Pakistan is my Passion : PAKISTAN CRICKET TEAM TOUR TO SOUTH AFRICA 2013

PAKISTAN CRICKET TEAM TOUR TO SOUTH AFRICA 2013

Pakistan cricket team has been reached to South Africa for playing 5 Test, 2 T20 and 5 ODI’s series. This is complete series which consist all the formats of International Cricket. The environment of South Africa is not new for Pakistan Cricket team. Before this series Pakistan cricket team has played a lot matches there. The nature of South African wickets is bouncy and seeming; wickets are very fast and create problems for the batsmen. South African conditions are ideal for the fast bowlers; there for Pakistan cricket team have 4 fast bowlers Umarl Gul, Junaid Khan, Muhammad Irfan and Ehsan Adil in their squad. The most interesting fact about these fast bowlers is this, that they haven’t played any test match in South Africa. The spin attack of Pakistan is also very powerful there are 3 spinners in Pakistan Cricket team Saeed Ajmal, Abdur Rehman and Muhammad Hafeez. Batting has been biggest problem for the Pakistan cricket team from last 7 or 8 years. When team required a solid performance by the batting, they collapse. But, now the batting order of Pakistan cricket team is looking strong. They have all the verities in their batting; Muhammad Hafeez, Nasir Jamsheed and Taufiq Umar are the openers. Nasir Jmashed has performed brilliantly against India in recent series. Taufiq Umar is also in good touch in test matched, he has played an innings of 236 against Sri Lanka in last year. The top order of Pakistan is the mixture of experienced and upcoming young players. The top order of Pakistan is consist of Azhar Ali, Younis Khan and Asad Shafiq. The middle order of Pakistan is mostly depends on Captian of the team Misbah-Ul-Haq because Faisal Iqbal is playing for Pakistan after a long time and Haris Sohail is making his test debut. The department of wicket keeping of Pakistan is also seems to be well prepared. Sarfraz Ahmad has played one test match for the Pakistan before; he is included in team in the absence of injuredwicket keeper Adnan Akmal. Sarfraz Ahmad is in the team in the reward of his good performance in Quaid-E-Azam Trophy.

Over all the Pakistan cricket team is looking good on the paper. But the performance against the other team counts. The player who performs on the day will consider a real player.

Hope Pakistan cricket team will perform well in the series against South Africa.

Schedule of Pakistan vs South Africa Cricket Series 2013

Fri Feb 1 - Tue Feb 5 10:30 local \| 08:30 GMT	1st Test - South Africa vs Pakistan The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Thu Feb 14 - Mon Feb 18 10:30 local \| 08:30 GMT	2nd Test - South Africa vs Pakistan Newlands, Cape Town
Fri Feb 22 - Tue Feb 26 10:30 local \| 08:30 GMT	3rd Test - South Africa vs Pakistan SuperSport Park, Centurion
Fri Mar 1 18:00 local \| 16:00 GMT	1st T20 - South Africa vs Pakistan Kingsmead, Durban
Sun Mar 3 14:30 local \| 12:30 GMT	2nd T20 - South Africa vs Pakistan Buffalo Park, East London
Sun Mar 10 10:00 local \| 08:00 GMT	1st ODI - South Africa vs Pakistan OUTsurance Oval, Bloemfontein
Fri Mar 15 14:30 local \| 12:30 GMT	2nd ODI - South Africa vs Pakistan SuperSport Park, Centurion
Sun Mar 17 10:00 local \| 08:00 GMT	3rd ODI - South Africa vs Pakistan The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Thu Mar 21 10:00 local \| 08:00 GMT	4th ODI - South Africa vs Pakistan Kingsmead, Durban
Sun Mar 24 10:00 local \| 08:00 GMT	5th ODI - South Africa vs Pakistan Willowmoore Park, Benoni