Monday, August 16, 2010

Zulqarnain Haider ruled out of series


Pakistan's wicketkeeper, Zulqarnain Haider, has been ruled of the remainder of the test series against England. The blow was originally sustained in training before the second Test against Australia and was then aggravated when Stuart Broad hurled the ball at him in his follow through at Edgbaston last week. The throw from Broad was unneccessary which did cost him 50% of his match fee, but it has proven to be more costly for Haider since he was looking forward to a start in the third test match at the Oval, but instead has been ruled out of the remainder of the series. I believe Zulqarnain has shows great talent behind the stumps and also with the bat, when he made his 88 to save Pakistan from an innings defeat. He also got support from the tailenders Mohammad Aamer and Saeed Ajmal. The 52 runs partnership between Haider and Aamer, and the 115 runs partnership between Haider and Ajmal really did help the team, even though they were only able to give a target of 119 runs to England. Well the tailenders have played better than the opening batsmen and the middle order batsmen, and I think this should be a wake-up call for the top order batsmen because they should be ashamed of themselves for leaving the bowling and the batting to the tailenders.

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