Kathmandu : The eyes of the cricket world will be on Pakistan in New Zealand on Friday with Mohammad Amir set to make his international comeback after serving a jail term and five-year ban for spot fixing.
The 23 year old is expected to be named in the starting lineup for the tour opening Twenty20 when Pakistan will pit their hostile bowling attack against a New Zealand unit brimming with form batsmen.
Pakistan coach Waqar Younis said he expected the young quick to cope with the intense scrutiny he will come under when he starts to bowl. “It is hard to exactly tell how the whole thing is going to come up but my experience says that he is a smart kid, even at the age of 18 he was smart then,” Waqar said. “He knows what he is doing and he is ready for that challenge.”
Amir was banned for five years in 2010 after being found guilty of spot fixing by deliberately bowling no-balls in a test against England at Lords. New Zealand will take on Pakistan in three T20s and three ODIs.
New Zealand: Kane Williamson (capt), Tom Latham, Mitchell McClenaghan, Adam Milne, Colin Munro, Luke Ronchi (wk), Mitchell Santner, Ross Taylor, Corey Anderson, Todd Astle, Trent Boult, Grant Elliott, Martin Guptill, Matt Henry.
Pakistan: Shahid Afridi (capt), Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Anwar Ali, Aamer Yamin, Sarfraz Ahmed (wk), Wahab Riaz, Umar Gul, Mohammad Rizwan, Saad Nasim, Mohammad Amir, Ahmed Shehzad, Mohammad Hafeez, Sohaib Maqsood, Shoaib Malik, Umar Akmal,
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