JibranAnsari
ODI Captain
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The captain needs to finish amirs overs.
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Goddamn! My life is a lie!!
Been here since ages and always thought you lived in Bangladesh!![]()
That partnership was outstanding, wasn't it?I don't know what Inzi 'll do, but I would have taken Shaan to UK, for Test & if he does well, might keep at the end of Series for ODIs as well.
PAK must play 1 left-handed opener in ODI - it should be either Butt or Shaan in ODI while Sharjeel can slog around in T20. In Test, Shaan & Azhar should open & Asad should bat at 3.
So Pakistan A in England before the Tests:
1. Ahmed Shehzad
2. Shan Masood
3. Azhar Ali
4. Babar Azam
5. Umar Akmal
6. Asad Shafiq
7. Mohammad Rizwan (wk)
8. Amad Butt
9. Ehsan Adil
10. Yasir Shah
11. Junaid Khan
Sorry, had overlooked Amad Butt and on balance Wahab doesn't need the A tour.
But how Are we going to test the younger guns if the team is full of seniors?
That partnership was outstanding, wasn't it?
Shan Masood and Salman Butt were in total control in spite of the high quality of bowling and the pressure of the match situation.
For the England Tests I'd have four openers in the squad - them plus Shehzad and Hafeez, and I'd give Shehzad and Masood the opportunity to open on the A tour too.
I'd add six middle order batsmen - Azhar, Younis, Shafiq, Misbah, Umar Akmal and Babar Azam.
Two keepers - Sarfraz and Rizwan.
One spinner only - Yasir Shah.
Six quicks - Amir, Wahab, Ehsan Adil, Rahat, Asif and Junaid.
My A team would be those twenty minus Butt, Hafeez, Younis, Misbah, Sarfraz, Amir and Asif.
why would anyone bother to stream a foreign low quality domestic tournament?
Excellent points.Not Junaid Khan - he has regressed considerably & I think he 'll be called this time. PAK already is struggling with image in UK, shouldn't take any risk. I'll pick Hasan Ali for JK. Adil bowled really well today, but still needs to be more consistent - besides, PAK tour is in later part of the Series; may be a 2nd spinner 'll be required - I'll pick Asghar & one of Adil/Hasan in the Test squad. Shehzad shouldn't be picked for different reason - I'll pick Amin/Haris (depending on fitness) for the middle order slot. PAK can't go to UK with a line-up of top 9 right handers & allow Jimmy, Berbi & Finn to settle down on 9" out side off line for whole day - must pick a couple of Lefti in top 7.
Azhar, Shan
Asad, YK, Misbah, Amin/Haris, Sarf
Yasir, Wahab, Aamir, Asif
Ideally, I would have dropped Misbah & taken MoHa at No. 5; but they'll drop Amin/Haris for MoHa.
Lots depending on how PAK catches & Asif bowls (if he is picked that is). At full potential, ENG-PAK 'll be much, much closer Test Series than most expecting.
In ODI, it 'll be 5-0 if Azhar is carried as Captain & if it doesn't rain for 5 hours.
Excellent points.
As an Englishman, I am relieved that Pakistan have let Hafeez, Younis and Misbah go on too long so that we can wipe them out in trickier conditions.
Pakistan would probably have beaten us in Tests this summer with a line-up of:
1. Ahmed Shehzad
2. Shan Masood
3. Azhar Ali
4. Babar Azam
5. Salman Butt
6. Asad Shafiq
7. Sarfraz Ahmed
8. Mohammad Amir
9. Wahab Riaz
10. Yasir Shah
11. Mohammad Asif
Our batting has hugely gone backwards since 2010 and the loss of Swann and decline of Anderson impairs us too.
But I remember Younis Khan's Trott-like ordeal outside off-stump in Sharjah, and Misbah's immediate exit to every second new ball, and I think we will bowl Pakistan out for less than 200 in pretty much every innings with them in the side!