Quote from: Sithara007 on Today at 02:16:13 AM

Quote from: JSRAW on Today at 01:50:11 AM

This Pakistani team has every ingredient to succeed there tho. Historically they are good in England so Aus + NZ + SA should be their priority.

Hasan-Afridi already gained fair amount of experience now. Afridi in particular is future star, Naseem is new so he'll learn the art. I'm sure Pak also have fair amount of back up seamers.

Spin should be covered by Yasir Ali but they need his back up soon as he's getting old. It would be amazing if they can also find solid spin all rounder, may be 2 so that they can do bit of batting as well. Abdullah Shafique is looking promising opener but his next test would be against seamers when playing away so we have to wait for more. With Azhar Ali and Babar middle order seems safe, yeah Ali failed in the last test but he's amazing number 3 so not worry about him much. I just hope that they give some chance to Fawad Alam too when playing in seaming conditions.

Pakistan has all the ingredients except one. Their spin bowling looks really weak. I would say that it has remained that way ever since Saqlain Mushtaq and Mushtaq Ahmed retired almost two decades ago. Yasir Ali doesn't look impressive and he is inconsistent. I am amazed to see the inability of Pakistani selectors in finding new emerging spinners within their country. And this is the country from where Imran Tahir and Fawad Ahmed had to emigrate, because it was impossible for them to find a spot in the playing XI.

Yes, you are right that the spin bowling line in Pakistan is a bit weak. But I think Pakistan team is very strong. They are leading in all aspects but they are lagging behind in one aspect. If they can make their spin bowling a little stronger then I think they will be a strong team in all aspects.