With the high number of fast bowlers coming out of Pakistan, How will Umar Gul find his way back into the team

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Former England captain David Gower has stoked the fires ahead of this summer's Ashes by describing Australia as a country with no culture and their cricketers of having an "animal mentality".

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X is for...X-Factors

X-Factors.
The label, "X-Factor" is often reserved for those players who have the capability to turn an entire match on its head and swing their team's fortunes in a single second.

W is for...Warner

Warner, David Warner

In the news for the wrong reasons recently after a shocking Twitter outburst, but Australia's opening batsman could form one deadly partnership at the top of the order with Shane Watson.

V is for...Virat

Virat. 
One of the best one-day batsmen in the world. Is nearing 100 ODIs and has an average in touching distance of 50, with 13 centuries and 22 fifties.

This week's "Beyond the Boundary" asks, "Will any result besides an appearance in the Champions Trophy Final be acceptable?".

Misbah-ul-Haq will be captaining in his first ICC event, five of the 15-player squad (Junaid Khan, Mohammad Irfan, Asad Ali, Umar Amin, Ehsan Adil) have never played in an ICC tournament, and four others (Imran Farhat, Nasir Jamshed, Asad Shafiq, Wahab Riaz) have only played in one each. That’s four ICC event appearances between nine of the fifteen players.

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After scoring 12 and 27 on Test Debut vs. New Zealand in Karachi, Zaheer Abbas had to wait almost another two years before his second Test.

He showed the world what it was missing as he came in at #3 vs. England in Birmingham and smashed 159* on Day 1 and was finally dismissed for a career high of 274 on Day 2.

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X-Factors.

Who are Pakistan's current "X-Factors"? Do they have any in their current squad? Or are they back home?

Which players do you see as "X-Factors" in the other teams in the Champions Trophy?

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