"Fakhar Zaman has shown good potential, why not give him a chance?" : Aamir Sohail

[MenInG]

Aamir Sohail speaking on TV

"Fakhar Zaman has shown good potential, why not give him a chance?"

"In 2016, Sami Aslam did really well in Tests and they put him in ODIs; At that time I told everyone, his Test career will be destroyed"

"The PCB has no idea about the potential of a player, all they can do is to destroy a player"

"As a chief selector, your job isnt to simply select a squad, you have to tell the players you select what is expected off them"

"In Imran's time, he would tell the players what their issue was and tell him to fix the problem and come back after 3 months"

"Whilst the team was on tour, I as chief selector would take a group of 25 players on the side and practice with them at 2 pm, telling the players what I wanted from them"

"Kohli in his post match presser said that all Pak batsmen were right-handed, we should have brought in FZ or HS in there"

"When we come on TV, we analyse each player and make sure we talk sense as we are paid for it"

"Contrast that with the people collecting money such as the Coach and other staff, do they not do see the same thing?"

 

[MenInG]

Absolutely agree with all of above from Aamir.

 

[mmkextreme_1]

I support him being chief selector. This is the type of thinking that we need moving forward. Inzi uncle said a lot when he was entrusted with the role but he has failed miserably. I would rotate him to coach lower levels of cricket ie like Dravid.

 

[letme alone]

well say, but who care, every one come and select player on his think, no one see merit,

 

[ask_analyse_act]

Most of the time he talks sense. Nothing surprises on this coming from Amir sohail. agreed on what he said

 

[Syed1]

I saw the show... Aamir was very very angry but was making alot of sense. Maindad was also on the panel but he was just blurting away and not giving anything concrete like Aamir.

However, as we have seen before all these ex-cricketers talk sense when they are not in a position of power. This same Aamer Sohail used to support and back Muhammad Hafeez as CS.

 

[Savak]

Based on what i have seen of Fakher Zaman, his technique is woeful, all over the place but the thing he has going for him is that he can hit the ball big once he hits it. He will not pretty doing it but once he hits it the ball goes a long way.

International teams will definately work him out and then it will be up to him to sort out, iron his flaws, issues but there is no harm at all in giving him a shot.

 

[Speedster777]

He's spot on with his comments. People like him should be in charge of PCB.

 

[Eagle_Eye]

Based on what i have seen of Fakher Zaman, his technique is woeful, all over the place but the thing he has going for him is that he can hit the ball big once he hits it. He will not pretty doing it but once he hits it the ball goes a long way.

International teams will definately work him out and then it will be up to him to sort out, iron his flaws, issues but there is no harm at all in giving him a shot.

Isn't this the guy who looked like a tailender..... who had all the hype on PP

 

[TeymurBlake]

They should really give him a chance. He worked hard to get an opportunity to get into the squad. Also he's probably the best opener in our squad right, as he would hopefully looked to score at a quicker rate.

 

[Finisher]

MMHS predicted a month ago that Pakistan will go with all Right hand Batsmen.

 

[HinderTheJinder]

All of them can just talk but when its their turn they show their true colors.I would take any words about selection from ex Pakistanis as a pinch of salt.All of them are money grabbers

 

[pakistanigoneaussie]

Many people ( including posters here) were saying days ago it would be madness to debut Fahkar on this tournament

Glad they are saying sense now, we can't do worse than what we have now

 

[cricketInsight]

Amir does talk sense at times but he is also one of the strongest backers of Hafeez. I would like to know how he feels about him these days?

 

[90MPH]

I have no idea about this player but give him a chance.

I'd rather have a blind slogger fighting for the team than a selfish tuk tuk looking for personal milestones first.

 

[imranyounus]

Most people feel that a new player must not be played in pressure games as failure chances are high. But any player deserves security of playing more than one game to show his capabilities.

If a new player is told that he will get 3 or 4 games for sure the pressure of first game becomes marginal and that is when he performs.

The situation now is that any player making debut will have the game again Indian in his mind and even if they are played against Sri-Lankan they will be under immense pressure.

 

[Titan24]

Based on what i have seen of Fakher Zaman, his technique is woeful, all over the place but the thing he has going for him is that he can hit the ball big once he hits it. He will not pretty doing it but once he hits it the ball goes a long way.

International teams will definately work him out and then it will be up to him to sort out, iron his flaws, issues but there is no harm at all in giving him a shot.

I agree that he could improve his technique but guy is averaging almost 50 in list A, scored one century and 3 half centuries in 5 matches of Pakistan cup with strike rate of around 100. I guess has already toured England with Pakistan A and performed reasonably well.

So nothing to lose if we try him out, but coach should tell him that no matter how you perform in these two matches your are gonna be part of the team in the future. As its unfair with him to make his ODI debut in champions trophy however he wont mind getting an opportunity.

 

[Madplayer]

He wont do worse than shehzad in this CT

 

[iiqbal]

Amir does talk sense at times but he is also one of the strongest backers of Hafeez. I would like to know how he feels about him these days?

Hafeez before his Bowling Ban was # 1 All-rounder as Per ICC. SO backing # 1 player is no issue.

Hafeez bowling start is good as normal off spinner in all teams , And off-course i am talking about pre ban hafeez

 

[iiqbal]

Based on what i have seen of Fakher Zaman, his technique is woeful, all over the place but the thing he has going for him is that he can hit the ball big once he hits it. He will not pretty doing it but once he hits it the ball goes a long way.

International teams will definately work him out and then it will be up to him to sort out, iron his flaws, issues but there is no harm at all in giving him a shot.

Currently Smith have most bad technique but he is best. Most important thing is make Run.

 

[proud_pakistani]

Aamir Sohail while does talk sense, let's not forget he too was a selector once and selected some questionable players like Junaid Zia. At the end of the day the only way for the selectors to be successful is they are given a free hand without any political interferences.

 

[GLORY OF '92]

Unless we play Fahim and Fakhar vs SA we will be humiliated again.

 

[Bial]

Agree he was just like an average or below avg against WI.hope he will overcome his weakness with passage of playing

 

[sadida97]

zaman couldn't play holder, don't know how he will do against rabada

 

[cricketInsight]

Hafeez before his Bowling Ban was # 1 All-rounder as Per ICC. SO backing # 1 player is no issue.

Hafeez bowling start is good as normal off spinner in all teams , And off-course i am talking about pre ban hafeez

But he does NOT play as a spinner. He does NOT play as an allrounder.

He occupies the all important slot of 4 which he is not qualified for anymore.

 

[ar2020]

Agree he was just like an average or below avg against WI.hope he will overcome his weakness with passage of playing

Dude, he played all of 7 balls only.

 

[Titan24]

zaman couldn't play holder, don't know how he will do against rabada

He is an opener and was played down the order against wetindies with only few balls to play. If he opens than only we would be able to judge.

 

[hisham_ashraf]

Based on what i have seen of Fakher Zaman, his technique is woeful, all over the place but the thing he has going for him is that he can hit the ball big once he hits it. He will not pretty doing it but once he hits it the ball goes a long way.

International teams will definately work him out and then it will be up to him to sort out, iron his flaws, issues but there is no harm at all in giving him a shot.

If we can give so many chances to players like Hafeez,Selfie or Azhar in ODI's then I don't think trying out Fakhar is a bad option considering his record in domestic and he may fail but if he clicks he can be a match winner.

 

[Mamoon]

It goes without saying that you can't make your ODI debut in more menacing circumstances.

A Must win match in an ICC tournament against a world class opposition. The odds are firmly stacked against him, and the worst thing he can do is play for his place in the team.

South Africa invests too much in analyzing the opposition, and they probably don't know much about him, so he has to take the game to them and try and hit them hard.

His technique is not great and the management does not have much faith in him. He has to come out swinging and make a statement. He has a history in armed forces, and he will need all his mental strength and some luck to pull through today.

 

[cricketInsight]

Best of luck to him.

I would take anyone who shows more intent than the stylish Shehzad even if your technique is a bit weak. Today's ODI pitches put less value in technique anyways.

 

[Canistani Hero]

Straight outta mardan this boy. Watch out. Awful technique but incredible character.

 

[Mamoon]

It goes without saying that you can't make your ODI debut in more menacing circumstances.

A Must win match in an ICC tournament against a world class opposition. The odds are firmly stacked against him, and the worst thing he can do is play for his place in the team.

South Africa invests too much in analyzing the opposition, and they probably don't know much about him, so he has to take the game to them and try and hit them hard.

His technique is not great and the management does not have much faith in him. He has to come out swinging and make a statement. He has a history in armed forces, and he will need all his mental strength and some luck to pull through today.

Good to see the intent so far, exactly what we needed to see.

 

[fawad_wellwisher]

Good to see the intent so far, exactly what we needed to see.

And seems to be an excellent runner between the wickets putting pressure on the fielders. Azhar is looking clueless as his partner.

I am not sure how many in the team can match his running between the wickets. Malik maybe.

 

[fawad_wellwisher]

Good to see the intent so far, exactly what we needed to see.

And seems to be an excellent runner between the wickets putting pressure on the fielders. Azhar is looking clueless as his partner.

I am not sure how many in the team can match his running between the wickets. Malik maybe.

 

[Mamoon]

And seems to be an excellent runner between the wickets putting pressure on the fielders. Azhar is looking clueless as his partner.

I am not sure how many in the team can match his running between the wickets. Malik maybe.

When you want to score runs you can find a way. Fakhar looked worryingly late on a couple of short balls and got hid on the head as well, but he did not go into his shell. After witnessing the tuk tuk on the sidelines, he was smart enough to realize that it is not going to take him anywhere.

 

[Speedster777]

Fakhar is mentally tough. We need players like him he's miles better than Azhar and Shehzad in LOI.

 

[iiqbal]

But he does NOT play as a spinner. He does NOT play as an allrounder.

He occupies the all important slot of 4 which he is not qualified for anymore.

At this time frame , He is total liability in Team. I would like to have some one can score with strike rate 100 at this position. But i was talking about Hafeez career before bowling ban phase and Amir Sohail rightly supported at that time.

 

[Arsalan Pro]

Brilliant player, should be our permanent opener in both ODIs and T20s.

 

[coy0607]

It goes without saying that you can't make your ODI debut in more menacing circumstances.

A Must win match in an ICC tournament against a world class opposition. The odds are firmly stacked against him, and the worst thing he can do is play for his place in the team.

South Africa invests too much in analyzing the opposition, and they probably don't know much about him, so he has to take the game to them and try and hit them hard.

His technique is not great and the management does not have much faith in him. He has to come out swinging and make a statement. He has a history in armed forces, and he will need all his mental strength and some luck to pull through today.

What history in armed forces? Care to elaborate...

 

[todfod 11]

He was the chief selector when pakista got their biggest thrashing by auatralia back in 2003 i guess. after 14 years he does make sense but as sokn he gets the job he will work as a pawn of higher authorities

 

[Mamoon]

What history in armed forces? Care to elaborate...

He was in the Navy. Played cricket for them as well, before moving into cricket full-time.

 

[Syed1]

What history in armed forces? Care to elaborate...

He was a naval officer, before deciding to take up cricket as a full-time career.

 

[DrSchultz]

He was a naval officer, before deciding to take up cricket as a full-time career.

Doubt he was an officer, perhaps a sailor.