Best pacer in the world by quite some distance, I think he will make a meal out of Shafiq, given his troubles with incoming deliveries.
In general all of our right-handed batsmen will struggle but I feel Shafiq will struggle the most.
Real problem with Shafiq is seaming deliveries, he used to get out with second new ball, as soon as ball seam more than normal, either at slip of LBW. He is most vulnerable in his first 20-30 deliveries, but at no 3, you cannot be so easy to get out in those 20-30 deliveries, I think Babar or Azhar are better no 3 choices, he will be good for 4/5, even in these next 5 tests we may see him hop back to no 6, with Babar/Azhar at 3, depending upon Azhar's success at opening. If Azhar and Shafiq both fail, they will be forced to make a change...
I still think Sharjeel can be good for test opener in AUS, where only worry is bounce, you really need to play horizontal bat shorts (cut and pull) well, he can give you 40 ball 40 maybe more if he sticks around. Sami should be fine(by fine means can handle new ball better than anybody else we have), as he plays late and most of his scores are on the both sides of wicket...
Strac and Hazelwood are deadly combination for team like us, who are worse at playing on bouncy wickets. One throws 150 clicks yorkers, that swings late, other has McGrath like good length, they are going to be handful for us
There is big difference in Aus and Eng for team like us. Even our legends have never performed in AUS, we always had problem with bounce, top that with the fact we never play horizontal bat short, playing straight is not going to work in AUS. Modern Indian batsmen have done much better, for them main reason is playing too much in Aus, if we play every year in AUS(one or test), we will improve our batting there too, they will start playing cut and pull....
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