Strategy

India win again and Pakistan loose again.
I am very happy that way. But one thing is for sure, Bob Woolmer and Inzamam are helping us in a big way. As I looked at the scorecard on rediff.com, some things just beat me.

• What is a batsman in a form and of skill like Younis Khan doing in No 7?
• Why did Inzamam ( in my book a better batsman at the moment than Tendulkar) doing at No.6? He should come as early as possible.
• What is Afridi doing opening the batting?
• They have got one of the best late order hitters in the form of Afridi, Razzaq and Malik and why arent they channelising their talents?

Pakistan have an edge over India in the form of their bowling and they are themselves thwarting it. My Paki batting line up goes like this:

1. Salman Butt
2. Kamran Akmal
3. Younis Khan
4. Inzamam ul Haq
5. Mohammad Yousuf
6. Shoaib Malik
7. Shahid Afridi
8. Abdur Razzaq
9. Rana Naveed
10. M Asif
11. Gul

Now with a batting line arranged like this, which goes as deep as No.8, and a bowling line up with a distinct edge over India, they are in a better position to defeat India. Tinkering is good when there is shortage of talent or too much of concentration of it in one particular department. But when you have an extremely talented and well balanced side all you need is allignment of that talent, Mr Woolmer.