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"I want to play for Pakistan for many years" : Sohaib Maqsood

I'd like to see Maqsood only in T20 and ODI games, Harris Sohail should be given a chance for Test matches.
 
5 off 10 right now.

Even if he fails, in the 10 balls he's faced you can see how much of a class batsman this guy is.
 
I just wish he can see us through to show Misbah what a stupid decision it was to drop him.
 
He has all the shots.
He's immensely powerful.

What he lacks is the ability to curb his instinct in wanting to blast every ball out of the park. For example today, he just needed to play calmly and score at 4 or 5 an over and that would have been enough, but instead went for one big shot too many.
 
All he needs to do is cut down on Pull shot against pacers, he can score quickly even without that shot


And he should never have been dropped for 1st 2 ODIs, he was one of the better performers with the bat in Recent times for Pakistan
 
Not good enough. There is no cure for being brain dead.

Always will perform in 1/5 games.
 
He needs to cut down on the hollywood shot. He can dominate spin once he is well set. But does struggle against the short stuff. He is similar to Umar in that there is always one brainfade around the corner. Even if he is Batting well you're never at complete ease watching him.
 
Obvious weakness against the short ball that is targeting off stump or just outside.

He tries to pull that ball to the leg side without much control or placement.
 
The final nail in the coffin of domestic stats for me. There is no substitute of watching the game.
 
Lack of patience and temperament. I read somewhere once Sachin was struggling with cover drive and he played an inning without playing any cover drive. I dont understand how many times like of Maxood, Akmal need to get out to understand what their weakness and what they should stop doing.
 
dhump said:
Lack of patience and temperament. I read somewhere once Sachin was struggling with cover drive and he played an inning without playing any cover drive. I dont understand how many times like of Maxood, Akmal need to get out to understand what their weakness and what they should stop doing.
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SRT scored a double ton in Sydney without a single cover drive. Mindboggling stuff.
 
PB said:
I agree with Mamoon, he won't last long.
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He can get away with wild slogs in domestic cricket where the captains don't have the intelligence to set fields for him and most of the catches are dropped anyway. He's always on the brink of imploding and I actually watched in the Faysal Bank T20 last year and he gives the opposition 4/5 chances per innings and gifts his wicket on a silver platter 80% of the time.

Umar 2.0
 
Mamoon said:
He can get away with wild slogs in domestic cricket where the captains don't have the intelligence to set fields for him and most of the catches are dropped anyway. He's always on the brink of imploding and I actually watched in the Faysal Bank T20 last year and he gives the opposition 4/5 chances per innings and gifts his wicket on a silver platter 80% of the time.

Umar 2.0
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He does give chances and the teams in our domestic cricket lack the ability to capitalize on those chances, he gave one today and Australia capitalized on it. He may hit sixes and fours which some how ends up making others feel that he's some sort of a saviour whose going to win us matches regularly. He may once in a while, but not regularly, he has played in many matches in 2014 where he's failed and that was in Asia, with the World Cup being down under I don't know if he'll be reliable, Especially with his inability to handle the short bowl.
 
Needs to put away that shot, hopefully he is young enough in the game to not have an ego about it cough* Akmal
 
worth a bump as he seems to be favourite as new Captain in ODI format
 
Every Kid can dream to play for Pakistan for many years. Nothing wrong in it.


For a player who showed lots of promise in the start and now can hardly play ground shots , struggles alot on short pitch bowling, has serious temperament issues while seeing spinners it's time to say to him go back to the drawing board and NCA nets, improve your game, address your technical flaws than practice the changes in domestic cricket score heaps of runs and comeback to national odi and T20 team as a stronger better player.


This Age is survival of the fittest.


You have to compete with your peers. If your team is doing well without you performing and you have lots of potential than you can be given a longer run. But if your team is loitering around number 8 and number 9 ranking for the last 1 year and your last 10 odi innings have yielded this :


10 innings 213 runs at an Ave of 21.3 with only 1 fifty. Exclude the fifty and than you average 18.


So it's time to drop him from the odi team and not carry him with Pakistan A team unless he first works on his technical flaws.
 
When he first burst onto the scene, I was a big fan. A Pakistani middle order bat who can hit big, rotate strike and was a welcome change from the army of tuk tuks we had. However his regression has been worse than Akmal, Jamshed etc.

I feel like he knows that he is woefully out of touch and the only way out he knows is to hit it big. The Pakistani mentality of "ballay pe charh gayi tou form ajaiga". Somebody who is technically strong will always have his impeccable technique to fall back on if the going gets tough. Maqsood not so much.
 
He can be a very useful batsman for our ODI side if he can get his form and confidence back. Still remember how easily he scored those fifties against South Africa and then chased down a biggish total alongside Misbah.

Who else do we have that can bat at #6?
 
Bilal7 said:
He can be a very useful batsman for our ODI side if he can get his form and confidence back. Still remember how easily he scored those fifties against South Africa and then chased down a biggish total alongside Misbah.

Who else do we have that can bat at #6?
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Nawaz/Imad or Rizwan or Sarfraz.
 
Ideal Pakistan middle order should be:

3. Haris
4. Babar
5. Akmal
6. Maqsood (2013 version)
7. Rizwan


Now that is a stronger batting line-up atleast on paper
 
Syed1 said:
Ideal Pakistan middle order should be:

3. Haris
4. Babar
5. Akmal
6. Maqsood (2013 version)
7. Rizwan


Now that is a stronger batting line-up atleast on paper
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Rizwan and Maqsood average 10 and 12 in last two odi series against England & New Zealand. We lost both the series.

On what account you will select both of them in your team ?
 
TalentSpotterPk said:
Rizwan and Maqsood average 10 and 12 in last two odi series against England & New Zealand. We lost both the series.

On what account you will select both of them in your team ?
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On account of the hope that Maqsood regains his 2013 self and the potential I see in Rizwan. Rizwan can be good finisher for us, provided he gets settled into international cricket. When we can give 100s of chances to Shehzad and Umar Akmal than why not Rizwan.

Rizwan also scored the third or fourth fastest fifty of the PSL, off 27 balls.
 
Bilal7 said:
Nawaz ans Imad are not good enough to bat at #6. Rizwan should bat at #5 and not sure about Sarfaraz the LOI batsman. He's very inconsistent.
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Hafeez bats at 3. Babar bats at 4. Malik Bats at 5.

Rizwan cannot bat at 5.


The only place for Rizwan is at 6 that too if he is given another chance by selectors based on his performances against Zimbabwe 10 months ago in his 3rd last series where he scored decent runs.


Because in last 2 odi series he has averaged 11


So when Pakistan will play against England in odi series in August 2016 than it would have been 10 months since Rizwan scored acceptable runs for Pakistan Odi team. His fielding may give him an edge to get picked.
 
Syed1 said:
On account of the hope that Maqsood regains his 2013 self and the potential I see in Rizwan. Rizwan can be good finisher for us, provided he gets settled into international cricket. When we can give 100s of chances to Shehzad and Umar Akmal than why not Rizwan.

Rizwan also scored the third or fourth fastest fifty of the PSL, off 27 balls.
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Yes Rizwan will be given another chance and ge deserves one because he showed promise in his debut odi series and he is a great fielder.


You should also remember that we gave hundred of chances to filling Akmal and Shehzad and failing Akmal and Shehzad used to average 20, 25 in their last two odi series we lost. But here Rizwan has scored 53 runs in his last 6 odi matches at an Ave of 10.60 and a SR of 69.73 and Pakistan lost both its last two odi series by a convincing margin of 3-1 and 2-0. So no failing player is indispensable.
 
TalentSpotterPk said:
Hafeez bats at 3. Babar bats at 4. Malik Bats at 5.

Rizwan cannot bat at 5.


The only place for Rizwan is at 6 that too if he is given another chance by selectors based on his performances against Zimbabwe 10 months ago in his 3rd last series where he scored decent runs.


Because in last 2 odi series he has averaged 11


So when Pakistan will play against England in odi series in August 2016 than it would have been 10 months since Rizwan scored acceptable runs for Pakistan Odi team. His fielding may give him an edge to get picked.
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Rizwan can bat at #5. He's not a slogger. I really want to see the following batting lineup:

1) Hafeez
2) Babar
3) Haris
4) Akmal
5) Rizwan
6) Maqsood
7) Imad/Nawaz/Hammad

Quality players everywhere, if in form.
 
Bilal7 said:
Rizwan can bat at #5. He's not a slogger. I really want to see the following batting lineup:

1) Hafeez
2) Babar
3) Haris
4) Akmal
5) Rizwan
6) Maqsood
7) Imad/Nawaz/Hammad

Quality players everywhere, if in form.
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A hack in form is still a hack.

Maqsood was brutally exposed.

Now you may color it with loss of form or anything, but the thing is , ANY BATSMEN WHEN THEY FIRST COME on the scene, are likely to succeed, because the opposition HASNT SEEM THEM BEFORE.

But once they analyze you, your weak areas, they are sure to target those.

And Maqsood has been exposed for not being able to cover his hackish tendencies.

So I am sorry, I know you love him, but for me, unless he undergoes a drastic change in approach towards the game, with better technique, he is as finished as Nasir Jamshed.
 
khalil1986 said:
Flat footed hack as far as I am concerned was never convinced by him.
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Basically This ^^ Even if you see the highlights reel of his innings where he HAS SCORED RUNS. Any sane cricketing fan with an IOTA of knowledge about Batsmenship would clearly see the lack of footwork and the limited number of shots he has in his armory.

The comparisons with Inzi that our very own [MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION] has blessed us with really blinded all the nationalistic ******* to seriously take note of how mediocre this guy really is. Thank you Doc for making us stick with an upgraded version of Awas Zia :14:.............. :facepalm:

People we're like, 'if Mamoon (the Indian) is saying he's as good as Inzi :O - we've seriously unearthed a gem here'
 
TalentSpotterPk said:
Hafeez bats at 3. Babar bats at 4. Malik Bats at 5.

Rizwan cannot bat at 5.


The only place for Rizwan is at 6 that too if he is given another chance by selectors based on his performances against Zimbabwe 10 months ago in his 3rd last series where he scored decent runs.


Because in last 2 odi series he has averaged 11


So when Pakistan will play against England in odi series in August 2016 than it would have been 10 months since Rizwan scored acceptable runs for Pakistan Odi team. His fielding may give him an edge to get picked.
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He played one game against NZ and got an unlucky run out. Every young player goes through a learning curve where they fail in the initial stages of their career. He has potential to be a very good batsman and is a thinking cricketer. One should also not ignore that he bats in the top order in domestic but has only batted at 6-7 in internationals.
 
ahmedwaqas92 said:
Basically This ^^ Even if you see the highlights reel of his innings where he HAS SCORED RUNS. Any sane cricketing fan with an IOTA of knowledge about Batsmenship would clearly see the lack of footwork and the limited number of shots he has in his armory.

The comparisons with Inzi that our very own @<a href="http://www.pakpassion.net/ppforum/member.php?u=131701" target="_blank">Mamoon</a> has blessed us with really blinded all the nationalistic ******* to seriously take note of how mediocre this guy really is. Thank you Doc for making us stick with an upgraded version of Awas Zia :14:.............. :facepalm:

People we're like, 'if Mamoon (the Indian) is saying he's as good as Inzi :O - we've seriously unearthed a gem here'
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He's not being asked to bat at #3 in test cricket. When the likes of Raina, Dhoni, Yuvraj, Razzaq, etc can succeed at #6, why can't Maqsood find some success down there too?

We need to add some power to our ODI batting and he can give us that. He also has a good head on his shoulders so he'll be able to handle the pressure of a run-chase.

 
dhump said:
Sohaib Maqsood has been in scintillating form this season, a run which has seen him emerge as an outsider for Pakistan’s Champions Trophy despite not being named in the PCB’s original 30-man squad.

A right-handed batsman, in the 2012/13 season to date, he has played 13 List A matches, scoring 977 runs at an average of 79, including two centuries and seven fifties. This is in contrast to the previous two seasons, in which he has played just 6 matches, averaging in the mid-30s.

His run of form over the last six games for WADPA has been particularly impressive, recording innings of 57, 68, 66, 43, 119 and 74. However, his best innings came against Karachi Dolphins for Multan Tigers in which he scored a blistering 156 off 132 balls. A tough competitor, he recovered from a serious back injury six years ago and has worked hard to improve his batting and bowling, developing into a handy off-spinner.

Maqsood spoke to PakPassion.net about his season, hopes for the future and his development as a batsman.

PakPassion: How did you get into cricket?

Sohaib Maqsood: I started playing cricket around the time of my Matriculation exams. My cousin used to play a lot of cricket so my father asked him to take me along, more to get me out of the house. The interest was developed by chance - I was one of the rare breed of Pakistani children who really had no interest in cricket when I was young.


PakPassion: A lot of good players have hailed from Multan, including of course Inzamam-ul-Haq. Is Inzamam one of your cricketing heroes?

Sohaib Maqsood: I had little interest in cricket as a youngster and as a result I didn’t have any heroes. I was 14 when I started playing cricket and I didn’t have a hero at that time, but ever since my childhood I have always watched Jacques Kallis. Right from when I first started taking a keen interest in cricket, I have admired Jacques Kallis! I really like the way he plays his shots and I just love the way he plays cricket and his whole approach to the game.


PakPassion: When did you start to take cricket more seriously?

Sohaib Maqsood: Initially cricket for me was just a chance to catch up with friends. But after completing my Matriculation, I went to college and started playing cricket for the college team. That’s where I met one of my mentors Professor Javed Malik. He took me under his wing and kept an eye on me and asked me to play for his club.

I started playing cricket for Professor Malik's club and he really appreciated me. He strongly encouraged me to play regular cricket over the course of the next year and I took on board his advice. I was then selected for the under-19 Multan regional academy team and then selected for the Pakistan Under-19 training camp to tour Sri Lanka, so I suppose, things happened very quickly for me once I started taking cricket seriously.


PakPassion: The Under-19 tour to Sri Lanka - What year was that? Were you selected for the tour of Sri Lanka?

Sohaib Maqsood: No I was on the verge of selection but didn't quite make it. I did attend the 15-day training camp and I was 15 or 16 at that time in 2003/04.


PakPassion: You then started playing under-16 / under-19 regional cricket in Multan. How did you break into First Class cricket?

Sohaib Maqsood: I played for Pakistan Under 19s. One year I was on the verge of selection, then the next year I was given the chance to play for Pakistan Under 19s against Sri Lanka in the home series in Test matches.

Sri Lanka had Angelo Matthews, Upal Tharanga, Kapugedera, and a lot of other stars. I played Under-19 cricket for Pakistan and next year I was in the Under-19 World Cup training camp but I got injured. I broke my back and I had to leave cricket for a year-and-a-half. I loved playing cricket but I went back to college, I completed my graduation and I went to university. At that time I didn’t have any plans to play cricket again and I thought my cricket career was over before it had properly started.

I had a 30-day break from my semester and I played in a district seniors tournament. One of my fans and a senior, Mohammad Ali Niazi, who holds the record for the highest one-day score in domestic cricket in Pakistan, asked me to play for Multan district while I was free for a month. So I didn’t play any cricket before that for 18 months but I agreed to Niazi's request and went to play for Multan district while I had some free time. I scored about 500 runs in five innings. Before the five matches for Multan district, I had played all of my cricket as a spinner and I wasn’t regarded as much of a batsman in under 19 cricket.


PakPassion: In what year did you make the 500 runs for the Multan region (in your comeback)?

Sohaib Maqsood: This was in the 2007/08 season.


PakPassion: When you scored those runs (for Multan region), it must have rekindled your hunger for cricket?

Sohaib Maqsood: Yes, that kind of got my hunger back. I felt my back was better as well and I had recovered from injury fully. After that we had the regional First Class trials. I was not interested in the trials as I wanted to go back to university and get my MBA, but my father said that I should go and do the trials as I had scored plenty of runs in regional cricket. I entered the trials and got selected for a First Class team (KRL) and was also awarded a regional contract.


PakPassion: It’s nice to see guys like yourself and Ali Waqas who have concentrated on their studies as well as cricket. What did you study at University?

Sohaib Maqsood: I started my MBA but then ended up having to give it up due to cricket. I then went to another university and completed an MSc in Sports Science.


PakPassion: Which university?

Sohaib Maqsood: Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan.


PakPassion: How did things develop after you were selected for the First Class team?

Sohaib Maqsood: I scored around 400 runs in five games which I played that year. Over the next year I couldn’t get runs in two games and was dropped for the whole season. In the next season, I wasn’t even selected for the regional team and I went to KRL and I was dropped for 10 games – I only got the chance to play in one game that season, so in my first two seasons in first class cricket I couldn’t really do anything. I didn’t get enough chances to play.

Season 2010/11 was a turnaround season for me, when I went to WAPDA. I scored about 750 runs in 8 or 9 games and I got selected for Balochistan in the Pentangular Cup and got plenty of runs there as well. Unfortunately I was struck by injury again as I broke my ankle and was out of cricket for a year-and-a-half again. I have made a comeback this season again and this year has been really really good so far.


PakPassion: In this year in all formats, your name has been at the top of the performers. What do you put this season being so special down to?

Sohaib Maqsood: I think the reason is that I had been away from cricket for almost eighteen months and that hunger for cricket was really getting to me. Also, I made a name for myself in 2010/11 by scoring 1200 runs in that season so it is very important for me to make a good comeback to follow that season with another good season.

At the end of the day you can't do anything as it's up to God. I worked hard this season and came back from such a serious injury - I also prayed a lot and everything happened for my benefit.

I've also received good support from my department. I would really like to thank everyone at WAPDA particularly the management in the way they have supported me. When I started playing this season I was not 100% but they always supported me. They always said to me that you are going to play all of the games. Even if you are not performing, you are our special player and we won't drop you regardless of how you do. That was the confidence which was given to me by the management that really helped me. Their support is what has provided this great turnaround in my career.


PakPassion: You have performed well in all formats this season. Some players only make runs in T20, One Day cricket or 4 Day cricket. But this season you've performed in all types of cricket - How do you feel about that?

Sohaib Maqsood: I always think that real cricketers - batsmen or bowlers are those who can adapt themselves according to the situation and circumstances and perform in all formats not just one or two. My main thing is that I play freely and naturally, I don't put pressure on myself in any format.

I always play cricket positively and focus on the shots which I can play freely regardless of whether its T20, 50 over or the 4 Day format and I adapt to each format quickly. I'm really happy that I've been able to do well in all formats of the game this season.

I think if you are in good form, the ball is coming on nicely, you can do well in any format and particularly if your confidence is high. Because I am a free flowing batsman, T20 and One day are the formats I guess people feel I am more suited to, but I think I'm also effective in the four day format as I feel I have good levels of concentration at the crease. I'm really thankful that I average around 50 in all formats.


PakPassion: Is the injury situation all sorted? The ankle, back, no lingering problems with that?

Sohaib Maqsood: The back problem I had was six years ago so no issues with that. You can't score runs in one day cricket if you're not fully fit. I featured in both One Day tournaments and thankfully I am fit enough to play in all formats of the game.


PakPassion: You have obviously developed your batting and as you say, you started off as an off spinner. What do you see yourself as? A genuine all-rounder or a batting all-rounder, or perhaps a bowling all-rounder?

Sohaib Maqsood: I used to be a bowling all-rounder at the start of my career but when I broke my back I was forced to focus more on my batting. Even when I used to play Under-19 cricket, A-grade cricket or club cricket I knew that I had a better technique to be a better batsman than a bowler, but I take both facets very seriously.

As I was forced to focus more on my batting [due to injury], I just set my mind to score big runs because as an all-rounder you are scoring 30-40 or so but as a front line batsman that's not enough. I just had to focus my mind into thinking that I need to be scoring big runs and to mature as a batsman. I love bowling too and in the last couple of years I have started bowling again. I particularly enjoy bowling in the shorter formats of the game.


PakPassion: Recently we did an interview with Basit Ali, who mentioned you as one of the stars of domestic cricket this season and somebody who he thinks should be playing international cricket soon. That must be your aim - to play for Pakistan?

Sohaib Maqsood: I think it's not just me but every cricketer who plays cricket has a goal to play for his country. My mindset is that as well. I know that if I continue to work hard my chance may come. I will need to put in even more effort and continue to improve. That's how much hard work I have put into my batting, bowling and fielding. I want to stay at the top of cricket for a long time, I don't want to be the player who plays one Test or two One Day Internationals. If I get my chance, I want to play for Pakistan for many years.


PakPassion: The Champions Trophy might be too soon for you but there are some "A" tours that may happen later this year. That must be in your mind to perhaps get selected for one of the "A" tours?

Sohaib Maqsood: Well even when I was a child I always wanted to play and enjoy my cricket and it didn't matter whether I am playing for my club or for Pakistan Under-19's. I want to make sure whichever game I play I enjoy cricket.

The real goal is to play for Pakistan but it all depends on the selectors and the PCB as they may want me to go through the "A" tours and perform there and get selected for the Pakistan team. Whenever the opportunity arises, I will have to take my chance - whether its in the "A" Team or the National team - I will simply need to perform.
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Wow how this has gone downhill!
 
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