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"I appeal to the PM to hear me out and ask the selectors to consider my case on merit": Kamran Akmal

moghul said:
And, how many runs YK has scored in his last 12 innings overseas, except one.
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I'm not making any exceptions. In his last overseas innings against a top side, he scored a match-winning double century.

What did Kamran do in his last 10 innings overseas?
 
Bilal7 said:
I'm not making any exceptions. In his last overseas innings against a top side, he scored a match-winning double century.

What did Kamran do in his last 10 innings overseas?
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What about other 11 innings ?
 
If he's scoring like that I would be tempted to pick him at least as a reserve player, but running to the PM to complain is incredibly unprofessional.
 
Fawad deserves a go before Kamran. Enough about amazing FC stats when we continuously ignore the one player who has done better than the rest for a CONSISTENT period, unlike these once in 5 season Akmal brothers.
 
sshakir411 said:
Fawad deserves a go before Kamran. Enough about amazing FC stats when we continuously ignore the one player who has done better than the rest for a CONSISTENT period, unlike these once in 5 season Akmal brothers.
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Not particularly keen on seeing Kamran in the Test team but he has scored 2380 runs in his last three seasons of FC cricket at an average of 64 with 10 hundreds.
 
Abdullah719 said:
Not particularly keen on seeing Kamran in the Test team but he has scored 2380 runs in his last three seasons of FC cricket at an average of 64 with 10 hundreds.
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well that was a figure of speech but good for him...it's a lil too late with Kamran to turn up with these great performances.
 
moghul said:
What about other 11 innings ?
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What about them? He failed, just like many other batsmen do. I still don't see how any of this translates into Kamran doing anything of substance in Australia.
 
sshakir411 said:
Fawad deserves a go before Kamran. Enough about amazing FC stats when we continuously ignore the one player who has done better than the rest for a CONSISTENT period, unlike these once in 5 season Akmal brothers.
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Fawad deserves it, but the PCB also needs to start picking players in form, and Kami's is red hot.
Ideally I'd have them both.
 
Apparently, Kamran did not ask the PM, he merely hinted that such a thing would be a good thing!
 
MenInG said:
Apparently, Kamran did not ask the PM, he merely hinted that such a thing would be a good thing!
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If he is being quoted saying it, then one would assume he said it :)
 
Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Kamran Akmal is all set to make a comeback to the national squad after nearly two and half years having scored a flurry of runs in domestic cricket. Kamran met with chief selector Inzamam-ul-Haq on Sunday and well-informed sources in Pakistan cricket said that the wicketkeeper-batsman was inquired about his fitness by the selectors. “Kamran, who last played in April, 2014 for Pakistan, is set to earn a recall for the one-day series in Australia in January,” a source was quoted as saying by a PTI report in this regard. It further claimed that the player also met chief selector to clarify his stand on a statement.

The report said Kamran had met with the chief selector to clarify on a statement that was attributed to him recently, in which he said that he would appeal to the chief patron of the cricket board, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to give him justice and ensure he gets a chance to play for Pakistan again. In that interview Kamran was also quoted as talking about a possible legal recourse. “He has clarified his position with the chief selector and assured him he had not said those things and was misquoted,” the source said.

Kamran, who has already hit five centuries in the First-Class Quaid-e-Azam trophy, is presently unbeaten on 27 in the day and night final at the national stadium with a rest day on Monday because of Rabiul Awal. When contacted, Kamran said he had told the selectors that he realised that Sarfraz Ahmed had been performing exceptionally well as keeper and batsman in all three formats. “I told them I am ready to be given a chance as a specialist batsman as my form is very good and I am very confident of doing well if given a chance to make a comeback to international cricket,” Kamran said.

A veteran of 53 Tests, 154 ODIs and 54 T20 Internationals with 11 hundreds in Tests and ODIs, Kamran has been in sparkling form in domestic cricket and has hit five centuries since October 1 when the Quaid Trophy started. “I am keen to make it six if possible when the final resumes on Tuesday,” he said.

http://www.cricketcountry.com/news/...rn-to-pakistan-team-for-australia-odis-556607
 
This is the reason why i stopped watching ODI cricket after Misbah left.

How many more chances are you going to give Kamran. If you are selecting him, are youselecting him by watching him play or just based on stats?

I hope Inzi trolls him and doesn't select him
 
Thank You Inzi Bahi for ruining whatever was left of Pakistan cricket. When will this Akmal Plague end :livid: :livid:

For the first time in my life, I would be rooting for a Pakistani player to fail miserably for the sake that we progress our cricket and benefit Pakistan.
 
Arham_PakFan said:
Horrible news.
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^^^ That's being too kind bro, this is some next level trauma that we might have to go through by enduring that face all throughout the Australian ODI series.

Can't believe Inzi would turn out to be such a dud selector !! :( - I am highly disappointed
 
ahmedwaqas92 said:
^^^ That's being too kind bro, this is some next level trauma that we might have to go through by enduring that face all throughout the Australian ODI series.

Can't believe Inzi would turn out to be such a dud selector !! :( - I am highly disappointed
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Same,I thought Inzi would be better than the others have had in the past.Selecting a TTF,that too a dodgy character :facepalm:.Expected much better from him.
 
Arham_PakFan said:
Same,I thought Inzi would be better than the others have had in the past.Selecting a TTF,that too a dodgy character :facepalm:.Expected much better from him.
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Bro since we both are from the same place, I hope you know that there are certain allegiances that can never be abandoned right !! This right here is the culmination of that same Alliance - It's as simple as that. Hope you understand what I am trying to say here.......
 
ahmedwaqas92 said:
Bro since we both are from the same place, I hope you know that there are certain allegiances that can never be abandoned right !! This right here is the culmination of that same Alliance - It's as simple as that. Hope you understand what I am trying to say here.......
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Pretty obvious this is exactly what is happening. Quite unfortunate that such bias still exist in this day and age.
 
Not sure how to feel about his return. On one hand, he is in good form. On the other, he's kamran akmal
 
Syed1 said:
Pretty obvious this is exactly what is happening. Quite unfortunate that such bias still exist in this day and age.
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Ohh My Dear Brother !! You'd be massively surprised..... And then we complain why the nation isn't progressing and why there are so many divisions among us at a intrinsic human to human level.

I am sure you would also know and second this notion that these types of 'selections' are the same reason why boys and girls from the city's educated middle class is migrating overseas....
 
Wth?! Our top order gelled well in the last series. Why the hell would you change it?
Sharjeel
Azhar
Azam
Malik
Sarfraz
U Akmal

There is no need for Kamran!! Rizwan or Maqsood can be back-up middle order bat. Babar, Sami or Fakhar can be backup opener. Why pick a TTF?!? :facepalm:
 
ahmedwaqas92 said:
Ohh My Dear Brother !! You'd be massively surprised..... And then we complain why the nation isn't progressing and why there are so many divisions among us at a intrinsic human to human level.

I am sure you would also know and second this notion that these types of 'selections' are the same reason why boys and girls from the city's educated middle class is migrating overseas....
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If you start questioning this 'bias' then you are labelled as a traitor and said to harming the unity of the 'federation'.
 
Syed1 said:
If you start questioning this 'bias' then you are labelled as a traitor and said to harming the unity of the 'federation'.
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You'd also be told that you're self victimizing while using the crying foul card!

God Forbid had someone like a Khurram or Shahzaib had been selected using such tactics. There would've been at least 100 responses to this news labeling KCCA to being a Mafia and how nepotism is corrupting our society !! However, since the shoe is on the other food let's all just let this one slide under the rug.....
 
I accept he's performed well in domestic but a player shouldn't be allowed to openly lobby for a place in the team like this. If only the younger players had such opportunity to have private meetings with the chief selector.

Seniority complex is alive and well in Pak cricket.
 
Markhor said:
I accept he's performed well in domestic but a player shouldn't be allowed to openly lobby for a place in the team like this. If only the younger players had such opportunity to have private meetings with the chief selector.

Seniority complex is alive and well in Pak cricket.
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This is Blatant nepotism brother, there is no way to sugar coat it otherwise.
 
Great news, should have been in the Test squad as well ahead of Rizwan.

A fit and firing Kamran is still a top player, and more than good enough to make the squads of all three formats as a batsman alone.
 
ahmedwaqas92 said:
Bro since we both are from the same place, I hope you know that there are certain allegiances that can never be abandoned right !! This right here is the culmination of that same Alliance - It's as simple as that. Hope you understand what I am trying to say here.......
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I completely understand.Some things never change. :inzi
 
Ok, selectors have no problem in allowing a below average player who deliberately dropped catches in Australia that cost us a test match we could have easily won..., but they have a problem with Asif who actually played to lead us to victory? wow logic
 
I think he is forgetting the real boss. Direct your appeal to Li Keqiang Kamran.
 
Mamoon said:
Great news, should have been in the Test squad as well ahead of Rizwan.

A fit and firing Kamran is still a top player, and more than good enough to make the squads of all three formats as a batsman alone.
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Absolutely, an average just slightly higher than Afridi is a testament to that.
 
Will be a terrible decision to select him for shorter formats. His best option is test matches but even in that one he is only a stop-gap solution.
 
Mamoon said:
Great news, should have been in the Test squad as well ahead of Rizwan.

A fit and firing Kamran is still a top player, and more than good enough to make the squads of all three formats as a batsman alone.
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Based on?
 
Oh no, if this actually happens...

Inzi is totally worse than Haroon Rasheed. Complete flop, and am losing my patience with this guy.
 
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I don't think there is a Pakistani cricketer who infuriates me more than Kamran Akmal. He must have dropped about 50 catches for Pakistan. Not even exaggerating. And now he still had the audacity to think that he deserves praise? He cost us lots and lots of matches.

I even dislike Kamran more than Asif. Yes Asif betrayed us knowingly and repeatedly, but at least he could play!
 
Kami is back!!! :O

Big slap in the face of Kami haters.

Sarfraz will be on his toes now.

We need Kami's destructiveness in LOIs which we are lacking. Don't have enough firepower. Wouldn't mind him as t20 kaptaan either, he's a courageous leader in domestics.
 
I was expecting something like this, at least for ODI. Keeping every shenanigans associated with Akmal Bros apart, KAkmal is the only option for PAK in AUS, if they are to compete in ODI. Those Aussies are forcing Kiwis to follow on (factually true - MCC rule says, if a FC match is shortened to 1 day duration, follow-on margin is 100), who are a better ODI unit than Cuptan Azzu's Pakistan.

I am sure, it's a call from Mickey - not that he has asked for KAkmal, but he must have asked for an opener/top order who can play on back-foot, hit on the rise & cut 3-quarter length rising balls coming at angle from left-armers at 140KM+. In entire PAK, there are only 2 who can try that - unfortunately both has an Akmal attached with their name. To PAK's comfort, now Sarfu is the WK & makes the team on merit, hence KAkmal can concentrate on opening & may be fielding at 1st slip (later, sweeper cover - he has Inzi like strong arm)

Only problem is, where are they going to fit in him, if Cuptan Cul is not booted? Sharjeel shouldn't be dropped or slotted down; Arthur will resign if Babar is forced out of No. 3 to accommodate Cuptan there, while KAkmal isn't the best tool to bat at 4, as he can't rotate much & on those 85 metre grounds, he'll turn 2s in to singles in mid overs - his only place is opener.

It's shaping, I am sure it's shaping as long as Arthur is strong, and Yasir is also going to play many, many ODI's once he has a Captain who can realize the difference between Yasir Shah & Afridi, the leggi - may be even earlier than I thought, but it'll end up here -

http://www.pakpassion.net/ppforum/s...istan-s-future-ODI-prospects&highlight=KAkmal
 
Yes

Kamran for test!

Kamran
Azhar
Shafiq
Younis
Misbah
Babar
Afridi
Rehman
Sami
Asif
Amir

GOAT side!
 
In all seriousness

Kamran should only play if Azhar is dropped

Sharjeel
Kamran/Azhar
Babar
U Akmal
Malik
?
Sarfraz
?
?
?
?

Azam is a must at 3
Can't move Azhar to 3 which causes Malik to go 6/7 when he is a 5
 
Seems like his appeal/ dhamkhi has been heard.

Is he getting 3 chances this time around or more? :kakmal
 
Kamran Akmal has retired hurt in current match (Final of Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2016/17) due to back problem.
 
We let younis get away with mass blackmail, we let afridi do it now this what we sow

Gutless cowards whole of pcb.

I like karman as a person, and yes he has been performing domestically, but he always has and the end result is the same.

Plus he is at least 35 years old
Who would he replace

Azhar is crap but wont be dropped, sharajeel doest derserve to be dropped either.


I wouldnt be surprised if they drop umar, pick kamran at 3 and even force babar down purely for the sake of senior culture

Utterly awful if this comes to pass


To be frank we reward people who whine
 
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People who are saying he won't be wicketkeeping so the drops won't be an issue - he'll still be fielding you know !
 
FreePalestine said:
I don't think there is a Pakistani cricketer who infuriates me more than Kamran Akmal. He must have dropped about 50 catches for Pakistan. Not even exaggerating. And now he still had the audacity to think that he deserves praise? He cost us lots and lots of matches.

I even dislike Kamran more than Asif. Yes Asif betrayed us knowingly and repeatedly, but at least he could play!
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He dropped 84 catches / missed chances in the span of 2007-2011 (His allegedly peak batting years) and in over 90% of those games, those drops were the decisive factor in Pakistan loosing the game.

If you calculate all the dropped catches in his career they'd most certainly be over than 120. I am almost certain of it !!
 
Tbh I'm not too sure how I feel about him coming back. I remember him being more of a boundary hitter and would push the ball back to the bowler if he couldn't score the ball to the boundary. If the ball was in his zone he would dispatch it from his sight either with a cover drive, through point or hook it away. Don't really see him rotating the strike that much but if he replaces Sarfraz as a keeper then I'm gonna have a problem with his return. If he's in form then by all means he can come back if he can replicate that form against Aus but aren't we meant to move forward with a new team?

Only senior I'm dying for to come back to the side is Mohammad Asif and deservingly so. If Kamran comes back as a specialist batsman then he's obviously going to field but as a fielder, is he the same as with the gloves? Will he drop catches yet again? The only guy Kamran could replace in the side is Nawaz who's probably the most likely to be sidelined. I feel that #1-6 are gelled within our ODI XI and now we need to focus on lower order hitters than can smash 120-150 with around 15 overs left in the innings.
 
ahmedwaqas92 said:
He dropped 84 catches / missed chances in the span of 2007-2011 (His allegedly peak batting years) and in over 90% of those games, those drops were the decisive factor in Pakistan loosing the game.

If you calculate all the dropped catches in his career they'd most certainly be over than 120. I am almost certain of it !!
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Different sets of rules to judge a player if he belongs to a certain part of the country..
 
ahmedwaqas92 said:
He dropped 84 catches / missed chances in the span of 2007-2011 (His allegedly peak batting years) and in over 90% of those games, those drops were the decisive factor in Pakistan loosing the game.

If you calculate all the dropped catches in his career they'd most certainly be over than 120. I am almost certain of it !!
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WOW!
everyone knows how awful the keeping by Kamran Akmal was, but to see that number is jaw-dropping

what makes it even worse is when you consider that even at his 'peak batting' he was averaging around 30 in tests and ODIs

at a time when Prior, Sangakkara, McCullum, Dhoni were redefining the role of a WK-Batsmen, Kami was averaging 30 and creating records by dropping catches
 
I think karma is at work when a over-weight 35 year old gets injured on the cusp of a recall. not that he was getting one.
 
Only Batsman to score a Century today.

120 (117) in a winning cause.
 

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Rolled back the years today, breathtaking stuff.

Always a pleasure to watch Kamran in flow.
 
Mamoon said:
Rolled back the years today, breathtaking stuff.

Always a pleasure to watch Kamran in flow.
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We should give him an opportunity to open with Sharjeel, final chance. Although we don't know how long this purple patch will last and whether or not he'll be consistent but I think he has earned an opportunity, a good PSL would reinforce that
 
shaz619 said:
We should give him an opportunity to open with Sharjeel, final chance. Although we don't know how long this purple patch will last and whether or not he'll be consistent but I think he has earned an opportunity, a good PSL would reinforce that
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Whoever performs the best between him, Shahzaib, Sharjeel and Fakhar should partner Sharjeel in the ODI series in the Caribbean.
 
Mamoon said:
Whoever performs the best between him, Shahzaib, Sharjeel and Fakhar should partner Sharjeel in the ODI series in the Caribbean.
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What about Shehzad? you mentioned him as well
 
Should have played as specialist batsman during the 2010-2016 period.
 
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