Mudassar Nazar looking forward to Pieterson- Ajmal duel in Pak-England series
Former Pakistani cricketer Mudassar Nazar is looking forward to the Kevin Pieterson versus Saeed Ajmal duel in the upcoming series in the United Arab Emirates.
Former Pakistani cricketer Mudassar Nazar is looking forward to the Kevin Pieterson versus Saeed Ajmal duel in the upcoming series in the United Arab Emirates.
Pakistan spinners Abdur Rehman and Saeed Ajmal shared three wickets to reduce Bangladesh to 228-7 at lunch on day four Monday, as the visitors closed in on victory in the first test.Bangladesh needs …
CHITTAGONG: Abdur Rehman and Saeed Ajmal shared six wickets as Pakistan dismissed Bangladesh for 135 in their firs
DUBAI: Pakistan s spin bowler Saeed Ajmal has topped the International Cricket Council s (ICC) ODI bowlers ranking
COLOMBO: Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi has won the toss and decided to bat against Canada in their Group A day-night match of the World Cup 2011 here at the R Premadasa Stadium on Thursday. Pakistan replaced left-arm spinner Abdur Rehman, who has injured his abductor muscle, and rested paceman Shoaib Akhtar from the line-up that beat Sri Lanka in Colombo on Saturday. Their places were taken by off-spinner Saeed Ajmal and paceman Wahab Riaz — both making their World Cup debuts. Canada, who lost to Zimbabwe in their last match, dropped out-of-form opener John Davison and brought in paceman Henry Osinde. Teams: Pakistan: Shahid Afridi (captain), Misbah-ul-Haq, Mohammad Hafeez, Kamran Akmal, Younis Khan, Umar Akmal, Abdul Razzaq, Saeed Ajmal, Umar Gul, Wahab Riaz, Ahmed Shahzad. Canada: Ashish Bagai (captain), Rizwan Cheema, Harvir Baidwan, Nitish Kumar, Tyson Gordon, Henry Osinde, Ruvindu Gunasekera, Khurram Chohan, Jimmy Hansra, Zubin Surkari, Balaji Rao.
QUEENSTOWN: The second ODI between Pakistan and New Zealand is all set to be played here today, meanwhile, national side is expecting three changes in the team. Geosuper, the only twenty-four hour sports channel of Pakistan will telecast match live. Saeed Ajmal, frontline spinner, has been injured, reports from dressing room suggested. Shoaib Akhtar, Abdul Rehman and Asad Shafiq would replace Umar Gul, Wahab Riaz and Ahmed Shehzad for the second counter. New Zealand lead six match series by 1-0. Black caps’ wicketkeeper said they wanted wining more matches in series for gaining confidence ahead of world cup. Captain and coach Pakistan cricket team expressed hope that their team would comeback strongly. The match will start at 300 hours in Pakistan and would be telecast live on Geosuper sports channel.
Pakistan off-spinner Saeed Ajmal will miss the first Test against New Zealand in Hamilton after returning home to attend the funeral of his father.
HAMILTON: Pakistan need to achieve a difficult target of 186 runs to beat New Zealand and level the three-match series of Twenty20 Internationals here on Tuesday. Sent into bat by Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi, New Zealand made a disastrous start losing Jesse Ryder on the very first ball of the match delivered by Abdul Razzaq. However, James Franklin (40) and Martin Guptill (44) took their team out of trouble, adding 91 runs for the second wicket. Later, other batsmen batted aggressively and took the score to 185-7 in the allotted 20 overs. Scott Styris scored 34 while captain Ross Taylor was unbeaten on 30. Off-spinner Saeed Ajmal was themost successful bowler for Pakistan taking three wickets for 35. Pakistan need to win this match to keep the series alive after being soundly beaten by five wickets on Sunday in the first match of the three-match series. Pakistan made one change from the first match with Asad Shafiq coming in for middle-order batsman Fawad Alam. New Zealand stood down their two debutants from the opening game, Adam Milne and Dean Brownlie, and brought in all-rounder Luke Woodcock for his debut and new-ball bowler Ian Butler.
Former Pakistan cricketer Tauseef Ahmed reckons that off-spinner Saeed Ajmal has the capability to become a match-winner if he works on certain aspects of his game.
BIRMINGHAM: The second test between Pakistan and England will begin today as Pakistan has dropped wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal and brought in uncapped Zulqarnain Haider in his place while spinner Saeed Ajmal replaces Danish Kaneria. Pakistani skipper Salman Butt is optimistic that his team will settle the score after winning the second test. The weather condition in Birmingham will support bowlers.