Pakistan vs South Africa Test series in Pakistan

Batfink Begins wrote:

taipan wrote:The line of the law?

No the white line. He had the line of the law changed.

Look he is so bent, if he had to walk the white line , he would be put away for DUI.

Henry wrote:So I guess the Pakistan team would be something like-

1.Hafeez
2.Hameed/Butt/Taufeeq
3.Younis
4.Yousuf
5.Malik(c)
6.Misbah/Kamal/Alam
7.Akmal+
8.Tanvir/Arafat/Sami
9.Gul
10.Kaneria
11.Asif

Has a Pak squad been announced? Cant find anything on Cricinfo.

The sqaud is being announced tomorrow, i would have the same team but definantly play Butt, Misbah and Tanvir.

Pollock is likely to be dropped for the first Test.

Shaun Pollock is likely to be dropped from the South Africa team for the first Test against Pakistan after the team management decided to rely on faster bowlers for matches on the subcontinental wickets.

"We have been speaking to Polly about bowling less on the subcontinent since we were in Ireland in June," Mickey Arthur, the South Africa coach, told News 24. "We feel the faster bowlers will get more assistance [from the wicket]."

Pollock averages 130kph to 135kph while Dale Steyn consistently bowls at speeds above 140kph and Makhaya Ntini also clocks 135kph and more. Between 1997, when he first toured the subcontinent, and 2006, Pollock has played 17 matches in the region and taken 60 wickets at 23.18 against the four sides - India (13), Pakistan (18), Bangladesh (7) and Sri Lanka (22). In comparison, Ntini has taken 28 wickets from 11 Tests at 39.42 between 2000 and 2006.
Paul Harris, the left-arm spinner and Morné Morkel look certain to make the XI. "We will then select two of Ntini, André Nel and Steyn to complete the team," Arthur said. "It's a chance for Dale and Morné to show what they can do. It will also help strengthen our depth in bowling.

"He [Pollock] is a proud player and he still believes he has a role to play in the team," Arthur said.

Pollock, who is South Africa's highest Test wicket-taker with 416 wickets in 107 Tests, has been excluded from the team for the ongoing warm-up match against Patron's XI.
The first Test of the two-match series starts on October 1 in Karachi.

Just seen cricinfo, so 'some Rizwan' took seven wickets but South Africa still piled 466 against the 'Patrons XI'...

Looks like the Saffie XI will be-

Smith(c)
Gibbs
Amla
Kallis
Prince
De Villiers
Boucher+
Morkel
Harris
Steyn
Ntini

Pakistan squad:
Shoaib Malik (capt)
Salman Butt
Mohammad Hafeez
Younis Khan
Mohammad Yousuf
Misbah-ul-Haq
Kamran Akmal (wk)
Mohammad Asif
Umar Gul
Rao Iftikhar Anjum
Danish Kaneria
Faisal Iqbal
Yasir Hameed
Taufeeq Umar
Abdur Rehman

from cricinfo:
http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/pakvrsa/content/story/312909.html

I wonder if Faisal Iqbal is the same chap who played at Lord's in 2001 as a one-off (called up from some league team in England).

Faisal Iqbal is Javed's nephew and has been given a lot of chances by the selectors without repaying their faith.

Henry wrote:Faisal Iqbal is Javed's nephew and has been given a lot of chances by the selectors without repaying their faith.

Well, he better repay against the SAs or Pak fans'll FIEB (faisal iqbal effigy burn)!

So, SA's 'Patrons XI' practice match was a draw, and Paksters have no practice before tomorrow's Karachi Test but Pollock may play:

An injury to Morne Morkel during South Africa's opening tour match
might re-open the door for Shaun Pollock to play in the first Test
against Pakistan, starting from Monday in Karachi.

Full piece here:
http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/pakvrsa/content/story/312993.html