Your team against Zimbabwe ? (merged)

[UP]

I'm not sure who would I go with

Butt
???
Younis
Malik (c)
Fawad
Misbah
Sarfraz/Adnan Akmal (wk)
???
???
???
???

We have to give some rest to seniour players and bring in some young blood !!!

[Inswinger]

Fawad Alam, Adnan Raza, Khalid Latif, Sohail Khan, Anwar Ali, Mansoor Amjad, and Sarfraz Ahmed should be given atleast one game each.
Im not saying play all these guys together in one match but play 2 youngsters at a time. If the first 2 matches are won then play all these guys together to see how they handle the pressure.

[Zechariah]

Put all the youngsters in, make Afridi captain just for the hell of it.

[Lahoria]

S. Butt
K. Latif
S. Malik
Y. Khan
Misbah-ul-haq
F. Alam
Sarfraz
Y. Arafat
S. Tanvir
S. Khan
R. Iftikhar


Replace Roa with Shaoib, Younis with M. Yousaf, Sarfraz with Karman, and Butt with K. Mazoor for the last two games.

[khanz141]

S. Butt
??? young player
S. Malik
Y. Khan
Misbah-ul-haq
F. Alam
Sarfraz
Y. Arafat
Sohail Tanvir
Sohail Khan
M. Sami/Umar gul(brings a little bit exp.)

Rest shoaib or maybe play him for about 2 matches so we can see some fear on the batsmen after a long time.

Rest mohamed yousaf.

[Gunner786]

Khalid Latif and Khurram Manzoor should get a chance

Latif should be Butts long term partner and nazir shuld be dropped forever

[Serendipity]

Originally Posted by Zechariah Put all the youngsters in, make Afridi captain just for the hell of it.

wud not that be nice!

[deviously~fading~away]

I would keep Afridi in the team & make him the vice-captain to see how he does. Afridi has spoken out so much on how he would like to be the captain than once he lost that to Malik he mentioned how he would like to be the vice-captain. For once PCB should give the man the job, sit back & let afridi do his thing.

PS- since Younis is so reluctant why not give afridi a try?

[deviously~fading~away]

Oh by the way the team should be a mix of experience with youth!

[omidahomie]

Not only to give young blood a chance in the zimbabwe series, but also to give confidence to the likes of some improved performances in the recently concluded test and odi series. Omidahomies Eleven:

1.Yasir Hamed
2. Salman Butt
3. Mohammed Hafeez*
4. Faisal Iqbal
5.Misbah ul Haq
6.Fawad Alam
7.Yasir Arafat
8.Abdul Rehman
9.M. Sami
10.Rao Iftikhar
11.Umar gul*


Cpl of u fellow pak fans, might be suprised by the mohammed hafeez.s inclusion, but i think he was missed in this test series, as he is a good opener, and since his return in the early 2007 season, he was quite decent, starting wit that 92 in england. He would a been an asset against india, in the low pitches and also his bowling would have come in handy, where we had only 3 bowlers at times. Imran Nazir should play, shahid nazir should be brought back.

[usman_ash14]

Batting
Salman Butt
Khurram Manzoor
Afaq Raheem
Shoaib Malik
Fawad Alam
Misbah-ul-haq
Shahid Afridi
Sarfarz Akmal
Yasir Arafat
Sohail Tanvir
Sohail Khan

Bowling
1. Sohail Khan 10
2. Sohail Tanvir 10
3. Yasir Arafat 10
4. Shahid Afrii 10
5. Fawad Alam/Shoaib Malik 6/4

[Plasma]

Originally Posted by usman_ash14 Batting Salman Butt Khurram Manzoor Afaq Raheem Shoaib Malik Fawad Alam Misbah-ul-haq Shahid Afridi Sarfarz Akmal Yasir Arafat Sohail Tanvir Sohail Khan Bowling 1. Sohail Khan 10 2. Sohail Tanvir 10 3. Yasir Arafat 10 4. Shahid Afrii 10 5. Fawad Alam/Shoaib Malik 6/4

i would keep YK there for a game or two... and try another middle order batsmen. i don't know much about Afaq Raheem.

[usman_ash14]

Originally Posted by Plasma i would keep YK there for a game or two... and try another middle order batsmen. i don't know much about Afaq Raheem.

Afaq Raheem
A 22 year old right handed opening batsman, he is playing his second domestic season and has been impressive in OD games. Prior to domestic experience he also has played league cricket in England which must have fine tuned his technique somewhat. A promising prospect from Azad Kashmir, young, tall, and decent built.
He can also turn his arms and has 9 wickets at a very handy economy rate of 4.60 in 19 games, an off spinner.
http://pcb.com.pk/Pakistan/Players/45/45567/45567.html

[infamous9383]

players that must be given chances regarding of how the xi looks should be Khurram manzoor,khalid Latif, Fawad Alam, Sarfraz Ahmed, Najaf Shah.

Possibly Mansoor Amjad but i feel like he has nothing to offer since his bowling has virtually disappeared and he's not a good enough specialist batsman to make the playing eleven. Alot of hype about Sohail Khan but i would let him complete a season of first class cricket first but would be satisified with these changes.

Hasan Raza should be in contention for one of the middle order spots but one part of me says that his time has probably run out. I just wish never to see Faisal Iqbal in Pak unifrom.

so here would be my squad

Khalif Latif
Khurram Manzoor
Salman Butt

Misbah Ul haq
Fawad Alam
Shoaib Malik
Hasan Raza
Shahid Afridi

Sarfraz Ahmed
Kamran Akmal

Yasir Arafat
Sohail Tanveer
Umar Gul
Rao Ifthikar/Mohammad Sami
Abdur Rehman

prefered XI would be:

Khurram Manzoor
Salman Butt
Shoaib Malik
Misbah Ul Haq
Fawad Alam
Hasan Raza
Sarfraz Ahmed
Shahid Afridi
Sohail Tanveer/Najaf Shah
Yasir Arafat
Umar Gul

also, there is an option of playing Akmal as a specialist batsman.

[DM]

Originally Posted by deviously~fading~away I would keep Afridi in the team & make him the vice-captain to see how he does. Afridi has spoken out so much on how he would like to be the captain than once he lost that to Malik he mentioned how he would like to be the vice-captain. For once PCB should give the man the job, sit back & let afridi do his thing. PS- since Younis is so reluctant why not give afridi a try?

Agreed.

[the true passionist]

Originally Posted by Zechariah Put all the youngsters in, make Afridi captain just for the hell of it.

things dont happen just for the hell of it in International Cricket.

[Zechariah]

Originally Posted by the true passionist things dont happen just for the hell of it in International Cricket.

It was sarcasm just for the hell of it

[Pace]

Batsmen from Aitchison College Lahore and bowlers from Army Burn Hall College Abbotabad.

[Hash]

Salman Butt
Khurram Manzoor or Khalid Latif
Younis Khan
Fawad Alam
Shoaib Malik
Misbah ul Haq
Sarfraz Ahmed
Shahid Afridi
Youngster
Youngster
Youngster

[Amjid Javed]

Khalid Latif
Khurram Manzoor
Younis Khan
Fawad Alam
Shoaib Malik
Misbah ul Haq
Sarfraz Ahmed
Mansoor amjad
Najaf shah
Anwar Ali
Yasir ali

[Legendary_Sage]

I dont think so that our selectors have the balls to select a youngester even against zim..
Malik is also not in favour of young players as he showed when fawad and sarfraz was playing in the last match against india that he is not pleased about their inclusion during toss of 5th odi

[nitrous]

Originally Posted by buntylover_2000 Malik is also not in favour of young players as he showed when fawad and sarfraz was playing in the last match against india that he is not pleased about their inclusion during toss of 5th odi

Then Malik should be kicked out of the team ASAP. If this guys doesn't fancy youngsters chances against Zimbabwe,then I'm sorry but Malik needs to be shown the door for good.

[flawed_genius]

Mainly youth and a pinch of experience.

[deviously~fading~away]

Originally Posted by the true passionist things dont happen just for the hell of it in International Cricket.

Really? B/c i thought that PCB made Shoaib Malik the captain of Pakistan's odi & test side just for the hell of it!

[rjk786]

ODI Team

Salman Butt (in the last two OD's i would play two young openers)
Khurrum Manzoor (or Afaq Raheem or Nasir Jamshed)
Adnan Raza
Shahid Yousaf
Shoaib Malik
Fawad Alam
Misbah Ul Haq
Saaed Bin Naser (could be another Misbah Ul Haq)
Sohail Tanvir (i think his batting could improve by building up his confidence)
Shoaib Akhtar (or change him for another youngster e.g. Anwar Ali, Jamshed Ahmed etc)
Sohail Khan

I think this is a really good team that will do good, it has a strong and long batting line up, it also has 3 pace bowlers and two spinners (3 spinners if you include Salman Butt).

[Fawad]

When are the matches between Pak and Zim?

[Saudi]

I think all the bowlers should be youngsters with a couple of young batsmen tried. If we field too many young batsman we may lose some matches, whereas with young bowlers its not that much of a risk.

[Plasma]

Originally Posted by Fawad When are the matches between Pak and Zim?

i think dates are still to be finalized. However it is a fact that they will be after the election, which are on January 10th.

[TaZ]

Originally Posted by Amjid Javed Khalid Latif Khurram Manzoor Younis Khan Fawad Alam Shoaib Malik Misbah ul Haq Sarfraz Ahmed Mansoor amjad Najaf shah Anwar Ali Yasir ali

HOW COME YOUNIS KHAN IS IN YOUR ODI TEAM NOW ?!?!?!?!?!?!!?

[sehsan]

Originally Posted by Amjid Javed Khalid Latif Khurram Manzoor Younis Khan Fawad Alam Shoaib Malik Misbah ul Haq Sarfraz Ahmed Mansoor amjad Najaf shah Anwar Ali Yasir ali

Amjid,
I think salman need to be there. Here is my team


Salman Butt
Khurram manzoor
Younis Khan
Fawad Alam
Shoaib Malik
Misbah Ul Haq
Sarfraz Ahmed
Mansoor Amjad or some new allrounder
Najaf Shah
Sohail Khan
Anwar Ali

Reserves
Khalid Latif
Adnan Raza
Yasir Ali

[pakcricketfan]

1)Khurram Manzoor
2)Khalid Latif
3)Shoaib Malik (c)
4)Misbah Ul Haq (vc)
5)Fawad Alam
6)Sarfraz Ahmed (wk)
7)Yasir Arafat
8)Atif Maqbool/Mansoor Amjad
9)Sohail Tanvir
10)Abdur Rauf
11)Sohail Khan
12)Anwar Ali
13)Nasir Jamshed
14)Bilal Khilji
15)Mohammed Irshad

[Robert]

You could put any eleven eejits in there and beat Zim. Even if Big Darryl was ump!

[Hash]

Sohail Khan should get a shot.

[Sheikh]

1) Salman Butt
2) Khurram Manzoor
3) Younis Khan
4) Shoaib Malik (C)
5) Misbah ul-haq
6) Fawad Alam
7) Sarfraz Ahmed (Wk)
8) Sohail Tanvir
9) Anwar Ali
10) Sohail Khan
11) Najaf Shah

12) Khalid Latif
13) Adnan Raza
14) Mansoor Amjad
15) Yasir Arafat
16) Abdur Rauf

[Showman]

1. Khalid Latif
2. Imran Nazir
3. Shoaib Malik
4. Younis Khan
5.Fawad Alam
6. Shahid Afridi
7. Sarfraz Ahmed
8. Sohail Tanvir
9. Najaf Shah
10. Jamshed Ahmed
11. Anwar Ali

[shahidrazzaq]

"Any team will work. As long as you have team spirit!"

[Ilyas]

When where and what kind of series is this?

[sehsan]

Originally Posted by Ilyas When where and what kind of series is this?

5 oneday matches in pakistan and some time in jan

[Sufyan!]

Dont underestimate zimbabwe like australia underestimated bangladesh!

[majid786]

Originally Posted by Sufyan! Dont underestimate zimbabwe like australia underestimated bangladesh!

ye coz zimbabwe beat australia in a t20 game

[Robert]

But Zim make Bangladesh look world class. Zim aren't even as good as a Minor County any more.

Mugabe has gutted what was once a useful international side with his racist interference in selection and general economic incompetence.

[majid786]

that is true, they beat sa in the world cup, they beat the aussies, they also beat the windies in the t20 world cup and knocked them out of the tournament

[Sparkle]

Ummmm here's my team:

Salman Butt
Someone new
Younis Khan
Shoaib Malik
Kamran Akmal
Sarfraz Ahmad
Sohail Tanvir
Sohail Khan
Yasir Arafat
Misbah-ul-haq

and along with many new players....

[Wazeeri]

Butt
Manzoor
Younis
Yousuf
Misbah
Malik
Sarfraz
Sohail Khan
Akhtar / Najaf Shah
Asif / Gul / Najaf Shah
Rehman

[King Khan]

Ideally we should have at least 3 of our senior players playing so that they can guild the youngsters while playing... here would be my 15 man squad.

Khurram Manzoor
Nasir Jamshed
Khalid Latif
Fawad Alam
Adnan Raza
Shoaib Malik (c)
Misbah/Younis/Yousuf (I would prefer Younis and trialed as an opener)
Sarfraz Ahmed
Shahid Afridi
Mansoor Amjad
Sohail Khan
Sohail Tanvir
Najaf Shah (if fit)
Anwar Ali
Shoaib Ahktar (still needs match fitness but not to go full throttle)

As there are 5 ODIs being played... Every player should have 2-3 games played. Even play one game where there are no seniors (except Malik of course)

[tradecars]

rather than the current pak team i woul like to send bangladesh to represent us in the zimbabwe series we would have a better chance of winning a series

[deviously~fading~away]

Originally Posted by majid786 that is true, they beat sa in the world cup, they beat the aussies, they also beat the windies in the t20 world cup and knocked them out of the tournament

I thought bangladesh knocked WI out of T20 cup?

[Shoaib Akhtar's Fan]

1. Salman Butt
2. Khalid Latif ( have read and heard great things abt this lad )
3. Shoaib Malik
4. Misbah ( should be given a chance to bat a bit higher than his usual no. 6 position )
5. Hasan Raza ( should be given another go )
6. Fawad Alam
7. Sarfraza Ahmad
8. Yasir Arafat / Sohail Tanveer ( IMO , there's place for only one of the two in the side )
9. Sohail Khan / Mansoor Amjad
10. Mohd Asif ( if he recovers by then he would require some match practice prior to the Aus series )
11. Anwar Ali

[dblock]

Very unlikely that Asif is going to recover in time for Zim, even chances for Aus series looks quite balanced

[Hash]

Just to add to my earlier team....

Salman Butt
Khurram Manzoor/Khalid Latif/Nasir Jamshed
Younis Khan
Fawad Alam
Shoaib Malik
Misbah ul Haq
Sarfraz Ahmed
Shahid Afridi
Anwar Ali
Sohail Khan
some other bowler

[Plasma]

Originally Posted by Hash Just to add to my earlier team.... Salman Butt Khurram Manzoor/Khalid Latif/Nasir Jamshed Younis Khan Fawad Alam Shoaib Malik Misbah ul Haq Sarfraz Ahmed Shahid Afridi Anwar Ali Sohail Khan Gul

Gul needs match practice.

Rest of the team is fine

[Karachi]

practice one day, Warm-up match:
Pakistan X
01-Nasir Jamshed
02-Khurram Manzoor
03-Khalid Latif
04-Adnan Raza
05-Fawad Alam (C)
06-Mansoor Amjad
07-Sarfraz Ahmed
08-Yasir Arafat
09-Najaf Shah
10-Sohail Khan
11-Yasir Ali



ODI team
01-Salman Butt
02-Khurram manzoor
03-Younis Khan
04-Fawad Alam
05-Shoaib Malik
06-Misbah Ul Haq
07-Sarfraz Ahmed
08-Shahid Afridi
09-Anwar Ali
10-Sohail Khan
11-Sohail Tanvir

Reserves
12-Khalid Latif
13-Adnan Raza
14-Yasir Arafat
15-Najaf Shah

[Gujar]

Salman Butt
Imran Nazir
Younis Khan
Fawad Alam
Shoaib Malik (C)
Misbah Ul-Haq
Shahid Afridi (VC)
Humayun Farhat (WK)
Yasir Arafat
Najaf Shah
Sohail Khan

Reserves - Abdul Rauf, Rao Iftikhar, Young batsman, Young batsman

[prepare]

What will the team be?

[.com]

1) Ahmed Shahzad
2) Khalid Latif
3) Umar Amin
4) Misbah Ul Haq*
5) Saeed Bin Nasir
6) Shahid Afridi
7) Imad Wasim
8) Sarfarz Ahmed+
9) Yasir Arafat
10) Sohail Khan
11) Iftikhar Rao


Misbah To Lead The Side.

[jigridost]

Afaq Raheem
Khurram Manzoor
Adnan Raza
Saeed Bin Nasir
Shoaib Malik
Misbah ul Haq
Fawad Alam
Sarfraz Ahmed
Sohail Tanvir
Abdur Rauf
Sohail Khan


BOWLERS

Sohail Khan, Rauf, Tanvir, Fawad, Malik, Afaq Raheem/Adnan Raza

[Karachi]

*Zimbabwe are scheduled to arrive on January 12 and will play a four-day match and a three-day match before the ODI series begins.


We are playing against Zimbabwe, possibly the worst international team.
We have to be brave and try some new players. pCB should try some new players in 4-day and 3-day matchs.

We should don't have decent openers. In fact we have not been able to find decent opening pair since 2003. PCB should try a new opening pair, we also need a middle order batsman (Adnan Raza, Shahid Yousef, etc). Mohammad Yousef and Younis Khan should rotate, I don't want to see both together.

Players I like to see in ODI.
all-rounder Fawad Alam, Adnan RazaSarfraz Ahmed, Khalid Latif, Khurram Manzoor pacer Sohail Khan, Anwar Ali, Najaf Shah

ODI team
01-Salman Butt
02-Khurram manzoor
03-Younis Khan
04-Fawad Alam
05-Shoaib Malik
06-Misbah Ul Haq
07-Sarfraz Ahmed
08-Shahid Afridi
09-Sohail Tanvir
10-Sohail Khan
11-Umer Gul

Reserves
12-Khalid Latif
13-Adnan Raza
14-Yasir Arafat
15-Najaf Shah
16- Anwar Ali



Pakistan X (4-Day match)
01-Nasir Jamshed
02-Khurram Manzoor
03-Shahid Yousuf
04-Adnan Raza
05-Fawad Alam (C)
06-Mansoor Amjad
07-Sarfraz Ahmed
08-Yasir Arafat
09-Najaf Shah
10-Sohail Khan
11-Yasir Ali


Pakistan X (3-Day match)
01-Khalid Latif
02-Afaq Raheem
03-Saeed Bin Nasir
04-Shoaib Malik (C)
05-Fawad Alam
06-Hasan Raza
07-Sarfraz Ahmed
08-Sohail Tanvir
09-Abdur Rauf
10-Rao Ifthikar
11-Anwar Ali