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I was happy to see Pakistan defeated in their opening game, but was more shocked in the manner in which they capitulated. They withered under pressure and had no clue at any stage of the game on what to do.

• Why was Sohail Tanveer not playing? I thought he was their best shot in this format of the game.
• Why didn’t Shahid Afridi open their innings? He is much better top of the order than at the end. He averages 43 in the first six overs and 11.4 in the last six.
• Why do they still persist with Salman Butt?
• Why did the batsmen not try to reduce margin of their loss, to say 25 (their captain himself said that he expected England to score about 160)? If they are to win against the Dutch, they have to do it with a fair margin now, due to their poor run-rate.

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