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"I want to score 10,000 Test runs" : Younis Khan

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"I want to complete 10,000 runs in Test cricket"
"I just want to do my country proud with my performance"
"I was very upset when I was not considered for the ODIs against Australia"
"I'm available for selection for the ODIs against New Zealand and also for the World Cup"
 
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Silly Point said:
That's what losers hope. Like Australia playing a test match in Asia.

Winners win and then aim for more things.
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What you mean things like world cups, number 1 rankings, champions trophy are they the sort of things losers hope for?.
 
If you wanna score 10k test runs, stop trying to find a spot in ODI's every second month.
 
Gilly said:
What you mean things like world cups, number 1 rankings, champions trophy are they the sort of things losers hope for?.
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Hoping is for losers. This boss just wins. He just smashed two centuries against you guys and won big.

Your guys on the other hand can just hope their team wins.
 
Silly Point said:
Hoping is for losers. This boss just wins. He just smashed two centuries against you guys and won big.

Your guys on the other hand can just hope their team wins.
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Cool, Pakistan are the team, lucky Australia chickened out on playing three tests eh.
 
High time. Pakistan is the only team in Asia without a 10k run holder in test cricket which is a shame. Sri Lanka who started playing cricket 3 decades later already have 2 such batsman - Sanga and Jaya.

Go Younis go.
 
Took him nearly 3 and a half years to score his last 2200 test runs with Pakistan playing about 25 tests in this period.

Can he go on for another 2-3 seasons?
 
i counted till T20 WC 2016 there might be 15-17 test Pakistan will play according to ICC future tour (which is not valid after Big3) if he can play al those he can score 2000 runs if form persists.
 
iA!

Would be a great feat for Pakistan cricket, it's something we need to motivate and inspire the next generation at home.
 
also depends on where pakistan will play its test matches in next 2 years.
 
Its highly unlikely. If he scores at an average of 40 , he'll need at least 54 innings or 27 test matches.
 
Retire from ODI's!!

Our selectors have a way of mixing Test, ODI and T20 performances because if you fail in T20's, then you will be dropped from both the T20 and ODI format, even if you are scoring freely in ODI's.
 
Gilly said:
All a player should hope for is that his team wins.
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This!

Many of Pak players have got their focus totally wrong.

One said, I want to break 200 run ODI inning record.

Other said, I am starting my career with Tendulkar's bat.

And rest of them can't think beyond the fantasy of "playing for Pakistan as long as they can" - regardless of the fact whether its good for the country and the team or not?
 
I doubt he will get there unless he plays for another 3 years atleast which in pakistan cricket is a long time.
 
It's a real shame that he missed those 12 tests in 09/10 under the Butt regime, whilst he was at the peak of his career. He sure would've been closing in or maybe even surpassed the 9k mark and subsequently on course for 10,000 test runs.

To do it now i'd say he needs to play another 20-25 tests.

Approaching his 39th birthday next month, Its going to be difficult. Form is not a given this late into a career.
 
10000 is out of the question unless he lingers on in the team and even starts claiming his pension whilst playing
 
Inzy's Aloo said:
It's a real shame that he missed those 12 tests in 09/10 under the Butt regime, whilst he was at the peak of his career. He sure would've been closing in or maybe even surpassed the 9k mark and subsequently on course for 10,000 test runs.

To do it now i'd say he needs to play another 20-25 tests.

Approaching his 39th birthday next month, Its going to be difficult. Form is not a given this late into a career.
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he missed 6 by his own choice ( NZ and Aus)

the other 6 was because of Ijaz Butt ( Aus in england followed by england)
 
He is officially 37. Considering Misbah's age he may also have a cushion of 3 more years to play :D

Considering the fact his average in last 3 years in tests is more than his test career average, I think he will end up scoring 10k runs.

We dont have quality batsmen at the moment, and there are no too ages batsmen in side, I think he will move on to play 2-3 more years unless he become unfitt/some fight with PCB occurs.
 
Ikball said:
We dont have quality batsmen at the moment, and there are no too ages batsmen in side, I think he will move on to play 2-3 more years unless he become unfitt/some fight with PCB occurs.
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More chances of this! :yk
 
When is our next Test series after this one? A 5-6 months gap would be bad for him.
 
^ anderson and broad are pretty good in their backyard

This time though we have 3 tests only.
 
JibranAnsari said:
Next summer in england I Guess.

He wont be scoring truckload of runs there
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We are not touring England until 2016.

But they are coming over to the UAE again next year and he cash in against them because they don't have a Swann this time around.
 
Barragan said:
We are not touring England until 2016.

But they are coming over to the UAE again next year and he cash in against them because they don't have a Swann this time around.
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Monty outperformed Swan in asian conditions. I think Mo will do a better job then Swan did
 
Barragan said:
I think we'll be fine against Moeen.
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I guess we do well against offies but Mo has picked up some tips from ajmal and in asian conditions maybe he will be effective, but if he doesn't won't be such a big deal given how lyon was treated.
 
With his current fitness level he can easily achieve it in the next year or so. How many tests are we playing in 2015?
 
I hope & pray he scores 10,000 plus runs . For that he has score a major chunk against England & India if both series go by as planned especially the Indian series .
 
Younis has proved many wrong here. It seems quite possible now.

Very stubborn character. Good for Pakistan.
 
A player of his age decline suddenly and quickly though. He'll however well deservedly end up as highest scorer for Pakistan at least.
 
If he continues to battle on against his age, he will get there inshAllah. It's just a silly milestone, but I can understand why it's important to him since no other Pakistani has gotten there (mainly due to a lack of test matches played).
 
He should play till the next UAE series where he can get back to form.

He is a God on Dubai pitch.
 
UAE Khan is about 3,000 runs away. Let's see if he can fill his boots in the last innings of the last Test.

If he doesn't, I wonder if PCB will have the patience to stick with him and allow him to limp his way to 10,000.

I would say he has about 5 innings to save his career and have the opportunity to retire on his own terms.
 
Mamoon said:
UAE Khan is about 3,000 runs away. Let's see if he can fill his boots in the last innings of the last Test.

If he doesn't, I wonder if PCB will have the patience to stick with him and allow him to limp his way to 10,000.

I would say he has about 5 innings to save his career and have the opportunity to retire on his own terms.
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He should be dropped.
 
Mamoon said:
UAE Khan is about 3,000 runs away. Let's see if he can fill his boots in the last innings of the last Test.

If he doesn't, I wonder if PCB will have the patience to stick with him and allow him to limp his way to 10,000.

I would say he has about 5 innings to save his career and have the opportunity to retire on his own terms.
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Lol, I mean 300*
 
Mamoon said:
UAE Khan is about 3,000 runs away. Let's see if he can fill his boots in the last innings of the last Test.

If he doesn't, I wonder if PCB will have the patience to stick with him and allow him to limp his way to 10,000.

I would say he has about 5 innings to save his career and have the opportunity to retire on his own terms.
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why are you not too critical about other pak players have you seen Asad misbah form in last 5 test innings??
 
Mamoon said:
UAE Khan is about 3,000 runs away. Let's see if he can fill his boots in the last innings of the last Test.

If he doesn't, I wonder if PCB will have the patience to stick with him and allow him to limp his way to 10,000.

I would say he has about 5 innings to save his career and have the opportunity to retire on his own terms.
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300 runs, not 3000. :yk

He's going to have a good tour. People are being extremely unfair by picking on him when he fell to a great delivery by Hazlewood first up, while batting against the pink ball.
 
Hamzakhalid said:
He should be dropped.
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I agree. Betterment of the team over personal milestones.

It is pointless for Misbah and him to play beyond this tour, regardless of the ambition to score 10k runs.

After all, Inzamam himself was just 3 runs short of overtaking Miandad and PCB could have convinced him to play one more match but they didn't.
 
Bilal7 said:
300 runs, not 3000. :yk

He's going to have a good tour. People are being extremely unfair by picking on him when he fell to a great delivery by Hazlewood first up, while batting against the pink ball.
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Yeah, funny typo. Corrected myself.

Depends on what you call a good tour. The England tour was not a good one in spite of the innings in the 4th Test, because he totally failed in the first 3 Tests.
 
saeed5646 said:
why are you not too critical about other pak players have you seen Asad misbah form in last 5 test innings??
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I was the one who created the 'Asad Shafiq Poultry Farm 2016' thread so I have definitely been critical of him.

As far as Misbah is concerned, he was our best batsman in England and was our Man of the Series.

More importantly, he will retire after this tour and is not going to carry on for personal milestones like the other senior, who will have to be forced into retirement if that is what the PCB wants.

Tthere is no way he is going to call it a day before he reaches 10k, even though he keeps contradicting himself by proudly claiming in interviews that 'he doesn't care about personal records'.
 
At this rate it is going to take a while


Bhai jaldi se UAE mein series karo inko 10,000 run karne hain
 
Mamoon said:
Yeah, funny typo. Corrected myself.

Depends on what you call a good tour. The England tour was not a good one in spite of the innings in the 4th Test, because he totally failed in the first 3 Tests.
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At his age, it isn't fair to expect him to score throughout a series. His 200 won us a match in England. It was enough to cancel out his prior failures.
 
Bilal7 said:
At his age, it isn't fair to expect him to score throughout a series. His 200 won us a match in England. It was enough to cancel out his prior failures.
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That 200 was 6 tests or 11 innings ago. What has ATG done since?

Cannot carry passengers who show up once in 20 innings.
 
Syed1 said:
Younis cannot score a 200 here even if he gets 10 chances per innings
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Gabba under lights on day 2 is as difficult as it gets anywhere. Sydney and Melbourne are relatively flatter pitches but will offer spin and reverse.
 
Syed1 said:
That 200 was 6 tests or 11 innings ago. What has ATG done since?

Cannot carry passengers who show up once in 20 innings.
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Why not ask Azhar and Shafiq to stand up instead of relying on Younis and Misbah even when they are on their last legs? Ponting, Kallis, Sanga, Sachin and Dravid were not expected to carry the team when their time was drawing to a close and it was their younger teammates who stood up. Younis has done his bit for Pakistan. This is probably his second last series and we can definitely carry him around for five-six more tests.
 
Bilal7 said:
Why not ask Azhar and Shafiq to stand up instead of relying on Younis and Misbah even when they are on their last legs? Ponting, Kallis, Sanga, Sachin and Dravid were not expected to carry the team when their time was drawing to a close and it was their younger teammates who stood up. Younis has done his bit for Pakistan. This is probably his second last series and we can definitely carry him around for five-six more tests.
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Pointing, Sanga, Kallis, Dravid and Sachin weren't this big of a passenger leading up to their final tests. Younis Khan is batting like a tailender these days.

And why should any youngster bail out an ATG? Doesn't his stature as ATG warrant him to take the charge and help the 'youngsters'?

Or he can only 'help' the youngsters in the dead pitches of UAE, anywhere else and he is fish out of water.
 
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