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Ahmed Shehzad - A star in the making

Probably has cost us the match with a selfish awful inning at sr 64 and running our best batsman out.
 
Yeah, he contributed with a good 64 runs which may play a vital role in victory but frankly speaking, he has no signs of becoming a great batsman. Today, most of his shots were cross batted slogs and sweeps towards midwicket area, there were a few flashes outside the off stump but nothing like a lovely cover drive, something on top of the mid off or a straight drive.

Naw, not a whole lot impressive today.

Pretty ordinary batting and an even worse technique and confidence level I guess.
And this is not something that will take him far.

Nonetheless, I wish him all the best.
 
Atif said:
Selfish? because his strike rate was low?

Get a grip.
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If his innings was selfish then every singles inning Misbah plays is selfish. Common budd it was a gd knock

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How was it a good knock? Did he play even a single cover drive? or classic on drive? He is a sloger.
 
Why the hell is he not playing his natural game which is attacking :facepalm:
 
Alamgeer said:
How was it a good knock? Did he play even a single cover drive? or classic on drive? He is a sloger.
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He played a beautiful cover drive in last match yet it was a bad knock. Runs matter, nothing else.
 
endymion248 said:
He was worse than Shehzad at the same age, though. Shehzad will sober down too with time.
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Shehzad's behaviour has not been remotely as bad as Kohli's at any point in his career. There's not much "sobering" down that Shehzad needs to do.

And you've got to be kidding me if you are suggesting Kohli is anywhere near Shehzad's talent level, endymion. Kohli to his credit has made the most of his ability but Shehzad is far superior in natural ability.
 
cars112 said:
Shehzad's behaviour has not been remotely as bad as Kohli's at any point in his career. There's not much "sobering" down that Shehzad needs to do.

And you've got to be kidding me if you are suggesting Kohli is anywhere near Shehzad's talent level, endymion. Kohli to his credit has made the most of his ability but Shehzad is far superior in natural ability.
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No he isn't

Only Rohit Sharma and Umar Akmal have more natural talent than Kohli
 
Shahzad does not have a huge amount of "natural talent"...

He's just got a decent amount.
 
Played pull/hook strokes, played an on drive, cut the ball, swept, cover drives. Played every shot.
 
The way Misbah was praising him in the end I believe he'll stick with him.
 
His innings is the innings which won us the game.

Without him PAK wouldn't have won. MG is clearly a Shahzad hater therefore you shouldn't take anything he says seriously. An attention seeker.

Well done Shahzad, he will be persisted with. He's developed a good relationship with Misbah on this tour and this innings today shows how responsible he is. He curbed his natural instinct and played to the situation.

May he play many knocks like this again.
 
Nothing special but should get more chances after today. Expecting someone like Babar Azam to replace him soon enough.
 
One of the most selfish innings i have seen in a while, the whole time he was batting to get picked for the next series and his run out of Nasir was shocking.

Good player to have in the T20 team but for me there are others who deserve the spot over him in Odi's
 
cemented his place in the team,I am happy for him class batsman Him and nasir really need to cement there place as our openers in all 3 formats for a long time both players have alot of talent just small areas to work on for NJ and shehzad . Hope they have the work ethic to work on them and pak should have a solid opening partnership and middle order for years to come
 
Sledger said:
Nothing special but should get more chances after today. Expecting someone like Babar Azam to replace him soon enough.
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I would put babar in the fight for hafeez number 3 spot . Hafeez maqsood amin asad and babar should all be considered at 3 I think haris should be given a long run at 5 he seems like he has the stroke play for ODI cricket
 
sully3 said:
One of the most selfish innings i have seen in a while, the whole time he was batting to get picked for the next series and his run out of Nasir was shocking.

Good player to have in the T20 team but for me there are others who deserve the spot over him in Odi's
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who would those deserving others be?
 
need to give him another chance.... i am sure nasir and shehzad opening pair can work for us... they just need more time to develop more understanding.
 
Mamoon G this ones for you. While your in bed next to mummy Shahzad is kissing the trophy


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It was a selfish knock definitely! But he did a favour for himself. He will get the next series now. Overall in the series, poor performance by him. Played 5 matches and scored 119 runs. The less we talk about SR the better :)
 
Bullet Drive said:
Mamoon G this ones for you. While your in bed next to mummy Shahzad is kissing the trophy


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Great low blow there, really hurt and messed up my day. Will be thinking about it for a quite some time now.

Nice picture of Shehzad there, stick it on your bedroom wall and grab some tissues and a soap.

See you around after some time. Take care.
 
when Farhat plays these 'save my spot in the side' kind of innings he gets vilified...when Shehzad does it won us the game. :msd
 
^ When Misbah scores a half century with a strike rate of 60 it is a selfish innings.

When Ahmed "world class" Shehzad scores one, it is maturity.

Bullet Drive logic :msd
 
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AZ said:
when Farhat plays these 'save my spot in the side' kind of innings he gets vilified...when Shehzad does it won us the game. :msd
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Tis true.

I look at the series overall rather than just this one knock which was rather selfish. You can't do that. Reminded me of his knock last time in West Indies which was also similar. Shehzad was poor this series. Even Jamshed and Hafeez scored a half century yet both had poor series (though Jamshed got unlucky twice with Hafeez and Shehzad selling him down the river).

I'd keep him in T20s and drop him from the ODI side. He was brought in to play fast for goodness sake. Otherwise why the hell did we drop Azhar? Scores at a much higher average and scored in difficult conditions/circumstances when the rest of the batsmen in his team did next to nothing pretty much. Just not fair.

By and large our top order failed and it was the middle order who rescued us. We need changes in the top order. Hafeez and Shehzad should go. Keep Jamshed as he's performed well in the past, and not to mention was unlucky in the last two ODIs.
 
AZ said:
when Farhat plays these 'save my spot in the side' kind of innings he gets vilified...when Shehzad does it won us the game. :msd
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Shehzad hasnt been in the team for 10 years like Farhat, give him some time, i am sure he will prove better than farhat
 
ads101 said:
Tis true.

I look at the series overall rather than just this one knock which was rather selfish. You can't do that. Reminded me of his knock last time in West Indies which was also similar. Shehzad was poor this series. Even Jamshed and Hafeez scored a half century yet both had poor series (though Jamshed got unlucky twice with Hafeez and Shehzad selling him down the river).

I'd keep him in T20s and drop him from the ODI side. He was brought in to play fast for goodness sake. Otherwise why the hell did we drop Azhar? Scores at a much higher average and scored in difficult conditions/circumstances when the rest of the batsmen in his team did next to nothing pretty much. Just not fair.

By and large our top order failed and it was the middle order who rescued us. We need changes in the top order. Hafeez and Shehzad should go. Keep Jamshed as he's performed well in the past, and not to mention was unlucky in the last two ODIs.
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Shehzad should not be dropped for now, yes it was a slow innings but there is potential, when we can give series after series to malik and farhat despite failing big time why not give shehzad a decent run before dropping him...

If he doesnt perform in Zim series drop him and bring back Azhar ali or select babar azam.....
 
Mamoon_Ghaffar said:
Great low blow there, really hurt and messed up my day. Will be thinking about it for a quite some time now.

Nice picture of Shehzad there, stick it on your bedroom wall and grab some tissues and a soap.

See you around after some time. Take care.
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:)))
 
hur rizvi said:
Shehzad hasnt been in the team for 10 years like Farhat, give him some time, i am sure he will prove better than farhat
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Farhat is not the bench mark for performance. Get over it dude. Many many openers in the country will prove to be better than farhat. Shehzad is not the only one.
 
Mamoon_Ghaffar said:
Great low blow there, really hurt and messed up my day. Will be thinking about it for a quite some time now.

Nice picture of Shehzad there, stick it on your bedroom wall and grab some tissues and a soap.

See you around after some time. Take care.
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bye

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sunnykhan said:
Farhat is not the bench mark for performance. Get over it dude. Many many openers in the country will prove to be better than farhat. Shehzad is not the only one.
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Not many have proved better in last 10 years or so, All openers we have tried have been crap mostly...

We dont have a line of great openers coming so we need to stick to a 21 year old opener who hasnt yet played 10 matches since his comeback and we want him dropped :facepalm:
 
hur rizvi said:
Not many have proved better in last 10 years or so, All openers we have tried have been crap mostly...

We dont have a line of great openers coming so we need to stick to a 21 year old opener who hasnt yet played 10 matches since his comeback and we want him dropped :facepalm:
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There were many better than Farhat. There are many better than Farhat. We all know how Farhat gets in the team.

It's not about not having greats openers lining up for the selection. Farhat is simply not the benchmark of players performances. And in 10 years which youngster got a consistent run of 10 matches? Name me anyone? Shehzad performed badly in the series. No one can deny that. However, he should be given chance in the next series as well that is my opinion. On merit, he should be dropped. He was selected just on the sole basis of the 40+ score agaisnt SA inexperienced attack on a dead track.
 
hur rizvi said:
Not many have proved better in last 10 years or so, All openers we have tried have been crap mostly...

We dont have a line of great openers coming so we need to stick to a 21 year old opener who hasnt yet played 10 matches since his comeback and we want him dropped :facepalm:
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he want shahzaib hassan in place of ahmed shehzad :yk

sunnykhan said:
There were many better than Farhat. There are many better than Farhat. We all know how Farhat gets in the team.

It's not about not having greats openers lining up for the selection. Farhat is simply not the benchmark of players performances. And in 10 years which youngster got a consistent run of 10 matches? Name me anyone? Shehzad performed badly in the series. No one can deny that. However, he should be given chance in the next series as well that is my opinion. On merit, he should be dropped. He was selected just on the sole basis of the 40+ score agaisnt SA inexperienced attack on a dead track.
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shehzad is 100 times better than shahzaib..:sami
 
uziboi said:
he want shahzaib hassan in place of ahmed shehzad :yk

shehzad is 100 times better than shahzaib..:sami
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Off course Shehzad is better with the Avg of 25 and SR of 65 :)) :)). Shahzaib's avg is 33.80 and SR 88 in ODIs. Now decide!
 
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sunnykhan said:
Off course Shehzad is better with the Avg of 25 and SR of 65 :)) :)). Shahzaib's avg is 33.80 and SR 88 in ODIs. Now decide!
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I would pay for someone to arrange PP mods to bring another cricketer's brother to post on PP and watch him and shazeb's brother argue.

That would be pure intertainment, anyone disagree?
 
pakistanigoneaussie said:
No he isn't

Only Rohit Sharma and Umar Akmal have more natural talent than Kohli
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Lol. What ?

Do you think that Umar Akmal can ever play a knock like Kohli played in Hobart or in Dhaka ?

Be realistic.

Your Chota can never play knocks like these. He can never score those Mammoth tons that Kohli can with ease.

The 20s and 30s against the likes of Bravo and Best is What Umar Akmal is capable of and fans should be more than happy with that.
 
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King Cobra said:
Lol. What ?

Do you think that Umar Akmal can ever play a knock like Kohli played in Hobart or in Dhaka ?

Be realistic.

Your Chota can never play knocks like these. He can never score those Mammoth tons that Kohli can with ease.

The 20s and 30s against the likes of Bravo and Best is What Umar Akmal is capable of and fans should be more than happy with that.
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There is a difference between having talent and applying it.
 
hur rizvi said:
Shahzaib has a 50 against Bangladesh :facepalm:

Stop fooling yourself with his average :facepalm:
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So tell me Ahmed's any score of 50 or 50 plus against zimbawbe will not be counted? And he will be dropped regardless of the performance? After all it will be against Zimbawbe? Am I right? Open you eyes my frd. And even Ahmed played against Kenya, Canada, Zimbawbe in the WC why is he averaging low? Don't even talk about the SR. It's pathetic to say the least. He had his chances (more than shahzaib) against the minnows as well, so stop whinning.

Shahzaib was also dropped from the team when he scored that 50. And he was given the match after 9 ODIs. That too because Farhat was failing. In the decider of the series, chasing a target over 300 against SA. He scored well paced 39. And he didn't took 5 innings like Ahmed Shehzad to score a 30 plus score! See the difference!
 
sunnykhan said:
So tell me Ahmed's any score of 50 or 50 plus against zimbawbe will not be counted? And he will be dropped regardless of the performance? After all it will be against Zimbawbe? Am I right? Open you eyes my frd. And even Ahmed played against Kenya, Canada, Zimbawbe in the WC why is he averaging low? Don't even talk about the SR. It's pathetic to say the least. He had his chances (more than shahzaib) against the minnows as well, so stop whinning.

Shahzaib was also dropped from the team when he scored that 50. And he was given the match after 9 ODIs. That too because Farhat was failing. In the decider of the series, chasing a target over 300 against SA. He scored well paced 39. And he didn't took 5 innings like Ahmed Shehzad to score a 30 plus score! See the difference!
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True , Shahzaib was harshly ousted. He didn't perform well in t20s but he was ousted from ODIS without being given a fair run or even a run. I remember he played well in his last ODI. Bad techniqur or legside hack , he deserved a fair run once selected.
 
AZ said:
when Farhat plays these 'save my spot in the side' kind of innings he gets vilified...when Shehzad does it won us the game. :msd
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Farhat is 30+

Shahzad is 21.

Have you forgotten that or were you too busy trying to be funny?
 
Bullet Drive said:
Mamoon G this ones for you. While your in bed next to mummy Shahzad is kissing the trophy
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Mamoon_Ghaffar said:
Great low blow there, really hurt and messed up my day. Will be thinking about it for a quite some time now.

Nice picture of Shehzad there, stick it on your bedroom wall and grab some tissues and a soap.

See you around after some time. Take care.
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Classic stuff :)))
 
Sandeep99 said:
What is with your obsession with youngsters? Are you a paedophile or what?!!
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No I'm not.

Sandeep are you trying to be funny now? Why is the internet making you brave all of a sudden? Were you given chilli before being breast-fed which has led you up to being so hyped?

And youngsters are the future. Invest in them.
 
Ahmed Shehzad is fine player but too young and still need to play more first class cricket. In this age he had played big events and international tours so his attitude is going in a wrong direction and with this attitude he will never become a real crickter. Although, he's already a public choice. If you analyse his performance, he did nothing except that selfish fifty in final ODI. I think that there's no need of an extra opener when Hafeez was doing fine. Literally we are playing with 10 players with that extra opener theory. First Imran Farhat and now Ahmed Shehzad.
 
sunnykhan said:
So tell me Ahmed's any score of 50 or 50 plus against zimbawbe will not be counted? And he will be dropped regardless of the performance? After all it will be against Zimbawbe? Am I right? Open you eyes my frd. And even Ahmed played against Kenya, Canada, Zimbawbe in the WC why is he averaging low? Don't even talk about the SR. It's pathetic to say the least. He had his chances (more than shahzaib) against the minnows as well, so stop whinning.

Shahzaib was also dropped from the team when he scored that 50. And he was given the match after 9 ODIs. That too because Farhat was failing. In the decider of the series, chasing a target over 300 against SA. He scored well paced 39. And he didn't took 5 innings like Ahmed Shehzad to score a 30 plus score! See the difference!
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Yes i agree Shahzaib shouldnt have been dropped after that 50, but now that shahzaib was treated in a wrong way, it doesnt mean we should do same to Shehzad, Shehzad was also dropped wrongly when he had scored a century in the series against W.I. wont like that to happen again let him play 5-10 more games and if he doesnt perform dump him....

It is just my personal assessment/opinion that Shahzaib is a talentless slogger, I would rather have Azhar Ali,Farhat or babar azam in the team rather than Shahzaib....
 
Bullet Drive said:
Farhat is 30+

Shahzad is 21.

Have you forgotten that or were you too busy trying to be funny?
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ah yes, the folly of youth...never mind that said youngster has been in and around intl. cricket for the past 4 years and has played more than 30+ international matches.

he's still a mere child that we need to keep making excuses for.
 
hur rizvi said:
Yes i agree Shahzaib shouldnt have been dropped after that 50, but now that shahzaib was treated in a wrong way, it doesnt mean we should do same to Shehzad, Shehzad was also dropped wrongly when he had scored a century in the series against W.I. wont like that to happen again let him play 5-10 more games and if he doesnt perform dump him....

It is just my personal assessment/opinion that Shahzaib is a talentless slogger, I would rather have Azhar Ali,Farhat or babar azam in the team rather than Shahzaib....
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I haven't said any thing that same should be done to Ahmed Shehzad. Read my posts earlier in the thread. I said give Shehzad another series. The arguement started when you said he performed better than Farhat. Now Farhat becomes the benchmark :facepalm:

The talentless slogger averages more than your technically correct batsman as I said. Yes, you can have Farhat who is a certified TTF with over 12 years of cricket haven't learned how to bat and field. Shows your state of mind :)
 
One of the most useless and selfish T20 innings I have ever witnessed.
 
Went at a strike rate of under a 100, after facing as many as 46 balls.

Not ideal.
 
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