Thursday, December 26, 2013

Pakistan pick Mohammad Talha for Tests

Pakistan have picked quick bowler Mohammad Talha for the Tests against Sri Lanka more than four years after he played his main match, in March 2009. They have likewise reviewed quick bowler Umar Gul, who is fit once more, and allrounder Mohammad Hafeez, who scored three hundreds in the first four Odis against Sri Lanka in the Uae.

The players lost from the squad that played the Tests against South Africa in the Uae were: the harmed quick bowler Mohammad Irfan, batsman Umar Amin and spinner Zulfiqar Babar.

Talha's introduction was in the Lahore Test in 2009, which must be deserted after the transport transporting the Sri Lankan group was ambushed by terrorists. He was some piece of the squad for the tour of Bangladesh in 2011-12 however did not play, and a damage decided him out of that season's arrangement against England in the Uae. He as of late took 11 wickets for Port Qasim Authority in the President's Trophy.

Talha was 20 when he made his introduction and from that point forward Pakistan have presented the same number as nine quick bowlers, making it elusive a spot in the squad. He has taken 143 top notch wickets since 2010, and 33 in the progressing season. "It has been an intense time since I played my main Test," Talha had told Espncricinfo after the begin of the 2013-14 season. "Damages have been a concern for while yet I generally attempted to keep myself fit as a fiddle in the middle of intense rivalry and held up for the chance."

"Rivalry has dependably been there and I did figure out how to win a spot in 2009 and was chosen after that as well. In any case absence of chance and some arbitrary wounds frustrated my development. No worldwide cricket in Pakistan was likewise a hit to my profession. I generally felt unfilled since that fragmented Test match [in Lahore] … "

Gul's last Test for Pakistan was in South Africa in February not long from now, after which he was sidelined by harm until his review to the Odi squad in front of the third match of the progressing arrangement against Sri Lanka.

Hafeez had been dropped for the Tests against South Africa in the Uae on the grounds that he had scored 102 runs in 10 innings in the not so distant future, battling essential against Dale Steyn. His come back to this squad was generally because of his match-winning exhibitions with the bat in the Odis against Sri Lanka.

Babar, 35, had harmed his hand throughout the second Test against South Africa in the Uae. He required lines, yet finished his three-week recovery and came back to domesticated cricket. Babar was picked for the main T20 against Afghanistan in Sharjah yet was neglected for the Tests against Sri Lanka on the grounds that the selectors favored Abdur Rehman and Saeed Ajmal, and Hafeez's return furnished an extra turn alternative. Babar had played stand out top of the line amusement this season, taking three wickets for Water and Power Development Authority against Habib Bank Limited.

Test squad: Misbah-ul-Haq, Mohammad Hafeez, Ahmed Shehzad, Khurram Manzoor, Shan Masood, Azhar Ali, Asad Shafiq, Younis Khan, Adnan Akmal, Junaid Khan, Saeed Ajmal, Abdur Rehman, Umar Gul, Rahat ali, Mohammad Ta

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