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Chief Selector Inzamam-ul-Haq, The Revolutionary - Performance Watch

So the news is Inzi flying to SA for 2 weeks to discuss WC team with Mickey/Sarfi... Have a great vacation Inzi and yes you can bring the issue of making Imam as captain. Then you can safely out of your selection job as your job is done to help nephew...Bravo:salute:salute
 
So the news is Inzi flying to SA for 2 weeks to discuss WC team with Mickey/Sarfi... Have a great vacation Inzi and yes you can bring the issue of making Imam as captain. Then you can safely out of your selection job as your job is done to help nephew...Bravo:salute:salute

Told you Mani will not be beneficial for our cricket and let Inzi do whatever he wants. Inzi may select both Shafiq and request Azhar to revert his retirement and play this World cup.
This shameless guy doesn't have any pride for team's performance. He only interested to get fat salary without doing his job.
 
Inzamam is the only CS we've had that actually has long-term plans in place. The amount of time we've invested in our pacers will pay off at the world cup, IA.
 
Criticism of the Selection Committee headed by Inzamam ul Haq.

If we have a look at Abid Ali's domestic performances, we find out that he scored quite heavily in 2017-18 season.
Before that, his domestic performances were not as good as the recent season.
Now people are saying that it's wastage of talent and that he's already 31 years old.
But if we think sensibly, we find out that it is not the fault of the selection committee, because before 2017-18 season, his performances were not that great, so how come they could have selected him as he had no outstanding performances behind his back.
Secondly, Fakhar and Imam have been given chances since 2017 and to be honest, they've done quite well and didn't deserve to be dropped.
Now that Abid has performed in domestic circuit, he has been selected.
So the selection committee has rewarded him for his performances.
Then why are we acting immaturely and immensely criticizing the selection committee????
 
If we have a look at Abid Ali's domestic performances, we find out that he scored quite heavily in 2017-18 season.
Before that, his domestic performances were not as good as the recent season.
Now people are saying that it's wastage of talent and that he's already 31 years old.
But if we think sensibly, we find out that it is not the fault of the selection committee, because before 2017-18 season, his performances were not that great, so how come they could have selected him as he had no outstanding performances behind his back.
Secondly, Fakhar and Imam have been given chances since 2017 and to be honest, they've done quite well and didn't deserve to be dropped.
Now that Abid has performed in domestic circuit, he has been selected.
So the selection committee has rewarded him for his performances.
Then why are we acting immaturely and immensely criticizing the selection committee????

He had two other peaks as well, between 2009-10 & 2012-14; but yes it’s not only Inzi’s fault - he wasn’t there before 2016.
 
Hopefully he is sacked after the WC. Can't take the political and nonsensical selections anymore.
 
He had two other peaks as well, between 2009-10 & 2012-14; but yes it’s not only Inzi’s fault - he wasn’t there before 2016.

That's exactly my point bro.... Let's be honest.... In Inzi's tenure, a number of players have been given opportunities.... May be at times, he might have taken a wrong decision, but atleast he gave chances to quite a few players...
 
That's exactly my point bro.... Let's be honest.... In Inzi's tenure, a number of players have been given opportunities.... May be at times, he might have taken a wrong decision, but atleast he gave chances to quite a few players...

That's true. Considering that in his 4 years as the most powerful Captain since Imran, only 3 players debuted and each played 1 game before being dropped, this is quite encouraging. But, his picks are often clueless - if Abbas was to be given a chance in ODI, UAE is the last place to do so, just one example.
 
Apart from Yasir's selection, can't really say that others were not some of the top domestic performers we had lately. And to rest the first team wouldn't have been Inzi's call - it would have been mutually decided.

There's not a lot of back up talent at our disposal. The team has to do with the best they have.

Inzi's job is to give you the squad, and guys like Abid and Saad have been picked for the last few series. They haven't played because the skipper and the think tank haven't tested them and stuck with Malik, Hafeez, Asif. That's not Inzi's call.

The selector does not determine whether the team will win or not. It's the men on the field.
 
azhar ali refused to open in tests despite 50 avearge as an opner? guess why? do you think sami aslam and abid ali were bad players in tests than perchie*? do u know what deal would have been made that azhar retired from odi and refused to open in tests [MENTION=79064]MMHS[/MENTION] i see a deal behind the scene.
 
Apart from Yasir's selection, can't really say that others were not some of the top domestic performers we had lately. And to rest the first team wouldn't have been Inzi's call - it would have been mutually decided.

There's not a lot of back up talent at our disposal. The team has to do with the best they have.

Inzi's job is to give you the squad, and guys like Abid and Saad have been picked for the last few series. They haven't played because the skipper and the think tank haven't tested them and stuck with Malik, Hafeez, Asif. That's not Inzi's call.

The selector does not determine whether the team will win or not. It's the men on the field.

what about the lack of spinners after losing previous series' due to not having proper spinners?
 
Along with Iqbal Qasim, he is the worst CS we have ever had.
 
The reason why quite a few people (including myself) were excited with Inzamam’s appointment was because he has the stature and the respect in Pakistan cricket to bring change.

He is one of our biggest cricketers ever and has played modern cricket. We haven’t had a CS like him before.

However, in three years, he has not taken a single tough decision. Along with Mickey and Sarfaraz, he has taken our cricket to new lows.

What has he given Pakistan cricket in his tenure? He has failed to recognize that our ODI team needs a proper spinner, and when overrated golden boy Shadab was rested, he lazily selected Yasir.

Apart from getting lucky with the likes Shaheen and Hasan thanks to PSL, he has not provided any players. He also refused to take note of Sarfaraz’s pathetic performance.

Perhaps it is our fault. We expected too much from a loyalist who has never shown any vision. He continuously picked his favorites as captain and then took half the team with him to the corrupt ICL.

He is a toxic character who needs to be kept away from Pakistan cricket.
 
The reason why quite a few people (including myself) were excited with Inzamam’s appointment was because he has the stature and the respect in Pakistan cricket to bring change.

He is one of our biggest cricketers ever and has played modern cricket. We haven’t had a CS like him before.

However, in three years, he has not taken a single tough decision. Along with Mickey and Sarfaraz, he has taken our cricket to new lows.

What has he given Pakistan cricket in his tenure? He has failed to recognize that our ODI team needs a proper spinner, and when overrated golden boy Shadab was rested, he lazily selected Yasir.

Apart from getting lucky with the likes Shaheen and Hasan thanks to PSL, he has not provided any players. He also refused to take note of Sarfaraz’s pathetic performance.

Perhaps it is our fault. We expected too much from a loyalist who has never shown any vision. He continuously picked his favorites as captain and then took half the team with him to the corrupt ICL.

He is a toxic character who needs to be kept away from Pakistan cricket.

How was the ICL corrupt?
 
They all need to go. Sack the whole bloody lot of them.
 
How was the ICL corrupt?

ICL was a gift for bookies, but the rampant match-fixing in the league was not the reason why Inzamam was wrong to take half of the Pakistan team with him.
 
That's the only error he's made by selecting Yasir over giving Gohar or Umer Khan a chance.
 
If he's rewarding domestic performances, then why hasn't Bashir been selected?
 
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If he's rewarding domestic performances, then why hasn't Bashir been selected?

He doesn’t even know who Bashir is. Ignored him when selecting the Pakistan Cup squads.
 
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That's the only error he's made by selecting Yasir over giving Gohar or Umer Khan a chance.

I agree. Yasir Shah was a bizarre selection but to be fair, apart from Shadab, Pakistan does not have many promising spinners around. Raza Hasan was one but he threw away his career and Zafar Gohar hasn't had the performances he should have.

Apart from one or two wrong selections which only prove that he is human, Inzamam has been fantastic. Nearly every single one of his selections have had a clear thinking and logic behind them and the ones that did not (Faheem, Haris, Junaid), have repaid his faith in them which proves that he has a superb eye for talent. He has gotten rid of the old crew and given Pakistan the shot in the arm they desperately needed. Most importantly, he's ensured that the team is selected on merit. People can blindly point fingers at Imam and Masood but its idiotic to claim that they were selected based on their connections because both of them have done very well.

Under his tenure, Pakistan has won both the test mace and the CT. InshaAllah, the ODI WC and the WT20 will follow.
 
I agree. Yasir Shah was a bizarre selection but to be fair, apart from Shadab, Pakistan does not have many promising spinners around. Raza Hasan was one but he threw away his career and Zafar Gohar hasn't had the performances he should have.

Apart from one or two wrong selections which only prove that he is human, Inzamam has been fantastic. Nearly every single one of his selections have had a clear thinking and logic behind them and the ones that did not (Faheem, Haris, Junaid), have repaid his faith in them which proves that he has a superb eye for talent. He has gotten rid of the old crew and given Pakistan the shot in the arm they desperately needed. Most importantly, he's ensured that the team is selected on merit. People can blindly point fingers at Imam and Masood but its idiotic to claim that they were selected based on their connections because both of them have done very well.

Under his tenure, Pakistan has won both the test mace and the CT. InshaAllah, the ODI WC and the WT20 will follow.

Do you think Faheem is good enough to make the team on bowling alone? Especially when that slot could go to a proper bowler?
 
Well if Imam is in the team than there will always be question marks as Inzi is the selector.

There is a thing called conflict of interest. Inzi should resign.
 
Do you think Faheem is good enough to make the team on bowling alone? Especially when that slot could go to a proper bowler?

No, I don't think Faheem has done enough to warrant a place in the WC squad. However, he might change that over the next few weeks.
 
No, I don't think Faheem has done enough to warrant a place in the WC squad. However, he might change that over the next few weeks.

What do you make of the spinners that people have been mentioning? Like Kashif Bhatti, Mohammad Irfan etc.
 
Probably the worst selector Pakistan has ever seen in time and memory. 3 years tenure, no new batsman introduced no bench strength. His favorite people like Ahmed Shehzad, Akmals, Malik and social media favorite his nephew Imam were the people he supported by hook and by crook.

Brought politics into the team but the worst he did was this tour where he transformed team back to garbage from 2016.

Even Harron Rasheed did better than him as he introduced names like Sohaib Maqsood in 2015. Need an interim selector who can replace him at the earliest, Inzi has already done too much damage.
 
This shameless person won't even resign if we have a debacle at the WC... he will have to be booted out.
 
Must say, the selection of the World Cup squad is bolder than expected. Abid Ali and Hasnain picked, no Amir, no Shinwari.
 
Must say, the selection of the World Cup squad is bolder than expected. Abid Ali and Hasnain picked, no Amir, no Shinwari.
Some folks were complaining when Inzamam selected TTFs (Amir, U Akmal, Yasir etc) and demanded new faces.

Now these same folks complain when new faces are picked, and TTFs are ditched.
 
Another great squad selected by Inzamam. This guy is superb.
 
This pathetic WC squad has changed my mind on him. I was a fan of him and thought he was the best man for the job but seriously, Hassnain over UKS? No Rizwan? Really not happy with this squad
 
This pathetic WC squad has changed my mind on him. I was a fan of him and thought he was the best man for the job but seriously, Hassnain over UKS? No Rizwan? Really not happy with this squad

Really? Name your squad please. Then see how many of those names match with the squad that has been selected. Even by your own admission, you only have qualms with two of the selections...
 
The batting is far too one dimensional if Fakhar doesn't fire expect match losing and selfish innings from the rest the bowling is as expected apart from Hasnain who's a rookie where Rauf could've been a better choice.
Overall it's a similar team to the one which has been mostly below par in ODIs for some time now it was maybe too late to change it too much.
 
I think, for this WC CS has done fairly well among limited options. Don’t think there were many alternatives left. Personally, I also won’t have taken Rizwan to UK World Cup, but I would have taken Umar & Amir.

However, this bottle neck is his fault - invested in wrong players or carried sell by date players for too long, which left with very little options at 11th hour. Still Abid & Hasnain are two bold picks. Batting resources are probably at rock bottom, therefore batsmen picked are the best there is; Asif was invested almost a year but he couldn’t establish himself in Josh Butler role. Only criticism probably is that they should have tried to build at least one classical spinner - every team is picking couple of spinners on bowling merit.

Otherwise, not many options left - they invested 2 years on Hafeez & Malik at wrong age, have to back that now. Amir himself has sealed his fate (but he still has an option) - rest squad is what’s best available; good, bad time will tell.
 
The batting is far too one dimensional if Fakhar doesn't fire expect match losing and selfish innings from the rest the bowling is as expected apart from Hasnain who's a rookie where Rauf could've been a better choice.
Overall it's a similar team to the one which has been mostly below par in ODIs for some time now it was maybe too late to change it too much.

Definitely agree about Haris Rauf.
 
Good squad from the current lot. Seasoned players with mix of new talent. Abid Ali & Hasnain are the future.
 
Think he has done a good job this time but let’s not pretend he has always picked great squads. The Amir decision is very good as it gives him a chance and if he doesn’t perform then the team stays the same.
 
Really? Name your squad please. Then see how many of those names match with the squad that has been selected. Even by your own admission, you only have qualms with two of the selections...

I would have had Rizwan and Shinwari there for definite. But the reason I'm fuming is as there is absolutely ZERO justification for choosing Hasnain over UKS, when you look at their performances in the Australia series. Hasnain got smashed, Shinwari was our best bowler. And who do we pick? Yes, the one that got smashed. Honestly it's a joke. And we need Rizwan too, he done more in the Australia series than Sarfaraz has done with the bat in the last 2 years.
 
This might be the only time in his entire tenure I would back 93% of his selections.

Would have been 100% had he selected Rizwan over Malik. Nonetheless, hope Malik's ineptness is found out soon and is miraculously "injured" after the first few games at the world cup.
 
I would have had Rizwan and Shinwari there for definite. But the reason I'm fuming is as there is absolutely ZERO justification for choosing Hasnain over UKS, when you look at their performances in the Australia series. Hasnain got smashed, Shinwari was our best bowler. And who do we pick? Yes, the one that got smashed. Honestly it's a joke. And we need Rizwan too, he done more in the Australia series than Sarfaraz has done with the bat in the last 2 years.

Hasnain bowled well in death in one of the games. Did well in death overs during PSL as well. UKS is a poor death bowler but has often bowled well with the new ball. He was, IMO, competing with JK and Shaheen for new bowler slot (Imad being the alternate opening bowler), while Hasnain might be a cover for Faheem and Hasan in middle-to-death overs.
 
Hasnain bowled well in death in one of the games. Did well in death overs during PSL as well. UKS is a poor death bowler but has often bowled well with the new ball. He was, IMO, competing with JK and Shaheen for new bowler slot (Imad being the alternate opening bowler), while Hasnain might be a cover for Faheem and Hasan in middle-to-death overs.

Compare their stats in that series and you'll see UKS was miles ahead bowling wise.
 
Compare their stats in that series and you'll see UKS was miles ahead bowling wise.

Club their stats since January (South Africa, PSL, Australia), wont be much to differentiate statistically.

The fact that Hasnain is presumably the fastest bowler in Pakistan and that he can get the job done in middle-to-late overs than brittle UKS went his way.

Shaheen is the best opening bowler for us. UKS was competing with JK and Amir as the other opening bowler slot, and selectors/Mickey deemed the other two superior perhaps because of them not being wayward at times
 
I would have had Rizwan and Shinwari there for definite. But the reason I'm fuming is as there is absolutely ZERO justification for choosing Hasnain over UKS, when you look at their performances in the Australia series. Hasnain got smashed, Shinwari was our best bowler. And who do we pick? Yes, the one that got smashed. Honestly it's a joke. And we need Rizwan too, he done more in the Australia series than Sarfaraz has done with the bat in the last 2 years.

You're fuming because Inzamam was not impressed by Shinwari picking up five wickets in three matches against a depleted Australian team, in conditions that were completely different to those in England? Relax, bro.

Hasnain has pace, is younger and is also right-handed. He brings something different to the team than UKS and will give Mickey more options to choose from. Junaid, Hasan, Shaheen and even Amir on potential, are all better bowlers than Shinwari so there was no room for him.
 
You're fuming because Inzamam was not impressed by Shinwari picking up five wickets in three matches against a depleted Australian team, in conditions that were completely different to those in England? Relax, bro.

Hasnain has pace, is younger and is also right-handed. He brings something different to the team than UKS and will give Mickey more options to choose from. Junaid, Hasan, Shaheen and even Amir on potential, are all better bowlers than Shinwari so there was no room for him.

UKS has a fantastic ODI record, what more could he have done?
 
You're fuming because Inzamam was not impressed by Shinwari picking up five wickets in three matches against a depleted Australian team, in conditions that were completely different to those in England? Relax, bro.

Hasnain has pace, is younger and is also right-handed. He brings something different to the team than UKS and will give Mickey more options to choose from. Junaid, Hasan, Shaheen and even Amir on potential, are all better bowlers than Shinwari so there was no room for him.

Yes we saw how Hasnain bowled in the UAE and how much he really offers.
 
UKS has a fantastic ODI record, what more could he have done?

Been born in India. Unfortunately, Pakistan has a lot of quality bowlers and the nature of sport is that not everyone will get to play. I do wish teams were allowed larger squads though. If it was a 17-man squad for the WC, no deserving player would have been left out.

Yes we saw how Hasnain bowled in the UAE and how much he really offers.

Is the WC taking place in the UAE?
 
Is the WC taking place in the UAE?

UAE is known for batsmen not being able to time their shots hence low scores and dull cricketing affairs.

If Hasnain is getting smashed there, it doesn't take a genius to figure out he'll be smashed for sure in the country where we conceded 444.
 
I would have had Rizwan and Shinwari there for definite. But the reason I'm fuming is as there is absolutely ZERO justification for choosing Hasnain over UKS, when you look at their performances in the Australia series. Hasnain got smashed, Shinwari was our best bowler. And who do we pick? Yes, the one that got smashed. Honestly it's a joke. And we need Rizwan too, he done more in the Australia series than Sarfaraz has done with the bat in the last 2 years.

It's about combinations.

Rizwan is a dud below four and Pakistan have better options for those spots already in the squad.

Shinwari is brainless and too inconsistent.

As for Hasnain, were we watching the same series? If you don't feel he is worth investing in, so be it. But he will prove you wrong. :)
 
It's about combinations.

Rizwan is a dud below four and Pakistan have better options for those spots already in the squad.

Shinwari is brainless and too inconsistent.

As for Hasnain, were we watching the same series? If you don't feel he is worth investing in, so be it. But he will prove you wrong. :)


Why did Usman perform better on the same pitch as Hasnain?
 
It's about combinations.

Rizwan is a dud below four and Pakistan have better options for those spots already in the squad.

Shinwari is brainless and too inconsistent.

As for Hasnain, were we watching the same series? If you don't feel he is worth investing in, so be it. But he will prove you wrong. :)

Hasnain might be inconsistent too. He's too young and World Cup is the biggest stage of them all.
 
So no accountability for revolutionary sahab for selecting a minnow level team when he had four years to build up the team????



"Atleast my nephew is playing that's all the matters" :inzi2


"But chachu I'm automatic selection with 55 average just don't ask SR" :imam
 
I remember 4 years back when he said that he wouldn't be chief selector if the other members weren't his choice like wasim haider and wajahatullah wasti etc so that he could rule over them without any accountability
 
What a revolutionary!!!Had more than four years to build up a team but he put the likes of Faheem, Asif, Imam, Shadab, and Fakhar in the WC team.
 
So no accountability for revolutionary sahab for selecting a minnow level team when he had four years to build up the team????



"Atleast my nephew is playing that's all the matters" :inzi2


"But chachu I'm automatic selection with 55 average just don't ask SR" :imam

You should be praising Inzi. In any other country your precious captain would have been dropped months ago.
 
What a revolutionary!!!Had more than four years to build up a team but he put the likes of Faheem, Asif, Imam, Shadab, and Fakhar in the WC team.

Don't forget Haris, another overrated poor man's Darren Lehman.
 
In any other country, after winning global tourney, captains get life time appointments.

MSD stepped down despite winning many tournaments. A lot of wins in those tournament were due to his tactical acumen. CT win was not due to Sarfraz tactics.
 
Not selecting Kashif bhatti for this tour and the WC and going with Yasir instead is criminal on Inzi's part.

should be fired and Yasir should be forced to retire from ODIs
 
Inzamam has done a better job than most of his predecessors when it comes to picking the squad for the world cup. His selection has been almost spot on with the exception of selecting a proper spinner.

Every time, Pakistan went into a world cup with some passengers in the team. The last world cup squad had Nasir Jamshed, Younis Khan, Yasir Shah, and Rahat Ali.

Inzamam has picked the best available players for this world cup. Now it is up to players to do their job on the field.
 
Man, he sure has dumbfounded us with his flabbergasting selections this time around.
 
Inzamam has done a better job than most of his predecessors when it comes to picking the squad for the world cup. His selection has been almost spot on with the exception of selecting a proper spinner.

Every time, Pakistan went into a world cup with some passengers in the team. The last world cup squad had Nasir Jamshed, Younis Khan, Yasir Shah, and Rahat Ali.

Inzamam has picked the best available players for this world cup. Now it is up to players to do their job on the field.

TBF, YK barged his way in to that squad and was subsequently sent packing by India.
 
Inzamam has done a better job than most of his predecessors when it comes to picking the squad for the world cup. His selection has been almost spot on with the exception of selecting a proper spinner.

Every time, Pakistan went into a world cup with some passengers in the team. The last world cup squad had Nasir Jamshed, Younis Khan, Yasir Shah, and Rahat Ali.

Inzamam has picked the best available players for this world cup. Now it is up to players to do their job on the field.

Well said. Inzi the captain was a complete horror show but Inzi the selector has been pretty good.
 
Thank you Inzy

lot of people doubted the players he selects, but honestly, these are probably the best players we have and brave of them to bring back Amir, Wahab and Asif in squad so late.

Brave of team management also to go with 4 specialist bowlers and knowing off spin will work well.

Great strategy and execution was near perfect today.

Thank you. :salute
 
Inzi took a gamble selecting Amir, Wahab (and to a lesser extent Asif) and it paid off today.

Mickey took a gamble going in with four bowlers on a ground renowned as the flattest wicket in world cricket and it paid off.
 
[MENTION=138254]Syed1[/MENTION] "still wipes the floor.." hazir ho
 
Inzi took a gamble selecting Amir, Wahab (and to a lesser extent Asif) and it paid off today.

Mickey took a gamble going in with four bowlers on a ground renowned as the flattest wicket in world cricket and it paid off.

4 bowlers? You mean 3 bowlers and 3 all rounders right?
 
So now when things go right, all the credit goes to Inzi. But when things go awry, Sarfaraz is the biggest villain in the world.
 
4 bowlers? You mean 3 bowlers and 3 all rounders right?

Malik/Hafeez are not "fifth" bowlers- rather they are sixth bowling options.

3 pacers + Shadab = four frontline bowlers
 
Inzi's strategy to play Haris and Imad in game one already failed miserably and that's all one needs to know of Inzi's revolutionary selections.
 
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