Imran Khan and Wasim Akram recommend four specialist bowlers for Pakistan attack – ICC World 2011
Former Pakistan captains, Wasim Akram and Imran Khan, have urged the Pakistan team to play four expert bowlers in the match against Sri Lanka on Saturday. The duo thinks that the Subcontinent’s pitches and conditions are batsman friendly. It is necessary
to walk onto the ground with a very strong bowling line-up, even if the batting line-up is compromised.
The captain of the 1992 World Cup champions, Imran Khan, said that he would go with six bowling
options out of which four of them should be specialist bowlers because the key to win the matches is taking wickets. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Khan-c71319, who is also a renowned fast bowler, appreciated the Pakistan team for their authoritative triumph of 205 runs against the minnows,
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kenya-c752.
Imran Khan said that the huge victory has helped them boost their confidence and spirits. This was a much needed reprieve from the undue stress related to controversies in the recent past. However, he advised the team management to select a balanced bowling
attack against the co-hosts of the World Cup.
Moreover, the veteran has said that the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 team went in the first match with three specialist bowlers and relied on Abdur Razzaq to share a new ball with pacer Shoaib Akhtar was a very risky decision.
He emphasized that Pakistan must play four specialist bowlers and sacrifice a batsman. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Imran-c64193 Khan thinks that Pakistan can easily qualify for the quarter-final stage of the mega event and absolute challenge begins at that stage of the World Cup. The legendary
fast bowler advised the management of Pakistan cricket team to select its playing eleven well in advance of the knock out phase.
Besides Imran, another pace ace and former skipper, Wasim Akram, reinforced Imran’s suggestion of depending on four specialist bowlers. He said that he consulted Afridi and the coach Waqar younis and asked them to play at least four specialist bowlers in
the upcoming game against Sri Lanka. Moreover, he emphasized on the use of pace spearhead Shoaib Akhtar. He recommended to the captain that he should use Shoaib as a wicket taking bowler along with the spinners
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Wasim-Akram-c96292, who has taken the most wickets for Pakistan in any format of the game, suggests some modifications in the batting order of the team as well. He said that wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal should open the inning with any of the current openers whether
it would be Ahmad Shehzad or Muhammad Hafeez.
He also suggested that the management of the team should promote the explosive batsman, Abdur Razzaq, up the order as playing at lower down the tail does not provide him enough overs to perform according to his skills.
Pakistan take on Sri Lanka today in Colombo, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758.
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