Friday, 9 October 2015

Pakistan Vs England Squads For U.A.E Series 2015

Both of team are at U.A.E and both f them have announced  squads for the series. Lets look at the names which both of them board announced for the series:

England Test Squad:

England test squad consist of Alastair Cook as Captain, Moeen Ali , James Anderson, Jonny Bairstow, Ian Bell, Stuart Broad, Jos Buttler (Wk), Steven Finn, Alex Hales, Samit Patel, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rasheed, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, James Taylor and Mark Wood.

England One Day Squad:

Eoin Morgan lead the team while team consist of Moeen Ali, Mark Wood, Adil Rasheed, Steven Finn, Jonny Bairstow, Sam Billings, Jos Buttler (wk), Jason Roy, Alex Hales, James Taylor, Chris Woakes, David Willey, Reece Topley and Joe Root, 

England T20 Squad:

Eoin Morgan also lead the team in T20 matches while rest of team is Joe Root, Sam Billings, Alex Hales, Adil rasheed, Mark Wood, Chris Woakes, James Vince, Reece Topley, Jason Roy, Stephen Parry, Jos Buttler (wk), David Willey, chris Jordan and Moeen Ali.

Pakistan Test Squad:

Misbah-Ul-Haq as Captain, Ahmed Shehzad, Fawad Alam, Asad Shafiq, Azhar Ali, Zulfiqar Babar, Junaid Khan, Rahat Ali, Yasir Shah, Younis Khan, Wahab Riaz, Shan Masood, Mohammad Hafeez, Sarfraz Ahmed (wk) and Imran Khan

Pakistan One Day Squad:

Azhar Ali will be the captain for the side and lead the team from the front. Rest of team consist of Aamer Yamin, Zafar Gohar, Anwar Ali, Ahmed Shehzad, Younis Khan, Yasir Shah, Wahab Riaz, Babar Azam, Sarfraz Ahmed (wk), Rahat Ali, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Rizwan, Shoaib Malik, Bilal Asif and Mohammad Irfan.

Pakistan T20 Squad:

Captain for T20 Squad is Shahid Afridi who will lead the team in T20 series rest of team consist of Bilal Asif, Sarfraz Ahmed (wk), Imran Khan, Wahab Riaz, Sohail Tanvir, Sohaib Maqsood, Mohammad Rizwan, Sohaib Malik, Rafatullah Mohmand, Mohammad Irfan, Mohammad Hafeez, Imad Wasim, Iftikhar Ahmed, Anwar Ali, Aamer Yamin and Ahmed Shehzad.

Sunday, 27 September 2015

With 13 runs Pakistan Won the the match against Zimbabwe


Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat first, which seems to be a good decision where Pakistan given the target of 137 runs in 20 overs.Shoaib Malik and Imad Wasim are top scorer from Pakistan side they have made 35 and 33 runs respectively for Pakistan cricket team.
Target look like very low and seems to be chasse able but due to Imad Wasim bowling the target look like very difficult for zimbabwe where at Harare sports club on debuts Imad wasim through 4 overs and given 11 runs and took 4 wickets which was a tremendous performance at a debuts match by any Pakistani cricketer.
He was the first Pakistan left arm. who have such a good record. Imad Wasim was also declared man of the match.

Monday, 21 September 2015

Schedule of Pakistan Vs Zimbabwe Series

Pakistan cricket team will travel on thursday 24th of september 2015 for the zimbabwe tour from Allama Iqbal airport for the playing a series with zimbabwe where Pakistan cricket team will play two T20 matches and Three one day international matches (ODI).
Schedule of matches are as following:

T20 Schedule:

Ist T20 will be played between Pakistan and Zimbabwe on Sunday september 27,2015 at Harare sports club, match will be started at 11:00 GMT and local time will be 13:00, 16:00 PKT.

2nd T20 will be played between Pakistan and Zimbabwe on Tuesday september 29, 2015 at Harare sports club, match will be started at 11:00 GMT and local time will be 13:00, 16:00 PKT.

One Day Internationals (ODI's):

Ist One day international between Pakistan and Zimbabwe will be played on thursday october 1, 2015 at Harare sports club, match will be started at 7:30 GMT and local time will be 9:30. while 12:30 PKT.

2nd One day international between Pakistan and Zimbabwe will be played on saturday october 3, 2015 at Harare sports club, match will be started at 7:30 GMT and local time will be 9:30. while 12:30 PKT.

3rd One day international between Pakistan and Zimbabwe will be played on monday october 5, 2015 at Harare sports club, match will be started at 7:30 GMT and local time will be 9:30. while 12:30 PKT.

Friday, 18 September 2015

Pakistan Squad For Zimbabwe Tour

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) officially announced the squad for the Zimbabwe tour on 17 September 2015. In One Day International If Pakistan team lose the series then they will not able to play Champion trophy 2016 so this series is very important for Pakistan to remain in the Champion Trophy 2016, other wise West Indies will make place the position in Champion trophy 2016 if Pakistan cricket team lose the series.

ODI Squad:

For  One day international (ODI) Azhar ali will be the captain of the ODI team while rest of team is, Sarfraz Ahmed (Wk) vise captain. Mohammad Rizwan  (Wk), Sohaib Maqsood, Ahmed Shehzad, Asad Shafiq, Imad Wasim, Mohammad Hafeez, Yasir Shah, Anwar Ali, Shoaib Malik, Wahab Riaz, Rahat Ali, Mohammad Irfan and Babar Azam. 
All these boys will play one day internationals (ODI) against Zimbabwe and all Pakistani hopes that they will perform there best and new boys specially Imad Wasim, Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam will show there best tallent during the tour.

T20 Squad:

Shahid Afridi will be the captain for the Pakistan side, Rest of team consist of Umar Akmal, Mohammad Rizwan (WK), Ahmed Shehzad, Imad Wasim, Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Hafeez, Mukhtar Ahmed, shoaib malik, Sohail Tanvir, Aamer Yamin, Bilal Asif, Imran Khan, Sohaib Maqsood and Mohammad Irfan.
sarfraz Ahmed vise captain will not be the part of the team because he will go to Saudi Arabia for the performance of Hijj.

Zimbabwe Team for Series:

Elton Chigumbura (C), Graeme Cremer, Luke Jongwe, Hamilton Masakadza, Richmond Mutumbami (Wk), John Nyumbu, Sikandar Raza, Malcolm Waller, Chamu Chibhabha, Craig Ervine, Neville Madziva, Chris Mpofu, Sean william, Prosper Utseya, Tinashe Panagariya and Taurai Muzarabani. 

Monday, 14 September 2015

Final Haier Mobile T20 cup

The final of Haier Mobile T20 cup will be played between Karachi Blues and Peshawar at Rawalpindi cricket stadium, local time when match will start will be 19:00.
In semi final of Haier Mobile T20 cup Karachi region blues beat Multan region by 8 runs. where from Karachi Blues Fawad Alam remains not out on 60 runs, Asad Shafiq made 53 runs for Karachi Blues. Sarfraz Ahmed made 38 runs whereas Majid take 3 wickets for just 30 runs for Karachi region blues. All these are the prominent performances from Karachi region blues.
Karachi region blues gives the target of 190 to the Multan region but Multan region makes their best to chase the target but they lose the match at the end by eight runs, Multan region make 181 runs for 9 out. From Multan region Yamin makes 45 runs whereas Sohaib Maqsood makes 38 runs for Multan region and Abbas make 33 runs. Ameer take 3 wickets for just 21 runs for Multan region.
In second semi final of Haier Mobile T20 cup Peshawar region beat Sialkot region by 5 wickets. Sialkot region give the target of 170 runs to the Peshawar region from Sialkot region top scorer was Adeel malik who make 70 runs for just 46 balls. 
While chasing the target of 170 runs Peshawar region opener Rafatullah Mohmand's makes 78 runs for just 51 balls and Mohammad Rizwan 46 runs not out help Peshawar region to Won the match by 5 wickets.
Now lets see how both teams play the final both are good and having ability to take Haier Mobile T20 cup. But in my opinion the team who will control their nerves and play a natural game will won the Haier Mobile T20 cup, Karachi region is stronger because they have Shahid Afridi, Sarfraz Ahmes, Anwar Ali, Mohammad Sammi and Fawad Alam. Best of luck for both team in the final of Haier Mobile T20 cup.

Saturday, 12 September 2015

Mohammad Amir bowling Career before ban

Mohammad Amir is the rising star in the modern cricket. when he started his career he was just 17 years old. he was born in 1992 in Gujjar khan Pakistan. He is left arm fast bowler and right hand batsman. Mohammad Amir international shirt number is 90. When Mohammad Amir started his career people start saying we are seeing future Wasim Akram in it.
Mohammad Amir was suspended to bowl for 5 years in 2010 due to spot fixing at Lord's Test between Pakistan and England. With Mohammad Amir two other players are also banned to play international cricket which are Mohammad Asif and captain Salman Butt. Now after five years all three are allowed to play all formats of cricket.
If we put view on the bowling performance of Mohammad Amir before ban then we see following statistics:

ODI:

Mohammad Amir played 15 one day international for Pakistan and he took 25 wickets with the average of 24 and strike rate of  31.5. His best bowling figures in one day internationals is 4/28.

Test Matches:

Mohammad Amir played 14 test matches for Pakistan and he took 51 wickets with the average of 29.09 and strike rate of 56.2. His best bowling figures in Test  is 6 for 84 runs.

T 20:

18 matches are played by Mohammad Amir for pakistan and he took 23 wickets with the average of 19.86 and strike rate of 16.9, his best bowling figures are 3 for 23 runs.

First Class:

Mohammad Amir played 28 matches and took 120 wickets with the average of 21.48 and strike rate of 41.5, his best figure in first class is 10 for 97 runs.
All the above figures mention are the Mohammad Amir career before the ban to play all kind of cricket.
Now after 2 september 2015 he is allowed to play all formats of cricket let's see how he performs we wish him best of luck for upcoming cricket where i hope he will once again represent the Green team in international cricket and will give such kind of performances which will be remember for long time. Best of luck Mohammad Amir Allah bless you

Thursday, 10 September 2015

PCB allows Mohammad Hafeez to Ball in domestic without any correction in action

Pakistan cricket board allow Mohammad Hafeez to bowl in domestic T-20 Haier cup who has been banned by International Cricket Council (ICC) for 1 year due to illegal bowling action. Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) allows without taking any necessary action to improve bowling action of Mohammad Hafeez. But ICC write in their final decision that if home country allow to bowl in domestic then they have no issue but it is unusual to allow to bowl without improving bowling action.
Mohammad Hafeez is representing Lahore white and he has bowl in only one match against Islamabad, Hafeez threw 3 over and given 35 runs.
First time Hafeez was suspended to bowl in November 2014 after that PCB takes necessary steps to improve the bowling action then after giving test ICC cleared the action in April 2015 but ICC give 2 months test time but he was seen to bowl more than the 15 degree which was the rule set by ICC for bowlers then M Hafeez was banned for 1 year to bowl in International Cricket.