Pakistan Cricket news/views

[Faisal1985]

Originally Posted by vcs

Will be interesting to see how fat Jesse goes against quality pace this time. Sick of seeing him feast on us.

Pak may be able to hold him off in the NZ conditions provided Riaz, Gul are supported by a young gun.

[marc71178]

Originally Posted by Faisal1985

Well Mr. Cricket New Zealand i think you should worry about your team's strength instead.

To be fair, I'm not sure he's actually putting down the Pakistan team in terms of strength there, think you may be reading more into it than is meant.

[Faisal1985]

Originally Posted by marc71178

To be fair, I'm not sure he's actually putting down the Pakistan team in terms of strength there, think you may be reading more into it than is meant.

Just for fun buddy.

[smalishah84]

Originally Posted by Faisal1985

Since the conditions are bowler friendly why not give Akhtar a chance...he was able to bowl spells of roughly 7 overs in the ODIs.

Does sound like a good idea. Akhtar hasn't been bowling badly since his return. I think it was he himself who backed out of playing test matches to concentrate only on the ODIs.

[Blaze 18]

Originally Posted by Faisal1985

I know SL series was such a disappointment just because of the player power/problems with YK. We shouldn't have lost that series tbh....

We have really hit the lows this decade....

Wahab, Gul, Anwar Ali/Junaid should be given a chance....

Since the conditions are bowler friendly why not give Akhtar a chance...he was able to bowl spells of roughly 7 overs in the ODIs.

Shoaib Akhtar should only be playing T20's and ODI's. He is clearly not fit enough for test cricket. I am not sure Pakistan need him either with all the quality fast bowlers they have at their disposal.

[smalishah84]

Originally Posted by Blaze 18

Shoaib Akhtar should only be playing T20's and ODI's. He is clearly not fit enough for test cricket. I am not sure Pakistan need him either with all the quality fast bowlers they have at their disposal.

quality fast bowlers??? You mean people like Sami??? He has only one quality. Bowling at 150 km/hr and getting smashed to the boundary at 300 km/hr

[Blaze 18]

Pakistan have plenty of options : Umar Gul, Mohammad Irfan, Tanvir Ahmed, Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Talha among others.

[Xuhaib]

Originally Posted by Blaze 18

Pakistan have plenty of options : Umar Gul, Mohammad Irfan, Tanvir Ahmed, Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Talha among others.

most of them are decent but not top quality the two high class ones have flushed their careers down the hole.

[Blaze 18]

Originally Posted by Xuhaib

most of them are decent but not top quality the two high class ones have flushed their careers down the hole.

Yes, that is true. I would rather play one of them than Shoaib Akhtar, though.

[smalishah84]

Originally Posted by Blaze 18

Pakistan have plenty of options : Umar Gul, Mohammad Irfan, Tanvir Ahmed, Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Talha among others.

yeah but none of them are penetrative enough. But yes there seem to be some options going around.

[Blaze 18]

There is this player whose name I cannot recall; he bowled a devastating spell in an U 19 India vs Pakistan match.

[Xuhaib]

Originally Posted by Blaze 18

There is this player whose name I cannot recall; he bowled a devastating spell in an U 19 India vs Pakistan match.

Anwar Ali.He's on the fringes but never seems to have a breakthrough season.

[Blaze 18]

Originally Posted by Xuhaib

Anwar Ali.He's on the fringes but never seems to have a breakthrough season.

Yeah, Anwar Ali. Some of the deliveries he bowled were just top class; reminiscent of a young Waqar Younis.

[Blaze 18]

A video of that awesome spell I was talking about :

YouTube - Anwar Ali 5/35 In The U I9 World Cup Final (Must Watch)

[r3alist]

what pakistan need to do is uncover another amir from somewhere.

that may sound like a blase statement but with the absence of a worthwhile domestic structure they need to employ whatever methods they can to uncover great talents - its really painful to see someone like sami get the nod, or a consistently mediocre performer like gul get chosen when theres a good chance there are better more worthwhile and deserving prospects about.