I understand this is a kind of a show case game, but Shoaib is a very important player for us, and being a Pakistani fan I'm more comfortable with him missing out on the game and working on his fitness in gyms, and for a while keep him self away from the lime light as it were. Abdul Razzaq has already been added to the squad as his replacement, in his case, I hope he plays, coz he's had a bit of a time out from the game for bizarre reasons - he would actually benefit playing and getting some practice. Shoaib, on the other hand probably needs time out in the nets and work outs in the gym, not a match as high profile as this - he's already been in the news for all sorts of reasons in the past weeks.

In whatever case I'd be preety frustrated (and our coach angry) if any of our players hurt them selves playing in this match. I hope that doesn't happen.