Saeed Ajmal named in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Test Team of Year – Cricket News Roundup – Part 4 – August 30, 2012
Promising Pakistan off-spinner, Saeed Ajmal has been picked up in the International Cricket Council (ICC) Test Team of Year, announced on Thursday, 30 August 2012.
This year’s ICC Test team has been dominated by the South African players, with five Proteas players, including 12th man http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760) and Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka).
"The selectors did utilise a vast amount of statistics from the period under observation, but we also took into account all other factors like the opposition, pitch conditions, match situation etc," said selection panel chief http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Clive-Hubert-Lloyd-c51327 in an ICC statement. "In the panel's expert opinion, it has selected the best team based on performances over the past 12 months," he added further.
ICC Test Team of the Year 2011-12: Alastair Cook, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AB-de-Villiers-c887 (12th man)
All-rounder Sana Mir will lead Pakistan cricket team in next month’s ICC Women’s World T20 Championship, in Sri Lanka.
Pakistan Cricket Board’s Women Wing on Wednesday named its final squad for the marquee tournament, making only two changes to the squad that won tri-nation women's one-day series in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rauf-c84151 comes in for Masooma Junaid, while Sumaiya Siddiqi has replaced Rabiya Shah.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746, in the global tournament, which gets underway in Galle on September 26 and will run till October 7.
Pakistan squad: http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sumaiya-Siddiqi-c91772, Sadia Yusaf, Elizabath Barkat, Nahida Bibi, Javeria Rauf.
Australian skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/George-Bailey-c1480 for playing a sensible innings during the four-wicket victory against Pakistan, at Sharjah, on Tuesday.
"The most pleasing thing was that George was there at the end,” said http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Clarke-c51120, who led the modest 199-run chase with a fine knock of 66 runs. “These days in one-day cricket, a lot is spoken about your strike-rate. George wasn't concerned about how many balls he was facing,” he added further.
Bailey, the 29-year-old Tasmanian batsman, will skipper the mighty Aussies in next month’s World T20 championship in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758. Clarke said that his good form in the lead up to the mega event was really positive sign for the team.
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