Re: Pakistan vs South Africa 4th ODI @ Cape Town - Feb 11
IMHO Pakistan should open with Malik and Imran. Malik has shown he can stabilize. Where as Imran can hit the bowling out of contention.
Akmal is better off keeping wickets...like he showed he can catch and stump in the 2nd ODI.
With Afridi out and PCB most likey not to file an appealPak should try Rehman as the middle overs spinner. The line up can be:
Re: Pakistan vs South Africa 4th ODI @ Cape Town - Feb 11
I go along with your team. Hope Inzi gets some runs. He is often trapped LBW these days and ran himself out in the second game when there was clearly no run. Pakistan can do without such silly dismissals
Re: Pakistan vs South Africa 4th ODI @ Cape Town - Feb 11
With Afridi out and PCB most likey not to file an appealPak should try Rehman as the middle overs spinner. The line up can be:
Imran Nazir
Shoaib Malik
Younis
MoYo
Inzimam
Akmal
Azhar
Razzaq
Abdur Rehman
Sami or Naved
Asif
thoughts?
I will take Naveed any day instead of Sami, as for moving Malik to the top of the order after 2 back to back decent scores, I dont think so it will be a wise choice, Let Akmal do whatever he wants to do at the top of the roder, if he clicks good if not same result. I think lower order is in good hands with Malik, Razzy, Azhar, Rana and Rehman (he can slog a few and he is a better batsman in domestic cricket)
Re: Pakistan vs South Africa 4th ODI @ Cape Town - Feb 11
Sami comes in to replace Rana, the biggest run leaking machine that ever hit Pakistan. While Hafeez replaces Afridi and Akma drops to his natural place, down where he cannot make any difference.
Re: Pakistan vs South Africa 4th ODI @ Cape Town - Feb 11
SA,s record on this ground, played 23 won 20 lost 3
Pak,s recordon this ground,played 5 won 0 lost 5
(2 of those 5 games were day only matches and Pakistan,s scores in those two matches were 43 all out and 114 all out)