WC 92, 99, 07, 09, stretch to fifty or twenty overs, play-offs or an important league fixture, Pakistan have on all occasions trounced the poor caps to march ahead triumphantly and this time too they only have to extend that trend. Though, it ain’t easy, or may be it never was on any occasion.
To be brief, things are muddled.
Confused roles are to be ironed out. Play Fawad Alam up in the order or offer him the bench. He's equally capable to replicate what Shoaib Malik did for Pakistan in last T20 WC. Another brave move I may endorse would be to choose one among the so-tagged-package Hafeez & past-relic Misbah ul Haq. Instead, rookie Hammad can be tried, the guy will bring some fresh legs on the field plus you don't need every batter in the touring squad for a 20 over affair, of course, only if managed properly.
Asif's outing against the Poms can be excused to roughness. But he should resume the normal services tomorrow onwards, while Aamir & Ajaml are bowling neatly, Afridi's tasteless outings and Razzaq's confusing role in either discipline is a bottleneck that is hurting the entire XI
The game is again at Kensington Oval; true bounce and short boundaries - a catch-22? Not if you bring your backfoot game into play and simultaneously backfoot can be back tracked by sharp nippy pace bowling.. I still am not ruling out another Sami outing!
On the other hand Kiwis, always more than their actual sums, enjoyed a rare ODI series victory against Pakistan last year, though lost both the T20s. However, Vettori do have more than a couple of match turners at his deployment this time. Other than the skipper, McCullum, Ryder, Taylor, Styris, Oram & specially Bond can turn the game upside down just on their own.
Black Caps are expected to be clinical with their ground fielding and Pakistan have to pick lessons from the ashes of their latest no-show.
It will be a clash of Kiwis method and Green's flair! in the end one skool-of-thought standing..
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