Mohammad Akram signed as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755’s bowling coach - Cricket News Roundup – Part 1 – August 25, 2012
On Friday, PCB director, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Intikhab-Alam-c64380, announced the name of former right-arm pacer, Mohammad Akram as Pakistan’s bowling coach for a period of one year.
In a statement, Alam said, “After a lengthy deliberation we have decided to appoint http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Akram-c76621 as Pakistan bowling coach. We are all with him and hope he will meet our expectations and produce results."
Akram will join the team for their upcoming one-day series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/United-Arab-Emirates-c3033.
The bowler has a vast experience of playing county cricket in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013, and is expected to raise the bar of fast bowling in the national team, which has seen a dip in recent months, where Pakistan are now heavily relying on their spin department to win.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hyderabad-c792.
India were bowled out for a massive total of 438, and then restricted the tourist on a tally of 106, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-Ashwin-c2228 as the top bowler for taking three wickets.
From India, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/CA-Pujara-c1209, was the highest scoring batsman with an astounding knock of 159 runs to his name. His innings included 19 fours and a six.
In the ongoing http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Warriors-c861 grabbed a narrow win by two runs against Wayamba United on Friday, at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo.
CA Lynn, was named as the Player of the Match for hammering a resounding innings of 80 runs to help the Warriors amass a total of 149 on the board.
Later, KS Lokuarachchi, proved his mettle by taking three crucial wickets to restrict Wayamba United from chasing down the required target of 150 runs to win the game.
South Africa’s former wicketkeeper/batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AB-de-Villiers-c887.
In an exclusive interview with cricket365, he stated, “If the team need http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Allan-Robert-Border-c43726 to keep in order to strengthen the team then so be it - the teams comes first. My only concern is his workload, because I wouldn't want him to shed too much of his batting responsibilities because he's up there with the world's best batsmen.”
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