SA vs Pak - 2nd T20i

Pakistan now number 3 in World T20 Rankings.

Umar Gul with the red ball

Umar Gul with the white ball

He needs to call it a day in test cricket.

Kash. Don't you feel for him a little though? He has not shown his best for sure in Tests, but I'll still give him a chance and the time. First of all you need to remember from a 3rd choice bowler in Tests, he quickly changed to Pakistan's main bowler without any choice.

He was the only experienced seam bowler who has played in the last 3 or so years. And by that I mean the likes of Tanvir, Irfan, Wahab, Junaid, Ehsan, Rahat, Cheema... All made their debuts during that time and they will tell you he was a huge help to them, despite him at times not showing his true form. He has never had another experienced player beside him. We still need his experience in Tests.

Plus he is still 28. This is the time where he should hit his peak 28-32. During that time.

My one day side:

1) Jamshed
2) K Akmal (This is the only position he can bat in)
3) A Shafiq
4) Y Khan
5) U Akmal
6) Misbah
7) Afridi
8) Gul
9) Ajmal
10) Junaid
11) Giraffe or Wahab

drop Shafiq for Hafeez

Giraffe

Dude,

What is going on here? I was expecting thd thread to be updated as Pakistan are playing their first ODI warm up.

Gul getting tonked
Saffers 90/1 after 15
Wahab doing well 3 overs 11

Afridi unlike you theDude has a life. He must be still gutted from what happened last night to his United

However i'm sure a few weeks back he was a Chelsea fan

Kash, it's take 30 seconds on my app to check latest score. It'd take him literally 2 minutes to update. We all have a life.

Regards to last night, dude your more than welcome to air your views on my article on the Leeds page.

Lads

Team for ODI?

My Team:
1 Nasir Jamshed
2 Mohammed Hafeez
3 Younis Khan
4 Misbah-ul-Haq (capt)
5 Shoaib Malik
6 Kamran Akmal (wk)
7 Shahid Afridi/Umar Akmal
8 Umar Gul
9 Wahab Riaz
10 Saeed Ajmal
11 Junaid Khan

Guys, do you think you definately need 3 seamers on these pitches, because I'd prefer to have Afridi & Akmal in team with probably Wahab dropped.

Judging by recent selections, I expect Irfan to play and Akmal to sit out