This is Umar first match of the tour. He was not part of test squad. The pitch was double paced as per faulkner. It always very hard to make your comeback especially in Australia. Why most of the people only critising Akmal. Name a single batsman from pak who played fluently in this game may be only Babar to some extent. Even Azhar Ali who is in australia for the past one month was finding very hard to play shots. What has Sharjeel, Hafeez, Rizwan , Nawaz , Azhar did . Umar was very nervous he was making comeback in ODI after WC I guess. I think Umar should be allowed to play all 5 matches in the series in the top 4. if he would not perform then discard him from the side & give some youngster a chance
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