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- Updated: December 26, 2016
Pakistan are “comfortable” with their selection of Sohail Khan for the Boxing Day Test at the MCG, despite Mickey Arthur’s comments during the first Test in Brisbane that he had doubts about the bowler’s endurance levels.
Pakistan made one change to their XI from Brisbane, picking Sohail in place of Rahat Ali. That may have come as a surprise to those who heard Arthur’s comments on ABC radio during the first Test, made, incidentally, in defense of the pace attack selected for that game.
“Sohail Khan comes in and swings it right arm, but I’ve got a doubt about Sohail’s comebackability,” Arthur had said at the time. “If he has got to bowl, his first spell’s very good, his second spell’s okay, his third spell is tough and then you just don’t get anything more. That puts a lot of pressure on our other units.”
Sohail’s ability to return after his first and second spells has been in question since he made his Test return to Pakistan on the tour to England this year. Though he picked two five-fors in consecutive Tests, he often struggled to make an impact in his later spells and in the second …
