Shahid Afridi advises Pakistan to maintain winning streak – ICC World Cup 2011 news
Pakistan’s dynamic all-rounder and captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahid-Afridi-c2482, advised his erratic team to be more reliable and maintain a consistent performance record if the Men in Green wish to win the ICC 2011World Cup.
The hard hitting Afridi said that they have a very good victory against the co-hosts of the mega event Sri Lanka. Therefore, they want to maintain the momentum. He added that they should not be on the back foot about anything and must maintain the winning
sequence.
The Cornered Tigers had a bad patch ahead of the coveted mega event when three of their key players were banned in a spot fixing scandal and they were also rattled by a captaincy issue as well.
However, after the coveted cricket cup started in Dhaka on 19 February 2011, the Pakistan team, that entered the tournament as a mediocre team worked hard and won their matches against minnows Kenya and the big fish, Sri Lanka, and proved their detractors
wrong with their dazzling form.
They defeated http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kenya-c752 by a huge margin of 205 runs whereas Sri Lanka was lost to Pakistan after a nail biter. Pakistan defeated the favourites Sri Lanka on their home ground by 11 runs.
The 1992 World Champions are now preparing to take on minnows, Canada. They had a very long practice session of three and a half hours yesterday.
Afridi is very keen to carry on winning. He said that they ought to show regularity because they are not renowned for that.
Moreover, Afridi accepted in front of the media after a practice session in Colombo that they should keep the winning momentum against Canada too because they are still far away from their destination.
Pakistan have played against the minnows http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 won by a huge margin of eight wickets.
The Men in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Green-c60723 also face some injury issues like the other teams in the ongoing biggest event of cricket. Pakistan’s left-arm spinner, Abdur Rehman, is suffering from a muscle injury.
He got injured during the match against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Misbah-ul-Haq-c1972, is fighting a hamstring injury.
The fabulous off-spinner, Saeed Ajmal, is expected to play the match against the North American team, while Asad Shafiq is likely to replace Misbah.
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