M0rphin3
International Debutant
Salman has a terrible record except against maybe Aussies. And Younis had some practise ODI series before tests to adapt to the conditions, not big deal for a player like him. Asad Shafique replacing an out of form Umar Akmal and same with Adnan replacing Kamran. So overall the squad might be inexperienced, but they got rid of some horribly out of form players, that makes the team in a way better.The last test Taufeeq Umar played before the South African series was in 2006; Mohammad Hafeez was playing after a long time as well (And I think Salman Butt would have done okay, the pitches would have suited him). Younis Khan is class, but he was making a comeback after sixteen months; Asad Shafique and Adnan Akmal were making their debuts. Fair point on Dale Steyn.
Look, I can see merit in the don't-read-too-much-into-two-test-matches argument, but what I don't buy is the "oh, the pitches were roads argument". Like G.I Joe said, that makes it sound as if the world's best bowling attack can only perform in conditions that suit them.
And don't take that point in isolation. How are they supposed to bowl in such slow tracks with no assistance? Once the ball gets older there was nothing in the pitch, they just needed to play the waiting game which they did. And 2 test series is too small a sample size. So lets not exaggerate and make it sound like it was a simple task for SA to run through the Pak side.