Pakistan V Bangladesh: 3rd ODI - Pakistan players to watch out for
A formidable Pakistan side must be eager to inflict a series whitewash on Bangladesh when they take the field in the third and final One Day International of the three-match series at the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zahur-Ahmed-c98518 Chowdhury Stadium of
Chittagong on Tuesday, December 6, 2011.
Having won the first two matches of the series played at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur, Pakistan has already sealed the series in their name. Misbah-ul-Haq and his men in green won the first One Day International of the series by five wickets
and returned victor in the second one dayer by a margin of 76 runs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Umar-Gul-c94604. The depth in their pace attack has been an extra advantage for the tourists in the ongoing series.
Their batting however remained a cause of concern for the skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747. We are winning
matches and doing well as a unit but the batting needs to show muscle and not be brittle.”
However, the batting seemed to be quite improved in the second one-dayer with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Umar-Akmal-c94595 scoring a half century and Afridi a whirlwind 42 off just 27 balls as Pakistan set a 250 plus total for the hosts.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahid-Afridi-c2482
The flamboyant Pakistan all-rounder has been seen in his pinnacle form since his return to the international cricket in last month’s one day series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/United-Arab-Emirates-c3033. He turned out to be a match savior for Pakistan at various occasions
with his bat or ball and at times with both the bat and the ball.
He was adjudged as the man of the series in last month’s five-match One Day International series against Sri Lanka. He is just a couple of wickets short from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SL-Malinga-c2540 in becoming the highest ODI wicket taker of 2011 season and must be eager to cross
the Lankan when his team takes the field against Bangladesh on Tuesday as it would be the last ODI of Pakistan in the 2011 season.
Boom Boom Afridi has always been a threat for the bowlers but over the past couple of years he has proven himself as a ruthless spinner who can scythe through the batting line-up of any class on his day.
Till date, he has played 332 One Day Internationals for Pakistan compiling a tally of 6884 runs at a strike rate of 114.16 and has claimed 333 wickets at an average of 33.19 and an economy rate of 4.59.
Mohammad Hafeez
The calm and cool Pakistan all-rounder has undoubtedly been one of Pakistan’s most brilliant performers in the past 12 months and has proven his mettle in all the three departments of the game. During Afridi’s post retirement period, Hafeez proved himself
to be the most experienced and the most responsible all-rounder in the Pakistan camps.
The 31-year-old all-rounder not only provides his side a quick start at the top of the order but also plays a crucial role in containing the opposition batsmen with his right-arm off-spin.
He has so far played 89 ODIs and has a tally of 2319 runs in his name including 3 centuries (all scored in the ongoing 2011 season) and 12 half centuries. With the ball, he has claimed 74 wickets at an average of 32.04.
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