Wahab confident of winning Emerging Player award

Karachi: Pakistan's promising Test pacer Wahab Riaz feels that he is a frontrunner for the International Cricket Council Emerging Player Award to be presented on September 12 in London.

Wahab, who left for London on Saturday to attend the ICC awards ceremony, told reporters that he felt honoured to be shortlisted for the award.
"I think my five wickets on my Test debut at the Oval last year and then the fiver against India in the 2011 World Cup semi final at Mohali has got me shortlisted for the award and that really feels good," he said.
26-year-old Wahab, who has played seven Tests and 22 ODIs, made his ODI and T20 debuts in 2008 against Zimbabwe and Bangladesh but only became a regular member of Pakistan last year in England.
"If I look at Azhar he has been very consistent in Tests at the one-down position which is not an easy task so I see him as a frontrunner but hopefully my five wicket hauls at the Oval and Mohali can tilt votes my way," he said.
Wahab said while he was disappointed at not being picked for the Zimbabwe tour, he was working hard to get back into the national side for the forthcoming series against Sri Lanka.