Kevin Pietersen Knee Injury Miss ICC Champions Trophy

The England batsman Kevin Pietersen will not be standing by for the one-day series with New Zealand and June's Champions Trophy after an advance scan on his injured knee on Wednesday fuel theory he could be an Ashes doubt.

The Kevin Pietersen has been ruled out of the ICC Champions Trophy next a repeat MRI scan on his right knee later today and the England and Wales Cricket Board said in a report adding together he would also miss out the New Zealand one-dayers and the home five-test Ashes series against Australia starts in Nottingham on July 10 with the Champions Trophy one-day match attractive place from June 6-23, also in England.

The Pietersen strength of character at the present start a graduate analysis programme with a view to resume full training by the center of June to the ECB report added.

Pakistan fast bowler Umar Gul Ruled Out Three Months Miss Champions Trophy

The Pakistan fast bowler Umar Gul has been ruled out of the Champions Trophy due to an injured right knee and he continued the injury very last month following the Centurion ODI against South Africa and has been sideline because he will fly to Melbourne for operation in the first week of May and the damage also means he will overlook the fixtures against Ireland and Scotland next month.

 He complains of right knee pain for the period of the recently finished one-day series against South Africa, a Pakistan cricket board spokesperson set to he was rested for the last two one-dayers for about to happen damage to his medial meniscus and bone of the right knee.

A presently MRI scan confirmed a full thickness tear of the following horn of medial meniscus with patchy bone bruising on his right knee and he reports has long-established damage to his right knee and has given a timeline of 8-12 weeks for his full recovery after the surgical treatment.

2013 ICC Champions Trophy Scheduel

Date	Match Details	Time (IST)	Place
Jun 06 Thu	Ind v SA, 1st Match, Group B	16:00	Cardiff, Wales
Jun 07 Fri	Pak v WI, 2nd Match, Group B	16:00	London
Jun 08 Sat	Eng v Aus, 3rd Match, Group A	16:00	Birmingham
Jun 09 Sun	NZ v SL, 4th Match, Group A	16:00	Cardiff, Wales
Jun 10 Mon	Pak v SA, 5th Match, Group B	19:30	Birmingham
Jun 11 Tue	Ind v WI, 6th Match, Group B	16:00	London
Jun 12 Wed	Aus v NZ, 7th Match, Group A	19:30	Birmingham
Jun 13 Thu	Eng v SL, 8th Match, Group A	19:30	London
Jun 14 Fri	SA v WI, 9th Match, Group B	16:00	Cardiff, Wales
Jun 15 Sat	Ind v Pak, 10th Match, Group B	16:00	Birmingham
Jun 16 Sun	Eng v NZ, 11th Match, Group A	16:00	Cardiff, Wales
Jun 17 Mon	Aus v SL, 12th Match, Group A	19:30	London
Jun 19 Wed	TBC v TBC, 1st Semi-Final	16:00	London
Jun 20 Thu	TBC v TBC, 2nd Semi-Final	16:00	Cardiff, Wales
Jun 23 Sun	TBC v TBC, Final	16:00	Birmingham

35-year-old Younis Khan Omitted from Champions Trophy Pakistan Squad

The Pakistan announced on Sunday absent out-of-form Younis Khan from a 30-man preliminary squad for the eight-nation Champions Trophy following the middle order batsman flopped in recent one-day matches and the 35-year-old Younis manage just 116 runs in the series against South Africa earlier this month which Pakistan lost 3-2 and has not manage to score a century since November 2008.

The middle-order batsman Younis Khan has scored 7014 runs in 253 one-day internationals later than making his debut 13 years ago and the Pakistan is in group B of the occasion to be held in England from June 3-23 and the other teams in their set are arch-rivals India, the West Indies and South Africa and the Defending champions Australia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and England form group A.

Probables 30-man Squad:

Nasir Jamshed, Mohammad Hafeez, Imran Farhat, Ahmed Shehzad, Misbah-ul-Haq, Haris Sohail, Asad Shafiq, Umar Akmal, Shoaib Malik, Umer Amin, Sohail Tanvir, Hammad Azam, Azhar Ali, Shahid Afridi, Asad Ali, Anwar Ali, Junaid Khan, Mohammad Irfan, Wahab Riaz, Umar Gul, Rahat Ali, Ehsan Adil, Imran Khan, Aizaz Cheema, Yasir Arafat, Saeed Ajmal, Abdul Rehman, Zulfiqar Babar, Kamran Akmal, Mohammad Rizwan.