Waqar Younis cites opportunity for youngsters in the West Indies tour – Cricket News
Pakistan coach and former captain Waqar Younis, has stated that the West Indies tour, which starts on 18 April, will provide the team’s youngsters to hone their skills and prove their potential. The coach believes that the young blood will bring new hope
to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755’s cricket.
"We have selected some youngsters for the tour in the hope that they get groomed and serve the country in the future," said Younis.
With pace bowler http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shoaib-Akhtar-c90080 retired, the team selectors have chosen Sadaf Hussain, Junaid Khan and all-rounder Hammad Azam to fill in the vacancies.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Khan-c71319 tops the charts with a tally of 167 wickets from 35 first-class games. He is the first cricketer from Swabi to make it into Pakistan’s national cricket team. Hussain ranks second with 90 wickets from 18 domestic fixtures.
Batting champion, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Usman-Salahuddin-c94700. The 20-year-old has an aggregate score of 1505 runs in 24 domestic games.
Removal of wicket-keeper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Salman-c88163 Ahmed.
Waqar has assured that the West Indies squad are tough contenders and will not be taken lightly. The fast bowling legend believes that the Men in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Green-c60723 is backed by experience and talent, which will bring them positive results in the upcoming tournament.
"We are not taking the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 team lightly. We also have experience at our disposal and we hope to do well on the tour,” Younis stated.
Younis insisted that batting line-up of the team needs to perk up their skill. As a coach, he will be doing his level best to fix the shortcomings that were displayed in the squad’s World Cup performances.
"Whatever shortcomings we had during the World Cup, we want to overcome. The main thing is that I want the batsmen to show improvement," said Waqar.
The squad will take a flight for the tour on Thursday to the Caribbean that entails one T20, two Test matches, and five One Day Internationals.
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