Re: Pakistan vs West Indies - March 13 Sabina Park, Jamaica
Well I peronsally wasnt expecting the result, I thought we had enough fire power to easily win the game but oh well. First of all I dont understand why Pakistan went in this world cup with 1 specialist opener. I mean Imran Nazir is the only specialist opener we have (if I may call him a specialist) secondly our batting was too weak. Hafeez is a handy cricketer but he doesnt have a place at the top of the order. I mean they guy doesnt even average 20 for crying out loud. Afridi would be a much better option then Hafeez and people cry about Afridi's unpredictibility.
We had the big 3 but out of those big three Younis atleast was trying to play positive. I agree it was a pathetic shot he tried to play but he was not playing in a shell atleast. Inzi and Yousaf lost this match for Pakistan. First they played painfully slow making the West Indies bowling attack look a lot betterthen it actually is, second they cant judge a single or a double if their life depended on it. I mean on the rare occasion when they found the gap they would run when no one other batsman in the word would settle for less then two, maybe think about a third.
Shoaib Malik was brilliant. Not only did he play well with the tail but even when Inzamam was there Malik showed his intentions right away as he has more brains then Inzi that the run rate was getting out of hands.
With this bowling line up and Afridi missing we needed to play Azhar and or Arafat. They wouldnt have bowled much worse then Rana or for that matter they could have bowled almost as good (wickets/ economy wise) as Kaneria. But they would have taken our batting really deep. Although personally I would have preferred Sami over Rao but I must say he bowled quite well today.
In the next game Rana and Kaneria should make way for Azhar and Yasir.