FAZEER ON WI IN PAKISTAN

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New year, new gear...   As Cricket analyst Fazeer Mohammed expects the West Indies to have a tough time in this month's two-match Test series in Pakistan....   Mohammed in particular points to the regional teams brittle batting and admits that even though Pakistan can be quite unpredictable, he feels the Caribbean side is more likely to succumb under pressure...

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00:00After playing to a 1-1 draw against Bangladesh in the Caribbean it gets

00:04tougher and tougher for the West Indies who play both their test matches against

00:07hosts Pakistan and Multan later this month. Cricket analyst Fazir Mohammed is

00:12concerned about the West Indies batting which was vulnerable at home against

00:15eventual winners South Africa and then Bangladesh who came from behind to level

00:20matters. There may be players with some talent there may be players who have

00:23ability but it's not good enough to have a situation where some of your most

00:28established players averaging in the low to mid 30s no one averaging 40 that

00:33is a concern for the West Indies if we're talking about a team eventually

00:38being competitive enough to post decent totals that the bowlers could work with

00:43of the likes of Jaden Seals in the absence of an Al Zari Joseph can

00:47possibly spearhead the attack with the support of the the veteran Kemar Roach.

00:51Mohammed is fully aware Pakistan can be inconsistent as was shown by their 2-0

00:56loss to Bangladesh only to be followed by a 2-1 win against England having said

01:01that he gives the home side the edge. It is a team that is notorious for that

01:06inconsistency however they have world-class performers certainly with

01:10the ball they have quality players with the bat but they are very inconsistent as

01:14well and therefore it's going to be a challenge for the West Indies in all

01:18departments of the game if the Pakistanis are at their very best. Speaking of

01:23giving Pakistan the upper hand what is Mohammed's prediction in terms of the

01:27scoreline? As optimistic as one can hope to be about West Indies team performing

01:31in Pakistan and relying on the Pakistanis to self-destruct which they

01:36can do as well the reality is if they perform that is the home team Pakistan

01:40perform anywhere near to their potential both batting and bowling it's likely to

01:45be 2-0 in favor of Pakistan over the West Indies. With Al Zari Joseph out due

01:49to personal commitments and Shama Joseph injured the cricket analyst says

01:54it gives pacer Anderson Philip another opportunity to try and prove himself

01:58regarding the selection of keeper batsman Amir Jangu Mohammed gives it the

02:02thumbs up saying that the 27 year old has to try and make the most of it. If he

02:07breaks into the 11 it's a tremendous opportunity for him and one would hope

02:10that he keeps his feet on the ground that he doesn't get carried away with

02:14the praise and all of the adulation from that ODI debut and recognizes that

02:20this could be a very different challenge he may have all the tools he may have

02:24the temperament but taking on world-class performers in their own

02:27conditions in Multan is going to be a very different challenge but one would

02:31certainly hope that with the same attitude and the same sort of

02:34commitment and dedication that he will do well. The first test match starts

02:39January 17th and game two bowls off on the 25th.

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