1st ODI team…
01 Yasir Hameed
02 Imran Farhat
03 Yousuf Youhana
04 Shahid Afridi
05 Inzamam-ul-Haq
06 Abdul Razzaq
07 Shoaib Malik
08 Moin Khan WK
09 Shoaib Akhtar
10 Mohammad Sami
11 Shabbir Ahmed
Any comments?
perfect team :k:
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1st ODI team..........
01 Yasir Hameed
02 Imran Farhat
03 Yousuf Youhana
04 Shahid Afridi
05 Inzamam-ul-Haq
06 Abdul Razzaq
07 Shoaib Malik
08 Moin Khan WK
09 Shoaib Akhtar
10 Mohammad Sami
11 Shabbir Ahmed
Any comments?
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I really like that team..... But I am not so sure about putting Afridi in so high. But then again, last time i saw him play was in the World Cup and I have heard he is a differenct player now.
Also, I would like to sneak in one more speacialist batsman, like Younis Khan, but there is not much we can do there if we need 6 bowlers,,,,,,
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1st ODI team..........
01 Yasir Hameed
02 Imran Farhat
03 Yousuf Youhana
04 Shahid Afridi
05 Inzamam-ul-Haq
06 Abdul Razzaq
07 Shoaib Malik
08 Moin Khan WK
09 Shoaib Akhtar
10 Mohammad Sami
11 Shabbir Ahmed
Any comments?
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I don't have any real complaints other than I would like to have seen tauffeq in there, maybe ahead of Afridi. Taufeeq performs in the big matches (he scored good runs in the WC against both Australia and India) and he's a proper batsman. Afridi might come off on flat pitches against India but he's hit and hope at best.
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*Originally posted by earthquake: *
1st ODI team..........
01 Yasir Hameed
02 Imran Farhat
03 Yousuf Youhana
04 Shahid Afridi
05 Inzamam-ul-Haq
06 Abdul Razzaq
07 Shoaib Malik
08 Moin Khan WK
09 Shoaib Akhtar
10 Mohammad Sami
11 Shabbir Ahmed
Any comments?
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I agre with the team except for Afridi. I think going in with 3 all rounders is a risk and instead of Afridi we should play a regular bowler like Saqlain.
**Pak squad in full:
Team: Inzamam ul-Haq (captain), Yousuf Youhana, Shahid Afridi, Saqlain Mushtaq, Younis Khan, Abdur Razzaq, Shoaib Akhtar, Mohammad Sami, Shabbir Ahmed, Moin Khan, Shoaib Mallik, Yaseer Hameed, Imran Farhat, Rana Namid-ul Hasan, Ifthakar Rao.**
I'm not sure Saqlain would be any more effective than Afridi as a bowler. His doosra is now a fairly commonplace delivery and batsmen at the highest level have pretty much worked him out. Tariq mehmood from the U-19 WC winning side looked more dangerous with his ability to turn the ball far more sharply and also produce a Murali wrong un. I fear saqi would be blasted out of the attack after watching him struggle against Bangladesh and South Africa.
Well in the same vein Afridi performed miserably when he recently led the A team to India. My point is that we should play another regular bowler instead of 3 all rounders.
But there's only any point in playing a regular bowler if he's taking wickets...otherwise if it's a choice between two mediocre bowlers you might as well pick the all rounder.
if the all rounder performs even in one department. Afridi failed in both departments in India. So we might as well try a regular bowler be it Saqlain or someone else.
Seems like a great team. I have never been a great fan of Afridi but I guess we can give him one more chance as a middle order. I hope Wasim Bari is on the same wavelenght as you are. Good WOrk! The way Shoaib Malik bowled in NZ he did remind me of Saqlain and he can bat better than Saqlain (may be not in NZ) but in Pakistan he was very effective against South Africa.
Yes but on flat sub-continent pitches Afridi has hammered the daylights out of attacks similar to India's. In fact he's hammered India specifically so I imagine it's a case of horses for courses.
That said, I don't trust him to make runs and I agree that we should play a specialist bowler rather. But then who? Saqi is washed up, Mushi or Kaneria won't work against India. So what are the alternatives?
The only other bowler in the squad is Iftekhar Rao. I have no info on him and it probably wont be wise to throw him at the deep end in the opening match of such a pressurised series. Sadly the choices are limited. I also do not have much faith in Saqlain's bowling either after looking at his recent performances, but maybe his experience will come good. Some reports I read talked about him having developed anotehr mystery ball.
I suppose in the final analysis Afridi and Saqlain will probably be rotating positions, if they dont perform in a particular match.
Out of the two whoever plays in the Karachi ODI will be aware of this fact and therefore will be under pressure to deliver the goods.
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1st ODI team..........
01 Yasir Hameed
02 Imran Farhat
03 Yousuf Youhana
04 Shahid Afridi
05 Inzamam-ul-Haq
06 Abdul Razzaq
07 Shoaib Malik
08 Moin Khan WK
09 Shoaib Akhtar
10 Mohammad Sami
11 Shabbir Ahmed
Any comments?
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Playing 3 all rounder could be a big mistake. Pakistan do need one specialist batsmen. It is a proven fact that whenever a team tries to compensate balance of team by including bits and peace all rounders it ends up having worst batting and bowling lineup both.
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NA KHUDA HI MILA NA WISALE-E-SANAM..
NA YAHAN KE RAHE NA WAHAN KE RAHE HUM
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This batting lineup looks too fragile. I would replace shoib malik with Younis(or any other batsman) and ask younish to bat at 4 and Afridi to come down.
01 Yasir Hameed
02 Imran Farhat
03 Yousuf Youhana
04 Younis Khan
05 Inzamam-ul-Haq
06 Abdul Razzaq
07 Moin Khan WK
08Shahid Afridi
09 Shoaib Akhtar
10 Mohammad Sami
11 Shabbir Ahmed
^^ Problem with your team is that it has only five bowlers. Afridi was drafted in just to compensate for the lack of sixth bowler. So i dont think that we will go with five bowlers.
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1st ODI team..........
01 Yasir Hameed
02 Imran Farhat
03 Yousuf Youhana
04 Shahid Afridi
05 Inzamam-ul-Haq
06 Abdul Razzaq
07 Shoaib Malik
08 Moin Khan WK
09 Shoaib Akhtar
10 Mohammad Sami
11 Shabbir Ahmed
Any comments?
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Y do u need Shahid Afridi...in the team when u already have 2 allrounders...Razzaq and Malik. Get a fulltime batsmen instead, and strenghten the batting...
Iam sorry for calling Afridi an allrounder...
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^^ Problem with your team is that it has only five bowlers. Afridi was drafted in just to compensate for the lack of sixth bowler. So i dont think that we will go with five bowlers.
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well saby bhai...nowadays if u want a 6th bowler, you have to make one of your fulltime batsman do some bowling. If u wanna include..6 bowlers... that will weaken the batting.
So best option would be... Shoaib, Sami, Shabbir, Razzaq, Malik....and Younis Khan being the sixth bowler with 3 or 4 overs.
Afridi with ball is as effective as today's saqi. And he can bat too, atleast 1 out of 3 innings he clicks. Better than Saqi.
If things go in our favour in first two ODIs, I would like to see Rao Ifikhar in team, may be at the expense of Shabbir. Let see if this guy can upset Indians with his nerve-breaking consistant length of ball that has claimed 200+ wickets in first class. There must be something special about his deliveries.
I would give Imran Nazir prefrence over Yonis Khan. Based on his current performance. He is rolling these days, eventhough I always hate this guy on International level, but if someone should be given a chance, that should be him or Shadab Kabir. But both are not in probables :(
Guys,
The whole point of bring Shahid Afridi is because we really need a six bowler, not only will it decrease the pressure from other bowler it will help Pakistani team just in case one of the bowler is having off day (Sámi or Shaoib mlaik).
You can’t compare Saqlaine with Shahid Afridi, different bowling style; Saqlain is special bowler while Afridi is ¾ all-rounders.
He may not be a perfect all-rounder but he will be able to give you at least 20-40 runs, which is quit good in ODI and his fielding is better then anyone in the team.
There are only 2 options,
1) Drop Imran Farhat & Shoaib Malik, let Afridi come as opener and bring Younis @ 5 and add Saqlain.
01 Yasir Hameed
02 Shahid Afridi
03 Yousuf Youhana
04 Inzamam-ul-Haq
05 Younis Khan
06 Abdul Razzaq
07 Moin Khan WK
08 Saglain Mushtaq
09 Shoaib Akhtar
10 Mohammad Sami
11 Shabbir Ahmed
2) Drop Afridi & shoaib malik and bring Younis @ 5 and adding Saqlain, dropping sixth bowler and adding special batsman may make batting stronger but over-all the team is still not balanced.
01 Yasir Hameed
02 Imran Farhat
03 Yousuf Youhana
04 Inzamam-ul-Haq
05 Younis Khan
06 Abdul Razzaq
07 Moin Khan WK
08 Saqlain
09 Shoaib Akhtar
10 Mohammad Sami
11 Shabbir Ahmed
We really don’t have a sixth bowler, YoYo, Inzi, Younis, Imran Farhat, none can bowler. Indian team on the other hand might look weak because their world-class spinners Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh are missing due to injuries but Indian batsman, Sehwag, Tendulkar; Ganguly may be able to bowler at least couple of overs to decrease the pressure from other bowlers.
Yonis Khan is not an ODI material. He is a failure in short form of the game.