Saeed Ajmal will hold the key in Sri Lanka, feels Iqbal Qasim – Cricket News Update
Chief Selector of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and former Test cricketer, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Saeed-Ajmal-c87859 for a key role on the tour.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755’s T20 squad has arrived in Sri Lanka and the series will officially kick-off on June 1, 2012, at Hambantota. The two-match T20 series will be followed by five One Day Internationals and three Test matches.
These two teams last played a full-fledged series in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/United-Arab-Emirates-c3033 (UAE) last year, which was effectively a home series for Pakistan. The Green Shirts outclassed the Islanders in all formats and looked a much more formidable unit as compared to the
opposition, which is struggling in the bowling department since the retirement of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Chaminda-Vaas-c1223.
Ajmal was named as the Man of the Series against Sri Lanka as well as against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 in UAE and the Chief Selector is confident that the off-spinner will deliver the goods in the Island, where the pitches tend to favour the slow bowlers.
Apart from the wily off-spinner from Faisalabad, Pakistan have the services of a quality left-arm orthodox spinner in the shape of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Abdur-Rehman-c41691.
“Our spinners will play a key role as they’ve done time and time against in the last two years. It’s never easy to play Ajmal and he’ll be more difficult to counter due to spin-friendly pitches in Sri Lanka,” said Qasim.
While talking about the young squad for the T20 format, Qasim is hopeful that the team will lift its performance under the newly appointed captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Hafeez-c76898 and it will also help the selectors build a team for the future.
The Chief Selector added, “We have a dynamic Twenty20 squad so hopefully Pakistan will start on a high under the leadership of Mohammad Hafeez. A win in the first match will set the tone for the rest of the tour.”
The series against Sri Lanka is important for both the countries as it is good preparation for the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 in September.
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