury and was replaced by Mohammad Asif, who missed the second game in Sydney with a hand problem. The visitors also left out Shoaib Malik, who made way for the batsman Fawad Alam to play his first game since the three-day warm-up match at the start of the tour.
Pakistan must win to keep the series alive with a double-header still to be played in Perth.
Australia will be without Peter Siddle, who reported back soreness following Sunday’s win at the SCG and has been rested. That has allowed Ryan Harris to come in for his second appearance in Australian colours.
Pakistan: Salman Butt, Kamran Akmal (wk), Younis Khan, Mohammad Yousuf (capt), Umar Akmal, Fawad Alam, Shahid Afridi, Rana Naved-ul-Hasan, Umar Gul, Mohammad Asif, Saeed Ajmal.
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Australia: Shane Watson, Shaun Marsh, Ricky Ponting (capt), Michael Clarke, Cameron White, Michael Hussey, Brad Haddin (wk), Ryan Harris, Nathan Hauritz, Clint McKay, Doug Bollinger.
Australia Win Toss, Batting Against Pakistan in 3rd ODI was first posted on January 26, 2010 at 11:40 am.
Akmal Brothers save the day for Pakistan
Pakistan after getting reduced to a disastrous 85 for 5 fought back superbly through Umar Akmal and his older brother Kamran Akmal to end Day 3 at 307 for 8. Umar Akmal went onto score a century on Test Debut! The Akmal Brothers put on a terrific counter punch with a partnership of 176 for the sixth wicket. New Zealand still hold the game in their control as Pakistan have a deficit of 122 runs and there are a couple of days left in this Dunedin match. Pakistan would be looking for some weather intervention to keep New Zealand away from a victory.
New Zealand resumed Day 3 at 404 for 8 and could add a further 25 runs before getting bowled out. Mohammad Asif finished with 4 for 108 in 34 overs. Pakistan in their first innings got off to a bad start when Khurram Manzoor dragged his forcing shot onto his stumps off Chris Martin in the 4th over. By lunch, Pakistan lost their other opener Imran Farhat who challenged an lbw decision through a review but in vain. Martin was again the successful bowler to take this wicket and Pak went to lunch at 50 for 2.
Pakistan had more trouble in store in the afternoon session as they lost three more wickets to put New Zealand in a winning position. Shane Bond bowled at his very best to pick the wickets of Skipper Mohammad Yousuf (17), Fawad Alam (29) and Shoaib Malik (2) in the space of around 4 overs. Yousuf played an uppish drive back to Bond who came up with a forward diving catch. Fawad Alam and Shoaib Malik both fell to rising deliveries.
At 85 for 5, the Kiwis were right on top of Pakistan but the Akmal brothers had different ideas. Umar Akmal initiated the counter attack by slogging Vettori over mid wicket for a six and his older brother Kamran joined the fight in same vein. For the next 40 overs or so, the Kiwi attack was put to sword before Kamran Akmal threw his wicket by giving the charge to Vettori but only to edge his big shot to slip. The wicket keeper batsman scored a superb 82 from 136 balls with 11 fours and a six.
Towards the fag end of the day’s play, Umar Akmal got dismissed getting caught at deep point after a brilliant 129 (from 160 balls with 21 fours and 2 sixes). Vettori rounded off the day with the wicket of Umar Gul.
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Akmal Brothers save the day for Pakistan was first posted on November 26, 2009 at 8:16 pm.
McIntosh flays Pakistani bowling on final day
Tim McIntosh stroked his way to an unbeaten 131 from196 balls with 16 fours on the final day of Pakistan’s tour match at Queensland. The New Zealand Invitation XI ended the match at a solid 231 for 2 in their second innings before the match became a draw. Daniel Flynn also found some useful form scoring 56.
Brief Scores : New Zealand Invitation XI 234 and 231/2 (McIntosh 131* Flynn 56, Abdur Rauf 1/11 Fawad Alam 1/46) drew with Pakistanis 286
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