Pakistan bowling far too aggressive

Wajahatullah Wasti, a good potential who was surprisingly left out against India, grabbed the opportunity. He looks more secure than Saeed Anwar at the crease. Anwar, suffering bad form, has been done in by the moving ball as he tends to push at deliveries. Today hestarted scratchyly but went out to play a more than useful innings when it mattered.

Anwar8217;s tendency to play square of the wicket has spelt his doom on a number of occasions in English conditions. Here it8217;s always advisable to play every delivery close to the body. He is a big match player.

Zimbabwe, failed to make use of the freshness of the wicket, and surprisingly, dropped the easiest of catches to let Pakistan off the hook early in the innings. Their attack too lacked bite, and I was surprised to see them play two spinners against a team which has very good players of spin bowling.

With a big total behind them, the Pakistan bowlers were far too aggressive for the Zimbabweans to handle. Shoaib Akhtar, Wasim Akram, Saqlain Mushtaq all bowled with penetration and discipline, which made the Zimbabweans find the going tough, even on a wicket full of runs.