Re: ~!~ *Pak openers to have special bats for England tour *~!~
Acrobi jee and Dhobi jee,
I agree with both of your thoughts about special bats for our openers. In my view, these bats should just be used as an extra tool to combat English seam attack. These bats shouldn't be at all a piece of mind for our beloved Butt and Farhat so they can slash/smash every ball that goes out close to the off stump.
Regarding the conditioning camp, I agree that it should have been placed in Karachi or even Multan as in Multan we have a lush green ground and it would have been much easier for fielders to practice diving/running in terms of fielding but I guess in Multan we don't have good facilities like hotels.
In any case, Jonty Rhodes is about to arrive in Pak for 2 weeks and I'm as skeptical as you guys are about what "miracles" we gonna see in Pak fielding. I'm sure that players like "Malik, Afridi, &Younis Khan" going to get better inshAllah but what about Kaneria and Inzi. Any "revivals" for them in fielding. It would have been way better if we could employ Jonty for let's say atleast six months. But oh well, let's hope for the best and I can't wait for the England series to start.
P.S.: I read in Jang newspaper that it's highly unlikely for Shoaib Akhtar to be in the Pak team for England. A sad news as he was our main weapon when the English toured Pak.
Umer