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For long we have heard that the reason Sadaf hussain doesn't get an international chance despite averaging under 20 for past six seasons is that he is too slow.

Well Muhammad Abbas has had success even though some people said the same things about him after his season of success in domestic FC cricket. But Infact he has proved that success at domestic cricket does have some merit and more often than not being a beast of a bowler in domestics will result in some success in internationals.

Sadaf hussain has been dominating for past 6-7 years so certainly he's no one season wonder. The great tragedy is that he has been doing as good as Abbasd did this season for quite some time but was never selected meaning that he never got to improve. He is 28 now officially so the age where he could've improved by leaps and bounds courtesy of good coaching had probably passed. However we know about him since his early 20s and that was an age where he actually could have been coached to realise his potential.

It seems that there is something personal as to why he isn't selected but the thing is that now even if he gets the call he won't be able to get to the next level.

This reminds me of a few other examples.

Namely Aizaz Cheema and Tanvir Ahmed. Now I am not at all claiming that they were world beaters or anything of that sort in their brief international careers. But it is true that they put some respectable performances and numbers especially in case of Aizaz Cheema.

Both got their debuts at the age of 31-32 (officially that is. I'm dead certain they were a few years older.) Basically they got their chances when they were almost past it. However both were performing and taking wickets in domestic cricket for years before that. Both average 20-22 in FC so certainly they were doing their jobs. Aizaz Cheema in particular was rated highly and could really crank up the pace in his younger days. (Even in mid 30s he touched 140kph)

So my question is that why do our selectors insist on not rewarding players when they are performing? A player can perform for years but their form and their peak isn't taken advantage of and when they are finally called up they are at the end of their best days anyways. This despite them putting the top numbers in domestics for years before their call up.

Not only do we end up losing their peak but we also don't see them realising their full potential.

For eg if the same Aizaz Cheema had been selected in 2007-08 after three years of top domestic performances (and this is when we had bowlers banned and injured for multitude of reasons so certainly place wasn't an issue), who knows what development would his career have taken.

Similarly Sadaf has been putting the numbers up since 2009-10. However it is unlikely his game has been worked on a lot in this time period so basically if selected now he will more or less be on same level as 5 years ago as far as development is concerned. Why isn't this brought up anywhere?
 
For long we have heard that the reason Sadaf hussain doesn't get an international chance despite averaging under 20 for past six seasons is that he is too slow.

Well Muhammad Abbas has had success even though some people said the same things about him after his season of success in domestic FC cricket. But Infact he has proved that success at domestic cricket does have some merit and more often than not being a beast of a bowler in domestics will result in some success in internationals.

Sadaf hussain has been dominating for past 6-7 years so certainly he's no one season wonder. The great tragedy is that he has been doing as good as Abbasd did this season for quite some time but was never selected meaning that he never got to improve. He is 28 now officially so the age where he could've improved by leaps and bounds courtesy of good coaching had probably passed. However we know about him since his early 20s and that was an age where he actually could have been coached to realise his potential.

It seems that there is something personal as to why he isn't selected but the thing is that now even if he gets the call he won't be able to get to the next level.

This reminds me of a few other examples.

Namely Aizaz Cheema and Tanvir Ahmed. Now I am not at all claiming that they were world beaters or anything of that sort in their brief international careers. But it is true that they put some respectable performances and numbers especially in case of Aizaz Cheema.

Both got their debuts at the age of 31-32 (officially that is. I'm dead certain they were a few years older.) Basically they got their chances when they were almost past it. However both were performing and taking wickets in domestic cricket for years before that. Both average 20-22 in FC so certainly they were doing their jobs. Aizaz Cheema in particular was rated highly and could really crank up the pace in his younger days. (Even in mid 30s he touched 140kph)

So my question is that why do our selectors insist on not rewarding players when they are performing? A player can perform for years but their form and their peak isn't taken advantage of and when they are finally called up they are at the end of their best days anyways. This despite them putting the top numbers in domestics for years before their call up.

Not only do we end up losing their peak but we also don't see them realising their full potential.

For eg if the same Aizaz Cheema had been selected in 2007-08 after three years of top domestic performances (and this is when we had bowlers banned and injured for multitude of reasons so certainly place wasn't an issue), who knows what development would his career have taken.

Similarly Sadaf has been putting the numbers up since 2009-10. However it is unlikely his game has been worked on a lot in this time period so basically if selected now he will more or less be on same level as 5 years ago as far as development is concerned. Why isn't this brought up anywhere?

It's not about any one particular player but the system. Look at it in broader perspective. Compare Abbas record, or that of Hasan, with someone like Wahab, and tell me why the latter was given such a long run despite disappointing over and over again? When you carry mediocrities like Rahat and Wahab for 20 Tests while never giving a look in to strong domestic performers like Abbas or Sadaf you are shooting yourself in the foot and then stabbing it again for good measure. Sadaf went off the boil in the last season comparatively speaking but it would still make sense to give him a try in ODIs where his numbers have always been far ahead of the competition, including Rahat. Instead my guess is someone like Mir Hamza will be given a run, because selectors can't figure out that Tests and ODIs are different games.
 
Sadaf wouldnt have been a world beater but would have been much better than Rahat, Wahab, Imran Khan types.

Sadaf from 2010-2014 was head & shoulders the best pacer in Pakistan.
Tall, Intelligent, gets bounce, swings the ball and can bowl yorkers at death.
We wasted him. One of the biggest injustice in our domestic cricket. Really feel for him. Now its too difficult.
 
Abbas have been doing well in this series, he'll only get better from here if he stays with the team.

Ignoring Sadaf Husain was one of the worst decisions by PCB, actually, Shakil Sheikh should also get this credit, he is a villain in our country.

I hope Sadaf gets a shot in our next tour outside Asia. He just needs to perform in QeA trophy and end up among the top wicket takers again this year.

He needs our support as well from social media, especially twitter. Media does support him abit, but need more support from them as well.
 
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In spite of being written off by some folks before he had bowled a single delivery, he has done well do far. However, the same folks are now eager to see him fail. Having said that, the talk of his success is a bit premature too. West Indies at the moment is not a measure and a yardstick. He is yet to play serious cricket.

Personally speaking, this series is the first time I have watched him bowl and to me he looks better than Imran, Rahat and of course the super fast enforcer. There is no reason why he shouldn't be given as many opportunities as the others.
 
What success?

We shouldn't take both Amir and Abbas's performances too seriously here. Ball swinging and seaming miles, ideal bowling condition, poor batsmen.

Besides, even if Abbas does good against decent sides, that doesn't mean Sadaf would've been a success.

Nobody in the domestics rate him, somehow he always isn't in any team in a major tournament being shown on TV.
 
It has something to do with Pakistani's obsession with pace too.
I remember when Talha was selected and was hyped on news etc. "Pakistan nay 145 kph wala bowler dhoond lia".

Wahab , Sami, Talha all phaassttt bowlers and what are the results?

A 135 kph intelligent, tall swing/seam bowler over 145 brainless bowlers anyday. At least such bowlers will give results in friendly conditions.
 
It has something to do with Pakistani's obsession with pace too.
I remember when Talha was selected and was hyped on news etc. "Pakistan nay 145 kph wala bowler dhoond lia".

Wahab , Sami, Talha all phaassttt bowlers and what are the results?

A 135 kph intelligent, tall swing/seam bowler over 145 brainless bowlers anyday. At least such bowlers will give results in friendly conditions.

Talha wasn't even fast though. He was like that India guy, Pankaj Singh. Hyped to the moon for his pace and when he made his breakthrough, we saw him bowling dibbly dobblies in the 128-133 KPH range with the odd ball in the high 130's and a miracle delivery touching 140 - that's it.
 
Absolutely. Sadaf should be selected in test team for his consistent performances over the years. We need wicket takers at the end of the day.

Wahab should not be selected moving forward. Give his spot to Sadaf.
 
What success?

We shouldn't take both Amir and Abbas's performances too seriously here. Ball swinging and seaming miles, ideal bowling condition, poor batsmen.

Besides, even if Abbas does good against decent sides, that doesn't mean Sadaf would've been a success.

Nobody in the domestics rate him, somehow he always isn't in any team in a major tournament being shown on TV.

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Rubbish. He was selected for national A List tours, twice, then the national ODI team, because someone, ie selectors, rated him. Then voted man of the series, twice, for those A List tours. By someone who rated him. The onus is on the powers to be to explain why having moved him through the system he became like Lord Voldemort, He Whose Name Shall not be Mentioned. You could pretend that it is a problem with Sadaf. We know the reason why, it is a matter of public record, the 'secret' every journalist seems to know. He has Shakeel Sheikh on his back.
 
Mickey saw Sadaf in the emerging camp and labelled him a green track specialist.
 
Talha wasn't even fast though. He was like that India guy, Pankaj Singh. Hyped to the moon for his pace and when he made his breakthrough, we saw him bowling dibbly dobblies in the 128-133 KPH range with the odd ball in the high 130's and a miracle delivery touching 140 - that's it.

he was fast when he made debut but he missed a lot of cricket after his debut. Not sure if it was poor selection or injuries but he should have been playing ahead of the likes of Sohail Tanvir.
 
I dont think Sadaf will be succesful as he operates in the 120s not even in the 130s. There is a reason why Waqar and both Micky have apparently passed over him

HOWEVER

He should get a chance because you can't ignore his numbers. A big critisim of his was that he never played Departmental cricket early on. I fully agreed with that critisim, however recently he played with KRL and has more less achieved the same results.

Now all this discussion though is irekavant because we know the main reasons Sadaf is never in the picture is because there is something between him and Shakeel Sheik. As it stands Zohaib Ahmed and Arsal Sheik have better chances of playing for Pakistan.

It's long over due that someone deals with that thug and gets him out of the PCB


We are touring South Africa next year, with that in mind Sadaf should get a go in the tests till then
 
I dont think Sadaf will be succesful as he operates in the 120s not even in the 130s. There is a reason why Waqar and both Micky have apparently passed over him

HOWEVER

He should get a chance because you can't ignore his numbers. A big critisim of his was that he never played Departmental cricket early on. I fully agreed with that critisim, however recently he played with KRL and has more less achieved the same results.

Now all this discussion though is irekavant because we know the main reasons Sadaf is never in the picture is because there is something between him and Shakeel Sheik. As it stands Zohaib Ahmed and Arsal Sheik have better chances of playing for Pakistan.

It's long over due that someone deals with that thug and gets him out of the PCB


We are touring South Africa next year, with that in mind Sadaf should get a go in the tests till then

Dont know whats his pace now but few years back he was clearly bowling in 133 - 138 kph range.
 
I had to search alot to find this post of Mine.

I took these numbers from A Sports Journalist's tweet last year. If you see my 200 odd posts on Sadaf Hussain in around 15 threads you will find that even before this post I have mentioned that Sadaf is not a 120, 125 kph medium bowler but he is a medium fast bowler who operates between 128-138 kph mark while mostly operating in excess of 132 kph.

I will try to find the tweet but the tweet was of the same dates as my Post.
 

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[MENTION=138980]TalentSpotterPk[/MENTION] people here are brainwashed and they don't waste any time to disregard a top domestic performer, especially a bowler and have their own agendas against certain players, they refuse to have an open mind and be welcoming to most of the bowlers with good stats.

I guess His best years are behind him unfortunately, but he can still be a vital part of our team for a few years at least.

Sadly our management is full of unfair people with big egos.

It's sad to see top performers like him and Fawad getting ignored for the test team year after year.

I wouldn't even mind Sadaf in ODIs, he deserves a chance after years of performance in domestic cricket.

We might not see him in the national colours ever due to politics and nepotism.
 
The fact that Sadaf excels in List As must mean something. None of the dross like Rahat, Imran Khan etc have done well in domestic List As while the pacers that have done well in domestic List As are decent or good in international cricket. Sohail, Amir, 2013 Junaid...
 
The fact that Sadaf excels in List As must mean something. None of the dross like Rahat, Imran Khan etc have done well in domestic List As while the pacers that have done well in domestic List As are decent or good in international cricket. Sohail, Amir, 2013 Junaid...

My recollection is a bit muddled but I believe Rahat was mediocre in domestic A List for a long time, then had one good tourney, in which tourney I believe only one other bowler performed better. No prize for guessing who that bowler was.
 
I have a horrible suspicion that it points to the fact that they are using a Dukes ball!
 
Sadaf is a mythical creature who everybody talks about but a very few people have seen.

Jokes apart, he can't be worse than both Imran Khan's Pakistan tried last year.
 
Rubbish. He was selected for national A List tours, twice, then the national ODI team, because someone, ie selectors, rated him. Then voted man of the series, twice, for those A List tours. By someone who rated him. The onus is on the powers to be to explain why having moved him through the system he became like Lord Voldemort, He Whose Name Shall not be Mentioned. You could pretend that it is a problem with Sadaf. We know the reason why, it is a matter of public record, the 'secret' every journalist seems to know. He has Shakeel Sheikh on his back.

Mickey and Inzi have looked at him several times.

Also none of what you mentioned really matters, because I still haven't seen him bowl live in a major tournament.
 
Sadaf should sue PCB. Has not been allowed to play a single t20 match domestically, and harsh treatment in international/Pakistan Cup selections is in front of everyone. He's entitled to a lot of compensations and apologies
 
Mickey and Inzi have looked at him several times.

Also none of what you mentioned really matters, because I still haven't seen him bowl live in a major tournament.

Mickey likes pace, which is why he didn't play Imran Khan for long while. He's not the best judge of bowling skills and wicket-taking abilities, there's a reason why we have domestic competitions
 
Mickey likes pace, which is why he didn't play Imran Khan for long while. He's not the best judge of bowling skills and wicket-taking abilities, there's a reason why we have domestic competitions

Show me live footage of one major domestic tournament. I'll then look at that PTV footage, the kind of pitch and ball used. Guess what, you don't have anything to show here, just spreadsheets.

Also, no, Mickey doesn't like pace. Why did he select Abbas then? He bowls in 130s, Hasan Ali also used to bowl in 130s, Junaid Khan bowls in 130s.

Stop making up stuff. And it's not just Mickey. Waqar and Inzi are blind?
 
Show me live footage of one major domestic tournament. I'll then look at that PTV footage, the kind of pitch and ball used. Guess what, you don't have anything to show here, just spreadsheets.

Also, no, Mickey doesn't like pace. Why did he select Abbas then? He bowls in 130s, Hasan Ali also used to bowl in 130s, Junaid Khan bowls in 130s.

Stop making up stuff. And it's not just Mickey. Waqar and Inzi are blind?

if thers no footage of him how is it sadaf hussains fault?
 
Show me live footage of one major domestic tournament. I'll then look at that PTV footage, the kind of pitch and ball used. Guess what, you don't have anything to show here, just spreadsheets.

Also, no, Mickey doesn't like pace. Why did he select Abbas then? He bowls in 130s, Hasan Ali also used to bowl in 130s, Junaid Khan bowls in 130s.

Stop making up stuff. And it's not just Mickey. Waqar and Inzi are blind?

Where are the footages of Abbas? He was selected based on spreadsheets, showed his quality right away. Hasan was selected upon spreadsheets, showed his quality as well.

Abbas was selected by Inzi, Mickey wanted Rahat as addition so he could play his preferred combo of Wahab, Rahat, Amir. Abbas was not even given the practice game, he was just lucky that the first game's pitch looked pace friendly and three pacers were played.

Waqar is not the best judge of bowlers either, he persisted with Rahat, even spoke for his inclusion in PSL even before the first tournament began, persisted with Wahab in all formats, played Anwar Ali as opening bowler for so long, pushed for Bilawal Bhatti while selectors picked wild card Sohail Khan for WC. Sohail Khan never played a game under Waqar post WC.

Inzi sent Sadaf to the camp for England for the management to decide. This, despite that he has not seen Sadaf at the top of his game when he used to lead the bowling charts season after season
 
Forget about Sadaf I am worried about Abbas. After seeing what happened to Sami Aslam and Fawad Alam and other top domestic performers I am sure that Abbas might well be dropped after having one bad game anywhere to accomodate any ******.
Really sad to see that domestic performers have not been rewarded over the years. Rather we just continued with mediocres.
 
if thers no footage of him how is it sadaf hussains fault?

It's not his fault.

But, it also makes an average PPer ineligible to claim how great he is. Or how bad. We can only go by what coach, selectors, and domestic teams think.

And they don't seem to rate him highly. You have to wonder why no team selects him in a major tournament that's being broadcasted live.

Where are the footages of Abbas?

[MENTION=140160]KyoOne[/MENTION] Where did you see me hyping up Abbas? That's the thing. You don't blindly hype up players based on spreadsheets and domestic green track bullying at 120kph.

Abbas was rated by selectors and coach, that's why he got picked. I did not rate him or claim he's a great bowler. I still think he won't be good enough on non-swinging/seamy pitches.
 
Whats the obsession with footage. If a guy has done so well he surely has something in him. Also if we are not going to reward domestic performanes then it would be better to not have any domestic system.
 
It's not his fault.

But, it also makes an average PPer ineligible to claim how great he is. Or how bad. We can only go by what coach, selectors, and domestic teams think.

And they don't seem to rate him highly. You have to wonder why no team selects him in a major tournament that's being broadcasted live.



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People say its personal vendetta

when someone has been far ahead of everyone else year after year for SEVEN years i think he deserves a go regardless.

surely he deserves to play Pakistan Cup for eg when he has the best List A record in the country. the fact that he doesnt even make those means its sth else

its a moot point of how good his game is when he has numbers like that so consistently
 
People say its personal vendetta

when someone has been far ahead of everyone else year after year for SEVEN years i think he deserves a go regardless.

surely he deserves to play Pakistan Cup for eg when he has the best List A record in the country. the fact that he doesnt even make those means its sth else

its a moot point of how good his game is when he has numbers like that so consistently

Could be. But I find it hard to believe every coach and selector in domestic + national team has a personal vendetta against this one guy.

Also, make no mistake, there are quite a few bowlers in domestic cricket who average Marshall-esque. He's not the only one. For example Asad Ali, many others.

That makes you think how 120-132kph bowlers on underprepared tracks keep racking up those numbers.

I'm not saying he's definitely bad, contrary to some posters who claim he's great. I just don't know for sure, and would actually like to see him live in a good standard tournament.
 
I'm not saying he's definitely bad, contrary to some posters who claim he's great. I just don't know for sure, and would actually like to see him live in a good standard tournament.
thats what we all want to see and thats the issue that we cant even get to see that

he has done everything to atleast merit places in those tournaments
 
Domestic performances do warrant a look in at the international level.That is what domestics are for.Doesn't matter if he's performed at green wickets,he has taken wickets so deserves a spot on the squad.
 
It's not his fault.

But, it also makes an average PPer ineligible to claim how great he is. Or how bad. We can only go by what coach, selectors, and domestic teams think.

And they don't seem to rate him highly. You have to wonder why no team selects him in a major tournament that's being broadcasted live.



[MENTION=140160]KyoOne[/MENTION] Where did you see me hyping up Abbas? That's the thing. You don't blindly hype up players based on spreadsheets and domestic green track bullying at 120kph.

Abbas was rated by selectors and coach, that's why he got picked. I did not rate him or claim he's a great bowler. I still think he won't be good enough on non-swinging/seamy pitches.

The question is not whether he 'is great' or not. These are the kinds of nonsensical back and forths that get us nowhere.

The point is that we can't begin answering that question until he has been given a chance to play.
What we do know without a doubt is that he should get that chance. Not because he deserves it but because otherwise the domestic system is not a *system* but a lottery.

As for the selectors and domestic experts, those who shun him, and there are some that have spoken up in favor of him, would have a lot more credibility in ignoring him if they had not already selected him. You can't ask people to trust your judgement regardless if you go back on your own judgements.

He got a place in the national ODI side and was selected on A tours, on which he excelled. He was not given a cap in the ODI squad by Waqar but continued to top the charts in domestics, until last year. So what changed?

Well again, we don't have to speculate, because we have it confirmed by well informed journalists that Shakeel 'The Jackal' Sheikh, who is close to Sethi, has it in for him. And for anyone who knows how these things work, it is no surprise that one influential figure can quash the possibility for mid level domestic officials to even bring up the question of Sadaf's eligibility. Why stick your neck out for someone?
 
Mohammad Abbas is similar to Vinay Kumar

He's already done better in his international career than Vinay Kumar ever did

The sight of Warner taking his sweet time to come down the supposedly fast WACA track and get on his knee to smash him for a six is etched in my mind
 
Sadaf will do good at internationals too.
Sadaf of 2010-2014 was Abbas of today. Dont know how his current form is.
[MENTION=138980]TalentSpotterPk[/MENTION]
 
Sadaf will do good at internationals too.
Sadaf of 2010-2014 was Abbas of today. Dont know how his current form is.
[MENTION=138980]TalentSpotterPk[/MENTION]


I hope he improves his fitness and becomes Top wicket taker. Than definitely He should be in the squad.


Despite Politics and all I believe He would have made Pakistan Test tour of SA in 2012 when he was in red hot form. Same paced Ehsan & slightly slower Tanveer made Test Debut's than. Wrong advice cost him. He had departmental Cricket offers and he stayed with Rawalpindi. When Test squad was announced he had played only one or two Fc matches of QEA while Tanveer, Irfan, Ehsan & Rahat had played 6-7 Fc matches of superior Fc tournament President's Trophy. That was huge blunder at that time. He would have loved SA conditions aswell and would have flourished.


Now his only chance is if he can crash the door of Selectors with Abass like performances. When I made Abass thread on PP in 2015 He was averaging 33 plus with the ball. In last 2 seasons he averaged under 18 with similar conditions. Selectors had no choice but to pick him. Sadaf has been quite consistent except last 2 seasons but his team KRL crashes out mostly so he isn't in top wicket takers of season. Last two seasons Abass out bowled him.


Sadaf gets more bounce, is 2-3 kph quicker but he is a swing bowler. Abass on the other hand can swing & seam in both directions.

Couple of seasons ago Majid outperformed Sadaf & Mir. Sadly after getting unfit he hasn't been performing.


If Sadaf improves his fitness he can gain speed at this age too like Woakes. He is tall so in longer spells he starts crumbling where he loses pace and bounce but still Ehsan crumbles more and he has played for Pakistan.
 
I hope he improves his fitness and becomes Top wicket taker. Than definitely He should be in the squad.


Despite Politics and all I believe He would have made Pakistan Test tour of SA in 2012 when he was in red hot form. Same paced Ehsan & slightly slower Tanveer made Test Debut's than. Wrong advice cost him. He had departmental Cricket offers and he stayed with Rawalpindi. When Test squad was announced he had played only one or two Fc matches of QEA while Tanveer, Irfan, Ehsan & Rahat had played 6-7 Fc matches of superior Fc tournament President's Trophy. That was huge blunder at that time. He would have loved SA conditions aswell and would have flourished.


Now his only chance is if he can crash the door of Selectors with Abass like performances. When I made Abass thread on PP in 2015 He was averaging 33 plus with the ball. In last 2 seasons he averaged under 18 with similar conditions. Selectors had no choice but to pick him. Sadaf has been quite consistent except last 2 seasons but his team KRL crashes out mostly so he isn't in top wicket takers of season. Last two seasons Abass out bowled him.


Sadaf gets more bounce, is 2-3 kph quicker but he is a swing bowler. Abass on the other hand can swing & seam in both directions.

Couple of seasons ago Majid outperformed Sadaf & Mir. Sadly after getting unfit he hasn't been performing.


If Sadaf improves his fitness he can gain speed at this age too like Woakes. He is tall so in longer spells he starts crumbling where he loses pace and bounce but still Ehsan crumbles more and he has played for Pakistan.

Great post and fine points.
Just to add from the little i saw Sadaf (a swing bowler as you said) can also move the ball both ways and is a good exponent of reverse swing like Abbas.
 
Great post and fine points.
Just to add from the little i saw Sadaf (a swing bowler as you said) can also move the ball both ways and is a good exponent of reverse swing like Abbas.


A thing which I should have written. Sadaf Hussain is the only Bowler who has flourished in both Formats. FC & List A. Anybody who comes close is Sohail Khan all others have excelled in one format.
 
A thing which I should have written. Sadaf Hussain is the only Bowler who has flourished in both Formats. FC & List A. Anybody who comes close is Sohail Khan all others have excelled in one format.

Domestic competitions don't matter unless [MENTION=134608]Hawkeye[/MENTION] is watching.
 
Domestic competitions don't matter unless [MENTION=134608]Hawkeye[/MENTION] is watching.


Abass's weakest format is List A. He did not impress much in telecasted One Day Cup and everyone here was like He is below average and his FC performances are fluke etc. People did not see that in last two seasons his FC average was under 18 while List A average was above 30 because he isn't suited for that. I don’t want to say but selectors picked him for List A matches vs England Lions. He didn't merit it but it could have been intensional so that He fails and we say look that's why we didn't pick him last season for Pakistan A. But Abass didn't pick up many wickets but was miserly still.


Sadaf now needs a breakthrough season. He should take inspiration from his team mate Abass.
 
Abass's weakest format is List A. He did not impress much in telecasted One Day Cup and everyone here was like He is below average and his FC performances are fluke etc. People did not see that in last two seasons his FC average was under 18 while List A average was above 30 because he isn't suited for that. I don’t want to say but selectors picked him for List A matches vs England Lions. He didn't merit it but it could have been intensional so that He fails and we say look that's why we didn't pick him last season for Pakistan A. But Abass didn't pick up many wickets but was miserly still.


Sadaf now needs a breakthrough season. He should take inspiration from his team mate Abass.

PCB needs to stop treating List A as a halfway house for FC cricket.
 
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