re: T20 World Cup - Pakistan v Bangladesh - May 1, 10 + highlights
If Afridi has any sense as captain, he must play Hammad Azam against BD. After seeing how the Pakistani batting crumbled against the Zimbabwe spin attack, it makes you wonder what they will do against BD, who in my opinion have a stronger spin attack than Zim.
Having seen Hammad Azam in every game of the U-19 WC, it has been my observation that he is an excellent player of spin bowling. He would definetly come in handy against the BD spinners.
Its also surprising to me that Afridi hasnt played Ajmal in any of the two warm up games. I know its most likely because Hafeez is there as an off spinning option, but Ajmal is a wicket taking bowler as well as an economical bowler. Where as Hafeez is only a run stopper.
This should be the line up that Pakistan should play against BD
Kamran Akmal
Mohammad Hafeez
Umer Akmal
Shahid Afridi
Fawad Alam
Abdul Razzaq
Misbah-Ul-Haq
Hammad Azam
Mohammad Aamer
Mohammad Asif
Saeed Ajmal
No point playing Rehman when you have Ajmal, and Sami is useless anyway. Hammad cant do worse than Sami with the ball but at least he can bat.
Salman Butt....well I REALLY pray and hope we dont see him playing any game for Pakistan in this tournament.
And Khalid Latif...poor guy is just unlucky I think. I have this kid bat in the U-19 WC a couple years back and in domestic games and he definetly has a lot of talent. Afridi rightly has a lot of faith in him. I think if he sticks around the team for a while like Fawad has over the last couple years, he will definetly learn to cope the pressure. Plus, Hafeez seems to be in very good touch with the bat these days, and his brilliant fielding and decent bowling definetly gives him the edge over Latif.
re: T20 World Cup - Pakistan v Bangladesh - May 1, 10 + highlights
Really hope Pakistan wins InshAllah. We shouldn't take Bang lightly. Hope there's team spirit and passion to win on display.
As for Ijaz Butt, he should have resigned after the Aus debacle. Losing this match on purpose isn't going to affect him in any way. Our team should concentrate on playing a good game with 100% effort and show everyone how not playing the IPL actually helps us.
