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There wasn't any.
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imran farhat??
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imran farhat??
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He is not even part-time bowler.
Imran Farhat is a part time bowler.
He bowls for his club.
even got a wicket against newzealand in home series.
When is the team going to bring back Younis Khan?
He's one of your top 3 batsmen, why do they let Saleem Elahi trot out their to waste 50balls and give a whopping score of 14's?
oh…
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Imran Farhat is a part time bowler.
He bowls for his club.
even got a wicket against newzealand in home series.
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He bowled against NZ when there was big lead, and almost no pressure.
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He bowled against NZ when there was big lead, and almost no pressure.
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Imran Farhat's bowling records.
FIRST-CLASS
(1998/99 - 2003/04; last updated 08/01/2004)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 65 113 7 4499 216 42.44 10 19 71 0
O M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 435.4 68 1501 53 28.32 7-31 2 0 49.3 3.44
LIST A LIMITED OVERS
(1997/98 - 2003/04; last updated 08/01/2004)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 69 67 5 2257 138 36.40 6 9 31 0
O M R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ
Bowling 267.3 14 1365 54 25.27 4-13 3 0 29.7 5.10
hope now you will agree with me:)
Imran Farhat seems to be a good part-time bowler...he should be given more chances to bowl.
Any news on Shaoib yet?
No that we need him to beat the Kiwis.
I really hope Saleem Elahi does'nt play this next match. Also Yassir Hameed really has to bounce back this time, he has struggled lately.
I think Shoaib is not playing in the third game:bummer:
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hope now you will agree with me:)
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well, may be he is, but if his bowling skills were of some worth he would have got more overs than he has been asked. may be I am wrong.
he has been told to rest for a week 
the news reports that shoaib was spotted jet-skiing before the 1st game! How sad...
Ya Ya Shoaib will play if he passes the fitness test
Akhtar back on attack for third Pakistan-New Zealand one-dayer
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AFP) - Pakistan express bowler Shoaib Akhtar spoke the words New Zealand did not want to hear when he declared himself fit for the third one-day international here.
Although the five-match series is locked 1-1, Pakistan are on a high after their lop-sided victory in the second match at Queenstown during the week and New Zealand need to strike back fast if they are to have any confidence in the later matches.
Akhtar has missed both one-day matches after being hit in the groin while batting in practice without a protector, but he could not hide his recovery this week when he was seen bouncing across the waves on a jet-ski.
**Pakistan coach Javed Miandad said Akhtar would undergo a further fitness test before the match began but he was optimistic there would be no problems.
“He still has a problem but I’m sure he will be fit enough to play. It’s up to him,” Miandad said.
And Akhtar told reporters on arrival here that he was ready to play, words that stung a New Zealand side already smarting from his 11 for 78 haul in the recent second Test which gave Pakistan both the match and the Test series.**
With the ball likely to swing on the hard and fast Jade Stadium wicket it heightens New Zealand’s batting concerns after the top order found Akhtar virtually unplayable in the Test and had just as much trouble with his lieutenants in the first two one-days.
Senior players Craig McMillan and Chris Cairns, who will be playing in front of their home crowd, are desperately in need of runs, captain Stephen Fleming should be contributing more than the 40s he has managed so far while Craig Cumming and Hamish Marshall need a confidence boost.
“Our top and middle order have got to step up and put together some partnerships of significance rather than individuals,” New Zealand coach John Bracewell said.
“They expect a lot more of themselves. They believe they need to step forward. You can’t launch a big score unless the top and middle order do their stuff.”
Fleming was more blunt about the non-firing senior players: “It’s their responsibility to drive the team, and drive the game”.
Pakistan are unlikely to go too far past their form bowling lineup, except for Azhar Mahmood making way for Akhtar, with Mohammad Sami, Shabbir Ahmed and Abdul Razzaq all giving the New Zealand batsmen cause for concern.
If it was just Pakistan’s bowling strength that had New Zealand on the ropes then the Black Caps could have reason to feel that one or two lengthy innings could turn the tide.
But as strong as the tourists are in the field, they are equally dominant with the bat, creating selection problems for New Zealand.
It is likely the Black Caps will be forced to rest spinner Daniel Vettori, otherwise it would mean resting either Daryl Tuffey or Jacob Oram, who along with gloveman Brendon McCullum and allrounder Scott Styris, have been New Zealand’s only form players so far.
Regardless of the bowling mix New Zealand take in, Bracewell was clear on what was required after Imran Farhat and Yousuf Youhana helped Pakistan cruise to their target of 236 on Wednesday.
“We’ve got to become more disciplined with our bowling lines. Our lengths varied, we bowled too many wides, we didn’t create enough pressure by hitting the right lengths,” he said
^^at least we can hope that he might play :k:
Jet-skiing Shoaib embarrasses Pak officials
By Waheed Khan
KARACHI: Pakistan’s controversial fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has again rubbed his team-mates the wrong way in New Zealand. The fast bowler left his team-mates and management embarrassed on Wednesday when after he was ruled out of the second One-day International due to a groin/abdominal injury, the same morning he appeared on the front page of a local daily “The Southland Times” jet-skiing at a resort, Lake Wakatipu.
The incident led to some embarrassing questions being put to the Pakistan manager Haroon Rasheed and coach Javed Miandad about how he went jet-skiing before the match when he was supposed to be doubtful for the Queenstown match because of a groin injury?
Shoaib was hit in the nets last Friday while batting without a protector on and he missed the first game in Auckland and then the second one. Javed Miandad tried to play down the incident by saying: “Obviously everyone wants to enjoy the place and he can’t stay in the hotel room all day,” Miandad said. “He is having treatment and icing the injury and should be all right in a few days.”
But the incident again raised questions as to what cost Pakistan cricket has to pay in return of match-winning performances from the Rawalpindi fast bowler.
As in the past also he has rubbed his captains and colleagues the wrong way by ruling himself out of matches on fitness grounds and then going on to attend other activities like in Durban in January 2002.
On that tour to South Africa Shoaib had ruled himself out of the Test series with an injury and was released by the Pakistan team management to return home for treatment.
But the fast bowler stayed around in Durban, where Pakistan were playing a Test, to attend a reception in honour of some Bollywood stars.
This led to public criticism on his behaviour and attitude from former captain Waqar Younis.
Shoaib had a scan on his groin area yesterday and according to manager Haroon Rasheed he “has some problems”. “He’s got some problems but the type of medical terminology they used I couldn’t understand,” Haroon said.
“He will be all right in a day or two. He’s having treatment, he’s got some medicine but at the moment I would say he is doubtful.”
The Pakistan Cricket Board was forced to ask the team management to explain Shoaib’s sudden withrawal from the first Test in Hamilton last month but were told he was not played because of an injury.
The board has said that if Shoaib does not recover from his injury in time he will be called back home for treatment and will rest before the home series against India in March-April.
“A series against India is always very big and it is an ideal opportunity for him to become a hero for his country. He is a match-winner and we want him fit for the series,” PCB chief executive Rameez Raja said.
so when do we have the next match?
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so when do we have the next match?
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Tonight at 22.30 GMT
I think PCB should rest him until India visits Pakistan, after that PCB should put him on a rocket for Moon or Mars 
seriously, they have to put some sense into him, he thinks too much abt himself.