Shahid Afridi feels Junaid Khan, Wahab Riaz should get chances ahead of World Cup
Cricket | March 11, 2019 20:09 ISTAfridi was also critical of the decision to rest Sarfaraz and other key players for the 'home' series, slated to be held in the UAE.
Afridi was also critical of the decision to rest Sarfaraz and other key players for the 'home' series, slated to be held in the UAE.
Pakistan have also opted to rest Shadab Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Babar Zaman, Hasan Ali and Shaheen Shah Afridi in the series against Australia.
The one-year bans handed to Steven Smith and David Warner will end on March 29 and they will be eligible to play at least one ODI against Pakistan in Austrlia's five-match series.
After much delay the Pakistan Cricket Board on Sunday finally announced that the one-day series would be played entirely in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from March 22 to 31.
A PCB official said that the series could be rescheduled as the Australians are keen to play it as close to the World Cup as possible.
Ahmed compared the left-hander to world's greatest fielder Jonty Rhodes, claiming that this kind of run-out has not even been pulled off by the former Proteas fielder.
Australia conceded a massive 137-run lead as Abbas finished with career-best 5-33 when he had the last wicket of Mitchell Starc (34) lbw.
A clinical performance by the Pakistan bowlers saw Australia all out for 164, to win the 2nd Test by 373 runs and clinch the two-match series 1-0.
Fakhar is in line to make his Test debut, and replace injured Imam-ul-Haq, who fractured his finger in the drawn opening Test.
Hafeez made 126 on a flat wicket and Imam-ul-Haq hit 76 to raise only the 10th double-century opening wicket stand against Australia by any country in Test history before the visitors hit back in the last session.
Afridi gave away 37 runs for the key wickets of captain Aaron Finch, Glenn Maxwell, and D'Arcy Short to restrict Australia's chase to 149-7.
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