Na Maloom Afraad
Man of Tomorrow
And again, Yasir goes as well... 
Draft: Pakistan All-Time Test XI Draft
- Thread starter CerealKiller
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ahmedleo414
The Butcher
My next pick is another player I loved watching. Abdul Razzaq
Stats||Matches||Runs||HS||
Ave||100s/50s||Wkts||BBI||BBM|| Ave||Econ||5w/10w
First-Class | |123| |5,371| |203*| |32.55| |8/29| |355| |7/51| |?| |31.42| |3.48| |13/2
Test | |46| |1,946| |134| |28.61| |3/7| |100| |5/35| |7/155| |36.94| |3.16| |1/0
His bio from cricinfo
"Abdul Razzaq was once rapid enough to open the bowling and remains composed enough to bat anywhere, though he is discovering that the lower-order suits him nicely. His bowling - the reason he was first noticed - is characterised by a galloping approach, accuracy, and reverse-swing. But it is his batting that is more likely to win matches. He boasts a prodigious array of strokes and is particularly strong driving through cover and mid-off off both front and back foot. He has two gears: block or blast. Cut off the big shots and Razzaq gets bogged down, although patience is his virtue as he demonstrated in a match-saving fifty against India in Mohali in 2005. Just prior to that he had also played a bewilderingly slow innings in Australia, scoring four runs in over two hours. When the occasion demands it though, as ODIs often do, he can still slog with the best of them: England were pillaged for a 22-ball 51 at the end of 2005. and then again for nearly 60 runs in the last three overs of an ODI in September the following year."
ahmedleo414's playing XI:
Ave||100s/50s||Wkts||BBI||BBM|| Ave||Econ||5w/10wFirst-Class | |123| |5,371| |203*| |32.55| |8/29| |355| |7/51| |?| |31.42| |3.48| |13/2
Test | |46| |1,946| |134| |28.61| |3/7| |100| |5/35| |7/155| |36.94| |3.16| |1/0
"Abdul Razzaq was once rapid enough to open the bowling and remains composed enough to bat anywhere, though he is discovering that the lower-order suits him nicely. His bowling - the reason he was first noticed - is characterised by a galloping approach, accuracy, and reverse-swing. But it is his batting that is more likely to win matches. He boasts a prodigious array of strokes and is particularly strong driving through cover and mid-off off both front and back foot. He has two gears: block or blast. Cut off the big shots and Razzaq gets bogged down, although patience is his virtue as he demonstrated in a match-saving fifty against India in Mohali in 2005. Just prior to that he had also played a bewilderingly slow innings in Australia, scoring four runs in over two hours. When the occasion demands it though, as ODIs often do, he can still slog with the best of them: England were pillaged for a 22-ball 51 at the end of 2005. and then again for nearly 60 runs in the last three overs of an ODI in September the following year."
ahmedleo414's playing XI:
- Saeed Anwar
- Majid Khan
- Ijaz Ahmed
- ?
- ?
- ?
- Abdul Razzaq
- ?
- Mushtaq Ahmed
- ?
- Waqar Younis
ahmedleo414
The Butcher
@Na Maloom Afraad missed his deadline, @CerealKiller has the next pick
CerealKiller
Staff Member
My next pick will be Pakistan's first Test wicketkeeper, Imtiaz Ahmed. Here’s what Cricinfo has to say about him
"Imtiaz Ahmed was one of the fine, proud, patriotic band of cricketers, most of them Lahore College graduates, who gave Pakistan such a successful start in the 1950s. As a batsman he was a magnificent hooker: Majid Khan said he was inspired by the sight of Imtiaz taking on Wes Hall at Lahore in 1958-59. He was also Pakistan's first regular wicketkeeper, which often forced him to bat down the order when he was so suited to being an attacking opener. In England in 1954 he came closer than any tourist before or since to the wicketkeeper's double of 1000 runs and 100 dismissals in a first-class season - he finished 14 dismissals short."
To add to that, he also made 209 in a Test match, opening the batting. He will be batting lower in the order in this XI though.
CerealKiller's XI
1. Shoaib Mohammad
2. Saeed Ahmed
3. Azhar Ali
4.
5.
6. Imtiaz Ahmed
7.
8. Wasim Akram
9. Iqbal Qasim
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11.
@Ahmad94
"Imtiaz Ahmed was one of the fine, proud, patriotic band of cricketers, most of them Lahore College graduates, who gave Pakistan such a successful start in the 1950s. As a batsman he was a magnificent hooker: Majid Khan said he was inspired by the sight of Imtiaz taking on Wes Hall at Lahore in 1958-59. He was also Pakistan's first regular wicketkeeper, which often forced him to bat down the order when he was so suited to being an attacking opener. In England in 1954 he came closer than any tourist before or since to the wicketkeeper's double of 1000 runs and 100 dismissals in a first-class season - he finished 14 dismissals short."
To add to that, he also made 209 in a Test match, opening the batting. He will be batting lower in the order in this XI though.
CerealKiller's XI
1.
Shoaib Mohammad 2.
Saeed Ahmed 3.
Azhar Ali 4.
5.
6.
Imtiaz Ahmed 7.
8.
Wasim Akram 9.
Iqbal Qasim 10.
11.
@Ahmad94
Na Maloom Afraad
Man of Tomorrow
Sorry for the late pick, but I'll go with AH KARDAR.
CerealKiller
Staff Member
Ok, will people stop stealing my ARs
Na Maloom Afraad
Man of Tomorrow
Likewise, please give me back my bowling picks peopleOk, will people stop stealing my ARs
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1. Aamer Sohail
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4. Zaheer Abbas
5. Fawad Alam
6. Asad Shafiq
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8.
9. Saeed Ajmal
10.
11. Mohammad Asif
Asad Shafiq. - solid average of 40 odd in First Class cricket - and has bailed out so many times.
Aamer Sohail2.
3.
4.
Zaheer Abbas5.
Fawad Alam6.
Asad Shafiq7.
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9.
Saeed Ajmal10.
11.
Mohammad AsifAsad Shafiq. - solid average of 40 odd in First Class cricket - and has bailed out so many times.
ahmedleo414
The Butcher
Aislabie
Test Cricket is Best Cricket
Khan MohammadTest stats - 54 wickets @ 23.92 (4 5WI, best 6/21) in 13 matches
First-class stats - 214 wickets @ 23.22 (16 5WI, best 7/56) in 54 matches
Just a really good opening bowler really. So good in fact that despite being a contemporary of Fazal Mahmood, most observers considered Khan to be the better bowler. Unlike the tireless Fazal though, Khan's body did not stand up well to the 20-over spells he would often be tasked with. Had he not been drafted back into the Pakistan side in 1958 at a point when the mind was still willing but the body not, then he would have finished with a career bowling average of under 18; instead, he's a somewhat overlooked Pakistani quick - which I was relying on by leaving him this late in the draft.
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4.
Babar Azam5.
Mushtaq Mohammad6.
Shahid Afridi7.
8.
Fazal Mahmood9.
Khan Mohammad10.
Pervez Sajjad11.
@Yash.
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CerealKiller
Staff Member
Double pick
