I agree with you, but it was all about giving the rookies the taste of playing at the sub-continent though the aussies got owned but this experience would help these rookies develop theri game further and work on their flaws, as they say no pain no gain!!!!!!!
Well Yousuf has gone to the ICL, so his chances of playing for Pakistan again are virtually nil, especially if the PCB hold true to their word (which is unlikely) and since Inzamam has been dropped from the central contract list I doubt he'll play a Test again.
In Umer's defence the runs he got against Zim were facing the likes of Streak, Price and Olanga.
Still a poor bowling attack.
Hilfenhaus yes, but thats the nature of A side when guys get called up to the national side. But you got to remember that Gillespie came in for him. And if Australia failed with Hilfenhaus then people would have said if Gillespie, Griffin etc were picked they would have done better. But Gillespie was average and i can't see MacDonald, Edmondon or Dorey doing any better. There all pretty average and not much better if at all then the guys that were in the squad. There not really any bowlers that you could have added to squad that would have done much better outside Bichel.
Looking at the pace attack there didn't really give any rookies are try outside Butterworth. Bollinger, Noffke, Gillespie and Harwood (intially in the squad) aren't rookies. Hopes, Gillespie and Noffke have all been around the national set up for a while. Harwood and Bollinger are seasoned pros and have been part of plenty of A tours including quite a few to sub-continent.
Edmondson is crap, Hopes is average, Butterworth had one good game his whole career. Griffith medicore, a solid performer but a long way off even A level. Gillespie yes.
Apart from certain performances against Australia, VVS Laxman has made a rather successful career out of doing exactly that.
Adnan or Hazan?Given how uninspiring Pakistan’s bowling attack looks, this could be a run feast for the batsman. Also Raza to dominate.
Decent squad, is Safraz Ahmed really the best keeper in Pakistan behind Kamran Akmal? What happened to that Zulqarnain chap who toured South Africa not so long ago?
Shahid Yousuf wasnt selected cause he supposedly left the training camp without permission. Also been fined 10000 rupees.
Shahid Yousuf is an excellent bat, technically some light years ahead of rubbish like Faisal Iqbal, Taufiq Umer, Yasir Hameed. His problem is mainly in the head he tends to find soft ways to get out.
I knew there must be some kind of reason he was mentioned as a Pakistani prospect, and it obviously wasn't the amount of runs he has been scoring because they haven't really been coming in huge quantities. Yasir Hameed is hardly rubbish, he'll get a batting spot when Pakistan play their next Test, and rightfully so.