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Did Inzamam-ul-Haq do the right thing by stepping down as Chief Selector?

Did Inzamam-ul-Haq take the right decision?

  • No, he should have continued as Chief Selector

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  • Yes, his time is up as Chief Selector

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Lahore, 17 July 2019: Chairman of the Men’s Selection Committee Inzamam-ul- Haq today announced he will not be seeking an extension to his contract when it expires on 31 July.

Inzamam was appointed chief selector in April 2016. During his time, the Pakistan cricket team peaked to No.1 in the ICC Test rankings in August 2016, won the ICC Champions Trophy 2017 and topped the T20I rankings for the first time in November 2017. Pakistan have been sitting on top of the T20I tree since January 2018.

Inzamam’s last assignment was the selection of the Pakistan cricket team for the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2019 where the 1992 champions missed out on a semi-final spot on net run-rate after starting the tournament ranked seventh. The Sarfaraz Ahmed-led side finished with 11 points (five wins, three defeats, and one no-result) but failed to progress to the semi-finals due to a poorer net run-rate.

Pakistan are presently ranked sixth in ODIs and seventh in Tests.

Inzamam-ul-Haq said: “After more than three years as Chair of the Pakistan Men’s Selection Committee, I have decided not to seek a renewal of my contract. With the ICC World Test Championship, due to get underway in September, the ICC T20 World Cup in 2020 and the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023, I believe it is the right time for the Pakistan Cricket Board to appoint a new chief selector who can bring new ideas and fresh thinking.

“I spoke to PCB Chairman Ehsan Mani and Managing Director Wasim Khan on Monday and conveyed my decision to them separately. I also thanked them for backing and supporting the selection committee since taking over the reins of Pakistan cricket.

“The Pakistan cricket team has come a long way since the departures of stalwarts like Misbah-ul-Haq and Younus Khan in May 2017 and is now destined for improved results as the youngsters have grown in experience and stature. They are now ready to excel and perform consistently across the three formats.”

During Inzamam’s tenure, players such as Fakhar Zaman, Faheem Ashraf, Hasan Ali, Imam-ul-Haq, Mohammad Abbas, Shadab Khan, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Usman Shinwari made their international debuts, while Babar Azam rose to prominence as Pakistan’s batting mainstay across all three formats.

“It has been a pleasure to see these players grow and make names for themselves in international cricket. I will follow their progress with interest because I firmly believe these players have all the ingredients to take the Pakistan cricket team to greater heights.

“The team could have performed better during my time than the results reflect and I may have inadvertently overlooked some potentially deserving players, but I have always had the best interests of Pakistan cricket foremost in my heart. I hope the passionate Pakistan cricket fans will understand and can see this in my decisions.

“I would like to take this opportunity to thank my fellow selectors, who worked tireless behind the scenes, as well as captain Sarfaraz Ahmed and coach Mickey Arthur. I think we worked very well as a group, stayed together in difficult times, and continued to collectively move in the same direction.

“I wish the new chief of the selection committee and the Pakistan cricket teams all the best in what will be exciting but competitive times in international cricket.”

PCB Chairman Ehsan Mani paid tribute to Inzamam-ul-Haq: “Inzamam is one of the icons of Pakistan cricket who has served his country passionately both as a player and as a Chief Selector. During his tenure as Chief Selector, we have seen the emergence of many talented young cricketers.

“I would like to thank Inzamam for the leadership he provided to the group and the cricket knowledge he brought to one of the most critical roles in cricket.”

PCB Managing Director Wasim Khan said: “Inzamam leaves behind a legacy on which Pakistan cricket can thrive. We wish him all the best and I have no doubt that he will continue to contribute to Pakistan cricket in the future.

“As part of our commitment to transparency and professionalism, PCB will advertise the chief selector’s role and will carry out a thorough recruitment process. We look forward to appointing Inzamam’s successor in the coming weeks.”
 
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Inzamam resigns as Pakistan Chief Selector

"My contract will expire at the end of this month - I have requested the PCB for my release after termination of my contract"

:inzi

Press Conference live now on PCB Facebook Page
 
If Mohsin/ Latif/ Moin/ Sohail /previous oldies as selectors it will be worse. Inzi was really poor but better than these idiots.
 
Thank god.

PCB probably told him to exit in this manner - I’m sure it’s the PCB who have decided not to extend his contract.
 
A good decision from Inzi finally.

Some remarkable decisions by Inzi in the last year:
1) selecting Yasir shah for Eng series
2) Abid ali on 1 century followed by a duck
3) Hasnain was part of Pak’s WC squad in case anyone forgot.
 
He did ok barring the decision to keep Malik in the world cup sqaud. Cannot be justified whatsoever.
 
Now a question to all the people who were desperate to see Inzi leave - who's next?

Who is the hero waiting in the wings with all his secret players hidden away in his pocket who will transform the Pakistani team into world beaters overnight?

Who is the next selector you want to bring in and sack as soon as the team has a less than satisfactory result - or even when the selector picks someone you don't agree with?

Mohsin Khan? Rashid Latif? Aamir Sohail? Moin Khan? Anyone else who has already been down this road before?
 
only good thing he gave us was bhanja, who is proving to be a solid opener in odis
 
To be fair he was under the scanner for a long time. Im sure he had some kind if idea what was coming. Time will tell if he(PCB) has made a right decision.
 
TalhaSyed said:
Now a question to all the people who were desperate to see Inzi leave - who's next?

Who is the hero waiting in the wings with all his secret players hidden away in his pocket who will transform the Pakistani team into world beaters overnight?

Who is the next selector you want to bring in and sack as soon as the team has a less than satisfactory result - or even when the selector picks someone you don't agree with?

Mohsin Khan? Rashid Latif? Aamir Sohail? Moin Khan? Anyone else who has already been down this road before?
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all those are greedy goons
 
TalhaSyed said:
Now a question to all the people who were desperate to see Inzi leave - who's next?

Who is the hero waiting in the wings with all his secret players hidden away in his pocket who will transform the Pakistani team into world beaters overnight?

Who is the next selector you want to bring in and sack as soon as the team has a less than satisfactory result - or even when the selector picks someone you don't agree with?

Mohsin Khan? Rashid Latif? Aamir Sohail? Moin Khan? Anyone else who has already been down this road before?
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They all are corrupt!!! Rather we need to look for someone younger, passionate and honest.
 
If Inzi would have honest we would prosper a lot but he decided to support useless players like Hafeez, Malik, Yasir... and bring useless young player like Fahim.... Now its time for him to leave the job with shame!!!
 
When is the shameless cheater hafeez announcing his retirement.
 
The selection of Yasir Shah for the Aussie and England ODI series was bad enough.
Then dropping Shinwari, the leading ODi wicket taker for Pakistan, over an 18 year old with absolutely no first class cricket behind him..

Presiding over just those two selection blunders is reason enough to move on from him.
 
Hopefully the whole committee is disbanded. The likes of Tauseef Ahmed were also major roadblocks for talent like Zafar Gohar coming through.
 
Excellent in the start.

But ruined his legacy at the end.
 
Thanks God, he was failure as selector but I'm glad he did not insists or showed a desire to stay, graceful act. Unlike some other shameless people like Hafeez, Sarfraz and Misbah in recent past.
 
ataullah said:
Which players did he overlook and which players would you drop?
What are his positive and negative selections?
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He was lazy as usual. All his selections were based on PSL. He didn’t select a single proper spinner in 3 years, and he has been lurking around in the dressing room as if he is part of the team management.
 
Mamoon said:
Worst Chief Selector in history.
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Agreed, I'm glad his toxic presence in Pakistan cricket is finally over. Who would you replace him with?

For me it's either Bazid Khan or a foreigner with an avid interest in Pakistan cricket (perhaps Dean Jones).
 
topspin said:
Agreed, I'm glad his toxic presence in Pakistan cricket is finally over. Who would you replace him with?

For me it's either Bazid Khan or a foreigner with an avid interest in Pakistan cricket (perhaps Dean Jones).
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Foreign Chief Selector will be reliant on PSL as well, and we will see more hacks like Shadab getting fast-tracked.

A low profile person would be a suitable choice. Bazid is a good choice, plus it would spare us from listening to his commentary.
 
he started off good but relapsed and went to the "expeeeriancce" for help. Had he not included Malik in the squad I think Pakistan would have easily reached the semis. That was his only mistake. Hafeez raised eyebrows too but at least he put on a half decent show.
 
He should have stayed on. He made some poor decisions, but overall he has given youth a chance, something a lot of past selectors have failed to do. My main worry is we get some clown who has no idea of the game to replace him.
 
Our best selector of this decade by miles. Introduced us to the future backbone of this team. Gave us a chance to watch shaheen shah and the likes move onto the international stage. Kept faith in a player like fakhar zaman who delivered a trophy. Kept faith with a player in sarfaraz who had a cuptaany pedigree from the age groups up to senior level and he delivered by getting us a trophy and t20 number 1 ranking.

Also worked well with Mickey and Sarfi. I'm sad that the PCB cant move beyond three year contracts. Everything is adhoc like the dimaghs of everyone on this forum..We should be working on a legacy and a culture not short term bakwaas..you lose a series and the fans want you to be sacked.

There are no white knights here. Nobody is coming to save you overnight. That takes hard work.

Im also happy Inzi sidelined useless players like akmal and shezad who let the country down.

Say what you want about Hafeez but he wasnt a trouble maker, was versatile, and gave everything to his country. Malik the less said the better but he was good at creating a persona of competence that fooled everyone..

Inzi's only real blunder inmho was not selecting shinwari for the world cup..and also perhaps sending junaid khan home, because the pitches would have favoured him..but then they got fooled by the ECB's flat pitch stuff..

Well done inzi you did a good job and I hope he works with youngsters to impart some batting knowledge..
 
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hadi123 said:
He should have stayed on. He made some poor decisions, but overall he has given youth a chance, something a lot of past selectors have failed to do. My main worry is we get some clown who has no idea of the game to replace him.
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the great know it all five year olds on this forum want one of those..so they can moan about something again..
 
Next selector should be Bazid Khan who is knowledgeable when it comes to the domestic set-up. Similar to what England have with Ed Smit, taken a pundit and made him a selector which has been successful.

But knowing Pakistan, will go back to some tried and tested failure...
 
some bad decisions (like keeping Hafeez and Malik), some good decisions (youngsters); he has gained lot of respect by stepping down gracefully today
 
Here we go, we'll probably be back to Iqbal Qasim and Haroon Rasheed again, and it won't be long before some call for their head.
 
He is no selector at all and never really was. Seemed to show favoritism of certain players particularly former team mates over others. I respect him for resigning which is rare amongst Pak cricketers.
 
Usual kids on here spouting rubbish "worst selector in history" ohkayyyy. Just look at the selectors in the last 20 years. I believe the only selector to be on the same page as the captain and coach. Sarfraz, mickey and inzi is the best combo weve had in years. Maybe some on here are ignorant to the days of 2010 when we had a different captain every six months and they were conspiring against each other, with selectors picking the likes of khurram manzoor, ahmed shehzad, tanvir ahmed .

Only thing i will blame inzi for is not selecting spin bowlers, yasir shah is on the downturn who will replace him? Bilal asif is nothing special. Also if you were going, why not kick out hafeez and malik from both ODIs and T20s.
 
Don't let the door hit you on the way out Inzi
 
Sycamore said:
Usual kids on here spouting rubbish "worst selector in history" ohkayyyy. Just look at the selectors in the last 20 years. I believe the only selector to be on the same page as the captain and coach. Sarfraz, mickey and inzi is the best combo weve had in years. Maybe some on here are ignorant to the days of 2010 when we had a different captain every six months and they were conspiring against each other, with selectors picking the likes of khurram manzoor, ahmed shehzad, tanvir ahmed .

Only thing i will blame inzi for is not selecting spin bowlers, yasir shah is on the downturn who will replace him? Bilal asif is nothing special. Also if you were going, why not kick out hafeez and malik from both ODIs and T20s.
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Why do you think they are such a good combo? The test losses in uae really make me angry - we must do better, and sarfraz Captaincy + Inzi selections were a major reason. I agree for LOI they haven't been bad but could be better.

The issue is that sarfraz doesn't warrant s spot on the team, Rizwan is clearly a better keeper and batsman than sarfraz. Sarfraz has shown clear tactical problems as well - I've seen him set defensive fields allowing new batsmen to settle in, or starting off with a spinners in swinging Conditions, or being unable to close out games.

Inzi, like you said, doesn't pick spinners which is a huge reason why we lose in UAE and doesn't follow domestic cricket

For the sake of stability, Mickey can stay but we need a new captain and selector that can work with Mickey
 
Rana said:
He did ok barring the decision to keep Malik in the world cup sqaud. Cannot be justified whatsoever.
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I know yeah, Malik was finished years ago, no idea how the hell he got into the WC squad,
 
malakian said:
I know yeah, Malik was finished years ago, no idea how the hell he got into the WC squad,
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And also his 2nd biggest crime is to bring Hafeez back in the team. Both Malik and Hafeez should have been out of the team 2 years ago but Inzi brought them back.
 
Inzi did introduce youngsters which previous selectors did but he was heavily reliant on PSL which no other previous selector really had luxury of.

I bet guys like Shadab, Hasan Ali etc wouldn’t have been selected if PSL wasn’t around
 
Mamoon said:
Worst Chief Selector in history.
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He wasn't a good selector and his tenure was filled with nepotism. I don't think he's the worst we've ever had though, (Haroon Rashid/Mohammad Ilyas are a few that come to mind). Even more than his nepotistic selection of Imam out of nowhere and his son's selection in the U-19 team randomly, what bothered me the most was the continued selection of Hafeez/Malik.

Also the panic decisions and selecting players based on a few PSL performances. Lastly, he also has to take some blame for the inability to groom a captain and gain any sort of consistency as a team in ODIs and Tests. Good riddance I say, but who replaces him still scares me honestly.
 
Slog said:
Inzi did introduce youngsters which previous selectors did but he was heavily reliant on PSL which no other previous selector really had luxury of.

I bet guys like Shadab, Hasan Ali etc wouldn’t have been selected if PSL wasn’t around
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When PSL didn't produce a good spinner in last two seasons Inzi went back and selected Yasir Shah wherever possible. This should tell everyone how dependant on PSL revolutionary sahab was.
 
Was good in parts, though poor decisions were written all over all his squad selections
 
There were some extremely annoying selections, like persistence of Yasir in ODI's, ignoring of the likes of Fawad, Zafar, Kashif and a few others from the test team. There were some good selections as well, and saying that his selections were based on PSL is not true. He picked Fahim from LA cricket, Bilal Asif had also made his name outside of PSL, Abid Ali, and a few others were picked on basis of domestic cricket rather than PSL.
But his team selection in general needed some better balance with tactics IMO, such as picking atleast 3 spinners for UAE tests and 3 pacers for UAE tests rather than 4 or 5. Iqbal Qasim, Haroon Rasheed, Amir Sohail were miles worse than Inzi.
 
TalhaSyed said:
Now a question to all the people who were desperate to see Inzi leave - who's next?

Who is the hero waiting in the wings with all his secret players hidden away in his pocket who will transform the Pakistani team into world beaters overnight?

Who is the next selector you want to bring in and sack as soon as the team has a less than satisfactory result - or even when the selector picks someone you don't agree with?

Mohsin Khan? Rashid Latif? Aamir Sohail? Moin Khan? Anyone else who has already been down this road before?
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Exactly this. I literally get scared when I see those names being floated around.
 
Excellent decision. A poor fit for CS. Would have been better if he was a batting coach.
 
Inzamam did a fantastic job and this is evident by Pakistan reaching the pinnacle of the test and T20 rankings under his tenure as well as winning the final edition of the Champions Trophy. Apart from the several promising, young players he selected, he was also bold enough to sheperd the likes of Afridi and Younis into permanent retirement. He was our best Chief Selector of all-time and his contributions to Pakistan cricket will live on through the likes of Shaheen, Hasan and Fakhar.
 
It is baffling that people think the PSL is some sort of cheat code that made Inzi's life easy. It is a domestic competition and the selector's job is to select players for the national team who do well in these domestic competitions.

The criticism over his inability to select more spinners revolves around the "Pakistan mey bohat talent hai" mentality. Unfortunately, there are no promising spinners in Pakistan these days so Inzamam could not look past the likes of Yasir as backup to Shadab and Imad. Raza, Asghar and Gohar have encountered road-blocks of various kinds and no spinner can match the utility that Shadab and Imad provide with their batting.
 
Obaidd said:
A good decision from Inzi finally.

Some remarkable decisions by Inzi in the last year:
1) selecting Yasir shah for Eng series
2) Abid ali on 1 century followed by a duck
3) Hasnain was part of Pak’s WC squad in case anyone forgot.
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Biggest blunder was not to send home Misbah and sent him to NZL and Australia as captain an dplayer and we were white washed.
 
Inzi was relatively a very decent selector by Pakistani standards. In his tenure, we saw a younger team getting selected. However, we need someone who is ready to drop the likes of Imam, Azhar, Shafiq, Hafeez, Malik etc.
 
Inzy selected Pakistan's best world cup squad in 25 years. It is a shame he had to go.
 
I don't even want to think about the potential replacements! *shudders*

Inzi did more than a decent job. We've unearthed players who are capable of serving the team for the next 5-8 years. These new players will only get better with time.

Getting rid of TTFs will be the biggest achievement of Inzi which none of the previous selectors have been able to do.

However, this good work can easily be erased by people like MHK or whatever washed up replacement PCB will bring in.
 
Slim said:
Inzi was relatively a very decent selector by Pakistani standards. In his tenure, we saw a younger team getting selected. However, we need someone who is ready to drop the likes of Imam, Azhar, Shafiq, Hafeez, Malik etc.
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Anyone he should’ve given proper chance to and didn’t?
 
Such an underrated chief selector, can not recall another selector who brought in the sheer number of talents this guy has in the last few years. He's successfully brought in 10 or so good players which is a crazy high number. I think those who are over critical of him either do not remember or didn't watch the squads of old. Just compare stuff like CT 13 squad to Inzi's squads.

Even spinners, Inzi selected Bilal who performed, brought Shadab, Imad. Ashgar was selected but not used. This fault I'm sure is more down to Mickey, his preference to use fast bowlers over spinners and preferring spinning allrounders. There's no point to keep selecting players Mickey won't use. In similar vein Mickey clearly backed Malik, so no surprise he was kept getting picked.

Got blame for what really was the coaches fault. His job was to pick talent which most of the guys he picked indeed displayed and showed early on. The coaches job is to maintain or improve that standard, and this is where they failed, so many deteriorating after promising starts.
 
HappyWarsFan said:
Inzi, like you said, doesn't pick spinners which is a huge reason why we lose in UAE and doesn't follow domestic cricket

For the sake of stability, Mickey can stay but we need a new captain and selector that can work with Mickey
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He picked Bilal who did well despite the fact few really rated him that high.

He picked Ashgar only for Mickey to decide to not play 2 spinners against sri Lanka, making that mistake twice in the series not just once lol. Absolute madness. Can't keep picking Ashgar if Mickey doesn't want him, no point.

I feel it's so unfair Inzi's blamed for that when he has picked spinners. Mickey backs guys like Shadab and Imad, he likes spin bowling allrounders and would pick them over the specialist spinners anyway.

How is Inzi to blame when Mickey doesn't want to use spinners?
 
Mamoon said:
He was lazy as usual. All his selections were based on PSL. He didn’t select a single proper spinner in 3 years, and he has been lurking around in the dressing room as if he is part of the team management.
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Any other chief selector will give more weight to PSL performance as well. That was not just Inzy's fault. He did select Asghar but Mickey did not give him any game. I highly doubt an Asian batsman like Inzy who has played almost 500 international games will not select a spinner. The blame for not selecting a spinner must go to Mickey. Keeping him out of the dressing room was PCB's job.
 
His recent blunders are picking Mallik and Hasnain in WC squad.cant believe Hasnain did not get a single game in WC. He was carrying drinks in the whole WC. Shinwari over Hasnain and may be U Akmal over Mallik could have been better choice.
 
Khurrams22 said:
Waqar can do an awesome job as CS. He has an eye for talent.
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Is that why he gave 39 yr old Rifatullah Mohmand a debut, and kept selecting Anwar Ali, Rahat Ali, Mohammed Sami and Bilawal Bhatti ?
 
Credit to Inzi for selecting some young fellows.
For me his mistakes were picking Hasnain over Shinwari, Abid Ali over Shan Masood, picking Malik long after his expiry date and not being able to find a single decent spinner in Pakistan.
 
Slim said:
Abid Ali, Junaid Khan, Shehzad.
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Shehzad? Come on, dude. Junaid was backed to the hill by Inzamam but ended up getting thrashed by the English batsmen at the wrong time. That isn't Inzamam's fault. As for Abid, his selection could have gone either way seeing how he had a century and a duck in two matches. However, our batsmen did well in the world cup and Abid wouldn't have changed anything.
 
Shafi said:
If Inzi would have honest we would prosper a lot but he decided to support useless players like Hafeez, Malik, Yasir... and bring useless young player like Fahim.... Now its time for him to leave the job with shame!!!
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No matter who the selector is hafeez and malik will be selected. I have seen hafeez and malik in and out for the 10 past years under every selector we have had.
So you can't purely blame inzi for that.

Let's not forget it's inzi who dropped fahim for the world cup.
 
Thank god and good riddance, take imam, hafeez, malik, asad and azhar with you.
 
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