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Matthew Hayden as team mentor for the ICC T20 World Cup in Australia. Hayden expressed confidence that Pakistan team, with its set of strong players, will light up the mega event, set to unfold next month. Hayden had done a stint with the Pakistan team during last year's World T20 Cup in UAE and saw Pakistan being beaten by Australia in the semi-finals.
With both teams already set to meet in the final of the Asia Cup, the final Super 4 match between Sri Lanka and Pakistan is effectively a dead rubber, but will play out as a prelude to the summit clash on Sunday. Both teams will go into the match having won their last three matches -- with India and Afghanistan on both teams' win-lists. While Sri Lanka won their two Super 4 matches with relative ease, Pakistan almost faltered in a low-scoring chase against Afghanistan, but pacer Naseem Shah turned out to be their saviour with two last-over sixes to take them over the line. With the final also set to be played at the same venue, the match will offer an opportunity to both teams to get a feel of the pitch, ground and conditions.
LAHORE, Pakistan : Former Australia opener Matthew Hayden will reunite with the Pakistan team to mentor the side at the Twenty20 World Cup in Australia beginning next month, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said on Friday.
Pakistan have hit a purple patch in T20 cricket and it is reflected in the rankings table.
TOI understands that the Indian cricket board (BCCI) intends to pick its team on September 16. As the deadline approaches, the selectors and team management are fretting over the fitness of premier pacer Jasprit Bumrah. Bumrah has been out of action since the England tour in July due to a back injury. Harshal Patel is also recovering from a rib injury.
Industrialist Anand Mahindra was among the many who celebrated Virat Kohli's fine century against Afghanistan. The knock was, of course, a special one for Kohli. A player who at one time seemingly scored centuries more often than not, could not reach the three-figure mark since November 2019. Until Thursday, when he tore into the Afghanistan attack in Dubai. The century concluded a rather successful Asia Cup campaign for Kohli, even though India were knocked out in the Super 4 stage.
Pakistan's Asif Ali and Afghanistan bowler Fareed Ahmed were on Thursday fined 25 per cent of their match fees for their on-field altercation during their Asia Cup Super 4 match. The duo has been punished for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct during the clash between Pakistan and Afghanistan on Wednesday. The pair has been fined for an altercation which occurred after the fifth delivery of the 19th over.
Pakistan's Asif Ali and Afghanistan bowler Fareed Ahmed were on Thursday fined 25 per cent of their match fees for their on-field altercation during their Asia Cup Super 4 match. The duo has been punished for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct during the clash between Pakistan and Afghanistan on Wednesday. The pair has been fined for an altercation which occurred after the fifth delivery of the 19th over.