Jason Gillespie as Pakistan's test coach

 Jason Gillespie is a nice choice for Pakistan as test coach as he will bring the Australian style and approach  of playing cricket into the Pakistan team. Jason Gillespie although didnt start well with Pakistan's team losing infact being whitewashed by Bangladesh 2-0. Jason Gillespie also compliments Pakistani players by giving them encouraging comments.

Jason Gillespie as a player for Australia was a fine fast bowler in his playing days. He alongwith Glenn McGrath and Brett Lee formed a formidable pace attack for Australia. Pakistani fast bowlers can learn a lot from Jason Gillespie especially the art of yorkers and reverse swing.

In the end what I would like to say is that Jason Gillespie should be given a long tenure by PCB as Pakistan's test coach.

Asad Shafiq a replica of Muhammad Yousuf

 

Asad Shafiq was a Pakistani test cricketer who played and batted like Muhammad Yousuf. His technique and defensive shots resembled Muhammad Yousuf's technique and defensive shots. Asad Shafiq played a number of sheet anchor innings during Misbah Ul Haq's captaincy. He alongwith Azhar Ali were Pakistan's main stay in batting during Misbah ul Haq s tenure as Pakistan's test captain. Asad Shafiq mainly played in the test team with very few One Day appearances.

Asad Shafiq was a very solid batsman with sound technique. His innings in Brisbane in Australia in 2016 tour of Australia was superb as he almost guided Pakistan to an impossible victory target of 450 plus runs. He played a number of useful and crucial innings for Pakistan test team.

In the end what I would like to say is that Asad Shafiq was forced to retire early from the sport as PCB treated him unfairly.

Pakistan s home test series against England

 England start as clear favourites against Pakistan in Pakistan s home series against England in October. Pakistan has a terrible record at home in the recent past losing even to a weak test side like Bangladesh. Shan Masood is most likely to remain Pakistan's captain in this test series at home against England. Pakistan has a terrible record against England in recent times having being winless against them in any format for two years now.

England team is also more experienced than Pakistan especially in bowling. Pakistan lacks experience and quality in bowling as Pakistan will find it very difficult to get twenty wickets in order to beat England in this home test series.

In the end what I would like to say is that Pakistan must utilize home conditions to defeat England in atleast one test match of the series. Even if Pakistan defeat England in one test match it will be a huge achievement for the Pakistani cricket team.

Azhar Ali a reliable and dependable batsman

 Azhar Ali proved himself to be a reliable and dependable batsman when he played for Pakistan mainly in the test team. He played as an opener and no.3 batsman for the Pakistani team. He made his debut on Pakistan's tour of England in 2010 on that ill fated tour which resulted in bans on Muhammad Amir, Muhammad Asif and Salman Butt after being caught in spot fixing. Azhar Ali was the reason why Misbah Ul Haq was such a successful captain in tests with Azhar Ali playing crucial and vital innings quite a number of times under Misbah Ul Haq's captaincy.

Azhar Ali also played a vital role as an opener alongwith Fakhar Zaman in Pakistan's champions Trophy win in 2017. His opening partnership alongwith Fakhar Zaman in the final against India in Champions Trophy 2017 laid the foundation on Pakistan's big score of 338 which resulted in Pakistan's victory.

In the end what I will like to say is that Azhar Ali proved himself to be a batting great like Younis Khan as only he and Younis Khan alongwith Inzamam Ul Haq and Hanif Muhammad scored triple century for Pakistan in test cricket.

Inzamam ul Haq as captain

 

Inzamam ul Haq was very successful as captain of the Pakistani cricket team. Inzamam Ul Haq like Imran Khan used to lead from the front as he used to score heavily in most of Pakistan's victories as captain. Inzamam ul Haq led Pakistan to a very successful tour of India in 2005.

In that tour of India in 2005 Pakistan won the ODI series by a convincing margin of 4-2 and drew the test series 1-1. In the ODI series after losing the first two ODI s by big margins Pakistan bounced back by winning the ODI series 4-2 and winning four consecutive matches in a row. Inzamam ul Haq played a captain's knock of fifty plus in the ODI at Ahmedabad which was the fourth ODI in the series and won that match for Pakistan by hitting Tendulkar on the last ball of the match for winning runs.

In the end what I would like to say is that Inzamam Ul Haq deserved a better farewell to captaincy when Pakistan lost that disastrous world cup for Pakistan in 2007 resulting in their coach Bob Woolmer's death.

 

Mohammad Amir the prodigy

 Mohammad Amir who was banned for spot fixing alongwith Muhammad Asif and Salman Butt returned to the Pakistan national team in 2016 after serving his ban. He immediately made a key impact as he played a vital role in defeating India in the final of Champions Trophy in 2017 played in England at the oval London.

Muhammad Amir is a very talented bowler. He not only has pace but he can swing the ball in both Directions making the opposition batsmen almost impossible to play him. He has a very deadly and accurate yorker as well.

In the end what I like to say is that Mohammad Amir still has a lot of cricket left in him and he still has a lot to offer. Pakistan should play him regularly in international cricket atleast until Champions Trophy. to be played in Pakistan in 2025. Pakistan should also convince him to play test cricket. 

Mohammad Asif the Glenn McGrath of Pakistan

 Mohammad Asif wasted his talent and promise by indulging in spot fixing in 2010. Salman Butt, Muhammad Amir and Mohammad Asif were involved in spot fixing when Pakistan toured England in 2010. Mohammad Asif was banned from playing international cricket for 8 years. He wasnt selected for Pakistan again after serving this ban.

Mohammad Asif was a geniune fast bowler who bowled with immaculate accuracy and line and length just like Glenn McGrath used to do for Australia. He used to bowl magical and unplayable deliveries. He had every skill like inswing, outswing, incutters, outcutters and bouncers. He also deceived the batsmen with slight variations of pace. AB devilliers once said that Muhammad Asif made him to cry when he once dismissed him. Who can forget Mohammad Asif clean bowling of Sehwag, Tendulkar and Laxman all in quick succession in the historic Karachi Test in 2006. Pakistan won that test match against India in Karachi in 2006 all because of Mohammad Asif's bowling.

In the end what I would like to say is that Muhammad Asif wasted himself by getting involved in spot fixing.

Second Test between Pakistan and Bangladesh 2024

 Pakistan lost the second test to Bangladesh at home in Rawalpindi and hence Bangladesh has whitewashed Pakistan 2-0. Pakistan now have a terrible record at home losing test series to England, Australia and now even to a low ranked team like Bangladesh. This is not surprising as Bangladesh team was much more experienced than Pakistan and they outplayed and outclassed Pakistan in all departments of the game that is batting, bowling and fielding.

Having said that Pakistan were in control of the second test match when they had Bangladesh at 26 for 6 from then onwards Bangladesh fought back through Litton Das and Mehidy Hasan Miraz world record partnership of 165 runs. I think Shan Masood was found lacking in his captaincy as he didnt make any proper strategy to break this partnership a lot earlier and the inexperienced Pakistani bowlers became complacent.

In the end what I would like to say is that Pakistan should better starts winning at home and every international team in cricket are lions at home.