Pakistan Team Discussion

[Salman.]

Imad should play, He also played an important knock in the last warm up game.

45 off 50 when the RR was over 10. Really?

 

[Aoun13]

I'd prefer Fahim over Shadab, Imad should play, He also played an important knock in the last warm up game.

Indians play bowlers like Imad regularly in their domestic circuit so they are very strong at playing regular spin bowlers. We need a bit of mystery against India, and the googlies of Shadab can help us. If the pitch offer a little bit of grip then against SA we can play Imad by resting any seamer.

 

[Na Maloom Afraad]

This is what I would field against India, as much as I would like to see Imad Wasim play, I think that him being too simple and easy to play might not be effective. Shadab Khan's bowling offers variations. I do not think that Wahab Riaz should play. I'd just personally prefer Junaid Khan over him. I think we have enough dept in our batting with even Shadab Khan being able to hit sixes, and we have six bowlers, and if needed, we can use Fakhar Zaman and Haris Sohail with the ball too. If needed.

Azhar Ali
Fakhar Zaman
Babar Azam
Haris Sohail
Sarfraz Ahmed†*
Shoaib Malik^
Fahim Ashraf^
Hasan Ali^
Mohammad Aamir^
Shadab Khan^
Junaid Khan^

 

[Ahmad94]

This is what I would field against India, as much as I would like to see Imad Wasim play, I think that him being too simple and easy to play might not be effective. Shadab Khan's bowling offers variations. I do not think that Wahab Riaz should play. I'd just personally prefer Junaid Khan over him. I think we have enough dept in our batting with even Shadab Khan being able to hit sixes, and we have six bowlers, and if needed, we can use Fakhar Zaman and Haris Sohail with the ball too. If needed.

Azhar Ali
Fakhar Zaman
Babar Azam
Haris Sohail
Sarfraz Ahmed†*
Shoaib Malik^
Fahim Ashraf^
Hasan Ali^
Mohammad Aamir^
Shadab Khan^
Junaid Khan^

Strong side, the only thing I can critique is the inclusion of Azhar Ali. He has constantly flopped at the top, however, we don't really have much of a choice and with Fakhar Zaman opening with him, you would hope it balances his slow start.

 

[Na Maloom Afraad]

Strong side, the only thing I can critique is the inclusion of Azhar Ali.

The only reason for including him is because I don't want neither Ahmed Shehzad nor Mohammad Hafeez.

 

[Ahmad94]

One of my major worries from the warm-up matches and recently concluded SA Vs Eng Series is that I hope the top order don't crumble to swing bowling. I hope the likes of Amir and Junaid can utilize it efficiently early on.

 

[CerealKiller]

This was going to be the batting order. Could we see Hafeez at 6 or will they go for the expected lineup?

 

[Ahmad94]

@CerealKiller . Where did you get that from?

Edit: Are you kidding me??? No Amir in the lineup, pathetic!

 

[CerealKiller]

@CerealKiller . Where did you get that from?

Someone posted it on a FB group. He posted it before the previous warmup as well, and it turned out to be correct.

 

[Perfect Square]

This was going to be the batting order. Could we see Hafeez at 6 or will they go for the expected lineup?

I think this line-up was, Pak v Ban warm-up match.

 

[CerealKiller]

I think this line-up was, Pak v Ban warm-up match.

Nope. Fakhar didn't play in that.

 

[Perfect Square]

Nope. Fakhar didn't play in that.

Then it is definitely Pakistan v Australia warm-up match. Cause you can see clearly Shoaib Malik's batting order column has - and before the toss there were reports that Shoaib Malik will not play.

EDIT : I think this is real picture.

 

[CerealKiller]

EDIT : I think this is real picture.

I knew it already

 

[Rehan_24]

Indians play bowlers like Imad regularly in their domestic circuit so they are very strong at playing regular spin bowlers. We need a bit of mystery against India, and the googlies of Shadab can help us. If the pitch offer a little bit of grip then against SA we can play Imad by resting any seamer.

I can see your point. I was prefering Imad because his aggression brings an extra energy into the team unit. Lot of break-throughs and winning moments you grab through your personal effort and determination and it sometimes out-pass the skill. Imad was very keen to play against India while Shadab can get a little nervous considering he is still in his debut days and expectations are immense from him

 

[Aoun13]

I can see your point. I was prefering Imad because his aggression brings an extra energy into the team unit. Lot of break-throughs and winning moments you grab through your personal effort and determination and it sometimes out-pass the skill. Imad was very keen to play against India while Shadab can get a little nervous considering he is still in his debut days and expectations are immense from him

Shadab is a better fielder, for that you can check his fielding in PSL. Shadab can be your new Saeed Ajmal if we play him right, this experiment of including him in tests was a hastily one. Saeed Ajmal played an year or so before being introduced in Tests, plus he developed his temperament by playing lots and lots of FC.
Players get their confidence by performance and so far it seems on a true flat surface Imad will struggle, specially against Indians who loves to play open stance inside-out shot. On the other hand Shadab experiment is worth taking the risk. If he fails we still have Hafeez to cover up as the sixth bowling option but if his googly worked against the same inside-out shot, it will boost Pakistan and Shadab's chances in future.