Tuesday, June 23, 2009

New South Wales to approach Afridi



Shahid Afridi, who guided Pakistan to consideration in the Twenty20 World Cup, may soon pull an proposition to ability in Sheffield Shield as the Australian homely side New South Wales.

The 29 - year - old cricketer helped Pakistan win their first major title in 17 years by beating their sub - continental possessory Sri Lanka by eight wickets in the to be at Loards's on Sunday.

" He is distinctly particular of the world ' s best Twenty20 players, but also he would be a valuable supplement to our dressing room, our young players would learn a association from him. "

" We would absolutely consider if he could be used for opposed formats, " a NSW Cricket official was quoted as saying in the Sydney Morning Counsellor.

Afridi institute up an peerless all - round performance during the tournament, scoring 176 runs leadership seven matches which included two half - centuries and besides scalped 11 wickets with an economy rate of 5. 32.

If the game materialises, Afridi would become one of the high - structure players to join an Australian quota, after NSW ' s selection of Kiwi Brendon McCullum for last season ' s Big Bash final against Victoria, the statement said.

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