Misbah-ul-Haq notified as captain for SA Test series
The Pakistan Cricket Board has appointed Misbah-ul-Haq as captain for the test series against South Africa, while retaining Shahid Afridi as skipper for the ODIs and T20 matches.
PCB spokesman Nadeem Sarwar confirmed the appointments and said details would be given later.
Misbahs appointment comes as a surprise given that he was only recalled to the national team for the one-dayers and T20 against South Africa on Thursday after a gap of six months. Misbah, who has never captained Pakistan in test matches, last played in the T20 World Cup in West Indies.
Misbah-ul-Haq to lead Pakistan in SA Test series
The Pakistan Cricket Board has appointed Misbah-ul-Haq as captain for the test series against South Africa, while retaining Shahid Afridi as skipper for the ODIs and T20 matches.
PCB spokesman Nadeem Sarwar confirmed the appointments and said details would be given later.
Misbahs appointment comes as a surprise given that he was only recalled to the national team for the one-dayers and T20 against South Africa on Thursday after a gap of six months. Misbah, who has never captained Pakistan in test matches, last played in the T20 World Cup in West Indies.
Afridi facing tough task in boosting Pakistan
September 8, 2010 by Trend PK
Filed under World News
CARDIFF: Pakistan one-day captain Shahid Afridi admitted he had a job on his hands to raise the morale of his scandal-hit side after they were bowled out for just 89 by England in a thumping Twenty20 loss.
Pakistan were dismissed for their lowest Twenty20 score in 40 matches at this level at Sophia Gardens here on Tuesday as England won by six wickets to wrap up a 2-0 series win with a mammoth 36 balls to spare.
World Twenty20 champions England, who completed a 3-1 Test series win over Pakistan last month, will now look for fresh success when the teams meet in the first of five one-day internationals at Chester-le-Street, northeast England, on Friday.
“We were very bad, inexperienced and immature from my side and from all the batsmen,” Afridi told reporters. “I think we played very bad cricket.
“It will be a big challenge to compete in the one-dayers,
Waqar Younis Named Pakistan Bowling Coach
LAHORE: Pakistan former captain and legendary fast bowler Waqar Younis has been appointed as the bowling and fielding coach for the upcoming Pakistan-Australia Test and ODI series.
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Waqar in 2007 had resigned as Pakistan bowling coach in protest at only being asked on the South Africa tour for the Tests and not the one-dayers and announced his decision hours before he was due to leave for South Africa, where Pakistan were to play three Tests and five one-dayers.
Pakistan national coach Intikhab Alam recently expressed his disappointment with the fielding and batting departments – in which he called for an improvement.
Waqar Younis Named Pakistan Bowling Coach was first posted on December 9, 2009 at 4:49 pm.
Waqar Younis Named Pakistan Bowling Coach
LAHORE: Pakistan former captain and legendary fast bowler Waqar Younis has been appointed as the bowling and fielding coach for the upcoming Pakistan-Australia Test and ODI series.
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Waqar in 2007 had resigned as Pakistan bowling coach in protest at only being asked on the South Africa tour for the Tests and not the one-dayers and announced his decision hours before he was due to leave for South Africa, where Pakistan were to play three Tests and five one-dayers.
Pakistan national coach Intikhab Alam recently expressed his disappointment with the fielding and batting departments – in which he called for an improvement.
Waqar Younis Named Pakistan Bowling Coach was first posted on December 9, 2009 at 4:49 pm.
Tennessee Football Players Arrested
Tennessee Football Players Arrested, Three University of Tennessee football players are in custody and charged with attempted armed robbery after an incident that occurred this morning in a pilot store located on Cumberland Avenue in Knoxville, near the campus of the University of Tennessee.
According to Police Department spokesman Darrell DeBusk Knoxville, Nu’Keese Richardson, Mike Janzen Jackson and Edwards were arrested at the Detention Center of Knox County.
Officers responded to the convenience store located at 2218 Pilot Cumberland Avenue at about 1:43 this morning on an armed robbery in progress call. According to police reports three men were sitting in the car waiting for a friend who was inside the store.
The three men said they had parked next to a light blue Toyota Prius. He went on to say a black man then approached with a black sweatshirt and brandishing a black semi-automatic pistol. He opened the driver’s door and said, “Give me everything you have.”
The men said a black man, then exited from the passenger side of the Prius, wearing a black, hooded sweatshirt. He walked to the passenger door of his car, opened it and said, “Give us everything you have.”
According to statements made by men to the police, all presenting their portfolios to suspects and showed them that he had no money. A black man, third, then went and told the other two black males, “We have to go.” The three got into the Prius and left, according to reports.
The Prius has been observed near Gibbs Hall on Lake Loudoun Blvd. on the campus of the University of Tennessee. There is a stop crime took place on the vehicle, and four men were detained in the vehicle.
He saw two hooded black officers in sight in the backseat. Under the seat back towards the center, officers found a black air pistol CO2 powered. Inside the glove box, officers found a marijuana grinder. A search of the suspects revealed a clear plastic bag containing a green leafy substance believed to be marijuana in the vehicle’s driver, his jacket pocket Marie Montmarquet’s. Montmarquet later stated that the mill marijuana belonged to her. She was charged with possession, in addition to attempted armed robbery.
Crime Lab responded to the scene and confiscated the hoodies, the air gun and marijuana mill. The vehicle was towed to the city impound lot. The marijuana was confiscated by the officers.
The four suspects were taken back to pilot a program to identification. The victims positively identified Edwards and Richardson as the two approached their vehicle and demanded everything. Source thedailytimes
Tennessee Football Players Arrested was first posted on November 12, 2009 at 8:34 pm.
Pakistan vs New Zealand Live Match In Progress
Pakistan vs New Zealand Live Match In Progress Pakistan 161/8 (19.6).
Pakistan 161/8 (19.6)
New Zealand 19/0 (1.2)
New Zealand, who chose to field first
Over 1.4: Boundary!. S Tanvir to Martin Guptill, short and wide, cuts it down to the thirdman region.
Over 1.3: Single. S Tanvir to B McCullum, half volley, plays an off drive off the frontfoot between mid off and the bowler.
Over 1.2: One leg bye. S Tanvir to Martin Guptill, pitched up delivery, flicks it off the frontfoot towards squareleg.
Over 1.1: Single. S Tanvir to B McCullum, pitched up delivery, drives it off the frontfoot towards covers.
Over 0.6: Boundary!. M Aamer to Martin Guptill, short of length delivery, cuts it down to the thirdman region.
Over 0.5: Five runs. M Aamer to B McCullum, pitched up delivery, flicks it off the frontfoot towards mid wicket.
Over 0.4: Boundary!. M Aamer to B McCullum, short of length delivery, plays a cut towards covers.
Over 0.2: Boundary!. M Aamer to B McCullum, short of length delivery, pulls it towards mid wicket.
Over 0.2: No runs. M Aamer to B McCullum, bouncer, let’s that go to the keeper outside the off stump.
Over 0.1: No runs. M Aamer to B McCullum, good length delivery, let’s that go to the keeper outside the off stump.
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Pakistan vs New Zealand Live Match In Progress was first posted on November 12, 2009 at 10:52 pm.
PAK vs NZ 1st T20i Dubai, PAK won by 49 runs
PAK vs NZ 1st T20i Dubai,12 November, 2009, PAK won by 49 runs .
The spin pair of Shahid Afridi and Saeed Ajmal had confounded New Zealand’s batsmen in the one-dayers, but the match was settled even before they came into the attack today.Watch More updates
PAK vs NZ 1st T20i Dubai, PAK won by 49 runs was first posted on November 13, 2009 at 12:16 am.
