Australia vs Pakistan in Australia, 2009-10

[Celeste]

Pak squad for Aus tour announced http://www.cricinfo.com/ausvpak09/content/current/story/438630.html Squad: Mohammad Yousuf (capt), Salman Butt, Khurrum Manzoor, Imran Farhat, Shoaib Malik, Fawad Alam, Faisal Iqbal, Misbah-ul-Haq, Kamran Akmal (wk), Danish Kaneria, Saeed Ajmal, Umar Gul, Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Aamer, Abdur Rauf, Umar Akmal. :wall:

[Sachinism]

Shoaib Malik has dirt on the PCB chairman

[Asim]

Razzaq shoud be IN Malik should be OUT or at least Malik should not be in final 11...

[DomainK]

Mohammad Yousuf in Australia: 6 matches, Average 33, 1 century. Salman Butt in Australia: 3 matches, Average 37, 1 century Khurrum Manzoor in Australia: Never played. Imran Farhat in Australia: 2 matches, Average 11, 0 centuries, 0 half centuries, 0 quarter centuries. Shoaib Malik in Australia: 1 match, Average 23. Fawad Alam in Australia: Never played. Faisal Iqbal in Australia: Never played. Misbah-ul-Haq in Australia: Never played. Kamran Akmal in Australia: 3 matches, Average 12.83, 0 centuries, 0 half centuries. Umar Akmal in Australia: Never played. The rest are bowlers. The highest average anyone has in this team is 37 by Butt. The sum total of centuries scored by this team in Australia is 2. This team averages 23.36 in Australia. You think they will win? Note: I am tempted to compare these stats to the Indian team's stats:giggle:, but I will resist since I don't want another India-Pakistan thread.

[cowboysfan]

what happened to yousuf khan?.is he ever going to play again for pakistan?

[DomainK]

what happened to yousuf khan?.is he ever going to play again for pakistan?

Taking a break was in his hands. Coming back is in PCB's hands.

[CSK Fan]

Yousuf as ODI captain? What happened to Afridi's dreams of being ODI captain?

[Pak_Fan_4_Eva]

Umar Akmal has a 90 something average in Aus when he played against the Aus A team a couple of months back. Stats don`t matter much. It`s how one performs that day:eyedance:

[siddhu]

Umar Akmal has a 90 something average in Aus when he played against the Aus A team a couple of months back. Stats don`t matter much. It`s how one performs that day:eyedance:

Big difference in Aus A team and Aus International team. But yes, it will depend on how they play on the day. Your biggest problem is you can play good for say 20 overs... but test matches are 450 overs (90 overs for the day). I don't think your team has got an attention span that will last that long against Aus

[bhanu]

cant wait for this series i hoping pakistan wins and make everybody shut up..

[Fontaine]

Umar Akmal has a 90 something average in Aus when he played against the Aus A team a couple of months back. Stats don`t matter much. It`s how one performs that day:eyedance:

That's absolutely true. Stats mean nothing when it comes the Pak team when any given day their performance depends on how many cc's of nandro they've injected into their system.

[MUMBAISKIPPER]

no matter what squad they pick,p@kis will lose...it's a 20-20 team..hardly any batsman is technically sound...and this will cost them the test series

[CSK Fan]

So no one is sorry for Afridi not making it as ODI captain :sniffle:

[vvvslaxman]

Finally Pakistan has a chance to compete as Aussies have become mortals. No Gilly, Hayden, Revitalized Brett Lee. If Pakistan cannot beat Australia now they will have to wait for very very long time.

[DomainK]

Let me also point out that the only player missing the series, Younis Khan averages 43 in Australia though he does not have a century.

[Guest Hiten.]

What's wrong with your selectors man ? Faisal Iqbal ? Your middle order needs a solid batsman (and I admit I do not know much about Pak domestic) but why do they keep ignoring Asim Kamal ? To make things worse, you picked another non-performer in Shoaib Malik, Khuram Manzoor and Farhat :dontknow:. IMO, there was no point of picking 16-men squad as they really do not have any decent back up in the arsenal :giggle:

[King Tendulkar]

What is Y Khan up to? Why is he not playing? Bizzare stuff from former captain. Always used to talk about how important tests were and 20/20 was just fun. Now playing loads of tests he is no were to be seen. Bizzare stuff from former captain! Has he got some psychological problems? Don't get it

[Celeste]

What's wrong with your selectors man ? Faisal Iqbal ? Your middle order needs a solid batsman (and I admit I do not know much about Pak domestic) but why do they keep ignoring Asim Kamal ? To make things worse' date= you picked another non-performer in Shoaib Malik, Khuram Manzoor and Farhat :dontknow:. IMO, there was no point of picking 16-men squad as they really do not have any decent back up in the arsenal :giggle:

Nothing wrong with them. They are just stupid & incompetent. They should have told Younis Khan that if he doesnt tour Aus, he will not be selected again. Yasir Hamid is Pak best opener and he scored 2 50s in 2 innings in Aus last time but Farhat gets selected because of father in law.

[DomainK]

Oh come on. It`s tit for tat. I never use stats to start arguments. I consider it a cheap tactic :P

Oh, you mean when someone else starts an argument, statistics are meaningless for him. However when you come to preset your argument, statistics suddenly become meaningful?:D

[DomainK]

What's wrong with your selectors man ? Faisal Iqbal ? Your middle order needs a solid batsman (and I admit I do not know much about Pak domestic) but why do they keep ignoring Asim Kamal ? To make things worse' date=' you picked another non-performer in Shoaib Malik, Khuram Manzoor and Farhat :dontknow:. IMO, there was no point of picking 16-men squad as they really do not have any decent back up in the arsenal :giggle:[/quote'] The selectors biggest problem is that they keep rotating the same failed players over and over. Imran Farhat has got 30 matches already and he keeps coming back. For what? Why can't they look past the same names and find someone new?