ICC Champions Trophy 2009/10

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Pak cricket team for Champions Trophy to be announced today

LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket Board has approved the 15-man team for the forthcoming Champions Trophy here on Friday.

The PCB chairman will formally announce the team today.

The Champions Trophy will be played in South Africa from September 22.

Sources said that all-rounder Abdul Razzaq has been dropped due to injury while fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar could not make his place in the team.

Younis Khan will remain the captain of the team which will consist of the following:

Shahid Afridi, Imran Nazir, Mohammad Yousuf, Misbah-ul-Haq, Kamran Akmal, Umar Akmal, Shoaib Malik, Rana Naved-ul-Hasan, Fawad Alam, Mohammad Asif, Rao Iftikhar Anjum, Saeed Ajmal, Umar Gul and Mohammad Aamir.

Changes in the team management are also likely to be made. Shafqat Rana will replace Mohammad Ahmed as assistant manager while Mohtasim Rasheed will be appointed fielding coach. Both will accompany the team on the tour of South Africa.

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Pak cricket team announced for Champions Trophy

LAHORE: The 15-man team for the forthcoming Champions Trophy has been announced here on Friday.

Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Ijaz Butt along with chief selector Iqbal Qasim announced the national team at a press conference here in the afternoon.

All-rounder Abdul Razzaq has been dropped due to injury while fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar could not make his place in the team.

Senior batsmanYounis Khan will remain the captain of the team while all-rounder Shahid Khan Afridi will deputise him on the tour.

Other players are Imran Nazir, Mohammad Yousuf, Misbah-ul-Haq, Kamran Akmal, Umar Akmal, Shoaib Malik, Rana Naved-ul-Hasan, Fawad Alam, Mohammad Asif, Rao Iftikhar Anjum, Saeed Ajmal, Umar Gul and Mohammad Aamir.

Changes in the team management have also been made. Yawar Saeed will remain the manager while former Test cricketer Shafqat Rana will join him as associate manager. Mohtasim Rasheed has been assigned the job of fielding coach.

The Champions Trophy will be played in South Africa from September 22.

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Australia name Champions Trophy squad

SYDNEY: Captain Ricky Ponting, vice captain Michael Clarke and six other members of the Australia team at risk of losing the Ashes were named Saturday in the country''s 15-man Champions Trophy limited-overs squad.

Wicketkeeper Brad Haddin, Michael Hussey, allrounder Shane Watson and bowlers Ben Hilfenhaus, Mitchell Johnson and Peter Siddle were also included in the squad for the Champions Trophy in South Africa from Sept. 22-Oct. 5.

Australia, as defending champions, will play its first match in Group A against West Indies on Sept. 26. It plays India on Sept. 28 and Pakistan on Sept. 30 to complete the first round.

The one-day event will be Australia''s next assignment after the current tour of England. In the deciding test, Australia trails by 172 runs on first innings, with England to resume its second innings Saturday at 58-3.

Australia squad: Ricky Ponting (captain), Michael Clarke (vice-captain), Nathan Bracken, Callum Ferguson, Brad Haddin, Nathan Hauritz, Ben Hilfenhaus, James Hopes, Michael Hussey, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee, Peter Siddle, Adam Voges, Shane Watson, Cameron White.

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NZ squad named for Champions Trophy



WELLINGTON: All-rounder Brendon Diamanti has been added to the New Zealand squad for this year''s
Champions Trophy in South Africa.

New Zealand had kept one spot open when they announced their squad last month and coach Andy Moles said Diamanti was the best choice to fill the vacancy.

"Brendon is a strong lower order striker and has good control as a medium pace bowler -- he will provide valuable back-up for the squad," Moles said.

Diamanti, currently playing in India with the New Zealand A side, was also selected in the New Zealand one-day and Twenty20 squads to play in Sri Lanka.

The only player selected for the Champions Trophy who was not also picked for Sri Lanka was paceman Daryl Tuffey, who was replaced by offspinner Nathan McCullum.

Tuffey was picked for the test series in Sri Lanka but Moles said he was being rested from the one-dayers to save himself for the Champions Trophy.

"With turning wickets here in Sri Lanka, we''re keen to have three spinners on call," Moles said.

"But conditions will be different in South Africa – two spinners will be sufficient there, and Daryl''s inclusion will give our seam attack additional depth." ICC Champions Trophy

squad:
Daniel Vettori (captain), Shane Bond, Neil Broom, Ian Butler Brendon Diamanti, Grant Elliott, Martin Guptill, Gareth Hopkins, Brendon McCullum, Kyle Mills, Jacob Oram, Jeetan
Patel, Jesse Ryder, Ross Taylor, Daryl Tuffey.

Squad for tour of Sri Lanka:
Daniel Vettori (captain), Shane Bond, Neil Broom, Ian Butler, Brendon Diamanti, Grant Elliott, Martin Guptill, Gareth Hopkins (ODIs only), Brendon McCullum, Nathan McCullum, Peter McGlashan (Twenty20s only), Kyle Mills, Jacob Oram, Jeetan Patel, Jesse Ryder, Ross Taylor.

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