Pakistan vs England, 1st Test, Multan

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Re: Pakistan vs England, 1st Test, Multan

@ehsan

The point being that when you are bowling abysmally (and that includes all bowlers), the last thing you should be doing is bowling no balls. Does Malik’s 4 no balls excuse Akhters 5 no balls. He should have taken 5 wickets by now not 5 no balls.

Ehsan Bhai,
Ideally, yes. Reality is different. This is a Multan wicket. Rameez and Botham were just discussing the wicket and lamenting Inzi/Woolmer choice of a placid wicket which basically defeats the purpose of playing fast bowlers like Shoaib and sami. Botham/Rameez both agreed that it was done to give Pak batsmen a chance to find their rhythm/form ie protect Pak fragile batting lineup. Ofcourse, that didnt do much help did it?

If there is anybody who needs to be judged its our poor batting on a placid wicket which makes it virtually impossible for our bowlers to defend or attack.

Indiscipline in bowling is a regular feature with Pak cricket team, Sa is also to be blamed, but to single him out is unfair. Shoaib Malik is a slow, spin bowler, its criminal that he can ball 4 no balls. What do u have to say for that?