Afghanistan Cricket Board hires http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Geoffrey-Francis-Lawson-c58815 as U-19 team’s bowling consultant – Cricket News Update
Afghanistan Cricket Board has hired the services of former Australian fast bowler Geoff Lawson to mentor the Under-19 squad during next month’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Queensland-c834, Australia.
The Afghanistan team will arrive in Australia almost three weeks ahead of the event to acclimatize itself to the new conditions, where they will further hold practice sessions under Lawson’s supervision, stated by the Afghanistan Cricket
Board’s (ACB) spokesman Nusratullah Wafa, while releasing the final 15-man squad for the esteemed youth tournament.
The management also confirmed http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Malaysia-c2949, as his deputy on the trip.
The minnows were impressive during the regional tournament, outclassing Test playing nation Bangladesh convincingly and making it to the semi-finals, before losing to joint winners Pakistan.
Whilst majority of the players in the Asia Cup squad have been retained for the U-19 World Cup, the selectors have made three changes. Sharafudin, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zia-ul-Haq-c98603 and Fitratullah Khawari have all lost their spots in favour of batsmen Younas
Ahmadzai and Abdur Mangal, and left-arm spin bowler Abdul Naseri.
Afghanistan Cricket Board’s (ACB) chief executive, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hamid-c61327 Shinwari, said that the selection panel has picked up the group after a thorough assessment of the performances of the players over the last six months. The ACB CEO further added that the victory against
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 as well.
A Total of 16 teams, divided into four groups, will contest in the ninth edition of the esteemed event. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Scotland-c756, playing their opening game of the event against the Men in Green on August
11.
The squad:
Javed Ahmadi (captain), Shabir Noori (vice captain), http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Khan-c71319, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Abdul Rahim Mangal
and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Rashid-Ali-Khan-c77212 Nasiri.
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