Sunday, 29 December 2013
Thursday, 26 December 2013
Shahid Afridi returns home from the UAE , Due to illiness of His Daughter
Shahid Afridi the Pakistan allrounder, has returned home to be with his unwell daughter and will miss the fifth and final ODI against Sri Lanka in the UAE. He had also withdrawn from his contract with South African franchise Knights last week for the same reason. Shahid Khan Afridi was set to fly to Pakistan on Thursday, and has a two-month gap until his next international assignment - Pakistan have no limited-over cricket until the Asia Cup in February, followed by World Twenty20 in March. PCB confirmed in the early hours of Thursday that Shahid Afridi is "returning home due to his illness of his daughter".
Wednesday, 25 December 2013
Muhammad Hafeez Century help Pakistan to Win Series in UAE 3-1
Hafeez became the 2nd Pakistani Cricketer after Zaheer Abbas to make three hundreds in a bilateral ODI series as his side took an unbeatable 3-1 lead over Sri Lanka. Victory was set up by Gul and Ajmal who limited Sri Lanka to 225 on a docile Abu Dhabi pitch after Angelo Mathews chose to bat following two losses while chasing.
The century came off 98 deliveries, as Muhammad Hafeez and Sohaib Maqsood put on an unbroken 111 runs. Shoaib Maqsood kicked on from a slow start to end on a brisk 46, but the night belonged to Muhammad Hafeez, and the afternoon to the Pakistan bowlers.