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Kamran Akmal poor show in Sydney test and PCB senseless quick decision of sending Sarfraz to Australia put captain and team management in trouble as they still consider Kamran Akmal as no. 1 choice for keeping. Kamran Akmal previous performance has been ignored, Pcb thinks that he was the main culprit in losing the Sydney test while the other factors are being ignored by the decision maker who sent Sarfraz to Australia. Now it is a real suspense that who will do the job in third test at Hobart.

Earlier, it was being said that young wicketkeeper Sarfraz Ahmed will ‘participate’ in the final Test here as a replacement for Kamran Akmal.

The News quoted sources as saying that the tour selection committee will have a ‘debate’ on the issue before taking a final decision on it within the next couple of days.

Kamran, it seemed, was out of the final Test after he dropped four easy catches besides squandering a run-out opportunity in the second Test.

His pathetic show behind the stumps was seen as the biggest reason behind Pakistan’s 36-run defeat that came after the tourists had taken a 206-run lead against the Aussies.

Just a day later, the PCB issued a press release from its headquarters in Lahore saying that Sarfraz will be rushed to Australia where he will participate in the third Test starting at the Bellerive Oval in Hobart from January 14.

Sarfraz, 20, is scheduled to join the national team here on Sunday.

Now, it seems that the team management is having second thoughts.

Sources said Kamran has a lot of influence within the team and most of the players want him to play the third Test instead of Sarfraz.

Kamran himself has also shown his desire to feature in the Hobart Test, saying that he would do his best not to repeat the mistakes of Sydney in the future.

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The series between pakistan and New Zealand schedule to begin today at neutral venue of UAE. This series is important for both teams as the winner of the series will secure the 4th place in ICC ranking. Kiwi’s arrived in UAE without coach while the Pakistan coach is considered as inefficient in this modern world cricket. Pakistan will look forward to wrap the series with good margin and take champions trophy revenge against Kiwis.

Pakistan (probable): 1 Salman Butt, 2 Kamran Akmal (wk), 3 Younis Khan (capt), 4 Mohammad Yousuf, 5 Shoaib Malik, 6 Umar Akmal, 7 Shahid Afridi, 8 Naved-ul-Hasan/Abdul Razzaq, 9 Umar Gul, 10 Mohammad Aamer, 11 Saeed Ajmal

New Zealand are injury-ravaged as they were during the Champions Trophy, missing key personnel in Daryl Tuffey, Jesse Ryder and Grant Elliott. Scott Styris is back, as is Jacob Oram and with Kyle Mills suffering an injury, the young, impressive Tim Southee is definitely in contention for a starting place.

New Zealand (probable): 1 Aaron Redmond, 2 Brendon McCullum (wk), 3 Martin Guptill, 4 Ross Taylor, 5 Scott Styris, 6 Neil Broom, 7 Daniel Vettori (capt), 8 Jacob Oram, 9 Nathan McCullum, 10 Shane Bond, 11 Tim Southee

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Pakistan ex captain Imran Khan said that Indian loby may played role in the last Pakistan semi final against New Zealand to kick out Pakistan from the competition. They have a strong influence in ICC said by Imran Khan. He also commented that there was no place for Younis Khan to keep him self in the team except leading the team. It was much better to include Asif in place of Omer Gul because Omer Gul seems to be out of form. On umpiring he said it was below per and may have a chance of Indian hand behind it. If such is the case thn it is under match fixing. He was interviewed by the local press in pakistan.

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Robin Singh has been appointed as a new coach for Mumbai Indians in a comming season 2009 - 2010. Prasad will act as his deputy for Mumbai Indians. Sachin Tendulakar is a captain of the team. Robin Singh was an all rounder and the team hopes to benefit in both sections of the game including bowling and fielding.

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The are many speculation about Pakistan performance against New Zealand in the ICC champions trophy semi final. Some saying Pakistan fixed the match, some said there was hidden agenda and few accusing India of influencing the umpires to favour New Zealand.

No such thing actually happened the only factors behind the loss were

1- Broken finger of Younis Khan

2- Some bad decisons by umpires

Younis Khan was playing the ICC champions trophy matches with his broken finger due to which he was not performing well in batting and could not manage to lead the side with his own performance. He did a big mistake of playing ICC matches while he was unfit. It cost Pakistan very dear when he dropped catch at the last moment where Pakistan can turn the match into his favour. It was an easy catch but avoiding ball contact with broken finger leads to drop the ball and drop the match too.

The other valid reason is the lbw decision of Umer Akmal at a crucial stage of the match but if some one see replay very carefully and find that the decision was difficult and Simon Tuffel was at an angle where he cant see the contact of the ball with bat. Only camera catched that thing otherwise the straight angle difficult to judge. There were few appeals which were against Pakistan when Pakistan was fielding and simply it was an unlucky day for Pakistan cricket fans.

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Icc champions trophy important match between India and Pakistan went in favour of Pakistan despite top order flop along with undisciplinedbowling which cost them over 30 scores in no,s and wides along with free hitting score.

Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat first, the top order went cheaply and then rest was handled nicely by Yousaf and Shoaib Malik who added on 200 + runs in Pakistan total of 302 runs. The last 5 overs which was a power play game Pakistan could not manage to score a lot and wickets tumble. However 302 was a good score to defend.

Indian faced the first loss when Tendulkar was out early in the innings. Later Gambhir played aggressively along with Dravid who gave him a good support but Gambhir was run out which put pressure on India. Raina showd some resistance in the middle order but after his departure the match was in hands of Pakistan and Pakistan won comfortably.

The final score

Pakistan 302 in 50 overs

India 248 all out

Man of the match - Shoaib Malik

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Gary Kirsten has hand over a lietrature to Indian cricket team mambers, in which he advise players to develop sex relation off the field to boost their performance. The literature which Gary handed over to palyers have tips to read for better performance, on of the tip is involving in sex relationship. Sex increases the harmone testosterone which help to create strength and aggression in men or women. The individuals who are less involve in sex either men or women, they have less courage in daily life. In the tips Gary also emphasised if sex partner is not available then do it by your self in order to reap the benefits. This literature is considered as confidential.

The players who travelled to Soutrh Adfrica with their partners can benefit easily through Gary tips but the players who are alone or not yet married may have difficulties in adopting this tip unless they act as play boy.

It is an interesting topic to discuss. Please carry on your comments or any tips you have for Indian players or cricketers in association with adopting sex.

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Pakistan manage to secure two points in its first match against West Indies in Champions trophy first match. West Indies batting first scored 133 for all out, in chasing a small total Pakistan batting tumbled and later on with the help of Omer Akmal and Afridi manage to pass the score.

Earlier West Indies top order was demolished by Pakistan seamers and at one stage it seemed to be below 100 score match but later on the middle order and tail enders showed some discipline and added few score to fight. Pakistan openers Imran Nazir and Kamran Akmal fell cheaply while Shoaib Malik and Yousaf mangage to keep score board moving. Afther their departure the match became interesting but atlast Omer Akmal passionate knock mange to win the match.

The final score was

West Indies 133 all out

Pakistan 134 for 5

Pakistan won by 5 wickets (with 117 balls remaining)

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A brilliant batting by Dilshan Jayawardna and Sangakara secure 2 points in an inaugural match of ICC champions trophy 2009. South Africans were not comfortable in the whole match. Srilankan batsmen and bowlers played a master piece of cricket to overcome strong Africans.

Dilshan scored 106 runs in only 92 balls while Sangakara and Jayawardna scored 57 and 77 respectively to put Lanka in a strong defending total. Later on South African wickets tumbled periodically and at last rain started which decided the match in favour of Sri Lanka.

Final score was

Srilanka 319 fo 8 in 50 overs

South Africa were 206 in 37.4 overs

Srilanka won by 55 runs (D/L Metod)

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ICC champions trophy schedule to start today with inaugural match between South Africa and Srilanka. This event is considered as biggest event of ICC after ODI world cup. The top 8 teams will take part in this event and are grouped in two pools. Pool A comprises of 4 teams including PAkistan, India, Australia and West Indies, while pool B consist of Newzealand, Srilanka, Bangladesh and South Africa. South Africa is a host of this event and considered as favourite too if they manage to control their nerves in semis and finals. Australia is the last time ICC champions trophy winner.

The other strong contestents are Australia, India, Srilanka and Pakistan. Some experts are ruling out India as favourite and putting Newzealnd in top four but the Indian players can bounce back at any time. The group A is considered as tough as compare to group B, where Australia, Pakistan and India are facing with each other along with West Indies which is considered as weak team. Among India Pakistan and Australia, the teams which will lose two matches against each other will be knock out, so pressure will be on players.

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