No he shouldn't when you have noman abrar sajid he has to wait for his chance they will the main spin attack.Faisal Akram’s Big Break!
28 wickets at 19 in just 4 Hanif Mohammad Trophy games earn him a maiden call-up. Will he debut vs. South Africa?
Ya and rightly so noman and sajid will win us another series no need of faisal yet he has to wait for his chance.
Is abrar in the squad?
Ya bro he is
Oh ya now we will judge them in hanif trophy pak fans are funny noman and sajid made bazz ball england died with their spin and aqib back them they will be again our trump card vs sena team and rightly so and both are great spinners plus can bat i would even have them playing world t20 which will be in sri lanka spin pitches.
The squad is going to be trimmed before the series. I suspect he will be one of those trimmed.
Think he will be released before the first test. He shouldn't miss QeA trophy true.
He's mainly there to learn. Will be released from the squad I suspect
This was more like a reward for him as he finished as the 3rd highest wicket takes in Hanif Mohammed Trophy
How do we know that before we don't see him play Tests?
Don't forget that Keshav Maharaj alone can defeat us with his spin craft
Nah pak has better players of spin than south africa.
Has a tendency to bowl full toss every 2nd over so definitely not ready for Test.
You obviously are not mr current affairs. Current Pak are terrible playing spin of any kind let alone maharaj and his left arm spin. Only misbah sarfaraz and younis were able to dominate Herath and , the rest are sitting ducks.
Look i am not sure you have seen kamran and saud bat vs spin these guys got 100 vs england on turning tracks better to watch pakistan cricket it will help you
Sajjad khan is better bat than abdullah shafique and babar azam on these type of pitches....
Bro I’ve been watching these guys since the 80’s. I can tell you the current lot are hopeless. I know Saud and Ghulam got runs against England but Sajid Bashir and maharaj are completely different propositions. For one the spin strategy took England completely by surprise. They turned up with mostly Seamers. West Indies didn’t make that mistake and won. (The 2nd test but the writing was on the wall in the first test) South are coming with two world class Lefties for exactly that reason. The whole world except you know Paks weakness against left arm spin.
Well abdullah has got 200 on sri lanka spin cobra pitch
Look i know what i am watching pakistan smashed better south african team in pakistan last time hassan ali was toying with them so good luck even crossing 100 vs sajid and noman pakistan just need above 150 game will be over for south africa and don't forget sajid and noman are decent batsmen as well
Abrar is rubbish but he's still far better bowler than Faisal Akram who bowls a full toss every over.
The squad will be trimmed before the first test.
That's an unfair assessment imo. Wrist spinners are vulnerable when it comes to maintaining lengths but the more they play, they better they get in this trait.
If Faisal Akram is bowling full tosses and getting wickets - what's the issue?
Yeah bowling to larkana in hanif Mohammed trophy is the same as international. He's a rubbish bowler who is going at nearly 5 in FC cricket. What hope has he got in internationals? I thought you would have learnt your lesson when talking up Salman agha. We all saw how that went.
Agreed there is no need for him. He's going at 4.6 and over in FC cricket. There is no need for abrar either tbh. I would have had saim instead of Abdullah too.
Should I trust a random poster on pakpassion or his current form of picking up wkts - whether he is rubbish or not?
Bro sajid and noman going to have another fantastic series and their runs will be handy as well down the order really excited to watch these 2 guys dominate spin bowling in pakistan.
Clearly you thinking he's better than abrar who has as many wickets in tests with lesser economy than Faisal Akram has in FC which is below QEA. You might as well take someone else's word since you don't know much about cricket.
You are trying to make it seem like @khyberlion is giving his opinion based on his feelings, which isn't true. He mentioned the economy rate, which indicates that Faisal Akram lacks control. Faisal is only 22 and can improve, but maybe he is not ready yet and should play more first class matches.
Zahid simply releases pressure with the odd loose ball. Heck even Kaneria was loose in the 2010 series and rightly discarded. Abrar is a strange case. He’s generally been tested on Multan or Pindi wicket last year that did absolutely nothing for anybody. Then he got sick and just played LOI which plays havoc with line and length.
He had an economy of 3.75 in the recently concluded Hanif trophy
Sajid noman and abrar in tandem in spinning pitches are your match winners simple as that faisal has to wait for his chance he will learn alot from noman and sajid.
Abrar has been a massive failure already, so playing him again would be repeating the same mistake again
Look abrar has performed in first class he has earned his place and with sajid and noman doing majority of work you have asif afridi who is coming from a really good first class form so it is a selection headache who you go with
We've already seen him trying to get wkts by using his variations, but it hasn't worked and he doesn't know the art of picking up wickets in Test cricket
Well then asif afridi would be great choice heard he can bat as well.
Yes, he can bat as well and is in great form, plus is experienced
Ya then pak has really good lower order sajid noman and asif all can bat their runs down the order will be massive in these spinning pitches.
If the lad could bat like Sajid & Noman then he would stand a better chanceFaisal Akram’s Big Break!
28 wickets at 19 in just 4 Hanif Mohammad Trophy games earn him a maiden call-up. Will he debut vs. South Africa?
Abrar has 46 wickets in 10 tests someone who can't pick wickets but Faisal Akram who can pick wickets has 47 in 10 FC games lol. Great logic. Faisal will be going at over 5 economy in tests once picked you can bookmark this post.
I have seen Faisal bowl on many occasions he lacks control. Nearly going at 5 in Pakistan FC means you will be hopeless in internationals.
