Sri Lanka will be looking for the elusive test match and series win when they tour India for a Three Test, five ODI and Two T20 match series from November to December 2009. The team arrive in India on November 8th for the 55-day tour.
Abdul Razzaq is rapid enough to open the bowling and composed enough to bat anywhere. His bowling - the reason he was first noticed - is characterised by a galloping approach, accuracy, and reverse-swing. But it is his batting that is more likely to win matches. He boasts a prodigious array of strokes and is particularly strong driving through cover and mid-off off both front and back foot. He has two gears: block or blast. Cut off the big shots and Abdul gets bogged down, although patience is his virtue. Early in his career he promised to be Pakistan's most complete allrounder since Imran Khan, but lately his bowling has fallen away, though he remains an effective bowling option in one-dayers.
Full name : Abdul Razzaq
Born : December 2, 1979, Lahore, Punjab
Batting style : Right-hand bat
Bowling style : Right-arm fast-medium
Test debut : Australia v Pakistan at Brisbane - Nov 5-9, 1999
ODI debut : Pakistan v Zimbabwe at Lahore - Nov 1, 1996
The 2009 ICC World Twenty20 is a Twenty20 cricket tournament scheduled to take place in England in June of 2009. It will be the second World Twenty20 and will consist of 12 teams, contested by all Test-playing nations plus qualifiers (Ireland, Netherlands and Scotland)
The Champions Twenty20 League, formed with the official sanction of ICC will kick off in October 2008. Eight domestic teams from four nations will participate. Cricket Australia will partner the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Cricket South Africa (CSA). The champion team in the Champions Twenty20 league will get US $5 million, which is the highest ever prize money for a cricket event.
Abdul Razzaq is rapid enough to open the bowling and composed enough to bat anywhere. His bowling - the reason he was first noticed - is characterised by a galloping approach, accuracy, and reverse-swing. But it is his batting that is more likely to win matches. He boasts a prodigious array of strokes and is particularly strong driving through cover and mid-off off both front and back foot. He has two gears: block or blast. Cut off the big shots and Abdul gets bogged down, although patience is his virtue. Early in his career he promised to be Pakistan's most complete allrounder since Imran Khan, but lately his bowling has fallen away, though he remains an effective bowling option in one-dayers.
