Your 1st Team For Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Abu Dhabi Series

[Gunner786]

The squad is
Shoaib Malik (capt), Salman Butt, Imran Nazir, Mohammad Hafeez, Yasir Hameed, Mohammad Yousuf, Shahid Afridi, Fawad Alam, Kamran Akmal (wk), Abdul Razzaq, Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Sami, Umar Gul, Rao Iftikhar, Najaf Shah.

mine is

Imran Nazir
Salman Butt
Yasir Hameed
Mohd Yousuf
Shoaib Malik
Shahid Afridi
Abdul Razzaq
Kamran Akmal
Najaf Shah
Umar Gul/Mohd Sami
Mohd Asif

would have prefered a more solid middle order batsman to be played instead of yasir hameed but expect us to be 3 down for 50 odd in 80% of our matches

[Bailan]

1 - Salman Butt
2 - Yasir Hameed/Imran Nazir.... flip a coin, they both will do great in shajah and fail everywhere else.
3 - Shoaib Malik
4 - Mohd. Yousaf
5 - Fawad Alam (I am unware to what his natrual position is, but the FC stats are very impressive)
6 - Abdul Razzaq
7 - Shahid Afridi
8 - Kamran Akmal
9 - Umar Gul
10 - Najaf Shah
11 - Mohd. Asif

[Sabika]

i want to astisfy my curiosity with fawad alam in
try him anyways
its not like any one other than us pak fans expects us to win

[Gunner786]

if they are gonna bat alam then bat him in middle order

no point bringing him later in innings to smash sixes cos he's built like yasir hameed.

its like the windies did with simmons this world cup sending him in at 8 and asking him to hit sixes when he can barely hit a 4 with all his strength

[Plasma]

1. Imran Nazir
2. Salman Butt
3. Shoaib Malik
4. Fawad Alam
5. Yoyo
6. Kamran Akmal
7. Shahid Afridi
8. Abdul Razzq
9. Najaf Shah
10. Asif
11. Sami

yeah i would like a better middle order aswell, but what can we do...

[Sheikh]

1) Salman Butt
2) Imran Nazir
3) Shoaib Malik*
4) Mohammad Yousuf
5) Fawad Alam
6) Shahid Afridi
7) Kamran Akmal (Wk)
8) Abdur Rehman
9) Umer gul
10) Mohammad Asif
11) Najaf Shah

[Plasma]

i havn't seen abdur rehman play, is he better than Razzq?

[Sheikh]

i havn't seen abdur rehman play, is he better than Razzq?
Well, he's a left-arm off spinner, with good control of the ball. He has the ability to turn the ball with flight as well as off the pitch. He's had a very good start to his international career, even holding his own in his brief match up against Lara.

Here are his statistics, which really make you wonder why he was dropped in the first place:

Bowling averages Mat Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4 5 10
ODIs 4 192 119 6 2/20 2/20 19.83 3.71 32.00 0 0 0

[Lightning]

Yasir Hameed
Salman Butt
Shoaib Malik
Mohd Yousuf
Fawad Alam
Shahid Afridi
Abdul Razzaq
Kamran Akmal
Najaf Shah
Mohd Sami
Mohd Asif

[Crucifier]

Imran
Butt
Malik
Moyo
Fawad Alam
Shahid Afridi
Razzaq
Kamran Akmal
Mohammad Sami
Umar Gul
Mohammad Asif

[Plasma]

Well, he's a left-arm off spinner, with good control of the ball. He has the ability to turn the ball with flight as well as off the pitch. He's had a very good start to his international career, even holding his own in his brief match up against Lara.

Here are his statistics, which really make you wonder why he was dropped in the first place:

Bowling averages Mat Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4 5 10
ODIs 4 192 119 6 2/20 2/20 19.83 3.71 32.00 0 0 0
ahh, ok thanx alot, yeah he should be on the team

[iZeeshan]

Salman, Imran, Yasir, Yousuf, Malik, Fawad, Afridi, Akmal, Asif, Sami, Najaf

You may argue that Gul should be in for the first game, but Najaf is a must try for the first game and Sami has been on fire, IMO. Gul is still better then Sami, no doubt, but just for complementery's sake.

[Karachi]

1) Salman Butt
2) Imran Nazir
3) Mohammad Yousuf
4) Shoaib Malik*
5) Fawad Alam
6) Shahid Afridi
7) Kamran Akmal (Wk)
8) Abdur Rehman
9) Umer gul
10) Mohammad Asif
11) Najaf Shah

or


1) Salman Butt
2) Imran Nazir
3) Mohammad Yousuf
4) Yasir Hameed
5) Shoaib Malik*
6) Fawad Alam
7) Shahid Afridi
8) Kamran Akmal (Wk)
9) Umer gul
10) Mohammad Asif
11) Najaf Shah

[Amir]

My team would be:
Butt, Safraz/Zulqy, Malik, Yousuf, Raza, Alam, Afridi, Arafat, Gul, Shah, Asif

My team from this squad:
Butt, Nazir, Hameed, Malik, Yousuf, Alam, Akmal, Afridi, Gul, Shah, Asif
-I was looking for a spot include Razzaq, but then I have to make Kami open and I am not sure if I want that. I don't want to take out any of the top three, because Akmal is not a number 5 bat to me....either open as a pinchy or lower down.
-This squad gives oyu 6 bowling options and in ODIs you always need a minimum of 6 bowlers incase one of them gets carted around.

[hasbeen]

1) Salman Butt
2) Imran Nazir
3) Shoaib Malik*
4) Mohammad Yousuf
5) Fawad Alam
6) Shahid Afridi
7) Kamran Akmal (Wk)
8) Abdur Rehman
9) Umer gul
10) Mohammad Asif
11) Najaf Shah

rehman aint even in the squad

[Gunner786]

why do people compare rehman to razzaq?

his batting is virtualy non existent compared to razzaqs late order big hitting

[Afridi_Fan]

For the 1st time on this Forum i have seen almost everyone agreed that Boom Boom should be in the playing elevan,Good Signs :P

[yawar]

Salman Butt
Yasir Hammed
Shoaib Malik
Mohd. Yousuf
Mohd. Hafeez
Imran Nazir
Kamran Akmal
Abdul Razzaq
Shahid Afridi
Umar Gul
Mohd. Asif

[tradecars]

1) Salman Butt
2) Imran Nazir
3) Shoaib Malik*
4) Mohammad Yousuf
5) Fawad Alam
6) Shahid Afridi
7) abdul razzaq
8) kamran akmal
9) Umer gul
10) Mohammad Asif
11) Najaf Shah

this looks a well balanced side. seems though we have ended up with more allrounders anyway we 3 genuine seam bowlers. and lets see if alam and afridi spin attack can do some magic. it would be good if akmal never opens again and they stick with some form of batting order for the long haul.

good luck pakistan

[nedian21]

1. Salman
2. Nazir
3. Malik
4. Yusuf
5. Fawad
6. Abdul Razzaq
7. Afridi
8. Kami
9. Asif
10. Umer
11. Najaf Shah

Though I am sure that Fawad and Najaf wont get even a single game. Yasir ‘Fisher man’ Hameed will play instead of Fawad and Sami Marshall will take Najaf’s place.

[Saqs]

I'd actually drop Akmal and play Yasir hameed as our keeper (Because ive seen him do it before)

1. Salman
2. Nazir
3. Malik
4. Yusuf
5. Yasir Hameed
6. Fawad
7. Abdul Razzaq
8. Afridi
9. Asif
10. Umer
11. Najaf Shah/Sami

[Karachi]

I'd actually drop Akmal and play Yasir hameed as our keeper (Because ive seen him do it before)

Is he any good at WK?

[snazir6]

1.Nazir
2. Butt
3. Malik
4. Yousaf
5. Alam
6. Afridi
7. Razzaq
8. Akmal
9. Gul
10. Najaf/Sami/Rao (give each 1 a go in each game)
11. Asif

[the true passionist]

Butt
Hameed / Nazir
Malik
Moyo
Fawad / Razaq
Afridi / Razaq
Akmal
Asif
Gul
Najaf / Sami
Rehman / Hafeez

My list above from the selected 15 basically shows:

- one out of Hameed and Nazir should play but not both.
- two out of Razaq, Afridi, and Fawad should play but not all 3.
- one out of Sami and Najaf should play and probably not both.
- and one of Rehaman and Hafeez should play but not both.


The selection above is based on the following factors: Expected pitches, Quality of opposition, Form of our players(based on recent performance) and future outlook (considering the teams and tours we will be taking on in the next year or so).

[Boi]

Imran
Butt
yoyo
malik
alam
Akmal
Razzaq
Afridi
Asif
Gul
Rehman or rao or shah that i hvent seen, it depends on the pitch

the experienced plyers should come at 3 and 4

[Waqar's inswinging yorker]

from this squad i would go with

Salman Butt
Yasir Hameed
Shoaib Malik
Mohammad Yousuf
Fawad Alam
Shahid Afridi
Abdul Razzaq
Kamran Akmal
Umer Gul
Mohammad Asif
Najaf Shah

[waqar_ahmad]

i would use this series purely for practice and would test the new new guys out in all the games.

1. Nazir
2. butt
3. malik
4. yousaf
5. hameed
6. alam
7. akmal
8. Shah
9. Mohammad Sami
10. Asif
11. Gul

a four prong pace attak, no Abdul Razzaq as our weak link, alam in place of afridi.
10.

[iZeeshan]

Breaking News!

Abdul Rehman is NOT in the squad!

[Ralync]

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