Heres’ PAK squad for the Moroco Cup
Saeed Anwar
Imran Nazir
Younis Khan
Inzamam-ul-Haq
Yousuf Youhana
Abdul Razzaq
Azhar Mahmood
Rashid Latif
Waqar Younis (captain)
Wasim Akram
Mohammad Sami
Shahid Afridi
Shoaib Malik
Saqlain Mushtaq
Misbah-ul-Haq
I see Azhar Mahmood is still there...
I dont think Azhar will play unless Razzaq is injured.
Good team…lets go ahead and kick some butts !
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Note : We do WANT Shoaib but we dont NEED him
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good selection
my eleven
Saeed Anwar
Imran Nazir
Younis Khan
Inzamam-ul-Haq
Yousuf Youhana
Abdul Razzaq
Rashid Latif
Waqar Younis (captain)
Wasim Akram
Shahid Afridi
Saqlain Mushtaq
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not in order
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Originally posted by tipz:
**good selection
my eleven
Saeed Anwar
Imran Nazir
Younis Khan
Inzamam-ul-Haq
Yousuf Youhana
Abdul Razzaq
Rashid Latif
Waqar Younis (captain)
Wasim Akram
Shahid Afridi
Saqlain Mushtaq
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not in order**
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Aren't we short a bowler in this lineup? But where would we fit in Sami? I can't think who he can replace but this bowling lineup is weak compared to what we're capable of.
If it were upto me, Imran Nazir would be sitting out and Shoaib Malik would be playing. Hmm, but that still doesn't solve the problem. What is your take on this guys?
AOA
Very easy!
Replace Saqlain with Sami.
4 fulltime fast bowler
1 fulltime spinner (Afridi)
I don't feel comfortable with Afridi playing a full timer. I like having Affers as a cover for the rest of the bowlers.
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Originally posted by Xpress:
**AOA
Very easy!
Replace Saqlain with Sami.
4 fulltime fast bowler
1 fulltime spinner (Afridi)
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I dont think Saqi should be replaced by Sami - one reason you already have 3 fast bowlers in Razzaq,Waqar and Akram. Saqlain and Shahid Afridi can fill in the spinner's slot. I think Affers bowling is better than his batting and can be trusted with that.
AK
We need Saqi playing as we need him to sort his game out before the World Cup and this is a good stage to do it.
My team would be :
Anwar
Afridi
Younis Khan
Inzamam
Youhana
Razzaq
Shoaib Malik
Wasim
Latif
Waqar
Saqlain
This seems to be our most balanced lineup with plenty of batting and bowling options.
AOA
As long as you have Afridi batting on top Pakistani will never win a match.
I want Afridi as only a bowler.
I heard the pitch is preety green in Tangiers and what better way to take advantage of our country's gift than using Sami.
The guy is just brilliant.
Poor guy is just overshadowed by Shoaib Akhtar in the team.
I saw they guy play against Newzeland last year in NZ.
Man what a bowler.
My team
Anwar
Nazir
Youhana
Inzi
Younis Khan
Razzaq
Afridi
Wasim
Latif
Waqar
Sami
Afridi is a valuable player, and in places like Morocco where the ground is small, you can expect him to create havoc!!
i dont think nazir will be sitting out....
he has been brilliant lately....
and i think pak will settle for afridi as a full-time bowler....
or maybe the will replace him with sami....
but i still think afridi shud be playing....
Afridi is one of those players that on his day can win a match and i think he should open. The Sri Lankans are not dangerous with the new ball and i think Afridi can slaughter their bowlers if on form. We all know about his 37 ball hundred against them. Afridi is valuable to the team for his bowling as well so in my opinion is indispensible to the team and i'd be surprised if he wasn't playing.
One don't understand why Taufeeq Umar isn't in the squad though. In the Pakistan domestics he was outstanding and should at least make the squad.
I think Sami should play but he is fringe and Pakistan should see how good he is during the Morocco series. Maybe put him instead of Shoaib Malik from my original team.
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Originally posted by s_H_e_I_k_H:
Afridi is one of those players that on his day can win a match and i think he should open.
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That day comes as often as a long weekend comes in a year.
The following is the S/L squad for the tournament:
Sanath Jayasuriya (captain), Marvan Atapattu, Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, Aravinda de Silva, Russel Arnold, Hasantha Fernando, Chaminda Vaas, Chamila Gamage, Dilhara Fernando, Muttiah Muralitharan, Buddika Fernando, Upul Chandana, T.M.Dilshan, Pulasthi Gunaratne.
Yes i understand that Afridi is inconsistent but on a small pitch against a poor set of opening bowlers which Sri Lanka have i think he could be very useful.#
Against Ntini and Pollock he will find it a lot harder and Imran Nazir will be a better proposition for opener.
I do whether he opens or not think Afridi should be in the team because he is a very good 6th bowling option so should play.
AOA
Yes Afridi should definateley be in the team.
But opening against anyteam is suicidial.
So far he has played more with Srilanka than anyone else especially in Sharjah and mostly fails.
Specially with short pitched deliveries where he hits to deep midwicket and he always falls into that trap.
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Originally posted by Xpress:
**My team
Anwar
Nazir
Youhana
Inzi
Younis Khan
Razzaq
Afridi
Wasim
Latif
Waqar
Sami
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I like this team more..I might switch sami with saqlain depending on the pitch and performace but having a sixth bowler option is not necessary for us as we already have a fiercing bowling attack, any damage done by a fifth bolwer(afridi most probably ) can be covered by wasim,waqar razzaq or even sami..
Sixth bowler will give us more option but i dun see as a necessity. Teams with weak bowling attack might wanna use this option but not us.
We need to strengthen our batting by having more depth to it..heck even waqar and shoiab akhtar can bat pretty well..they cant be called typical tailenders.
We should just stick to five bowlers.