Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi is concerned about cricket`s future in the country and believes the upcoming talent pool is not convincing enough for long-term survival in the national team. The outspoken Afridi made these observations on a talk show on Geo Super channel when asked whether it was time for Pakistan to start looking at …
Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi has said that his team`s defeat against arch-rivals India in the semifinals of World Cup 2011 at Mohali still haunted him and made him sad. “We had played well until then and were just one step away from the final but it was a bad day for us and in the …
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Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara says India will carry the “weight of expectation” going into Saturday’s World Cup final. India hasn’t won the World Cup since 1983, and hopes are high among its legion of fans that Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s side can end that wait on home soil. Sangakkara’s team has played all but one …
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Pakistani selectors on Wednesday retained Shahid Afridi as captain for the upcoming one-day series against New Zealand, boosting his chances of leading the side in next month?s World Cup. The selection committee kept Afridi on as captain in the finalised the 16-man squad, a Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) release said. Local media reports had said …
Former Pakistan captain Moin Khan has advised current skipper Shahid Afridi to stop criticising his own players in public. Afridi rapped his batsmen for Pakistan’s defeat in their opening Twenty20 International against New Zealand in Auckland last Sunday and then turned his guns on his bowlers after the tourists crashed to a 39-run loss in …
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Pakistan cricket captain Shahid Afridi has said that the redeveloped Eden Park cricket ground here is okay for Twenty20 internationals, but not for 50-over one-day internationals. The pitch at the Auckland ground has been rotated 45 degrees clockwise, so that it runs parallel to where the halfway line of the rugby field would be. The …
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Pakistan’s One-Day International captain Shahid Afridi on Friday said that he is left with only one ambition in his cricketing career and that is to end his playing days by winning the World Cup for his country. Afridi told the media in Lahore that he had a burning ambition to see Pakistan win the World …
Pakistan’s ODI captain Shahid Afridi has backed Wasim Akram’s views that the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) must announce the 2011 World Cup squad as soon as possible. “We need to start working soon with the bunch of players who make the World Cup, as it is a very important tournament and I don’t want the …
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