Cricket News-in-Brief - August 26, 2011 – Part 2
Pakistan’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahid-Afridi-c2482 will be seen in action in a national Twenty20 Championship.
He decided to quit international cricket following differences with the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Waqar-Younis-Maitla-c96193.
However, the veteran all-rounder will lead his side Karachi http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Dolphins-c781 in the local event and will be eying to impress the selectors.
Afridi had demanded some changes in the board and decided not to return to international cricket until his requirements were met. He has recently shown interest in making a comeback to the team following the resignation of Waqar.
South Africa’s pace ace http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DW-Steyn-c1409 has claimed to be ready for international cricket after a well earned break.
He is currently ranked number one in the ICC’s Test bowlers’ rankings.
The Proteas player did not stay away from cricket even during his days off. He watched the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013-India series closely and appreciated the English team for their dominant show.
Steyn also claimed that he had predicted England’s youngster http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SCJ-Broad-c2465 to have a wonderful series, which was exactly what happened in the end.
Former Pakistan pacer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Darrell-Bruce-Hair-c52421.
The latter claimed that Akhtar had an illegal action.
Apart from the Rawalpindi Express, Hair also believed that some other bowlers including India’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Harbhajan-Singh-c61453 did not have a legal action.
Former Indian fast bowler http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Javagal-Srinath-c66513 has called for a changed mindset for India’s bowlers.
He stated that the bowlers need to keep bowling in order to keep their rhythm going.
Srinath further stated that resting bowlers like http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Z-Khan-c98379 for the West Indian tour was not a sensible thing to do.
Commenting on the humiliating defeat against England, the former bowler said that it was a team failure and the bowlers alone were not responsible for the disappointing outcome.
The Pakistan cricket team is charged up for a powerful show against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045 in order to give a good farewell to their outgoing coach Waqar Younis.
The team’s skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Misbah-ul-Haq-c1972 said that Waqar will be missed, but the team will make sure to pay him a tribute by winning on the Zimbabwean tour.
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