Re: 2nd ODI: Pak vs SA Gaddafi Stadium Lahore 20th Oct 2007
It escapes my mind as to why on earth would a captain want to be put in a position where he is no longer viewed as a captain - but rather someone who was included at the last-minute. A number 8 position?
I put Malik at 06 since unfortunately they use one fixed line up. A captain like imran will shuffle the line up according to the match needs. In my view, if Pakistani to 3 clicks then they should promote Afridi up the order, if top three fail like first ODI then Malik should be promoted ahead of Yousaf. At the same time, Pakistan needs to give more batting opportunities to recognized batsmen like Misbah. Therefore, It will be worth trying to send Malik or Younis to open along with Imran Nazir, which will give more batting opportunity to most of the batsmen.
For example:
- I. Nazir
- Y. Khan or S. Malik
- Y. Khan or S. Malik
- M. Yousaf or M. Haq
- M. Yousaf or M. Haq
- S. Afridi or K. Akmal
- S. Afridi or K. Akmal
- S. Tanvir
- A. Rehman
- Rao
- Gul