Crik: Pakistan quartet in T20 team of tournament

AAP Sports News (Australia), June, 2009

> AAP Sports News (Australia) 06-23-2009 Crik: Pakistan quartet in T20 team of tournament LONDON, June 22 AFP - Four members of the victorious Pakistan team that beat Sri Lanka by eight wickets in Sunday's final of the World Twenty20 were named in the team of the tournament announced by the ICC here on Monday. An expert panel, including former West Indies quick Ian Bishop and tournament director Steve Elworthy, the former South Africa pace bowler, chose Pakistan captain Younus Khan to lead the all-star side. Also included were all-rounder Shahid Afridi, a hard-hitting batsman and dangerous leg-spinner whose unbeaten 54 won him the man-of-the-match award on Sunday and reverse-swing specialist Umar Gul, who took a Twenty20 international record five...

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