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82, 70, 90, 44, 50, 74 - these are the high points of Sami Aslams seven-match Test career so far. He is averaging 43.45, offering Pakistan what seems like a long-term solution to the opening conundrum they have faced over the years. He possesses everything an opener needs: composure, temperament, and the ability to hold one end up, and has got to double-figures nine times in 12 innings.He always seems to bat with a great degree of sense, but his dismissals often dont make any sense: he was run out in his first innings in England, and in this series, he has been bowled playing a premeditated sweep, bowled again trying to drive a legspinner against the turn, and, on Sunday, caught off the glove playing a reverse-sweep in the first over after tea.In Pakistan, it is considered a crime if you dont convert your fifties into hundreds, and batsmen quickly earn reputations if they keep doing it. Club cricketers grow up with this thought drilled into them, and unconverted starts are often a cause for batsmen to get dropped at grassroots level.Aslam was prolific at the Under-19 level, and is currently the second highest run scorer in U-19 ODI history with 1695 runs at 45.81. He has the most hundreds at that level, six. He is also the third-fastest batsman anywhere to 2000 List A runs. He was captain of the Pakistan U-19 side when they toured England in 2013, and made two centuries in the tri-series then, including 110 in the final against England, before catching the eye with another hundred in a victory over India in the 2013-14 Under-19 Asia Cup.Outside Test cricket, Aslam has seven hundreds and only four fifties, suggesting the issue of not converting starts is a new one.On day one in Sharjah, Aslam showed exactly why the selectors have rated him highly and shown patience with him even while he has struggled to convert his starts. His temperament was key - he wasnt expansive, but showed plenty of resilience to get through a tough situation, hanging on through a difficult first hour in which Shannon Gabriel removed Azhar Ali and Asad Shafiq for ducks. It left Pakistan 2 for 1, and Aslam, only 20, carried on to make 74. It was an innings of many good qualities, but at the end of the day, particularly after a late collapse saw Pakistan go from 230 for 4 to 248 for 8, the entire media contingent was talking only about his failed reverse-sweep and raising questions about his conversion rate.Aslam didnt try to offer any rationale behind the enigma surrounding his unconverted starts. He said it was a combination of bad luck and, on occasion, his own shot selection letting him down.The way I started as an opener, the kind of start I got, I think I should have converted my good start into a big score, he said at the end of the first days play, with Pakistan 255 for 8. If you look at my record back home in domestic cricket, I have more hundreds and have a good conversion rate so I am disappointed that I am not able make it here.There is no concentration lapse. If you see, I am scoring good runs, but I think bad shots are stopping me from getting a triple-figure score. Also this is my seventh Test, and if you recall, in England once I got run out, once I was unlucky, so I dont think there is any nervousness surrounding my batting. Its about me playing an ugly shot. I obviously think about scoring 100 after 50 but there is no pressure as such. I just think about scoring big runs but I think batsmen make mistakes and improve with very passing day, so I am trying to minimise my mistakes.Since the outfield is heavy, you have to play shots, and in the process batsmen do make mistakes in the rush. But at the same time you have to get runs and you can only do it by taking chances, otherwise its difficult to score runs.During the course of his innings, Aslam had his first major partnerships with Younis Khan - 106 for the third wicket in 36.3 overs - and was involved in a mix-up early on while running between the wickets. Younis has the reputation of being a father-figure in the dressing room and a calming influence on youngsters.It was great batting with him, Aslam said. It was my first major partnership with him and during the mix up he didnt scold me but gave me some advice about running between the wickets. Ozzie Newsome Youth Jersey . "I dont know that were close," said general manager Alex Anthopoulos. "I just think, right now, the acquisition cost just doesnt work for us right now. I dont know if I can quantify how far off or things like that that they might be but I would say we continue to have dialogue. Myles Garrett Browns Jersey . 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This weekends Super Sunday could shed new light on the title race as leaders Leicester go to third-placed Arsenal, while fourth meets second as Manchester City host Tottenham. Former Leicester City defender Matt Elliott explains just why he thinks theyll upset the odds and be champions this season Leicester go into the weekend with a five-point advantage over Spurs and Arsenal on the back of Saturdays convincing win at the Etihad, and Sundays game is their last against any of the current top four. Claudio Ranieris side began the season as 5,000-1 outsiders, but their form and fixture list has left Pearce certain the previously unthinkable will now happen.I hope they win it, I think theyll win it and if it was another team five points clear youd say theyre so hot favourites its frightening, former Manchester City boss Pearce told Sky Sports News HQ.This team is playing with a smile on its face, with energy and goals. Theyre going to Arsenal with a full-strength side once again, theyve only got 13 games to play for the title. Leicester City boss Claudio Ranieri says the others when asked who will finish top of the Premier League table This game on Sunday - if they end up winning that its over.dddddddddddd I think its over anyway. I think Leicester will win the league. If they win on Sunday the rest of the football world will stop writing them off.Once they get this Arsenal game out of the way theyve got three out of four at home, then they play Crystal Palace away, then theyve got another three out of four at home. For me its there for them. I think theyll win the league, I really do. First-time title winners Can Leicester join an exclusive group of teams? Pearces fellow studio guest Tony Gale, who was part of the Blackburn squad that gatecrashed the establishment by winning the title in 1995, sounded a note of caution.I just worry about the end, he said. 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