Pakistan in England, 2010 : test series vs Australia; Test and ODI series vs England

[Hur Rizvi]

And the batting will be Butt' date=' Farhat, Hammed, Malik and Akmals..It will be a great achievement for your team if they could bat 90+ overs even in one inning on this tour.[/quote'] Yes our batting is bad and hope lie in young umar akmal and other youngsters like umar amin and azhar ali....

[Lord]

Insha Allah afridi will play first test against Aussies And his test stats are not bad .... Bat ave above 37 more than that of yuvraj Bowling strike rate of 65 better than kaneria

those stats r bad for the captain of a side

[Hur Rizvi]

OMG....I didnt know that. That has to be ultimate proof of performance.:nervous:

:two_thumbs_up:

[Hur Rizvi]

those stats r bad for the captain of a side

He is an allrounder batting average of 37 is good for an all rounder specially when our batting order lacks experience and quality batters average of 37 is quite handy strike of 65 wid the ball is also very good

[Lord]

He is an allrounder batting average of 37 is good for an all rounder specially when our batting order lacks experience and quality batters average of 37 is quite handy strike of 65 wid the ball is also very good

n wat about his average of 34 with the ball n wat about his current form?is he playing any domestic cricket b4 being selected for tests?or people,just retire,unretire n become captains on basis f ODI performances in ur country?

[Hur Rizvi]

n wat about his average of 34 with the ball n wat about his current form?is he playing any domestic cricket b4 being selected for tests?or people,just retire,unretire n become captains on basis f ODI performances in ur country?

Even 34 wid the ball is acceptable for all rounder and he is a much more improved bowler than before harbajhan averages 31 wid the ball 34 for all rounder is good Yes he was playing domestic cricket before this season in this season there was lot of limited overs cricket for Pakistan... T20WC , Series against NZ, T20s against England ,Australia tour in this season it is the time when Pakistans domestic tournament Quaid e Azam trophy takes place

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Pakistan batter Essex in Twenty20 match in Chelmsford Abdul Razzaq led the charge for Pakistan as the tourists cruised to a 66-run Twenty20 victory over Essex. More... Pakistan batter Essex in Twenty20 match in Chelmsford Tour Match, Chelmsford: Essex 138-9 (20 ovs) lost to Pakistan 204-4 (20 ovs) by 66 runs Match scorecard Razzaq's opening burst was far too hot for Essex to handle Abdul Razzaq led the charge for Pakistan as the tourists cruised to a 66-run Twenty20 victory over Essex. Replying to a total of 204-4, Essex collapsed to 11-3 as Razzaq ripped out the top order. Tim Phillips offered resistance with an unbeaten 57 from 44 balls but found little support. Earlier, Pakistan's top order all weighed in, with Shoaib Malik and Umer Akmal sharing a stand of 75 in under five overs for the tourists. Essex's reply faltered right at the start as Razzaq dismissed openers Mark Pettini and Matt Walker, and Grant Flower soon followed with only 11 runs on the board. Captain James Foster hit a brisk 22 and although Phillips and last man Maurice Chambers put on 33 at the death Pakistan's win was never in doubt. Earlier, the crowd of 5,000 had been treated to a blistering Pakistan batting attack. Malik and Akmal both made 38, with Malik's unbeaten effort arriving from 17 balls, with three fours and two sixes. Akmal struck two sixes in his half-a-dozen boundaries during an effort spanning 18 deliveries. Openers Salman Butt and Shahzaib Hassan scored 41 and 49 respectively, both innings spanning 33 balls, as the Essex bowlers struggled to contain them. Essex leg-spinner Danish Kaneria was punished for 46 in three overs, 30 of those during one seven-ball over. Kaneria, who was playing against colleagues he will join when Pakistan start their Test series against England later in the summer, earned a consolation when he took the wicket of Butt. Razzaq finished with three wickets for 19 runs from his three overs, while Saeed Ajmal took two for 18 in his three.

[Sachinism]

Kaneria 3 overs 46 :hmmm:

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Gul's mastery of the swing ball turns T20 tide Pakistan's way Pakistan made a scintillating start to their home tour of England last night. Virtually prohibited from playing in their own country because of the dire political circumstances, they were greeted ecstatically by their expatriate followers in the first of two Twenty20 internationals in Birmingham and responded with an emphatic victory by 23 runs against Australia. More... Gul's mastery of the swing ball turns T20 tide Pakistan's way Pakistan 167-8 Australia 144 By Stephen Brenkley, Cricket Correspondent Tuesday, 6 July 2010 Pakistan made a scintillating start to their home tour of England last night. Virtually prohibited from playing in their own country because of the dire political circumstances, they were greeted ecstatically by their expatriate followers in the first of two Twenty20 internationals in Birmingham and responded with an emphatic victory by 23 runs against Australia. If it could not quite compensate for their bitter semi-final defeat in the World Twenty20 two months ago, when Australia came back from the dead to secure a victory that had looked not so much improbable as impossible, it still had its own joyous significance. There must have been times – not least in that recent match in St Lucia when Mike Hussey scored 60 from 24 balls – when Pakistan thought they would never again beat Australia. In each of 13 matches between the sides in all forms of the game spanning three Tests (in the second of which Pakistan had a first-innings lead of 206), six one-day internationals and three T20s, Australia had prevailed. When they had Pakistan at 48 for 4 last night, with the crowd silenced, it seemed the sequence would continue. But a glorious innings of 64 in 31 balls from the 20-year-old Umar Akmal dragged Pakistan back into the match. His batting was mature, audacious and instinctive. He hit big shots but he also improvised delightfully with impeccable timing. Australia still must have been confident of making 168 to win on a blameless pitch with a lightning outfield. They started at a gallop which was reduced gradually to a canter, a trot, a walk and finally a halt. The sight of Umar Gul's fast, full reverse-swing was compelling and Saeed Ajmal's doosra was not far behind. As for the 18-year-old Mohammad Aamer, a wonderful future seems assured based on the lethal nature of his left-arm fast bowling in the present. Although Australia were dismissed for 144 in the 19th over, it was not quite a complete victory. Pakistan, as too often before, were slow to take sharp singles and slower to stop Australia taking them. There was also the sad sight of the fast bowler, Shoaib Akhtar, who recently returned to the team for what must be the last time after a gap of more than a year, trying and failing to recapture old glories. He is still quick at 35, though not as quick as once he was, and it was wilful stuff, short, wide, too full. There was no rhythm and he went for 34 in his two overs, his first five balls being struck for four. But it mattered not eventually. Marshalled with unfettered zeal by the unlikely leadership figure of Shahid Afridi, who cajoled, encouraged and chatted, Pakistan had enough. Umar, the younger of the brothers in the side, rescued their innings after they got into as needless mess. They lost a wicket in the first over, two in the seventh and another in the eighth. Their followers clearly feared the worst. But Umar, as he has demonstrated so often lately, possesses not only boundless talent but also has no fear of failure. Maybe he knows the talent cuts down the percentages. He stamped his mark with two straight sixes of Steven Smith's leg-spin but showed his class with lovely glides, one to fine leg, another to third man. Australia still seemed in control and, though they kept losing wickets, as late as the 18th over it was impossible to write them off with Hussey still there. Pakistan probably knew it as well. But this time they had Gul, so telling in their World Twenty20 triumph in England last summer but missing with an injured shoulder when they defended the title in the Caribbean in the spring. He probably made the difference. Following Shaun Tait's exhibition against England at Lord's on Saturday it was the second time in three days that proof was offered of the continuing mastery of the rapid, swerving ball. Gul removed Hussey's leg stump with a late reverse inswing – offering more evidence that lightning does not strike twice – and then swung it the other way to remove the hapless Tim Paine. Ajmal mopped up, Pakistan were home. It was Birmingham on a balmy July evening, but it must have felt like Lahore or Karachi, such was the reception. They do it all again tonight.

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Afridi overcomes fitness issues as team complains lack of rest LAHORE – The Pakistan cricket team has complained the lack of proper rest days between matches since landing in England late last month but in positive development skipper Shahid Afridi has recovered from the side strain. Pakistan is scheduled to be in England till September 27 during which they will play two T20 and two Tests against Australia and then a further two T20 internationals, four Tests and five ODIs against England before returning home. More... Afridi overcomes fitness issues as team complains lack of rest Published: July 06, 2010 LAHORE – The Pakistan cricket team has complained the lack of proper rest days between matches since landing in England late last month but in positive development skipper Shahid Afridi has recovered from the side strain. Pakistan is scheduled to be in England till September 27 during which they will play two T20 and two Tests against Australia and then a further two T20 internationals, four Tests and five ODIs against England before returning home. According to reports, the players have drawn the attention of the manager Yawar Saeed and coach Waqar Younis to the fact that they are not getting enough rest days on the tour to England to recover from matches. Since the Pakistan squad reached England on June 26 they have constantly been playing side matches and will play the two T20 internationals against Australia tomorrow and on Tuesday before the first Test starts at Lord‘s from July 13. The Pakistani players reached England after playing in the Asia Cup in Sri Lanka where they didn‘t make the final. Incidentally, the Pakistan team has been travelling since last year when they went to Sri Lanka for a Test tour and then played in the Champions Trophy in South Africa after which they featured in a ODI series in the UAE and directly went to New Zealand and Australia for full Test series. Meanwhile, captain Shahid Afridi has recovered completely from a side strain and will play the two T20 matches against Australia. Afridi had sustained the side strain during the three day match against Kent and scans showed he had a slight muscular tear and was advised two days rest. After missing the T20 against Essex, he turned out against Northamptonshire on Saturday and is now ready for the T20 matches as well. According to an English newspaper, Afridi has revealed that he can not wait to don the whites again as he prepares to play his first Test since 2006 in Pakistan’s upcoming MCC Spirit of Cricket series against Australia in England. The 30-year-old retired from Test cricket four years ago in order to spend more time with his family, but the controversy surrounding Pakistan cricket has seen him agree to resume his five-day career. He goes into the series with the hopes of the nation resting on his shoulders as Pakistan look to avenge their winless winter tour of Australia, which led to seven players being banned or fined for causing unrest in the camp. And, despite returning to the game’s longest form earlier than planned, Afridi is hoping his influence can help lead Pakistan out of the wilderness. “I wasn’t playing Tests because of my family,” he said. “When you have stints with a county or in Australia or South Africa, you’re bound to miss your family, and since my kids are growing, they need me at home. Then my father fell ill and I had to look after him as well. After the Australia tour, a lot of people thought I could unite the team and be a good captain in all three formats of the game, so I took advice from my elders and, as a challenge and as a responsibility, thought, ‘I should resume playing Tests,” he added. “I thought I’d resume Tests after the 2011 ICC World Cup, but it has come about earlier than planned. I’m very happy to be here, when the team needs me, and want to fulfil this responsibility bestowed upon me.” In his last Test appearance - against England at Old Trafford - Afridi scored just 32 runs and took one wicket. However, his recent one-day form has been nothing short of breathtaking with two centuries in Pakistan’s last three games. And he is hoping, with the help of other senior players and promising youngsters such as Mohammad Aamer and Umar Akmal, he can help trigger a reversal in his side’s fortunes. “My role, together with our other senior figures, is to help guide the new players. I hope I am up to it. I will certainly do my best. “All the senior players know they have a job to do on and off the field and have been told of the duties expected from them. “It will be difficult to turn things around, but it’s not impossible. The best thing about Pakistan is that after defeat they can lift themselves. “We had bad results in Australia but know where we were deficient. Now it’s up to us to rally. I know my job, the coach knows his and the players know theirs. “We’ll put up a combined effort to lift the team. It is absolutely vital for Pakistan cricket that we do that. “There are a few new faces, like Akmal and Aamer. Both have enormous talent and are good fighting players. They’re excited about playing in one of the best and most challenging cricketing places.” Due to security concerns, Pakistan can not play at home hence England is the venue for the Australia series. But, with his side likely to enjoy partisan support from the country’s Asian contingent, Afridi is relishing the prospect. “I’ve always liked England. The conditions here are very challenging and test your qualities, but whoever emerges successful improves their reputation. “There is no substitute for playing games at home, but that’s not possible at the moment, so we have to rely on the support of our people living in England. “I hope they come and support us like they did in the ICC World Twenty20 last year. That was overwhelming.”

[Roshanrocks]

Umar Akmal.. :hatsoff: thorn in aussie flesh

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Pakistan sweeps the T20 series against Australia Pakistan beat Australia by 11 runs in the second Twenty20 international at Edgbaston to wrap up a 2-0 series win. More... Pakistan sweeps series 07/07/2010 PA Sport Pakistan beat Australia by 11 runs in the second Twenty20 international at Edgbaston to wrap up a 2-0 series win. After Kamran Akmal's 33 from 25 balls helped Pakistan post 9-162, its bowlers were able to dismiss Australia for the second game running and spark noisy celebrations. Left-arm quick Mohammad Aamer led the Pakistan attack with 3-27, matching the figures he returned in Tuesday's 23-run win in the opening match at the same venue. That win had ended Pakistan's 12-match losing run against Australia in all formats and the series success should serve to provide a confidence boost ahead of the two-Test series, which begins at Lord's next week. Australia's only real bright spot came in the form of left-arm orthodox spinner Steve O'Keefe who claimed 3-29 on his international debut. O'Keefe's selection was one of two changes to the Australian side. He came in along with James Hopes, in place of Shane Watson and Steve Smith, while Pakistan was unchanged. With Watson out, Clarke moved to the top of the order for his side's chase. Under pressure to retain his place in the side, Clarke took 15 from his first eight deliveries before David Warner (one) was trapped lbw by Aamer. Tim Paine then drove Shoaib Akhtar to Umar Gul for a duck, and while Clarke looked to maintain his belligerence with back-to-back boundaries off Aamer, the captain chopped the next ball onto his stumps. The right-hander's 30 from 17 balls may have restored some faith regarding his place in the team, but his departure left Australia in trouble at 3-33 after four overs. A stand of 50 from 46 balls between Hopes and David Hussey steadied the chase before quick glovework from Kamran ensured the vital breakthrough. The wicketkeeper whipped off the bails with Hopes barely out of his ground to end his 28-ball 30 and spark the delight of bowler Afridi who celebrated in typically unguarded style. Afridi then had dangerman Cameron White (seven) caught in the deep before David Hussey (33) offered a simple return catch to Saeed Ajmal as Australia's batting began to creak against spin for the second game running. But with Michael Hussey still at the crease Pakistan still feared a repeat of his World Twenty20 semi-final heroics. The West Australian briefly threatened as he flicked Gul for back-to-back boundaries to leave Australia needing 27 from 17 balls. Gul struck a vital blow two balls later when he trapped Michael Hussey (25) in front. The impressive Aamer then pinned Mitchell Johnson in front for a duck and with 19 needed off the final over for last pair Dirk Nannes and Shaun Tait, it proved too much. Pakistan had earlier started badly with the bat when Shahzaib Hasan fell lbw for his second duck of the series as part-timer David Hussey opened the innings with an unlikely maiden wicket. Kamran and Salman Butt recovered from the early setback in a stand of 61 from 42 balls before debutant O'Keefe struck with the final ball of his first over in national colours. Salman (31) top-edged a sweep to short fine leg where White took a diving catch. Kamran (33), having seen David Hussey carry his drive to long-on over the rope, departed from Johnson's next ball when he skied to Clarke at mid-wicket, but that only brought Umar Akmal to the crease, after his match-winning 64 from 31 balls in Game 1. The 20-year-old was soon peppering the boundaries alongside Afridi, although the skipper stole some of his limelight when he thrashed Shaun Tait over his head and into the construction site at the old members' end. The pair added 30 from 20 deliveries before they fell to back-to-back balls from Nannes. Umar (25) skied a high steepling shot which Nannes did well to hold onto, before he produced a short ball to catch the gloves of Afridi (18) and fly through to wicketkeeper Paine. Aamer nicked the hat-trick ball through the vacant slip area for four. Those dismissals began a tumble of late wickets, with O'Keefe finding the stumps of both Gul and Akhtar in the penultimate over. Aamer was able to supply some late hitting, launching O'Keefe over mid-wicket, to finish unbeaten on 21 from 11 balls in an all-round display.

[Gotham Cronie]

Gul proved today that cricket ball can be swung without biting it :hatsoff:

Gul is just sick. He's bowled exactly 100 runs and given up exactly 600 runs. That being said, we need him to carry this on to tests so Pakistan can start winning some real cricket matches.

[Bradman99]

Umar Akmal.. :hatsoff: thorn in aussie flesh

Shane Watson thorn in Pakis flesh :hatsoff:

[Clarke]

"I think now that we have regained our winning habit we must work harder to maintain it and make winning a habit," Afridi told a Pakistani sports channel. Winning habit :phehehe: http://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan-v-australia-2010/content/current/story/466524.html

[Pak_Fan_4_Eva]

"I think now that we have regained our winning habit we must work harder to maintain it and make winning a habit," Afridi told a Pakistani sports channel.

That`s a mind twister:cantstop:

[Clarke]

Simon Katich has questioned Australia's limited preparation for the Test series against Pakistan after the first day of their two-day game against Derbyshire. The match is the only chance for the Australians to adapt to facing the red Duke ball before the first Test at Lord's, which starts on Tuesday, and Katich would have preferred a four-day encounter. "I honestly don't know why we're playing a two-day match, but there's obviously a reason for it," Katich said after the first day. "It must be the schedule. It's the first time I've been on a tour where we haven't played at least a four-day match, at least one if not two before the Test series. I'm not sure, I haven't asked anyone why." http://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan-v-australia-2010/content/current/story/466602.html A no nonsense guy who speaks his mind. Illustrates the lack of warm up our team deals with all the time.

[Bradman99]

That`s a mind twister:cantstop:

Regained the winning habit? They have won 2 20/20 games!

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Pakistan won't be easy pickings It hasn't been all beer and skittles for Australia in the lead-up to the two-Test series against Pakistan in England. More... Pakistan won't be easy pickings 10/07/2010 Angus Morgan It hasn't been all beer and skittles for Australia in the lead-up to the two-Test series against Pakistan in England. The ODI series loss to England left a bitter taste and decisive defeats by Pakistan in both of the Twenty20 internationals were as unwelcome as they were unexpected. Perhaps the Australians have been focusing more on the coming Ashes campaign than the task at hand. If so, then Pakistan has the potential to make them pay in the Test series which starts at Lord's on Tuesday. Five months after losing every match in all three forms of the game on their disastrous 2009-10 tour of Australia the Pakistanis have regrouped with a young squad under the consolidated captaincy of Shahid Afridi. The Australians will be encountering several of those youngsters - including Umar Amin, Wahab Riaz and Azhar Ali - for the first time at this level which will make the opposition harder to plan for. The T20 series demonstrated that Pakistan will be a tougher proposition on neutral territory where the conditions, and the Duke ball, suit its pace attack. Teenage lefty Mohammad Aamer delivered a reminder of his prodigious talent with three wickets in each of the T20s, medium-pacer Umar Gul found form and it has Mohammad Asif up its sleeve for the Tests. There's not quite the same menace about its batting line-up, but Umar Akmal warmed-up with a match-winning 64 from 31 balls in the Lord's T20 and he's more than capable of building on that in the Tests. While Ricky Ponting and Michael Hussey got amongst the runs in the two-day match against Derbyshire, the Australians have no recent form with bat or ball outside the ODIs and T20s to recommend them. Simon Katich, who's been playing county cricket with Lancashire, would have preferred to play two four-day matches before the Tests while Ben Hilfenhaus and Peter George are the only bowlers in the squad to have played any meaningful four-day cricket in the past month. Twenty-three-year-old George, a replacement for the injured Ryan Harris, claimed 11 wickets at 15.27 in two matches for Australia A against Sri Lanka A while Hilfenhaus snared a five-for in his only appearance in that series. Mitchell Johnson was the pick of the Australian bowlers against Derbyshire and will be looking for better figures in the Test than the 3-200 he returned against the backdrop of family dramas in his last appearance at Lord's on the 2009 Ashes campaign. Australia will almost certainly have two debutants at Lord's where Tim Paine will keep wicket and all-rounder Steven Smith will assume the No.1 spin role in the absence of the injured Nathan Hauritz. Smith and Paine, who's just a notch below Brad Haddin as a batsman and a notch above with the gloves, are both Test stars in the making. The popular view is that Smith's leg-spin bowling not yet up to Test standard, but his hitting at No.7, No.8 or, perhaps, down the track at No.6, is clean and powerful. Back-up batsman Usman Khawaja appears unlikely to get a start at Lord's or the following Test at Leeds, but the 23-year-old left-hander is excited just to be involved in a series against the country of his birth. This series is the first involving neutral countries to be hosted in England in almost a century, but both teams can look forward to strong support. Australia has the benefit of having won its past 12 Tests against Pakistan, a run stretching back to November 1995. Winning runs tend to come to an end eventually, however, as the Aussies experienced on their most recent visit to Lord's last year when they lost to the hosts there for the first time since 1934.

[b555]

inki lagnii chahhiiye is baar enough of domination btw, anyway they will go above india in test rankings after this series?