Kamran Akmal’s comeback has strengthened Pakistan’s batting, says Mohammad Hafeez – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 T20 skipper, is extremely impressed by Kamran Akmal’s comeback at the international level and admitted that the wicketkeeper/batsman has brought depth to the team’s batting line-up, which has the tendency to be very unpredictable
at times.
Kamran, 30, since cementing his place in the national team in 2003/04, has played a number of high quality knocks in all three departments. The right-hander already has more than six thousand runs at the sport’s highest stage, with the help of 11 hundreds
and 26 half-centuries.
However, the cricketer from Lahore’s wicketkeeping has been found wanting on a number of occasions, dropping some crucial chances in crunch matches. After his miserable show behind the stumps in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, Akmal was dropped from the
squad, having to work extremely hard in domestic cricket before being recalled for the tour of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/United-Arab-Emirates-c3033 (UAE) last month.
The hard-hitting batsman has looked in sublime touch, playing some wonderful T20 knocks in the last 30 days. Hafeez is delighted to have a world-class player in his ranks and feels that the wicketkeeper/batsman has enhanced the team combination.
"Kamran has been an excellent package for Pakistan as a wicketkeeper-batsman. Our batting has been strengthened by his comeback after a year," feels the Pakistan captain.
While talking about the on-going http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758, the all-rounder expressed that the conditions in Colombo are going to assist the spinners, which should be an added advantage for the Green Shirts.
"The pitches in Colombo in the tournament have been batting pitches so far. Spinners play a role here, there is some turn. There was not much turn in Pallekele. We feel with the kind of spinners we have, we will do well here in the Super Eights," said Hafeez.
Pakistan are going to take on http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 the other two teams in Group 2. As all the four teams of this pool will be on display today, cricket fans are in for a couple of fascinating fixtures,
if the weather remains fine in Colombo.
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