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It's clearly known that our youngsters need to be nurtured in the right way. Most power house nations like England, SA etc do this by having a PROPER A squad or for England a Lions squad. Yes we do have a Pakistan A squad but not with regular games and tours. There is no motivation or rewards involved. We should have a squad who regularly play and it should be a real honour to play for them. They're should be regular tours of SA, England, Australia etc. It's important that its clear this is not a U19 squad or a squad for just some promosing good kids. It should be for 1 Any players around under 28 who are good and could be in the main squad but they're are better players who are nearing they're end in a few years. (Eg Ajmal) 2 for upcoming promising youngsters like Usman Qadir. This is a way to nurture them much better then them sitting on the sidelines giving senior players drinks etc
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3 out of the top 4 fastest bowlers ever recorded are Aussies.
Lee,Tait,Thompson
Brett lee is the only bowler in the Top 5 who bowls with a Straight/Classical action.
The remaining 4 of the top 5 were Gunslingers or Catapults(Thompson,Shoaib,Tait and Roberts)
In the Top 10,Pakistan and WI's both represent twice.
Akhtar and Sami for the prior and Roberts,Fidel Edwards for the latter.
Almost all Express Bowlers in top 15 are from Aus,Pak or WI.
Malinga and Steyn spoil the party.
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One of the positives from the tournament, too bad his good run of form was wasted by constantly playing him with the tail.
Event Season Matches Runs HS Avg
ICC Champions Trophy 2009-2009 4 98 55 49.00
World Cup 2011-2011 7 240 71 48.00
Asia Cup 2010 3 101 50 33.66
Asia Cup 2012 4 156 77 39.00
ICC World Twenty20 2010 6 155 56* 38.75
ICC World Twenty20 2012 6 125 43* 62.50
(I know nobody really cares about the Asia Cup but kept it in anyway) It's good to see a batsman who saves his best for the BIG games for a change, even great players like Inzamam, Younis, Yousuf flopped more often than not for Pakistan in events like the WC. He's also upped his game against Australia in all formats which is nice. Have criticized Umar Akmal in the past but he played smartly and maturely in this tournament, perhaps it was the pressure of competition from young Nasir Jamshed getting all the praise which motivated him but whatever the case, Pakistan has benefited. Like it or not, he's a mainstay in Pakistan LOI teams and rightfully so, quality numbers on the big stage.
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Is Test Match Special dying out as a result of internet streams (free but of course illegal) becoming more popular nowadays?
This means that because people can get free coverage of internet cricket will TMS sadly die out? I've heard TMS a few times and it truly is great because not only is it coverage of the cricket being played at the time but the commentators also provide truly magnificent, humorous stories of their times during First-Class/Test cricket.
So, do you think that this is the main reason for its decline or do other reasons play more importance?
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I would like to take the opportunity to discuss the issue which defined world cricket in the 1980s – the rebel tours of South Africa. My views will be controversial, but are not intended to cause offence.
Western public opinion tolerated racial discrimination and segregation in the USA, South Africa and parts of Australia well into the 1960s. The recent death of English PM Margaret Thatcher illustrates this: she sincerely believed that the whites had built South Africa and that black people had a different role in society, a lower role.
South Africa was thrown out of world cricket in 1970 when they ruled the world on the pitch. They had the world’s best two batsmen (Barry Richards and Graeme Pollock) and the world’s best fast-bowling all-rounder in Mike Procter. Throughout the 1970s they were excluded from world cricket, and with their government moving ever further towards right-wing racial extremism it was obvious that a long period of exclusion lay ahead....
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If pakistan was to face Australia in its current form in tests, what could have been the result of a three match test series? Lets say away and home.
I think Pak could have stood a good chance at UAE, but in Australia they would have lost by close margin.
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Speaking exclusively to PakPassion.net, Basit Ali expressed his typically forthright views on a variety of topics including Misbah-ul-Haq’s role in the Pakistan team, the road ahead for Umar Akmal and Pakistan's squad for the Champions Trophy 2013. He also had some strong words for the ex Chairman of the PCB, Ijaz Butt.
New Zealand must have been wondering what they ever did to Inzamam-ul-Haq as him and Aamer Sohail put on a record 263 runs for the 2nd wicket in the 2nd Semi-Final of the Pepsi Austral-Asia Cup.
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Zaheer Abbas played almost 11 years of one day cricket but shockingly only played 62 ODIs due to amount of ODIs played per year.
He has got a fantastic record , averaging 47.62 with a strike of almost 85. It amazing to have such good rate strike rate in that era with such a good average. How good was Zaheer Abbas compared to modern One Day batsmen?