Interesting analysis of Pakistan's record in terms of whitewashes

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Hashim Amla spoke to the press after his sides impressive performance in the 2nd test against Pakistan.

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In reality, it’s Younis Khan and Misbah-ul-Haq who must carry the burden for the loss.Not because they’re the most experienced players in the side, but solely due to the nature of their dismissals and the match situation at the time.

An interestign analysis of Ajmal's wicket tally after 25 Tests

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It's embarassing how poor our keeper and tail are with the bat. I have never seen such an inept lower order in our history and not even if you take into account most other (half decent) test nations.

Sarfraz is simply not up to it. Sure, he's a decent enough keeper, but his batting is worse than Morne Morkel's. Same story I'm afraid if we pick Adnan. England have Prior, SA have ABD, India have Dhoni and we have Sarfraz. Chalk and cheese springs to mind.

Tanvir Ahmed is actually decent with the bat, more than decent for a number 8 infact. But his bowling is so pedestrian he should come with a flashing green and red man and a lollipop lady.

Gul has shown that he can strike a ball in the limited overs format but unfortunately he is just not delivering with the ball at test level. His batting has also been poor.

Ajmal is so good that we can ignore any shortcomings in his game or even character. I would even have him if he was running a sweat shop in some pind in Faisalabad.

Irfan has some good attributes (Pace, height) but he is a LONG way from a test match bowler, especially as anything other than a third seamer. His batting and fielding are a joke and I wouldn't pick him again unless he can get his bowling and fitness up to such a level where he walks into our test side.

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Former captain Inzamam-ul-Haq feels Pakistan were psychologically under pressure against South Africa and advised the national team players to stop being overawed by the world's number one Test team.

"I firmly believe we were psychologically under pressure from South Africa since the start of the series. You look at the batting strike rate of our players and you can see they never tried to dominate the South African bowlers even after settling down which was the key to success in this series," Inzamam said from Lahore.

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For a batsman on his first tour of South Africa where subcontinent batsmen traditionally struggle, Asad Shafiq has been brilliant. He has shown that he has the temperament and ability to face quality bowlers on bowler-friendly wickets.

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After being bowled out for only 109 in the U19 World Cup Final against India, not many would have thought Pakistan could stage a comeback.  What happened in the Indian innings was an exceptional display of bowling by the young Pakistan fast bowlers.

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The squad for the LOI Segment of the South African tour will not contain any surprises

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