re: Sami is back!
Interestingly, the Napier pitch is one not to go by to judge the Pakistani openers when considereing the upconing tour of Australia. As the PCB saw our battling collapse quite frequently in this NZ test series, their response is to send in another quickie who has no control over his bowling. Instead of persuading Younis Khan to play a domestic match and add him to the tour party, or select someone else. Aamir Sohail suggestion to add Yasir Hameed at No. 3 is not a bad one considering the bad technique that Faisal has shown, very bad footwork. I think they could have included Asim Kamal as well for Misbah as Misbah looks totally out of touch with his batting in the 4 innings of this test series. That’s where we need the help PCB not in our bowling department. We already have Abdur Rauf carrying the drinks and he took 4 wickets in the NZ tour game.
Sometimes I wish ICL never stopped. We were better off with these underperforming cricketers not in our sight (except M. YOusuf). We didnt hear their names the last 2 years. People like Sohail Khan and Mohammad Talha were given chances in the absence of Sami. Who’s next PCB, Shahid Nazir.