Pakistan Cricket News: PCB Announces Budget for 2010-11; Team Denied by Lord's’ Curators
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The Pakistan cricket team is touring England to play against cricket giants (the Ashes couple) Australia and England.
Pakistan won the Twenty20 series against Australia 2-0.
Pakistan’s request to provide a turning track was turned down by Lord’s’ curators.
Four Pakistani players left for England to join the Test squad.
PCB announced a Rs 2.6 billion budget for the fiscal year 2010-11.
Pakistan managed a tame draw against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Leicestershire-c807 in a two-day warm-up match.
Detailed News:
The Pakistan team broke its 12-match losing streak against the mighty Aussies when it clinched a 23-run win over the world champions on Monday, 5th July at Edgbaston. The next day, Pakistan thwarted Michael http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Clarke-c51120’s men once again in the second and last T20 of the series, sealing a rare 2-0 whitewash against Australia.
Both the coach and the captain lauded the players’ performance, specifically the talented 20-year old Umar Akmal and the sensational teenage pacer Mohammad Aamer. The coach said that the 2-0 series win would boost the morale of the team ahead of the Test series against the same opposition that starts next week at Lord’s.
On the other hand, Pakistan cricket team’s request for turning Lord’s pitch has been turned down by the hosting curators. Pakistan, set to play a home test on English soil, wanted to take the advantage that a home team is expected to from a home series, but got a big sorry from the management of Lord’s, as sources revealed: “They told Waqar that not even the England captain or the team management can tell the curators what sort of track they want for a particular match.”
Pakistan captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahid-Afridi-c2482 said that the team was expecting some favour from the curators as it is their home series. “It’s our home series, so naturally we believe that we can get pitches that suit us,” said Afridi. “As the host team, you can exploit home advantage which at times can play a big role in the final outcome of the series,” he added.
The triumphant Green Shirts are gearing up for the test series against Australia with the intent of winning the test series as well. To make its dream come true, the Pakistan team has called upon four players that could not make the squad last month. The players included Tanvir Ahmed, Zulqarnain Haider, Azhar Ali, and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Yasir-Hameed-c2811. All four joined the national team on Wednesday. Yasir Hameed and Azhar Ali played the two-day warm-up match against Leicestershire on Friday, and impressed the selectors with their 58 and 41 runs respectively.
An immediate return of experienced test players, former skippers Younis Khan and Mohammad Yousuf, has been declined by the PCB chief http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ijaz-Butt-c64128. Younis Khan and his lawyer have been alleged by the chairman of making “inappropriate statements”. Younis, however, has said that he has had no altercation with the board, and is available for the national team whenever required. Younis said that he can’t even think of fighting with the PCB.
The Governing Board of PCB approved a Rs 2.6 billion Budget for the next fiscal year on Wednesday. After two years, the PCB has been able to give a surplus budget. The expected expenditure of PCB during 2010-11 is Rs 2.3 billion, while the revenues that the board would earn during the same period are projected to be Rs 2.6 billion. Even the budget meeting of the world’s most controversial board was not free of controversies. The headcount of the members who attended the budget session did not meet the international rule of 50% majority. Out of the 15 Governing Board’s members, only seven were present in the meeting chaired by the Chairman PCB Ijaz Butt.
The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Green-c60723 Shirts earned a stalemate in a two-day practice match against Leicestershire on Friday at Grace Road. The hosts declared their innings at 296 for seven. In reply, the Pakistan side, with the help of half-centuries by Yasir Hameed, Salman Butt and the young talent Umar Amin, scored 280 for seven.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746, which kicks off at Lord's on 13th July.
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