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Sunday 31 July 2011
Pakistan is looking for replacement in fastbowling
Pakistan's chief selector Mohsin
Khan has said the squad for the
tour of Zimbabwe is an
opportunity to blood a few
young players in the company of
more experienced senior players. "Zimbabwe cannot be taken
lightly and our squad was picked
with full respect for the
opponents," Mohsin told
Pakpassion.net. "There was
never any real consideration for sending an entirely experimental
squad made up of youngsters
and players with little or no
international experience. With
international cricket not
returning to Pakistan yet, we seem to have a reduced number
of international fixtures and
therefore we have less
opportunity to experiment." Pakistan have rested their two
strike bowlers Umar Gul and
Wahab Riaz, opting for a new-
look pace attack that includes
Sohail Khan, Sohail Tanvir, Aizaz
Cheema and Junaid Khan. Mohsin said Gul and Riaz needed a rest
and that Pakistan needed to
build a reserve of fast bowlers in
any case. "Umar Gul and Wahab Riaz have
been playing constantly in all
formats of cricket recently and
Umar had a slight injury problem
ahead of the tour of the
Caribbean. Both Sohail Tanvir and Sohail Khan have proved to the
selectors that they are capable
of bowling in all formats of
cricket; they have shown that
their fitness problems are behind
them and they have bowled long spells in domestic cricket without
any problems. Both of these
boys have shown a great deal of
promise in all formats and we
felt deserved a recall." While some of Pakistan's
cricketers have had a couple of
months off after the tour of
Ireland, Gul and Riaz have both
been playing for counties in
England. Sohail Tanvir and Sohail Khan are both making comebacks
to the Pakistan side. Tanvir was
last in the squad for the tour of
New Zealand early in the year,
while Khan has been ignored
since he played one Test and four ODIs back in 2008-09. Another player making a
comeback to the squad is opener
Imran Farhat, who has not
played for Pakistan since the
England tour last summer.
Farhat's return comes after Ahmed Shehzad failed to cement
his place in the Pakistan limited-
overs side. "We were looking for
an outstanding, reliable young
opening batsman for the Test
arena, but we did not find one for the longer version of
cricket," Mohsin sad. "Imran did
not have a good tour of England
last year and he was
subsequently dropped, but he's
bounced back well in domestic cricket and had a very good
season last time around." Mohsin also explained the return
of Adnan Akmal for Mohammad
Salman in the wicketkeeper's
slot, saying Adnan had actually
been the first choice for the
West Indies tour as well. He also said Sarfraz Ahmed, who has
been named among the reserve
players, is very much on the
selectors' radars. "Adnan was selected, he was our
first choice but after some
confusion Salman went to the
West Indies. That is history now
and after a positive meeting
with PCB chairman Ijaz Butt, that matter was resolved amicably
and the confusion cleared up. We
also have another bright
wicketkeeping prospect in
Sarfraz Ahmed who we have
named among the standby players." While Pakistan have gone in with
a new-look bowling attack for
the tour, the batting line-up has
more familiar faces such as like
Misbah-ul-Haq and Younis Khan.
But Mohsin said the time had come for some of the younger
players to prepare to fill the
positions Misbah and Younis will
vacate when they retire. "We are trying to create a
group of responsible batsmen to
back up the experienced
batsmen and the likes of Azhar
Ali and Asad Shafiq are definitely
in that mould. Umar Akmal is another young exciting batsman
who I feel has a bright future.
The onus now on the selectors is
to ensure that we have enough
middle-order backup so that
when the two senior batsmen do eventually call it a day, then
there are able replacements." The squad for the Zimbabwe
tour includes three uncapped
players: Cheema, Rameez Raja
and Yasir Shah. Raja's call-up
comes on the back of consistent
domestic performance in all formats. He was the leading run-
getter in the Quaid-e-Azam
Trophy Division One last season,
and was top of the run charts
again during the recent Faysal
Bank Super Eight Twenty20 Cup. Mohsin said what also influenced
his selection was Raja's
reputation as a lively fielder. "We felt that the tour of
Zimbabwe was the ideal time to
give Rameez a chance in
international cricket. Rameez is a
cricketer who also fields well and
this is something that my colleagues in the selection
committee and I have really
focused upon." Pakistan's tour of Zimbabwe
begins with a two-day practice
game starting August 28, and will
feature one Test, three ODIs and
two Twenty20 internationals.
Khan has said the squad for the
tour of Zimbabwe is an
opportunity to blood a few
young players in the company of
more experienced senior players. "Zimbabwe cannot be taken
lightly and our squad was picked
with full respect for the
opponents," Mohsin told
Pakpassion.net. "There was
never any real consideration for sending an entirely experimental
squad made up of youngsters
and players with little or no
international experience. With
international cricket not
returning to Pakistan yet, we seem to have a reduced number
of international fixtures and
therefore we have less
opportunity to experiment." Pakistan have rested their two
strike bowlers Umar Gul and
Wahab Riaz, opting for a new-
look pace attack that includes
Sohail Khan, Sohail Tanvir, Aizaz
Cheema and Junaid Khan. Mohsin said Gul and Riaz needed a rest
and that Pakistan needed to
build a reserve of fast bowlers in
any case. "Umar Gul and Wahab Riaz have
been playing constantly in all
formats of cricket recently and
Umar had a slight injury problem
ahead of the tour of the
Caribbean. Both Sohail Tanvir and Sohail Khan have proved to the
selectors that they are capable
of bowling in all formats of
cricket; they have shown that
their fitness problems are behind
them and they have bowled long spells in domestic cricket without
any problems. Both of these
boys have shown a great deal of
promise in all formats and we
felt deserved a recall." While some of Pakistan's
cricketers have had a couple of
months off after the tour of
Ireland, Gul and Riaz have both
been playing for counties in
England. Sohail Tanvir and Sohail Khan are both making comebacks
to the Pakistan side. Tanvir was
last in the squad for the tour of
New Zealand early in the year,
while Khan has been ignored
since he played one Test and four ODIs back in 2008-09. Another player making a
comeback to the squad is opener
Imran Farhat, who has not
played for Pakistan since the
England tour last summer.
Farhat's return comes after Ahmed Shehzad failed to cement
his place in the Pakistan limited-
overs side. "We were looking for
an outstanding, reliable young
opening batsman for the Test
arena, but we did not find one for the longer version of
cricket," Mohsin sad. "Imran did
not have a good tour of England
last year and he was
subsequently dropped, but he's
bounced back well in domestic cricket and had a very good
season last time around." Mohsin also explained the return
of Adnan Akmal for Mohammad
Salman in the wicketkeeper's
slot, saying Adnan had actually
been the first choice for the
West Indies tour as well. He also said Sarfraz Ahmed, who has
been named among the reserve
players, is very much on the
selectors' radars. "Adnan was selected, he was our
first choice but after some
confusion Salman went to the
West Indies. That is history now
and after a positive meeting
with PCB chairman Ijaz Butt, that matter was resolved amicably
and the confusion cleared up. We
also have another bright
wicketkeeping prospect in
Sarfraz Ahmed who we have
named among the standby players." While Pakistan have gone in with
a new-look bowling attack for
the tour, the batting line-up has
more familiar faces such as like
Misbah-ul-Haq and Younis Khan.
But Mohsin said the time had come for some of the younger
players to prepare to fill the
positions Misbah and Younis will
vacate when they retire. "We are trying to create a
group of responsible batsmen to
back up the experienced
batsmen and the likes of Azhar
Ali and Asad Shafiq are definitely
in that mould. Umar Akmal is another young exciting batsman
who I feel has a bright future.
The onus now on the selectors is
to ensure that we have enough
middle-order backup so that
when the two senior batsmen do eventually call it a day, then
there are able replacements." The squad for the Zimbabwe
tour includes three uncapped
players: Cheema, Rameez Raja
and Yasir Shah. Raja's call-up
comes on the back of consistent
domestic performance in all formats. He was the leading run-
getter in the Quaid-e-Azam
Trophy Division One last season,
and was top of the run charts
again during the recent Faysal
Bank Super Eight Twenty20 Cup. Mohsin said what also influenced
his selection was Raja's
reputation as a lively fielder. "We felt that the tour of
Zimbabwe was the ideal time to
give Rameez a chance in
international cricket. Rameez is a
cricketer who also fields well and
this is something that my colleagues in the selection
committee and I have really
focused upon." Pakistan's tour of Zimbabwe
begins with a two-day practice
game starting August 28, and will
feature one Test, three ODIs and
two Twenty20 internationals.
Msn for Pakistan has lanuched
MSN has launched localized
version of its online portal,
which was functional for quite
some time, but they have
rolled out the enhanced
format just recently. Though in it’s initial stages, but yes,
it’s live and all visitors from
Pakistan are being redirected
to this localized page. MSN – Microsoft’s portal, is
considered as World’s earliest
online content provider of
news, entertainment, and
common interest topics and
now they want to give you (slightly) localized experience –
here’s the url: http:// pk.msn.com You won’t find too much local
content for now, but there
are a few news about
Pakistan - oh and have you
noticed, Hina Rabani Khar featured there as well? While on the other hand,
photo gallery, entertainment
news, politics, business and
technology are all about US
and India. Have a look at
following news featuring on the top. I wonder what it is
doing here when MSN has
another dedicated portal for
India, and pretty developed
one indeed. So for now, it’s more about
local weather and few news
about Pakistan only (in most
visited section) – may be we
need to wait till things get to
going and we start seeing the real deal! By the way, Twitter, Facebook
and other social buttons are
linked to MSN Arabia – they
might want to localize them
too. It merits mentioning here that
MSN Pakistan is being managed
by OT Ventures – the Omani
company which manages
Mobilink and LinkDotNet
services in Pakistan.
version of its online portal,
which was functional for quite
some time, but they have
rolled out the enhanced
format just recently. Though in it’s initial stages, but yes,
it’s live and all visitors from
Pakistan are being redirected
to this localized page. MSN – Microsoft’s portal, is
considered as World’s earliest
online content provider of
news, entertainment, and
common interest topics and
now they want to give you (slightly) localized experience –
here’s the url: http:// pk.msn.com You won’t find too much local
content for now, but there
are a few news about
Pakistan - oh and have you
noticed, Hina Rabani Khar featured there as well? While on the other hand,
photo gallery, entertainment
news, politics, business and
technology are all about US
and India. Have a look at
following news featuring on the top. I wonder what it is
doing here when MSN has
another dedicated portal for
India, and pretty developed
one indeed. So for now, it’s more about
local weather and few news
about Pakistan only (in most
visited section) – may be we
need to wait till things get to
going and we start seeing the real deal! By the way, Twitter, Facebook
and other social buttons are
linked to MSN Arabia – they
might want to localize them
too. It merits mentioning here that
MSN Pakistan is being managed
by OT Ventures – the Omani
company which manages
Mobilink and LinkDotNet
services in Pakistan.
Ptcl unlimted brodband use is over
Sources told us that PTCL has
revised its student package’s
tariff – increased charges and
in addition to this, 4Mbps,
6Mbps and 8Mbps have also
been capped by a monthly download limit of 50GB. PTCL’s 1Mbps broadband
connection is available in
student package as well as
simple bundled package. PTCL
has revised monthly charges
for student package whereas charges for the bundle offer, which gives you 1Mbps
connection with 150 on-net
free minutes and unlimited
‘Keh Do SMS’, are same. New
tariff is as follows: Student Package: New monthly
charges: Rs. 929
(earlier they were
Rs. 879) Simple Bundled Package: Bundle package
charges are same,
i.e. Rs. 999 4Mbps, 6Mbps and 8Mbps
Are No More UNLIMITED! Apart from revising the tariff,
PTCL has taken a big step
here in capping the above
mentioned connections with a
monthly usage limit of 50GB. Seems like PTCL, here, is
following WiMax provider by
applying this data usage limit.
Those who were already using
these connections are aware
of the fact that 50GB can easily be consumed in less
than one week. So from now onwards, be sure
that if you go beyond this
monthly limit, additional
charges of Rs. 1000 will be
applied. On the other hand you can
take it as revised broadband
packages i.e. with and without
monthly cap. By paying
additional Rs. 1000 you go
unlimited i.e. PTCL isn’t charging/measuring over usage. So the revised tariff comes
out to be: Limited
Broadband
Packages (50GB
Download) Unlimited
Broadband
Packages 4Mbps – Rs.
2000 4Mbps – Rs.
3000 6Mbps – Rs.
5000 6Mbps – Rs.
6000 8Mbps – Rs.
7000 8Mbps – Rs.
8000 Note that 1Mbps, 10Mbps,
20Mbps and 50 Mbps are still
unlimited. These revisions will be effective from 1st of August, 2011.
revised its student package’s
tariff – increased charges and
in addition to this, 4Mbps,
6Mbps and 8Mbps have also
been capped by a monthly download limit of 50GB. PTCL’s 1Mbps broadband
connection is available in
student package as well as
simple bundled package. PTCL
has revised monthly charges
for student package whereas charges for the bundle offer, which gives you 1Mbps
connection with 150 on-net
free minutes and unlimited
‘Keh Do SMS’, are same. New
tariff is as follows: Student Package: New monthly
charges: Rs. 929
(earlier they were
Rs. 879) Simple Bundled Package: Bundle package
charges are same,
i.e. Rs. 999 4Mbps, 6Mbps and 8Mbps
Are No More UNLIMITED! Apart from revising the tariff,
PTCL has taken a big step
here in capping the above
mentioned connections with a
monthly usage limit of 50GB. Seems like PTCL, here, is
following WiMax provider by
applying this data usage limit.
Those who were already using
these connections are aware
of the fact that 50GB can easily be consumed in less
than one week. So from now onwards, be sure
that if you go beyond this
monthly limit, additional
charges of Rs. 1000 will be
applied. On the other hand you can
take it as revised broadband
packages i.e. with and without
monthly cap. By paying
additional Rs. 1000 you go
unlimited i.e. PTCL isn’t charging/measuring over usage. So the revised tariff comes
out to be: Limited
Broadband
Packages (50GB
Download) Unlimited
Broadband
Packages 4Mbps – Rs.
2000 4Mbps – Rs.
3000 6Mbps – Rs.
5000 6Mbps – Rs.
6000 8Mbps – Rs.
7000 8Mbps – Rs.
8000 Note that 1Mbps, 10Mbps,
20Mbps and 50 Mbps are still
unlimited. These revisions will be effective from 1st of August, 2011.
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