Pakistan selectors face tough task

Pakistan national selectors will have a tough job at hands when they sit tomorrow to pick the national cricket squad for the upcoming "home" series against South Africa in UAE, commencing on October 14.
Cricket fans, former players and experts have been extremely critical of the team management including the head coach Dav Whatmore, Test and ODI captain Misbah-ul-Haq and Twenty20 skipper Mohammad Hafeez, besides the selectors after Pakistan lost a One-day and a Test match to lowly ranked Zimbabwe in Harare recently.
"For the national selectors it is a dicey situation because they don't want to take too many risks against the world's top Test team, South Africa even though conditions in UAE is expected to favour Pakistan," a well informed source told PTI.

The caretaker chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board, Najam Sethi has spent a busy time this week holding meetings with the national Whatmore, Misbah and Moin Khan, the team manager for Zimbabwe tour.
"Sethi has held detailed discussions with Whatmore, Misbah and Moin to find out the reasons for Pakistan's recent lacklustre performances. He is a worried man because the pressure is growing that Pakistan cricket needs to move forward with new players.
"There have also been speculations about Misbah, Whatmore and Hafeez not giving fair chances to the players," the source said.