Cricket News in Brief – November 13, 2011 – Part 1
On Saturday, November 12 discarded http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kamran-Akmal-c70122 insisted that the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) should launch an inquiry into the bank account and other assets of players playing for Pakistan to ensure transparency in the earning of the cricketers.
Akmal believes that the board should conduct this activity after every six months which will help in reducing the chances of corruption in the sport.
He rejected rumours suggesting that he was involved in spot-fixing along with now jailed spot-fixers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Asif-c1993.
“The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 and PCB cleared me to play for Pakistan but yet the media keeps on mentioning my name in relation to spot-fixing stories,” the 29-year-old Akmal said who is desperately seeking a place in the national team, but has been unsuccessful so far.
Pakistan Captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/United-Arab-Emirates-c3033, but also clinched the Player of the Match title.
Earlier this year, after developing estranged relationship with the team management under former coach http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Waqar-Younis-Maitla-c96193, Afridi retired from international cricket but now the flamboyant cricketer has made a comeback in the team and showed flare while playing under the captaincy of Misbah-ul-Haq.
Haq while praising Afridi said, “Shahid Afridi has come back in and performed really well, Experience is good to have in all fields of life, and especially in cricket. In pressure situations it is experience which counts.”
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Usman-Khawaja-c2729 wants a place in the one-day team and is eager to prove his worth in the limited overs format when and if given a chance by Cricket Australia.
Speaking to newsmen the 24-year-old batsman said, “I've made the Test squad, but it's also my goal to play one-day cricket for Australia. I keep aiming for that … I'm always conscious when I'm playing for NSW that if I do well for my team, the rest will take care of ihttp://www.senore.com/Cricket/Thomas-George-Burrows-c93472self.”
Khawaja insisted that for a professional cricketer the format of the game doesn’t hold any meaning as it is imperative to give a befitting performance in all formats of modern-day cricket.
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