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Pakistan’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Young-c98322, left-arm pace sensation, Junaid Khan, is delighted to be given an opportunity by Lancashire, the former county club of Pakistan’s retired, left-arm legend, Wasim Akram, to represent the club this year.
“I’m extremely delighted at joining Lancashire. It’s a great honour for me to play for the same side that the great Akram has also played with. I always wanted to emulate Akram and my contract is a huge boost to my career,” said the 21-year-old Junaid.
This month, Lancashire hired http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ireland-c751.
Previously, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Groom-c60840 his abilities as a bowler, but also developed the art of leading a side, as he was also the skipper of the club during his stint.
Khan hopes to enhance his bowling technique during his time with the club, which he believes will help him in the long run as a bowler for Pakistan.
“Nearly all great cricketers have played county cricket and I’m also hoping to get valuable experience. It’s the start of my career and I aim to work on my weaknesses during the county exposure,” said Junaid, while talking to newsmen in Pakistan.
According to sources the left-arm pacer is eagerly awaiting his visa to the United Kingdom and wants to join the side as soon as possible.
Khan, who has played only seven ODIs for his country, is aiming to do well in England because of the favourable conditions there for the seamers.
“The English conditions favour fast-bowlers and keeping that in mind, hopefully I’ll be able to give my best.” He opined.
Nonetheless, the lanky bowler admitted that he was facing a tough time, bowling on dead-pitches and was working hard on improving his ability to bowl on tracks which lack support for seamers.
He praised assistant coach http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Aaqib-Javed-c41431 for helping him in trying to eradicate his vulnerability on slow tracks.
Earlier this year, Khan was selected for the national team, right before the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 world cup 2011, as a replacement for pacer Sohail Tanvir, who was dropped from the squad because of a recurring knee injury.
However, Khan did not play a single game in the mega event. He was later, named in the squad for the Caribbean tour.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Junaid-Khan-c77037 is believed to be a good addition to the Pakistan squad, especially considering the five-year ban handed out to Mohammad Amir, who was found guilty along with fellow pacer, Mohammad Asif, and former Test skipper, Salman Butt, of being involved
in spot-fixing during Pakistan’s tour of England, in the summer of 2010.
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