-Choice to drop Asim Kamal is heartbreaking while Mushtaq hasn't performed to expectations...
-We have 3 pacers and 2 effective spinners now...
-Our problem is that from our bowlers, we cannot expect lots of batting with the exception of Sami...so for the runs, the team have to rely heavily on the first 8... :)
-Giving Youhana a rest in the 2nd test to keep Asim Kamal is a gamble and could turn out to be very expensive...so I included Youhana for sure...and as we should have a VC too...
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*Originally posted by Spock: *
how the jumped and came back on the wicket? Poor moin couldnt believe it!!! He was about to dislodge the bails himself!! hehe
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There were other motivational factors too that must be pushing moin to dislodge the bail himself !
i don get this talk abt inzi or yoyo being dropped . just coz a couple youngeters played well in a test match doesnt mean that u dump the senior players. unless they fail to perform for a considerable period of time, u cant drop them [yoyo and inzi].
coming back to the team for the next game [if shoaib isnt playing]. i think it shd be
farhat
taufiq
hameed
yoyo
inzi
kamal
moin
malik
sami
kaneria
shabbir
i think we need to let taufiq concentrate on his batting. just when he's shown his touch of class, r we gonna put extra pressure on him n give him the gloves?? i don think its a gd idea. also i think 4 specialist bowlers is gd enough, we also have farhat as a 5th option.
I would drop moin, instead of kamal. He can be a very good mid-order batsman to strengthen batting line-up. I would let taufeeq umar do the wicket keeping and polish him as a wicket keeper/opener batsman. This would resolve all our problems of deep batting line-up and bowling strength.
Taufeeq Umar
Imran Farhat
Yasir Hameed
Inzamam-ul-Haq (Captain)
Yousuf Youhana
Abdul Razzaq
Kamran Akmal
Shoaib Malik
Mohammad Sami
Shoaib Akhtar/Shabbir Ahmed/
Saqlain Mushtaq/Danish Kaneria
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My team for 2nd Test:
Taufeeq Umar
Imran Farhat
Yasir Hameed
Inzamam-ul-Haq (Captain)
Yousuf Youhana
Abdul Razzaq
Kamran Akmal
Shoaib Malik
Mohammad Sami
Shoaib Akhtar/Shabbir Ahmed/
Saqlain Mushtaq/Danish Kaneria
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2nd test
Taufeeq Umar
Yasir Hameed
Yousuf Youhana
Inzamam-ul-Haq (Captain)
Asim Kamal
Abdul Razzaq
Kamran Akmal
Shoaib Malik
Mohammad Sami
Shoaib Akhtar or Shabbir Ahmed
Danish Kaneria
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It will be harsh but either Kamal or Hameed will have to sit it out. Tough, until recently Pakistan had a problem of not having enough batsmen to play with, now the situation is reversing itself. It also makes the return of Younis Khan that much more difficult. Everyone will have to perform to stay in the team, otherwise there will be players waiting to replace them. Nice to be in that situation for once. :)
How about if Taufeeq kept the wickets and Moin was to be dropped. Question is how good a W/K taufeeq will be and whether he could stand up to the responsibility of keeping the wickets and opening the innings.
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so now we have accpeted that we r in a " nice situation"... wut do u guys think.... dont u think that amer sohail shud be given some credit for this...after all he has been in job for only 8 months.....any comments
well after watching the highlights at night, I was like on umpiring standards..
Decisions of Kallis and Gibbs were controversial.. Specially Kallis…
Gibbs can be given out..
then after seeing Pakistan Inniigs I was like :D..
that guy Imran Farhat was pretty harsh to bowlers, his Square Cuts were like TAKE THAT BOWLER shots… He played so many shot on the off and they were all brutal but timed, man that guy can make a big difference in One day series as well…
and then our ever stylish Taufiq Umer… wonderfull shots, beauty of timing and elegane…
I liked that comment by MR.I DONT KNOW after Imran completed his 50, he said, ‘Second fifty for Imran, his first was on his debut, and he debu 2 and half years back ..Where was that guy he can play good cricket’‘’’
Really he pointed out a big dilemnaa that our good players are sitting outside and Players like Hafeez are given chances on consistant basis…
Anyway my MOM goes to Taufiq on his two brilliant knocks..
on umpiring standards..
..Where was that guy he can play good cricket’‘’’