With Asif out of the series should India now prepare seaming tracks?

[Mr. Wicket]

I am looking forward to AAG arriving in India.

If they don't all show up, we can always give our AAG to them...

[Dhondy]

OTOH, I agree with CC. Younis and Yousuf are better than anything we have at the moment- top, middle, lower be damned. People are just reverting to stereotypes when billing this as Pak bowling versus Indian batting. India's seamers did brilliantly in England, better than their Pak counterparts- they are fitter, less injury prone, and above all honest. Similarly, when the 2 Ys are on form and not enquiring about rebel leagues in various parts of the world, they are most potent 3-4 combo to bat on the subcontinent. It'll take a bulldozer to budge them.

[Gambit]

I see Younis and MoYo batting for days and days and days against us. Memories of that ridiculous Mahanama/SJ p'ship.

[Bumper]

I reckon the two teams are evenly matched. Pak's bowling attack minus Asif is very comparable to the Indian attack. I'd say this is the best opportunity for our out-of-form MO bats (Dravid & Tendu) to hit form, as Asif is likely the bowler to have caused them trouble. Pak's MO batting lineup has already peaked (I dont expect them to score as heavily as they did last time). With Inzi out, their batting lineup is comparable to ours. Because of our overall experience in batting, we may have a slight edge. I'd love Pak to be whipped in an one sided series. But it aint happening. I expect a closely contested test series.

[Bongosamaj]

OTOH, if India provides crumbling monsters, Kumble will rip Pakistan to shreds and I don't think any Pak spinner as of now has it in them to genuinely worry our aged and diminished but still highly talented middle order. But fat lot of good it'd do us for our upcomming tour of OZ.

[Bumper]

Whats with these silly acronyms ? Gul, Akhtar, Sami (GAS attack) Danish, Akhtar, Asif, Gul (DAAG attack) Sami, Hasan, Akhtar, Gul (SHAG attack) Sami, Akhtar, Asif, Gul (SAAG attack) Moral of the story: No matter who makes up the attack, they'll still stink like gas, be shagged like a dog or swallowed like Saag. Its Ind-Pak series folks, reputation matters little. Heros will emerge zeroes & zeroes will become heros.

[Gambit]

How was Misbah against RSA MP? Did he look like the belonged in the test arena?

[Guest BossBhai]

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[Bumper]

And if they had Yasir Arafat there would have a GAY attack tooo ....

:haha::haha::haha:

[MundaPakistani]

Actually' date=' the point he makes in his last post (#30) is quite valid, and its sad how blatant cheating through doping and in Shoaib's case, so many other things can all be immediately forgiven for the big series with India. A real shame, and the way the board has behaved in trying to bail out guilty cheats and trying to behave as if all should be forgotten/forgiven has really soured me on the side.[/quote'] Salil he goes on and on about morality lessons yet i have never heard him say a thing about how CA handled M Waugh and Warne's case. I have never heard him say anything about how N Sidhu was allowed to play for the country(since the Indians are so strict about morality and would have hung and quartered any one who took drugs).I don't understand why is it so hard to be fair? p.s Shoaib didn't immediately come back, he came back after a 13 match ban.

[Guest BossBhai]

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[MundaPakistani]

How was Misbah against RSA MP? Did he look like the belonged in the test arena?

No he didn't. Seemed to have a very lousy technique against swing bowling.

[Gambit]

No he didn't. Seemed to have a very lousy technique against swing bowling.

Eh? Who consistently swung the ball in the RSA lineup on Pak pitches in that series? Didn't watch the series FYI.

[bharat297]

We should prepare hard and bouncy tracks in preparation for Australia, because we only get 1 warm up game anyway, so we should use the Pakistan series as warm ups.

[Predator_05]

And if they had Yasir Arafat there would have a GAY attack tooo ....

:haha::haha::haha: Kya mast dialog daala tunay, yaar :two_thumbs_up:

[MundaPakistani]

Eh? Who consistently swung the ball in the RSA lineup on Pak pitches in that series? Didn't watch the series FYI.

Steyn and Kallis. Even Ntini was swinging it a bit. The pitches might have been flat but with the rough outfield and the sea breeze Karachi is an ideal place for reverse swing bowling.