Originally posted by: kal-el
This should be the new Pakistan team after this world cup:
Afaq Raheen 21 consistent opening batsmen
Salman Butt 22 left handed opener
Imran Nazir 22 good batsmen
Yasir Hameed 24 good young batsmen
Shoaib Malik 26 spin/batsmen
Shahid Afridi 26 spin /ace batsmen
Fawad Alam 21 aggressive left handed batsmen
Anwar Ali 19 swing bowler compared to Waqar Younis
Jamshed Ahmed 18 left handed bowler/batsmen compared to Wasim Akram
Akhtar Ayub 19 excellent bowler
Zulqarnain Haider 20 wicketkeeper /good batsmen
Sarfraz Khan 19 wicket keeper/v.good batsmen
Most of these were in the under 19s world cup at one time or another and won it. I think It will take time for this team to do well and i am willing to bear 500 losses to see this team lift the next world cup or icc champions trophy. I think this is the team that could do it.
I think they need 3 coaches 1 for bowling 1 for fielding and the other a general coach,
Pakistan shoud try to poach Tom Moody from Sri lanka for fielding coach and Aaqib Javed for bowling the other coach should be former Australia coach John buchannan,
What do you guys think?
OMG!!!! wat on earth is this???? is this a team ?????? 😕i think im going to faint on the floor, if this is the future pak team ur thinking about!!!! 😆
first of all u didnt even get the proper ages for sum players... Shoaib Malik is 25, wheras Shahid afridi is 27. and yasir Hameed is 29!!! so ur ages r incorrect here.... and secondly where is the team???? besides shoaib malik, afridi, hameed, yasir/nazir; i see everyone who isnt supposed to be there!
i think u shud really control ur emotions.... where is Razzaq? where is Asif? where is Younis? where is Yousef, where is Akthar?.... where is Umar Gul or Sami or Rao....??? if ur really serious wid this team, then im really sorry to say that u r getting carried away here.
first of all Yousef and Younis r supposed to be there no matter wat... u dont throw out such valuable players just like that!! u cant throw at yousef and younis just cuz of the three matches, and that too wen they have plenty of cricket widin them! inzi's situation is different, so one shudnt get confused wid him and yousef or younis... and thenn where is razzaq???? razzaq didnt even play the WC, so on wat basis have u been judging such a cricketer... and Asif, gul, and sami r all the future of pak bowling, especially Asif, how can u not mention him????? and even shaoib akthar can bowl for 3-4! more yrs... he just has sum fitness problems, nothing more........
secondly, u have three openers.... two wicket keepers, this is not a team!!....... these r just sum few players who have been playing well at the domestic level, who ur replacing wid sum of the most top ranked players of the world!,....
i cant believe u made such a team, wen we already have so much talent on the team that can play for so many more yrs!!! bringing in yasir and salman is the only change that i see, and a replacement for kamran shud be arranged just in case he ever gets unfit, lyk zulqarnain, other wise kamran is fine.....
im sorry to say this, bgut that team is just out of my thinking!! i dont think that team will ever get on its feet!.... and remember, players lyk yousef and younis dont get thrown out on such basis, widout them our batting is nothing, as they r the only two specialist batsmen we have!!
this is the team, in my opinion, that will be to a large extent recommended for the upcoming tournaments:
Yasir Hameed
Salman Butt
Younis
Yousef
Shoaib Malik
Shahid Afridi
Kamran
Razzaq
Umar Gul
Shoaib Akthar
Asif
these r the players who r on the team and can play so much more of cricket... and the most eldest out of all of these cricketers is Yousef, who is 32, so u can imagine the ages of the others... this team is far far far better than that domestic team that u thought of!
Edited by mini2390 - 18 years ago
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