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Had enough of people saying he’s a bad player, needs to go out from the team?

He was one of the only batsman who performed in the India game!

He is a stump to stump economical bowler - probably the best spinner in the current squad.

He had a good England series!

He must stay in the same, how can you want to kick him out when he is performing?
 
sahiwal_punjabi_786 said:
Had enough of people saying he’s a bad player, needs to go out from the team?

He was one of the only batsman who performed in the India game!

He is a stump to stump economical bowler - probably the best spinner in the current squad.

He had a good England series!

He must stay in the same, how can you want to kick him out when he is performing?
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You need to direct this to [MENTION=134608]Hawkeye[/MENTION] , he's the one making all those hate-filled anti-Imad Wasim threads.
 
Needs to bat up the order and play as a batting all-rounder.

Otherwise, no.

But I'll keep him b/c after Hafeez/Malik/Sarfraz go there needs to be experience in middle-order.
 
Rayyman said:
Needs to bat up the order and play as a batting all-rounder.

Otherwise, no.

But I'll keep him b/c after Hafeez/Malik/Sarfraz go there needs to be experience in middle-order.
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So you want another malik for 20 years?

Why he should bat up the order? he is a club level cricketer at best.
 
Junaid_ahmed said:
So you want another malik for 20 years?

Why he should bat up the order? he is a club level cricketer at best.
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He is a much better player of pace then Malik.

Moving him up to #6 is a good idea even for this WC. He will do better than Malik or even Sarfraz.
 
Move him up the order. Chuck him out if he doesn't perform. We've nothing to lose now.
 
Lol first of all we have better batsmen then imad, on top of that there are better bowlers out there then imad..

He is an avg bits and pieces player.

Now there are rumors coming out that imad is invovled in grouping.

Imad should go. Same with malik, hafeez, sarfaraz and wahab.
 
Imad is much better than Malik.

Imad was the direct replacement for Malik, it's too bad the idiots in charge never realised that in 2016
 
How many pro Imad topics are going to open today?

Average player at best.
 
I hope Amir Sohail the next chief selector tells Imad to improve his bowling if he wishes to come back into the team.
 
The only thing going for Imad is his bowling. He bowls a tight line giving away few runs and can create some pressure if he is supported by the other end.
He made runs against India true however the game was done and dusted and I believe he was there just playing for his 50 without taking too much risk.

If we get a good no 7 all rounder I can,'t see him lasting in the team for much long.
 
Average player, if he wants to stay on the team, he must improve his bowling and become a useful member of the batting order. No more soft wickets or runs that don`t mean jack. I think that the Imad Wasim hate has gone a bit too far as he isn`t that bad of a player as people say but needs to improve fitness.
 
Imad is the next Malik. He’s the next media darling and master mind of grouping and political unrest in the squad.

He’s neither a spinner nor a proper batsman. He’s a liability in the field.

In Pakistan their is better batsman than imad

In pakistan their is better bowlers than imad.

In Pakistan their is better fielders than imad.


So please explain why he’s so vital?

It’s not like he’s scoring match winning runs.

It’s not like he’s taking match winnings wickets.


It’s not like he’s taking match winning catches.


So please explain why he’s required.
 
The dude cannot play short ball, his bowling is average at the best. He is a disaster waiting to happen just like Hassan Ali. We need to let go of Hafeez and Afrdi style player. I rather have Imam over Imad.
 
He averages 40+ with the ball, and scores meaningless 30's and 40's with the bat. Has never won a game for Pakistan, never even gotten close.

Not a bad cricketer for the bench, but not automatic selection into the playing 11 as he really doesn't provide a whole lot
 
Absurd thread. Batting well against India? At the stage he came in the match was lost, scoring 46 means nothing.
He can’t turn the ball, he’s your prototypical one day stop gap bowling option. His fitness at times is questionable. Malik at the same age was a very good batsman, Imad hasn’t even come close and that’s not saying much.
 
He is steady for T20 cricket, but we need to look elsewhere for ODI cricket. Certainly not good enough to become a captain of an international cricket team though :))
 
A proper ODI and T/20 bowler, very economical and frequently gives you early wicket and a decent batsman.
Alongwith Amir and Babar, he is the only other player to perform well in current WC.

Will make a good captain of ODI and T/20 team.
 
Should be used against suitable oppositions. SA is weak against him, can do good there. India I know wasn't able to do much of him due to track supporting spin but he's easy work for India otherwise, dont play him against them.

Batting-wise, I am yet to see him performing. Last few of his outings were terrible.
 
PCB should abolish one thing, captain has no power, no better money than other players. Make some one captain who is willing to take more responsibilities. Then all this dogfight of captaincy, groupism will over
 
iniqbal223 said:
PCB should abolish one thing, captain has no power, no better money than other players. Make some one captain who is willing to take more responsibilities. Then all this dogfight of captaincy, groupism will over
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It wont be as people would still fight to appear senior than rest.

PCB should think out-of-the-box, they should ask every candidate to choose one among two (Either be a formal yet dummy captain, or actually call the shots around without being captain in books). Seperation of these faces would kill the motivation politics-players do got for snatching the cap.
 
Good point :

Or make some one to call the shots from outside like football. Where captain is just there to be there. Anyways captain role is in during fielding, during batting , batsmen play as per their plan.
 
or ban media interaction. How often Indian players appear on TV news channels. They do come on some shows which are entertaining and relaxing shows. But no body comes on TV/Sports news channel and discuss about dressing room.. As long as media is involved in cricketing matters, things will never improve..
 
Imad Wasim has zero impact in every game.By not taking wickets he is doing us no favours.A proper spinner is a must.We should remember how Ajmal used to strike fear into the opposition due to his wicket taking ability.That made us a top side.Teams are ok with playing him out and milking him.If India can drop Jadeja who is million times better than unfit Imad for aggressive wicket taking options,then why are we persisting him.Its time to let go of such players and play proper batsman and bowlers till we develop some good all-rounder.This Fake all-rounder thing ruined us.All these Faheem,Imad should play T20 only
 
:)))

Backfired!

He's the ultimate example of a Railu Katta. Bang average with the ball, a pure darter, no wickets. Match loser with the bat as a finisher. [MENTION=147314]topspin[/MENTION] can cheerlead as much as possible, Imads reality is becoming too apparent now.
 
Guy is a definition of bits n pieces.
Bowling avrg of 45 and never performs with bat at crucial moments. Fielding and fitness is gully mohalla level
 
Much like the prof., he too will open in ODIs in a few years and function as a "partnership breaker" (read bowl 3-7 overs per game depending on pitch conditions) with the ball. Only difference being that he will captain Pakistan longer than Hafeez could.
 
The very definition of a Railu Katta.

God knows what harm he is doing in the dressing room too, as a bum like him must have support/clique to have facilitated his selection.
 
he is average at best, someone who would in England be a career county cricketer never part of the national set up.

he has been around for a fair amount of time but hasn't really won us many games.

must have some serious connections and backing to be anywhere near the national set up.
 
Selfish is what he is.

Agreed with the poster above he is the real definition of Railu Katta.
 
Should stick to T20I since he does well in that format.

As for ODI, he has to be a batting all rounder(like Hafeez) if he wants to retain his spot. I'd rather have a proper spinner like Zafar Gohar or Umer Khan.

Imad's fitness is also a big no no.
 
Use him in the hafeez role Hes got a list A avge of 37 with the bat so clearly hes capable of doing decently in the middle order Weve got to change his role because clearly his bowling isnt good enough as a frontline bowler

Hes got to bat at 6 and avge 40
With his bowling use him as a 6th bowling option for a few filler overs

Instead of his spin get a proper spinner in the team

If he cant avge 40 hes got no place on the team
 
I would prefer him over Shadab, who is awful for a front-line spinner and his batting is non-existent as well. Theatrics in the field are not a good enough reason for him to hold a permanent spot in the team.

If paired with a genuine quality spinner, Imad can be a pretty useful player. His batting is decent for a number 7 and he can bowl economically. However, someone like Shadab is a terrible partner for him.
 
Mamoon said:
I would prefer him over Shadab, who is awful for a front-line spinner and his batting is non-existent as well. Theatrics in the field are not a good enough reason for him to hold a permanent spot in the team.

If paired with a genuine quality spinner, Imad can be a pretty useful player. His batting is decent for a number 7 and he can bowl economically. However, someone like Shadab is a terrible partner for him.
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Shadab needs to go, but Imad is awful. Hardly ever takes a wicket, awful fielder, plus his batting in only handy when we don't need it, lets not forget his pathetic fitness and well as a superstar attitude when he's an average cricketer at best, at least Shadab got time on his side.
 
Khan12 said:
Shadab needs to go, but Imad is awful. Hardly ever takes a wicket, awful fielder, plus his batting in only handy when we don't need it, lets not forget his pathetic fitness and well as a superstar attitude when he's an average cricketer at best, at least Shadab got time on his side.
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Imad needs to be told to work on his fitness and attitude. Moving forward, there should be no compromise on it no matter how good or bad a player you are.

Mickey Arthur is yet another con-artist. He talks about fitness 24/7 but somehow, the players sneak into restaurants and he doesn’t have a clue.
 
Mamoon said:
Imad needs to be told to work on his fitness and attitude. Moving forward, there should be no compromise on it no matter how good or bad a player you are.

Mickey Arthur is yet another con-artist. He talks about fitness 24/7 but somehow, the players sneak into restaurants and he doesn’t have a clue.
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No pak player can work on their attitude, that is a huge ask.

Pakistanis have big egos. They dont want to change.
 
If he is found out for grouping against captain than he should be thrown out of the squad also. Useless player and the only player who could'nt pass fitness test. He had an opportunity in the India game to show some fight but we all know how he played. Pathetic and poor performance not worthy for being in the Pakistan XI.

Similar selfish innings like Misbah ul Haq in World Cup semi-final 2011. The madmen in PCB at that time made him captian after that loss which pushed Pakistan team back 10 years. Producing more defensive and selfish players, who can't compete outside UAE and can lose to 12th ranked Zimbabwe, Players picked on friendship than merit, etc..
 
Hawkeye said:
:)))

Backfired!

He's the ultimate example of a Railu Katta. Bang average with the ball, a pure darter, no wickets. Match loser with the bat as a finisher. [MENTION=147314]topspin[/MENTION] can cheerlead as much as possible, Imads reality is becoming too apparent now.
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At least his ODI batting stats are far superior to Misbah's, which merely shows you have no respect for meritocracy and therefore cricket as a sport, as evident with your agenda driven threads and posts. Your presence on this forum is also defined by your appetite for provision of free PR services for your favourites.
 
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He is excellent t20 bowler this is where he should focus .He doesn't have the fitness to play 50 over cricket and also his performances are mostly impact less and doesn't win matches .hopefully we can find a wicket taker who can take wicket for us in middle overs
 
I think he's done enough to earn a spot in the team. He has been rightly criticised for using the arm ball as his stock delivery which totally negated it's wicket taking potential, but seems like he has at least taken this on board and he has now started throwing in some off spinners which has got the batsmen guessing again.
 
JoyBaig said:
If he is found out for grouping against captain than he should be thrown out of the squad also. Useless player and the only player who could'nt pass fitness test. He had an opportunity in the India game to show some fight but we all know how he played. Pathetic and poor performance not worthy for being in the Pakistan XI.

Similar selfish innings like Misbah ul Haq in World Cup semi-final 2011. The madmen in PCB at that time made him captian after that loss which pushed Pakistan team back 10 years. Producing more defensive and selfish players, who can't compete outside UAE and can lose to 12th ranked Zimbabwe, Players picked on friendship than merit, etc..
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How was his innings selfish against india?

The game was done when hafeez and malik got out on consecutives deliveries What did u expect him to do? Throw his wkt away trying to get 12 an over?

The problem is hes batting too far down the order
Hes not a hitter who ll get you 50 off 25 balls Hes more of a genuine batter and needs to be played as such probably at 6 when the game is still live

Most of the time he comes in when he needs to either hit straighaway for a handful of overs or the game is out of hand because of the failure of the top order like on sunday

He arguably was one of the better performers during the game going at only 4.9 runs per over with the ball
 
He's not a long term answer. He is fine for T20s but someone with his dodgy fitness at 30 , I wouldn't invest another 4 years in him for the next WC.
 
When it comes to batting, I've noticed he is the king of soft runs. Scores when Pakistan are in an awful position so his runs make little difference or scores runs when Pakistan are in a great position (a rarity these days). Whenever he's actually needed he does nothing.
 
He needs to be kicked out immediately from the ODI team. Need a proper spinner in place of him. No need to carry all the bits n pieces cricketer. Keeping him will ensure that we don't learn from past(HAfeez/MAlik)
 
Only in Pakistan a club level cricketer like Imad will even reach the national side and be in contention for captaincy
 
hadi123 said:
When it comes to batting, I've noticed he is the king of soft runs. Scores when Pakistan are in an awful position so his runs make little difference or scores runs when Pakistan are in a great position (a rarity these days). Whenever he's actually needed he does nothing.
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If you look statistically his stats look great. But the matter of the fact is that he only performs when the match is already lost. Never performs in a crunch situation.
 
We need to dump the Fake Swag Trio of Imad, Shadab and Hasan.

Bits and pieces don't win you anything and Imad certainly won't with his left arm inswingers.

We need a spinner who actually turns the ball.
 
The way ODI cricket is being played these days; only bowlers who can pick up wickets will make the team. Case in point Amir was not picked in the original WC squad because he wasn't picking wickets not because he was expensive. Hence Imad Wasim needs to pick wickets to retain his place in the side.
Similarly calls for Hasan Ali to be dropped have gotten louder because he is not picking wickets. You cannot restrict opposition run scoring if you don't pick up wickets these days due to field restriction, two balls use etc.
And a part time batsman will not help out. We need specialist batsmen to score runs.
 
He is not suppose to be in the team , any bowler can’t take wicket in 50 over format should not be in team
 
Team need desperately a spinner who can take wickets in middle over even 60 for 4 is good and he can’t do that he is fit for only 20-20 based on economics
 
I cant remember last time he won us a match either with his bowling, the reason he plays, or his batting.
We dont have anyone better so he'll stay.
 
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