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Coach less vs old coach schedule to begin today

November 3rd, 2009
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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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Muhammad Asif out of Newzealand series

October 20th, 2009
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PCB has confirmed that M Asif is not included in the coming series against New Zealand. This series is being played in the neutral venue Dubai. Asif has been dropped from the squad because of his entry ban in United Arab Emirates, where he was detained for posession of drugs and later release due to the intervention of Pakistran govt. M Asif still claimed that he is not banned from entering Dubai but PCB confirmed with the UAE officials and informed him. Interestingly Asif was sent from a different route to South Africa in recent champions trophy while the team went via Dubai.

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Lee Is Targeting The ODI Series Against Pakistan In April

February 16th, 2009
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Australian fast bowler Brett Lee is recovering from his injury faster than expected and is set for an early comeback to international cricket in the one-day series against Pakistan in April.

Sidelined with stress fractures in his foot since early last month, 32-year-old Lee was initially expected to return in the World Twenty20 to be held in England in June.

But with his rehabilitation ahead of schedule, Lee is targeting the five-match one-day series against Pakistan in United Arab Emirates.

He is planning to run in the next fortnight and bowl by mid-March after having a surgical boot removed last week.

“The good news is the healing is two weeks ahead of schedule. There’s no need to rush Brett, but it looks like he will be available for selection for the Pakistan one-dayers, that’s the target,” Lee’s agent Neil Maxwell said.

“It’s better than where he should be and Brett is really pumped. The most encouraging sign is that he said to me the other day, ‘I’ve never been more excited about playing cricket’,” Maxwell was quoted as saying by ‘Sunday Telegraph’.

Should Lee not be available for the Pakistan series, he will be encouraged by Cricket Australia to play in the latter stages of the Indian Premier League.

CA physiotherapist Alex Kountouris said Lee could benefit with a stint in the IPL, which concludes two weeks after the one-day series against Pakistan.

“Brett might play in the IPL because it might fit in with our time frame. We’d probably like him to play the latter part of the IPL because it will give him some cricket before he plays in the World Cup.

“He’s going really well. I saw him last week and he’s making good progress. At the moment, he’s doing a lot of strength work and he will be cleared to start running in a couple of weeks,” Kountouris said.

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