Afridi should lead the team for long time: Wasim

The former captain of Pakistan cricket team Wasim Akram has said that Shahid Afridi should lead the team for a long time. According to him, he captained very well in World Cup 2011. Wasim Akram was giving interview to a Pakistani private channel. He said that due to the great captaincy of Afridi, Pakistan won the 6 matches out of 8 and reach into the semi-finals.

Batting coach is necessary: Wasim Akram

Wasim Akram supported the decision of batting coach and said that with his our batsman can correct their mistakes. He asked that most of the teams have the batting coaches at this time, then why we don’t have?

Wasim Akram says, this is a great opportunity for youngsters

Wasim Akram further said that extras is the big problem of green shirts but I hope that bowling coach Waqar Younis and his assistant Aqib Javed will work to recover this problem. He supported the decision of PCB’s selection committee to give chance to youngsters and said that this is a great opportunity for youngsters to prove themselves as the alternates of old players and make their place in the team. Especially he said that Hammad Azam is a good and very talented player. Wasim Akram added that giving rest to Umar Gul is a good decision.

Waqar’s sister hopeful of Pakistan’s win over India

SIALKOT: Ambreen, the sister of national coach Waqar Younis, has expressed the hope that Pakistan will defeat its arch-rival India in Wednesday’s semi-final clash at Mohali.

In an exclusive chat with TrendPK, she said that India would be defeated on its soil tomorrow.

“We are proud of team’s performance in the World Cup,” she said.

Ms. Ambreen further said that Pakistan was facing serious crisis before the World Cup, but they played good cricket.TrendPK

Pak vs SL: BHOOM BHOOM AFRIDI – Takes His 300th Wicket In ODI

Pakistan vs Sri Lanka: While “BHOOM BHOOM AFRIDI” is renowned for his aggressive batting, he is also a handy leg-spinner capable of producing a good mix of wicket taking balls. This is a good news for the fans of Afridi that he claimed his 300th wicket in one-day internationals during his team’s World Cup Group A match against Sri Lanka on Saturday. . While his stock ball is the leg break, his armoury also includes the conventional off break and a ‘quicker one’ which he can deliver at nearly 80 mph in the style of a medium-pacer.

He got 5 wickets in the first match of ICC Cricket world cup against Kenya. 11th match of ICC Cricket Cricket world Cup 2011 is continue in R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. And now “BHOOM BHOOM AFRIDI” is also on fire in bowling against Sri Lanka.

Afridi picked up the wicket of Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara to achieve the feat in his 314th ODI. He became the 11th bowler in the world to have 300 or more wickets. He occasionally sends down a bouncer to a batsman, which is very rare for a spin bowler.

Sri Lanka offspinner Muttiah Muralitharan holds the world record with 522 wickets. Pakistan’s Wasim Akram (502) and Waqar Younis (416) are at second and third place respectively.

Issue of World Cup Captaincy Is About Solve

Who will be captain of Pakistan for ICC World Cup 2011? This issue is now about to solve. In this regard the Chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board Ijaz Butt met to the team manager Intakhab Alam in Christ Church, and took advices. After the criticism from former cricketers on him and board, the chairman PCB decided to announce captain for World Cup soon. Probebly it is expected after third ODI match between Pakistan and New Zealand.

Talking to a private news channel team manager confirmed his meeting with PCB chairman and said that in next two, three days the situation will be on the screen. But he didn’t give his personal opinion that who should be captain and said that PCB will take a decision in the larger interest of the country.

According to sources PCB has made Shahid Afridi and Misbah-ul-Haq opponents but they didn’t allow this issue to disturb the mutual relations. Both players spend a lot of time off the field together. The decision of PCB to not announce captain affected the entire team and experts said that board should take decision soon now in order to achieve better results.

Reliable sources said that Chief selector of Pakistan cricket team Mohsin Hussan Khan is in the favor of Misbah-ul-Haq and he voted for him because he thinks that the captaincy of Test series couldn’t pressurize him and his individual progress is becoming better. The coach Waqar Younis is also in the favor to give captaincy of Mega event to Misbah-ul-Haq.

Before this the Presidency has given free hand to Ijaz Butt on the issue of the selection of captain and advised the chairman to use his own authority without gaining any sort of pressure. After getting the favor of some board officals and former cricketers Misbah-
ul-Haq became the strong candidate and it is difficult for Shahid Afridi to play as ODI captain after the series against New Zealand.

Smith, Waqar praise exciting one-day cricket

DUBAI: South African skipper Graeme Smith and Pakistan team coach Waqar Younis both described the fourth one-day match between their two teams as having been exciting and good for 50-over form of cricket.

Pakistan pulled off a sensational one-wicket win on the penultimate delivery of the match after being set a challenging 275-run target on Friday, to level the five-match series at 2-2 and set an intriguing fifth match for Monday.

Smith, whose 98 was the cornerstone for the South African total, termed the series as having been ultra competitive.

“The four teams that are playing one day cricket at the moment are doing a good job keeping people on the edge of their seats,” said Smith of the Pakistan-South Africa and Australia-Sri Lanka series.

South Africa won the first match by eight wickets in Abu Dhabi before the next three games went to the last

Waqar credits team efforts for thrilling win

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DUBAI: Waqar Younis, the Pakistan’s head coach, has credited all players for pulling out a thrilling one-wicket victory in the fourth One Day International (ODI) against South Africa in Dubai on Friday.

Speaking at the post-match press conference, Younis said that Pakistan displayed very good performance in almost every department of the game.

“One should praise the game, it was a hell of a match and all praise to the boys who showed great fighting ability, especially Younis who batted well and the tail-enders who kept us in the hunt,” he added.

On the other hand, South African captain Graeme Smith said that team could not secure the win, despite setting a formidable 276-run target. Trend Pk

Pakistan team cleared of Oval fixing claim

KARACHI: Pakistan’s one-day captain Shahid Afridi and coach Waqar Younis on Wednesday welcomed a decision to clear the team of some spot-fixing claims levelled against them in England last month.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Wednesday ruled there was no evidence of corruption in the third one-day international between Pakistan and England at the Oval played on September 17.

The investigation was separate from allegations of corruption lodged against Pakistan during the Lord’s Test with England in August, which led to three players being suspended indefinitely.

The ICC had last month announced a probe into a “certain scoring pattern” that emerged during Pakistan’s win over England at the Oval.

It followed a report by The Sun newspaper, which claimed to have been made aware of details of Pakistan’s innings before the match had got under

Furious English captain slams PCB chairman

Furious English captain Andrew Strauss slams PCB chairman Ijaz Butt for accusing his side of throwing third ODI at Oval. He also revealed that England came close to pulling out of yesterdays game in the wake of the claims.
Strauss was talking to media, said We would like to express our surprise, dismay and outrage at the comments made by Mr. Butt. We are deeply concerned and disappointed that our integrity as cricketers has been brought into question. He refuted the allegations completely and said his side will be working closely with ECB to explore all legal options open to them.
We are absolutely 100 per cent convinced that the allegations have no substance. We cant state that strongly enough he said. We dont want to go into the comments because that would make them legitimate. We hold our heads very high.
Pakistan cricket team coach, Waqar Younis on the other hand says he’s proud of his boys. Fixing allegation aren’t good for the country but player have responded just the way he wanted them. He said he don’t want to get into the comments on the words of PCB Chairman, Ijaz Butt. Players deserve congratulations on winning the match.

Waqar vary of Ponting”s class act

HEADINGLAY: Pakistan coach Waqar Younis believes Australia captain Ricky Ponting holds the key to victory when the second Test resumes at Headingley today.

Australia stormed back into the game yesterday, after being bowled out for just 88 on the first day, with Shane Watson”s career-best figures of six for 33 restricting Pakistan”s first-innings lead to 170.

A defiant Ponting then set about reducing that arrears to just 34 by the close of play as he finished the day unbeaten on 61.

In doing so he became the second batsman to pass 12,000 Test runs and, in terms of the Test match, the first batsman to post a half-century after 22 wickets fell on the opening two days.

With his vice-captain Michael Clarke (32 not out) the pair had put on 81 for the third wicket and Waqar targeted the skipper”s wicket as crucial to his side”s chances of claiming a first Test win over Australia in 15 years.

“He”s got 12,000 Test runs so he”s a class act. He”s looking good at the moment, he”s definitely a dangerman for us,” Waqar said.

“If we can fetch him early then maybe things will change.

“If we can get a couple of wickets early on then things can start swinging our way.

“It”s even at the moment. We didn”t really pick up too many wickets, we have just two, but we still have 34 runs to play with before they start scoring runs.”

Asked what score he would like to chase in the fourth innings, Waqar replied: “Under 200. That would be still chaseable on this pitch.

“It”s a pretty slow pitch and looking at how the Australians bowled in the first innings we have a chance.”

Australia all-rounder Watson agreed with Waqar”s assessment that Ponting holds the key to the game.

The 35-year-old Tasmanian had been out of sorts, having failed to reach 50 in his previous six innings, before he walked out to bat yesterday before displaying his characteristic fighting spirit to haul his side back into the game.

“As you”ve seen through his career times when it”s the toughest, that”s when you see his strength of character and that he”s a quality player,” Watson said.

” There”s no doubt he”s looking great out there at the moment.

“We know the situation that we were in yesterday, we had to play some good cricket to get back in the game.

“We are well on the way, but we know there”s still plenty of hard work to go in this game to get it in our favour, but we”re certainly turning the tide.”

Australia and England series excite Waqar

LEICESTER, England: Pakistan coach Waqar Younis believes his young side are about to undergo a valuable accelerated learning course with their upcoming packed Test programme.

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Australia and England series excite Waqar

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