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‘My career meri marzi’: Mohammad Hafeez hits out after fan asks him about retirement plans

Mohammad Hafeez in no mood to retire from ODIs and T20s after World Cup debacle

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Updated: July 10, 2019 7:40:36 pm

Senior all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez has no plans to retire from the limited overs format after Pakistan endured a disappointing World Cup campaign in the United Kingdom.

Senior all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez has no plans to retire from the limited overs format after Pakistan endured a disappointing World Cup campaign in the United Kingdom.

According to a reliable source close to the all-rounder, former captain and head coach Waqar Younis had advised Hafeez last week to call it quits.

“Waqar told Hafeez that he felt this was the right time now for Hafeez to say goodbye but the senior player said he wanted to carry on playing for a few more years,” the source said.

Hafeez, who turns 39 in October, has also informed the Pakistan team management that he has no plans to retire and is fit enough to serve Pakistan cricket in ODI and T20 Internationals for a few more years.

Link: https://indianexpress.com/article/s...dis-and-t20s-after-world-cup-debacle-5824042/
 
PCB should "rest" him for a couple upcoming tours. Maybe he'll decide its time to go when he is no longer given top priority.
 
Pakistan needs to build for 2023 World Cup and needs to kick out the oldies. Shouldn’t continue with Hafeez, Wahab, Sarfraz etc. They should learn from Malik
 
Wow, I thought the only positive out of this world cup debacle was that we get rid of the senior dead weights. Now we cannot even take solace from that.
 
I don't know why Hafeez is not retiring from ODI. Is he planning to play 2023 WC?
 
Had he any sharam he would've retired before Shoaib Malik. Professor comes from the same school of leeches who played in their 40s to find any glory in their career.
 
If I am not wrong, there is a word in Hindi or Urdu ' Beshshorom' . It just peeped into my mind seeing this thread. I hope to see the same Pakistani squad in 2023. Congrats to all in advance
 
Ok kick him out then.

Nice little fantasy you got going in your head you shameless person. Can't even take simple catches and dude is out here saying he is fit enough to play a few more years.
 
Retirement is a personal thing!
But hafeez should never be selected for pakistan in any format again, same applies to malik!
No one over 35 should ever play for pakistan ever again!
 
And this is why most of their careers end abruptly. You should bow out gracefully when you have the chance.
 
I would blame Misbah for starting this fashion , not retiring when you are clearly not needed. He should be just dropped, why asking him to retire.
 
hafeez and malik are both eyeing the t20 world cup.. it will be a big shame if these two are there in our t20 plans as it will be the same case as thee 50 over and we will have to lose some games to drop them mid way of the cup to figure out a balanced side. Our Management needs to show spine and drop them both. they have given their due but Team comes first.We need to build a team, need more batsman like Harris and Babar. Drop Fakhar, Malik and Hafeez ASAP!
 
moghul said:
I would blame Misbah for starting this fashion , not retiring when you are clearly not needed. He should be just dropped, why asking him to retire.
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Misbah? How old are you 12? This has been happening since the beginning of time. Saleem Malik, Miandad, Saeed Anwar, etc. etc.

In fact, Misbah along with Inzi are two examples of people who have retired with grace
 
Only the players who have any hope or wherewithal to last till next ODI WC should play bilateral ODI cricket. Considering Hafeez's career till date, I don't think he lies in any of these 2 categories.
 
uberkoen said:
Misbah? How old are you 12? This has been happening since the beginning of time. Saleem Malik, Miandad, Saeed Anwar, etc. etc.

In fact, Misbah along with Inzi are two examples of people who have retired with grace
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Misbah and inzi retired with grace, you are having a laugh!!!
Both were in their 40s(i don't care what their official age is) and were forced out, otherwise they weren't leaving!!!
 
da_don said:
hafeez and malik are both eyeing the t20 world cup.. it will be a big shame if these two are there in our t20 plans as it will be the same case as thee 50 over and we will have to lose some games to drop them mid way of the cup to figure out a balanced side. Our Management needs to show spine and drop them both. they have given their due but Team comes first.We need to build a team, need more batsman like Harris and Babar. Drop Fakhar, Malik and Hafeez ASAP!
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Malik wants to score some more ducks in australia, in the world t20!
And hafeez wants to slog a few more deliveries of the part time bowlers to the hands of the mid wicket fielder!!
Why do these two have such a hold on the pcb!
I am going to get vexed if these two appear for pak in any format, ever again!!!
 
Captain caveman said:
Misbah and inzi retired with grace, you are having a laugh!!!
Both were in their 40s(i don't care what their official age is) and were forced out, otherwise they weren't leaving!!!
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Neither was forced out. Inzi retired after the 2007 World Cup which was expected. Similarly, Misbah retired after the 2015 World Cup which was also expected. Neither were expected to resign before the WC
 
This guy is not just a leech.

But a cheater to boot.

Making full use of ICC loopholes to play as AR.
 
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He should not be selected.

If Pakistan have to move forward the players who should be left out are
Sarfaraz
Imam
Hafeez
Malik ( in 20 20 )
Wahab
 
uberkoen said:
Misbah? How old are you 12? This has been happening since the beginning of time. Saleem Malik, Miandad, Saeed Anwar, etc. etc.

In fact, Misbah along with Inzi are two examples of people who have retired with grace
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Saeed Anwar retired when he was 34
 
Bilal Ahmad15 said:
I hope the selectors and managment are smart enough to kick him out
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If they were smart enough it would have happened a decade and half ago - at no point in his career has he ever looked like having the potential to become world class in any discipline or any format of the game.

Not that I’m implying you need to be a potential world class player to qualify to play for Pakistan, although given the vast talent available to Pakistan I don’t think that’s entirely unrealistic either - but my point is that someone who is just ‘average’ or mediocre should NEVER have had a guaranteed place in the team despite repeated failures against quality teams, and had no right to play more World Cups then the likes of Saeed Anwar, Waqar Younis and now most likely he will go on and play more then Miandad and Imran Khan also given he’s in no mood to retire.

What do others think?
 
This is the problem with Paksitani cricketers . . they just don't leave! they have to be kicked out . . and then they complain that in Pakistan there's no culture of farewell/respect given to outgoing cricketers!! cuz you guys bloody don't leave . .

This is selfish on so many levels . .you're 38 . . you just played a world cup .. our performance was mediocre at best . . let the management focus on the next 4 years . . let them try to build a team . .do the nation a favor and go yourself! why do you need the board to tell you to leave!
 
Just to make clear my complaint is not at Hafeez, he’s entitled to choose when he wants to retire, but surely it’s the board and selectors at fault for repeatedly selecting failures despite knowing well these players DO NOT have what it takes to perform against the best teams as their records will show and we have witnessed time and again , be it Hafeez or Malik. So what use is their EXPERIENCE?

Is it such a big risk to try an unknown instead who might , just might turn out to be another Haris Sohail , a consistent and reliable performer?
 
uberkoen said:
Misbah? How old are you 12? This has been happening since the beginning of time. Saleem Malik, Miandad, Saeed Anwar, etc. etc.

In fact, Misbah along with Inzi are two examples of people who have retired with grace
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While Misbah isn't the first Pakistan player to play past his sell-date, he has corrupted the mindset of our players by selling them the delusion that they can play till 45.

35-38 is the standard retirement age in all countries, but because of Misbah, 35 year old players in Pakistan still think that they have 10 years left in their career. Someone like Azhar is a prime example - he is almost 35 and should be thinking about retiring, but if you listen to his interviews, you would think that he is a 25 year old Test player who still has a decade left in the game.

The likes of Hafeez and Azhar etc. need to be told that Misbah was an exception. 99% of the players in history have not been able to play competitive cricket at the top level in their 40s.
 
Now he should be shown the door. No sane selector should select him under any circumstances.

Some players don't wanna leave with respect.
 
uberkoen said:
Misbah? How old are you 12? This has been happening since the beginning of time. Saleem Malik, Miandad, Saeed Anwar, etc. etc.

In fact, Misbah along with Inzi are two examples of people who have retired with grace
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What on earth are you on about? Saeed Anwar made 3 centuries in a row, those 3 in the WC as well, before he was dropped for absolutely no reason after the WC. He then retired, at 34. Malik dragged on till he was 36. Hafeez is 38 already, I know personally as a fact he's 41.

Its directly due to Misbah and him carrying on till he was 43.
 
Is he planning on playing 2023 World cup? His ego is bigger than the team. He refused to bat at no.6 and continues to blame his batting number for his poor showing. He still believes he is the best opener in the country.
 
Should be kicked out once ad for all stop this non sense the jaali allrounders
 
As I already said I think Hafeez is aiming for the ODI captaincy.

A shame really if it happens.
 
ponk_ponk said:
Just like Waqar Miandad IK Wasim Inzi.... carrying on proud pak tradition
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and how was IK in that lot?

he left on his peak, requested to come back...performed even then , won the WC and then left.. lol ... patwari to nahi ? :P
 
Shameless individual. PCB should clarify captain and coach in next few days and not select Hafeez to send a clear message to him
 
Rana said:
Saeed Anwar retired when he was 34
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but he was well past it by the time he retired. He had a resurgence of sorts during the World Cup where he scored a century against India but other than for the couple of years before his retirement he was struggling to score 25-30 runs against decent sides. Only managed a few half centuries against the likes of Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka
 
Pakpak said:
What on earth are you on about? Saeed Anwar made 3 centuries in a row, those 3 in the WC as well, before he was dropped for absolutely no reason after the WC. He then retired, at 34. Malik dragged on till he was 36. Hafeez is 38 already, I know personally as a fact he's 41.

Its directly due to Misbah and him carrying on till he was 43.
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As mentioned in my previous reply. Saeed Anwar was struggling since 2001-2003 where the only decent scores he made were against minnows other than the century against India in the World Cup. Against decent sides we would struggle to score 25-30 runs. I remember clearly what his problem used to be and he would get out 9 time out of 10 the exact same way. Edged and caught behind at 1st slip.

I don't know what you're harping on about but Anwar has never in his career made 3 centuries in a row let alone in a World Cup.
 
Mamoon said:
While Misbah isn't the first Pakistan player to play past his sell-date, he has corrupted the mindset of our players by selling them the delusion that they can play till 45.

35-38 is the standard retirement age in all countries, but because of Misbah, 35 year old players in Pakistan still think that they have 10 years left in their career. Someone like Azhar is a prime example - he is almost 35 and should be thinking about retiring, but if you listen to his interviews, you would think that he is a 25 year old Test player who still has a decade left in the game.

The likes of Hafeez and Azhar etc. need to be told that Misbah was an exception. 99% of the players in history have not been able to play competitive cricket at the top level in their 40s.
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Age doesn't really matter. If there's a 45 year old player who is scoring crazy amounts of runs for example and winning your team matches. Why should he not continue playing in the team? As opposed to a 28-30 year old who is struggling with fitness and can't score anything.

Retirement shouldn't be about age per say. It should be when you know you're past it and can't continue at the same level as you used to. A lot of Pakistani players are usually done by the time they hit 32/33 and continue to stay in the team for another 4-5 years while not performing at all only because of seniority.
 
Rana said:
Saeed Anwar retired when he was 34
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What has age got to do with anything. Saeed Anwar was well past it by the time he hit 31. He just wasn't the same player anymore and struggled to score runs. He should have retired 2-3 years before he actually did.
 
sensible-indian-fan said:
He abuses chucking rules.
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Abuses them? Shouts and swears at them until they retreat shivering in the corner?

As in he has a flaw (some say a marginal flaw) corrects it passes the test then bowls legally until the flaw reappears and he gets retested and banned so must correct the flaw. And then he bowls legally.

I don’t see this as abusing or flaunting a law but abiding by and works within it. One would need to appreciate how difficult it is to change a bowling action and the margin of bend in his arm to appreciate his sincere efforts.

Now he may be mediocre in many respects but as the only off spinning all rounder in Pakistan he has enormous worth and will continue to command a place until somebody else emerges.
 
uberkoen said:
What has age got to do with anything. Saeed Anwar was well past it by the time he hit 31. He just wasn't the same player anymore and struggled to score runs. He should have retired 2-3 years before he actually did.
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Im sure he wanted to considering the tragedy he went through. There is also a thing called duty to your country and the fans, management pushed him to play longer. Respect to him.
 
Should be dropped right away, and never heard from again. These leeches just wanna mooch on tax payers money.

Someone shouldve slapped him when he said i wanna play a couple more years.

Words clearly didnt bring sense into him. Maybe getting smacked will.
 
Misbah has set a bad precedent here. Hafeez is probably already 40 or over . He is going to get worse and you could tel in the field he is on the decline . The selectors have to drop him.
 
Rana said:
Im sure he wanted to considering the tragedy he went through. There is also a thing called duty to your country and the fans, management pushed him to play longer. Respect to him.
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That's an assumption you're making. Why don't you make the same assumption for Hafeez then?
 
Pakpak said:
What on earth are you on about? Saeed Anwar made 3 centuries in a row, those 3 in the WC as well, before he was dropped for absolutely no reason after the WC. He then retired, at 34. Malik dragged on till he was 36. Hafeez is 38 already, I know personally as a fact he's 41.

Its directly due to Misbah and him carrying on till he was 43.
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I stand corrected. In my previous reply, I stated he has never made 3 centuries in a row but I was wrong he has. It was in the 1993 Champions Trophy. That has nothing to do with his retirement though considering he retired in 2003. So not sure why you're even bringing that up.

Saeed was an absolute beast of a player in his younger days. However, over the last 2-3 years of his career he was struggling and should have retired during that time instead of sticking around.
 
uberkoen said:
That's an assumption you're making. Why don't you make the same assumption for Hafeez then?
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Hafeez needs to go.

He is clinging on to make as much money as he can, he knows he is finished.
 
uberkoen said:
Misbah? How old are you 12? This has been happening since the beginning of time. Saleem Malik, Miandad, Saeed Anwar, etc. etc.

In fact, Misbah along with Inzi are two examples of people who have retired with grace
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Lol it's you who's totally out of your depth here, Misbah is to blame for setting such a bad precedent. Several posters have schooled you on here, yet you have the nerve to mock this poster and question his age. Having read your posts, it seems you're the 12 year old :))
 
Hasan123 said:
Misbah has set a bad precedent here. Hafeez is probably already 40 or over . He is going to get worse and you could tel in the field he is on the decline . The selectors have to drop him.
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Pakpak said:
What on earth are you on about? Saeed Anwar made 3 centuries in a row, those 3 in the WC as well, before he was dropped for absolutely no reason after the WC. He then retired, at 34. Malik dragged on till he was 36. Hafeez is 38 already, I know personally as a fact he's 41.

Its directly due to Misbah and him carrying on till he was 43.
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Mamoon said:
While Misbah isn't the first Pakistan player to play past his sell-date, he has corrupted the mindset of our players by selling them the delusion that they can play till 45.

35-38 is the standard retirement age in all countries, but because of Misbah, 35 year old players in Pakistan still think that they have 10 years left in their career. Someone like Azhar is a prime example - he is almost 35 and should be thinking about retiring, but if you listen to his interviews, you would think that he is a 25 year old Test player who still has a decade left in the game.

The likes of Hafeez and Azhar etc. need to be told that Misbah was an exception. 99% of the players in history have not been able to play competitive cricket at the top level in their 40s.
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moghul said:
I would blame Misbah for starting this fashion , not retiring when you are clearly not needed. He should be just dropped, why asking him to retire.
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You're all bang on the money.

Lets also not forget because of Misbah (who has yet to retire from PSL), we also had Abdul Razzaq come out of retirement last year, merely so he could play in this year's PSL.

PCB needs to set an example with Hafeez and draw the line there to ensure this shameful practice ends now!
 
uberkoen said:
I stand corrected. In my previous reply, I stated he has never made 3 centuries in a row but I was wrong he has. It was in the 1993 Champions Trophy. That has nothing to do with his retirement though considering he retired in 2003. So not sure why you're even bringing that up.

Saeed was an absolute beast of a player in his younger days. However, over the last 2-3 years of his career he was struggling and should have retired during that time instead of sticking around.
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He was on and off form but his WC was excellent which meant, by theory, he could have carried on. Since him we have had no proper openers. Maybe him sticking around for 2-3 years may have helped but who knows.
 
If he doesn’t go and the selectors don’t drop him, I hope that the ICC simply bans him for chucking. He’ll definitely be dropped after that and good riddance to a mediocre player.
 
Thanks to shameless misbah all these clowns want to play till they are granddads. I won't watch any game of Pakistan if this cheater is playing. Kick him out for good.
 
Pakpak said:
He was on and off form but his WC was excellent which meant, by theory, he could have carried on. Since him we have had no proper openers. Maybe him sticking around for 2-3 years may have helped but who knows.
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I'm confused. The 3 centuries in a row were 1993. His last world cup was 2003 where he scored a century against India but his other scores were 23, 29, 25 and a 40* vs Zimbabwe.

A century in a losing cause and a 40* in a game that got called off due to rain and failing to reach a score of 30 in 3 other games is an excellent world cup by your standards?
 
topspin said:
Lol it's you who's totally out of your depth here, Misbah is to blame for setting such a bad precedent. Several posters have schooled you on here, yet you have the nerve to mock this poster and question his age. Having read your posts, it seems you're the 12 year old :))
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I think you completely missed the point. My point was Misbah wasn't the first to do this. A lot of players in the past have done similar. Misbah was doing what his predecessors had done.

In my opinion though, his retirement was completely fine because at the time he retired he was still performing decently well and in fact better than most other people in the team and thus was still useful to the team.

Players should retire when they're past it regardless of the age whether it is 30 or 40 when a player can't contribute anymore to the same standards as they were doing in the past they should retire.
 
Can he unretire in Tests and retire in LOIs ? We need Hafeez for the Brisbane Test and the Trent Bridge Test next year.

You cannot just disregard a great player on fast, bouncy wickets and seaming wickets that easily...
 
Hope PCB arranges some matches in NZ and NZ play Milne and Ferguson.Then Hafeez will think about retirement quick.I dont understand this guy.Leave us alone and let us a build a team for WC 2023.T20 WC we don't need malik and him
 
He's see's a few more earning years and a few more crore's - I wouldn't want to retire either.

PCB's decision to make. We can go in circles again, or we can actually put seniority aside and think of the future for a change.
 
HappyWarsFan said:
That's ok. Selectors need to show some spine and just drop him.
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exactly dont pick him, he needs to retire graciously but refuses to do so, this is why some on our old players are so sour with pcb.

Why do pcb have to shame and push these seniors out, have they no shame. You are 38 years old hafeez
 
Selectors can drop him and for once act who it is supposed to be done.
 
Mainul said:
If I am not wrong, there is a word in Hindi or Urdu ' Beshshorom' . It just peeped into my mind seeing this thread. I hope to see the same Pakistani squad in 2023. Congrats to all in advance
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A Bengali speaking Hindi would say 'Beshshorom', a Hindi speaker is more likely to say 'Beshsharam" :)
 
This is why PCB shouldn't respect players. Drop him for next couple of series and kick him out. Enough of the "senior" crap. You have bottled many games for pakistan. Only thing Hafeez and Malik have done in their career is feast off minnows.
 
uberkoen said:
I'm confused. The 3 centuries in a row were 1993. His last world cup was 2003 where he scored a century against India but his other scores were 23, 29, 25 and a 40* vs Zimbabwe.

A century in a losing cause and a 40* in a game that got called off due to rain and failing to reach a score of 30 in 3 other games is an excellent world cup by your standards?
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You're right actually. He was poor for a year but then left at 34, I think after his kid's death he didn't want to carry on. In any case, Hafeez like I said I know for a fact is 41 and has played for too long
 
It's up to the selectors to drop him and tell him clearly that he won't be picked ever again in any format.
 
He was looking good in a few innings @ the WC but same old 20 & 30’s is just not good enough, he is a smart guy which makes his decision to carry on even more ridiculous, hope IK takes notice..
 
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