Listing down a squad for Pakistan's away tour is no mean task. The usual openers cannot be trusted to execute their jobs. A question mark remains over who will provide stability in the middle-order. And, after the ICC's crackdown on the off-spinners, Pakistan's struggle to find an effective off-break bowler continues.
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Can Ashraf fill Pakistan's long-standing void?
Faheem Ashraf might have risen through the ranks due to his bowling but has made an impact at the highest level with his batting © AFP
There is another position that Pakistan has long longed to fill up - of a seam-bowling all-rounder's.
With scoring runs becoming easier than ever and, naturally, every team wanting to put more and more runs on the board, bowlers are now expected to contribute with the bat. They are expected to score the runs that will "come in handy" either in the death overs of a limited-overs contest or in the final phase of a days game.
Pakistan found themselves in a quagmire just some overs into the
