Pakistan vs WI - 5th ODI - National Stadium, Karachi (D/N) -- Pak won by 7 wickets

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Re: 5th ODI - Pakistan v West Indies

@goldenAsif

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.

Very sensible and logical combination. I think you picked all the right players, and if we consider all of them then it will also complete a test squad.