Pakistan all-rounder Qasim Akram: “I wasn’t very good as a fast bowler so one of the coaches in my club advised me to take up off-spin as that would increase my chances of selection in teams in an all-rounder role. From then on, I became an off-spinner”
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Pakistan youngster Qasim Akram revealed that he switched from bowling quick to off-spin since he “wasn’t very good as a fast bowler”.
“I’ve been wanting to play for Yorkshire or in England”
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Jamaican sprint sensation Yohan Blake has been invited to train with Yorkshire during the ongoing county season.
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Welegedara has not played limited overs cricket since June 2010
Sri Lanka pace bowler Dilhara Lokuhettige is set to replace injured seamer Chanaka Welegedara for the Champions Trophy in England since Welegedara is still yet to sufficiently recover from an ankle injury he sustained on May 18.
The Boxing Day Test is a big hit with cricket fans in Australia
The Boxing Day Test has been a tradition in the cricketing world for the past number of decades and two of the world’s leading nations in Test cricket as of this moment, Australia and South Africa, are looking to square off against one another in more festive-season Test matches before 2021, which is when they are scheduled to play the next Boxing Day Test between each other.
