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Indexed  August 11, 2009

Pakistan’s tour is not yet over with one Twenty20 game left but the test and ODI series losses must have taught them something.Here are a few things to think about.Leave Shoaib Malik out of the team and Pakistan will win matches. It is significant food for thought that the only 2 matches that Pakistan won on this tour were the ones in which Malik was overlooked.Mohammad Yousuf still has a few years left in him; for test matches though. ODIs is a game for younger and fresher legs; tell him to move on and concentrate on tests.Misbah will only perform in the final match of a series. He did ...   See the complete post here

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