Comments on: Less rituals, more runs please

By: gabby

gabby — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 02:36:21 +0000

We must resist the urge to keep chopping and changing the faces just for the sake of inducting new faces. Asad Shafiq is the brightest of the lot as he combines the temperament and technique of Azhar and aggressive intent of Akmal nicely, he just need a settled position to bat confidence of team management as he is being dropped quite frequently in between the series.

I would prefer Azhar any day over Imran farhat. Azhar strike rate would improve with more ODI experience under his belt.

I am least optimistic about the progress of Umar Akmal. His career has crashed just after taking a big takeoff with factors including his technical flaws, over aggressiveness, politics and now the added burden of keeping, contributing to his downfall.

I would still prefer to keep all three and just give them a long run without putting them under undue pressure. Despite being a fan of Shoaib Malik, I think he has no place in any format of game right now and it would be wise to groom Hammad Azam as the No.6 position of a batting allrounder.

I would also like to see Sarfaraz instead of Adnan, a much better keeper and batsman than Adnan.

My team for future ODIs

Azhar Ali
M.Hafeez
Asad Shafiq
Misbah/Younis
Umar Akmal
Hammad Azam
Sarfaraz Ahmed
Shahid afridi
Umar Gul
Saeed Ajmal
Junaid Khan/Wahab Riaz

By: JAVED A. KHAN

JAVED A. KHAN — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 11:06:55 +0000

Team Pakistan has been winning under Misbah's captaincy and mostly against minnows. The first big achievement was the 3-0 whitewash in test against England. If you look at the scores there is not a single big innings from any Pakistani batsmen the main achievers were the spin bowlers. After that we have seen the 4-0 greenwash in the ODI's once again mediocre batting and the team cannot score 250 or beyond. We will see the T20 now IMO with this batting they may not score 130-140 and that is not enough. What it needs is a new young team under a new young captain.

By: Az

Az — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:15:44 +0000

Only 50 is not enough

By: Usman Ahmad

Usman Ahmad — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 07:57:47 +0000

You put it so right.I strongly agree with the writer.Finally some one poured the truth on the piece of paper.Umar Almal is not the only one;there have been plenty.Especially Pakistan team needs a batsmen who can score centuries.When is the last time we saw Pakistani player made a century.Seems like ages!right!.Come on do something.These players are happy with fifties while other teams pile up tons.