Pakistan v England - 2nd Test - Aug 6-10

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Re: Pakistan v England - 2nd Test - Aug 6-10

I just support the team regardless of where the players are from :) Frankly I do not even look at or care about these things. If all the good players are from Karachi then so be it, if they are mostly from Lahore then good luck to them

That said I know that sifarish/corruption is deeply embedded in our selection system as it is in almost every sphere of life in Pakistan

Bottomline: Our batting is just not good enough at the moment

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for someone who admits he doesn't follow the team closely, you sure have a strong opinion about the (imaginary) bias against Karachi's players.

Karachi's batsmen (Khurram Manzoor, Faisal Iqbal, Khalif Latif, Shahzaib Hasan, Fawad Alam, etc) have been tried as well and none of them have made a consistent case for themselves.

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Only English supporters are so happy at start of a Pakistani innings :stuck_out_tongue:

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Manzoor** has played only 7 tests in which he average 30.
Khalid Latif never played test, only 5 ODI with average of 29
Shahzaib Hasan played only 2 ODI matches with average of 31
Fawad Alam (who i personally like) played only 2 tests in which he average more than 40, he averages more than 40 in ODI

if you think about it,, these guys were never really given a decent chance. Still they average more than most players on current roaster.

Yasir Hameed should be given a decent change. His average isnt good for opener (35) but i have no doubt hell average in 40s if given few test series in a row. I remember he made two 50s in Australia in 1 match and still was dropped. If you give him one chance in test 4, imagine how much pressure hell be in thinking if i dont make 100 i might never play again

Also, lil while ago there was a guy named asim kamal or something like that (left-handed)... pretty decent middle order player from karachi, never really given a decent chance.

Give these guys as many chances as Kamran has been given

I truly believe yasir, fawad, asim would do better than most players on current roaster. Isn`t hard to beat BUTT 4 runs per inns.

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As if everybody is praising the current team. Is there someone happy with the current batting lineup?

You are saying what everyone else is saying, except you have to bring in provincialism.

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Dil kay behlanay koh Ghalib yeh khayal achha hai.

Fluke is temporary, Meidcority is permanent. :)

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Re: Pakistan v England - 2nd Test - Aug 6-10

its mostly sunny with white non threatening clouds around. So expect a full days play, that is if we last the whole day.

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Re: Pakistan v England - 2nd Test - Aug 6-10

I just switched the Tv on n :rotfl: Waqar Younis said that Pakistani player are pretty gud on field :@:

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:rotfl: Nope :snooty: I just hoope they’ll bat well today :bummer:

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of course well dressed..

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your joking right
if someone has a clip of his interview please let me know, i just can`t believe this. This is one of many reasons why where Australia is and where Pakistan is.

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Re: Pakistan v England - 2nd Test - Aug 6-10

The first over is a maiden.

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Re: Pakistan v England - 2nd Test - Aug 6-10

31/1

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Re: Pakistan v England - 2nd Test - Aug 6-10

Good morning... :)

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Nope I’m not joking :rotfl: I think I missed a part of his speech :slight_smile:
That’s why I checked on Cricinfo but nothing.
Hope to watch his full speech :hehe:

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Good Morning :)**

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Re: Pakistan v England - 2nd Test - Aug 6-10

36/1 so far so good

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Re: Pakistan v England - 2nd Test - Aug 6-10

*44-1
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Re: Pakistan v England - 2nd Test - Aug 6-10

Waqar might be right…Pakistan are trained to take difficult catches only and not the simple one…might be below their standard…and they only bat in good conditions…and are able to lose the winning match and vice versa… :jhanda:

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**Nope :nahi: They often drop important catches.
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