Zimbabwe in Pakistan 2008

[usy]

Aiight, so this tour is on says Cricinfo. It should be good Cricket for Pakistan, and Zimbabwe.

January 2008

Mon 14 - Patron's XI v Zimbabweans
Tue 22 - Sind Governor's XI v Zimbabweans

Sat 26
09:30 local, 04:30 GMT 1st ODI - Pakistan v Zimbabwe
Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad

Tue 29
11:00 local, 06:00 GMT 2nd ODI - Pakistan v Zimbabwe
National Stadium, Karachi

February 2008

Fri 1
09:30 local, 04:30 GMT 3rd ODI - Pakistan v Zimbabwe
Multan Cricket Stadium

Sun 3
11:00 local, 06:00 GMT 4th ODI - Pakistan v Zimbabwe
Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad

Wed 6
09:30 local, 04:30 GMT 5th ODI - Pakistan v Zimbabwe

 

[Pak_cricketer]

We have to and should win all 5 games. We should try to give the seniors a bit of a rest and play the youngsters cause if this isn't the best time to introduce new players then we've got some issues.

 

[Pakistani Army]

I think it will be 4-1. Nevertheless, it will be an interesting tour for both teams.

 

[Ollie_H]

Well Zimbabwe performed quite well against the Windies

 

[Gunner786]

pakistan should play their full strength teams in every match,
get abit of early confidence after a disastrous 2007 and get in the mood for the aussie series

Shouldnt rest too many seniors and just play a new wicketkeeper, new openers and new fast bowlers,

definetly give afaq raheem,khurram manzoor, anwar ali, sarfraz ahmed, sohail khan and mohd irshad a chance

i actually think afaq raheem and khurram manzoor should be the permanent openers instead of butt and whoever his latest sidiekick will be soon

heres my team anyway

Butt
Raheem
Malik
Younis
Yousuf
Misbah
Afridi
Ahmed
Gul
Sohail Khan
Anwar Ali

Rest of Squad:
Iftikhar Anjum
Khalid Latif
Khurram Manzoor
Yasir Arafat

 

[Ollie_H]

I think Butt is a good player and should keep his team. Nobody should under rate them, They beat Australia in the 20-20 i know its a short forma but any team can produce on their day.

 

[Gunner786]

even zimbabwe beat the aussies in 20/20
to be frank,
the team pakistan played against india and the saffies will be battered by the aussies
afridi is a must in any pakistan team purely cos he lifts the team up in terms of aggression and tempo

 

[Ollie_H]

And then if Afridi fails?

And to be honest i didnt get much of your post

 

[Gunner786]

And then if Afridi fails?

And to be honest i didnt get much of your post

he may fail but on the field he is indispensible when you consider pakistans other fielders
it was mainly in response to the below comment of yours,

Nobody should under rate them, They beat Australia in the 20-20 i know its a short forma but any team can produce on their day.

 

[usy]

Shoaib Akhtar should Play a few matches, just to get a few wickets, a Good start to the year is always nice.

 

[SciD]

Those Zims will be murdered. Butt, Afridi and Misbah will plunder runs at will.

 

[Dare]

they should definately play Sohail Khan, he is the next best thing coming out of Pakistan. If he does good against Zimbabwe than select the dude for the test team.

 

[jordox]

I feel embarrassed to have lived the first years of my life in Zimbabwe, wont watch it with any interest at all.

Those Zims will be murdered. Butt, Afridi and Misbah will plunder runs at will.

The funny thing is, you could be more correct with that sentence than you might have thought

Nice matt, you take a bit out of my post but you left in a statement even worse... Great mod stuff there.

 

[usy]

We should give kamran Akmal a big rest.

 

[Pak_cricketer]

For this series I think we should rest Younis and Yousuf to see if we can get on the boat without them. Sohail Khan should be given a chance but I think we need to give Arafat a fair chance as well. 500 First class wickets @ 22 (I think) is good enough to be granted a chance with the international side.