Too much of this going on in this thread atm:
Yes, it's not a great start to the tour but at least let's wait until the other side bat too. No-one has seen the pitch or is watching the match. From reading most of the dismissals, it seems the ball isn't coming on to the bat well.
when the squad looks garbage on paper and performs like garbage against scotland, its not knee jerk, its reality
this is not ireland we are talking about, this is SCOTLAND.... when is the last time they put up a fight against any low rate team let alone good team....
you should be able to put up 290++ on these teams even on a green pitch with landmines
there are several threads prior to the Champions Trophy indicating serious flaws in the batting lineup and team selection for champions trophy amongst which include
-lack of aggression at the top
-too much tuk tuk in middle
-no finishers other than akmal
-no proven allrounders
-no hard hitting allrounders
-farhat,malik liability
-misbah defensive captaincy
-too long of a tail end.
this all equates to being unable to put up 250+ on really any team in the world
and this also equates to being unable to chase down anything more than 225-230
SO, essentially we are relying on bowling miracles to get our way through the tournament, which isnt out of the equation but why would you select such a shortsighted and flawed team, picking guys like umar amin and ehsan adil as your youngsters when guys like
1) umar akmal
2) fawad alam (the curious case of fawad alam will go down as one of the all time greatest blunders, a guy with a domestic average of 1 million cant buy his way into the squad despite having ability to rotate strike which no pakistani batsman in the country can do)
3) ahmed shehzad
4) hammad azam
5) anwar ali
bring so much to the table and bring flare and aggression that pakistan desperately need and yet the team is continued to be filled with tuk tuks and proven failures like malik and farhat
its a joke.
soo much for positive intent hafeez makes a silly shot after that boundry.
badly
