Pakistan Bat, Steyn Fit to Play

Dubai: Pakistan have won the toss and opted to bat first in 2nd and final Test against South Africa at Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Wednesday.

That's the first toss Pakistan have won in ten Tests. They are also playing an unchanged XI.

South Africa have made a couple of changes though -- Dean Elgar in for Amla, and Imran Tahir replaces Robin Peterson.

Teams:

Pakistan: Khurram Manzoor, Shan Masood, Azhar Ali, Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq (Captain), Asad Shafiq, Adnan Akmal (wk), Saeed Ajmal, Zulfiqar Babar, Junaid Khan, Mohammad Irfan

South Africa: Graeme Smith (Captain), Alviro Petersen, Dean Elgar, Jacques Kallis, AB de Villiers (wk), Jean-Paul Duminy, Faf du Plessis, Vernon Philander, Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel, Imran Tahir

Court orders new PCB election

The Islamabad High Court has ordered the acting PCB chairman Najam Sethi to hold an election for his office within 90 days. The High Court was responding to a petition filed by a former Rawalpindi Cricket Association official against the board elections held in May, when Zaka Ashraf was elected chairman for a four-year term under the new PCB constitution.

Ashraf was later suspended from his post by the High Court, after there were questions raised about the legality of his election. The High Court said the process had been "dubious" and "polluted" and Sethi was appointed as interim chairman during Ashraf's suspension.

The petitioner had also called for the suspension of the PCB's new constitution but the High Court ordered the new elections to be held under the same constitution. The petition has now been disposed.

Ashraf was the first-ever elected PCB chairman under the new constitution, which in February removed the system of the Patron of the board, the President of Pakistan, choosing the chairman. Nine governing board members endorsed Ashraf and the process was conducted without any prior announcement, the board revealing Ashraf's appointment through a press release.

After his election, however, Ashraf faced opposition from the regional associations of Punjab, Pakistan's largest province with 60% of country's population, for preventing them from being part of the board. Instead, two new regions without any first-class teams - Larkana and Dera Murad Jamali - were represented on the board.

Boom Boom Afridi earned more than Rs.100 million from Advertisement & his modeling

A report from NCA Lahore told about 7 players of Pakistan Cricket team who have signed agreements for modeling, earning them millions each month.
Dangerous striker & Former skipper & Boom Boom Shahid Khan Afridi also booms in making money from local firms & huge multinational firms as compared to his others team mates.
Shahid is doing the big number of advertisement & in these conditions he is probably to go Dubai, Singapore & Abu Dhabi. And have approx income by these advertisment has made him able to buy a new luxury house where he would be shifting soonest.
He has signed Agreements with a Jazz, Pepsi, pantene, a footwear firm, a cosmetic company, HBL, a watch making firm & construction companies generating a huge amount of more than Rs.100 millions.
Pakistan’s Former captain Muhammad Yonus Khan is 2^nd on this list by earning more than Rs. 27.5 million within 2012. Yonus has signed agreement with a Jazz, a clothing firm & a private company.
5 Other famous cricketer whom turn models are Shoaib Malik, Misbah ul Haq, Muhammad Hafeez, Umer Gul

Shahid Afridi Boom Boom Records

Shahdi afridi right  from the start of his carrier became a super star. He is super star for Pakistan with no parallel in past, present and well looking at his records it is very hard to say that player like him will come in future. The boom boom Afridi is a gift for cricket, an allrounder with so many records can’t be seen in the whole world. Let’s have a look what this wonderful cricketer has delivered in his carrier so far.

1.    Fastest Century:

Afridi’s most precious record is the fastest century which he scored in his second match and first inning’s on just 37 balls.

3.    4th and 7th fastest centuries:

Besides the fastest century he also smashed 4th and 7th fastest centuries on 45 and 57 balls.

4.    2nd Fastest Fifty Twice:

Shahid Afridi has also hit fastest fifty twice on only 18 deliveries.
5th fastest fifty to his name as well (off 19 deliveries).