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You have $15 to pick your best Pakistan Test batting line-up...

MenInG

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Here are the choices:

$6 : Younis Khan, Javed Miandad, Inzamam-ul-Haq
$5: Saleem Malik, Mohammad Yousuf, Zaheer Abbas
$4: Azhar Ali, Babar Azam, Misbah-ul-Haq
$3: Majid Khan, Hanif Mohammad, Mohammad Hafeez
$2: Saeed Anwar, Asad Shafiq, Shan Masood


Have a go!

Pick a line up which totals $15.

And apologies if I have ranked some players less or more :D
 
Anwar
Majid Khan
Babar
Hanif
Asad

There we go and delivered under budget, woudn't call it a dream though. :salute
 
Btw it is impossible to pick one of the $6 players without being forced to pick all of the $2 and one $3. This really limits options [MENTION=93712]MenInG[/MENTION] (I saw the ICC ones, they allowed a little bit more creativity) do you think it would be more fun to do 5/4/3/2/1 instead?

My current lineup however is:
Saeed Anwar ($2)
Majid Khan ($3)
Azhar Ali ($4)
Babar Azam ($4)
Asad Shafiq ($2)
 
[MENTION=93712]MenInG[/MENTION] - Can you specify how many batsmen make up the test batting line up according to you? No1. - No. 5? or till No. 6? or till No. 7?
 
Saeed Anwar's pricing is unfair. He's probably the only Pakistani batsman ever who was an icon to Indian kids. I wish he played for India.
 
Assuming we are selecting the top 5 in a test (No.1-5), then mathematically the only ways you can breakdown $15 into 5 parts (players) are:

a) 2,2,2,3,6
b) 2,2,2,4,5
c) 2,2,3,3,5
d) 2,2,3,4,4

So the combos for (a) 2,2,2,3,6 could be:

1) Anwar, Masood, Shafiq, Majid, Younis
2) Anwar, Masood, Shafiq, Majid, Javed
3) Anwar, Masood, Shafiq, Majid, Inzi
4) Anwar, Masood, Shafiq, Hanif, Younis
5) Anwar, Masood, Shafiq, Hanif, Javed
6) Anwar, Masood, Shafiq, Hanif, Inzi

PS - I refuse to pick Hafeez in tests, ever. period.

So the combos for (b) 2,2,2,4,5 could be:

7) Anwar, Masood, Shafiq, Azhar, Malik
8) Anwar, Masood, Shafiq, Azhar, Yousaf
9) Anwar, Masood, Shafiq, Azhar, Abbas
10) Anwar, Masood, Shafiq, Babar, Malik
11) Anwar, Masood, Shafiq, Babar, Yousaf
12) Anwar, Masood, Shafiq, Babar, Abbas
13) Anwar, Masood, Shafiq, Misbah, Malik
14) Anwar, Masood, Shafiq, Misbah, Yousaf
15) Anwar, Masood, Shafiq, Misbah, Abbas

So the combos for (c) 2,2,3,3,5 could be:

De-selecting Shan Masood from the $2 category & again: Never selecting Hafeez in tests:

16) Anwar, Shafiq, Majid, Hanif, Malik
17) Anwar, Shafiq, Majid, Hanif, Yousaf
18) Anwar, Shafiq, Majid, Hanif, Abbas

So the combos for (d) 2,2,3,4,4 could be:

De-selecting Shan Masood from the $2 category & again: Never selecting Hafeez in tests:

19) Anwar, Shafiq, Majid, Azhar, Babar
20) Anwar, Shafiq, Majid, Azhar, Misbah
21) Anwar, Shafiq, Majid, Babar, Misbah
22) Anwar, Shafiq, Hanif, Azhar, Babar
23) Anwar, Shafiq, Hanif, Azhar, Misbah
24) Anwar, Shafiq, Hanif, Babar, Misbah

So, my friends these are your only 24 options to choose from (with a caveat of de-selecting Shaan at times and never selecting Hafeez)
 
Sorry if I classed players wrong, if you wish you can class them separately and do your own lineup
 
Anwar
Majid
Hanif
Inzamam
Asad

Hate to have Asad in the line up but to have Javed/Inzamam needed to have him :(

Thanks for having Hanif and Saeed in such low bracket though :D
 
Anwar
Majid
Hanif
Inzamam
Asad

Hate to have Asad in the line up but to have Javed/Inzamam needed to have him :(

Thanks for having Hanif and Saeed in such low bracket though :D

Think the issue then becomes would they be the best ever in every era type thing
 
Think the issue then becomes would they be the best ever in every era type thing

Anwar, Inzamam, Hanif are easily among top 5 batsmen ever produced by us - Javed and Younis being the other two. Majid is a great in his own right. Asad is a decent #5 by Pakistan standards and can play the second fiddle to the other truly great batsmen.
 
I had the same reaction. What has poor Anwar done to be put along Masood and Shafiq, lower than Misbah and Azhar 🤔

Test 100s by Pakistan top order players:
Azhar = 16.
Hanif = 12.
Anwar = 11.
Hafeez = 10.
Mudassar = 10.
Majid Khan = 8.
Mohsin = 7.
Shoaib Mohammad = 7.
Aamir Sohail = 5.
Sadiq = 5.

Azhar has a 302* & 205* opening the batting for Pakistan in Tests. He has 5 more Test centuries than Saeed. He's been an integral part of the only Pakistan side that has topped the Test rankings in an age of exile. I'd rather have the obdurate Azhar to bat for my life over Saeed. Anwar not really the type to dig in to get you a gutsy 30 or 40. Most runs by a Pakistan batsman at number 1, 2 or 3 - Azhar is so far ahead of everybody else. He deserves his place to partner Hanif in an all time Pakistan Test XI. Not just the numbers for me, but I like openers who can bat long periods of time and really battle for their runs.

2 Test 50s in the wins Pak had in England 2010 Eng tour.
Leading run scorer in 3-0 whitewash of Eng in 2012.
2 100s in a Test vs Aus in 2014.
Century in Eng and Aus in 2016.
2 100s in 1st series win in WI in 2017.
50 in Test win in Eng in 2018.
Serious player is Azhar. Done a lot.

And Misbah:
Averaged 100 in a Test series in India in 2007.
Averaged 100 in a Test series win as Captain in New Zealand in 2011.
Man of the series in a long drawn Test series in England in 2016.
3 50+ scores in Pakistan's maiden Test series win in the West Indies in 2017.
43 50+ scores as Pakistan Captain in Tests, the next best in 21. There hasn't been a more impressive Pakistan batsman with the added responsibilities of leadership to contend with i.e. a highly successful Captain in terms of his own batting performances while being Captain over a sustained period of time.
 
Here are the choices:

$5 : Younis Khan, Javed Miandad, Inzamam-ul-Haq
$4: Saleem Malik, Mohammad Yousuf, Zaheer Abbas
$3: Azhar Ali, Babar Azam, Misbah-ul-Haq
$2: Majid Khan, Hanif Mohammad, Mohammad Hafeez
$1: Saeed Anwar, Asad Shafiq, Shan Masood


Have a go!

Pick a line up which totals $15.

And apologies if I have ranked some players less or more :D

Saeed Anwar
Hanif Mohammad
Zaheer Abbas
Younis Khan
Babar Azam

If this isn't a dream lineup I don't know what is.
 
Nice thread, though I would remove Hafeez, Shan, Shafiq and replace with Ijaz Ahmed, Basit Ali and Amir Sohail.

My top 5:
1. Anwar
2. Hanif
3. Majid
4. Miandad
5. Inzi
 
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