*Official* Pakistan in the West Indies

[deeps]

i'm not sayin the bowlin was good btw... but manageable... probably conceeded 80-120 runs too many from a good bowlin performance.

 

[shaka]

Sami a Test match winner?

yes, remember when he destroyed NZ in NZ? recently too I think

 

[Magrat Garlick]

yes, remember when he destroyed NZ in NZ? recently too I think

Yes , but the match was drawn

 

[shaka]

you cannot get much closer though

 

[shaka]

NZ was saved through a huge first innings score

 

[Magrat Garlick]

NZ was saved through a huge first innings score

Which Sami, in part, caused because of 27 overs for 126 with 15 no-balls.

 

[Top_Cat]

Great to see Afridi right on track for my prediction of being the world's best allrounder within two years (3/49 in the second innings after being hammered in the first dig and 122 off 95 balls).

 

[superkingdave]

saw Shabbir has been reported again for a suspect action

 

[marc71178]

he said 3 best players

inzi
youhana
malik


malik can bowl too! doubt it would have made a huge difference, but they would have made a bigger total in the first innigs and hence had to chase less in the second and had amuch better chance of winnin.g

For a start it's not as if the game was that close, and secondly - it's not as if 2 of the players were missing for anything other than their own fault.

 

[marc71178]

Great to see Afridi right on track for my prediction of being the world's best allrounder within two years (3/49 in the second innings after being hammered in the first dig and 122 off 95 balls).

He needs to maintain consistency - the sort of player he is, it wouldn't shock me if next game he gets a pair!

 

[roseboy64]

Seen how empty the ground was?? When I was in Jamaica it wasn't Gayle, Sarwan and Lara that the people were talking about at all.. I worry for West Indian cricket, but for teams to excel I guess you have to have teams at the bottom too..

People still support them. They just prefer to do it from home. No sense wasting your hard earned money on the Windies.

 

[deeps]

For a start it's not as if the game was that close, and secondly - it's not as if 2 of the players were missing for anything other than their own fault.

those three players would have made it a totally different game.

Two were missing for their own fault, but missing none the less. i did not specify why they were missing, nor say anything to do with that.

i said the team would be stronger if they were there.

 

[mofo123]

saw Shabbir has been reported again for a suspect action

shabbir shouldnt b in the team, he isnt good enough and ill be screaming that till i get dragged off by wild dogs/horses/dinosaurs...he isnt good enough for pak test team!!!!! nazir should be ahead of him, abdur rauf should be ahead of him...and abdur rauf is probably the 3rd quickest bowler in pak, he swings it too...but we go with shabbir the tall guy with a bent arm.... sad

butt
hameed
akmal
younis khan
inzi
kamal
malik
afridi
razzaq
shahid nazir
kaneria

and kamal is only included coz youhana is unlikely to play...but malik get in ahead of him for the fact he is averaging nearly 49 in his last 5 tests. and i wanna see him play for a long period to prove himself


can we have a moment to think abt Mr Fazal Mahmoods family who have suffered the loss of one of crickets greats...my thoughts go out to them.

 

[Duncan]

Inzamam should replace Bazid Khan and Malik should replace Hameed... not that he is that great of a batsman but he can also bowl. And not only is Shabbir a chucker, he sucks. But without him, the only pacer will be Razzaq, which is not a great idea. So replace Rana with Nazir... but it seems they will persist with Rana no matter what... it worked in the ODIs but I don't see it happening in tests any time soon.

RIP Fazal Mahmood

 

[tooextracool]

butt
hameed
akmal
younis khan
inzi
kamal
malik
afridi
razzaq
shahid nazir
kaneria

and kamal is only included coz youhana is unlikely to play...but malik get in ahead of him for the fact he is averaging nearly 49 in his last 5 tests. and i wanna see him play for a long period to prove himself

gotta love how kamal averaging 41 shouldnt be in a side containing butt, hameed and malik.

 

[tooextracool]

And not only is Shabbir a chucker, he sucks.

ok so maybe he does chuck, but how in the world does he suck when he took 5 wickets at 27 in the last game?

 

[tooextracool]

yes, remember when he destroyed NZ in NZ? recently too I think

remember when kirtley ran through SA?

 

[mofo123]

gotta love how kamal averaging 41 shouldnt be in a side containing butt, hameed and malik.

malik? how can u compare malik, he is averaging 50 this year in tests.
butt? 2 bad test matches. cant judge him yet, anyway he is a specialist opener, so he cant b replaced with kamal
hameed? hes the only one who kamal can replace, but youhana will replace both wen he returns

 

[tooextracool]

malik? how can u compare malik, he is averaging 50 this year in tests.

yes in a whole 3 tests....
why should kamal be dropped for malik when he scored a 50 in the previous game and averaged nearly 40 against india.

butt? 2 bad test matches. cant judge him yet, anyway he is a specialist opener, so he cant b replaced with kamal

how many bad tests has kamal had?

 

[Duncan]

I don't know why they keep giving this guy Hameed so many chances... the man scored all of his runs against Bangladesh or on flat pitches... there is no room for him... here is my squad.

Salman Butt
Shoaib Malik
Younis Khan
Inzamam ul Haq
Asim Kamal
Kamran Akmal
Abdur Razzaq
Shahid Afridi
Shahid Nazir
Shabbir Ahmed
Danish Kaneria