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29th Match - Pakistan v South Africa (7th March 2015)

Who will win this match?

  • Total voters
    14
  • Poll closed .
J

jonbrooks

International Debutant
Misbah has 5000 runs at an average of 43 odd in ODIs. All this without hitting a ton. Is this a record?
 
Zinzan

Zinzan

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Niall said:
You actually followed Pakistan ODI team in the last few years? Have you seen how few games and series they have won?

Did you watch how they went about chasing 300 against the West Indies and Pakistan?
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Exactly & furthermore in 1992, NZ couldn't even dream of winning one ODI game vs. Pakistan in the subcontinent, let alone a series. Yet our 2015 mob just beat Pakistan in a ODI series in the UAE, without McCullum, Southee & Boult.
 
Contra

Contra

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Zinzan said:
C'mon Contra, let's be honest, you're not even convincing yourself there. :laugh:

Tell me who of your current Indian batting line-up you'd replace with one of these Pakistani batsmen.....

Yeah thought so ...............
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I don't understand why I would have to replace anyone? I'm talking purely in terms of the talent they posses coming into international cricket. It took Rohit Sharma years before he began to justify the talent he has, Virat Kohli in his first few years was a 20 off 40 and out player. Raina, Dinesh Karthik and Robin Uthappa were all given debuts at a young age based on being talented youngsters and dropped soon after, in DK's and Robin's case they still haven't managed to cement a place in the side (although they weren't given as big a leash as Rohit).

You can't be telling me that someone like Umar Akmal can't become as good as the best ODI bats India have at present, I'm not saying he will, but the potential is there. You can just look at England's ODI players and for the longest time they simply didn't have guys who could achieve the next level of batsmenship in limited overs cricket, the likes of Cook, Bell, Ballance, and so many more from previous years and I knew that they were average players who would score occasionally but never had the talent to go beyond it with their limited game.
 
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wellAlbidarned

wellAlbidarned

International Coach
Contra said:
I don't understand why I would have to replace anyone? I'm talking purely in terms of the talent they posses coming into international cricket. It took Rohit Sharma years before he began to justify the talent he has, Virat Kohli in his first few years was a 20 off 40 and out player. Raina, Dinesh Karthik and Robin Uthappa were all given debuts at a young age based on being talented youngsters and dropped soon after, in DK's and Robin's case they still haven't managed to cement a place in the side (although they weren't given as big a leash as Rohit).

You can't be telling me that someone like Umar Akmal can't become as good as the best ODI bats India have at present, I'm not saying he will, but the potential is there. You can just look at England's ODI players and for the longest time they simply didn't have guys who could achieve the next level of batsmenship in limited overs cricket, the Cook, Bell, Ballance, and so many more from previous years and I knew that they were average players who would score occasionally but never had the talent to go beyond it with their limited game.
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guys guys we're forgetting the important question:

are their pure talent levels similar to Shaoib Malik???
 
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