Ehh...when we get down to it, Bracewell was just as impressive on the NZA tour as Henry was. He's a yard quicker than Henry, and has a lot more experience of bowling in hot, dry conditions. I always suspected that he'd end up getting the nod this time. Would be disappointed if Henry doesn't get a run in at least one of the SA ODI's though.
Raval didn't do himself any favours by allowing his form to drop off dramatically in the back half of last season. I agree that Rutherford sticking around isn't ideal, but then again besides Gupturd who is there who's really dominated domestic cricket as an opener (I think we have to all assume that Michael Papps is never getting reselected).
The thing with Bracewell is generally he has struggled bowling in the heat, I cant remember if he had this under control in Bangers last year but have memories of him struggling in SL and India.
Flynn averaged 45 last season- he struggled in first couple of games but ended up scoring 800 runs. I would have love to seen Raval even only as a short term option, his leggies could have been quite dangerous especially without Kane's throwing and I think he probably would have been able to score at least 100 runs over the course of the tour which is more than Hamish has scored in the four tests this year.
Rehman's a better bowler than a lot of people give credit for. He gave us significant problems in New Zealand back in 2011, so I could see him cleaning us up pretty easily in the right conditions. Not sure about the rest though, particulalry given that there only seem to be about 3 people in Pakistan who haven't been identified as bowling with a suspect action.
yeah. The "experience" thing is like saying Guptill is experienced. He experienced being utter crap.
Zulfiqar Babar is their best spinner.
Yeah, quite possibly. Rehman has regressed pretty dramatically in the last few months.
