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Shahid Afridi
Wed, March 09 2011
Imran asks Afridi to prepare for knockout matches in India
Imran feels that if Pakistan are to face arch-rivals India in the quarterfinals or in the semifinals, Pakistan would enjoy more advantage than their opposition.
Tue, March 08 2011
New Zealand win toss, decide to bat against Pakistan
By CricketCountry Staff
New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori won the toss and decided to bat against Pakistan in their World Cup Group A match at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Sri Lanka.
Tue, March 08 2011
Pakistan on brink of World Cup quarter-finals
By John Weaver
Pakistan came into the World Cup besieged by a corruption scandal and doubts over Shahid Afridi's captaincy but they now stand on the verge of the last eight with the tournament's only perfect record.
Sun, March 06 2011
World Cup leggies honour Warne’s legacy
By Kuldip Lal
The success of Shahid Afridi and Imran Tahir at the World Cup has laid to rest fears that the art of leg-spin had died with the retirement of the charismatic Shane Warne. Warne, probably the greatest leg-spinner to grace the sport, fooled batsmen with his wizardy and guile before retiring in 2007 with 708 Test and 293 one-day wickets for Australia.
Thu, March 13 2014
Shahidbhai, what’s your real age?!
Santa and Ghanta were two brothers who had conflicting opinions on Shahidbhai’s age.
Sat, March 05 2011
Shahid Afridi speaks in support of UDRS
By Shahid Hashmi
The use of technology to enable teams to challenge decisions by umpires at the World Cup is proving controversial, but Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi wants reviews to be doubled.
Fri, March 04 2011
Pakistan should not play quarter final match in India, opines Akram
By CricketCountry Staff
Former captain Wasim Akram has opined that Pakistan team should try playing their quarter final match in Sri Lanka or Bangladesh, but not in India.
Fri, March 04 2011
Difficult to score off Afridi, says Canada captain Bagai
By CricketCountry Staff
Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi’s splendid five wicket haul which spoilt Canada’s hopes of an upset win, has come in for copious praise from losing skipper Ashish Bagai.
Fri, March 04 2011
Afridi feared repeat of 2007 shock against Canada
By Shahid Hashmi
Captain Shahid Afridi admitted that the 2007 World Cup disaster against Ireland weighed heavy on his mind when Canada gave his team a major fright, saying it served as a good wake-up call for Pakistan.
Thu, March 03 2011
Injuries rule out Misbah, Rehman from Pakistan’s clash with Canada
Left-arm spinner Abdur Rehman will sit out the Canada match after suffering a muscle injury against Sri Lanka and is likely to be replaced by off-spinner Saeed Ajmal. In-form batsman Misbah-ul-Haq, who scored 65 and an unbeaten 83 in the first two matches, is likely to be rested after suffering a minor hamstring problem with Asad Shafiq expected to fill his place.