Afridi makes u-turn, says YES for Tour to West Indies

Shahid Afridi

Within days of asking for a break citing exhaustion, Pakistan ODI captain Shahid Afridi has had a change of heart and has decided to go to the West Indies for the one-day and Twenty20 series later this month.

The 31-year-old all-rounder had earlier decided to take a break from the coming tour.

"Yes, earlier I had decided to take a break from the West Indies tour because I wanted to have a rest from cricket," Afridi said.

"But my family members, my father, my friends and some former players have told me I must go to the West Indies so that there is continuity in the Pakistan team," he said.

West Indies won the toss and elected to bat against Pakistan

Pakistan

According to the fresh reports from the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, Pakistan is all set to face West Indies in today’s First match of the ICC Cricket World Cup quarter finals match Played at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur (neutral venue)

Three changes for West Indies: Gayle, Chanderpaul and Roach come in for Edwards, Benn and Andre Russell

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Ricky Ponting won the toss and elected to bat against Pakistan

Australia

According to the fresh reports from the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, Pakistan is all set to face three times champion Australia in today’s Played at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo (neutral venue), 19 March 2011 - day/night (50-over match). 

Pak Captain supports Shoaib Akhtar’s decision

Shahid Afridi

According to the fresh reports from the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi has told media that Shoaib Akhtar's decision that he will retire from international cricket after the World Cup will not affect the team when they play Australia on Saturday.

The Rawalpindi Express has announced he will quit after the World Cup, ending a colourful and controversial 14-year career amid criticism his decision was ill-timed coming midway through the tournament.

ICC Cricket World Cup- Pakistan v/s Canada updates

According to the fresh news from the ICC Cricket World Cup match, Pakistan is playing their match against Canada in Sri Lanka here today.

The Pakistan team won the match by 46 runs.

Batting first, all the Pak players were bowled out at just 184 runs on the board.

Once, it looked easy for Canada to achieve the target, but Pakistani Captain made it hard for the Canada players.

He bowled superbly and once again took five wickets. He took 5/23 in his 10 overs.

Pakistan:-

Mohammad Hafeez, Ahmed Shehzad , Kamran Akmal† , Younis Khan , Misbah-ul-Haq, Umar Akmal , Shahid Afridi* , Abdul Razzaq ,Umar Gul, Wahab Riaz,Saeed Ajmal.

Canada:-

R Gunasekera, NR Kumar , ZE Surkari , A Bagai*† , AS Hansra, Rizwan Cheema, Khurram Chohan, WD Balaji Rao, H Osinde, TG Gordon.