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Pakistan v Sri Lanka | Sharjah | 4th ODI | 20/11/11 | Pakistan Innings

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Toss: Pakistan will bat first again. Misbah announced a couple of changes. Shoaib Malik and Aizaz Cheema are in. Razzaq and Sohail Tanvir are out. Sri Lanka are unchanged.
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Oh snap.


The return of Malik.



I can hear W63L35 screaming all the way from here :))
 
Surprised Razzaq has been dropped. His batting may not of clicked yet but he would still be in my team. I would of given Junaid a chance though.
 
Malik's inclusion will only make sense if he has to bowl. They didn't have to play an extra batsman. Did they?
 
Personally I would have played Junaid instead of Malik. I think Misbah missed a trick here. Leaving both medium pacers who could bat could hit back.
 
Mr. Ressel 'crying' Arnold with the pitch report.
 
Afridi and Misbah come to inspect the pitch in the middle of the pitch report.
 
Imran 'bradman' Farhat finally gets an interview :)))
 
Dont like the way they ignore Junaid for these games
 
Misbah is a very calm customer says Farhat :)).

#speakinglikeRamiz
 
Russel : There is a competition for places in team. Is that a motivation factor for you?

Farhat: Not really :)))
 
Has someone told Imran that Pakistan is batting first :danish

Get ready to bat son!
 
We're coming hard and hard, hard and harder.

Farhat picking phrases from Afridi. :))
 
Law said:
Misbah is a very calm customer says Farhat :)).

#speakinglikeRamiz
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Think he wanted to say "cool" - bechara !

Problem with Ramiz and his speaks is that he has memorized 365 words of English - just wants to use them in any way he can !
 
Our players always in the pitch report to hear how the pitch is gonna play LOL
 
Jee haan :farhat
Jee haan :farhat
Jee haan :farhat
Jee haan :farhat
Jee haan :farhat
Jee haan :farhat
Jee haan :farhat

:)))
 
Only 2 fast bowlers with 2 new balls is a poor move.

Razzaq hasn't bowled 10 overs in an ODI for a couple of years now, and his batting is VERY hot and cold. Pakistan desprately needs a fast bowling all rounder to replace Razzaq and bring some balance to the side.
 
Why is Malik in before Asad. So annoying.

Said it before, Malik shouldn't be batting at six. And if he's batting at five, and umar shunted down to six, that's even worse. 3 or opener really. Preferably three.
 
sa88 said:
Only 2 fast bowlers with 2 new balls is a poor move.

Razzaq hasn't bowled 10 overs in an ODI for a couple of years now, and his batting is VERY hot and cold. Pakistan desprately needs a fast bowling all rounder to replace Razzaq and bring some balance to the side.
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I would have kept Sohail in the side.

Thank God we're batting first! :malik
 
ads101 said:
Why is Malik in before Asad. So annoying.

Said it before, Malik shouldn't be batting at six. And if he's batting at five, and umar shunted down to six, that's even worse. 3 or opener really. Preferably three.
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Hopefully he'll bat at 3...
 
Razzaq was not great in the last three games so it was coming.
 
ads101 said:
Why is Malik in before Asad. So annoying.

Said it before, Malik shouldn't be batting at six. And if he's batting at five, and umar shunted down to six, that's even worse. 3 or opener really. Preferably three.
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Becoz malik is a better odi batsman,better fielder and a very useful off spinner.Miles ahead in every facet of the game than asad.
 
Watsupdoc said:
Hopefully he'll bat at 3...
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He can't. Younis is at three. Unless Younis bat's at six (which won't happen, but wouldn't necessarily be a bad decision, Younis was a fairly good no.6 when he played there).

Trust me Malik's batting at six. Again. :facepalm
 
I am happy that Razzler is dropped. It's time for him to realize that he is replaceable now.
 
Alamgeer said:
Becoz malik is a better odi batsman,better fielder and a very useful off spinner.Miles ahead in every facet of the game than asad.
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Asad has done very well in recent ODI games, and was scoring runs consistently. A guy who is trying to make his comeback having been dropped for poor form does not automatically deserve a place over a guy in from consistently bagging runs.

It was a very poor decision to drop asad in my opinion.
 
AZ said:
I would have kept Sohail in the side.

Thank God we're batting first! :malik
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I would have too. Don't see the point of switching cheema, then Sohail, then back to cheema again. Especially since Cheema didn't have a great first game either.

Personally probably would have gone with junaid for the rest of the series if they weren't happy with either Cheema or Sohail (which to me kind of seems they aren't considering they're switching them so regularly).
 
Alamgeer said:
Becoz malik is a better odi batsman,better fielder and a very useful off spinner.Miles ahead in every facet of the game than asad.
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we were badly missing a spinner ...Ajmal Hafeez Afridi..
 
ads101 said:
Asad has done very well in recent ODI games, and was scoring runs consistently. A guy who is trying to make his comeback having been dropped for poor form does not automatically deserve a place over a guy in from consistently bagging runs.

It was a very poor decision to drop asad in my opinion.
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IMO its a good choice, Younis & Misbah are the stabilisers as is Shafiq.. we can't have 3 of them in the team. Malik can play the big shots when required, haven't seen that with Shafiq.
 
Ok guys we know what the playing eleven is so let's start supporting the boys!

A good batting line-up. Need to put up a 280+ score here. Slow outfield as there are much grass on the outfield.
 
It will be a full house!!! Cant buy tickets from anywhere!!!
 
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