Younis Khan NOT selected for the England tour..........

They have also dropped the guy(Manzoor) who scored 77 in his last test innings vs AUS, you have to wonder what these selections are based on!

Twenty20 squad: Salman Butt, Shahzaib Hasan, Umar Akmal, Shoaib Malik, Umar Amin, Kamran Akmal, Shahid Afridi, Abdul Razzaq, Mohammad Aamer, Umar Gul, Shoaib Akhtar, Saeed Ajmal, Abdur Rehman, Wahab Riaz, Fawad Alam.


Test squad: Salman Butt, Imran Farhat, Yasir Hameed, Azhar Ali, Umar Akmal, Umar Amin, Shoaib Malik, Shahid Afridi, Zulqarnain Haider, Kamran Akmal, Umar Gul, Mohammad Aamer, Mohammad Asif, Wahab Riaz, Tanvir Ahmed, Danish Kaneria, Saeed Ajmal

Not picking their best and most experienced batsman for a challenging tour of England?

Pakistan are funny.

Batting might struggle, bowling should do well enough

Bowling will also be neutralized by poor fielding.

there's still enough time for them to change their mind

surely there will be an investigation after the asia cup anyways

TO,
Do you not like Younis Khan?

he's pakistan's best batsman along with yousuf. and easily their most likeable player

his treatment has been shameful so far. especially considering the way the rest of them have behaved and yet they still find more favour

With no MoYo or YK the Pakster batting looks very thin.

The batting line up has been looking much thinner since Inzy retired . . .

Boom-tish.

i'll get my goat . . .

they may have to drop Kaneria and play Afridi as the specialist spinnner so...

Farhat
Butt
Yasir Hameed( ?)
Umar Akmal
Kamran Akmal
Malik
Afridi
Zulqarnain Haider( what a cool name)
Aamer
Gul
Asif

Poor old Sarfraz Ahmed didn't get much of a go as keeper (he got one test match, and as far as I can remember didn't make any Akmal-like blunders), and as has alreadt been mentioned, Manzoor is dropped despite getting 77 against Aus in his last test innings.

I think they just draw names out of hats at times.

PlanetPakistan wrote:they may have to drop Kaneria and play Afridi as the specialist spinnner so...

Farhat
Butt
Yasir Hameed( ?)
Umar Akmal
Kamran Akmal
Malik
Afridi
Zulqarnain Haider( what a cool name)
Aamer
Gul
Asif

Who's this bloke Salami Haider, PP?

skully wrote:With no MoYo or YK the Pakster batting looks very thin.

It's not just the batting that looks thin.
Younis is by far their most accomplished "unretired" batsman and he is in England. My money is on Younis returning for the England series, if the Paksters don't do reasonably well against the Aussies.

My money is for numerous players to get banned after a Kamran Akmal pregnancy scandal.

Trev's got high hopes that men can infact get pregnant.

Pakistan will be in England shortly and will stay there till september 22

thats unbelievable...

PlanetPakistan wrote:Pakistan will be in England shortly and will stay there till september 22

thats unbelievable...

Why? It's a great place to be. It's summer, hot (predicted to go above 30°C/85°F) and plenty of Lahore lamb, Indian curries, kebabs and the like. And I'm not even mentioning the cricket.
I'm sure they're looking forward to it, PP.

staying away from home for that long is always quite hard especially for the younger players who will hardly get a chance to play

i am sure shoaib will teach them how to enjoy themselves when away from pakistan

Wart do you mean, TO?

something to do with a lecture on safe sex

Predictions

T20 vs AUS: 1-1
Tests vs AUS: 0-2

Tests vs ENG: 1-2
ODIs vs ENG: 2-3

The PCB has ruled out the immediate return of Younis Khan to the Pakistan team because the player and his lawyer made "inappropriate statements". Younis was not selected for the tour of England despite his indefinite ban being lifted.

"Younis and his lawyer have given inappropriate statements," Butt told reporters after meeting federal sports minister Ijaz Jakhrani. "There is a players' code of conduct in place and we will not spare anyone who violates the code."

Younis stepped down as captain and player ahead of the tour to New Zealand, which preceded the Australia series, over differences with his team-mates. He missed the Australia Tests, and did not make an impact during the ODIs under Mohammad Yousuf's leadership. Following the tour, PCB came down strongly on seven national players, including Younis who was banned for creating infighting within the team - an accusation he staunchly refused.

The captain Shahid Afridi hoped to have Younis' services for the Tests at least, but when the team was being picked for the tour, the PCB hadn't yet given clearance for his selection. Younis however played down the issue with the PCB and said he is ready to play for Pakistan.

"I am available to play for Pakistan whenever required," Younus told a Pakistani television channel in England. "I have no fight with the PCB nor can I think of it. I am a known player because of Pakistan and the PCB."