http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Hafeez-c76898 - Cricket News Roundup – Part 1 – October 07, 2012
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755’s seasoned all-rounder, Abdul Razzaq, has criticised captain Mohammad Hafeez’s decision to leave him out of the semi-final
of the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 on Friday. Pakistan lost the match by 16 runs, failing to chase a target of 140 needed to win the game.
An upset http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Razzaq-c84421 after reaching home said, “It was Hafeez’s decision not to pick me for the semi-final, not anyone else’s. I wanted to play the semi-final and was very excited to display good performance but when I came to know that I was dropped for that
match I became very much disappointed."
Razzaq just played on game in the tournament and many former players believe that it was a wrong move to drop him from the semi-final as he is a genuine match-winner who should have been playing in the crucial game against Sri Lanka.
Struggling pacer, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sohail-Tanvir-c90665 was recalled in the squad in place of Razzaq – a decision that has sparked a debate in Pakistan as to why Hafeez made a big mistake of playing an underperforming bowler in a do-or-die game.
PCB chairman, Zaka http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ashraf-c46397, wants to introduce radical changes in Pakistan cricket to take the national team at the top spot in all formats.
In a recent interview with ESPNcricinfo, he said, “I want to give Pakistan cricket a new direction and a future - a future beyond all the previous tragic incidents. What is required is to have a free and clean environment for cricket with no more room for
yet another controversy. I don't find any reason that Pakistan cannot be the top team in all formats.”
Ashraf, however, insisted that he would stamp out player power from the country’s cricket, making the game bigger than an individual player.
According to him, individuals in charge in the board need to be evaluated as there is nothing wrong with the system and constitution of the PCB.
He revealed that it was his aim to provide young and upcoming players with top notch training to prepare them for international arena.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DJG-Sammy-c1382 is upbeat about his team’s prospects
against Sri Lanka in today’s ICC World Twenty20 final.
He believes that his side will put a big show and leave the Sri Lankan fans in tears by lifting their first Twenty20 Championship title at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo.
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