ICC World Twenty20, 2009

**sheem** · 07-05-2009, 11:11 PM

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**Sadaf Gondal** · 12-05-2009, 02:37 AM

Brad Haddin and Younis Khan with the ICC World Twenty20 trophy, Dubai, May 6, 2009

**Sadaf Gondal** · 12-05-2009, 02:41 AM

Who will win the T20 2009 World Cup?

England
West Indies
Netherlands
ireland
Bangladesh
Pakistan
Australia
scotland
New Zealnd
South Africa
Sri Lanka
India

**~*Rano*~** · 12-05-2009, 06:49 AM

**Sadaf Gondal** · 12-05-2009, 06:47 PM

Pakistan plan extensive homework ahead of World T20
KARACHI: Pakistani cricketers will receive high-altitude training for six days at the hill resort of Bhurban from May 14 in a bid to prepare them for the World Twenty20 Championship to be played in England from June 5-21.

The 15-man Pakistan squad for the biennial spectacle will assemble in Bhurban on Thursday for a conditioning camp that will continue till May 19. Later, the players will gather in Lahore for a series of practice games from May 21-24 and will feature in two matches daily at the Gaddafi Stadium.

Their preparations for the England trip will continue in the shape of the National Twenty20 Championship to be played in Lahore from May 26-29.

The idea behind having a conditioning camp ahead of the practice games and the National Twenty20 Championship is to help the players overcome the fatigue of a one-day series against Australia that concluded in Dubai on May 7 and be fully ready for the World Twenty20 Championships. Pakistan will begin their title campaign in the event with a match against hosts England at The Oval on June 7.

A senior team official told ‘The News’ on Monday that he expects the players to attain full fitness during the conditioning camp that will be supervised by experts. Intikhab Alam, the Pakistan coach, said that the players will undergo physical training sessions during the six-day camp but will not be playing any cricket there.

“The idea behind having a conditioning camp in Bhurban is to give the players a chance to train at a high-altitude and in cooler climate,” said Intikhab. “Our target is to take a team of super fit players to England where we will be aiming for the world title,” he added.

Pakistani cricketers were given a break following their return from UAE last week where they lost the one-day series against Australia 2-3 but won the one-off Twenty20 International quite comfortably.

Intikhab said that he was satisfied with the team’s performance, saying that it played well in spite of the unhelpful circumstances.

“We have played our cricket in bits and pieces in recent times that hasn’t helped our cause,” he said referring to the fact that Pakistan have played little Test cricket in the past 16 months and most of their one-day opponents, before the series against Australia, have been lower-ranked teams.

“Australia, in contrast, came to UAE after having played a lot of quality cricket and that helped them,” he said. Intikhab said that Pakistan were unfortunate to lose the series in spite of ‘dominating’ the Aussies during the best part of the contest.

“We dominated Australia in most of the games but were unlucky to win the series,” he claimed. He believed that Pakistan’s below-par batting in the ODI series let them down. “Our batsmen showed a tendency for poor shot selection and that is one area where we need to work a lot,” he said.

Intikhab was all praise for his charges especially Shahid Afridi, who was Pakistan’s most successful players in the series. “Shahid played tremendously well,” he said. “Then there were players like Umar Gul, Kamran Akmal and Misbah-ul-Haq, who did a great job,” he said.

**Sadaf Gondal** · 12-05-2009, 11:19 PM

Pakistan hire psychologist ahead of World Twenty20
Following the lead of teams like Australia, India and Sri Lanka, Pakistan have decided to hire a motivational psychologist to help their players cope with pressure and perform well in the World Twenty20 next month.
The PCB has employed sports psychologist Maqbool Babri, who will start working with the players at their conditioning camp starting at the hill station Bhurban on May 14.
"The idea is to improve the mental toughness of players and their ability to not crack under pressure," Pakistan coach Intikhab Alam told PTI. "Nowadays every top sportsmen and women has a sports psychologist to help them through pressure situations and in big tournaments.
"Myself and (captain) Younis Khan thought it would be a good idea to get a psychologist to work with the players and improve their self-belief and get rid of the fear of failing in big matches."
Pakistan, who lost in the final of the inaugural World Twenty20, are grouped with hosts England and Netherlands in this year's tournament, which kicks off on June 5.