Paul Nixon fancies Pakistan chances for the ICC Champions Trophy 2013 – Cricket news
England’s former wicketkeeper/batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Champions Trophy 2013 and said that the Green Shirts possess some of the most talented cricketers of the world.
The mega event is going to be played next month in England, with Australian looking to defend their title. Pakistan is placed in group B along with India, South Africa and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 make up the other
group.
While speaking exclusively to Pakpassion.com, the former cricketer expressed that Pakistan has always produced cricketers of the highest quality, which is the reason why they can beat any team on a given day. Nixon thinks that pitches in Pakistan are more
supportive in nature as compared to India.
“Pakistan are in a good place, they won the one day series 2-1 in India. Pakistan on their day are the most gifted nation of cricketers,” said the former wicketkeeper/batsman. “They’ve always had great fast bowlers, great batsmen, good keepers. India has
very batsmen-friendly very spinner-friendly pitches but in Pakistan the pitches are magnificent.”
Nixon, who represented http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 in 19 One Day Internationals (ODI) and a T20 in 2007, played his last domestic season in 2011.
According to most experts, group B is the tougher of the two pools. The 42-year-old predicts that Pakistan and India will be the two teams to qualify for the semi-finals of the tournament from this group.
“Any one of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 as the 2 teams making it through this group,” he added.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Younis-Khan-c98325, for the Champions Trophy. However, their absence is not likely to affect the performance of the national team because the duo has been underperforming in the 50-over format
over the last 18 months. The Green Shirts’ batting has been a concern in recent past and it remains to be seen if they deliver the goods in the mega event.
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