Islamabad. Feb 3 (Ians) The Pakistan Cricket Board (Pcb) has appointed former player Yasir Arafat as the national team’s new bowling coach and will also serve as the head coach whenever Mickey Arthur is not available, according to a news report.
Arthur is set to be unveiled as Pakistan’s ‘team director’ soon and will have the option of choosing when to accompany the team due to his commitment with Derbyshire and his reluctance to take on a full-time coaching role, said the Pakistan Observer newspaper in a report on Friday.
Arafat, the former Pakistan international who has been appointed to take over the role held by Saqlain Mushtaq and former bowling coach Shaun Tait, is likely to lead Pakistan on its tour of Sri Lanka in July and the Asia Cup in September before Arthur joins the team for the Odi World Cup in India and Pakistan’s tour...
Arthur is set to be unveiled as Pakistan’s ‘team director’ soon and will have the option of choosing when to accompany the team due to his commitment with Derbyshire and his reluctance to take on a full-time coaching role, said the Pakistan Observer newspaper in a report on Friday.
Arafat, the former Pakistan international who has been appointed to take over the role held by Saqlain Mushtaq and former bowling coach Shaun Tait, is likely to lead Pakistan on its tour of Sri Lanka in July and the Asia Cup in September before Arthur joins the team for the Odi World Cup in India and Pakistan’s tour...
- 2/3/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
Lahore, Nov 14 (Ians) Former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq feels that if the Babar Azam-led side would have got a score between 160-170 in the Men’s T20 World Cup final against England at the McG, it would have been a fighting total.
He also rued that Pakistan didn’t get sizeable amount of runs from the death overs phase, though he was appreciative of the fight shown by the bowlers with the ball.
After being pushed into batting first, Pakistan lost Azam, Mohammad Rizwan and Mohammad Haris cheaply. Though Shadab Khan and Shan Masood were resurrecting the innings, Pakistan never got to break free as England bowled amazingly to keep them in check.
In the last five overs, Pakistan could only make 31 runs as the batters perished in search for the big hits and ended up at a below-par 137/8 in their 20 overs, which was chased down by England in 19 overs.
He also rued that Pakistan didn’t get sizeable amount of runs from the death overs phase, though he was appreciative of the fight shown by the bowlers with the ball.
After being pushed into batting first, Pakistan lost Azam, Mohammad Rizwan and Mohammad Haris cheaply. Though Shadab Khan and Shan Masood were resurrecting the innings, Pakistan never got to break free as England bowled amazingly to keep them in check.
In the last five overs, Pakistan could only make 31 runs as the batters perished in search for the big hits and ended up at a below-par 137/8 in their 20 overs, which was chased down by England in 19 overs.
- 11/14/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
New Delhi, Oct 28 (Ians) Pakistan fast bowling legend Wasim Akram strongly criticised captain Babar Azam for not being “intelligent enough” with team selection and omitting veteran middle-order batter Shoaib Malik from Pakistan’s squad for the ongoing Men’s T20 World Cup in Australia.
Pakistan’s chances of reaching the semifinals of the T20 World Cup are now hanging by a thread after losing to Zimbabwe by one run in their second Super 12 match at Perth on Thursday. They had lost to India in their opening match.
Their prolific opening pair of Azam and Mohammad Rizwan ‘idn’t fire and with 43 needed off 37 balls with seven wickets in hand, Pakistan’s middle order crumbled in spectacular fashion to lose the match on the final ball of the innings.
“This is what I was talking about. As Waqar said, everyone has to sit down. Everyone from Pakistan from last year, including us,...
Pakistan’s chances of reaching the semifinals of the T20 World Cup are now hanging by a thread after losing to Zimbabwe by one run in their second Super 12 match at Perth on Thursday. They had lost to India in their opening match.
Their prolific opening pair of Azam and Mohammad Rizwan ‘idn’t fire and with 43 needed off 37 balls with seven wickets in hand, Pakistan’s middle order crumbled in spectacular fashion to lose the match on the final ball of the innings.
“This is what I was talking about. As Waqar said, everyone has to sit down. Everyone from Pakistan from last year, including us,...
- 11/1/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Melbourne, Oct 24 (Ians) England quick Mark Wood has insisted he wants to keep pushing the boundaries of his pace bowling after he clocked an average delivery speed of 92.6mph against Afghanistan in the Icc T20 World Cup Super-12 Group 1 match in Perth on October 22.
England thrashed Afghanistan by five wickets in their opening game with Wood having figures of 2/23 even as Sam Curran came up with a record feat, taking five wickets and giving away just 10 runs.
“I wasn’t really aware of how quickly I was bowling,” Wood was quoted as saying by Daly Mail. “I feel I have more in the tank than that. I struggled in my first couple of overs because I was slipping quite a bit.
“Maybe I’ll have to get those long Aussie spikes or something like that. It’s great to hear what speeds I was reaching but I want to keep...
England thrashed Afghanistan by five wickets in their opening game with Wood having figures of 2/23 even as Sam Curran came up with a record feat, taking five wickets and giving away just 10 runs.
“I wasn’t really aware of how quickly I was bowling,” Wood was quoted as saying by Daly Mail. “I feel I have more in the tank than that. I struggled in my first couple of overs because I was slipping quite a bit.
“Maybe I’ll have to get those long Aussie spikes or something like that. It’s great to hear what speeds I was reaching but I want to keep...
- 11/1/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Dubai, Oct 3 (Ians) Top Australian all-rounder Glenn Maxwell has picked Afghanistan spinner Rashid Khan, West Indies’ destructive batsman Andre Russell, England all-rounder Ben Stokes, legendary Aussie wicketkeeper-batsman Adam Gilchrist and express pace bowler Shaun Tait as the top-five players in the shortest format of the game ever, ahead of the Icc T20 World Cup […]...
- 10/3/2021
- by Glamsham Bureau
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Sydney, May 25 (Ians) Former Australia captain Michael Clarke called Pakistan's Shoaib Akhtar the fastest bowler he ever faced. Clarke, who played 115 Tests, 345 ODIs and 34 T20Is in a 12-year international career, said Shoaib could deliver at a speed of 160 kmph.
"Shoaib Akhtar was the fastest I faced. He could bowl 160 [kmph]. Different type of bowler, who could bowl quick for three overs. Flintoff was quick for 12 overs. Lee was quick. Shoaib was quicker. Shaun Tait, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee and Jason Gillespie were fast. But Shoaib Akhtar was the fastest," Clarke said on the Uncensored Podcast.
Clarke also praised former Australia spinner Shane Warne for drawing a line between off-field and on-field activities.
"He would always leave the things happening off the field, off the field. Generally, Warnie would have a smoke as he was walking onto the ground. He will try to hide it somewhere. And when he finished his smoke and put it out,...
"Shoaib Akhtar was the fastest I faced. He could bowl 160 [kmph]. Different type of bowler, who could bowl quick for three overs. Flintoff was quick for 12 overs. Lee was quick. Shoaib was quicker. Shaun Tait, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee and Jason Gillespie were fast. But Shoaib Akhtar was the fastest," Clarke said on the Uncensored Podcast.
Clarke also praised former Australia spinner Shane Warne for drawing a line between off-field and on-field activities.
"He would always leave the things happening off the field, off the field. Generally, Warnie would have a smoke as he was walking onto the ground. He will try to hide it somewhere. And when he finished his smoke and put it out,...
- 5/25/2021
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
New Delhi, Oct 15 (Ians) Sixteen speedsters have bowled deliveries measuring between 150.7 kmph and 156.22 kmph 100 times in the Indian Premier League (Ipl) since its inception in 2008, with Delhi Capitals' (DC) Anrich Nortje bowling the fastest ball in the tournament history on Wednesday against Rajasthan Royals (Rr).
The official Ipl website, www.iplt20.com, displays only the top 100 instances when speed merchants have exceeded 150.7 kmph. South African Nortje exceeded 150 kmph mark four times in an over on Wednesday, with his fastest ball being clocked 156.2 kmph.
Apart from Nortje, the other 15 bowlers who qualify for this list are: Dale Steyn, Kasigo Rabada, Pat Cummins, Shaun Tait, Jofra Archer, Navdeep Saini, Lasith Malinga, Lockie Ferguson, Umesh Yadav, Billy Stanlake, Ishant Sharma, Morne Morkel, Mitchell Johnson, Parvinder Awana, and Veer Pratap Singh.
Nortje set the speed guns spinning during his fiery opening spell against Rr at the Dubai International Stadium on Wednesday. Such was the...
The official Ipl website, www.iplt20.com, displays only the top 100 instances when speed merchants have exceeded 150.7 kmph. South African Nortje exceeded 150 kmph mark four times in an over on Wednesday, with his fastest ball being clocked 156.2 kmph.
Apart from Nortje, the other 15 bowlers who qualify for this list are: Dale Steyn, Kasigo Rabada, Pat Cummins, Shaun Tait, Jofra Archer, Navdeep Saini, Lasith Malinga, Lockie Ferguson, Umesh Yadav, Billy Stanlake, Ishant Sharma, Morne Morkel, Mitchell Johnson, Parvinder Awana, and Veer Pratap Singh.
Nortje set the speed guns spinning during his fiery opening spell against Rr at the Dubai International Stadium on Wednesday. Such was the...
- 10/15/2020
- by IANS
- GlamSham
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