ICC World Twenty20 squads

AUSTRALIA

Ricky Ponting (capt), Michael Clarke (vice captain), Nathan Bracken, Brad Haddin (wk), Nathan Hauritz, Ben Hilfenhaus, James Hopes, David Hussey, Mike Hussey, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee, Peter Siddle, Andrew Symonds, David Warner, Shane Watson.

BANGLADESH

Mohammad Ashraful (capt), Mashrafe Mortaza, Tamim Iqbal, Junaid Siddique, Raqibul Hasan, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Naeem Islam, Abdur Razzak, Shahadat Hossain, Syed Rasel, Mohammad Mahmudullah, Rubel Hossain, Shamsur Rahman, Mohammad Mithun.

ENGLAND

Paul Collingwood (capt), James Anderson, Ravi Bopara, Stuart Broad, James Foster (wk), Rob Key, Dimitri Mascarenhas, Eoin Morgan, Graham Napier, Kevin Pietersen, Adil Rashid, Owais Shah, Ryan Sidebottom, Graeme Swann, Luke Wright.

INDIA

Mahendra Dhoni (capt & wk), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Yusuf Pathan, Rohit Sharma, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Praveen Kumar, RP Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Pragyan Ojha, Irfan Pathan.

IRELAND

William Porterfield (capt), Andre Botha, Jeremy Bray, Peter Connell, Alex Cusack, Trent Johnston, Kyle McCallan, John Mooney, Kevin O'Brien, Niall O'Brien (wk), Boyd Rankin, Paul Stirling, Regan West, Andrew White, Gary Wilson.

NETHERLANDS

Jeroen Smits (capt), Peter Borren, Mudassar Buhkari, Tom De Grooth, Maurits Jonkman, Alexei Kervezee, Dirk Nannes, Ruud Nijman, Darren Reekers, Edgar Schiferli, Pieter Seelaar, Eric Szwarczynski, Ryan ten Doeschate, Dan van Bunge, Bas Zuiderent

NETHERLANDS

Jeroen Smits (capt), Peter Borren, Mudassar Buhkari, Tom De Grooth, Maurits Jonkman, Alexei Kervezee, Dirk Nannes, Ruud Nijman, Darren Reekers, Edgar Schiferli, Pieter Seelaar, Eric Szwarczynski, Ryan ten Doeschate, Dan van Bunge, Bas Zuiderent

NEW ZEALAND

Brendon McCullum, Martin Guptill, Jesse Ryder, Ross Taylor, Scott Styris, Neil Broom, Jacob Oram, James Franklin, Nathan McCullum, Daniel Vettori (capt), Ian Butler, Peter McGlashan, Kyle Mills, Brendon Diamanti, Iain O'Brien.

PAKISTAN

Younis Khan (capt), Salman Butt, Ahmed Shahzad, Misbah-ul-Haq, Kamran Akmal (wk), Fawad Alam, Shoaib Malik, Shahid Afridi, Sohail Tanvir, Yasir Arafat, Umar Gul, Mohammad Aamir, Saeed Ajmal, Rao Iftikhar Anjum, Shazaib Hassan.

SCOTLAND

Gavin Hamilton (captain), Richie Berrington, John Blain, Kyle Coetzer, Gordon Drummond, Majid Haq, Neil McCallum, Navdeep Poonia, Dewald Nel, Glenn Rogers, Colin Smith, Jan Stander, Fraser Watts, Ryan Watson and Craig Wright.

SOUTH AFRICA

Graeme Smith (capt), Johan Botha, Yusuf Abdulla, Mark Boucher (wk), AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, Herschelle Gibbs, Jacques Kallis, Albie Morkel, Morne Morkel, Justin Ontong, Wayne Parnell, Robbie Peterson, Dale Steyn, Roelof van der Merwe.

SRI LANKA

Kumar Sangakkara (capt & wk), Muttiah Muralitharan, Sanath Jayasuriya, T.M. Dilshan, Mahela Jayawardene, Chamara Silva, Angelo Mathews, Ajantha Mendis, Nuwan Kulasekara, Thilan Thushara, Lasith Malinga, Isuru Udana, Farveez Maharoof, Jehan Mubarak, Indika de Saram.

WEST INDIES

Chris Gayle (capt), Denesh Ramdin (wk), Lionel Baker, Sulieman Benn, David Bernard., Dwayne Bravo, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Fidel Edwards, Andre Fletcher, Xavier Marshall, Kieron Pollard, Darren Sammy, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Lendl Simmons, Jerome Taylor.

CA announces home series schedule against Pakistan

SYDNEY: Cricket Australia has announced its home series schedule against Pakistan.

Pakistan team will play three tests, five one-day and one Twenty20 match. The series between Pakistan and Australia will kick off with the traditional Boxing Day test slated from December 26 in Melbourne, while series’ second test on January 3 in Sydney and the third test will be played on January 14 in Hobart, said the cricket Australia.

First one-day test between Pakistan and Australia slated on January 22 in Brisbane, second one-day on January 24 in Sydney, third one-day on January 26 in Adelaide, forth on January 29 and fifth on January 31 in Perth.

The lone Twenty20 match between the two teams will be played on February 5 in Melbourne.

ICC Give Ajmal The All Clear

Pakistan bowler Saeed Ajmal is free to resume his international career after his action was declared legal by the International Cricket Council.

Off-spinner Ajmal was reported by the on-field umpires for a suspect action during last month's one-day international series against Australia in Dubai.

But the 31-year-old, whose place in Pakistan's 15-man World Twenty20 squad was in doubt due to the referral, has now passed an independent test which has ruled all of his deliveries can be bowled satisfactorily.

Ajmal's doosra was thought to be the main concern but Professor Bruce Elliott, a member of the ICC panel of human movement specialists, deemed that each of his deliveries fell within the 15 degrees of tolerance a bowler is currently allowed in the delivery action.

Nevertheless, the ICC were keen to point out that Ajmal, along with every other bowler, would be subjected to ongoing assessment from officials.

Dave Richardson, ICC general manager, said: "Saeed Ajmal can continue to bowl in international cricket on the basis he uses an action consistent to that used in the latest independent analysis of his action.

"However, it is important to emphasise that no bowler is ever 'cleared' as it is impossible to predict how a player might deliver the ball in the future.

"All bowlers are subject to further reporting if the match officials are of the view that they have concerns about whether a delivery or deliveries conform to the Laws of Cricket when observed with the naked eye."

Rao In For Akhtar

Rao Iftikhar was confirmed as replacement for fellow paceman Shoaib Akhtar in the Pakistan squad on Monday for next month's World Twenty20....

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Shoaib Akhtar light-heartedly wears the cap of a Delhi police constable, left, during a practice match against Delhi XI on Friday. The Pakistani cricket team arrived in India on Thursday amid tight security for a six-week tour to play five One-day Internationals and three Tests. ap

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