http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 Vice Chancellor’s XI on Monday
Pakistan cricket team will kick off their tour of West Indies by playing against the Vice Chancellor’s XI at the Mindoo Phillip Park on Monday.
The tour will be Pakistan’s first outing after their ICC World Cup 2011 campaign which ended at the hands of their archrivals India in the semi-finals.
Batting was Pakistan’s main concern in the game in which they failed to chase a gettable target of 260 runs against a weak bowling attack of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750.
Following their poor performance in the match, Pakistan national selectors decided to bring in young talent in the side at the expense of senior players like Abdul Razzaq, Kamran Akmal, Umar Gul and Younis Khan. All of them failed to shine during the recently concluded mega event.
The new inductions in the Pakistan side include wicketkeeper Mohammad Salman, Hammad Azam, Sadaf Hussain and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Usman-Salahuddin-c94700.
West Indies also had a similar story when their top players like http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Green-c60723.
The four new players inducted in the Windies side include Danza Hyatt, Christopher Barnwell, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Krishmar-Santokie-c71724.
Pakistani team manager Intikhab Alam recently said that the West Indies tour will provide opportunities to the young talent to prove their mettle. He praised Umar Akmal and said that he was a great talent. He added that Akmal would surely please the Caribbean crowd through his strokeplay.
Pakistan’s tour to West Indies includes a Twenty20 international, two Tests and five One Day Internationals.
The campaign officially starts on 21 April, 2011 with the only Twenty20 in St. Lucia.
Pakistan’s ICC World Cup 2011 captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Misbah-ul-Haq-c1972 will serve as his deputy.
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