http://www.soap-e.com(detail2013-07-01 85) Pakistan A sweep series with hard Afghanistan got off to a reasonable start after choosing to bat,http://www.soap-e.com with opener Noor Ali Zadran holding up one end with a steady half-century. Pakistan A's bowlers managed wickets at regular intervals, though, and had the visitors in trouble at 187 for 6 in the 42nd over. The lower order came good, with Mohammad Nabi, Karim Sadiq and Samiullah Shenwari scoring 87 off the last 53 deliveries of the innings to carry their side to 274. Legspinner Yasir Shah was the pick of the bowlers, taking three wickets in a miserly spell. Pakistan A's chase began in similar fashion to the Afghanistan innings, with a number of top order cameos taking the side to 120 for 3. Opener Sharjeel Khan's 44 came off 31 balls, making sure Pakistan A were well placed after 20 overs. But Afghanistan pulled things back with two wickets off four balls, reducing the hosts to 120 for 5 in the 22nd. The lower-middle order offered tough resistance after that, slowly rebuilding the chase. A patient 63-run stand between Sarfraz Ahmed and Sohail Tanvir was followed by a quick fire, unbeaten 95-run partnership between Sarfraz and Saad Nasim, which carried their side home with 11 balls to spare. The problem Pakistani youngsters is they performed extra ordinarily in the domestic circuit and at A level, But once they get exposed at international level they can't perform there, the main reason for this is their lack of confident and lack of exposure, India is world champion due to curtsy of IPL, they invited all the international stars to their country and asked their "kids" to smash them apart this really boosted the confidence of young players and they feel no pressure when they come in the International level, They guys like Sarfaraz, Umar Amin, falling just because of this I think there is long long way for Afghan players to go through, they have to learn the basics of the cricket as we have seen Afghan players are down in all three departments Batting, Bowling and Fielding. We can not call Ezatullah, Gulbadain and Dawlat Zadran fast bowlers, if a bowler can not bowl short pitch and bouncer is he a bowler? Afghanistan Cricket Board must rethink about their plan, they should not let players set at home for four months and than come play a series. All Afghans are disappointed they are really weak, and there were lots of weak points and shortages in Mangal Captaincy specially using his bowlers, he was not able to guide his fast bowlers how to bowl, they were bowling only full deliveries no short pitch no change of pace and nothing special, all regular deliveries which were so easy for Pakistani players to utilize. ACB needs to think, Coach needs to work and think again and players must think again otherwise there are a lot of talented players in Afghanistan The victory draw Switch Hit: Iain O'Brien and Boyd Rankin join Jonathan Harris-Bass and George Dobell to talk about the week in English cricket. An expat's game, but made in China Jon Newton: Cricket administrators in the world's most populous country are focused on drawing as many locals into the fray as possible Hyderabad, a love story ESPNcricinfo Travel: In the 1960s and '70s, if you wanted to play tough yet attractive cricket, Hyderabad was the place to be. By Saad bin Jung 'Australia would kill to be in India's situation' Time Out: Harsha Bhogle, Ian Chappell and Sharda Ugra analyse India's 4-0 defeat of Australia Tour diary: Bangladesh's most passionate supporter No one quite knows what the future holds for Sachin Tendulkar, but just in case this was his final Test in India, the Kotla crowd let him know just how much he is adored by the average Indian cricket fan