Sunday, July 15, 2012

THE PHENOMENON






51 wickets in just 7 tests is unbelievable feat.
He has also played for South Africa Under-19. He was first picked in 2007 for national team, but was dropped, when he comeback, he looks unplayable. Look at his average, strike rate and test wickets per match. In this period, nobody has done better than him.
He might be tested by world top rated test side in their his upcoming tour, although wickets would be for his liking and weather also, more often than not favouring the seamers.
He took 4/12 on debut in Ireland but afterward luck was not on his side, actually many pundits felt he was used in wrong form of the game.
But Test cricket came natural to him.
He can also become fastest bowler to 100 test wickets, which is quite achievable as he needed 49 from 8 tests. He will equal the landmark if he he gets in 9 matches. With his consistency, discipline and accuracy, he probably has much more to achieve.

Wednesday, July 4, 2012

NEW ZEALAND ODI SQUAD


1) Ross Taylor (c)
2) Andrew Ellis
3) Doug Bracewell
4) Dean Brownlie
5) Rob Nicol
6) Daniel Flynn
7) Jacob Oram
8) Martin Guptill
9) Tim Southee
10) Nathan McCullum
11) Tarun Nethula
12) Tom Latham
13) Kyle Mills
14) BJ Watling
15) Kane Williamson

AUSTRALIAN ODI SQUAD


Cricket Australia have announced Australian ODI squad for England tour.
Mitchell Johnson & Steven Smith makes a comeback.

1-Michael Clarke (c)
2-Shane Watson (vc)
3-David Warner
4-Pat Cummins
5-George Bailey
6-Xavier Doherty
7-Ben Hilfenhaus
8-Mike Hussey
9-David Hussey
11-Mitchell Johnson
12-Brett Lee
13-Clint McKay
14-James Pattinson
15-Steven Smith
16-Mathew Wade (wk)


PAKISTAN'S TEST SQUAD


1-Mohammad Hafeez (vc)
2-Taufeeq Umar
3-Azhar Ali
4-Misbah-ul-Haq (c)
5-Younis Khan
6-Asad Shafiq
7-Umer Gul
8-Saeed Ajmal
9-Abdur Rehman
10-Junaid Khan
11-Adnan Akmal- (wk)
12-Mohammad Sami
13-Ayub Dogar
14-Aizaz Cheema
15-Afaq Raheem
16-Faisal Iqbal