Pakistan Tour of England and Ireland - July/September 2016

[Aoun13]

So sad to see that only A team players are performing, while the so called senior players are playing like school boys.

 

[Salman.]

Hafeez drops another catch of Amir's bowling.

 

[Salman.]

Pakistan will only start winning when they start to induct youngsters instead of these Malik and Hafeez.
For me if we use following team for an year, we can produce some interesting results,

Sharjeel Khan/Jaahid Ali
Sami Aslam
Babar Azam
Azhar Ali/Saud Shakeel
Fawad Alam
Sarfraz Ahmed (Wk)(C)
Mohammad Nawaz/Anwar Ali
Imad Wasim/ Yasir Shah
Mohammad Amir
Junaid Khan/Wahab Riaz
Hassan Ali/Umar Gul

This should be Gul's last tour if he does not perform atleast above average. Along with these 17 players, selectors should consider Ahmed Shehzad, Umar Akmal (if they start behaving well), Fakhar Zaman, Asad Shafiq, Amad Butt, Zia-ul Haq, Mohammad Rizwan, Ehsan Adil and Hammad Azam. So this is a total pool of 26 players which should be groomed to play next ODI Worldcup.

What about Mir Hamza?

 

[Salman.]

Why are they not trying Hasan Ali and letting Gul bowl with the new bowl?

 

[Aoun13]

What about Mir Hamza?

Hasn't perform that well in T20s and ODs. But he can be in the future 30 group along with Hassan Mohsin and couple of young batsmen.

 

[CerealKiller]

Why are they not trying Hasan Ali and letting Gul bowl with the new bowl?

Remember who is our captain?

 

[Salman.]

Hasn't perform that well in T20s and ODs. But he can be in the future 30 group along with Hassan Mohsin and couple of young batsmen.

Surely you haven't seen this.

 

[Salman.]

So close!! Imad nearly got a hat-trick!!

 

[Salman.]

Who got the MOM award?

 

[Umair7]

Who got the MOM award?

As far as I know [NO ONE!]

 

[Salman.]

As far as I know [NO ONE!]

SAME HERE!!

 

[Neo 7]

Who got the MOM award?

Is it not broadcasting in ?

 

[Ammad M.Asif]

Match Summary of 1st ODI Between [HASHTAG]#PAKvIRE[/HASHTAG]

Congratulations Pakistan for Winning by 255 Runs

 

[Velocity]

Fantastic stuff by Pakistan! Playing the CPL really helped Imad Wasim a lot. Imagine how lethal Yasir Shah and Wasim would be. Its a shame Pak are ranked 9th.. Everybody would laugh at Pakistan if they played the world cup qualifiers. Hopefully they won't.

 

[Rehan_24]

A satisfying win over ireland. A win was expected right before the match. But I would say a thing one more time, I used to say this when Waqar was there as a coach. The thing is, Make a combination quickly and stop experimenting and giving chances just for the sake that Hey We are giving chances to younger lot. Right from first match, Go with your Best XI which you think can work consistently with 1 or 2 changes here and there in between these matches.

Never follow the last tour selection committee rule which was "Hey, Let's do some experiements till nth time until we reach World Cup 2019"

I shall also want to say a thing which some people may not like here but I shall put what my view is and that is about Azhar Ali. He came into the ODI side undeserving and he has to prove a lot that he is worthy of an ODI side before claiming to be a Captain. He will find it hard for himself and for others to be settled as opener or as an all-rounder. He has self-declared himself as a regular opener so he will try bringing some other partner with him either Sami Aslam/Sharjeel. The better decision would have been that He should come at middle order No. 3 or No. 4 maybe and play the role what Younis/Misbah/Yousaf played in their times and go with two specialist disciplined openers maybe Sami Aslam & Ahmed Shehzad or Sami Aslam & Sharjeel Khan. A player who struggle to make his place in the squad can not take bold on and off field decisions, He will always look less confident in the field and won't lead from the front. History tells it as well, I don't wanna name those players.

As for Sharjeel, He is very splash and his timing is brilliant. He needs to reduce his weight a lot to perform better I guess. Let's see how fairs against England and whether he has the potential to become good or just stay like Imran Nazir...

Talking about the next big things, I feel that Imad is a real talent. He is a fighter and wants to do something for his team always. As for Hasan Ali, They should have given him New ball instead of trying later...