Fawad Ahmed

[Asim]

The legspinner Fawad Ahmed's application for Australian citizenship has officially been approved, clearing the way for a possible call-up to the Test squad for the Ashes. http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/current/story/646819.html

[StriKe]

Shouldn't he play more domestic cricket before getting called in Ashes squad..Will look Australia are desperate for spinner.

[Clarke]

Will he go the Tahir way, chest thumping after every wicket while on his way to a world record ?

[saneindian]

Too much hype. They should continue with Lyon who will do a fine job. Also didn't Lyon pick 9 wicket including a 7-er in the last test? How can he be discarded after that.

[putrevus]

This is ridiculous both England and Aussies are doing cricket a lot of disservice, what is difference between club cricket and test cricket if they keep on picking imports or poaching from lesser nations.

[Crookbond]

Irrespective - it's a wonderful story.

[FischerTal]

dude was being threatened by chewtiya Taliban because he wanted to give girls education. I dont care if he is a horrible spinner or a great spinner, he certainly is a great human being

[StriKe]

Ahmed's four helps Aus A to victory

Zimbabwe Select XI 142 (Waller 25, Ahmed 4-54) & 51 for 4 (Masakadza 35*, Hazlewood 2-10) need 190 runs to beat Australia A 226 (Henriques 71, Jarvis 4-54) & 156 (Doolan 52, Chigumbura 4-26) Scorecard Zimbabwe's Select XI were asked to score the highest total of the match so far against Australia A when they were set a target of 241 to win the three-day match in Harare. As was the case in their first innings, their top order collapsed against the pace of Australia's young quicks and they will have to rely on the lower order to restore respectability. They did a decent job of that earlier on the second day when they put on 60 runs to post a slight recovery from 82 for 5 overnight. Elton Chigumbura went without scoring and that proved a sign of things to come. He fell to Pakistani-born legspinner Fawad Ahmed, who ran through the tail. Malcolm Waller and Natsai Mushangwe shared a seventh-wicket stand of 31 but both were dismissed with the score on 113. Both succumbed to the pace bowlers, leaving Ahmed to deal with the remaining batsmen. He accounted for both Kyle Jarvis, whose score of 20 was the third-highest on the card, and Tendai Chatara to leave Zimbabwe's XI 84 runs behind. Their bowlers made the day brighter, taking the first Australian wicket with the score on 11. Jarvis had Aaron Finch trapped lbw. David Warner's Ashes ambitions took another knock as he managed just 11 while the runs came from Nic Maddinson and Alex Doolan. Partnerships were insubstantial apart from 55 between Doolan and Glenn Maxwell on a slow surface. Legspinner Mushangwe was among the wickets and claimed three while Elton Chigumbura accounted for the lower order as Australia lost their last six wickets for 21 runs. With their bowling having done a fine job in dismissing Australia A for 156, it was up to Zimbabwe's batsmen to show some temperament but they could muster very little. Vusi Sibanda was out in the second over - bowled by Gurinder Sandhu - and Sikandar Raza followed in the next over. Zimbabwe were 1 for 2 and in a familiar position of strife. Brendan Taylor failed to make an impression in the match, out for 5, and the day ended with Waller also dismissed for 6. Hamilton Masakadza was still at the crease but will have to see off Ahmed and marshall the middle and lower order if Zimbabwe have any chances of registering an unlikely win.

[Sajid_Rana]

Never thought Australia would follow this England's cheat route so soon. Not too long ago they were so proud of their domestic talent producing machine.

[Asim]

Heard they are thinking to work on getting 19yo Usman Qadir (son of Abdul Qadir) too to play for Aus in future...

[Asim]

http://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/pakistan-ups-ante-to-keep-qadir-jnr-from-australia-20130702-2p9t7.html

[JaFanatic]

this guy is yet to decide on which team he should represent he will most probably choose australia

[Malcolm Merlyn]

Send him to England.

[Swing_n_Speed]

What crap. This dude is a Pakistani. How can an Aussi fan feel proud of their national team when it was built by administrative work and not as a result of toiling away in a cricketing environment within the realms of the Australiani social fabric!

[Asim]

Fawad Ahmed named in Australia ODI squad

http://www.espncricinfo.com/the-ashes-2013/content/current/story/662475.html

[saneindian]

Such a wonderful reward for picking 2 wickets@137 in the A series in SA!! Can't imagine any other set of national selectors picking a guy who has been thrashed so badly on a A tour! Just shows you the totally bizarre thinking of Aussie selectors.