Re: 1st Test: Pakistan v South Africa, Johannesburg, Feb 1-5, 2013
there you go…spot on!
at no 6 and 7 you need someone who can mange new ball…laxman did it for india for so long…Gilchrist used to destroy new ball at no 7 for aus …
this current team…only nasir jamshed can play the new ball…rest of our team cannot play seam, swing and pace with new ball… PERIOD…younis misbah no one…but it is what it is…you play with liabilities…somehow put 250+ on board…get rid of freakin umar gul for god sake…bring irfan and rehman in…well actually that budha guy tanvir is not bad…he is much much better than umar gul…the only problem is that tanvir relies on “pitch full and swing” but his speed is slow and SA players will destroy him…with “pitch full” mode, you need to bowl at least 140+ with swing or you end up delivering too many half volleys…but he can get few wickets early on when he is not tired and delivers 135+…i will play him with junaid, irfan and ajmal…irfan fitness is a huge question…why is he in the test squad if he is not fit…
and yes ajmal was a huge failure…hardly any ball spun …ABD literally toyed with him in the second innings…he used his feet, played reverse sweeps, cover droves, regular sweeps, late cuts…with no problems what so ever…ajmal need to deliver or else we are …