{"id":1690,"date":"2011-07-29T09:41:02","date_gmt":"2011-07-29T09:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wp3\/?p=1690"},"modified":"2011-07-29T09:41:02","modified_gmt":"2011-07-29T09:41:02","slug":"south-african-fast-bowler-wayne-parnell-accepts-islam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/2011\/07\/29\/1690\/","title":{"rendered":"South African Fast Bowler Wayne Parnell Accepts Islam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/stories\/news1\/parnell.jpg\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" \/>The South African left-arm fast bowler Wayne Parnell has accepted Islam as his new religion. He, if selected in future, will now be third Muslim in current South African team along with Hashim Amla and Pakistan born Imran Tahir.  <!--more-->  <br \/>A South African news agency Independent Online published news that Wayne Parnell has converted to Islamic faith. Proteas\u2019 team manager Dr Mohammad Moosajee confirmed the news by saying: \u201cIt was his choice to embrace Islam.\u201d<br \/>Another\u00a0 South African news site also says\u00a0 that he has not finalized his Islamic name yet but it is likely to be Waleed. As of now he is Wayne Dillon Parnell.<br \/>Some forwarded text messages are of the view that Proteas ODI vice-captain Hashim Amla\u2019s influenced Parnell\u2019s conversion from Christianity to Islam. However, Parnell\u2019s agent Ismail Kajee has denied this rumor.<br \/>Wayne Parnell, who is about to turn 22, was captain of South Africa\u2019s team in U\/19 WC 2008. He made his Test debut in 2010 against England after making his ODI debut in 2009 against Australia.<br \/>Parnell is a left-arm bowler who relies on his pace and is highly regarded as limited-over cricket specialist. In ODIs, so far, he has taken 31 wickets in 19 games. He is also known for his hostile, yorker-infested, spell against Pakistan in ICC World T20 Semi Final 2009 in Nottingham.<br \/>He has also represented Delhi daredevils and Pune Warriors in IPL 2010 and 2011 respectively. Currently, he is a team-mate of Rana Naveed-ul-Hassan and Umar Gul in Sussex county\u2019s campaign in Friends life t20 in England.<\/p>\n<p>Source: Insider.pk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The South African left-arm fast bowler Wayne Parnell has accepted Islam as his new religion. 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