Cricket News in Brief – August 24, 2011 – Part 1
Aaqib Javed likely to replace Waqar Younis as the coach of Pakistan,
after Younis announced that he will be relinquishing his post due to personal reasons by the end of the Zimbabwean tour which is set to begin in September.
According to well-informed sources in the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), the name of former assistant coach http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Aaqib-Javed-c41431 is gaining support to take charge of the national team. Last week Javed was relieved from his duties as the PCB sought to bring radical
changes in the team management.
Pakistan coach http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 for his health issues,
according to well placed sources, the 39-year-old Younis will be heading to his adopted town of Sydney to undergo a five-month treatment to cure a liver problem from which the former http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 pacer has been suffering from.
Waqar will be quitting his job as the Pakistan coach after the national side’s tour of Zimbabwe to seek treatment from an illness of which details have not been made public.
The Chief Operating Office of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Subhan Ahmad defends Shoaib Malik’s induction in the national team,
while talking to the media, Ahmad rebuffed the rumours that Malik’s inclusion in the team was the result of political pressure and insisted that the all-rounder was named for the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045 tour purely on merit.
Malik was ousted from the national team after he failed to give details of a foreign bank account, causing the integrity committee not to clear him for the International Cricket Council (http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625) World Cup 2011.
Former Pakistan great http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028 handled the team in the fourth Test at the Oval. Akram an admirer of Dhoni believes that the Indian captain’s lack to compose the team on the
field and his personal slum in his batting form is a sign of concern for cricket India.
Akram believes that Dhoni needs to involve in the game now that there is a new coach calling the shots. According to him http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Duncan-Andrew-Gwynne-Fletcher-c54742 needs time to settle and in the mean while, Dhoni needs to keep the national team together.
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The English coach insisted that the success has brought great pride to the players and it was their self belief that helped them grab the number one spot in Test cricket.
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