yea i mentioned this to MIG. cannot have a non performing player as captain. i am not convinced.
The great aus team from 99-05 was against night watchmen. Was started by Steve waugh. He felt if established batsmen cant handle the heat how can a tail ender handle. Even if there were 1 or 2 overs left in Steve waugh era - even then the next batsman would come in and not a tsil.ender
exactly. i want an explanation from pcb. mind boggling crap.
Khurram is like 2 inches taller than Saud Shakeel, who isn't any taller than 5'6, what are you on about?
so we have babar saud sarfraz agha salman these four can bat followed by faheem shaheen jamal can also chip in so we bat very deep
Is he among the top 5 best FC batsmen in Pakistan right now? I don’t think so.
This can work for most teams. Unfortunately, the best XI that Pakistan can pick without Shan consists of players who haven't been to school. When you have such a dearth of thinking and lack of captaincy potential, parachuting a mediocre player but potentially a decent captain is okay.
Imam will never get selected in Aus, Eng, Ind, SA, NZ, SL or WI. Only in Pakistan players like Imam/Usman gets selected due to family/political background.
If a genuine night watchman like Noman was in XI. Then it would've made sense to send him. A player with solid defence. But just sending a no. 11 doesn't make it a night watchman.
This has been his Test career in a nutshell. Attractive 20-30 runs and then throws the wicket away.
Perth was always going to be the most difficult for the team. Barring a collapse Pakistan should get 300 which will be a good achievement against Aussie bowlers in Perth.
Shaheen is there no ? He's not an all-arounder, he's also no mug so will not put pressure on Imam like Khurram will tmrw morning.
Same goes for Masood, but at least Imam isn’t captain. Making a bang average player like Masood captain is comical.
There's nothing else occupying them. But whether he is we'll see.
I don't trust Shaheen's defence. Plus he has shown he's vulnerable against spin
You can bat at 40-50SR. Rather than getting stuck at like 25-30SR
We still have babar to come hopefully a doubly century from him
Only if Pakistan combusts, the pitch is really flat.
Yes babar yet to come but i Don't have much hope from rest of batters like Sarfaraz,Saud And agha so Babar need to Play a impactful innings to change the game .
I guess because the greats struggle to understand why mere mortals can’t do the things that come naturally to them. They probably also need to spend more time thinking about the game rather than letting their innate talent guide them intuitively
Cook was decent. Strauss was a good captain. Vaughn has a underrated record btw.
You are overestimating our ability to survive. Lyon can easily get a 6fer.
Both of them are better players than Azhar and Shafique at least. Should give these two proper time to prove them. Imam has proved that he is a good ODI bat. Needs to prove in tests. Imam looks solid to me. Masood has domestic got runs behind him ,quite a few. Let's see how he proves himself.
Definitely. They have performed better so far than past teams with stars overload. Let's see. Tomorrow will be their acid test. Australia will come hard at them.
Even subcontinent batters with good technique will just love to bat in Australia once set , more than subcontinent wickets. Ball comes onto bat with even bounce.
Now, Babar needs to take responsibility and score a century tomorrow.
The pitch is not flat at all
Can also be 340/3
So you would prefer he came out to bat most teams would do the same thing and send nightwatch man out.
We definitely meet tomorrow .let's see how things goes
It's difficult for him.
Drawing a test match in Australia is as good as a win for Pakistan .they started well now it's up to Babar Azam to stamped the authority of one of the best batsman around the world .
That's his job to see off the end of play.
They have got a very strong lower order that can make a quick 50s and push the score 150+ from where they are
They have got the good start , the ball is 40+ overs old they can score quickly now before the second new ball come they can make a score in excess of 300.. Imam should make it big , no more chacha there to auto select , Saim is itching for his chance
Yeah, Imam certainly has to elevate his game. He, in my opinion, has had a better ODI career than Test career thus far. If he continues on tomorrow and bats for another session or two, he will probably have saved his spot for at least this series.
