Feb26
Younis Khan climbes to #1 in ICC rankings
on February 26th, 2009 at 12:41 amPosted In: Cricket, Cricket Pakistan
Younis Khan has climbed up to #1 in the latest ICC rankings with 880 points, his innings of 313 gave him a big boost and landed him just 1 point ahead of ChanderPaul, Younis is only the second Pakistani after Inzamam Ul Haq to be #1 in ICC rankings.
The team management has decided not to call up the reserve players, and will select the team from the 15 players originally announced.
Damiths
That’s the first time I saw him spelled as Younus, as on cricinfo and PCB’s site(http://www.pcboard.com.pk/home.html) it is spelled as Younis.
But hey it’s his name if he wants to spell as Younus he is entitled to it.
Wasim, have a look here about
Younus v Younis. I dint make a mistake unless Younis or Younus doesnt know how to spell his own name.
http://www.yorkshireccc.com/archive/news656029154/index.html
Pakistan have put all-rounder Shahid Afridi and pace bowlers Sohail Tanvir and Abdur Rauf on standby for the second test against Sri Lanka.
Chief selector Abdul Qadir said the same 15-man squad named for the drawn first test would be augmented by five reserve players for the match in Lahore which starts on Sunday.
‘These reserves will not be part of the squad but depending on the pitch and if the need arises, the team management can play anyone from the reserves,’ Qadir told a news conference on Wednesday.
The other two players on standby are off-spinner Saeed Ajmal and opening batsman Nasir Jamshed.
Squad: Younis Khan (captain), Misbah-ul-Haq, Salman Butt, Khurrum Manzoor, Shoaib Malik, Faisal Iqbal, Fawad Alam, Kamran Akmal, Asim Kamal, Umar Gul, Sohail Khan, Yasir Arafat, Danish Kaneria, Ahmed Shahzad, Mohammad Talha.
Reserve players: Shahid Afridi, Sohail Tanvir, Saeed Ajmal, Abdur Rauf, Nasir Jamshed.