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. FROM GUIDE (last five matches)
. AUSTRALIA - NLLLL PAKISTAN - WWWWW
STATS & TRIVIA
Highest Total by Pakistan = 203/5 (Ban)
Highest Total by Australia = 221/5 (Eng)
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Lowest Total by Pakistan = 129/8 (SAF)
Lowest Total by Australia = 79/10 (Eng)
. Most Runs in Career
Shoaib Malik (Pak) - 554 Runs
RT Ponting (Aus) - 401 Runs
waleed 'hbk' tumhara dil abhii bhii nahin tootaa... talk about guts to open a thread for another cricket game which involves Pakistan... kudos to you..
The real question is...who will be leading Pakistan in the T20? Fkhan2...what do you think? Im just hoping its not Kamran Akmal :( Thats the last person I ever wanna see leading Pakistan in any format. Heck, after seeing Sarfraz keep wickets, I dont even want Kamran near the team!
If I had a choice, it would be Malik. Im not saying make him captain for all 3 formats but for this T20 and for the 2nd one untill Afridi comes back, Malik would be the best option in my opnion as he has previously done well as captain of the T20 team.
The real question is...who will be leading Pakistan in the T20? Fkhan2...what do you think? Im just hoping its not Kamran Akmal :( Thats the last person I ever wanna see leading Pakistan in any format. Heck, after seeing Sarfraz keep wickets, I dont even want Kamran near the team!
If I had a choice, it would be Malik. Im not saying make him captain for all 3 formats but for this T20 and for the 2nd one untill Afridi comes back, Malik would be the best option in my opnion as he has previously done well as captain of the T20 team.
latest news is that malik has been appointed the captain for the t20 agains OZ
^ If Malik is captain then most likely Akmal will play :( Malik is very close with Akmal...well he used to be when he was captain anyway...I hope things have changed now :p but I highly doubt it.
According to GEO and Thenews, Pakistan have announced there playing eleven. This is what it is.
Imran Nazir
Imran Farhat
Kamran Akmal(wk)
Khalid Latif
Shoaib Malik(c)
Umar Akmal
Fawad Alam
Rana Naveed Ul Hasan
Umer Gul
Mohammad Asif
Saeed Ajmal.
Not great selection to say the least...why would you have 4 openers in the playing 11? Plus I dont like the idea of Fawad coming so low down the order. He is not a big hitter, and should be batting along the likes of Farhat, Nazir to rotate the strike. As expected, Malik is captain so of course Kamran is back. This guy has seriously become a curse on the team...you just cannot get rid of him. Its about time we give Sarfraz a long run in all formats of the game so Kamran can gets his act together. I guess Aamer is injured or he would have definetly replaced Uncle Rana.
Seriously, what kinda of a squad is this? I guess Khalid Latif is playing cuz Afridi is banned. But the squad does not look threatening at all. But I guess with the squad given to them, there isnt much option for batsmen.
Australia have some strong fast bowlers to choose from, with Ryan Harris, Mitchell Johnson, Shaun Tait and Dirk Nannes jostling for three spots. There is also competition at the top of the order with Shane Watson, Shaun Marsh and David Warner all preferring to walk out first. Australia squad Shane Watson, Shaun Marsh, David Warner, Michael Clarke (capt), Cameron White, Travis Birt, David Hussey, Steven Smith, Brad Haddin (wk), Mitchell Johnson, Ryan Harris, Dirk Nannes, Shaun Tait.
Pakistan have to tinker to fill the various roles of Afridi and are also without Mohammad Yousuf and Younis Khan, who don’t play Twenty20s. There are still 15 players with the squad so the touring selectors have plenty of options. Pakistan squad Salman Butt, Kamran Akmal (wk), Fawad Alam, Umar Akmal, Shoaib Malik (capt), Khalid Latif, Sarfraz Ahmed (wk), Imran Nazir, Rana Naved-ul-Hasan, Umar Gul, Mohammad Asif, Saeed Ajmal, Rao Iftikhar Anjum, Mohammad Aamer.
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