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.
A tall offspinner in the modern mould, Shoaib Malik doesn't look much like Saqlain Mushtaq, but everything else about his bowling, from short-stepping run-up to the doosra or wrong'un, are carbon copies of his senior colleague. Shoaib's abilities in the field and with the bat - a handy batsman, with one-day hundreds under his belt, who often goes in at No. 3 - have made him a regular member of Pakistan's ODI line-up, but a Test berth has proved harder: he played two matches in the 2001-02 season, and then came back to play three matches against Bangladesh and South Africa in 2003-04. His action came under scrutiny in October 2004 and after playing primarily as a batsman for the next six months, he was advised to undergo elbow surgery to correct his action. But he was again reported in November 2005.
Full name : Shoaib Malik
Born : February 1, 1982, Sialkot, Punjab
Batting style : Right-hand bat
Bowling style : Right-arm offbreak
Test debut : Pakistan v Bangladesh at Multan - Aug 29-31, 2001
ODI debut : Pakistan v West Indies at Sharjah - Oct 14, 1999
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.
A tall offspinner in the modern mould, Shoaib Malik doesn't look much like Saqlain Mushtaq, but everything else about his bowling, from short-stepping run-up to the doosra or wrong'un, are carbon copies of his senior colleague. Shoaib's abilities in the field and with the bat - a handy batsman, with one-day hundreds under his belt, who often goes in at No. 3 - have made him a regular member of Pakistan's ODI line-up, but a Test berth has proved harder: he played two matches in the 2001-02 season, and then came back to play three matches against Bangladesh and South Africa in 2003-04. His action came under scrutiny in October 2004 and after playing primarily as a batsman for the next six months, he was advised to undergo elbow surgery to correct his action. But he was again reported in November 2005.
