Pak Squad a Squanderer of Commanding Positions, Waqar at loggerheads with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohsin-c77587, Afridi and Yawar planning to step down
The Pakistan cricket team has once again let the English team go away after they had the hosts by the scruff at 102-7. The men in green have a habit of squandering commanding positions in the game and this is exactly what they did as Jonathan Trott and Stuart Broad shared an unbeaten stand of 244 runs. The hosts finished second day at 346 for 7.
Earlier, England started second day’s game at 39 for 1 but clinical bowling from Mohammad Amir had them reeling at 102 for 7 during the second session of the day. However, the teenage pacer’s mesmerizing spell of six wickets was ruined by record breaking 8th wicket stand between Trott and Broad – both scoring centuries.
On the other hand, team selection has again resulted in a controversy between the coach Waqar Younis and the selection committee. Waqar has been at loggerheads with the chief selector Mohsin http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahid-Afridi-c2482 for not including former Captain Shoaib Malik and Umar Amin in the squad for next month’s one-day series against England, as he believes that alongside Mohammad Yousuf, Pakistan team needs the experience of Malik as well. He also rated Umar Amin as a great future talent.
Pakistan’s former coach http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mudassar-Nazar-c77867 has also slammed Mohsin for Malik’s omission. He told reporters that this decision came as a surprise to him and is not justifiable as Malik has always been a good ODI player and should have been included in the squad.
Meanwhile, the Pakistan team manager Yawar Saeed is planning to step down from his post at the end of his ongoing summer assignment in England. Yawar, who has served PCB for about 26 years, feels that after supervising Pakistan team for so many tours he should do something new. He is also longing to spend more time with his family but at the same time, Yawar has said that if the PCB Chairman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 cricket, he would have to listen to him.
Furthermore, the former Indian skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 and Pakistan in order to help the Pakistani flood victims. “I would like to see an Indo-Pak match for the purpose of raising funds for the flood victims," said the Indian cricketer. Sources in PCB have revealed that the top management of the board is in touch with both ICC and BCCI to organize fund-raiser matches.
Also, Pakistan’s first ever modern cricket museum, The Lahore Gymkhana Cricket Museum, has been established at Bagh-e-Jinnah ground, Lahore. The museum depicts cricket culture of subcontinent before partition as well as in modern times. Najam Latif, curator of the museum told media that at the museum the cricket lovers would be able to see journey of the game before and after partition. "We have such a place under one roof where all cricket history is available," He said.
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