The South African squad arrived in Pakistan without the services of their Indian performance analyst, Prasanna Agoram as he was not issued a visa for the tour by the Pakistan embassy in Pretoria.
Pacer Sohail Tanvir is among the six Pakistani players banned from playing at a ground in Karachi after being charged with ball-tampering and abusing the umpires during a Ramadan festival Twenty20 match. Officials confirmed that Tanvir, Ahmed Shahzed, Sohail Khan, Javed Qadeer, who have all played for the national team, and Tanveer Ahmed and Nadeem Sheikh, have been banned from playing any matches at the famous Karachi Gymkhana ground.
Pakistan skipper Younis Khan has said that after being cleared of the match-fixing charges, his responsibility for the squad has increased, and he is now aiming to see Pakistan as the number one team.
A Pakistani fast bowler set a record of sorts in a Twenty20 domestic cricket tournament when he conceded 30 runs without bowling a single legal delivery. In a match of the Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Twenty20 memorial tournament earlier this week, Port Qasim pacer Zaid Mir had to be taken out of the attack after he failed to bowl a single legal delivery with his bowling figures reading 0-0-31-0 (10 NB).
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