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*Official* Pakistan in England 2020

flibbertyjibber

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Well done Crawley, been a very good knock. Hope he has nailed down the number 3 slot for a bit. Buttler quietly getting another score too is useful, has batted well lately.
 
honestbharani

honestbharani

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@Burgey the thing about the kind of players I like is not if they are already the finished product. Its an intangible and obviously I am prone to be wrong trying to figure this from such a distance but I tend to back players whom I think can learn and adapt and I think I see that with Crawley and Naseem.

You are right, Crawley with this game will struggle in Australia but I fully expect the kid to figure out how to bat there and conquer those conditions.

EDIT: Its the same reason I was on the Labu and Kohli (and even Smith in 2013 when they toured India) trains before most others here.
 
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honestbharani said:
@Burgey the thing about the kind of players I like is not if they are already the finished product. Its an intangible and obviously I am prone to be wrong trying to figure this from such a distance but I tend to back players whom I think can learn and adapt and I think I see that with Crawley and Naseem.

You are right, Crawley with this game will struggle in Australia but I fully expect the kid to figure out how to bat there and conquer those conditions.

EDIT: Its the same reason I was on the Labu and Kohli (and even Smith in 2013 when they toured India) trains before most others here.
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Think you overrate Naseem just a bit. He's young and can improve but he's strictly serviceable at this stage. I've seen nothing become of more talented Pakistani youngsters.
 
honestbharani

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Arachnodouche said:
Think you overrate Naseem just a bit. He's young and can improve but he's strictly serviceable at this stage. I've seen nothing become of more talented Pakistani youngsters.
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But that is my point. I am not a fan of theirs for their talent, obviously the natural ability is there but they seem to have a bit more keenness and sharpness about them and suggests they will learn and adapt with time. Its the X factor I talk about mostly, an ability to recognize when your own abilities are not good enough for a challenge and improve upon them, even though that ability is considerable in itself.
 
honestbharani

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That cover drive was timed to a different degree. Was never too far away either from the covers guy or the long off guy but still beat them easily to the boundary. Wow.
 
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Like to see an occasional England pitch where the bowlers have to work for their wickets and 400 is a par score for a change. These two batting quite beautifully ATM.
 
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