Pakistan vs South Africa: 2 T20s, 5 ODIs & 2 Tests

[Aslan]

when they were batting seems like they are not playing looks like they themselevs wantes too loose umer akmal got run out he had lot of time to go back but he turned back slowly and got himself out similarly goes with afridi he should have stayed there but as i say they were playing to loose the match if they can't win T 20 i think we get clean sweep as we got in ausralia we deserve with this we dont blame loosing or winiing the match but what we want to see our team fights in the ground in batting bowling and fielding and after that they loose we accept that loose but we want to see courage on them for pakistan and doing welll which i did not see in these matches they were dying to go back in stands

SF the problem is not that our team dont want to win. The problem lies in the selection process, our top three along with the captain himself are walking wickets. Lets look at them from the top;

Imran Farhat; The least said about this guy the better the only reason he is there at the first place is that he is the son in law of one of the selectors.

Mahamad Hafeez: The guy has potential but not for playing a T20, he is ok for one days, and should be groomed and given confidence to play a test if you want to persist with him in any format. But T20 is not there at all.

Shahzaib Hassan; he was the 3rd or 4th highest scorer in the domestic T20 tournament. One of the guys above him was Abdul Razaq, so basically he is there ahead of 2 deserving players, and the only reason I see him there is that he plays under Afridi. He has no confidence, he miss times almost 90% of his shots. And has no idea about playing cricket, for him any thing and every thing should be hit out of the park. Seriously he should be playing baseball and not Cricket.

Zulqarnain Haider; The Kid is new and his game suits test cricket and at best you can use him in the middle order for one day cricket. But for a T20 a big no. The better thing should have been that he should have been replaced with Assad Shafiq as he can keep and is a better striket of the ball.

Afridi: after playing almost 300 matches if one cant tell the difference between his @$$ and brain then he should not be in the team at all. How many world class hitters have we seen and the difference between them and afridi is that they knew that when to hit and when not to. And just like Shahzaib hassn Afridi dont know when to not hit the ball trying to clear the ground. And rotating the strike is some thing that our team is completely unaware of.

 

[Last Hope]

To be honest,
This is a tough time for PCB and Pakistani Cricket.

We are all under pressure from ICC for the spot-Fixing scandal.

We will soon recover, hopefully!

We NEED to have Kamran Akmal in our team seriosly!

He usually scored around 40 in previous matches!

he is the best opener we can have right now after Imran Nazeer!

 

[alibaz]

SF the problem is not that our team dont want to win. The problem lies in the selection process, our top three along with the captain himself are walking wickets. Lets look at them from the top;

Very right

Imran Farhat; The least said about this guy the better the only reason he is there at the first place is that he is the son in law of one of the selectors.

He should be kicked out with his dad in law

Mahamad Hafeez: The guy has potential but not for playing a T20, he is ok for one days, and should be groomed and given confidence to play a test if you want to persist with him in any format. But T20 is not there at all.

He needs to be given confidence, may be given more chance to settle in T20. The guy is a good bowler once you need pace removed for making hitting difficult.

Shahzaib Hassan; he was the 3rd or 4th highest scorer in the domestic T20 tournament. One of the guys above him was Abdul Razaq, so basically he is there ahead of 2 deserving players, and the only reason I see him there is that he plays under Afridi. He has no confidence, he miss times almost 90% of his shots. And has no idea about playing cricket, for him any thing and every thing should be hit out of the park. Seriously he should be playing baseball and not Cricket.

He tries to replicate his Dolphin Captain and like his captain he too doesn't believe in using mind.

Zulqarnain Haider; The Kid is new and his game suits test cricket and at best you can use him in the middle order for one day cricket. But for a T20 a big no. The better thing should have been that he should have been replaced with Assad Shafiq as he can keep and is a better striket of the ball.

Boy is new but agile behind the stumps. Tries to put in more force every time he hits, should be told its not only power the takes ball out of boundary. Agreed the boy is good for one day and test format.

Afridi: after playing almost 300 matches if one cant tell the difference between his @$$ and brain then he should not be in the team at all. How many world class hitters have we seen and the difference between them and afridi is that they knew that when to hit and when not to. And just like Shahzaib hassn Afridi dont know when to not hit the ball trying to clear the ground. And rotating the strike is some thing that our team is completely unaware of.

A perfect AH. Everytime he plays like that he should be hit on his ball too.

 

[alibaz]

To be honest,
This is a tough time for PCB and Pakistani Cricket.

We are all under pressure from ICC for the spot-Fixing scandal.

We will soon recover, hopefully!

We NEED to have Kamran Akmal in our team seriosly!

He usually scored around 40 in previous matches!

he is the best opener we can have right now after Imran Nazeer!

Yes PCB is under tough time not by anyone else but Mr Butt and co. One Akmal plays then other should also play otherwise they don't play well. U Akmal needs serious counselling to try and stay on wicket till end. Making 50s without finishing match doesn't make a player great. K Akmal should play as batsman.
Imran Nazir is only good for T20. This guy has only one problem i.e. pulling a rising ball form outside the of stump, if after ten years of playing he failed to remove that fault, he doesn't deserve one day or test format.

 

[Last Hope]

Yes PCB is under tough time not by anyone else but Mr Butt and co. One Akmal plays then other should also play otherwise they don't play well. U Akmal needs serious counselling to try and stay on wicket till end. Making 50s without finishing match doesn't make a player great. K Akmal should play as batsman.
Imran Nazir is only good for T20. This guy has only one problem i.e. pulling a rising ball form outside the of stump, if after ten years of playing he failed to remove that fault, he doesn't deserve one day or test format.

YOu are all right except for one thing.
Kamran Akmal also should be a wicket keeper.
You said that as a batsman!

 

[alibaz]

YOu are all right except for one thing.
Kamran Akmal also should be a wicket keeper.
You said that as a batsman!

Thanks

The problem with him is that he is very consistent in commiting some serious mistakes in every match. There is no use of scoring a fifty if you drop a catch, fail to avail a stumping or run out chance against Tendulkar, peterson, Kalis or Pointing, rest assure they will seal match for you. As batter he is better than many champs in Pakistani lineup.

 

[desiman]

Get rid of Afridi as a captain, cant believe a player like him who really has no brain to speak off can captain an international side. His own performances are disgusting apart from a once in a very very blue moon knock. Bring back Younis in all forms of the game and get some experience into the side. Youngsters need a leader to follow which Pakistan does not have right now. Take inspiration from India on how to introduce youngsters into the side.

 

[Super Falcon]

well Imran nazir has shown us and given us some amazing starts in ODI and in T 20 if he stays just 5 overs bouy our score would be rocket hight in five overs we have to take gamble with nazir but what makes him difference from other openers he dont close his eyes and hit like imran ferhat he hits the ball powerfully and hit them in the gaps and boy believe me his shots always get to the boundries like treaser bullet

 

[alibaz]

well Imran nazir has shown us and given us some amazing starts in ODI and in T 20 if he stays just 5 overs bouy our score would be rocket hight in five overs we have to take gamble with nazir but what makes him difference from other openers he dont close his eyes and hit like imran ferhat he hits the ball powerfully and hit them in the gaps and boy believe me his shots always get to the boundries like treaser bullet

One odd or at max 2 such players in T20 you can afford but how many players of this type can you afford in one line up. Afridi, Nazir, Farhat, Shahzeb and IMO Umar Akmal (till he is mentally convinced that sensible defence can win you a match) also falls in same catagory. For all these players you need to pray but they won't use their 15 kilo Water Melon on their shoulders.

 

[Last Hope]

Our players are all coming from 'slums'
They do have talent but when it comes to money they do anything.
They are just refined. Lil bit....

Inzamam ul haq, a truly legendary batsman, was picked by Imran ham from street when he saw him batting over there.

After that he never though to come back and stayyed as a First class cricketer.......

So, why don't we go and search for some talent in streets???

 

[Hyde]

Pakistan 102/1 after 23 overs,..................

 

[alibaz]

Muhammad Hafeez completes his fifty. Younis should consider himself lucky to still be there. Pakistan 110/1 in 24.3 overs

 

[Hyde]

Pakistan 140/1 after 30 overs

Hafeez 68not out
Younis 46 not out

 

[alibaz]

Hafeez gone 68, a soft dismissal

 

[Hyde]

ahhhh Hafeez gone just when I started liking him for the second time in my life