Shoaib Malik's place in the test team

[Ram]

Is not all that black and white me thinks. He hasnt bowled a ball in this test and somehow, he doesnt look a test-class batsman to me. How hard is it to captain a team that has been losing consistently ? Even worse , how harder could it be to captain a side where your own place and role is under a cloud ? Watch this space, If India beat Pakistan in this series, I expect Malik to cop a fair bit. There have already been many in Pakistan itself who are questioning his captaincy and place in the team.

[gs]

Malik might as well ask for asylum in India and settle down here after the series if Pak lose this test series. the brickbats/criticisms for enraged fans and emergency at home makes asylum an attractive proposition.

[MundaPakistani]

I think after the series you will find A Kamal coming in for Malik.

[The Outsider]

^ That would be good for Pakistan cricket, MP. He was one batsman from Pakistan among the newer ones to have a good technique and was reasonably calm and collected. He could not build upon some of the starts he got, but would have improved with time. But I guess Woolmer's and Inzamam's fixation with multi-dimension cricketers even in Test cricket like Malik, Afridi, and Razzaq put him out of contention.

[Bumper]

I think after the series you will find A Kamal coming in for Malik.

Who is gonna be the next captain ? Give it to Butt please, he's batting well at the moment.

[kabira]

YK will become captain and this time PCB will beg him to lead..

[theguyinallblue]

Asim Kamal is my fav cricketer in Pakistani team... he inpressed me during his last tour of india.. i am surprised that not many people of pakistan support his place in team...

[The Outsider]

i am surprised that not many people of pakistan support his place in team...

Bro, can he hit a 200 metre six?

[Bumper]

Bro' date=' can he hit a 200 metre six?[/quote'] Thats unfair bro. There are only two bros who can do that bro. One has retired from Test cricket & the other with the ICL, retired from all forms of cricket, bro. However Asim bro has talunt, bro, not to mention a decent unibro.

[PaiN_KiLLeR]

he has a career avg of 35 with just 1 test century .. quite pathetic even guys like hameed, akmal etc are better test bats than him

[Predator_05]

Bring back TOWFEEK UMAR

[MundaPakistani]

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[Gambit]

Had Mohammed Wasim not taken NZ c'ship after being fed up of being ignored by the PCB, Butt and him would have made a reliable opening pair.

[PaiN_KiLLeR]

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your captain.

[MundaPakistani]

^ That would be good for Pakistan cricket' date=' MP. He was one batsman from Pakistan among the newer ones to have a good technique and was reasonably calm and collected. He could not build upon some of the starts he got, but would have improved with time. But [b']I guess Woolmer's and Inzamam's fixation with multi-dimension cricketers even in Test cricket like Malik, Afridi, and Razzaq put him out of contention.

the problem is that Malik isn't a multi-dimensional cricketer. He hardly ever bowls e.g today he had a perfect opportunity to bowl a few overs and exploit the rough yet he didn't bowl a single ball in the test match. So if Malik isn't going to bowl and we are looking for a specialist batsman then Asim Kamal is clearly a better option but for some inexplicable reason he isn't even in the squad.

[Guest Hiten.]

I think after the series you will find A Kamal coming in for Malik.

I am still pondering why the hell was he dropped from Test squad after his impressive performance vs India when you guys last toured India. He is a fine fine prospect for pakistan and a solid middle order player. He's Misbah-esque but he does not fabricate new ways to get out :P