Hameed will struggle against top sides so I would still have Younis over him but will make him bat at 5 as I feel Malik is the one who should be batting at 3, from what I have seen of Fawad Alam he looks a quality limited overs bat and I am sure he will be able to find a place in the top 6 somewhere.
Argh, Malik cleaned up by Bandara. Really wanted him to score a few more.
Development of Fawad Alam would hopefully see the back of one of these two.
Anyone that wants Younis Khan in the ODI side needs a good slapping if you ask me, no offence. I am pretty happy with Hameed at #3 and Malik at #5, but because they can play both positions then they are quite interchangeable either side of Yousuf. Hameed has been a bit of a minnow basher, but has all the tools to succeed and just needs a bit of faith placed in him.
I don't think Razzaq's bowling is good enough any more for him to be selected principally for his bowling. I rate his batting in the lower order in ODIs but if he's going to bat at #8, I don't see a lot of use in it, TBH. I'd rather a bowling allrounder like Arafat for example be selected - he's a better bowler than Razzaq and can bat.
I'll see how this young Fawad Alam turns out before making too many judgements. He hasn't played a lot of List A games but his numbers are impressive.
I don't rate Yasir Arafat very highly TBH, although if he continued to improve his bowling then I wouldn't have much of a problem with him replacing Razzaq. His attitude and fielding are infinitely better as well, which could prove to be valuable assets when he tries to stake a claim in the side.
He's more a batsman who can bowl himself though, isn't he? I'm not really saying Afridi and Razzaq are bad players as such - I just don't think Razzaq is a good enough bowler to be selected in the role he's been given. His batting is good enough for him to bat #7 and be a fifth/six bowling option, but Afridi is there already. His bowling has declined to a point where he can't be selected as a bowler, IMO.
Younis is not a #3 bat for ODI's i am sure he will do a better job batting at #5 when the field opens up.
I would put Alam at #6, in place of Afridi. If Afridi gets his act together then he could make the team as a spin bowler all-rounder and bat at #8 with bowling as his main discipline.
Younis Khan shouldn't be anywhere near the ODI side, simple as really. 2 hundreds in almost 150 innings just isn't acceptable. If you think he would do well at #5 then have a look how he has done there in the past, 48 innings and an average of less than 30. He's just not good enough, no matter how well he does in the Test team.
I'd say the opposite, actually. Younis relies on boundries - he needs to bat in the top 3 so he can come in early when there aren't as many fielders on the ropes. His placement isn't terrific even on his boundary-scoring shots though, which makes him fairly poor in general as a one day batsman, really.
Alam is a completley different batsman then these two he is what I would call a touch player ,yes batting him at 8 would not be good but if he finds a place in the top 6 then one of Razzler or Affers would have to be dispatched since Alam would also provide some bowling options.
Would still rate him over Hameed tbh.
I think you just need a better bowler for #8, really. Razzaq's bowling is not good enough to justify his selection there, no matter how good his batting is. Afridi's would be I suppose, but that'd leave you with only three seam bowling options + Afidi, Malik and Alam. Not ideal either.
Madness.
Cue Razzaq to score 70 and justify the selection of a batting allrounder at #8 after I blasted it.
