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Has more potential than Hafeez at 35. Also we need a right-hander.You're being serious - I was only joking, Shezhad is not capable of international cricket in my view.
Wow! I have a horrible feeling that you might be right, which is incredibly depressing!
I have never seen a worse Test opener. And I've seen Shan Masood and Imran Farhat and Shadab Kabir!
So you're saying that despite Pakistan winning this game and perhaps the series will lead them to still being below England?Solid Platform set by Azar and Aslam, really hope Pakistan can win this. They are capable of winning they just need to build partnerships like last innings and if Pak wins they are easily the best team from the subcontinent and probably the 2nd best test side currently after England......
Has more potential than Hafeez at 35. Also we need a right-hander.
Trust me, if I had the power, first thing I would have done is dropping Azhar - he is one of the biggest crook in this whole mix. Do you know - he was a genuine leggi & can easily bowl 20 overs as 5th bowler - please mark this post, he 'll do that, once MoHa has cleared his test or by some divine blessings is dropped.
Trust me, if I had the power, first thing I would have done is dropping Azhar - he is one of the biggest crook in this whole mix. Do you know - he was a genuine leggi & can easily bowl 20 overs as 5th bowler - please mark this post, he 'll do that, once MoHa has cleared his test or by some divine blessings is dropped.
Don't worry, Misbah will.eng destroyed yasir, pak should destroy moeen..
Yeah I cdnt agree more with you on this. These were unarguably the best batting conditions hafeez would hv gotten outside Asia but still he has failed to make his mark. It's more of a mental issue with him than his technique which anyway isn't anything to write home about. The reason Why we still persist with him is coz we wanted to keep at least one opener who has been playing at the slot for some time and rotate the other. I think it was too much of a risk to drop hafeez at the same time when we sidelined shahzad from tests however having said that the time come and hafeez needs to go and we need to try Azhar as an opener and hv Babar Azam and Hari Sohail in the team and persist with Aslam till Australian tour.
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Can someone lul me now please - I am feeling so tense man !!!!
SOMEONE PLEASE LUL ME HERE !!!
Can't tell if Pakistan is going for it or not
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Wonderful, only that I wd not tinkle with shafique ' s slot and wd rather hv Babar Azam or Imam ul haq to bat one down..I would have Azhar open with Sami, seems like these have a good time with each other. Not to forget, Shehzad isn't coming back yet. Have Babar slot in at 3 and Shafiq at four against WI and see how it goes.
...and Hafeez, Shehzad, Khurram, etc.
Can Pakistan still win this game??
Yaar, bewaqufi ki ek hadth hoti hai -
Every Pom, from Queen to the ball boy at my Anfield (ahh, that 4-0, ohh, I still can see the whole match whenever close the eye), boasted that 4-0 is there for the taking - only Mikayl Ah. (Muslims should know him) can save PAK. Now, they are going to their strongest fort anywhere in world at 1-1 & do people feel that PAK should oblige to chase a near impossible target, because Cook didn't have the balls to blast out for 450 in 120 overs & opened the match with a target of 348 in 100 overs?
It's easy to bash Misbah, but let me tell you 2 scenarios - PAK 35/3, & PAK going to tea 150/1.
Everyone probably know what Cook 'll do at 1st scenario. But, I tell you in case of 2nd one - he 'll put 6 men on line & his bowlers would start to measure run-ups, change shoes ....... so that, the law can be applied - 84 overs or 5:30PM, which ever is earlier.
PAK should bat for 83 overs at 1.7 rate & make sure that Poms are in the filed till last minute - back to back Test & Jimmi, Berbi are not spring chickens.
Good idea, no way Sarfraz will play for a draw anyway. Might as well send him up the order.I'd like to see Sarfraz in next rather than Strictly-Come-Prancing.
I don't think Azhar has the brains to do that and even if he did, bravo. Hafeez needs to showcase his performance and not care about what someone else does. If this get Hafeez out of the team, you really can't get anything better, Hafeez gets dropped without much drama due to his inability to perform.Trust me, if I had the power, first thing I would have done is dropping Azhar - he is one of the biggest crook in this whole mix. Do you know - he was a genuine leggi & can easily bowl 20 overs as 5th bowler - please mark this post, he 'll do that, once MoHa has cleared his test or by some divine blessings is dropped.
There is no cutoff time today, all the overs have to be bowled. Reverse of Karachi 2001 anyone?
Looks like they have brought Root - so, I guess Cook has started to think for Oval way before tea.
Azhar is a crook? Wow ok mate.Trust me, if I had the power, first thing I would have done is dropping Azhar - he is one of the biggest crook in this whole mix. Do you know - he was a genuine leggi & can easily bowl 20 overs as 5th bowler - please mark this post, he 'll do that, once MoHa has cleared his test or by some divine blessings is dropped.
Counter attacking batting.
Pakistan's session through and through.
274 needed in 62 overs.
Misbah's cunning strategy.
Appear helpless throughout last session yesterday. Then send Hafeez as opener for inevitable demise first up.
England think they have the game won.
Then boom! Unleash his 5 batters.
Game won.
#becauseMisbah
I don't think Azhar has the brains to do that and even if he did, bravo. Hafeez needs to showcase his performance and not care about what someone else does. If this get Hafeez out of the team, you really can't get anything better, Hafeez gets dropped without much drama due to his inability to perform.
Azhar is a crook? Wow ok mate.
I wouldn't like to tinker with his spot, but I Mickey isn't going to keep an experienced batsman that low in the order. If his spot isn't changed, then I'm all for even dropping Younus for WI and try out Jahid Ali with Sami and Azhar at 3. This gets us two long term openers along with what Azhar wants, batting at 3. Babar in at 4 and the rest of the order is the same. No harm no foul.Wonderful, only that I wd not tinkle with shafique ' s slot and wd rather hv Babar Azam or Imam ul haq to bat one down..
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Only 4.4 an over. Why is everyone saying it's so unlikely. Pitch is flat and no spinner...
This is our game
Hafeez has been a liability on the team outside of Asia. In Asia he is brilliant, but that doesn't mean we should have to suffer on tours because of him. Whoever takes his spot can do the same, boost numbers in Asia, choke in big games, drop catches and become best friends with the captain. His record indicates a failure outside of Asia and that you cannot argue against.Azhar is a very decent, polished guy. He is a great follower of directions & he is very insecure type guy. You put all 3 in a equation, the math is not that complex.
Who says Hafeez is unable? He went for the shot (I haven't seen, so won't explain technicalities) because he went for the chase.
Hafeez has been a liability on the team outside of Asia. In Asia he is brilliant, but that doesn't mean we should have to suffer on tours because of him. Whoever takes his spot can do the same, boost numbers in Asia, choke in big games, drop catches and become best friends with the captain. His record indicates a failure outside of Asia and that you cannot argue against.