Afridi ready to be recalled to Pak Test side
"Definitely I do not want to say no if they need me so definitely I will be able to play for them," he added.
Afridi''s vicious leg spin, super-charged faster balls and genuine off-break variation still confounds limited-overs rivals and would prove a handful for Australia at the spin-friendly SCG.
Gayle flies early in West Indies' reply against Australia in 1st Test
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Sri Lanka struggling against India
Pakistani Pace Bowler threaten to run through New Zealand
Rousing spells from Mohammad Aamer and Mohammad Asif evoked New Zealand's famous second-innings collapses against Pakistan, and the visitors held the momentum going into the final four sessions of the Test. Aamer bowled two superb spells of swing bowling, the conventional variety leaving New Zealand at 0 for 2, and the reverse leaving the middle order befuddled even if it didn't get him a wicket. Asif took 2 for 2 in his spell before tea, which very nearly could have been three. When rain forced an early break New Zealand led by 212 with four wickets in hand.
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Sri Lanka, even though they have played regular Test matches and risen to No. 2 in the rankings, were looking to win a Test in India for the first time. They started off on an unfortunate note: Nuwan Kulasekara and Thilan Thushara, their two successful fast bowlers, picked niggles and were not on the final list, neither was Ajantha Mendis. Dammika Prasad and Chanaka Welegedara, total experience of four Tests between them, were to take the new ball, and left-arm spinner Rangana Herath playing in place of Mendis.
India 1 Gautam Gambhir, 2 Virender Sehwag, 3 Rahul Dravid, 4 Sachin Tendulkar, 5 VVS Laxman, 6 Yuvraj Singh, 7 MS Dhoni (capt/wk), 8 Harbhajan Singh, 9 Zaheer Khan, 10 Ishant Sharma, 11 Amit Mishra.
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South Africa win by 212 runs in 2nd ODI
Zimbabwe win the toss in 2nd ODI and elect to field first.
South Africa scored 331-5 off 50 overs against Zimbabwe after being put into bat in the second and final one-day international on Tuesday at SuperSport Park.JP Cuminy 25-year-old left-hand batsman from Cape Town came in at number four and tormented the visiting bowlers to finish unbeaten on 111 after facing 87 balls in 126 minutes.
South African bowlers are wickets taking continue . Tatenda Taibu 52 (71) only one bat made fifty in this match.
Result: South Africa win by 212 runs in 2nd ODI against Zimbabwe
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New Zealand Win the Series 2-1 against Pakistan
Styris wants to carry on in ODIs
Younus under pressure in Pakistan-NZealand decider