When Pakistan announced their ODI squad for South Africa, most of us were quiet surprised, and perhaps even hopeful. Kamran Abbasi, writing in his blog on CricInfo, thought that this strategy of bringing in Abdul Razzaq, Imran Nazir and Shahid Afridi would pay dividends, by giving the Pakistani batting attack a form of "shock and awe". Well, after the only Twenty20 match against South Africa, I think there was more implosion rather than shock and awe for the Pakistani squad, losing the match by ten wickets. Kamran Akmal and Mohammad Hafeez were the only batsmen that even looked like they were even close to settling in, reaching the 20s, and what about the shock and awe squad?
Abdul Razzaq: 10, Shahid Afridi 7, Imran Nazir: 5. Definitely seems more like implosion folks. Shahid Afridi in this situation, as much of a fan of his I am, needs to be on a short leash. If he does not come good in the next one or two ODIs, I think he should be sent back to Pakistan, and that is definitely when Fawad Alam needs a call up. I hate to sound like a broken record, but that kid looks special to me. Hopefully Pakistan do better in the ODIs than they did in the Twenty20 match.
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