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Pakistan thrash Cricket Australia XI by 196 runs in tour match

Would rather have Babar open with Sharjeel in the future with Umar at 4. Haris at 3

Umar is not No. 4 - can rotate strike, but don't have the attitude to fight it out & stay there. It's like playing Gayle or Sehwag to bat at 4 & ask them to maintain 80% shot productivity, by taking 3/4 singles every over with 4/5 men on line. He should open with SK & given a free license - in a hypothetical 7 match series, if he scores 213 of 170 balls @ 30/120 stats, he is ding his job. PCB asks for him 45/90 stats - then sends him at 7 :(
 
PCB should have asked for D/N match. I think, all 5 ODI will be D/N & in AUS, first 10 overs under twilight with white ball is totally different experience. After this bullish batting, won't be surprised if 1st ODI, it's 34/3 chasing 319 in PP.
 
btw [MENTION=141557]Chief Destroyer[/MENTION] anyone in the domestic scene who you think can be useful down the order?
 
Lower order hitting still an issue.

Why? Nawaz can be the Zulu Kluesnar, Sarfy MS, Hasan Russell .......... it's not about picking the type of players; rather dynamic selectors identify potential, who can change their game to fit into any role. I am expecting a 33 ball 73 from MoHa at 7 ......
 
It's still something that can be worked on in the nets.

Nawaz, Rizwan and what have you aren't going to ever become power hitters. They're middle order batsmen.

btw [MENTION=141557]Chief Destroyer[/MENTION] anyone in the domestic scene who you think can be useful down the order?

Not really. There are many who can hit hard but they rely on slogging instead of clean power hitting. They need coaching. Shahzaib is the only I can suggest.
 
Pretty good score , Pak XI should win easily
 
Just checked the scorecard we batted well, although even if he thrash them it really doesn't mean much. Remember how we thrashed them before the tests and how we thrashed Ireland. We do well against weak teams.
 
Imad is pretty good with new ball.

In OD I guess would bowl at least couple of overs with new ball.
 
Aaj [MENTION=138254]Syed1[/MENTION] ho ta toh bohot khush hota Maddy aur Hasan Ali ka performance dekh kar. Love you [MENTION=138254]Syed1[/MENTION]!
 
Its kinda sad how a warm up game in Aus has better quality broadcasting than all domestic tournaments in Pak. We're at least a decade behind technologically.
 
Strange but interesting line up. Sharjeel, Babar, Umer, Hasan Ali and Imad are our future. Add in Sarfi, Amir, Wahab/JK along with Haris when he is back and we have a pretty good line up in LOI's
 
Rahat bowling tight lines. I'd have him over junaid for the first few games at least
 
Umar Akmal has grown a considerably large stomach in a matter of a few months.
 
This is horrible from Australia. Sending in a bunch of U-19ers to play as a warm-up. Why are we so generous when other teams come to play us in UAE? We always give them our second-best team.
 
It would be foolish to draw any conclusions from this game. Should just regard it as good batting practice and nothing else. Pakistan did well in the warm up game before the test series as well
 
Good performance

But against the real side
It's going to be carnage for us
Really need to hope we put 300+ scores
Even the likes of 330 i could see them chasing it down with ease
 
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