The primary reason Sohail Tanvir gets selected again is because he is a bowler who can also bat. Pakistan has been searching for a medium pace bowling all rounder for many years but we havent come across good ones after trying the likes of Tanvir, Bhatti, Anwar Ali & even Wahab Riaz for a sustained period of time. The Board selection committee has even admitted at times that players like Tanvir and Riaz are in the Playing 11 often because they can contribute 10-20 runs towards the end. One can feel their frustration. Pakistan has had a long tail for the past 6-years unlike the golden age where we had the likes of Wasim Akram, Azhar Mehmood, Abdul Razzaq and Moin Khan towards the end of the innings. The selectors can be blamed for many things but not for this. They simply have no options.
Posted on: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 19:47:27 +0000