http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shoaib-Akhtar-c90080 rates Umar Amin as the best Pakistan batsman – Cricket news
Shoaib Akhtar, the former Pakistan fast bowler, believes that Umar Amin, the young left-hander, is the best Pakistani batsman at the moment and wants the team management to include him in the playing-11 in place of Imran Farhat.
Amin came through the ranks of junior cricket in the country, having represented Pakistan in the ICC Under-19 World Cup 2008 in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Malaysia-c2949. After some brilliant performances in domestic cricket, the cricketer from Rawalpindi made his Test debut during the
controversial tour of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c749 in 2010. However, he failed to come to terms with the English conditions and was subsequently dropped from the national side.
The left-hander performed brilliantly in the 2012-13 domestic season and was called up to the Pakistan’s T20 squads for the tours of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Champions Trophy 2013.
While expressing his views after Pakistan’s disastrous batting performance in their opening fixture of the event against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760, Akhtar backed the 23-year-old cricketer to replace Farhat in the team. Shoaib is not happy with the selection of Farhat,
who is yet to establish himself at the international level, although he has been given numerous chances since 2001.
“Farhat should be out of the team. He has been given too many chances,” said the former fast bowler. “Imran Farhat should be dropped and Umar Amin should play the next match. It will consolidate our middle order. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Imran-Farhat-c64218 commits the same errors today
which he used to commit twelve years back.”
Akhtar, who is considered by many experts as the fastest bowler in the history of the sport, also urged the team management to promote Asad Shafiq and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kamran-Akmal-c70122 in the batting-order.
“http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Asad-Shafiq-c46208 should bat at No. 3. He is a solid batsman. Kamran should play in the top order. He is wasted down the order,” he added.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 in their next match on Monday at Birmingham and it remains to be seen whether the team management makes any change in the playing-11 or not.
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