Kamran Akmal's poor performance at the Champions Trophy may have put his own international career in doubt with the selection committee likely to drop him for the upcoming tour of the Caribbean, but it could spell could news for another Akmal, his brother Umar.

Is the integrity of players a good parameter to judge greatness as a player or should we only look at skills as a cricketer while judging greatness?

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Inspirational or cheesy? ECB announce the official Ashes film and poem

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The phrase 'building for the future' must involve youngsters.  This is a step in the right direction given that the PCB have decided to give youth tours some level of priority.  However,  until this actually comes into practice, these are merely statements.

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After the successful fitness tests of Shahid Afridi and Abdur Rehman yesterday, it was the turn of eight more players to prove how fit they are.

Excellent player. One of my all time favorites.

But...

In 33 tests where Lara scored a century, WI won only 8 (24%) and lost 13 (39%).

Got worse when Lara made those mammoth 200+ scores.

In 9 tests where Lara scored 200+, WI lost 3 (33%), drew 5 (56%) and won only 1 (11%).

If you get hold of a clip of the match where he made 400*, watch his reaction when he goes past Hayden's highest score of 380 (previous record holder). Was that reaction really necessary? (not judging). That game too ended a draw.

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I note a lot of us would like Pak team to be rebuilt from scratch.

Assuming that the PCB took our advice and put in untested younger players, is there an appetite to see them lose in favour of a promise of improvement in say 2 years time?

Does the paying public and the PCB have the patience to allow players to grow in their roles?

I believe that this issue is the one reason why we dont see wholesale changes. I dont see this changing.

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I know there is hardly any player in current Pakistani team who can see off 2 new balls or at least can sruvive first 10 overs. But are you able to mention 2 players (including current international+domestic players) that you think are better thn others as ODI openers for Pakistan to survive these 2 new balls at least 10-15 overs without putting so much pressure on the team by scoring 20 runs in 10 overs...They should be able to face any bowling attack on any surface in the world not only on sub continent pitches like Hafeez do against weak bowling attacks on sub continent pitches to prove he is an opener...

For me Jamshed is a permanent choice as opener for ODI's but from last few matches i noticed he is feeling so much pressure and not able to play his natural game...

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With the World Twenty20 Event in Bangladesh in doubt, and ICC considering switching it to usual places such as Sri Lanka or South Africa, I was just thinking why can't they hold an ICC event in the UAE, considering they have their office in Dubai. 

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