Pakistan look to focus on cricket as they take on Kenya in the ICC World Cup 2011
Pakistan are looking to focus only on cricket and put their troubled past behind them, as they prepare to face Kenya in Hambantota on 23 February 2011. This will be Pakistan’s first match after the recent spot-fixing controversy. Pakistan will play this
match without http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Amir-c76675, as the trio was recently banned from cricket for least five years by the International Cricket Council Tribunal, after the spot-fixing verdict.
These three players have lost their chance to participate in the ongoing ICC World Cup 2011, as they have not been available for Pakistan’s team since September 2010. The team has played 16 One Day Internationals, out of which with eight were lost and seven
were won by the green shirts. They have achieved most of their victories in the recent series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754.
The team has been in shock by the whole scandal, as it has been impossible for them to focus on the World Cup. Pakistan is working hard to not let the recent scandal affect their performance and to focus primarily on cricket.
The coach of the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 cricket team Waqar Younis said, “We all know that we've been through tough times but that doesn't mean we don't have talent.”
He added that the team has worked hard on their grooming for the World Cup, and they are ready to face any challenge in the ongoing tournament. The players have got potential and can perform well under any conditions. He also commented that the team is involved
in their practices and hardly get time to think about the whole spot-fixing controversy. He is of the view that the players should concentrate on the game and to not pay any attention to anything rumoured about them in the newspapers.
The coach exclaimed that the team did well in the previous series against the Kiwis, and this gave the whole team a source of encouragement and motivation for the World Cup.
While commenting on English Player Stuart Broad’s statement in which he requested to avoid Pakistani players in the team hotel, Younis replied, "If someone has that will to keep distance from us then it's his will," he said. "As far
as Broad is concerned, I don't want to comment on what he said. If he has said something which is not good, which is not fair to any individual or to any team I don't want to say anything on that. We will probably show it on the field."
It will be exciting to see how Pakistan can divert the spot-light from their controversies and onto their performance against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kenya-c752. The team will be looking for a good start to get the World Cup underway.
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