2nd ODI: England v Pakistan at Abu Dhabi, Wed 15 Feb, 2012

[Nikema]

Re: 2nd ODI: England v Pakistan at Abu Dhabi, Wed 15 Feb, 2012

@Captain1

^ I am pro Razzaq but I believe we need to bring in new players so I’ll prefer Hammad. I don’t know what was in Misbah’s mind when he ‘requested’ for Shoaib Malik but he is not needed, his bowling is nothing to write about, his batting skills are past usable date. I liked Zulqarnain but what he did in his last stint with the team was disgusting. If we are going to try Azhar in ODI then we don’t need Younis Khan (who is not suitable for ODIs anyways) definitely.

I agree regarding fast bowling department, Gul is an occasional performer, sometimes he will shine with ball sometimes he will do good slogging. Unfortunately our “experienced” or “talented” bunch turned out to be charsi/mawali or juwwari as we didn’t groom other bowlers.

wait a minute captaan sahb…didnt you agree with me on what I said about about razzaq just a few months ago?

@Nikema

Thank You Skipper as forgot to mention Razzak in any of my above posts.

Razaak does produce at least one or two inning in a season (or lets say 25 games) where he gets Pak out of trouble by scoring 27 ball 50, But what he also does is in rest of the 24 games(where he gets to play because of that one or two prior innings), a part from not contributing enough with bat,

• leaks runs left and right and destroys any pressure that is getting build from bowling at other end
• 9 times out of ten escortes the ball (Usually a defensive push by batsman for a single) to the boundry.

Is getting all the above worth keeping him side for 20+ games after one/two good games?

Regarding Misbah: Even Waleed Bhai will tell you how amazing talent Misbh is, and I am not denying his ability to score enough runs in any demanding, pressure situation to gets selected for next tour.

@Captain1

I agree Razzaq does has not done justice to his abilities but what has Shoaib Malik done of note in International cricket? Abdul Razzaq has several innings of note whether its ODI or Tests. And as for Misbah, please don’t use Waleed as witness otherwise you are going to lose your credibility

and you are still pro razaaq?