3rd ODI: England v Pakistan at Dubai (DSC), Sat Feb 18, 2012

[Captain1]

Re: 3rd ODI: England v Pakistan at Dubai (DSC), Sat Feb 18, 2012

@ManiaX

Even if we win the toss and bat, we’ll be damn lucky if we win. This is one of the poorest ODI teams to ever come from Pakistan. 2 shaky openers, who have poor averages and even poorer records against quality bowling attacks, a number 4 in Younis who is anything but reliable in ODI cricket, a number 5 in Misbah, who is a fighter but is not suited to ODI cricket, and a number 6 in Umar Akmal who is full of promise but little to show for it. Afridi, at 7, well the less said about his batting the better…pretty much the tail starts at 7 for Pakistan and** its also the worse tail in world cricket at the moment, probably at par with Zimbabwe. **

Hopefully, once Illyas gets the sack and Mohsin goes back to being chief selector we could see the return of some quality players…for example, an ODI line up comprising off Nasir Jamshed, Ahmed Shehzad, Azhar Ali, Umar Akmal, Asad Shafiq, Mohammad Hafeez, Awais Zia, Afridi, Gul, Ajmal, Junaid Khan would be a terrific ODI lineup to have.

Even your selection has the same ‘worst’ tail