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Showing posts with label Mohammad Aamer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mohammad Aamer. Show all posts
July 15, 2010
November 28, 2009
Sacrificial Goats.
Pakistan’s first three batsmen in batting order are Khurram Manzoor, Imran Farhat and Fawad Alam. Bet you’ve been following their careers all your life. Khurram and Fawad have played 9 tests between them, both made their debut this summer.
Imran Farhat has played 28 tests across 8 years. After Afridi, he’s the first proper T20 batsman to play test cricket.
In 6 test innings in the Dunedin test, these three batsmen had a bumper harvest of 67 runs between them.
In the absence of Younis Khan, none of the so called seniors cared to bat up the order. Instead they were scattered all over the place, waiting for the older ball.
Captain MoYo at four. Former captain Malik at six after that nineteen year old kid on debut, Umar Akmal.
Wait and watch, if Mohammad Aamer shows any more promise as a batsman, he could be earn himself a double promotion.
In the meantime, MoYo will lead from the middle.
On Bored: Pakistan Cricket Specials
Imran Farhat has played 28 tests across 8 years. After Afridi, he’s the first proper T20 batsman to play test cricket.
In 6 test innings in the Dunedin test, these three batsmen had a bumper harvest of 67 runs between them.
In the absence of Younis Khan, none of the so called seniors cared to bat up the order. Instead they were scattered all over the place, waiting for the older ball.
Captain MoYo at four. Former captain Malik at six after that nineteen year old kid on debut, Umar Akmal.
Wait and watch, if Mohammad Aamer shows any more promise as a batsman, he could be earn himself a double promotion.
In the meantime, MoYo will lead from the middle.
On Bored: Pakistan Cricket Specials
November 10, 2009
Aamer is actually seventeen.
Unlike Boom Boom Afridi who isn’t seventeen. Boom Boom plays like he’s seventeen, Aamer on the other hand, plays with the concern of an older man, someone MoYo’s age – MoYo of course didn’t play today.
When the chase was on in earnest, the importance wasn’t lost on the Pak players.
They were frozen in time – approx the time they lost it personally.
However MoYo looked miffed as he played with his beard. Word is the ICL will call him later tonight. Of course he won’t get a game there either.
But these are trivial pursuits, young Aamer, who goes by two names, one on his jersey, the other on the TV, was so cool, he deserves to break more records – I recommend he bat even lower than 10, and break the highest score by a No. 11 batsman.
Also thanks Aamer, from India, for helping us remember one Douglas Marillier, who until today had a world record to his name.
The record’s gone but the memories fresh. And if it isn’t, what do you think they made scorecards for?
When the chase was on in earnest, the importance wasn’t lost on the Pak players.
They were frozen in time – approx the time they lost it personally.
However MoYo looked miffed as he played with his beard. Word is the ICL will call him later tonight. Of course he won’t get a game there either.
But these are trivial pursuits, young Aamer, who goes by two names, one on his jersey, the other on the TV, was so cool, he deserves to break more records – I recommend he bat even lower than 10, and break the highest score by a No. 11 batsman.
Also thanks Aamer, from India, for helping us remember one Douglas Marillier, who until today had a world record to his name.
The record’s gone but the memories fresh. And if it isn’t, what do you think they made scorecards for?
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