Agree with this. Nasir Jamshed ahead of Azhar though, I want Azhar to fully establish himself in tests and then hit the ODI scene; Cook and Amla have proved this strategy to be very effective. Also, Hammad could possibly be dropped for a batsman when required, so this team has balance and flexibility. I'd want Akmal ahead of Misbah, Umer has the potential to be an all-time legend for us, we need to play him where he can set himself and then go beserk later on.
01 Mohammad Hafeez 02 Azhar ali 03 Nasir Jamshed 04 Umar akmal 05 Asad shafiq 06 Misbah (C) 07 Adnan Akmal (WK) 08 Shahid Afridi 09 Umar Gul 10 Abdur rehman 11 Saeed Ajmal
I think this should be the team tomorrow, farhat and younis khan should be dropped, simply because they haven't done anything amazing. Yes, farhat did make 47, but, i don't think he will be consistent. Younis khan should be given time off. I think we should try azhar ali opening we'll see how well he does there. We should try Nasir jamshed, he proved himself in first class cricket. Adnan akmal should be kept wicket keeper because umar akmal failed keeping last match.
Although, i do think the openers should be hafeez and imran nazir, these two would have been the best odi openers pakistan has had! But, due to some problems with board, imran nazir is no longer picked, they should pick him, he will be a great opener with hafeez.
Agree Farhat has to be dropped. Younis must retire from ODIs, he has always been mediocre in ODIs, we're losing with him so why not lose with youngsters. Misbah has to play at 5. Imran Nazir is hit and miss and too much miss and I'd rather not play him and rather play a kid. Need to try Shehzad and Jamshed, one of them even that Awais Zia. One of these must open with Hafeez and play attacking cricket whilst Hafeez can play calmly.
At one down, it either has to be Shafiq or Azhar for now it can only be one or the other and the other can replace Misbah. Here, I'd rather it be Azhar at one down then Shafiq at 5 literally replacing Misbah. Umar Akmal should ALWAYS bat at 4, the PCB seem to be determined to turn him into a slogger, they are ruining him.
The team has to play a all rounder and a wicketkeeper it should be Azam, why they are not playing him only God knows.
So the team should go something like:
Opener (Shehzad, Zia, Jamshed) Hafeez Azhar U Akmal Misbah Azam Wicketkeeper Afridi Ajmal Wahab/Cheema/Junaid etc Gul
The CB bank series has gotten a bit more interesting now.
India 10 points Australia 9 points Sri Lanka 7 points
Any team could get knocked out now.
This! So glad SL won today
Suprised that the Aussies collapsed :L To be honest, they almost lost their last match against SL as well, SL have been looking more convincing than India vs Aus
Was reading cricinfo, and there was a comment saying that out of the three teams, the Aussie fielding had been the worst....and it's true
Suprised that the Aussies collapsed :L To be honest, they almost lost their last match against SL as well, SL have been looking more convincing than India vs Aus
Was reading cricinfo, and there was a comment saying that out of the three teams, the Aussie fielding had been the worst....and it's true
I didn't watch the AUS innings, but it's hard to believe that they collapsed so badly. Sri Lanka's bowling attack is pretty average, so they must have batted horribly to get bowled out for 150. Hopefully they will bat just as badly on sunday.
I'm hoping for an India vs Sri Lanka final. Even better if Dhoni finishes it with a Six again.
I didn't watch the AUS innings, but it's hard to believe that they collapsed so badly. Sri Lanka's bowling attack is pretty average, so they must have batted horribly to get bowled out for 150. Hopefully they will bat just as badly on sunday.
I'm hoping for an India vs Sri Lanka final. Even better if Dhoni finishes it with a Six again.
I watched the highlights The run outs by Perera
Well I want India to bat first on Sunday, want to see if they can actually post a defendable target or not. Maybe they'll actually perform better than when they've been chasing
I want an India vs Aus final only because I love the SL team (they're like second to India for me ) and the satisfaction of beating Aus, in Aus, would be awesome :L
Pakistan started so well, I thought 300 was going to be the score! Now, who knows, I would be happy be anything over 200, although I don't know if that'll be enough but you never know.
Positive start by England. 222 surely isn't enough to defend, even with Pak's attack. They'll be praying for some stupidity from the English, otherwise it's looking like a definate 3-0.
I have no words to describe this absolute humiliation. Team selection is pretty much ALL wrong.
You know your team is crap when your best batsman is 21 and he's playing at 6. Team has to change, faith must be shown in the youngsters. Kick the seniors out like Younis, Farhat, Gul etc.
I have no words to describe this absolute humiliation. Team selection is pretty much ALL wrong.
You know your team is crap when your best batsman is 21 and he's playing at 6. Team has to change, faith must be shown in the youngsters. Kick the seniors out like Younis, Farhat, Gul etc.
I agree with every word. Who selected the team? Hurray! Another no ball. So painful to watch