India A team: (from)
AR Uthappa, S Dhawan, *Y Venugopal Rao, R Sharma, +KKD Karthik,
RS Sodhi, S Badrinath, RA Jadeja, Piyush Chawla, RP Singh,
VR Singh, AA Jhunjhunwala, SS Paul, S Vidyut.
Pakistan A team: (from)
Yasir Hameed, Taufeeq Umar, Mohammad Hafeez, Mansoor Amjad,
Bazid Khan, *Hasan Raza, Misbah-ul-Haq, Yasir Arafat,
+Zulqarnain Haider, Umar Gul, Mohammad Irshad, Samiullah Khan,
Tahir Khan, Shahid Yousuf.
Re: Final: India A v Pakistan A at Abu Dhabi, 5 May 2006
The todays final may provide the last opportunity to impress the selectors to be part of the touring party to England. If tried and tested players like Hafeez gets a good score - then more then likely he will be selected again.
Re: Final: India A v Pakistan A at Abu Dhabi, 5 May 2006
Relating to Mohammad Hafeez; if, at any point, Shoaib Malik is forced out of the equation with an injury and is unable to compete, the former should take his place, as he is an all-rounder himself, and have produced a bucket full of runs in domestic season lately. He is quite handy with the ball as well, and I believe he, alongwith a few of the prospects of U-19 players and the like should be in the touring party for England.
I see Hafeez on the verge of receiving another call from the selectors.
Re: Final: India A v Pakistan A at Abu Dhabi, 5 May 2006
Hermant Bhai, if I had been watching, I would have provided one straight away in my first post. Unfortunately, such is not the case. :)
Keep watching on the buffered version and try to look for other venues. At least it is better than reading a blank ball-by-ball scorecard while missing out on all the enjoyment.
Re: Final: India A v Pakistan A at Abu Dhabi, 5 May 2006
I see Hafeez on the verge of receiving another call from the selectors.
Dhobi Bhai - yes Hafeez is a useful with the bowl and is a very good fielder and did reasonably well on the last tour of England in the ODI's. However, I feel that he can be too slow when batting.
As far as prospects from the under 19 players, I honestly don't think any of them will be selected on this important and tough tour and think that they would want to take more experienced players.
Also, if they really wanted to introduce players from the under 19 team then they should already have been taken to Sri Lanka and should have been part of this Pakistan A team. The two opening bowlers especially were very impressive in the under 19 team and definetely feel that they should have been part of the Pakistan A team - other then these two I can't see any other great prospects from that team.
Look at the Indians they have already given Chawala (leg spinner) debut in the senior team and is in the Indian A team, why didn't our selectors select bowlers who won them the under 19 World cup? Will they also be wasted?