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August 30, 2007, 9:15am
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Re: Squads for Twenty 20 World Cup
[edit] okay so there are more Indian cricket fans on the net than others.... so??
Re: Squads for Twenty 20 World Cup
GoldenAsif:
isse kehte hain peeth mein khanjar ghonpna!
Shoaib Malik mentioned the names of Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Yousuf among his closest friends during various interviews with Mani, Nadia Khan and Fakhar-e-Alam!!http://www.dawn.com/2007/08/23/spt2.htm http://www.dawn.com/2007/08/23/spt2.htm )Malik opposed selection of Yousuf, Razzaq Pakistan skipper Shoaib Malik was equally responsible for the exclusion of senior batsman Mohammad Yousuf and all-rounder Abdul Razzaq from the national squad for next month’s inaugural World Twenty20 Championship , according to an insider on Wednesday.
Shoaib voiced his opposition – against the inclusion of Yousuf and Razzaq – when the national selection committee, headed by Salahuddin Ahmed, asked the Pakistan captain to give his input on the team selection.
The insider, a former Lahore-based Test cricketer who requested anonymity, claimed that Shoaib didn’t feel comfortable with the idea of having a senior player like Yousuf in the squad considering his lack of athleticism in the field coupled with a weak throwing arm.
Shoaib, the insider further said, had told the selectors that Razzaq was not worth a place for the Twenty20 format since his medium-pace bowling had lost the nip to unsettle batsmen.
“The ball barely reaches the wicket-keeper at a decent pace when Razzaq bowls these days,” the captain had reportedly told the selectors, according to the insider.
Salahuddin and his fellow selectors – Saleem Jaffer and Shafqat Rana – had been facing a barrage of criticism ever since they announced the 15-man Twenty20 squad earlier this month.
Razzaq, who hastily decided to retire from international cricket on Monday, and left-handed opener Imran Farhat, had held the selectors responsible for their omission. Both of them also blamed the Pakistan
Is Salman Butt a great fielder? A great batsman? A great tullay-baaz? I don’t know about how good a fielder is Imran Nazir, anyone? What about Misbah’s fielding?
