Former Zim cricket captain Andy Flower to coach World XI for match against Pakistan

Former Zimbabwe cricket captain Andy Flower has been selected to be the coach of a World XI squad to face Pakistan in September. The World XI which will be made up of players from seven test playing countries will play Pakistan in three Twenty20 matches for the Independence Cup. Unfortunately, there are no Zimbabwean players selected for the fourteen man World XI.

The World XI squad is as follows

1. Faf du Plessis (captain) (South Africa)
2. Hashim Amla (South Africa)
3. Samuel Badree (Windies)
4. George Bailey (Australia)
5. Paul Collingwood (England)
6. Ben Cutting (Australia)
7. Grant Elliott (New Zealand)
8. Tamim Iqbal (Bangladesh)
9. David Miller (South Africa)
10. Morne Morkel (South Africa)
11. Tim Paine (wicketkeeper) (Australia)
12. Thisara Perera (Sri Lanka)
13. Imran Tahir (South Africa)
14. Darren Sammy (Windies)

Flower won the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies as well the Ashes in 2010/11 and 2013 as England coach. His England team was ranked first among test countries in the world in 2011.