Tuesday 23 October 2012

No change in Pak's tour to SA

South Africa reject Pakistan's request for schedule change

Umar Farooq and Firdose Moonda
October 23, 2012
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Misbah-ul-Haq shakes Graeme Smith's hand, Pakistan v South Africa, 2nd Test, Abu Dhabi, 1st day, November 20, 2010
The three Tests, five ODIs and two T20s will go on as planned © AFP


Cricket South Africa (CSA) has turned down the Pakistan Cricket Board's (PCB) request to alter the dates of Pakistan's tour to South Africa starting February 2013 citing busy international schedule as the reason. The PCB had requested the change to expand the current 12-day window for its proposed Twenty20 league that follows the South Africa tour in March.
"We wanted to expand our window (for the T20 league), but they (CSA) didn't agree so we decided to continue as per the Future Tours Programme," Zaka Ashraf, the PCB chairman, told ESPNcricinfo. "CSA told the PCB that they had already announced and sold tickets and it was not possible to make any change."
Pakistan are set to launch their T20 premier league in March and were hoping to have a bigger window while avoiding a clash with the 2013 season of IPL that starts from April 3. They are scheduled  to play three Tests, five ODIs and two T20s between February 1 and March 24, 2013 and wanted the dates to be advanced. However, South Africa will be busy hosting New Zealand in December and January.
"They (PCB) asked us to move the tour earlier but it was just not possible because of our schedule," Jacques Faul, the acting CSA chief executive, told ESPNcricinfo. "We always try to accommodate other countries but we can't always manage. The program is very busy these days. We also play our domestic competitions while tours are ongoing."
Meanwhile, the PCB is expediting the staging of the inaugural T20 premier league. One of the purposes of the league is to take steps towards the revival of international cricket in Pakistan by inviting overseas players to participate. The confidence has increased after the success of the matches played between International XI and Pakistan All Star XI in Karachi recently that saw international players for the first time in Pakistan since the attack on the Sri Lankan team bus in March 2009.

Wednesday 4 January 2012

PAKISTANI CRICKTERS

Zaheer Abbas

Zaheer Abbas
ظہیر عباس
Personal information
Full name Syed Zaheer Abbas Kirmani
Born 24 July 1947 (1947-07-24) (age 64)
SIALKOT, PUNJAB, PAKISTAN
Batting style Right-handed batsman
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Test debut (cap 63) October 24 1969 v NEW ZEALAND
ODI debut (cap 13) August 31 1974 v ENGLAND
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI fc
Matches 78 62 459
Runs scored 5062 2572 34843
batting averege 44.79 47.62 51.54
100s/50s 12/20 7/13 108/158
Top score 274 123 274
Balls bowled 370 280 2582
Wickets 3 7 30
bowling averege 44.00 31.85 38.20
5 wickets in innings - - 1
10 wickets in match - - -
Best bowling 2/21 2/26 5/15
Catches/stumping 34/- 16/- 278/-

Syed Zaheer Abbas Kirmani (urdu: سید ظہیر عباس کرمانی) (born 24 July 1947, sialkot), popularly known as Zaheer Abbas, is a former pakistani crickter, regarded as one of the finest batsmen produced by that country. He is widely known as the "Asian Bradman"a reference to former Australian great sir donald . He is among few professional cricketers who used to wear specticles