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Pakistan Cricket Fans....don't get high hopes for WC-2015

Zero hope. Zero.

Pakistan has not groomed a talent pool. Just look at example of Fawad Alam. He does so well but is dropped again and again.

I m also hearing rumors of Kamran Akmal and Shoaib Malik coming back for world cup team. Honestly, what did they do to merit even a consideration?

Neither Pakistan nor India are winning this WC. It would be either Australia or South Africa, most likely Australia again as the Saffers have a tendency to choke. I would love to see NZ winning though.

New Zealand, if you can manage see highlights of the recently conculuded series against Pakistan is such a vastly improved side. They have a pool of players who are exciting to watch. Extremely fast bowler in Milne and good wily spinners.
 
New Zealand, if you can manage see highlights of the recently conculuded series against Pakistan is such a vastly improved side. They have a pool of players who are exciting to watch. Extremely fast bowler in Milne and good wily spinners.

I agree. They are a well balanced side, especially in their conditions. They would get to play all their matches at home, except the final if they reach that far. That can make a big difference. I am hoping for them to surprise people. They would be my second favorite side.
 
Junaid Khan can put some pace bowling down, although he might need a season or two to get it right, but he is right in the Waqar Younis school. Irfan too is good and experienced.

Its batsmen. Pakistan doesnt really have the depth that India has.

Misbah Ul-Haq is experienced and will no doubt give a good performance, but apart from that, Asad Shafiq.

England are nothing to worry about. We do have the players like Alex Hales but our selectors are too stupid to pick them.
 
we arent talking about tea cup here
me neither

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Junaid Khan can put some pace bowling down, although he might need a season or two to get it right, but he is right in the Waqar Younis school. Irfan too is good and experienced.

Its batsmen. Pakistan doesnt really have the depth that India has.

Misbah Ul-Haq is experienced and will no doubt give a good performance, but apart from that, Asad Shafiq.

England are nothing to worry about. We do have the players like Alex Hales but our selectors are too stupid to pick them.
we are in same group .... muuuuuuuuuuuuuhahahaha
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This time round the Bangladesh v Afghanistan match will be more entertaining than any match Pak is going to play.
RIP Pak Cricket, and sweat dreams my beloved.
 
just saw Ahmed jamal ,according to commentators he is currently the fastest bowler in Pakistan and i must say he is bowing a decent line with some good swing..I am wondering if he is gonna make it to the WC squad or not because currently he is not in the squad...
 
Once our pride,our bowling now sucks..only bowlers with some hope are Afridi and Muhammad Irfan..
This is also one of the reason I lost interest in Cricket. It was fun watching struggle of Indian batsmen when Wasim/Waqar/Imran used to bowl. Now, it is just batsman's slogging.
 
In the just concluded 'home season' in the UAE, the Pakistan cricket team played 8 one-day games, winning 2 and losing 6. on the T-20 front things didnt look very rosy either - played 4, won 1, lost 3.

the once vaunted bowling attack is now in 'tatters'. our spin king Saeed Ajmal has been banned for illegal bowling, with Mohd Hafeez following in his footsteps. (conspiracy theorists please stay away).

this leaves Shahid Afridi as the only 'legit' one day spinner and he is now afraid to bowl his 'faster' delivery lest he could also be called for "throwing'.

the fast bowling dept. once the 'pride of the team' is now empty. Umar Gul is past his prime and suffers from preodic breakdown. Junaid Khan, once touted as a spearhead is injured and will miss the WC-15.

whats left one may ask - Sohail Tanvir and Wahab Riaz - all the cricket teams for the WC are probably licking their chops as they can hardly wait to play Pakistan. Oh! wait a minute - there is Mohd Irfan the 7 footer - he would be a handful on the bouncy pitches of Australia, but he too is coming off serious injury and could breakdown anytime. Anwar Ali & Ehsan Adil, less said the better.

so in the recently concluded season, we couldnt field 5 front line bowlers. thats how bad it has gotten. the 5th bowler spot was shared by - are you sitting down - Ahmad Shehzad (LB) and Haris Sohail (SLA). between them they had never taken a ODI wicket before this season and on the fast and bouncy wickets of OZ, they should go for plenty.

wonder what the great proponets of fast and leg-spin bowling - waqar younis & mushtaq ahmad are doing as coaches?

one might think that since the bowling attack has weakened, the selectors might have fixed the batting to compensate for the bowling - well not exactly - things are still the same here as they have been for some time.

we dont have a 'opening pair' to talk about. Ahmad Shehzad has talent, but he is inconsistent and not to mention a bit arrogant. Hafeez is his partner but he has had a run of low scores for some time. Hafeez probably still sees Steyn in his dreams or are they nightmares. Steyn exposed him badly in SA recently and the other teams are sure to watch video of that series.

what are the alternates, Nasir Jamshed (2 ducks v. NZ), Sherjeel Khan, Shoaib Maqsood etc, etc. you get my point right! - where thou art Saeed Anwar...

one down - we have tried Azhar Ali, Asad Shafiq both very decent Test Match players but not ODImaterial. So we are probably going to rely on Younis Khan who has a life-time strike-rate of ~75/100 balls. gentleman of a cricketer but too slow for the modern ODI game.

fourth slot will probably go to Umar Akmal who once boasted that he will be the greatest ODI player in the world - slow down mate! - when was the last time you played an innings of significance. the alternate is Shoaib Malik!!! - less said the better.

fifth slot goes to Haris Sohail who has shown signs of being a good player but has never played in australian conditions.

sixth slot will go to the capt. whomever he is - Misbah or Afridi. hamstring injuries have a way of recurring and Misbah is getting on in age (40+).

seventh spot goes to the 'darling' of the selectors, Sarfaraz Ahmad - good bat, hands of stone WK. i would take Kamran Akmal anytime over him.

Afridi comes at 8th - we all now know what he can do after 400 ODI's.

9,10,11 will be from the 'formidable' names i have mentioned at the start.

our opening WC match is against India - Good Luck - we havnt beaten them in WC ODI's since i was born in 1954.

FM17

Zero - Zap - Zilch
 
Bas India ko out class ker dein , aur world cup se baher yehi hamara world cup hai

Indian ne poori taqat laga di hai Pakistani bowling ko weak kerne ke liya .....


Magar Ajmal will be back !!!


ICC council objection , per ye Pakistani Flag is held up with 31 degree tilt can you please fix that as well
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how about this bend ?
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We need those 3D scans so we can understand what makes Ajmal the complete bowler so we can train the next Australian Shane Warne
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why don't we say to IK to again try and replicate his 92 triumph, this time from sidelines....i am sure he and others from that squad will have something to offer to our current players......
 
Its better to play without a wicket keeper than bringing in Kamran Akmal. I agree with rest of your post though.

Tragedy is, 4 years ago after 2011 WC, every team started building up. Today almost all teams are better than what they were back in 2011. But Pakistani team has taken a reverse course. They have declined in these 4 years..
 
WTH there is no merit in team selection.
 

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