Pakistan World Cup Probables

The Pakistan selectors have announced their 30 man probable squad for the upcoming Cricket world cup. They have left out Pakistan All-Rounder Abdul Razzak in the squad and no other surprises in the squad.

Saeed Ajmal, Who is banned from bowling is also include in the squad and PCB are hoping that he will clear the bowling test. The upcoming five ODI match against Newzealand will play a vital role in the selection of the final squad.

Misbah still remains as the captain and star batsmen Younis khan  also found a spot in the squad. Shoaib Malik  is also found a spot in  the squad. 

30-man list: Mohammad Hafeez, Ahmed Shehzad, Nasir Jamshed, Sharjeel Khan, Sami Aslam, Misbah-ul-Haq, Younis Khan, Asad Shafiq, Azhar Ali, Sohaib Maqsood, Fawad Alam, Haris Sohail, Shoaib Malik, Umar Akmal, Mohammad Irfan, Wahab Riaz, Junaid Khan, Umar Gul, Ehsan Adil, Mohammad Talha, Saeed Ajmal, Zulfiqar Babar, Raza Hasan, Yasir Shah, Shahid Afridi, Anwar Ali, Bilawal Bhatti, Sohail Tanvir, Sarfraz Ahmad, Kamran Akmal

Alastair Cook Banned

Team England is currently touring SriLanka for a 7 match series in which now Srilanka is leading 2-1. England will be under the captaincy of Eoin Morgan for the Fourth ODI.

Alastair Cook has been banned for one ODI match for maintaining slow over-rate in the third match against Srilanka, which was won by the England Team. The ban was enforced because this was the second time in the past 12 months, he was encountered for a slow over-rate.

The Fourth match will happen on Sunday at Colombo.This match will be a day-night match and if Srilanka Capitalize the absence of Cook,They will gain a huge advantage in the ongoing series.

India Vs Australia Practice Match Story

With days away for the India-Australia test series, India is showing some real  good progress in all the departments. 2 days practice match ended as a one sided game which belonged to Indian cricket team.

Star of match was Varun Aaron, Who is looking anchor a place in Indian team with his wonderful performance. It has been always a worry for Indians, When it comes to the bowling department but now everything look rock solid with Aaron and Shami.

Batting Department also putting up everything with four members registering 50 to each of their names, while Raina missed his well deserved fifty by 2 runs. On the bad side, Dhawan is Struggling to show that he can bat well in overseas.

Cricket Australia Invitational XI vs Indians, 3rd 2-day practice match, Glenelg, Adelaide
Match drawn

Scoreboard
AUIXI 1st Innings - 243
Batting Out Desc R B 4s 6s SR
Ryan Carters (wk) c Dhawan b Shami 1 3 0 0 33.3

Jordan Silk c Raina b Aaron 58 104 7 1 55.8

Ashton Turner (c) b Aaron 0 3 0 0 0.0

Matthew Short c W Saha b Shami 19 15 3 0 126.7

Alex Keath c Pujara b Karn Sharma 19 43 1 1 44.2

Jake Doran c Kohli b Karn Sharma 25 47 2 0 53.2

Seb Gotch not out 58 119 5 1 48.7

Evan Gulbis b Aaron 1 7 0 0 14.3

Josh Lalor c Shami b R Jadeja 21 31 4 0 67.7

Jonte Pattison c Umesh b Karn Sharma 16 45 1 0 35.6

Sam Rainbird c Raina b Aaron 4 4 1 0 100.0
Extras 21 (b - 3 w - 0, nb - 9, lb - 9)
Total 243 (68.3 Overs, 10 Wickets)

Bowler O M R W Nb Wd ER
Mohammed Shami 12 0 37 2 2 0 3.1
Varun Aaron 14.3 2 41 4 4 0 2.8
Umesh Yadav 12 2 47 0 0 0 3.9
Ishant Sharma 11 2 37 0 3 0 3.4
Karn Sharma 13 2 57 3 0 0 4.4
Ravindra Jadeja 6 2 12 1 0 0 2.0

INDS 1st Innings - 375

Batting Out Desc R B 4s 6s SR

Murali Vijay retd out 60 136 10 0 44.1

Shikhar Dhawan c Jonte Pattison b J Lalor 0 1 0 0 0.0

Cheteshwar Pujara c A Turner b J Lalor 22 41 3 0 53.7

Virat Kohli retd out 66 94 10 0 70.2

Ajinkya Rahane retd out 56 64 7 0 87.5

Rohit Sharma run out (E Gulbis) 48 73 5 2 65.8

Wriddhiman Saha (wk) c A Turner b David Moody 51 67 8 0 76.1

Suresh Raina c Jordan Silk b A Turner 20 24 2 1 83.3

Ravindra Jadeja c R Carters b J Lalor 23 34 2 1 67.6

Karn Sharma c A Turner b J Lalor 4 5 1 0 80.0

Umesh Yadav not out 3 12 0 0 25.0

Extras 22 (b - 5 w - 0, nb - 10, lb - 7)
Total 375 (90 Overs, 10 Wickets)
Bowler O M R W Nb Wd ER
Sam Rainbird 22 4 81 0 8 0 3.7
Josh Lalor 17 4 59 4 0 0 3.5
Evan Gulbis 17 3 48 0 1 0 2.8
David Moody 13 1 56 1 0 0 4.3
Matthew Short 8 0 47 0 0 0 5.9
Jonte Pattison 7 1 32 0 0 0 4.6
Ashton Turner 6 1 40 1 0 0 6.7

AUIXI 2nd Innings - 83/5 (21 overs)

Batting Out Desc R B 4s 6s SR

Jordan Silk not out 41 71 7 0 57.7

Ryan Carters (wk) lbw b Aaron 0 1 0 0 0.0

Ashton Turner (c) lbw b Umesh 12 14 2 0 85.7

Matthew Short b Ishant 26 28 1 1 92.9

Alex Keath c W Saha b Ishant 0 7 0 0 0.0

Jake Doran lbw b Karn Sharma 0 8 0 0 0.0

Seb Gotch not out 0 0 0 0 0.0

Extras 4 (b - 0 w - 0, nb - 3, lb - 1)

Total 83 (21 Overs, 5 Wickets)

Did not bat: Evan Gulbis, Josh Lalor, Jonte Pattison, Sam Rainbird, David Moody

Bowler O M R W Nb Wd ER

Umesh Yadav 5 0 30 1 0 0 6.0

Varun Aaron 6 2 28 1 1 0 4.7

Ishant Sharma 5 1 8 2 2 0 1.6

Karn Sharma 5 1 16 1 0 0 3.2

India World Cup Probables: Senior Players Omitted

India have announced the 30 probable players,  who may be a part of Cricket World Cup 2015, which will be hosted by Australia and New Zealand. The World Cup officially begins at Fob-14-2015 at MCG.

India have announced the 30 probable men, which left out   Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, Zaheer Khan and Harbhajan Singh. Interesting fact is that none of the players were given a chance to perform in a ODI in 2014.  

The other known player to be left out of the squad are Ashish  Nehra,Munaf,Yousuf Pathan and Piyush Chawla. Some Fans are really sad about the fact of Exclusion of Yuvraj,Who was star in 2011 World Cup.

India World Cup probables

Batsmen: Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, Kedar Jadhav, Manoj Tiwary, Manish Pandey and Murali Vijay.

Wicket-keepers: MS Dhoni, Wriddhiman Saha, Robin Uthappa and Sanju Samson

All-rounders: Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Stuart Binny and Parvez Rasool

Spinners: R Ashwin, Karn Sharma, Amit Mishra and Kuldeep Yadav.

Pacers: Ishant Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, Varun Aaron, Dhawal Kulkarni, Mohit Sharma and Ashok Dinda.