Pakistan Vs. Australia 2009 Series

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Schedule of Pakistan Vs. Australia 2009 Series in UAE
Schedule:
April 22: First ODI at Dubai
April 24: Second ODI at Dubai
April 27: Third ODI at Abu Dhabi
May 1: Fourth ODI at Abu Dhabi
May 3: Fifth ODI at Abu Dhabi
May 7: Twenty20 at Dubai

PAKISTAN SQUAD:

Younis Khan(captain), Salman Butt, Nasir Jamsheed, Misbahul Haq, Shoaib Malik, Shahid Afridi, Kamran Akmal(wicket keeper), Shoaib Akhter, Umer Gul, Rao Iftikhar Anjum, Sohail Tanveer, Yasir Arfat, Fawwad Alam, Ahmad Shahzad and Saeed Ajmal.

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Camp for series against Australia begins in Lahore

LAHORE: A three-day training camp of the Pakistan cricket team has begun today in Lahore for preparation of the one-day series against Australia scheduled to be held in the United Arab Emirates from April 22.

The training camp of the 15-man Pakistan team, selected for the series, began here at the Gaddafi Stadium on Friday.

The players began their training under supervision of team coach Intikhab Alam but allrounder Sohail Tanveer could not attend the first session due to his personal engagements.

Management said that Sohail Tanveer had already informed of his non-availability. However, he will join the camp in the evening session.

Strict security arrangements have been made for the training camp at the Gaddafi Stadium as 62 security officials under DSP have been deployed in the stadium.

Police officials have been deployed on all the interior ways and no unauthorized person is allowed to enter into the stadium.

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Pakistan coach Intikhab Alam is confident his spinners will cause problems for Australia's batsmen, who have struggled against slow bowlers in the ongoing ODI series in South Africa, during the five-match series in Dubai and Abu Dhabi beginning on April 22.

Australia were unable to counter offspinner Johan Botha effectively in both the home and away legs of the ODI series against South Africa and they also struggled against Roelof van der Merwe, who took 3 for 37 with his left-arm spin in the third ODI in Cape Townon Thursday.

"I am pleased to see the Australians lost wickets against spinners and we too have three quality spinners. If the wickets assist slow bowlers we have a good chance," Alam told AFP. "It all depends on the response from the pitch, but we can have more than one spinner in every match and get wickets.

"The ground in Dubai is new, so we will have to check, and there is also the dew factor in the evening. Although there are plans to use chemicals to counter the dew during the innings break, we have to see how it works out during our practice match."

Pakistan have three spinners in their 15-man squad - the specialist offspinner Saeed Ajmal, and allrounders Shoaib Malik and Shahid Afridi. The Pakistan squad is currently attending a three-day camp before leaving for Dubai on Sunday.

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