umm.. i think our team will be something like that
players in bold are definately gonna make it
Taufeeq umar
Yasir hameed
Youshuf yohanna
inzamaamul haq
moin khan
shoib akhter
mohammad sami
shoib malik (spinner)
shabbir
danish kaneria
younish khan
Razzaq
imran nazir
The pitches for the test matches will be a lot sportier. Akmal may well become a liability in those circumstances. With the bat and behind the stumps.
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Well after today's performanc, Moin has secured his place in the test squad.
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Well after today's performanc, Moin has secured his place in the test squad.
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yup.
as much as I applaud Moin and Malik for an excellent showing, I hate it when a player performs in one match out of 5 and secures his place for five more. Ijaz Ahmed was the best exponent of this technique. I'm not saying that Moin or Malik did this deliberately but it is annoying as a fan especially if you think that there might be a better option out there.
OMG samby, i was just gonna say that in One day thread I got scared when you posted it Cant agree with you more. Ijaz was always like that, 9 matches he would score zilch and then came out with a century to secure his place for next 10 matches.
Regarding Malik and Moin, yes they did us proud but then again their performances let us down in last four onedayers, as well and today specially we could have benefitted with Saqlain’s inclusion.
Taufeeq
Yasir
Inzi
Yoyo
Shadab/Faisal/…(test specialist…tuktuki*)
Moin (he would be the only hitter)
Shabbir
Saqi/Rao
Danish
Sami
Shoaib
Strong opener for test. Both can make centuries in ‘Test’ against India’s bowling. As they better play the slower version of the game and could stick to the wicket for whole day.
Better middle order for test.
Five specialist bowlers. This line up can bowl the Indian batting out. Its neccessary to play five bowlers since Shoaib can’t bowl more than five over spell.