Pakistan Vs Bangladesh 2011 Schedule

SCHEDULE   PAKISTAN TOUR TO BANGLADESH 2011
Tue Nov 29 D/N 11:00 GMT  17:00 local 16:30 IST	T20I - Bangladesh v Pakistan Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
Thu Dec 1 07:30 GMT  13:30 local  13:00 IST	1st ODI - Bangladesh v Pakistan Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
Sat Dec 3 07:30 GMT  13:30 local  13:00 IST	2nd ODI - Bangladesh v Pakistan Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
Tue Dec 6 07:30 GMT 13:30 local  13:00 IST	3rd ODI - Bangladesh v Pakistan Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong
Fri Dec 9 – Tue Dec 13 03:30 GMT  09:30 local  09:00 IST	1st Test - Bangladesh v Pakistan Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong
Sat Dec 17 – Wed Dec 21 03:30 GMT  09:30 local  09:00 IST	2nd Test - Bangladesh v Pakistan Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur

Was It a Revenge Game Mr. Sehwag?

An addition to Sehwag’s witty statements is that “Win against Bangladesh is revenge of World Cup 2007 defeat” which he stated at the end of the game in presentation ceremony after wining the match. The context to this statement is that Bangladesh kicked India out of the World Cup in 2007 by beating them , so Sehwag  believes that by defeating Bangladesh in a single match in this 2011 world cup ,they have take the revenge .But the question arises, is this defeat comparable to the one that Indians faced in 2007, certainly not because this defeat has not caused complete evacuation of Bangladesh from the World cup, contrary to 2007, where Indian had  to leave West Indies after defeat against  Bangladesh. 

Before this, one of the statements that show’s Sehwags childish behavior was stated few month back by him, when he said that in a Match when Shoaib Akhtar was challenging me to hit a six on my bowl and when I was not able to do so, Sachin Tendulker hit a six to Shoaib and then I told Shoiab that look Tendulkar is your father because he hit you a six.  Now  here Sehwag was also wrong,  if we assess the situation defined by Sehwag than Tendular is not Shoib’s Father, infact  he is Sehwag’s father because Sehwag was not able to hit a six to Shoiab while Tendulkar did it. For a bowler, if some one hit him six, is not a matter of concern because some times bowler will got out batsman and some times batsman will hit him shots. So, therefore, for Shoiab it was not a matter of concern.  

Now what type of a player is he? He never played big innings away from subcontinent. What was happened to him when Bangladesh ruined his team and thrown out of tournament in 2007.  Infact he failed on seeming pitches in Australia and South Africa every time. The only place where he can score is subcontinent. It shows flaws in his techniques. Because brilliant players like Inzamam, Tendulkar and Lara can play big innings all over the world.

My suggestion to Sehwag is to put a lid on his beak and concentrate on his game rather than speaking meaningless talks. He should not follow thrilling words of media as it is the duty of media to display things hot and spicy. He should show sensibility as a senior player. 

Author
M Asim (APCOMS Pakistan)

Warm-up Match Against England – Need Adjustment in Batting Order

 

England has won Warm up Match against Pakistan by 67 runs. Before this, although Pakistan won 1^st warm match against Bangladesh, but considering weaknesses of Bangladesh bowling attack, runs scored by Pakistan in a warm up match were not good enough, over 300 runs were expecting by the fans. Keeping in view the above facts Pakistan should adopt some changes in the batting line. Most of the experts are agreed that Hafiz is not suitable for opening. The reason is that he is not confident in facing out swing delivery because of flaws in his technique. Although he has played some very good innings as opening batsman, but consistency is not there in his performance. He may be good in T-20, but when playing 50 overs he must have sound technique for defence also, which is lacking in his batting technique.

So, therefore, plan ‘B’ is suggested here. Kamran Akmal has performed so many times extra-ordinary as opening batsman. Although his performance in recent days as opener was not satisfactory, but the reasons were not his technique, the reasons were mind disturbance because of allegations on him, but now he is free of these allegations.  So, now we can expect positive results from him as opening batsman. Besides these, he has scored a century on Australian wickets against West Indies in earlier stage of his career. It is obvious that without having good technique no one can play big inning in Australia. The utility of Haifiz is still there. He can play some big shots as number 7 batsman and can contribute through his off spin bowling also.