Shoaib Malik Named As Punjab’s Captain

Former Pakistani captain and off spinner Shoaib Malik is appointed as captain for the Punjab team. He has been name as captain after he is facing difficulties. He is also not selected in Pakistani world cup squad and also facing allegation of illegal money transferred to his account from India. He was not able to satisfy the PCB fact Finding committee.

He performed well during the domestic set up before the selection of national team for the world cup but was not selected in the national team.

While playing from PIA he has scored 799 runs in 2010-11 during the Quaid-e-Azam trophy. Lahore Shalimar’s team twp players Usman Salahuddin and Saad Nasim are also included in Punjab’s tam as reserve players. They are not selected in the final team.

Punjab team selected also included Imran Farhat and former Pakistani captain Muhammad Yousaf. Both these players are also not included in the world cup squad. Baluchistan team has still to name their captain. Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited leg spinner Yasir Shah has been named as captain for the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa team. Iftakhar Anjum will captain the Fedral Areas team.

World cup is also approaching and Pentangular tournament is also starting. Cricket season is starting and fans are ready to have fun.

Imran Farhat Send Legal Notice To Mazher Majeed For Appology

Pakistani opener Imran Farhat has sent a legal notice to Mazher Majeed. A video was released by Pakistani media in which Mazheer Majeed was talking to the agent and he said that 7 Pakistani players are with him. He named Imran Farhat as one of his mates. After the video  said that he will send him legal notice so did the other players said but Imran is the first player who send Mazher Majeed a notice.

Farhat’s father-in-law Mohammad Ilyas has confirmed that he has sent a legal notice to player’s ex-agent. He added that in the notice apology is demanded and they will also send him other notices if he fails to apologies.

They said that they are demanding they are demanding an apology from him and asking him to admit that the statement was unintentional and wrong. They added that if he fails to apologies then they will take legal action against him and sue for defamation.

Three other Pakistani players already said that they will also send him legal notice but so far only 1 Pakistani player send a legal notice to Majeed. Out of 7 named players three are suspended by ICC and will have their hearing in January.

Pakistan opts to bowl first against South Africa

DUBAI: Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi won the toss and put South Africa into bat in the third day-night international match here on Tuesday.

Pakistan, who won the second match by one wicket at Abu Dhabi on Sunday to level the five-match series 1-1, brought back opener Imran Farhat in place of struggling Misbah-ul-Haq as the only change to their line-up.

South Africa, who won the first match by eight wickets in Abu Dhabi on Friday, had to miss captain Graeme Smith again as he failed to fully recover from a hand injury sustained in the first match.

But all-rounder Jacques Kallis was back after missing the second match due to cramps in one of two changes South Africa made. Also included in the team was paceman Rusty Theron. Robin Peterson and Charl Langeveldt were left out.

The five-match one-day series will be followed by two Tests.

Pakistan:

Pakistan choose to bat in first ODI

ABU DHABI: Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi won the toss and decided to bat in the first day-night international match against South Africa at the Abu Dhabi Stadium here on Friday.

Pakistan recalled former captain Younis Khan in the team after he was selected for the tour following clearance from the Pakistan Cricket Board. The 32-year last played for Pakistan at Perth in January this year.

The other two men included were Asad Shafiq and Fawad Alam. Shahzaib Hasan, Imran Farhat and Umar Akmal, part of Twenty20 team on Wednesday, were dropped.

South Africa had to sit out fast bowler Dale Steyn (head injury) but had all-rounder Jacques Kallis back after missing the Twenty20 series which South Africa won 2-0. Also brought in was fast bowler Charl Langveldt and opener Hashim Amla.

All-rounder Albie Morkel, Loots Bosman and Rusty Theron were left out from

Misbah, Farhat excluded from first T20 encounter

Staff Report

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

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

17 Sindh districts declared calamity-hit

Staff Report

HYDERABAD: Sindh Relief Commissioner has declared 17 districts of the province as calamity-hit after floods damages, SAMAA reported Saturday.

Ghotki, Sukkur, Khairpur, Nuasheroferoz, Shaheed Benazirabad, Jacobabad, Kashmore, Shikarpur, Larkana, Qambar-Shehdad Kot, Dadu, Jamshoro, Mitiari, Tando Mohammad Khan, Hyderabad, Thatta and Badin have been declared as calamity hit districts, according to the announcement.

These districts have been declared calamity-hit due to human, animal and property loss. SAMAA

Butt admits nerves almost blew Pakistan victory

LONDON: Pakistani captain Salman Butt admitted that nerves nearly got to his team as they scraped home in the third Test against England at the Oval on Saturday.

Umar Akmal and Mohammad Amir held their nerve to guide the tourists to a four wicket win in what was almost a repeat of their defeat of Australia at Headingley recently when they lost seven wickets chasing 180.

“It was a bit nervous but this time it was by four wickets instead of three,” said Butt.

The result leaves the tourists 2-1 down in the series with one more Test to play at Lord’s starting on Thursday.

Set 148 to win on the fourth day Pakistan got off to a flying start thanks to Butt (48) and Imran Farhat (33) but wobbled when they lost three wickets for eight runs with their target in sight.

But Akmal (16 not out) and Amir (four not out) steadied the ship and Pakistan now

MJ Prior And SCJ Broad Rescued England Team After Batting Collapse

In the third match against Pakistan at Oval cricket ground England have won the toss and they elected to bat first. M Asif strike first for Pakistan as he picked AN Cook early in the inning. Test match debutant Wahab Riaz took four wickets for Pakistan and destroy England top batting order. M Aamir took 2 wickets.

MJ Prior and SCJ Broad combined together when England lost seven wickets for just 94 runs. They batted aggressively and took England score to 175 runs. At Tea England were 175 for the loss of 7 wickets. In the morning secession England lost 5 wickets and they scored 70 runs. Second secession brought 105 runs for then for just 2 wickets.

England team continue with winning eleven and consists of AJ Strauss , JM Anderson, SCJ Broad, PD Collingwood, AN Cook, ST Finn, EJG Morgan, KP Petersen, MJ Prior, GP Swann and IJL Trott.

Pakistan after four changes constitutes a team with Salman Butt, Kamran Akmal, Azhar Ali, Imran Farhat, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Yousaf, Saeed Ajmal, Umar Akmal, Wahab Riaz, and Yasir Hameed. Pakistan is 2 down in the series and to win this match is necessary for them to stay in series.

Pakistan reeling at 94-5, still need 86 to avoid innings defeat

BIRMINGHAM: Graeme Swann took three wickets as England closed in on an innings victory against Pakistan in the second Test at Edgbaston here on Sunday.

Pakistan were 94 for five, still needing a further 85 runs to make England bat again, at lunch on the third day as they tried to avoid going 2-0 down in this four-match series after last week”s crushing 354-run loss at Trent Bridge.

Umar Amin was 12 not out and Test debutant Zulqarnain Haider one not out after Pakistan lost four wickets for 32 runs in 60 balls on Sunday.

Off-spinner Swann did the bulk of the damage with three wickets for 12 runs in just eight overs.

From around the wicket, Swann produced a delivery that pitched outside leg-stump and clipped Imran Farhat”s off stump to bowl the left-hander for 29 and end a second-wicket stand of 52 with Azhar Ali.

Pakistan”s 53 for two became 54 for three as Swann took two wickets for one run in seven balls by bowling Ali (19) with a sharply turning off-break.

Pakistan lost another wicket when Shoaib Malik tried to leave a Steven Finn delivery only to glove it to wicketkeeper Matt Prior.

And they were 82 for five when Umar Akmal, extraordinarily playing no stroke, was lbw to Swann.

Zulqarnain came in on a ”king pair”, having been out for a first ball nought in Pakistan”s first innings 72 — their lowest total against England.

Pakistan resumed on 19 for one, having already lost captain Salman Butt for a duck on Saturday.

For the first time this series, Pakistan reached fifty without having lost at least six wickets only for Swann to strike soon afterwards.

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