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Sunday, May 01, 2011

Wahab, Hafeez to be rested: Afridi

Updated at: 1712 PST,  Sunday, May 01, 2011
BARBADOS: A few changes will be made in the Pakistan cricket team for the remaining matches of the one-day international series.Captain Shahid Afridi said that he wanted to provide chances to young players while faults in batting line have to be removed.Talking with Geo News from Barbados, Afridi said that in the upcoming matches, fast bowler Wahab Riaz would be replaced by Tanveer Ahmed while opener Taufiq Umar would be played in place of Mohammad Hafeez.Regarding fast bowler Junaid Khan, the skipper said that the young pacer has begun his international career just now and he wanted to give him more chances.He said that middle-order batsman Usman Salahuddin may be included in the final eleven of the last match of the series.Afridi said that he was glad the national team has won two consecutive series under his captaincy and it shows that the team’s performance is being improved day-by-day.