Ok here is the thing
ehsan adil is 22 while other bowlers are in 25 to 30 years range. They should be given chance first and ehsan adil should be given chance in pak a after those others get their chance
how about that?
see, you say ehsan adil is a long format bowler, so abbas and sadaf are also better bowlers in longer format(though sadaf hussain looks good in shorter formats too) so here again issue is that ehsan adil is given chance again and again while actually sadaf should have been selected
I have repeated this thing many times but for you I shall repeat it one more time.
After not getting a game on the tour of West indies the most favourable tour for selection for Sadaf were South Africa and Zimbanwe tours. As a selector I would have wanted sadaf to debut not in UAE but in South Africa or Zimbabwe and than if he performed well which he possibly would have than would have selected him for srilanka test tour and than UAE. When he would have been among the wickets in south Africa Zimbabwe and Srilanka than him not taking many wickets would have been taken not much negatively but with a perspective of wickets being flat and non supportive for pacers.
Now what happened in Sadaf's case ?
In 2011-2012 season he was amongst top wicket takers and everyone was seeing him as a prospect for the tour of South Africa in january 2013 and he was in selectors radar.
The domestic cricket structure changed before the 2012-2013 season with regions playing quaid e azam trophy and Departments playing President's trophy.
Now every reader should read carefully.
Sadaf gets approached by 2 departments to play President's trophy and he says No to them saying that I want to focus on playing regional cricket for rawalpindi. By than he had taken 148 Fc wickets.
It was a disastrous choice made by Sadaf hussain not only financially but professionally aswell.
He knew that departmental cricket is more competitive and has more value. He knew that President trophy will start first and will finish before pakistan squad for SA will be announced. He knew that by the time pakistan squad for SA will be announced he would have played only 2 FC games for rawalpindi whereas those bowlers playing Departmental cricket would have played 8 to 10 Fc games by that time.
When Pakistan team for SA got announced by than Sadaf hussain had played 2 FC games for rawalpindi and had taken 15 wickets whereas Ehsan Adil had played 10 Fc games and had taken 54 wickets with Imran Khan 9 matches 50 , Aizaz Cheema 9 matches 46 , Tanveer Ahmed 8 matches 38 , Rahat Ali 7 matches 28 and Mohammad 7 matches Irfan 28 wickets.
Before these 2 FC games sadaf had last played domestic cricket 6 months ago in fifty overs tournament.
Now which selection committee or selectors would pick a test squad by ignoring 6 fast bowlers who have played 8+ Fc matches in current season and pick the one wo has just played 2 FC matches ?
At that time only Tanvir Ahmed had played test cricket (2 tests) while Aizaz , Rahat , Ehsan , Imran , Irfan had not played any Int cricket and had never been picked for Pakistan.
Because Sadaf had gone to West Indies and had been selected for Pakistan previously so he would have been preferred by selectors ahead of Ehsan , Imran , Rahat , Irfan and Aizaz had he been amongst top wicket takers which he would have had he played for department side in President's trophy.
Selectors picked Irfan , Ehsan & Rahat 3 youngsters for SA tour along with Tanveer. Rahat & Irfan preferred over Aizaz and Imran because of having more pace and Ehsan was highest wicket taker amongst all pacers.
When Irfan , Rahat , Ehsan , Aizaz , Tanveer , Imran opted for departmental cricket ahead of their regions than why Sadaf rejected departmental cricket and opted for Regional cricket ? Before thay season Ehsan and Irfan had not played any FC cricket and had 0 wickets. Rahay had 40 whereas Sadaf had 148 Fc wickets.
From there careers of Ehsan and Rahat Begun ahead of Sadaf Hussain. That was a terrible blunder by Sadaf.
Than Sadaf plays 5 Fc games for Rawalpindi and gets 25 wickets and misses four games for rawalpindi because of getting injured. Hence he was at number 13 in top wickets takers list of QEA TROPHY and around 20 bowlers were ahead of him in President's trophy. So 33 bowlers ahead of him that season so how would the selectors have considered him for next test tour ?
If it was Sabih Azhar coach of Rawalpindi who asked Sadaf to reject departmental cricket offer than Sadaf should have got sense himself to know what he should decide and should have accepted department cricket offer because with 148 Fc wickets at 17 he would have been in playing eleven of any departmental team and would not have been benched. And since president trophy started first so Sadaf would not have had 7 months lay off and had he not got unfit I have no doubts at all that he would have taken more wickets than Ehsan Adil and would have gone to SA with Irfan or Ehsan missing out on selection.
I am Sadaf's fan but if I am selector I won't give Sadaf hussain test debut on Abu Dhabi flat slow deck (Phatta) where if he doesn't get more than 2 wickets than he will be dropped and made 1 test wonder like ayub Dogar, Irfan fazil , Riaz Afridi, Farhan Adil , Bazid Khan and Yasir Ali.