Re: Pakistan's Final 11 for the First Test Match
Faisal Iqbal has shown immense credibility ever since they have stepped foot on English soil, and should be given a go ahead of Afridi. No need to pack our team with all-rounders all over the place. Afridi and Malik should be told to sit on the bench for Faisal.
If it were upto me, I would have recalled Mushtaq Ahmed in the squad, at all expenses. Mushtaq + Kaneria + Farhat; the need for Afridi is eliminated!
For the life of me, I don't understand why the selectors haven't emphasized the inclusion of Mushtaq in the team, especially when the captain has spoken so highly of him in the recent past. Seems as if Samiullah Niazi of all people has now replaced Mushtaq, since that dog-gone Bari has decided to turn his back to anything that is even remotely related to this much-deserving leg-spinner.