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Saturday, September 03, 2011

Controversy hits cricket team

BULAWAYO: After the tour of West Indies, there seem to be differences emerging between the team captain and coach over the playing eleven during the first test against Zimbabawe, According to sources , captain Misbah ul Haq wanted to include either Yasir Shah or Sohail Tanveer in the playing eleven but coach Waqar Younis wanted to include Aizaz Cheema and successed in doing so. During this ordeal, team manager Naveed Akram Cheema remained a silent spectatorThis is not the first time differences emerged over the selection of the playing eleven during a tour. During the tour of West Indies, differences emerged between coach Waqar Younis and skipper Shahid Afridi, which led to the eventual resignation of Afridi.