If North and Hilfy aren't fit, then yeah play George and Khawaja. I'm a bit nervous having a 6,7,8 of Khawaja, Paine, Smith, perhaps they move Usman up a place..
It's not like North/Paine/Smith fills one with confidence.
Hmm, George is developing his out swinger nicely from what I've seen and heard. The last few games I saw him bowl he was bowling some nice out-swingers and was consistently swinging the ball away, if there is a criticism of his swing bowling, it's that he needs to pitch the ball up more when the ball is swinging.
Yeah more pathetic batting and loose deliveries.. Mallik doesnt play..and all of a sudden people look to him as this savior...when has he ever produced a great performance in a test match against a strong opposition overseas?? Mallik is just as pathetic. He is useful in ODIs in the subcontinent.
Yeah but his trolling was in response to another troll..
I said he'd have provided more, not been the saviour of the team. When you're starting from such a low base, improvement wouldn't be difficult.
Even if Pak brings in Malik in the middle i don`t expect anything different from them...the trend of Pak v Aus has been pretty much the same...Pak bowlers get Australia for a lower then average total but Australian bowlers bring down Pak batting to even a lower total..get the lead and there is not way Pak can chase it.....if with Mo Yo in Sydney they weren`t able to chase 170 odd runs then what do you expect...it will be the same result if not worse considering Butt makes a an ass out of the whole game with his captaincy.
Hate Malik with a passion..but i think they need him now....in batting...
Got bogged down a lot from what I've seen of him, was right on his stumps a lot of the time. Pretty technique means little if you can't pierce the field or go over it.
That would have been in the ODIs out here though, right? I completely agree about him in ODI cricket but it's a totally different situation in Tests with the field so open; he's fine. Surely a 25 year old who averages 56 in First Class cricket and hits 168 on debut deserves more than another two more Tests to cement a spot in arguably the worst Test batting lineup going around at the moment (bar the Bangers).
Depends on the circumstances. Don't care that much about the numbers, it comes down to whether he looks more likely to score than the other guy. Like I said, I'm surprised he wasn't next in line after Yousuf and Younis were dropped but then I'm not in the set-up and he wouldn't be that much better an option to unambiguously demand selection.
Top thinking there....Fawad does make an ideal candidate...if they replace the 2 noobs in the middle with Malik and Fawad....perhaps that could give them the much needed support..but as it stands right now...if the persist with the noobs...there is no point even watching the game....except the bowling...of Pak..
Is the Bangladesh batting lineup worse than Pakistan's currently? OT a bit I guess.
