Pakistan face the same question; with which pair should they go for openers in the upcoming Test series against the world no 1. The possibilities are endless. 

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Sad as it may sound but apart from the likes of Azhar Ali and Asad Shafiq , no youngster can stay in our team for more than 1 or 2 innings. Is there an issue with selection or a lack of talent?

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The list of current Test batsmen with an average of 50+ 

Does that make them special or statistics is not the only yardstick?

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After bowling out Zimbabwe for 294, Pakistan were in some trouble at 96/3 before their old guard combined once again to dig them out.

Mohammad Hafeez has struggled in Test cricket this year averaging in the single figures. Is it time for him to be dropped from Tests and focus on the shorter forms?

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Here are the stats of Pakistani Test Openers against Top Teams (criteria was minimum 12 matches)
 

Away Stats vs Top Teams




Overall Stats vs Top Teams

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For a team that has excelled at the art of bowling lethal yorkers, the current scenario is a complete contrast to what most fans are used to.  It's almost a rarity to see yorkers being bowled by our pace attack.

So the question arises - where are the yorkers?

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A lot of discussion has happened over the past year or so about Misbah ul Haq's inclusion in the ODI team. However, his contribution in ODis is more than needed! Here's why:

In total Pakistan played 21 ODIs this year and scored a total of 4651 runs. Misbah scored 961 out of these 4651 runs, which means he scored 20.66% of the team's runs this year.

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Mohammad Hafeez and Imran Farhat made a record for the 1st wicket partnership against Zimbabwe scoring 228 runs.  Pakistan won the match by 10 wickets, only the fourth time they had won by such a margin.

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I always feel that Saeed Anwar is underrated as a Test Opener. Look at these stats of a Test opener of 90s and share your opinion.
 

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