The celebrations of the World T20 win have been going on with such fervour, that the announcement of Pakistan’ test squad for the tour of Sri Lanka, and Mohammad Yousuf’s international return, have almost gone un-noticed.Here are my thoughts on the squad.Openers: Salman Butt, Khurram ManzoorI’m always pleased when the PCB and its selectors display some common sense.Salman Butt...
Kamran Akmal has more dismissals in test matches than Rashid Latif and Moin Khan.For an average wicketkeeper, I found that quite amusing.How has Akmal managed to surpass Rashid and Moin?His dismissals per innings (2.05) are also higher than Moin’s (1.24) and Rashid (1.88).In fact, Kamran Akmal has more dismissal per innings than any Pakistani wicketkeeper in tests!Figure that one out.Imagine...
And for once, it is a good one!The problem I’m talking about is the one regarding the selection of the playing XI for the upcoming ODIs against Sri Lanka.With the return of the ICL rebels into the international fold, Pakistan’s 16 man squad looks very strong on paper.I believe the squad provides Younis Khan with a lot of options; he and the team management have a lot of thinking to do....
I highly doubt that Younis Khan or anyone in the Pakistan team management reads Well Pitched, but one may be fooled to think otherwise if they had read this post yesterday.Here’s the particular excerpt from the post that I’m talking about."If Younis Khan is thinking 2011 then he should not be thinking of Yousuf and Misbah as a part of those plans. I believe it is time for Yousuf and Mi...
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