Mohammad Hasnain will replace Shaheen Shah Afridi in the Pakistan squad of the Asia Cup 2022. Shaheen, Pakistan’s left arm pacer, was ruled out of the Asia Cup because of a knee injury. He has been advised to rest for 4-6 weeks.
Hasnain has represented Pakistan in 18 T20Is in which he has taken 17 wickets. He is among those few bowlers who hit 145kph mark consistently.
Hasnain was banned from bowling after biomechanical testing at Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) on January 21 from all format of cricket.
After working on his action for almost four months, his bowling action was declared legal on June 9 by the International Cricket Council (ICC).
Asia Cup is all set to begin on August 27. Pakistan will play the opening match against India on August 28 in Dubai.
Pakistan squad for Asia Cup 2022 – Babar Azam (captain), Shadab Khan (vice-captain), Asif Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Naseem Shah, Shahnawaz Dahani and Usman Qadir
Shaheen Shah Afridi has been ruled out of the Asia Cup, as well as the seven-match T20I series at home against England in September because of a knee injury.
Pakistan will play against arch-rivals India in the Asia Cup in Dubai on August 28.
Every player of our playing 11 is a match winner. Wishing my team the best of luck for upcoming Asia Cup.
To the fans, keep me in your prayers for my quick recovery. I'll be back soon Inshallah pic.twitter.com/jW9gGpWWQX
“Shaheen Shah Afridi has been advised 4-6 weeks rest by the PCB Medical Advisory Committee and independent specialists following latest scans and reports. This means Shaheen has been ruled out of the ACC T20 Asia Cup and home series against England, but is expected to return to competitive cricket in October with the New Zealand T20I tri-series, which will be followed by the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Australia 2022,” said Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in a press release.
“Shaheen had suffered a right knee ligament injury while fielding during the first Test against Sri Lanka in Galle.” “I have spoken with Shaheen and he is understandably upset with the news, but he is brave young man who has vowed to come back strongly to serve his country and team. Although he has made progress during his rehabilitation in Rotterdam, it is now clear he will require more time and is likely to return to competitive cricket in October,” said PCB Chief Medical Officer Dr Najeebullah Soomro.
Shaheen’s replacement for the ICC T20 Asia Cup is yet to be announced.
Test cricket is a format of the game with the longest match duration and is considered the game’s highest standard. Some players with outstanding performances during their career managed to cross the benchmark of 10,000 runs in Test cricket.
Here is a list of all cricketers who managed to cross the 10,000 mark. It includes three players from India, three from Australia, two from Sir Lanka, two from West Indies, two from England, one from South Africa, and one from Pakistan.
1. Sachin Tendulkar (India)
In Test format, Tendulkar played for India from 1989 to 2013 and scored 15,921 runs with 51 hundreds. No other player has scored more hundreds than Sachin till date.
2. Ricky Ponting (Aus)
Ricky Ponting made it to the list by scoring 13,378 runs with 41 hundreds. He played in the Test format for Australia from 1995 to 2012.
3. Jacques Kallis (SA)
Kallis played for South Africa for 28 years and retired from Test cricket in 2013. He scored 13,289 with 45 hundreds.
4. Rahul Dravid (India)
Rahul is another Indian player who scored more than 10,000 runs in Test cricket. He played from 1996 to 2012 and scored 13,288 runs in 286 innings.
5. Alastair Cook (Eng)
Cook played for England from 2006 to 2018 and scored 12,472 runs in 291 innings with 33 hundreds.
6. Kumar Sangakkara (SL)
Kumar Sangakkara, who is famous for his cover drives, played from 2000 to 2015 for Sri Lanka in Test cricket and scored 12,400 runs with 38 hundreds.
7. Brian Lara (WI)
Brian Lara, who is the only batsman to score 400 in one innings in Test cricket, played from 1990 to 2006 for West Indies. He scored 11,953 runs in his Test career.
8. Shivnarine Chanderpaul(WI)
He played for 21 years for West Indies from 1994 to 2015 and scored 11,876 runs in 280 innings.
9. Mahela Jayawardene (SL)
He played for Sri Lanka from from 1997 to 2014 in Test cricket and scored 11,814 runs with 34 hundreds.
10. Allan Border (Aus)
Allan is a former Australian cricketer who played from 1978 to 1994 and scored 11,174 runs with career’s highest of 205 in an innings.
11. Steve Waugh (Aus)
Steve Waugh is another former Australian player who crossed 10,000 runs in Test cricket. He played from 1985 to 2004 and scored 10,927 runs in his Test career.
12. Joe Root (Eng)
He is the only player who is yet to retire but has scored 10,000+ runs in Test cricket during his career of 10 years. He made his Test debut in 2012 and is still playing for England. So far, he has scored 10,466 runs.
13. Sunil Gavaskar (India)
He played for India from 1971 to 1987 and has scored 10,122 runs in his Test career.
13. Younis Khan (Pak)
Younis Khan is the only Pakistani player who made it to the list. He played for Pakistan from 2000 to 2017 for 17 years in Test cricket and has scored 10,099 runs in his career. He scored 34 hundreds with personal best of 313.
England and Bangladesh are on the top of the list with 125 and 120 points respectively. Each team receives 10 points for a victory, five points for a tie/no result/abandoned match and zero points for a defeat.
The top seven teams and the host team India will automatically qualify for the World Cup 2023.
Pakistan cricket team all-format captain Babar Azam has made another record. In the first One-Day International (ODI) against the Netherlands on Tuesday, Babar Azam broke South Africa’s great Hashim Amla’s record for the most runs in ODIs after 88 innings.
Though he managed to score only 74 runs during Tuesday’s match, they were enough to shatter record books.
In that innings, he crossed the 4,500-run mark in the ODIs and broke Amla’s record. Babar now has 4,516 runs to his name at an average of 59.42 in 88 innings. On the contrary, Amla had scored 4,473 runs after batting in the exact number of innings.
Pakistan will play the second ODI on August 18 in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
This year marks the 75th year of independence for Pakistan. To commemorate the occasion, 253 Pakistani citizens from all walks of life, as well as foreign nationals, were awarded the highest honours: the Pakistan Civil Awards by President of Pakistan Dr Arif Alvi, for showing excellent courage and remarkable achievements in their respective fields. A number of prominent Pakistani celebrities, belonging to the field of entertainment and sports were also conferred with the Civil Awards.
The investiture ceremony of these awards will take place on Pakistan Day — March 23, 2023.
Three athletes from the cricketing world have received the awards. Skipper Babar Azam was bestowed with Sitara-i-Imtiaz, women’s cricket team captain Bismah received Tamgha-i-Imtiaz and blind cricketer Masood Jan was honoured with the Pride of Performance award.
PCB CONGRATULATES Masood Jan (blind cricketer), Pakistan men's team captain Babar Azam and Pakistan women's team captain Bismah Maroof at being conferred with civil awards on Pakistan's 75th anniversary. pic.twitter.com/dscGoqJ5Zq
Javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem and weightlifter Nooh Dastagir Butt were given the President’s award for Pride of Performance for bagging gold medals for Pakistan at the Commonwealth Games.
Legendary squash player Jahangir Khan has been honoured with Nishan-i-Imtiaz. Mountaineer Sirbaz Khan received President’s award for Pride of Performance.
Two kabbadi players Ch Shafay Hussain and Shafiq Ahmed Chishti were honoured with Sitara-i-Imtiaz, Tamgha-i-Imtiaz respectively.
Ahsan Ramzan (Snooker), Amina Wali (Skiing), Abdul Karim (Mountaineer/Porter), Irfan Mehsood (Martial Arts) and Ms Shahida (Karate) athletes were also awarded with Pride of Performance.
Pakistan’s differently abled athlete Altaf-ur-Rehman has bagged a bronze medal in the Para Table Tennis at the 2022 Islamic Solidarity Games. He won bronze after losing in the semi-final.
“I am very grateful to all those who supported me and prayed for my victory,” said Altaf in a video message.
The Islamic Solidarity Games are being held in Konya, Turkey.
This is the second medal for Pakistan in the Islamic Solidarity Games. Earlier, Pakistan’s star athlete Arshad Nadeem won a gold medal in the javelin throw competition at the Islamic Solidarity Games. The 25-year-old athlete did a record throw of 88.55m to claim the medal.
Test cricketer Fawad Alam has spoken about facing the most dangerous bowler in his career.
Aisam ul Haq Qureshi and Fawad Alam appeared on the Geo News programme “Hasna Mana Hai,” where they both faced a flood of questions.
Vicky Chaudhry, a cricket who played with Babar Azam at the Malton White Club, also took part in the show and posed the question to Fawad, “Which bowler makes your legs shiver?”
To which he replied, “Shaun Tait is one such bowler who I played for the first time in Australia, so at that time I only played two balls of Tait.”
“Although my legs do not tremble, there are some bowlers I enjoy playing with. Shaun Tait is one of the fastest bowlers I’ve enjoyed playing with, and I’ve never seen a bowler like that before,” Fawad added.
Vicky asked whether there was a bowler he thought was easy to handle.
Fawad said that it is possible to presume that some of a team’s bowlers may be attacked, but you can’t assume that all of the bowlers are “halwa” or easy to play.
Commonwealth Games silver medalist Inam Butt, bronze medalist Inayatullah, and sprinter Shajar Abbas reached Pakistan on Monday (August 15) and received a grand welcome on their return. Director General (DG) Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) Asif Zaman welcomed the players at the Islamabad Airport.
Butt took to Twitter to share a picture.
“Alhamdulillah safely landed. Thanks, @SportsBoardPak for the great reception at midnight.”
