West Indies v Pakistan – Test Series - Pakistan Selectors show confidence in Salman, Azam and Junaid
The Pakistan Cricket Board has announced the fifteen-member team for the two Test matches against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 starting from 12 May, 2011.
Mohammad Salman, Junaid http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Khan-c71319 and Hammad Azam are part of the squad and they will have their Test debut if they get a chance to play.
Mohammad Salman was born on August 7th in Karachi, a right hand batsman with safe hands behind the wickets. He has played for Pakistan, Faisalabad Region, Allied Bank, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Punjab-c833 and Faisalabad Wolves.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Salman-c88163 is said to be one of the best wicket keepers in Pakistan at the moment, he grabbed two catches and a stumping in four ODI's so far and is eager to perform and make the most of this opportunity.
Salman’s place in the team looks quite secure, especially since there are not many options for the position. He has been preferred over Adnan Akmal, the younger brother of the discarded Kamran Akmal.
Adnan however, was given the gloves against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754. His performance was remarkable as he claimed 17 wickets in four Test matches and was supposed to be part of the Test squad.
Hammad Azam was born on 16th http://www.senore.com/Cricket/March-c74391, 1991 in Attock. He is an all rounder who bats right hand and bowls right-arm medium fast. He has played for Pakistan, Pakistan Under-19 s’, Pakistan A and Rawalpindi.
Hammad is a talented and was part of Pakistan’s Under-19 in the 2010 World Cup held in New Zealand. The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 clinching the trophy.
Having played four ODI matches for Pakistan, Hammad appeared in two innings and scored 37 runs at an average of 18.50 with best figures of 36 runs. He also took one wicket in 48 balls at an average of 45.00 runs per wicket.
However, the figures above do not reflect his true potential and there will surely be more to come from the promising youngster.
Junaid Khan was born on 24th December, 1989 in Matra, North West Frontier Province, a left arm medium fast bowler who bats right hand.
He has played for Pakistan, Pakistan Under-19 s’, Abbottabad Rhinos and Abbottabad.
Junaid holds a lot of promise as one of the upcoming pacers in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755. He was part of the Pakistan Cricket team Participated in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011.
Having played four ODI matches for Pakistan, Junaid has taken three wickets at an average of 47.33 runs with best figures of 2 for 26.
Pakistan team is currently playing the five-match ODI series against West Indies, they have played four matches and have dominated the series by 3-1. The selectors have chosen a balanced side for the upcoming two-match Test series and anticipate another series victory.
Final Pakistan Test squad:
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Misbah-ul-Haq-c1972 (Captain), Younis Khan, Taufeeq Umar, Mohammad Hafeez, Asad Shafiq, Azhar Ali, Mohammad Salman (wicket keeper), Saeed Ajmal, Abdur Rehman, Umar Akmal, Umar Gul, Wahab Riaz, Tanvir Ahmed, Junaid Khan and Hammad Azam.
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