Re: 5th ODI - Pakistan v West Indies
With Pakistan at full strength we could probably do without the services of both. We have enough consolidators in the team - Hameed, Yousuf, Younis and Inzi so we don't really need Malik. I would rather play a specialist spinner than three bits and pieces all-rounders. On current form only Razzaq deserves a permanent place in the team.
So my XI for SA series and WC would be
1-Hameed
2- Hafeez/Farhat/Butt
3- Younis
4- Yousuf
5- Inzi
6- Razzaq
7- Akmal
8- Akhtar
9- Abdur Rehman
10- Gul/Rana
11- Asif
So in order to play Afridi or Malik you have to either play Akmal as an opener and drop Hafeez/Farhat/Butt or drop Abdur Rehman. There are no easy answers. It's still early days for Rehman and he may not be so successful in SA. Afridi could then play as a spinning all-rounder instead of Rehman but he needs to start contributing something with the bat in the middle overs. He's averaging a dismal 12 or 13 in his last 19 ODIs.