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Australia and Pakistan will play in the Final of the U 19 Cricket world cup at Lincoln, on Saturday, Jan 30.

Match start time is 10:30 local, 21:30 GMT and 5 : am India time.

Pakistan were one of the favorites coming into this world cup, played great cricket and have lived up to their reputation.

The ideal final combination for a world cup would have been India vs

Pakistan, but India was beaten in the last over by Pakistan in the
Quarter final.

16 teams  which participated are Australia, Bangladesh, England,

India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies,
Zimbabwe, Afghanistan, Canada, Hong Kong, Ireland, Papua New Guinea and
the USA.

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The Squads will be picked from the following :

TJ Armstrong, TM Beaton, ND Buchanan, JR Hazlewood, AR Keath, AC McDermott, NJ Maddinson, MR Marsh*, KW Richardson, TIF Triffitt†, A Zampa,J Coleman, LA Doran, BL Dougall, JS Floros.

Babar Azam, Fayyaz Butt, Hammad Azam, Mohammad Naeem, Mohammad, Waqas, Rameez Aziz, Raza Hasan, Sarmad Bhatti, Shahzaib Ahmed, Usman Qadir, Abdul Ameer, Ahmed Shehzad, Ahsan Ali, Anop Santosh†, Azeem Ghumman*

Quotes from Cricbuzz.com:

“There’s no other country in the world that can match
the talent that Pakistan has at U-19 level, just look at the last four
U-19 World Cups.”

Azeem Ghumman, Pakistan’s captain, states a fact.

“With the sort of experience in our side, it was always a goal to be

in the tournament at this end. Like any other team, we have come here
to win the tournament and not just to fill up the numbers. We’ve got
the side that is capable to win this tournament.” Mitchell Marsh is far more diplomatic than his counterpart..

The 2nd cricket test match between India and Bangladesh will be played in Mirpur from January 24th-28th, 2010. Watch live streaming and live scores.

Match timings 09:30 local time (03:30 GMT) 9-00 am India time.

Virender Sehwag had called Bangladesh “ordinary” side, but for the in the Indian first innings they were more than a match for the Indians.

India in this test are unlikely to be as sloppy as they were in the 1st test, and they will certainly be boosted by the return of captain MS Dhoni and Spinner Harbhajan Singh.

India have won all the three tests they have played in Dhaka, two of them by an innings.

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Pitch and Conditions :

When India played here last they piled up 610 runs for 3 wickets, there were plenty of runs scored during the recent tri-series involving Srilanka and with good sunshine predicted over the next five days, it is a win the toss and bat first pitch. The seamers and spinners might not enjoy the conditions as much as they did in Chittagong.

The probabale teams are :

India: 1 Virender Sehwag, 2 Gautam Gambhir, 3 Rahul Dravid, 4 Sachin Tendulkar, 5 M Vijay, 6 Yuvraj Singh, 7 MS Dhoni (capt, wk), 8 Harbhajan Singh, 9 Zaheer Khan, 10 Amit Mishra, 11 Ishant Sharma.

Bangladesh: 1 Tamim Iqbal, 2 Imrul Kayes, 3 Shahriar Nafees, 4 Mohammad Ashraful, 5 Shakib Al Hasan (capt), 6 Raqibul Hasan, 7 Mahmudullah, 8 Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), 9 Shafiul Islam, 10 Shahadat Hossain, 11 Rubel Hossain.

Quotes :

“We made some mistakes at Chittagong and we’ll try not to repeat those again. We are not there just to take part. We are here to compete and fight.”
Tamim Iqbal says Bangladesh believe they can draw the series.

“Our openers complement each other. Gautam waits for the ball to come in his areas, Sehwag goes right from the start. Both rotate the strike really well and understand each other. In fact they can be compared with the great opening pairs.” MS Dhoni rates India’s openers highly.

The 1st OdI of the 5 match series between Australia and Pakistan
(Pak vs Aus) will be played at the Gabba in Brisbane on Friday, January
22nd.

Match Start time 1325 (0325 GMT) India Time : 8 : 55 AM.

Pakistan came to Australia to play three Tests,  five ODIs and a Twenty20. Check the remaining Schedule , The 3 match test series has already been won by Australia by a margin of 3-0.

The Gabba’ is one of the finest batting tracks in Australia. 
Australia have played 31 ODI’s here, won 14 and lost 13, While Pakistan
have played 14 winning six and loosing seven of their 14 matches.

For Pakistan Shahid Afridi and Younis Khan have joined the team forthe remaining matches, a much better performance is expected from the visitors.

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Pitch and conditions

The Brisbane pitch is very good surface for batting and whoever wins the toss will want to bat first set a big target.

The weather in Brisbane is expected to be perfect for playing cricket throughout Friday, with a top of 32C.

The Probable teams are as follows

Australia :  Shane Watson,  Shaun Marsh,  Ricky Ponting(capt),  Michael Hussey,  Michael Clarke,  Cameron White,  Brad Haddin ,(wk),  Nathan Hauritz, Clint McKay,  Peter Siddle, Doug Bollinger,James Hopes.

Pakistan :  Salman Butt,  Kamran Akmal (wk),  Younis Khan, 
Mohammad Yousuf (capt),  Umar Akmal,  Shoaib Malik,  Shahid Afridi, 
Umar Gul,  Mohammad Asif,  Mohammed Aamer,  Saeed Ajmal.

Quotes

“If you read through their side, it looks a better team on paper
than their Test team does. Guys like Afridi and Rana are very
experienced and have been match-winners. Their one-day side does look
particularly strong.” Ricky Ponting

“It’s the best team we are playing against. We will give some fight, we have a young side, and I’m happy with it.” Mohammad Yousuf