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great knock in the PSL yet again. This is the kind of talent he has and people always hyped him for.
 
Get him in the LOI teams ASAP. I'd take him over Azhar and Asad every day of the week.
 
Lol hoping he comes back into the national side so he gets exposed again.. The guy was even better in last years psl but we all saw what happened when he was recalled. Mediocre batsman
 
anyone that cant appreciate that inning is a straight hater. to match ultra aggressive KP in full flow is some going. take a bow, Ahmed Shehzad. anyone notice that there was absolutely no love lost between afridi and him... he def won that battle... wooohooo. love it
 
good innings on a tiny ground and flat pitch with a defunct kp handily outscoring him.

I would bet anything that he will continue his failures if he is recalled to the senior side, he will mentally disintegrate when the chips are down, he's provided copious evidence to suggest he is not in control of his weak mind.
 
Brutal innings, cuts shots, flicks, slogs, down the ground..it was all there on show.
 
Excellent knock today your haters are crying still spreading filth... Great knock.. no.selfishness that's what I liked...
 
aliasad1998 said:
Lol hoping he comes back into the national side so he gets exposed again.. The guy was even better in last years psl but we all saw what happened when he was recalled. Mediocre batsman
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The good thing about Shahzad's innings today was his strike rotation - he was actively looking to get off the strike by manipulating the ball. It seems he is working on this - he could carve out a career if he continues to improve in this regard. I agree though, Shahzad is not some sort of extraordinary talent.
 
this was a superb knock flat pitch or not! shehzad can only play against what is being served up
 
Taaya said:
The good thing about Shahzad's innings today was his strike rotation - he was actively looking to get off the strike by manipulating the ball. It seems he is working on this - he could carve out a career if he continues to improve in this regard. I agree though, Shahzad is not some sort of extraordinary talent.
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He rotated strike in last years psl and does it against mediocre bowling in domestic cricket. Anyway he will surely be recalled now. Let's just wait now and watch his "rotation" of strike in the champions trophy against India. Still remember that match losing knock he played against them in the 2015 World Cup
 
"kp is a wonderful player and we complement each other beautifully" - hahahahaha! his self delusion is outscoring his innings today. he won't change. he is a mental infant.
 
no doubt he'll be recalled now, especially when the T20 / ODI captain is sitting in the dugout

although I dont believe his game has actually improved much
 
coy0607 said:
no doubt he'll be recalled now, especially when the T20 / ODI captain is sitting in the dugout

although I dont believe his game has actually improved much
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He's the same mediocre batsman. People here are fooled very easily.
 
aliasad1998 said:
He rotated strike in last years psl and does it against mediocre bowling in domestic cricket. Anyway he will surely be recalled now. Let's just wait now and watch his "rotation" of strike in the champions trophy against India. Still remember that match losing knock he played against them in the 2015 World Cup
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I know what you mean, I have lost a lot of hope in Shehzad in recent times. Strike rotation is something that can be improved without having an extraordinary talent. It requires some clever manipulation of the ball and having the intent to rotate the strike every ball. This is the biggest flaw in his game, which prompts him to play those wild ugly slogs across the line.
 
godzilla said:
good innings on a tiny ground and flat pitch with a defunct kp handily outscoring him.

I would bet anything that he will continue his failures if he is recalled to the senior side, he will mentally disintegrate when the chips are down, he's provided copious evidence to suggest he is not in control of his weak mind.
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same pitch where Afridi owned Sarfraz failing to hit single boundary
 
Credit to him for showing intent which used to be missing when he was playing for Pakistan.

However, the problem with him is that his performance declines with increase in difficulty of opposition/conditions. Nothing today proves that he has settled this issue.
 
coy0607 said:
no doubt he'll be recalled now, especially when the T20 / ODI captain is sitting in the dugout

although I dont believe his game has actually improved much
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other than PSL, his stats in other recent domestic tournaments have been fantastic as well. He deserve to be picked.
 
sarmad1983 said:
anyone that cant appreciate that inning is a straight hater. to match ultra aggressive KP in full flow is some going. take a bow, Ahmed Shehzad. anyone notice that there was absolutely no love lost between afridi and him... he def won that battle... wooohooo. love it
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People are commenting as if we have six Kohlis in the waiting line.
 
MRSN said:
same pitch where Afridi owned Sarfraz failing to hit single boundary
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and roussouw. but that doesn't mean its a change of circumstance, it must mean that Shehzad is the reincarnation of Bradman, but no-one in the cricketing world has noticed. if only they had the acumen of a keyboard observer.

even your batting poster boy idol mentioned in his stomach churning interview of self praise that the pitch was easiest in the first few overs and was already becoming slower and lower when he holed out to Darren Sami.
 
Shehzad is not the best but he he is one of the best in Pakistan which is what matters. He should be allowed to play his cricket with full freedom and bogged down by captain and coaches.
 
godzilla said:
and roussouw. but that doesn't mean its a change of circumstance, it must mean that Shehzad is the reincarnation of Bradman, but no-one in the cricketing world has noticed. if only they had the acumen of a keyboard observer.

even your batting poster boy idol mentioned in his stomach churning interview of self praise that the pitch was easiest in the first few overs and was already becoming slower and lower when he holed out to Darren Sami.
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It was slower and lower as evident by RR and Sarf.
 
godzilla said:
and roussouw. but that doesn't mean its a change of circumstance, it must mean that Shehzad is the reincarnation of Bradman, but no-one in the cricketing world has noticed. if only they had the acumen of a keyboard observer.

even your batting poster boy idol mentioned in his stomach churning interview of self praise that the pitch was easiest in the first few overs and was already becoming slower and lower when he holed out to Darren Sami.
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Shehzad has the striking ability that not many current Pakistani batsmen have. Even if you send Shafiq or Sarfraz as openers today they would have failed to replicate the power hitting displayed by Shehzad. He should be opening with Kamran Akmal in the ODIs-T20s for Pakistan.
 
[MENTION=3393]godzilla[/MENTION] :He didn't compare himself to anyone he said he partners up with KP well. There is nothing wrong with that. Hopefully this time around If he gets a chance he will be able to showcase his talent.
 
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We all know he has the ability to bash big in domestics when in form

Question is can he translate this to internationals? Going by precedence the answer is no
 
MRSN said:
Shehzad has the striking ability that not many current Pakistani batsmen have. Even if you send Shafiq or Sarfraz as openers today they would have failed to replicate the power hitting displayed by Shehzad. He should be opening with Kamran Akmal in the ODIs-T20s for Pakistan.
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his career strike rates say different.

but to be fair, now sharjeel has eaten his own career, theres not many options. I would still not play Shehzad though, based purely on the fact that he is mentally, horribly fragile. he's not a remarkable striker at all. its a tiny ground, and its a flat pitch. I haven't seen his stats for the full season, but even still one swallow doesn't make a summer. if he has performed well and manages to prove its not just a flukey purple patch by performing well next season too, and if he manages to find some control of his head, he might be worth considering.

team pakistan has done this time and time again, a billion times - pick a player showing a bit of promise, give him some rope. watch him fail, drop him for a couple of games, play him again after a good innings or two, watch him fail again etc etc - and make even a player with potential morph into a ttf.

if a player deserves dropping, drop him properly and give him enough time to prove himself, which has to be at least two seasons, otherwise theres no incentive to reinvent or to change losing ways and bad 'technique'.
 
Slog said:
We all know he has the ability to bash big in domestics when in form

Question is can he translate this to internationals? Going by precedence the answer is no
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Needs a counsler his attitude towards the game had been his flaw considering him the.next ATG gave him that reputation when you work on yout failures you improve but he thought he was the best and that's why he failed just hoping he ha improved his rackless nature..
 
kaboom said:
[MENTION=3393]godzilla[/MENTION] :He didn't compare himself to anyone he said he partners up with KP well. There is nothing wrong with that. Hopefully this time around If he gets a chance he will be able to showcase his talent.
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not sure if English is your first language or whether you saw the interview, but he made a direct comparison. but yes, we will see.
 
MRSN said:
Shehzad is not the best but he he is one of the best in Pakistan which is what matters. He should be allowed to play his cricket with full freedom and bogged down by captain and coaches.
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Ah, the usual always someone elses fault.
 
I can't believe I am saying this but I would rather take Kamran Akmal (especially since he has become really fit recently) over this wanna be Rock Star...his true worth is found out when he faces a good attack at Int'l level!

Note: K. Akmal only as a batsman and not as a keeper, no way Jose
 
Wait till Hafeez the other wanna be Rock Star plays on this pitch...you will find out the true worth of this pitch!

Hafeez and Shehzad are both duds
 
I am a firm believer that one must be rewarded for good performances, Shehzad has played great recently domestically and in the PSL so according to me he does deserve a chance in Pak squad.
 
He's only 25. Wil go on to score many hundreds in all formats for Pakistan, doesn't matter what people say here.
 
I wonder if OP will also lobby for the selection of Sohail Tanvir in the Pakistani T20 side based on his PSL performances :13:
 
Deserves a recall. Should open in ODIs and T20s and asked to bat aggressively. Quality player.
 
[MENTION=57576]MRSN[/MENTION] appears once in a blue moon like his favourite batters that score once in a blue moon :asif
 
Judging by Inzi's comments Shezhad may well be back. Ill hope for the best, but fully expect him to go into his normal tuk tuk mode.
 
Hafeez, whose looked hopeless all tournament, has been batting like a dream on this deck. I guess we shouldn't drop him from the LOI sides either.
 
and the nerve of Shehzad to play his knock by suggesting this pitch is slow, low and slightly tricky to bat on :))
 
Monsee said:
Wait till Hafeez the other wanna be Rock Star plays on this pitch...you will find out the true worth of this pitch!

Hafeez and Shehzad are both duds
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Good call! Hafeez proving that he is still better than shehzad
 
aliasad1998 said:
Already 2 better knocks played in the same match!!
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How? What logic. Shehzad had better strike rate then Hafeez which made a difference at the end.

In your face Shehzad haters. Our best opener in the country by a mile.
 
s.h.a.k said:
How? What logic. Shehzad had better strike rate then Hafeez which made a difference at the end.

In your face Shehzad haters. Our best opener in the country by a mile.
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Lol Peshawar choked. Hafeez's knock was way better. If Shehzad is the best opener we have then we are minnows
 
aliasad1998 said:
Lol Peshawar choked. Hafeez's knock was way better. If Shehzad is the best opener we have then we are minnows
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Really. Why so much blind hate. Hafeez innings way better, please give me a break.
Shehzad got into 70s like Hafeez did and batted at better strike rate but Hafeez innings way batter, HOW?
Shehzad got MOM too. Maybe if Hafeez batted at the strike rate of Shehzad it would not went to last ball.

Yes he is the best opener. If you think Hafeez, Azhar Ali and list can go on are better openers then Shehzad then yes we are minnows.
 
The attitude of some people is so disappointing, clearly they have no substance in their argument and should be ignored.

He can score 200 at a SR of 400 and they'll still find ways to diss the knock. It was a fantastic, high impact innings. The best by a Pakistani batsman in this PSL.
 
Whats the point of domestic cricket if you arent gonna reward the ones dominating it?? its not just this one inning, he has been very good for whole year with attitude(as captain) and as an opener. has performed in all formats and should be a replacement for sharjeel in all formats. in tests, sami aslam should play ahead of shehzad but he should be in the squad. the shots he played today. uffff. hes only 25. ppl asking for kami ahead of him... major facepalmmm...
 
Mamoon said:
The attitude of some people is so disappointing, clearly they have no substance in their argument and should be ignored.

He can score 200 at a SR of 400 and they'll still find ways to diss the knock. It was a fantastic, high impact innings. The best by a Pakistani batsman in this PSL.
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Your 180 on Shehzad is few and far between. Impressed that you will give credit where it's due and not blindly stick to an argument for the sake of correctness.
 
s.h.a.k said:
Really. Why so much blind hate. Hafeez innings way better, please give me a break.
Shehzad got into 70s like Hafeez did and batted at better strike rate but Hafeez innings way batter, HOW?
Shehzad got MOM too. Maybe if Hafeez batted at the strike rate of Shehzad it would not went to last ball.

Yes he is the best opener. If you think Hafeez, Azhar Ali and list can go on are better openers then Shehzad then yes we are minnows.
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Kid is letting his personal vendetta against Shehzad get the better off him, constantly see him spewing contempt for Shehzad regardless of his performances which is disappointing. Shehzy may not be the best player we've produced but he's certainly head & shoulders over the current liabilities we've in our lineup, won't be a bad decision to induct him in LOIs at this point.
 
aliasad1998 said:
Lol hoping he comes back into the national side so he gets exposed again.. The guy was even better in last years psl but we all saw what happened when he was recalled. Mediocre batsman
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Only marginally - he has another 55 runs in one innings to overtake his last year's tally and already averages more than last year.
 
aliasad1998 said:
Lol Peshawar choked. Hafeez's knock was way better. If Shehzad is the best opener we have then we are minnows
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How so?

Shehzad scored at a faster SR without the benefit of dew.

Yes - Hafeez scored 6 more runs but had the advantage of a deep batting lineup (Haris, Afridi and Sammy) and dew whilst he was playing
 
msb314 said:
How so?

Shehzad scored at a faster SR without the benefit of dew.

Yes - Hafeez scored 6 more runs but had the advantage of a deep batting lineup (Haris, Afridi and Sammy) and dew whilst he was playing
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No point in the comparison but Hafeez was batting with scoreboard pressure and came in when Zalmi were 3/2. He also accelerated at the appropriate time to keep the required rate in check. Both were pretty good knocks.
 
Abdullah719 said:
No point in the comparison but Hafeez was batting with scoreboard pressure and came in when Zalmi were 3/2. He also accelerated at the appropriate time to keep the required rate in check. Both were pretty good knocks.
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Fair enough but it is not the hardest task in the world to chase under lights with dew on a flat Sharjah pitch.

Both knocks were certainly better than KP's though.
 
Ilan Bluestone said:
Your 180 on Shehzad is few and far between. Impressed that you will give credit where it's due and not blindly stick to an argument for the sake of correctness.
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People don't realize that opinions can change because people change. Now whether Shehzad has changed or not will become clear once he returns to international cricket, but it's clear that he is making an effort and there is nothing more than he can do to earn a recall. Is he performing? Yes. Is he fit? Yes. Is he making controversial statements in the media? No.

Unfortunately, some people, in their quest for five minutes of fame, are hoping that he fails, downplay every good innings of his while overrating some other half-decent ones.
 
Mamoon said:
People don't realize that opinions can change because people change. Now whether Shehzad has changed or not will become clear once he returns to international cricket, but it's clear that he is making an effort and there is nothing more than he can do to earn a recall. Is he performing? Yes. Is he fit? Yes. Is he making controversial statements in the media? No.

Unfortunately, some people, in their quest for five minutes of fame, are hoping that he fails, downplay every good innings of his while overrating some other half-decent ones.
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Yeah that's what I don't understand. If Shafiq for example, somehow comes in and becomes a 50+ batsmen with a 90+ SR, then I will support him. That means success for Pakistan. I don't support him now because I think we've seen enough to know the picture, and we could play someone else who may have better long term success, or deserves an opportunity at this point more.

Also, what time is it in Pakistan?! Do you ever sleep haha
 
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