How would you rate Misbah-ul-Haq's spell as Pakistan Chief Selector?

[MenInG]

In his own words,

“I have thoroughly enjoyed the dual roles but after reviewing the past 12 months and looking ahead at the workload in the next 24 months of my tenure, it is appropriate that I invest and dedicate all my time, energy and attention to one role from now on."

So how did he do in your view?

 

[Slim]

Probably one of the worst selectors to date.

 

[Zaz]

Its been pretty poor tbh Hes not been forward thinking and had no vision or method

 

[Rayyman]

Poor treatment towards Amir and Wahab.

Many players were selected on the basis of friendships.

 

[Mir jibran]

Disastrous

 

[DeadlyVenom]

Incredibly poor. The disastrous selection of Shezad, Umar and Qadir in the T20 squad was trumped by the illogical selection of such an inexperienced attack in Australia.

Perhaps one of the worst chief selectors I have witnessed.

 

[zain7077]

Catastrophic.

 

[Syed1]

He made Iqbal Qasim look good, that's how bad he was.


100% sure he has been made to resign from the post. Considering how shameless he is he would have hung on till 2030.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Inzi was not a great selector but this guy makes aloo look like a genius

 

[Hasan123]

Absolutely awful. No long term planning and a lot of questionable decisions. Even the players he selected, he still didn't select the right 11.

 

[Titan24]

His resignation/removal was on the cards especially considering the players which were being selected just to warm the bench. As said previously Sohail Khan, Imran Khan etc on the bench at this age didnt make much sense. If they are really good they should be playing in the XI and performing, if they arent then players in their 20s should be on the bench.

 

[Forum363]

For someone so knowledgeable and generally smart, his tenure was nothing short of shambolic, awful and lacking any sort of vision.

The way he selected Umar Akmal and Shehzad out of nowhere in his first assignment. He tried to defend it and say it was the right call. But then dropped them after 2 innings!

The way he asked who Usman Qadir was during a press conference, and then selected him a few weeks later. Dropped him later without any chances.

The way he picked Irfan for the Australia tour, despite seeing how unfit he was.

The way he dropped senior players like Malik and Hafeez for the tough Australia tour, threw youngsters into the deep end, but then selected them for the easier home assignments against Bangladesh.

His general treatment of new players like Ahsan and Khushdil, who seemed to be selected out of nowhere but then discarded without proper chances.

His whole tantrum and handling of the Wahab /Amir situation.

Him picking a test attack consisting of players like Musa and Imran Khan, when it’s clear neither would have been adequate in Australia.

 

[shamaan]

Poor treatment towards Amir and Wahab.

Many players were selected on the basis of friendships.

How was they treated poorly?

 

[aloo paratha]

Average. Some terrible calls, along with some decent ones.

 

[shamaan]

Very poor cheif selector first he selected shezard and umar akmal then dropped them after 2 games then brought back hafeez and malik.

He also selected irfan to austrlia despite being so unfit.

Then against austrlia and england he picked musa,sohail khan,imran khan

He also stated this is a young team even thou he had so many grandads in the team.

Thier was no direction and no honesty

 

[shamaan]

Average. Some terrible calls, along with some decent ones.

Which decent one selecting Haider ali in t20s ?

 

[hitthestump]

One of the worst to date, but i'm not sure what else we were supposed to expect.

 

[ExplicitAI]

Terrible. No research done beforehand as to which players are suitable for a particular format and only came back where he left as captain by choosing players who played under him when he was captain.

 

[CleverSir]

It was 1 year. I don't think it is of any consequence. It was neither good, not bad. It just was. I'm more interested in how he does as the HC moving forward.

 

[Kroll]

Very poor cheif selector first he selected shezard and umar akmal then dropped them after 2 games then brought back hafeez and malik.

He also selected irfan to austrlia despite being so unfit.

Then against austrlia and england he picked musa,sohail khan,imran khan

He also stated this is a young team even thou he had so many grandads in the team.

Thier was no direction and no honesty

I'm no fan of Shehzad and Akmal but humiliating them like that was out of order.

 

[Junaids]

I follow ALL international cricket - and I have for 45 years.

Misbah was the second most incompetent selector in the world in those 45 years. Only Glenn Turner was worse.

Misbah was given a 29 man squad for 10 weeks in England. It was the chance to groom the next generation by intensively camping them with the elite squad.

And he instead squandered that once in a lifetime opportunity by taking 13 players aged over 30, most of whom (Imran, Sohail Khan, Kashif Bhatti, et al) were little more than spectators.

Kashif Bhatti ahead of Zafar Gohar.
Sohail Khan ahead of Sameen Gul.
Fawad Alam ahead of Haider Ali.

Misbah never wastes an opportunity to waste an opportunity.

 

[Rayyman]

How was they treated poorly?

He selected Imran Khan Jr and Mohammad Musa on a Test tour to Australia, then when Pakistan lost, he blamed it on their retirement which occurred 3+ months before the series.

Then he decided to drop them from the T20I squad because they retired in Tests!

 

[coy0607]

I follow ALL international cricket - and I have for 45 years.

Misbah was the second most incompetent selector in the world in those 45 years. Only Glenn Turner was worse.

Misbah was given a 29 man squad for 10 weeks in England. It was the chance to groom the next generation by intensively camping them with the elite squad.

And he instead squandered that once in a lifetime opportunity by taking 13 players aged over 30, most of whom (Imran, Sohail Khan, Kashif Bhatti, et al) were little more than spectators.

Kashif Bhatti ahead of Zafar Gohar.
Sohail Khan ahead of Sameen Gul.
Fawad Alam ahead of Haider Ali.

Misbah never wastes an opportunity to waste an opportunity.

That's one example. Then there are things like the absurd comebacks of Shehzad and Umar Akaml - which completely blew up in Misbah's face instantly. Bringing back Mohammad Irfan, selecting Imran Khan Sr over Abbas when Abbas was in the form of his life. Going with a full strength and aging team when the very weak SL and BD teams visited Pakistan, not giving Khushdil Shah and Haider Ali more matches in England

Misbah has made a ton of mistakes in just a year. Worse, most of his moves seemed like mistakes the minute he made the decision, its not like he took risks that didn't work out. He just has bad judgement

 

[Colorblind Genius]

I follow ALL international cricket - and I have for 45 years.

Misbah was the second most incompetent selector in the world in those 45 years. Only Glenn Turner was worse.

Misbah was given a 29 man squad for 10 weeks in England. It was the chance to groom the next generation by intensively camping them with the elite squad.

And he instead squandered that once in a lifetime opportunity by taking 13 players aged over 30, most of whom (Imran, Sohail Khan, Kashif Bhatti, et al) were little more than spectators.

Kashif Bhatti ahead of Zafar Gohar.
Sohail Khan ahead of Sameen Gul.
Fawad Alam ahead of Haider Ali.

Misbah never wastes an opportunity to waste an opportunity.

Looking at the responses above, one is baffled to think that if we as ordinary fans knew it all along, how come the highly paid professionals who hired him, didn’t see it coming?

And then, how different would Misbah’s performance be, in the head coach role?
I mean, don’t we already know that it’s only a matter of time before he is exposed again?

 

[aloo paratha]

Which decent one selecting Haider ali in t20s ?

Haider Ali
Naseem Shah
Musa Khan
Khushdil Shah
Haris Rauf

Granted some of the above didn't get many games, but that's more of a critique of Misbah the coach, who I am also not very impressed with.

 

[shamaan]

Haider Ali
Naseem Shah
Musa Khan
Khushdil Shah
Haris Rauf

Granted some of the above didn't get many games, but that's more of a critique of Misbah the coach, who I am also not very impressed with.

Musa khan wasnt a good move espically in tests.rauf,haider ali was very decent choices

 

[shamaan]

I'm no fan of Shehzad and Akmal but humiliating them like that was out of order.

100 percent it shows how bad misbah is as a selector and a coach

 

[shamaan]

He selected Imran Khan Jr and Mohammad Musa on a Test tour to Australia, then when Pakistan lost, he blamed it on their retirement which occurred 3+ months before the series.

Then he decided to drop them from the T20I squad because they retired in Tests!

Yes both shouldn't have been selected in tests.to be honest amir has declined massively but wahab should have been thier

 

[Snowflake]

All over the place. He was throwing names to a wall seeing which ones stick

 

[Rana]

The return of Mohammad Irfan in Australia was enough for me to write him off.

Why Haider Ali didn’t play all 3 T20is against England was abysmal also. I think it’s fair to say that he did alright by swapping Sarfaraz with Rizwan though.

 

[Kroll]

The return of Mohammad Irfan in Australia was enough for me to write him off.

Why Haider Ali didn’t play all 3 T20is against England was abysmal also. I think it’s fair to say that he did alright by swapping Sarfaraz with Rizwan though.

What was he thinking, I mean seriously?

And to TBF, Sarfraz was a more of a self made decision, I wouldn't give Misbah the entire credit for that.

 

[Thunderbolt14]

I would say a plethora of horrible decisions. I gave him a chance at first but he’s been very persuasive in convincing me otherwise.

However, there are some positives actually.
1) Sarfaraz’s international career ended - he could easily have become a specialist captain for 2021-2022 T20 world cups and then they would have said “oh what the heck” and put him in charge of the 2023 squad. Instead, now we have the beautiful Mohammad Rizwan.

2) The door on Umar Akmal and Ahmed Shehzad has been shut forever. Or so I hope.

3) Although I think Amir was treated harsher than he should have been, and an agreement on managing his workload could have been worked out, it is good that we have begun trying out replacements for him since it is likely his form will nosedive in the next 2 years. He is already consistently battling injuries and finds it difficult to extract pace or swing - it’s good that Rauf, Naseem were tried out to begin filling those boots.

With Inzamam at the helm, I highly doubt any of these things would have happened. Therefore, this one year has not been a complete disaster.

But this represents only 10% of Misbah’s decisions - the other 90% were absolutely shambolic.

 

[MenInG]

So today was his last go at selecting a Pakistan side - what legacy is he leaving (granted a short tenure)

 

[Syed1]

All over the place. He was throwing names to a wall seeing which ones stick

Worst was when he took charge and first thing he did was bring back Ahmed Shehzad and Umar Akmal who had been sidelined by Mickey Arthur after so much effort.

 

[silentkiller187]

I'm no fan of Shehzad and Akmal but humiliating them like that was out of order.

That was probably the best thing he did

 

[Thunderbolt14]

So today was his last go at selecting a Pakistan side - what legacy is he leaving (granted a short tenure)

It’s the first time it has actually felt like he’s been watching domestic cricket.

 

[Corridor of Uncertainty]

It’s the first time it has actually felt like he’s been watching domestic cricket.

Nah, all Pakistani selection in the last few years was based on PSL because that's the only place selectors could bother to turn up. This time, it is the T20 cup. It will be used to fill up test and ODI slots as well like in the past.

Rest of the year, selectors can chill.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Extremely poor. Musa khan got to play a test match.

Selected youngsters just to throw them away after a couple of chances , way to discourage up and coming talent.

 

[Kroll]

I'd give him 1/10 and that's probably being generous.

 

[Junaids]

It was a catastrophic tenure as Chief Selector, but that is the fault of the PCB.

Every body knew in advance precisely what Personality Flaws Misbah has which make him completely unsuitable for being a selector.

He is too conservative, too biased towards his cronies, values old age which he should oppose, and has always believed that you can simply execute game plans in SENA as if you were in Pakistan.

He was a terrible choice to be Chief Selector, and the selections that he came up with (from Ahmed Shehzad and Umar Akmal in his first squad, to Imran Khan and Sohail Khan in his last one) were negligent and incompetent but also completely predictable.

If you pick a Chief Selector who is negligent and incompetent he will come up with selections which are negligent and incompetent.

And Misbah has just spent 14 months proving it.

 

[Nadeemp]

Misbah has been a poor selector.

 

[Ertugrul_Bey]

Another one from Kabila will be installed and nothing will change.