**Pakistan v/s Australia **
October 3-7 1st Test P. Sara Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka
October 11-15 2nd Test Sharjah C.A. Stadium, United Arab Emirates
October 19-23 3rd Test Sharjah C.A. Stadium, United Arab Emirates
**Pakistan in Zimbabwe **
November 9-13 1st Test Harare
November 16-20 2nd Test Bulawayo
November 23 1st ODI Bulawayo
November 24 2nd ODI Bulawayo
November 27 3rd ODI Harare
November 30 4th ODI Harare
December 1 5th ODI Harare
**Pakistan in South Africa **
December 8 1st ODI Durban
December 11 2nd ODI Port Elizabeth
December 13 3rd ODI East London
December 16 4th ODI Paarl
December 18 5th ODI Cape Town
December 26-30 1st Test Durban
January 2-6 2nd Test Cape Town
Why do they get only two test in SA ? Last time also they played only two (If my memory serves me right)
With the world cup around the corner I think they want to use the opporunity to play more ODI then tests.
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With the world cup around the corner I think they want to use the opporunity to play more ODI then tests.
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Bingo!
don't know why but I always feel --Pakistan play w/ SA as underdogs...
atleast whenever i saw their match-- Pak always seems to be struggling..we have not yet thrased SA ..the way we have dosed our other competitors
SA and Pak are ~equal sides (w/ the exception of fielding)..but Pak record against SA is very poor...SA has a upper hand on Pak....
Pakistan in South Africa series will prove our quality of our bowler.
This would be a great chance for some player like M Sami who usually gets assist from fast green pitches.
He is an ordianry bowler on pitches like Colombo.
Series vs Zimbabwe looks like walk in the park.
Lets hope our main players are fully recovered.
ZIM vs PAK series should give our players to make or break some records. But ZIM should not be underestimated they gave hard time to IND in the ICC Trophy.
Zimbabwe is not a team to be underestimated and it is not going to be a party in the park.
True they are a good team then before but concerning their best bowler and captain Heath Streak out of the tournament, you really don't expect them much to put up a fight in the bowling department.
But their batting has been preety impressive lately.
Andy Flower is a first class batsman.
And let Pakistan be the first team to prove the coward Aussies that cricket can be played anywhere in the world, either Zimbabwe, Pakistan or Afghanistan.
They cancelled their tour of Zimbabwe couple months back due to security reasons in Zimbabwe and now Pakistan going there in November where the situation hasn't changed much since summer.
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This would be a great chance for some player like M Sami who usually gets assist from fast green pitches.
He is an ordianry bowler on pitches like Colombo.
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Mohd Sami never impressed me...he is more like Aqib Javed sort of bowler..I think Razzaq bowl better than him... if he is playing as a full time bowler he had to improve a lot... but frankly i don't see much potential in him... he is not going to be another Wasim Waqar or Shoaib...
He is getting lot of chances..I want Mohd Zahid!!
Muhammad Zahid is another highly over rated fast bowler, he hasn't done anything impressive against Pakistani domestic than how they heck he will bowl against the Aussiies.
I agree Sami is the exact replica of Aqib Javed, who also had a great time taking wickets on green track.
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Mohd Sami never impressed me...he is more like Aqib Javed sort of bowler..I think Razzaq bowl better than him... if he is playing as a full time bowler he had to improve a lot... but frankly i don't see much potential in him... he is not going to be another Wasim Waqar or Shoaib...
He is getting lot of chances..I want Mohd Zahid!!
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