Asif will be in team for long time, Akhtar will either make return for only a short period or he will lose his way forever if he act stupidly again.
Well, if Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif were available then it would have been interesting. I daresay Shoaib would come into the side for Sohail Tanvir and if Mohammad Asif could develop a few more variations he'd definitely be a better bowler than Rao Iftikhar Anjum. If Pakistan are looking for another all-rounder to fill the void left by Abdul Razzak's retirement then they need to look no futher than Yasir Arafat.Tanvir has a weird action but I can see him getting exposed a little in the longer shorter version of the game.
Rehman and Afridi have been playing well lately and are probably quite underrated. Gul is a gun half the time while the other half he gets hit.
Never rated Ifikhar but he's being proving me wrong.
It's still not the best attack in the world by a long way, not even the best Pakistan could be fielding IMO.
I meant for the bowling all-rounder to bat at #8, whereas I can see Fawad Alam as a middle order batsman who can bowl a few overs.
Why would you want Younis Khan to stay in the team? Also, Malik batting too low IMO. Should be at #3 or #4.
DWTA. That's okay though.
Afridi. And if they insist on Afridi opening, then Akmal must bat #8 with a batsman at 7. Afridi takes up the role you're talking of regardless of where he bats IMO.
there are chances that this team might not even play a full series. first i see a big problem with opening.. if pakistan want to solve their opening problems.. they have to look for spacialist batsmans.. first of all pakistan has to seriously think about kamran akmal's future... his keeping right now isn't even domestic level.. just recently he droped kailes in the first test match and he end up being the difference in the match... in upcoming tours like india if he repeats these mistakes... lets say if he drops catches from batsmans like sachin, dravid, ganguly.. it is like inviting defeat...or giving the match to india...
And which XI in the history of Pakistan has ever played a full series???
Both of the openers I listed are specialist batsmen.
Load of tosh. His keeping isn't significantly worse then it was when he begin. Also, I am sick of the hyperbole you seem to insert in every single sentence - have you ever actually seen the keeping in a domestic match live?
Yup, he dropped a single catch. OMG. HOW DARE HE! Lets roast him on a spit and lynch him.
So you can come up with nothing better than ifs and buts. What if your precious Asif or Gul fail to perform and bowl like absolute morons? What if Younis and Yousuf gift their wickets away? What if Mount Vesuvius errupts and Karachi is wiped out in a tsunami triggered by an alien invasion? I mean, WHAT IF!!!!!!
A reiteration of your earlier point which has already been tackled.
Ah, I am impressed by the inductive logic at display here. I am glad that you were to prove a positive co-relation between batting and keeping abilities - a feat millions of people over dozens of years have failed at. Here's your Nobel Prize.
And which XI in the history of Pakistan has ever played a full series???
Both of the openers I listed are specialist batsmen.
Load of tosh. His keeping isn't significantly worse then it was when he begin. Also, I am sick of the hyperbole you seem to insert in every single sentence - have you ever actually seen the keeping in a domestic match live?
Yup, he dropped a single catch. OMG. HOW DARE HE! Lets roast him on a spit and lynch him.
So you can come up with nothing better than ifs and buts. What if your precious Asif or Gul fail to perform and bowl like absolute morons? What if Younis and Yousuf gift their wickets away? What if Mount Vesuvius errupts and Karachi is wiped out in a tsunami triggered by an alien invasion? I mean, WHAT IF!!!!!!
A reiteration of your earlier point which has already been tackled.
Ah, I am impressed by the inductive logic at display here. I am glad that you were to prove a positive co-relation between batting and keeping abilities - a feat millions of people over dozens of years have failed at. Here's your Nobel Prize.
Pretty much agree with that lineup. I can never figure out why the hell Yousuf won't play one down when he averages something amazing at that position.
