Aamer off to a flying start
Published: July 05, 2009He may only be 17 years old but he has already been earmarked as being one for the future. Young Mohammad Aamer has had a real good start to his international cricket so far. After his good showing at the Twenty20 World Cup, Aamer showed his talent yet again when he bowled appreciably well on his Test debut on day one of the first Test between Pakistan and Sri Lanka at Galle. Aamer took a wicket in his very first over in Test cricket when he induced an inside edge from the bat of
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