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A decent approach towards keeping a blog like this one would be that whenever I go on a hiatus I should update my worthy readers. Since I lack the decency of doing this I would keep on going like that. DrPak wants to know as to how my USMLE is coming along. I regret to inform that the anticipation of the upcoming convocation and much more than that the prospect of seeing all my dear friends is keeping me from any substantial progress on this front. I am stuck on Behavioral Sciences. Its an interesting subject nonetheless. I used to think that Physiology is interesting but Behavioral Sciences is taking up that position now. Didn't pay much attention towards it in my medical school and passed its exam like any other run of the mill exam in professional school. I was going through some of my notes from the school earlier on the subject and they have provided some interesting reading material. I hope to finish it before I move out to Karachi for a week or so. I will try and post from Karachi as the week proceeds. Serious work will start soon after my convocation is over InshaAllah and culminate into me taking the exam somewhere near April or May, InshaAllah. As for now I am reading newspapers and reviews from around the globe and watching a whole lot of very entertaining cricket.
   Coming on to cricket. I haven't watched this game with much interest since our world cup defeat in '96. Still I believe Inzimam's 11 is the most coherent 11 I have witnessed since world cup 1994 1992. The team is playing with a positive frame of mind. The captain wanted to win today he never wanted a drawn match in Faisalabad. He has scored yet another brilliant 100 runs. Shoaib Akhter who is working hard to make his place in the playing eleven bowled pretty good. His change of line in the last spell was a thoughtful idea that paid. But the most impressive was Rana Naveed Hasan. He went through the English batting line up like a scissors cutting through silk. Kaneria couldn't deliver as we would have wanted him to but he didn't give away much runs either. Sami was a tad untidy with his line of attack. Yet again we saw Younis Khan coming up as a good leader. I am worried about the openers though. Salman Butt is alright when he plays on Pakistani pitches but the big question mark is will he work on the seeming wickets of the world. He has a tendency to chase the ball and use a bit more of his wrist in his drives. This is not healthy for him. Similarly Shoaib Malik isn't that confident in his approach. But I think we have to give these youngsters time to settle in.
   There are news of changes in the side that will play the third and the final test in Lahore. The wicket in Lahore is a little bouncier than we have had earlier and this will give comfort to the English batsmen. they have a better chance of winning if they win the toss there. It remains to be seen whether lady luck will keep on shining over Inzimam in the tossing department.

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