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.
One of a new generation of Pakistan fast bowlers, Mohammad Sami forced his way into the Test team with outstanding performances in domestic cricket and had an immediate impact in his first Test with five wickets against New Zealand. Then, in only his third Test, he notched a hat-trick, eking out the last three Sri Lankans in the Asian Test Championship final. From a shortish run-up and high action he generates surprising pace, consistently around the 90mph mark. He also quickly mastered traditional outswing and yorker-length reverse-swing. Sami has a slight build for a fast bowler and once he fills out he should be nudging the speedometer even higher. After a disappointing series against India, his bowling average is in the mid-40s, but Pakistan have high hopes for him, and believe that his bowling will consistently win them matches.
Full name : Mohammad Sami
Born : February 24, 1981, Karachi, Sind
Batting style : Right-hand bat
Bowling Style : Right-arm fast
Test debut : New Zealand v Pakistan at Auckland - Mar 8-12, 2001
ODI debut : Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Sharjah - Apr 8, 2001
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.
One of a new generation of Pakistan fast bowlers, Mohammad Sami forced his way into the Test team with outstanding performances in domestic cricket and had an immediate impact in his first Test with five wickets against New Zealand. Then, in only his third Test, he notched a hat-trick, eking out the last three Sri Lankans in the Asian Test Championship final. From a shortish run-up and high action he generates surprising pace, consistently around the 90mph mark. He also quickly mastered traditional outswing and yorker-length reverse-swing. Sami has a slight build for a fast bowler and once he fills out he should be nudging the speedometer even higher. After a disappointing series against India, his bowling average is in the mid-40s, but Pakistan have high hopes for him, and believe that his bowling will consistently win them matches.
