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Ahmed Shehzad in ICC Tournaments - Can he set his record straight this time?

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Currently he has a very poor record in ICC ODI Tournaments.

In ICC ODI tournaments he averages 22.58 @ SR of 67 after 12 matches.. The top scores are a 90 odd against UAE and a 60 odd against Ireland.

However if you include only Top 10 sides and remove Associates/Affiliates he averages 12.75 @ SR of 54. This is his current record in ICC ODI tournaments.

The above are his 2 ICC ODI tournaments. Now if you include both ICC ODI and T20 tournaments his record is a bit better.

Both formats combined his ICC tournament average is 26 @ SR of 85. The 4 50+ scores are an unbeaten century against Bangladesh in 2014, a 90 against UAE and 2 fifties against Ireland and Bangladesh

While obviously better, certainly nothing to write home about. However the important thing is that this record is courtesy of a century and fifty against Bangladesh in 2 WT20s.

In T20s, WI are clearly superior to Bangladesh and you would look at them if you want to see his record against top 8 sides in ICC tournaments. In that case Shehzads combined ICC tournament record is an average of 13.9 @ SR of 69.

So overall Shehzad has clearly flattered to deceive in ICC tournaments going back to his first ICC tournament in 2009. And this is regardless of whether you look at top sides or include any sides.

Can this be the tournament where he finally sets the record straight as far as his non-performance in ICC tournaments is concerned?

Discuss.
 
If you take away the word 'Shehzad' I'd have thought you're talking about a tailender. But nope, that's the reality of Pakistani openers :facepalm:

To answer the question: I believe history will repeat itself and we'll be lucky to get a 30+ score from him at a SR of more than 75.
 
What is there to discuss lol?? The answer is a resounding NO. People talk about how the Pakistani team is full of outdated batsmen like Hafeez and Azhar, this guy has a SR of 72!! The lowest among all batsmen in the squad.
 
Arham_PakFan said:
No reason to expect that he will perform better.However I will be glad if he does.
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He had a good mindset in the practise game

But that's the question. When the match counts will he be selfish or play for the team
 
Mark my words, i have a gut feeling that Ahmed Shehzad will prove to be one of the best batsmen in our history
 
Slog said:
He had a good mindset in the practise game

But that's the question. When the match counts will he be selfish or play for the team
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He also had a good SR in the PSL and the domestic OD Cup,but we saw how he did in the Windies.
 
This guy sucks. The lowest of expectations for him. We wouldnt have had to deal with him if the likes of Sharjeel and Latif weren't shady.
 
I am against the inclusion of Ahmed Shehzad in the Pakistan team but frankly, I think he's more talented than the likes of Umar Akmal. Umar Akmal being talented was a myth. Shehzad has all the ingredients, he can see out the new ball, he can play swing, he can play spin, he can play cautiously and believe it or not, ....yes, he can play at a higher strike rate too. I've seen him do it in the BPL, in the PSL, in other tournaments and even when he first broke onto the scene in international cricket.

I don't really understand why he chooses to play so slowly when he has the ability to bat at a higher strike rate. There's no denying in the fact that he can play some brutal shots and an example would be of carnage of Johnson in a Test match in the very first over (got out later though). He can also play some classy straight and cover drives so the talent is obviously there yet he chooses to play the way he does. It is labelled as selfish and I agree with that but perhaps he doesn't get confidence from the dressing room and the management with regards to his spot in the team. I don't know.

I'm just hoping that the management can give him confidence, boost him and tell him to go play his natural game (which was not this slow) and play freely. We could seriously see some gems from him. He's done it before!

He has the fitness and agility to run quick singles, he has the ability to hit big shots and has the capability to survive tough sessions. Hopefully he reaps the fruit of the selectors trusting in him!
 
His record is pure garbage, never should have been selected
 
Nope he is not good enough the stroke less cemented feet wonder can't score against the like of rabada umesh bhuvi.
 
Shehzad doesnt even make into afghanistan or ireland team on skills , capabilities or past performance. I dont k knw how and on what basis this clown is selected to open the innings??
He definitely opens for the worst X1 of pakistan cricket.
 
1. Ball wide of off-stump. He will time crisply but straight to fielders for no runs. Can't find gaps.
2. Repeat step 1 for three overs. Can't rotate strike.
3. An occasional release shot to third man or deep backward point for single. Plug those gaps and he has nowhere to hit.
4. Frustrated and totally out of place now. Ball a shortish ball, and he'll try to do an ugly hoick. Gets caught at mid-on.

Been the same story since 2009.
 
ExpressPacer said:
I am against the inclusion of Ahmed Shehzad in the Pakistan team but frankly, I think he's more talented than the likes of Umar Akmal. Umar Akmal being talented was a myth. Shehzad has all the ingredients, he can see out the new ball, he can play swing, he can play spin, he can play cautiously and believe it or not, ....yes, he can play at a higher strike rate too. I've seen him do it in the BPL, in the PSL, in other tournaments and even when he first broke onto the scene in international cricket.

I don't really understand why he chooses to play so slowly when he has the ability to bat at a higher strike rate. There's no denying in the fact that he can play some brutal shots and an example would be of carnage of Johnson in a Test match in the very first over (got out later though). He can also play some classy straight and cover drives so the talent is obviously there yet he chooses to play the way he does. It is labelled as selfish and I agree with that but perhaps he doesn't get confidence from the dressing room and the management with regards to his spot in the team. I don't know.

I'm just hoping that the management can give him confidence, boost him and tell him to go play his natural game (which was not this slow) and play freely. We could seriously see some gems from him. He's done it before!

He has the fitness and agility to run quick singles, he has the ability to hit big shots and has the capability to survive tough sessions. Hopefully he reaps the fruit of the selectors trusting in him!
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Ahmed Shehzad is atrocious against spin

And he isnt in control against swing either

I will give you that he can negotiate pace well.

Also hitting a few fours of Johnson before getting his stumps uprooted doesn't qualify as a 'carnage of Johnson' lol.

He has some great performances in BPL and PSL as well. But thats the point to be considered. Are those tournaments his ceiling? He always does ok/well in those or other competitions such as Pakistan Cup but when he is recalled to the national team on the basis of that, he almost never shows up
 
LegendInzi said:
1. Ball wide of off-stump. He will time crisply but straight to fielders for no runs. Can't find gaps.
2. Repeat step 1 for three overs. Can't rotate strike.
3. An occasional release shot to third man or deep backward point for single. Plug those gaps and he has nowhere to hit.
4. Frustrated and totally out of place now. Ball a shortish ball, and he'll try to do an ugly hoick. Gets caught at mid-on.

Been the same story since 2009.
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in depth description. if the ball is swinging he wouldnt even last for these many balls
 
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What a pathetic player we keep picking time and again.

Fakhar boy needs to play ahead of him
 
He can improve the average,small ground flat pitch edgbaston,the question is would it be enough for the team.
 
I have full condidence Ahmed Shehzad will be in SUPER HOT form in the Champions trophy, he will be like Azhar Ali of Tests, he will massively improve his batting this year on. I can accept to see a century from him every Innings in ODIs. He will play at strike rates of 130-280. He will bring up his average to 60 by the end of the year. Inshallah.
 
Khwaja said:
I have full condidence Ahmed Shehzad will be in SUPER HOT form in the Champions trophy, he will be like Azhar Ali of Tests, he will massively improve his batting this year on. I can accept to see a century from him every Innings in ODIs. He will play at strike rates of 130-280. He will bring up his average to 60 by the end of the year. Inshallah.
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Not sure if serious.
 
The more matches Shehzad plays, the more his average and strike rate will drop. Him along with Asad Shafiq are the worst ODI batsmen to come out of Pakistan. Utterly useless!
 
Khwaja said:
I have full condidence Ahmed Shehzad will be in SUPER HOT form in the Champions trophy, he will be like Azhar Ali of Tests, he will massively improve his batting this year on. I can accept to see a century from him every Innings in ODIs. He will play at strike rates of 130-280. He will bring up his average to 60 by the end of the year. Inshallah.
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Bro! you have too few posts on PP to come up with sarcasm of this magnitude. Or if u are serious, keep a new account on standby to change identities coz Shehzad is never ever doing that.
 
Savak said:
Mark my words, i have a gut feeling that Ahmed Shehzad will prove to be one of the best batsmen in our history
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surely youre not serious here

at best he can reverse his fortunes and have a respectable career but with 8-9 years of cricket I feel the train has passed for him to be one of the best in our history

His stats have taken a beating which will be hard to recover from and there is nothing to suggest he is a better player now than in 2014 which was his best period and where he average 39 @ 77-78 SR
 
I would rather take a bowler instead of Shehzad. This guy is pathetic to watch with no ability to rotate strike and score fast against any decent team
 
Azhar and shehzad are outdated batsmen and inzamam has made a big blunder choosing them again for the odi team.

sr of 75 and average of 34 in last 3 and a half years.. wont play for any other team.





Thank you Inzamam ul haq.
 
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Sure, just don't play him in the first match - motivate him by not selecting him in the beginning
 
ExpressPacer said:
I am against the inclusion of Ahmed Shehzad in the Pakistan team but frankly, I think he's more talented than the likes of Umar Akmal. Umar Akmal being talented was a myth. Shehzad has all the ingredients, he can see out the new ball, he can play swing, he can play spin, he can play cautiously and believe it or not, ....yes, he can play at a higher strike rate too. I've seen him do it in the BPL, in the PSL, in other tournaments and even when he first broke onto the scene in international cricket.

I don't really understand why he chooses to play so slowly when he has the ability to bat at a higher strike rate. There's no denying in the fact that he can play some brutal shots and an example would be of carnage of Johnson in a Test match in the very first over (got out later though). He can also play some classy straight and cover drives so the talent is obviously there yet he chooses to play the way he does. It is labelled as selfish and I agree with that but perhaps he doesn't get confidence from the dressing room and the management with regards to his spot in the team. I don't know.

I'm just hoping that the management can give him confidence, boost him and tell him to go play his natural game (which was not this slow) and play freely. We could seriously see some gems from him. He's done it before!

He has the fitness and agility to run quick singles, he has the ability to hit big shots and has the capability to survive tough sessions. Hopefully he reaps the fruit of the selectors trusting in him!
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I think that Shehzad is more likely to knuckle down and work hard compared to Umar Akmal despite his deficiencies and I respect him for that
 
shaz619 said:
I think that Shehzad is more likely to knuckle down and work hard compared to Umar Akmal despite his deficiencies and I respect him for that
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Exactly. Even if you look at his role in the field, he's one of the best fielders we have, is amazing at point, keeps himself fit and is as athletic as anything. I even admire him for working hard in the gym and upping his power game which helps him hit sixes. I personally think he has all the ingredients, just needs to be able to have the confidence.
 
ExpressPacer said:
Exactly. Even if you look at his role in the field, he's one of the best fielders we have, is amazing at point, keeps himself fit and is as athletic as anything. I even admire him for working hard in the gym and upping his power game which helps him hit sixes. I personally think he has all the ingredients, just needs to be able to have the confidence.
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Well said, it's an indication of effort; even just keeping yourself in great shape and working hard on your fitness says a lot about your attitude. To be fair to him, a lot has been said with regards to his behaviour and thus far I've not heard anything negative? Good luck to him anyway, hope he has a good tournament and just tries his best to ignore the high pressure scenario's which can make one go into his shell. Liked the intent during the BD game, I know it wasn't that big a knock but when you set a tone like that at the top it gives our team a chance later on in the innings
 
Bottling it in the field already. Diving over balls, fumbles, not backing up. Not expecting much from him with the bat either.
 
He is an extremely mediocre cricketer and even that is being generous. I expect little to nothing from him. Can't believe we cannot find a single decent opener in Pakistan cricket.
 
Time for Shezzy to make it count
 
He has not improved, his strike rotation is poor as per usual and no he is not "aggressive" so let's stop with this myth.

His fielding is meant to be a strength but he costed us several runs today.

Enough is enough.

What's more pathetic than his batting is the CLOWNS in domestic cricket who turn him into Don Bradman. You utter muppets, can't you not see his glaring weaknesses and set a field to exploit them ?
 
Markhor said:
He has not improved, his strike rotation is poor as per usual and no he is not "aggressive" so let's stop with this myth.

His fielding is meant to be a strength but he costed us several runs today.

Enough is enough.

What's more pathetic than his batting is the CLOWNS in domestic cricket who turn him into Don Bradman. You utter muppets, can't you not see his glaring weaknesses and set a field to exploit them ?
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Fielding is poor in domestic cricket
 
God why Sharjeel yaar. It amazes me that we went from Sharjeel Khan to Ahmed Shehzad. God I would even take Kamran Akmal over Shehzad (for his batting nothing else) at least he would try to bring the run rate down. We need to look forward to the next series Pakistan has and hope to god that the team is solid. Because with players with Hafeez, Shehzad, Azhar and Wahab we aren't gonna go far.
 
TeymurBlake said:
God why Sharjeel yaar. It amazes me that we went from Sharjeel Khan to Ahmed Shehzad. God I would even take Kamran Akmal over Shehzad (for his batting nothing else) at least he would try to bring the run rate down. We need to look forward to the next series Pakistan has and hope to god that the team is solid. Because with players with Hafeez, Shehzad, Azhar and Wahab we aren't gonna go far.
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Actually on this wicket Kamran might not have been half as bad

He likes the ball to come on the bat and generally had done well in those conditions only

Carribean pitches were the worst to recall him
 
Slog said:
Actually on this wicket Kamran might not have been half as bad

He likes the ball to come on the bat and generally had done well in those conditions only

Carribean pitches were the worst to recall him
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I know. But I would only take him over Shehzad for his aggressive batting. He also has more of a experience factor to Shehzad
 
Slog said:
Actually on this wicket Kamran might not have been half as bad

He likes the ball to come on the bat and generally had done well in those conditions only

Carribean pitches were the worst to recall him
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You're now able to see through my logic, but very late.
 
Hawkeye said:
You're now able to see through my logic, but very late.
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Well since Wahab was also in your logic you can understand why people would discount it

Anyways Kamran wouldn't have won the game or made a big dent even. He would have likely outperformed Shehzad which isn't saying much
 
Garbage player who somehow keeps finding a spot near international tournaments.
 
I had seen selfish players, players who bottle in big situations, players with attitude problems, players who remain mediocre no matter how hard they try. But i had not seen a player who had all these qualities amalgamated together in himself until i saw Ahmad shehzad.

What was that einstein quote again? Stupidity is doing the same thing again and again blah blah. Selectors should be ashamed of themselves.

This man can score a 100 in next game but it wont change the fact that he is a bottler , a mediocre player with attitude problems.
 
Madplayer said:
I had seen selfish players, players who bottle in big situations, players with attitude problems, players who remain mediocre no matter how hard they try. But i had not seen a player who had all these qualities amalgamated together in himself until i saw Ahmad shehzad.

What was that einstein quote again? Stupidity is doing the same thing again and again blah blah. Selectors should be ashamed of themselves.

This man can score a 100 in next game but it wont change the fact that he is a bottler , a mediocre player with attitude problems.
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Actually, two such players were present in today's playing XI itself. :shehzad :hafeez
 
Shehzad has a psychological problem when it comes to international cricket. Hes failing consistently with his selfish approach. One wonders why doesn't he just throw caution to the winds and just get on with the God-damn game like he does in PSL, domestic etc.

What an epic failure after all the chances he has been given by the management. Nothing player with a pathetic attitude.

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You cannot refine and fine-tune ****. Him along with Asad Shafiq are the worst ODI batsmen to come out of Pakistan. I have been against the selection of this clown for a good five years now.
 
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