Cricket News in Brief – September 18, 2011 – Part 1
Pakistan’s retired one-day captain/ all-rounder Shahid Afridi hints a possible
comeback in the national team after the departure of head Coach http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Waqar-Younis-Maitla-c96193.
Pakistan, who are just one match away from wrapping up their http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045 tour will see the appointment of a new coach because of the departure of Waqar who before the tour had declared that the Zimbabwe series will be his last since he can no longer carry his
duties due to personal issues that involved his health.
This year, after the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 series Afridi retired from international cricket after the board sacked him from his post for disclosing the details regarding the dispute with the team management during the tour.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahid-Afridi-c2482 supports tainted pacer Mohammad Amir’s decision
to admit his involvement in the crime of spot-fixing after the banned cricketer pleaded guilty in front of a British Court in London.
Afridi hopes that the other banned players namely Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif will take lead from Amir.
"I think he has done the right thing and brave thing. I think he should have done this earlier. But even if late it is good he has realised his mistake. I hope http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Asif-c1993 also stop being in a state of denial and admit the truth because
presently their denial is not helping them in anyway,” he said.
The trio was involved in spot-fixing during http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 in the summer of 2010.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rabindra-Ramanarayan-Singh-c83216 believes that the possible absence of
the side’s skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Tendulkar-c2556 in the Champions League Twenty20 will not have an affect on the squad which according to him is a competitive group of players even without the batting maestro.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Chinnadupargea-Sachin-c50607 is most likely going to miss the tournament because of a toe injury that he sustained during the Test series against England this summer.
Australian speedster http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-Dravid-c2229 as the most difficult cricketer to bowl against and praised his batting instinct which made him India’s most successful batsman this year during the
recently concluded tour of England.
Tait was Dravid’s team-mate while playing for the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rajasthan-c837 Royals in the last season of the Indian Premier League (IPL).
The Aussie admitted that he learned a lot from the 38-year-old Indian batsman.
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