Pakistan Hockey Glory, Back on Track, After 18 years team played Final.

Germany beat Pakistan for gold, Australia Beat India for Bronze Medal.

We will brought Team from Wahga to National Stadium on Motorcade Procession, PHF Sec

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Pakistan Hockey Team bring back the glory of the national game after 18 years by playing final of Champions Trophy 2014 against Germany. Pakistan Hockey team who never defeated by India in any of the champion Trophy tournaments in the history, strict with his record in 2014 

 also and beat India by 4-3 in semifinal. The match was heated after the Pakistan Team players celebrations way in the ground and FIH banned 2 players tousiq and amjad after Indian Hockey's pressure to do so.

Pakistan Hockey team played final against Germany without top and young center forward Tousiq Ahmad and lost the match by 2-0.

Before that after defeat from Pakistan, Indian Hockey team also lost their Bronze medal  match against Australia.

Secretary General of Pakistan Hockey federation Rana Mujahid Ali announced a wonderful celebratory pathway to receive the semifinal victorious Pakistan Hockey team.According to shared information form PHF (Pakistan Hockey Federation has planned historic welcome for the national hockey team at the Wagha border on Tuesday 16^th December, and made a passionate appeal to the people to receive the boys who brought laurels for the country. The PHF President Akhtar Rasool Chawdhry, Secretary General Rana Mujahid

Ali and a large number of former Olympians would receive the team at the Wagha border. The team will reach at the Wagha border at 11:30 am and would be brought to Lahore in a motorcade procession. 

Pakistan Won the First ODI against New Zealand, Despite of Taylors brilliant 100.

Young Haris Sohail prove his selection positive with 85 not out, and Lala's 50.

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Pakistan young combat Haris Sohail made impressive 85 with the help of 5 fours and a six, played major role in the first victory over new zealand in the first ODI of % matches series. Shahid Afridi who made advisable 50 after a long time against his regular temperament to attain required total of 247 runs.

Earlier Pakistan won the toss and opt field first which showed enough confidence of Misbah on his Batsmen.
Kiwi openers not played well but rose Taylor hundred pave his path in the hearts of thousands of his fans and Cricket Lovers in the World.

New Zealand restricted by the Fast bowlers under 250 and final chase target set by Kiwis was 246. Tall man Muhammad Irfan bowled impressive and took 3 wickets of Kiwis including Browlnie, Williamson and Ronchie in his 10 overs on the cost of 57 runs. Wahab Riaz forward Vetori and Donwich to the pvillion, his bowling figure was ten overs no maiden two wickets and 51 runs. Afridi got one wicket also.

Hafeez Bowling action found Illegal and suspended from bowling in International Cricket. ICC

 

Current Line (Dubai) After Saeed Ajmal Pakistani off spinner Muhammd Hafeez's bowling action found illegal under the bowling action code 2.4 of ICC. 

according to ICC "The International Cricket Council today confirmed that an independent analysis has found the bowling action of Pakistan’s Mohammad Hafeez to be illegal and, as such, the off-spinner has been suspended from bowling in international cricket with immediate effect."

The analysis revealed that all his deliveries exceeded the 15 degrees level of tolerance permitted under the regulations.

Hafeez, who was reported after the first Test match against New Zealand in Abu Dhabi last month, can apply for a re-assessment after he has modified his bowling action in accordance with clause 2.4 of the Regulations for the Review of Bowlers Reported with Suspected Illegal Bowling Actions.

The analysis was performed on 24 November by the ICC’s accredited team of Human Movement Specialists using the National Cricket Performance Centre, Loughborough.

PCB still zipped on this issue and not released any official statement.

Misbah and Moeen showed confidence in Shoeb Malik, Junaid Khan, Ahsan Adil and Kamran Akmal for ICC 30 players Squad 

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 Chairman PCB Shaharyar Mohammad Khan has approved Pakistan’s 30-member preliminary squad for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 following its recommendation by the selection committee headed by Moin Khan,.

 Misbah-ul-Haq has already been named as skipper of the Team Pakistan for the ICC’s global quadrennial spectacle.

 The Preliminary Squad players are as 

Opening Batsman:

Mohammad Hafeez, Ahmed Shehzad, Nasir Jamshed, Sharjeel Khan, Sami Aslam,

Middle Order

 Misbah-ul-Haq, Younis Khan, Asad Shafiq, Azhar Ali, Sohaib Maqsood, Fawad Alam, Haris Sohail, , Umar Akmal

All Rounders 

 Shoaib Malik,
Shahid Afridi, Anwar Ali, Bilawal Bhatti, Sohail Tanvir,

Fast Bowlers 

 Mohammad Irfan, Wahab Riaz, Junaid Khan, Umar Gul, Ehsan Adil, Mohammad Talha, 

Spinners 

Saeed Ajmal, Zulfiqar Babar, Raza Hasan, Yasir Shah, 

Wicket Keeeper's

 

Sarfraz Ahmad, Kamran Akmal.

The squad will be shortened to the final 15 for submission to the ICC prior to the world body’s January 7, 2015 deadline.

The ICC World Cup commences in Australia and New Zealand on February 14, 2015, with Pakistan featuring in its first game against arch-rival India on Feb. 15 at Adelaide.

Chief Selector Moin Khan Quotes:

“At the moment, winning or losing aside, Team Pakistan is performing adequately well in all three formats of the game. The belief in the think tank is that the squad holds immense potential and promise to perform in any conditions.

 “The most positive aspect is that some of our foremost proven talents have overcome physical issues and are raring to be given an opportunity to have a tilt at the global honours.

 “In our assessment, by the time the five 50-over games in the UAE against the Black Caps and the away short ODI series against New Zealand as well as the practice games are over in the next two months or thereabouts immediately prior to the mega event, Team Pakistan will be close to hitting its peak.

 “For me personally, the 1992 World Cup victory ranks amongst our greatest cricketing achievements. I am positive that the present outfit too has the capacity to replicate that triumph Down Under”.

New Zealand Wonderful come back after Test T20 Series also Leveled 1-1

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After defeat in the first T20, kiwiz played well in the 2nd T20 and leveled the 2 T20 series 1--1 same as they did in the Tests.
Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi won the toss and choose to bat 2nd to take advantage of Due factor, but the New Zealnad team who lost 3 wickets in the Power play played nicely in the last 5 overs in result handsome total was set on the score board,
The batting phase trouble team Pakistan failed to manage the Tricky total and at the end New Zealand leveled the series 1--1.

ICC Announced Schedule of warm up matches from 8th February to 13th February.

All Non ODI (14) will host by Australia at Sydney, Adelaide, Christchurch and Melbourne.

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International Cricket Council announced the Warm up matches schedule for the Pre-world Cup assessment practice matches.

A total of 14 non-ODI warm-up matches will be played across Adelaide, Christchurch, Melbourne and Sydney from 8 to 13 February, with host and four-time former world champion Australia taking on reigning world champion India at Adelaide Oval on the first day.

Four matches will be played on the second day, with Christchurch hosting South Africa and Sri Lanka at Hagley Oval, and co-host New Zealand and Zimbabwe going head to head at Bert Sutcliffe Oval. In Sydney, England will face West Indies at the Sydney Cricket Ground, and Blacktown will host the Asian clash between Pakistan and Bangladesh.

Three qualifiers will be in action on Tuesday, 10 February, day three of the warm-up matches. European rivals Ireland and Scotland will lock horns at Blacktown in Sydney while neighbours India and Afghanistan will prepare for the tournament proper at the Adelaide Oval.

Eight sides will feature on Wednesday, 11 February. New Zealand will meet South Africa at Hagley Oval, and Sri Lanka will take on Zimbabwe at Bert Sutcliffe Oval (both matches in Christchurch), 1992 World Cup finalists England and Pakistan will test each other at the Sydney Cricket Ground and Australia will play the United Arab Emirates (UAE) at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

On Thursday, 12 February, the West Indies will play Scotland at the Sydney Cricket Ground and Ireland will play Bangladesh in Blacktown, while Friday, 13 February, sees the UAE play Afghanistan at Melbourne’s Junction Oval in the final warm-up game.

The public will be welcome to attend warm up matches which will be ticketed but free of charge. Details of how to obtain tickets will be announced in due course. It should be noted that warm-up matches are not official ODIs and operate under slightly different rules with up to 15 players able to be used throughout the game with no more than 11 players may field at any one time.  The spectator experience will not be the same standard as at normal ODI matches.

Additionally, the ICC has also confirmed the match start time of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015

The 14 February tournament opener between New Zealand and Sri Lanka will start at 1100 (NZT), while Australia will square-off against England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on the same day with the first ball to be bowled at 1430 (AEDT).

The 29 March final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground will start at 1430 (AEDT).
The schedule of warm-up matches is:

Sunday, 8 February –India v Australia (1400), Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

Monday, 9 February - South Africa v Sri Lanka (1100), Hagley Oval, Christchurch; New Zealand v Zimbabwe (1100), Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Christchurch; England v West Indies (1430), Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney; Pakistan v Bangladesh (1430), Blacktown ISP, Sydney

Tuesday, 10 February – Ireland v Scotland (1430), Blacktown ISP, Sydney; India v Afghanistan (1400), Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

Wednesday, 11 February – New Zealand v South Africa (1100), Hagley Oval, Christchurch; Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe (1100), Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Christchurch; Australia v UAE (1430), Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne; England v Pakistan (1430), Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

Thursday, 12 February – West Indies v Scotland (1000), Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney;                                  
 Ireland v Bangladesh (1000), Blacktown ISP, Sydney

Friday, 13 February – Afghanistan v UAE (1000) Junction Oval, Melbourne