Re: 4th Test - Eng vs Pak - Oval, 17th-21st Aug.
Jatt Jee, we need you to post more than twice in a day’s time. 
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It has to but lets hope that he stays in the picture because we certainly need him more than we needed Sami EVER!
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rana sahab was never really that great a test bowler. we should have four fast bowlers in our attack gul, nazir, shoabie and rana and shuffle them around.
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It shows how matured Gul has become. Only if he had support like today from another in-form attacker.
:k: Hats off to both bowlers.
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Shoaib will replace Nazir. Rana will find it very difficult to come back.
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Umar really bowled well with Asif… *first of all thanks to Allah for bringing some discipline in the side .. *Sami’s absence is certainly showing in everyone’s performance here. Imagine if Faisal was not in the XI either, we would probably have won by now! 
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Gul is on Hat trick when he bowls in the second innings. Hope he gets it. :k:
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asif nai izzat rakh li. all this time theres been talk of how things would have been different if he were around, and that could have been discredited if he had taken his time (as is natural) to get into playing form.
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With Niazi available for our disposal, the biggest news is that we got rid of Sami, finally. And have found two replacements for Shabbir.
Its a nice pool of bowlers.
Akhtar
Asif
Rana
Gul
Nazir
Niazi
Re: 4th Test - Eng vs Pak - Oval, 17th-21st Aug.
Allah khair our openers are ready to bat.
Jall-e-Jalal Tu Aai Bala ko Taal Tu. :D
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Hafeez faces the frist ball.
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He had to perform today to show the real class of Pakistan pace attack and that the result of this series could easily have been different, eventhough it is now in the record book that England beat Pakistan in 2006.
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Hafeez opens the scoring with a chokka.
4/0
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straight 4 by Hafeez. nice shot
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shabash shabash boyzzzz, itna score karna hay kay dobara batting na karni ho, Inshallah
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That's a shame, becuase in ODIs, Rana Naveed is just as good as Umer if not BETTER, and on top of that, he's a good batsman too.
If it were up to me, I would DEFINITELY pick Rana over Gul, because (a) he's a better ODI bowler, (b) he's had a good time in Engladn (c) He's very hand as a number 8 batsman.
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Now a chokka by Farhat.
9/0
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Funny how the "EXCLUSION" of one player can make all the difference.
It's just like how at times, India would have been better off playing with 10 players, instead of having Ganguly waste 60 balls for his 20.
LIke someone else said earlier in this thread, we might have done better wiht 10 players than Sami actually bowling for us.
Re: 4th Test - Eng vs Pak - Oval, 17th-21st Aug.
Its **Jall-e-Jalal **Tu Aai Bala ko Taal Tu
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Thanks for the correction. :)