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.
An aggressive left-handed opening batsman, Salman Butt made impressive strides at age-level matches before making his Test debut against Bangladesh in 2003-04. He played in the Under-19 World Cup and also toured South Africa with Pakistan's Academy team, smashing 233 against the South African Academy side. His strokeplay is not in doubt - he is known for providing electrifying starts in all forms of the game. What he lacks, though, is a tight defensive technique. The technical deficiencies were evident on his Test debut, where he mixed daring strokes with play-and-misses outside off. If he works on those flaws, Butt could be a regular in the Pakistan team for quite a while. His chances of cementing a place in the team were further enhanced through a strong showing during Pakistan's tour of Australia in 2005 where most other batsmen floundered. The inevitable comparisons to Saeed Anwar cropped up when Pakistan played in India, but Butt failed to impress in the Tests.
Full name : Salman Butt
Born : October 7, 1984, Lahore, Punjab
Batting style : Left-hand bat
Bowling style : Right-arm fast-medium
Test debut : Pakistan v Bangladesh at Multan - Sep 3-6, 2003
ODI debut : Pakistan v West Indies at Southampton - Sep 22, 2004
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.
An aggressive left-handed opening batsman, Salman Butt made impressive strides at age-level matches before making his Test debut against Bangladesh in 2003-04. He played in the Under-19 World Cup and also toured South Africa with Pakistan's Academy team, smashing 233 against the South African Academy side. His strokeplay is not in doubt - he is known for providing electrifying starts in all forms of the game. What he lacks, though, is a tight defensive technique. The technical deficiencies were evident on his Test debut, where he mixed daring strokes with play-and-misses outside off. If he works on those flaws, Butt could be a regular in the Pakistan team for quite a while. His chances of cementing a place in the team were further enhanced through a strong showing during Pakistan's tour of Australia in 2005 where most other batsmen floundered. The inevitable comparisons to Saeed Anwar cropped up when Pakistan played in India, but Butt failed to impress in the Tests.
