Pakistan veteran Shahid Afridi has announced he will retire from one-day internationals after next year’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
Afridi told a news conference on Sunday that he will focus on T20 matches after the tournament is over, as Pakistan look ahead to the ICC World Twenty20 in India in 2016.
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Pakistan veteran Shahid Afridi has announced he will retire from one-day internationals after next year’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
Afridi told a news conference on Sunday that he will focus on T20 matches after the tournament is over, as Pakistan look ahead to the T20 World Cup in India in 2016.
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Pakistan spinner Saeed Ajmal made his return to competitive cricket on Friday and hopes to play in next year’s World Cup.
Ajmal has spent the last three months remodelling his action after being suspended by the International Cricket Council.
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Pakistan coach Waqar Younis will be looking for a pre-World Cup boost when his side take on New Zealand in Abu Dhabi on Friday.
The five-match one-day international series is tied at 2-2 after the Black Caps’ seven-run victory in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday, and Waqar is keen to wrap up a series win in the decider ahead of the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand which starts on February 14.
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New Zealand drew level in their five-match ODI series with Pakistan after Kane Williamson’s century helped them to a thrilling seven-run victory in the fourth match in Abu Dhabi.
Skipper Williamson (123) crunched 12 fours in a brutal 105-ball knock as The Black Caps reached 299-5 from their 50 overs, with openers Martin Guptill (58) and Dean Brownlie (42) also chipping in.
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All proceeds from Wednesday’s one-day international between Pakistan and New Zealand in Abu Dhabi will be donated to those affected by the Peshawar school massacre.
The Pakistani Taliban has claimed responsibility for opening fire on the Army Public School in the city on Tuesday, which resulted in the death of at least 140 people, most of them students, while also leaving scores injured.
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Opener Ahmed Shehzad made a fine century as Pakistan defeated New Zealand by 147 runs in Sharjah to go 2-1 up in the five-match series.
Shehzad contributed 113 and stand-in skipper Shahid Afridi smashed 55 off 26 balls as Pakistan posted a huge total of 364-7 before New Zealand were dismissed for 217.
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Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq will miss the remaining ODIs against New Zealand because of a hamstring injury.
The 40-year-old sustained the injury during Friday’s second day-nighter against the Black Caps in Sharjah and will stay on in the United Arab Emirates to undergo rehabilitation.
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Pakistan have called up Yasir Shah and Anwar Ali for the remaining one-day matches against New Zealand to replace wounded bowlers Umar Gul and Bilawal Bhatti.
Gul injured his left tendon during Pakistan’s success in the very first ODI last Monday, while Bhatti injured his hand during training.
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Pakistan captain Misbah-ul Haq has been fined 15 per cent of his match fee for showing dissent at an umpire’s judgement during his side’s four-wicket defeat to New Zealand on Friday.
New Zealand fast bowler Adam Milne has additionally been reprimanded for using obscene language through the one-day international in Sharjah.
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Captain Kane Williamson hit an unbeaten 70 to lead New Zealand into a four-wicket triumph over Pakistan in Sharjah and level their one day series at 1-1.
Williamson stood firm in a Kiwi fall and was still in the crease with former skipper Daniel Vettori as four leg byes saw them past Pakistan’s goal of 253 for success with four overs to spare.
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Pakistan will start restorative work on Mohammad Hafeez’s bowling action promptly after it had been deemed illegal by the International Cricket Council.
The off-spinner was reported within a Test match against New Zealand last month, and following evaluations in England found his activity violated the ICC’s limitations on elbow extension.
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Pakistan batsman Younis Khan is set to warrant his return to limited overs cricket after being chosen for the five-match ODI series against New Zealand in the UAE.
Younis has played only one 50-overs match in August this year after a 17-month absence because of insufficient form but four Test hundreds against Australia and New Zealand since October have induced a change of heart in the Pakistan selectors.
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Pakistan all rounder Mohammad Hafeez continues to be suspended for an illegal bowling action from the International Cricket Council.
he’s the second Pakistan player after Saeed Ajmal to face sanction within the past three months.
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Pakistan are seeking a reassessment of Saeed Ajmal’s bowling action in a play to clear the off-spinner before next year’s World Cup.
Ajmal was suspended from bowling at international level after having a biomechanical investigation of his activity reported it as suspicious through the Galle Test against Sri Lanka in August.
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England will take to the West Indies and Pakistan in World Cup warmup matches.
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New Zealand’s expert spinner Daniel Vettori believed it wasn’t proper to declare the conclusion of his Test career following the heartbreaking passing of Phillip Hughes.
The 35-year old stopped an lack of 28 months in the five-day format by helping New Zealand into a dominant win over Pakistan in the last Test in Sharjah, a match overshadowed by the Hughes disaster.
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The second Test between Pakistan and New Zealand in Sharjah continues to be stretched with a day and certainly will restart on Friday after a day to reflect in the passing of Australia batsman Phillip Hughes.
The verdict was taken by the officials of both Pakistan Cricket Board and New Zealand Cricket following the news that 25-year old Hughes died on Thursday, two days after being hit in the head with a cricket ball during an Australian first class match.
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Pakistan will sponsor their first official tour since the Lahore terror strikes in 2009, when Kenya play five ODIs against the nation’s second string side next month.
All five matches will occur in Lahore at Gaddafi Stadium, the exact same ground where the bus driving the Sri Lanka team was assaulted in March 2009.
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New Zealand have turned to former captain Daniel Vettori as they try to save their Test series against Pakistan.
The 35-year old slow left-arm bowler was called to the squad for the final match in Sharjah – two-and-a-half years since his last appearance in a Test.
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