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2 hours and 20 minutes to go.

Here's hoping Pakistan destroy the Kiwis in this match and whitewash them in the series.

I'd play:-

Salman Butt
Kamran Akmal (wk)
Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi
Younus Khan (c)
Mohammad Yousuf
Umar Akmal
Shoaib Malik
Abdul Razzaq
Mohammad Aamer
Saeed Ajmal
Umar Gul
 
And off we go....
 
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7 minutes until the toss guys.

I'm so pumped for this game, for a couple of reasons.. Firstly, revenge :D Next, just to see Pakistan play. Always gets me excited.
 
Paradox said:
7 minutes until the toss guys.

I'm so pumped for this game, for a couple of reasons.. Firstly, revenge :D Next, just to see Pakistan play. Always gets me excited.
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Which revenge are you referring to? The 92WC semi-final :D

NZ will have to win 100 ODI's to be able to revenge that game!
 
fawad_wellwisher said:
Which revenge are you referring to? The 92WC semi-final :D

NZ will have to win 100 ODI's to be able to revenge that game!
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The CT semifinal. :iamlegend
 
Well...to be honest...Pakistan should have given a chance to the younger openers like Azhar Ali performing well in the FC season.....rather than trying tried and test openers (Salman Butt and Imran Farhat)....
 
Shakil_pkcricket said:
Yeah....looking forward to see regular openers for Pakistan after a long time...
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For Pakistan, 'regular openers' is an oxymoron.
 
I don't see Fawad Alam getting any game in the entire series specially there is already a tie between Yousuf, Malik and U Akmal...what you say guys..
 
Infact, we should seriously realize the fact that we do not drop U Akmal as he is a great find in the batting dept..
 
Lol the ground is almost empty. But guess it's expected with it being weekday and in the afternoon none the less.
 
Shakil_pkcricket said:
I don't see Fawad Alam getting any game in the entire series specially there is already a tie between Yousuf, Malik and U Akmal...what you say guys..
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That's because Alam is not in the squad for the ODIs. :D
 
Afridi_Fan said:
regular openers in Khalid Latif and Butt.
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Its good to see Khalid Latif get a chance instead of Farhat sahab....I wish Khalid succeed here and soon we find a replacement for Mr. Butt as well...
 
No Shoaib malik in the side, and Boycott once again "Shahid Afridi the best bowling all-rounder"
 
Butt
Latif
Younis
Yousuf
Akmal
Afridi
Akmal
Razzaq
Gul
Aamer
Ajmal
 
Good commentry team thoug, Boycott, Tony Greig, Mike Haysman.
 
No Malik. Oh damn.. he's a pretty decent bat in the middle order. Atleast he's better than Butt/Latif. One of them should've been dropped for Malik, with the other opener opening with Akmal.

Bad team selection again.
 
Afridi_Fan said:
No Shoaib malik in the side, and Boycott once again "Shahid Afridi the best bowling all-rounder"
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Mashalllah...Mubarak...
 
Quite amazing that Malik's been dropped for Latif.

Good to see Umar Akmal listed at 5 though; that's a good position for him.

Bowling lineup is as expected, though we are a bit short without a 6th bowler, unless Younis decides to turn his arm.
 
Paradox said:
No Malik. Oh damn.. he's a pretty decent bat in the middle order. Atleast he's better than Butt/Latif. One of them should've been dropped for Malik, with the other opener opening with Akmal.

Bad team selection again.
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Not really, I think its good to go in with regular openers.
 
Paradox said:
No Malik. Oh damn.. he's a pretty decent bat in the middle order. Atleast he's better than Butt/Latif. One of them should've been dropped for Malik, with the other opener opening with Akmal.

Bad team selection again.
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As Malik has refused to open he has himself to blame for today's team selection. He has diminished his chances of being in the playing eleven...after the CT it was obvious that Pakistan will go with regular openers and certainly we can't drop Yousuf or Umar Akmal for Malik
 
Decent team, I like it :yk

Malik will be back obviously, the side is just being tested with two regular openers.
 
Sheikh said:
Quite amazing that Malik's been dropped for Latif.

Good to see Umar Akmal listed at 5 though; that's a good position for him.

Bowling lineup is as expected, though we are a bit short without a 6th bowler, unless Younis decides to turn his arm.
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YK would his bowlling in mind when deciding to drop Malik....obviously you want 6th bowller not the 7th one.
 
Malik should have played, not coz of his batting, but coz of his allround skills. One of either Butt or Latif should have been dropped. The bowling looks a bit thin.
 
Poison said:
Decent team, I like it :yk

Malik will be back obviously, the side is just being tested with two regular openers.
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But if we able to get a decent start of 50 opening stand in each of the 3 games then it will be difficult for malik to be back in the team.
 
Shakil_pkcricket said:
But if we able to get a decent start of 50 opening stand in each of the 3 games then it will be difficult for malik to be back in the team.
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The only person Malik could interchange with is Younus, who as captain cannot be dropped. Maybe Yousuf if he bats poorly (unlikely)
 
Considering WC 2011 in mind its almost a necessity to have regular openers in ODIs now onwards as the solidity at the top of the order can have a serene effect on our middle order... Mind you we have a every explosive late order now...
 
Shakil_pkcricket said:
But if we able to get a decent start of 50 opening stand in each of the 3 games then it will be difficult for malik to be back in the team.
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:))) , how much you willing to bet on a 50+ opening stand in all three games.
 
Flat track, and the likes of Latif won't have a better opportunity to cement a place. Just hope he doesn't heave across the line whenever he can.
 
Pakistan team seems well balanced. Good to see Afridi/Razzaq down the order.

Also good to see Akmal junior in at 5.

Malik needed to be dropped so thats a good move!
 
Good line up no more bits and peices players like malik nazir etc openers look the only weakness on paper.
 
pak4life said:
Good line up no more bits and peices players like malik nazir etc openers look the only weakness on paper.
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But imagine if openers provide Pakistan a decent start what a huge difference will it make to a Pakistan team overall... we need consistant players who perform every time like U Akmal rather than Malik who perform big but occasionally...
 
fawad_wellwisher said:
On what basis Butt has been brought back?
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He speaks english fluently.

Now beat that.
 
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fawad_wellwisher said:
On what basis Butt has been brought back?
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very truly...as if international exprience is the only requirement than we should also welcome back toufiq umder as well...
 
its a rejuvenated YK with all the powers with him....now see what a huge difference in a Captain's confidence can be made by reassurance and public backing.....in the CT he was unable to drop a player of a caliber of Malik...but now....it is a rejuvenated YK...
 
Its good to know that Supersports is showing it too, which means no advertisment breaks.
 
for the first team after a long long time Pakistan Team Selection is based on sound logic.....don't u think that..
 
I like the composition of this team. A nice mixture of youth (Aamer, U Akmal and Latif) with experience (Yk, MoYo, Afridi and Gul) and players who have a point to prove (Butt, Gul).
 
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