Don't treat Australia like they are unbeatable, remember Pakistan is the only to give the Aussies a hard time, we have done it before and can able to do it again, I would really like to play the team which played in Sharjah and in Pakistan but with inclusion of Anwar and absence of 2 players, things have messed up quite a bit.
This is in my eyes a really good lineup with 9 players who can bat really well, and 4 full time bowlers (Wasim, Waqar, Shoaib, Azhar) and 2 part time spinners who can share 10 overs between them.
My biggest concern is the form of Saeed Anwar, he hasn't played cricket in 6 months like someone said above but he is one of the players who are natural talent and can adjust to their envioronment really quickly.
Lets hope Shoaib doesn't go for speed against Lee, as much as I would love to see those whiteys come up with another excuse for Shoaib not breaking another record, he needs to bowl the way he did in Karachi, full reverse swing yokers, blow the stumps out of the ground.
This is a much different and stable batting lineup than Newzeland but the bowling Karachi could send any player to the hospital.
That would be my team for the superchallenge's first match...changes can be made depending on the performace as shoaib malik can be taken up in the batting order if the opening pair fails.
~~Hum aah bhi karte hein to ho jaate hein badnaam~~
~~Woh qatal bhi karte hein to charchaa nahi hotaa~~
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The saddest part fpr me to see is Muhammad Sami not playing, why can't we have a whole bowling lineup of fast bowlers, like the Windies of 85, especially in Australia and South Africa, no offence to Saqlain but why not have Sami, Wasim, Waqar, Shoaib, Razzaq, the only bad thing is that it takes away a batsman, by looking at we have inconsistent batting lineup it is impossible to have 5 specialist fast bowlers with 1 allrounder.
Afridi at No 6 ?? I dont think his style of batting is suited for that position. Also No one in the present team has the talent to replace Razzaq. Afridi and Malik are not at all comparable to Razzaq.
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Originally posted by Asif_k:
**Afridi at No 6 ?? I dont think his style of batting is suited for that position. Also No one in the present team has the talent to replace Razzaq. Afridi and Malik are not at all comparable to Razzaq.
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Well Razzaq is not available, so we have to do with whatever is available, and the replacement according to me has to be Azhar Mahmood.
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Originally posted by Asif_k:
**Afridi at No 6 ?? I dont think his style of batting is suited for that position. Also No one in the present team has the talent to replace Razzaq. Afridi and Malik are not at all comparable to Razzaq.
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Correction, no one in the world has the talent to replace him!!!!
Oh man lance kluesner..is he injured or something lately?
He was a great allrounder ..remmber the 96 World Cup, that guy promised himself to never get out and always steer his team to victory but I belive his performance deterioted with time due to injuries ..I might be wrong ..
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you can't say nothin but razzaq is a real good bowler as well as batsman...hez a better bowler than kallis and klusener...kallis might be a little better in batting...but still razzaq has klusener's aggressiveness n consistency....
~~Hum aah bhi karte hein to ho jaate hein badnaam~~
~~Woh qatal bhi karte hein to charchaa nahi hotaa~~
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Originally posted by Spitfire:
** you can't say nothin but razzaq is a real good bowler as well as batsman...hez a better bowler than kallis and klusener...kallis might be a little better in batting...but still razzaq has klusener's aggressiveness n consistency....
Kallis is a way much better batsman than Razzaq but Razzler exceeds in bowling, klusner is a great bowler but tremendous batsman, but Razzaq has better consistency.
Razzaq is a very fine all rounder and will still improve. I am hoping that the stint in the county cricket will do him good. At the moment he is a better bowler than either Kallis or Klusener, but Kallis is definitely a better batsmen, Klusener has faded a bit.
If you leave your prejudice aside, you will notice that Both Kallis and Klusner are very good bowlers. Klusner is troubled by injuries so isn't bowling much now a days. I forgot to add Shaun Pollock and Chris Cairns in my list of all rounders.
Having said that, I do feel that Razzaq is still very young and will become as good as Kallis or better than him in the years to come.Another allrounder to watch is Andy Flintoff from England.