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Players ready for match winning performance: Aaqib Javed
BHURBAN: Associate coach of national cricket team Aaqib Javed said that all players are fully fit and ready for displaying match winning performance in the Twenty20 World Cup.

The cricketers went through gym training in the morning session on second day at the conditioning camp of the Pakistan team whereas they did aerobics and speed work in the evening session.

According to Aaqib Javed, all the eleven players participating in the camp are fit and ready for the mega event as the required objectives are being achieved from the camp.

[Sadaf Gondal]

PCB mulls dropping Ajmal from T20 squad
The Pakistan Cricket Board is seriously considering withdrawing the offspinner Saeed Ajmal from the ICC World Twenty20 squad as they await the results of the tests done on his bowling action.
Ajmal's doosra was reported by the umpires during the second one-day international against Australia in Dubai last month but was allowed to continue bowling till an assessment of his action, done by the ICC's appointed biomechanist Bruce Elliott, is completed.
"Elliot is supposed to send a report based on the tests to the ICC in 14-days time maximum but he can do it earlier," Saleem Altaf, the PCB's chief operating officer, told Dawn. "So we are waiting to see what happens. But we are also pondering the possibility of pulling him out of the [Twenty20] World Championship and including a reserve player."
Ajmal and Shahid Afridi are the only two recognised spinners in the World Twenty20 squad.
Meanwhile, the PCB has asked Pakistan coach Intikhab Alam to submit the medical report on Shoaib Akhtar's skin infection, which forced the fast bowler to skip the high-altitude conditioning camp at a mountain resort in Bhurban. He was adviced at least 7-10 days of rest.
"We want to have a look at the medical report because players are supposed to attend the conditioning camp which is primarily meant to check their fitness and endurance levels ahead of the World Twenty20 Championship," Altaf said.
Shoaib was included in the squad despite a long history of breakdowns and fitness problems.

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Flintoff expected to miss World Twenty20
England could be forced to go into next month's ICC World Twenty20 without the services of their premier allrounder, Andrew Flintoff, after he revealed that he has yet to start running after undergoing surgery on a knee injury sustained during his brief stint at the IPL in April.
Flintoff was one of 15 players named in England's squad for the tournament, which starts at Lord's on June 5. But England could have to name a replacement if he cannot prove his fitness in the next three weeks. "I'd love to play in the Twenty20," he told Sky Sports, "but that might be too tight."
With the Ashes fast approaching in July, England desperately need Flintoff, 31, to be fully fit and firing before the arrival of the Australians. But despite his history of injury problems, which include a hip complaint that caused him to fly home midway through the tour of the Caribbean in March, he remains confident about recovering in time.
"I had an operation two weeks ago and I'm already off my crutches," he said. "The Ashes are a long way off - and I'll be fine for them."
England's Twenty20 captain, Paul Collingwood, conceded that the loss of Flintoff for the tournament would be a "huge blow", but felt sure that they would be able to make do without him.
"He's very much two players in one - as I've always said," said Collingwood. "But I think we've got quite a versatile squad with the players we've got in there. It would be a huge blow if he wasn't going to be fit, but we certainly have the players in the squad to overcome that in many ways."
Collingwood even raised the prospect of leaving Flintoff's place in the squad open for a late return, if he was able to recover in time. "Without Fred, it makes it very difficult to get the right balance between batters and bowlers in the final 11," he said Collingwood. "It's something we're going to have to gauge."

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SLC to check on security measures for World T20
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) will be sending its security consultant Lawrence Fernando to England on May 17 to assess and report on the security measures in place for next month's World Twenty20.

Nishantha Ranatunga, the board secretary, said Fernando would be in England till the first week of June until the tournament commences. "He will give us feedback on the security situation in the UK before the team leaves for the tournament on May 27," Ranatunga said.

The post of security consultant was created by the board following the attack in Lahore in March this year, where the Sri Lanka team and ICC officials were ambushed by terrorists on their way to the Test ground.

In another move, SLC replaced Sri Lanka Under-19 coach Roger Wijesuriya and appointed former Sri Lanka batsman Naveed Nawaz in his place. Nawaz, who is presently the consultant coach of the Sri Lankan women's team, is scheduled to take over after the ICC women's World Twenty20 in England next month. He will be in charge till the U-19 World Cup in 2010

Ranatunga said that Wijesuriya would be consultant to the Under-15 and U-17 teams as well. SLC has also appointed former Sri Lankan batsman Aravinda de Silva as consultant coach for the Sri Lanka U-19 team till the U-19 World Cup.

"This age group is a vital stage of a cricketer's career and we have received confirmation from Aravinda that he would be full time committed to the job," said Ranatunga. De Silva is currently involved in conducting an islandwide program called 'Cricket Pathway', which helps unearth latent talent.

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Pak team back from 6-day conditioning camp
BHURBAN: The Pakistan cricket team returned today after completing the six-day conditioning camp at Bhurban.

Speaking to Geo TV here, Coach Intikhar Alam said: “We have achieved our desired results from the camp.”

The camp helped the players to better their fitness level, he said.

The players left Bhurban for Lahore where they are scheduled to play practice matches from May 20 to 22.

[Sadaf Gondal]

Skin problem puts Shoaib in doubt for World Twenty20
Shoaib Akhtar's participation in the World Twenty20 has come into doubt after a skin condition he developed last week failed to improve as was expected.
The skin infection ruled Shoaib out of the training camp the team attended in Bhurban, a mountainous hill resort near Islamabad. At the time, Shoaib expressed confidence that he would recover in time but a failure to do so has cast doubt over his place in the squad. Now, it will keep him out of the three practice matches planned between sides led by Younis Khan and Misbah-ul-Haq at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore.
"Shoaib will miss all three practice matches because of the condition," Intikhab Alam, Pakistan's coach, told Cricinfo. "At this juncture I will not say anything more about his status in Pakistan's [15-man] squad for the World Cup but we will make an announcement on it tomorrow."
Shoaib has not trained since coming back from the series against Australia in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Questions were asked of his fitness levels during the five-ODI and one Twenty20 series; he failed to fulfill his quota of ten overs in any of the four ODIs he played and bowled only two overs in the Twenty20. He managed to pick up three wickets in the series and looked to be visibly suffering in the field and when bowling his second spells.
He was, however, still selected for the World Twenty20, Pakistan's team management expressing confidence in his ability to get fully fit for the tournament in England.
Shoaib's career, particularly of late, has been littered with fitness troubles. During the ODI series against Sri Lanka earlier in the year, then captain Shoaib Malik, openly questioned whether Shoaib was capable of lasting 50 overs in the field as a bowler and fielder.
The latest episode has also reportedly upset the board, who were less than pleased that Shoaib chose to get his treatment done by a doctor of his own choice and not, as policy states, a PCB-appointed one.

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Rawalpindi Express likely miss Twenty20 voyage

LAHORE: Shoaib Akhter�s inclusion in Twenty20 squad for world cup will be decided today.

Sources said a three-member medical board comprised of skin specialist, a surgeon and a doctor from Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has been established to review the fitness level of Rawalpindi Express.

The board will submit its report to PCB later today after which Chairman PCB will take the decision about inclusion of Shoaib Akhter in the team.

The sources also revealed that the chances of Shoaib Akhter�s inclusion in the team are thin. Rao Iftikhar Anjum is likely to replace Akhter in the squad.

On the other hand, Shoaib said he will play practice match today and has informed coach Intikhab Alam about this.

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Shoaib Akhtar pulled out of Pakistan’s World Cup squad
LAHORE: Pakistan pulled fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar out of next month's World Twenty20 tournament in England due to injury, the Pakistan Cricket Board said Thursday.

"We have pulled him out of the World Twenty20 on the basis of a medical report on his groin injury," the PCB said.

Fitness concerns have continued to plague the 33-year-old bowler, who skipped the squad's conditioning camp for the World Twenty20 and was not featuring in any of the three practice matches.

Shoaib Akhtar managed just four Twenty20 matches last year due to fitness and discipline problems. He was dropped from the team after he managed to get just one wicket in the two one-day internationals against Sri Lanka in February.

Despite his problems Shoaib Akhtar had been named in the 15-man squad for the 12-team Twenty20 event starting from June 5.

Pakistan are placed in Group B alongside hosts England and the Netherlands.

[Sadaf Gondal]

Pakistan favourites for World Twenty20 - Wasim Akram
Wasim Akram has tipped Pakistan to win next month's World Twenty20 in England. Pakistan have lost just three of their 17 Twenty20 internationals and convincingly beat Australia by seven wickets in Dubai earlier this month.
"Pakistan has the best winning ratio of all the teams in the Twenty20 cricket, so if they continue to keep that consistency it won't be difficult to win," Akram told AFP. "I thought Australia would thrash them in the one-off T20 match in Dubai but it was the other way round and now, if Pakistan play to their potential, they can win the title."
In the inaugural World Twenty20 in 2007 Pakistan had finished as runners-up, going down by five runs to India in the final. For next month's tournament, they are grouped with hosts England and the Netherlands in the initial league phase.
Akram rated Pakistan's bowling as their strongest suit, and said the batting was the only thing that could let them down. "With Umar Gul, Sohail Tanvir and Shoaib Akhtar, if he is fit and going with the team, Pakistan has the best bowling attack backed by quality spin of Shahid Afridi," he said. "I am also impressed with the talent of Mohammad Aamer who is nippy and can swing the ball both ways. He could be a revelation in the event."
Pakistan's government had barred its country's players from participating in the IPL, a factor that Akram thinks will work in Pakistan's favour. "I think Pakistan has played less cricket and will be fresh, while Indian players could be fatigued after playing in the IPL."

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