Is it time for Younis Khan to retire from Test cricket?

[Abdullah719]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Younis Khan's average of 4 is his lowest average ever in a Test series <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash">#Cricket</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NZvPAK?src=hash">#NZvPAK</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/803500767252480001">November 29, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Time for YK to call it a day at last?

 

[Aman]

I know YK had a bad series, but I didn't realize his stats for the series were that bad..

 

[jeetu]

Not until he fails in UAE.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Id give him the Australia series to prove himself and if he fails in a couple more tests then its probably time to say good bye.
Problem Also is we need to picking better back up options in sqauds for middle order places to replace players when its time for them to go.

 

[super hitter]

If he have a potential replacement, then yes.

 

[JattMaula]

Only if Lala replaces him.

will score a daddy in Australia.

 

[DRsohail]

Id give him the Australia series to prove himself and if he fails in a couple more tests then its probably time to say good bye.
Problem Also is we need to picking better back up options in sqauds for middle order places to replace players when its time for them to go.

dont u thinkhe has to go as we have to give chances to youngsters against wi which is relatively easy serie...usman,,rizwan..asif zakir fawad alam.umar amin....?

 

[DRsohail]

If he have a potential replacement, then yes.

the replacement will at least do better than him ...4 average???

 

[leatherface58]

India discovers good younger players Down Under or good players make comebacks there

1999 - Laxman
2003 - Sehwag(cemented his position)/Irfan Pathan
2007 - Sehwag (made a comeback) / RP Singh (cemented his position then)
2011 - Kohli/Yadav
2014 - Rahane/Vijay/Kohli (cemented his legacy)

Pakistan should give YK at least two tests. But put a youngster like Azam in there and he might step up and perform. If YK fails in both tests, then dump him and take a youngster. You might unearth someone good.

 

[Gabbar Singh]

Time running out for YK..

 

[Amjid Javed]

dont u thinkhe has to go as we have to give chances to youngsters against wi which is relatively easy serie...usman,,rizwan..asif zakir fawad alam.umar amin....?

We give Babar Azam a go against W.I which was good and in longterm Haris Sohail and Fawad Alam should be looked at as well for batting spots in test side. Australia will be a tough series and throwing in two many new/inexperienced players for such a series would be very risky. In saying that question has to be asked how much longer will Misbah and Younis actually play on for after the Aussie series? So pakistan need to get better long term planning.

 

[Junaids]

10 failures in 11 innings outside Asia in the last 6 months.

No other Number 4 Test batsman in the world would survive such a terrible run, let alone one who recently let slip in an interview that he is really 42 or 43 years old.

Here are Younis Khan's numbers:

33 and 25
1 and 28
31 and 4
218
2 and 1
2 and 11.

Compare with the last eleven innings of Adam Voges outside Asia before he was dropped, although he is five years younger:

ADAM VOGES
13 and 28
269 not out
106 not out
239
60 and 10 not out
27 and 1
2 and 0

Younis Khan: 11 innings, 10 failures, 0 fifties, 0 hundreds, 1 double century.
Adam Voges: 11 innings, 6 failures, 1 fifty, 1 hundred, 2 double centuries.

 

[Amjid Javed]

The thing with YK like so many pakistani players is he going to gracefully retire and admit hes no longer performing for the team and be an actual team man and step aside or is he going to have to be pushed like so many ex-players have been in the past.

 

[Junaids]

The thing with YK like so many pakistani players is he going to gracefully retire and admit hes no longer performing for the team and be an actual team man and step aside or is he going to have to be pushed like so many ex-players have been in the past.

I refer you to my post above.

Across the last eleven innings both played outside Asia in the last year, Younis Khan averages 32.33 while Adam Voges averages 94.38.

Yet Voges is dropped - quite rightly, because his eye has gone - while Younis survives.

 

[Junaids]

I refer you to my post above.

Across the last eleven innings both played outside Asia in the last year, Younis Khan averages 32.33 while Adam Voges averages 94.38.

Yet Voges is dropped - quite rightly, because his eye has gone - while Younis survives.

Which is dereliction of duty by Inzamam and his colleagues. Unacceptable.

 

[street cricketer]

Geez, didn't know his average in the series was that low. Makes Kohli's horror series in England look decent.

 

[Kakar]

Team for Australia has already been announced. If he fails there, he shouldn't be selected anymore. Regardless of whether player retires or not, it is selectors' job to decide whether to pick him or not.

 

[ahmedwaqas92]

Time running out for YK..

Running out ?? Mate....He's lost it completely !! I thought there was some fight left in him after the English Summer but these four innings just shows that his hand eye and other athletic batting coordination is just GONE completely.

The bloke averages 53.xx I want him to retire so at least he can hold his head high for being a very gun player for Pakistan over so many years !! Chasing that 10k will hurt both YK and Pakistan....

Someone sensible should talk to him about it and let him know that gracefully he should just call it a day now !!

 

[Jan Sher]

If he fails in Australia, then he should retire, otherwise he should continue.

 

[Hamza78]

Younis khan

Watch younis khan in Australia he will give answers to people who think he should be drop from the team just watch it.

 

[Tera Gawaandi]

He will score a big hundred in third and final test.

 

[Hasan123]

Australia should be his last series. Can't take the dancing and hoping around anymore. In these type of conditions I don't have any faith he will do well.

Not the atg some of the posters on here like to champion him as.

 

[Ankit007]

No he shouldnt...

 

[Faisalsq092]

10 failures in 11 innings outside Asia in the last 6 months.

No other Number 4 Test batsman in the world would survive such a terrible run, let alone one who recently let slip in an interview that he is really 42 or 43 years old.

Here are Younis Khan's numbers:

33 and 25
1 and 28
31 and 4
218
2 and 1
2 and 11.

Compare with the last eleven innings of Adam Voges outside Asia before he was dropped, although he is five years younger:

ADAM VOGES
13 and 28
269 not out
106 not out
239
60 and 10 not out
27 and 1
2 and 0

Younis Khan: 11 innings, 10 failures, 0 fifties, 0 hundreds, 1 double century.
Adam Voges: 11 innings, 6 failures, 1 fifty, 1 hundred, 2 double centuries.

In almost all your posts you seem to bringing up this stat of this many failures etc etc. We get your point, repeating it every time won't make a difference.

Your comparison with Voges appears highly flawed to me. You are comparing a player's home stats with another's away stats just to make your point sound valid. If you really have to compare take Voges (or any other players) stats in Asia against Younis's stats outside Asia. Everyone knows playing in Australia will be a lot easier for Voges than in Asia irrespective of the pitch condition.
Does Voges have proven years of record? Has Voges played Match winning knocks multiple times for his country? Is Voges the highest run scorer and century maker in his country? Does Voges avg. almost 50+ in all 4 innings of the test or does he have the most centuries in 4th innings? Has Voges scored a century against every test nation? The sample size for Voges is way too small compared to Younis. You are comparing a nobody with a modern legend on your own uneven parameters. Voges doesn't have the history which suggests he is a player worth investing time in. Younis has time and again proven his detractors wrong and I wouldn't be surprised if he does it again. I think he has earned this trust and I would rather let him decide. The belief in himself made him a cricketer against all odds in the first place. I believe he has it in him to bounce back.

 

[kingusama92]

I refer you to my post above.

Across the last eleven innings both played outside Asia in the last year, Younis Khan averages 32.33 while Adam Voges averages 94.38.

Yet Voges is dropped - quite rightly, because his eye has gone - while Younis survives.

The comparison with Voges isn't a good one because he failed at home and doesn't have the same stature in Australian cricket.

YK just hit 127, 29*, 51, 0 in his latest "home" series.

We all know how prolonged Ponting's career was even as he failed. It took six straight tests (3 at home) of poor performances before the selectors decided it was enough.

 

[Justcrazy]

He should not be selected just to get 10K runs. Even moyo fid not get to 10 K in OD.

 

[Justcrazy]

He will score a big hundred in third and final test.

There is no third test

 

[Junaids]

In almost all your posts you seem to bringing up this stat of this many failures etc etc. We get your point, repeating it every time won't make a difference.

Your comparison with Voges appears highly flawed to me. You are comparing a player's home stats with another's away stats just to make your point sound valid. If you really have to compare take Voges (or any other players) stats in Asia against Younis's stats outside Asia. Everyone knows playing in Australia will be a lot easier for Voges than in Asia irrespective of the pitch condition.
Does Voges have proven years of record? Has Voges played Match winning knocks multiple times for his country? Is Voges the highest run scorer and century maker in his country? Does Voges avg. almost 50+ in all 4 innings of the test or does he have the most centuries in 4th innings? Has Voges scored a century against every test nation? The sample size for Voges is way too small compared to Younis. You are comparing a nobody with a modern legend on your own uneven parameters. Voges doesn't have the history which suggests he is a player worth investing time in. Younis has time and again proven his detractors wrong and I wouldn't be surprised if he does it again. I think he has earned this trust and I would rather let him decide. The belief in himself made him a cricketer against all odds in the first place. I believe he has it in him to bounce back.

The matter at hand is performing in Australia next month, so comparing Younis Khan and Adam Voges' recent records outside Asia is precisely the right way to go.

UAE output and output in years gone by are both totally irrelevant.

 

[Hitman]

Hope he comes good in the next series against Australia. He has done a lot of good for Pakistan cricket, deserves to go out on a high note.

 

[kingusama92]

The matter at hand is performing in Australia next month, so comparing Younis Khan and Adam Voges' recent records outside Asia is precisely the right way to go.

UAE output and output in years gone by are both totally irrelevant.

What about Mike Hussey?

He failed in 9/11 tests (4 in AUS) during the 2011-2012 season. They kept him in the side and he smashed three centuries in four tests.

 

[Junaids]

Hope he comes good in the next series against Australia. He has done a lot of good for Pakistan cricket, deserves to go out on a high note.

Ian Chappell has counselled generations of Aussies from Shane Warne to Ricky Ponting to Michael Clarke that the only way to go out on a high is to go too soon, not too late.

Younis Khan is hanging on to the bitter end, long after his eyes and reflexes failed him, in a bid to reach a personal milestone.

It's blindingly obvious that this means he will go out on a low, not a high.

The question is just how much damage an old man (in cricketing terms) can do to his team and his own reputation by carrying on long after he has become a burden outside Asia.

 

[Faisalsq092]

What about Mike Hussey?

He failed in 9/11 tests (4 in AUS) during the 2011-2012 season. They kept him in the side and he smashed three centuries in four tests.

Wow! if that is true, its a very heavy point against Junaid Bhai's analysis.

 

[Junaids]

What about Mike Hussey?

He failed in 9/11 tests (4 in AUS) during the 2011-2012 season. They kept him in the side and he smashed three centuries in four tests.

He was 36. Younis recently let slip that he is 43.

Do I really have to tell you that Mitch Starc and Josh Hazlewood are going to be far too fast for his ancient eyes and reflexes?

 

[Hitman]

Ian Chappell has counselled generations of Aussies from Shane Warne to Ricky Ponting to Michael Clarke that the only way to go out on a high is to go too soon, not too late.

Younis Khan is hanging on to the bitter end, long after his eyes and reflexes failed him, in a bid to reach a personal milestone.

It's blindingly obvious that this means he will go out on a low, not a high.

The question is just how much damage an old man (in cricketing terms) can do to his team and his own reputation by carrying on long after he has become a burden outside Asia.

The only series he failed to perform is the latest one, and to an extent the last one in England, although not entirely (he did smash a double hundred). If he retires after performing in the next series against Australia, he'll definitely go out on a high note.

 

[Junaids]

What about Mike Hussey?

He failed in 9/11 tests (4 in AUS) during the 2011-2012 season. They kept him in the side and he smashed three centuries in four tests.

Wow! if that is true, its a very heavy point against Junaid Bhai's analysis.

No, it's not at all.

Hussey was 36 and all of his subsequent 1000 Test runs came against rubbish attacks and on Aussie or South African wickets. The only runs he ever scored again in foreign conditions were in the West Indies.

I get that Younis Khan can score in the UAE. That will not change until he is over fifty years old.

But he has been failing outside Asia for years now, and the team can't afford a Number 4 who has failed in 10 out of his last 11 innings outside Asia.

 

[kingusama92]

He was 36. Younis recently let slip that he is 43.

Do I really have to tell you that Mitch Starc and Josh Hazlewood are going to be far too fast for his ancient eyes and reflexes?

They said the same thing about Hussey and he wasn't even performing at home let alone foreign conditions.

It got so bad, he had to come out and say, "I have bad luck" to a local newspaper.

Yet, he was selected and smashed an in-form SA attack (Steyn/Morkel/Philander) for back to back centuries.

I'm not suggesting YK will do the same and he could falter. However, giving a class batsmen an extended run is the norm even in Australia.

 

[kingusama92]

No, it's not at all.

Hussey was 36 and all of his subsequent 1000 Test runs came against rubbish attacks and on Aussie or South African wickets. The only runs he ever scored again in foreign conditions were in the West Indies.

I get that Younis Khan can score in the UAE. That will not change until he is over fifty years old.

But he has been failing outside Asia for years now, and the team can't afford a Number 4 who has failed in 10 out of his last 11 innings outside Asia.

Voges in AUS vs YK in AUS = Fine

Hussey in AUS/SA vs YK in AUS = Not fine

We can't just switch things around.

 

[Junaids]

The only series he failed to perform is the latest one, and to an extent the last one in England, although not entirely (he did smash a double hundred). If he retires after performing in the next series against Australia, he'll definitely go out on a high note.

Big deal.

Voges got two 200's and a 100 in the equivalent matches.

This is not new or sudden or unexpected. Younis failed the same way in South Africa four years ago.

A forty-something year old should only be picked if he is supremely consistent in the conditions.

Having failed in 10 out of 11 innings outside Asia this year - with 4 defeats in those 6 matches - renders Younis Khan totally unselectable.

 

[Junaids]

Voges in AUS vs YK in AUS = Fine

Hussey in AUS/SA vs YK in AUS = Not fine

We can't just switch things around.

Now you are being silly.

Hussey was 36 years old. Younis is 43 years old. Find me a 43 year old batsman who has coped in Australia at that age!

I actually did think Younis should have toured Australia in 2009-10 when I thought he was 32, although it now turns out he was actually 36.

But 43 is a ridiculous age for a batsman to tour Australia.

The similarly super-fit Graham Gooch was 41 when he toured in 1994-95, and ended up being humiliated into retirement with the 37 year old Mike Gatting, as they averaged 24.5 and 20.2.

Younis will follow Gooch in discovering that fitness and training don't help when your reflexes have gone.

 

[shaz619]

Big deal.

Voges got two 200's and a 100 in the equivalent matches.

This is not new or sudden or unexpected. Younis failed the same way in South Africa four years ago.

A forty-something year old should only be picked if he is supremely consistent in the conditions.

Having failed in 10 out of 11 innings outside Asia this year - with 4 defeats in those 6 matches - renders Younis Khan totally unselectable.

Here's a hypothetical scenario Junaids, imagine Pakistan find themselves in a similar situation in England where we have a chance to level the series in Australia. It's the final test on tour and Younis has done very little but smashes a match winning hundred/double to help his country draw level vs AUS in AUS, in such a scenario would you not take that?

If not, I'd like for you to propose an alternative.

 

[Donal Cozzie]

Will destroy what little goodwill remains towards him in his insatiable desire for 10,000 runs and personal milestones.

If he fails to make 10k by the end of this tour I can see things getting ugly, him being dropped, the senior argument coming out and the PCB scheduling some easy tour in the UAE for him to get his landmark and finally retire.

 

[Junaids]

Here's a hypothetical scenario Junaids, imagine Pakistan find themselves in a similar situation in England where we have a chance to level the series in Australia. It's the final test on tour and Younis has done very little but smashes a match winning hundred/double to help his country draw level vs AUS in AUS, in such a scenario would you not take that?

If not, I'd like for you to propose an alternative.

It can't happen.

You need younger men with quicker reflexes.

Even within this horrible squad, I'd pick Mohammad Rizwan ahead of him to score runs in Australia now. Although I'd go for Umar Akmal, whose Test and A Test record in Australia is good.

 

[Shafi]

Why should he? If Misbah can continue till 2018 Younis can play till 2020 base on his performance

 

[Junaids]

Why should he? If Misbah can continue till 2018 Younis can play till 2020 base on his performance

Misbah's technique is to play the ball very late with his eyes right over it. Even though he must have had his reflexes slow down, that gives him an extra split second to adjust.

Younis has always hit the ball a fraction earlier. He hasn't got that extra split second to play with, and it's killing him now that his reflexes have slowed down.

 

[shaz619]

It can't happen.

You need younger men with quicker reflexes.

Even within this horrible squad, I'd pick Mohammad Rizwan ahead of him to score runs in Australia now. Although I'd go for Umar Akmal, whose Test and A Test record in Australia is good.

So basically you can't provide a legitimate counter argument to the hypothetical scenario mentioned, but here's the thing; it did happen in England! and it's because of knocks like those he will remain selected unless you can give me a name who can not only play those match winning knocks like Khan but also be consistent

 

[Junaids]

So basically you can't provide a legitimate counter argument to the hypothetical scenario mentioned, but here's the thing; it did happen in England! and it's because of knocks like those he will remain selected unless you can give me a name who can not only play those match winning knocks like Khan but also be consistent

I think that Pakistan could have won a Pink Ball Test at Brisbane with scores like this:

Sami Aslam 70 + 20
Salman Butt 15 + 60
Azhar Ali 40 + 40
Babar Azam 110 + 30
Umar Akmal 50 + 30
Asad Shafiq 30 + 70
Sarfraz Ahmed 10 + 30
Wahab Riaz 0 + 10
Yasir Shah 5 + 5
Mohammad Amir 10 + 0
Mohammad Asif 0 + 5

That makes 340 all out and 300 all out. And an attack that is constantly challenging.

That's how I think Pakistan could have won Down Under

 

[shaz619]

I think that Pakistan could have won a Pink Ball Test at Brisbane with scores like this:

Sami Aslam 70 + 20
Salman Butt 15 + 60
Azhar Ali 40 + 40
Babar Azam 110 + 30
Umar Akmal 50 + 30
Asad Shafiq 30 + 70
Sarfraz Ahmed 10 + 30
Wahab Riaz 0 + 10
Yasir Shah 5 + 5
Mohammad Amir 10 + 0
Mohammad Asif 0 + 5

That makes 340 all out and 300 all out. And an attack that is constantly challenging.

That's how I think Pakistan could have won Down Under

Unfortunately such a scenario is highly unlikely, Umar Akmal can't bat for more then 5 overs and the rest are inconsistent; Khan has shown in the past can at times cancel out the inconsistencies to help his team win with a big knock.

 

[Junaids]

Unfortunately such a scenario is highly unlikely, Umar Akmal can't bat for more then 5 overs and the rest are inconsistent; Khan has shown in the past can at times cancel out the inconsistencies to help his team win with a big knock.

Firstly, one big knock doesn't cancel
out ten failures.

Secondly, don't you have cousins of your own? Do you honestly think that Umar Akmal will play Russian Roulette and be embarrassed by his little cousin Babar? One of the biggest benefits of Babar Azam making it as a Test batsman is that it motivates Umar Akmal to realise his own potential!

 

[shaz619]

Firstly, one big knock doesn't cancel
out ten failures.

Secondly, don't you have cousins of your own? Do you honestly think that Umar Akmal will play Russian Roulette and be embarrassed by his little cousin Babar? One of the biggest benefits of Babar Azam making it as a Test batsman is that it motivates Umar Akmal to realise his own potential!

It doesn't but it helped us level the series in England did it not?

While I agree with that I don't expect such a big turn around in a matter of weeks that too on a big tour of AUS! It's not as if Mickey automatically installs an ATG chip in an Umar Akmal Terminator which begins to destroy Aussie Bowling line up down under for laughs! his rehabilitation will be a lengthy process

 

[Junaids]

It doesn't but it helped us level the series in England did it not?

While I agree with that I don't expect such a big turn around in a matter of weeks that too on a big tour of AUS! It's not as if Mickey automatically installs an ATG chip in an Umar Akmal Terminator which begins to destroy Aussie Bowling line up down under for laughs! his rehabilitation will be a lengthy process

Ha! Well said!

But Younis Khan was basically 1/3 of the reason you lost the Old Trafford and Edgbaston Tests in the first place. (The other two reasons were Yasir Shah and Mohammad Hafeez).

 

[Amjid Javed]

There is no more unforgiving place then it comes to Australia if your reflexes has gone and your past your best. I got a feeling good series or another bad series that this Australia series will be YK last series in test cricket.

 

[Zaz]

However he performs its probably time he called it a day after the aus series as theres very little he can add to his legacy after that

However people like junaid have an agenda and judge certain players with different standards depending on their likes and dislikes

Take the current series in nz Practically the whole batting order has failed bar one innings each from babar and aslam Shafiq and yk have both been horrid but yk gets the special treatment and not shafiq

Why have these differing standards when it comes to certain players?

Its not like the whole lineup is scoring runs bar yk or we have bradmans waiting in the wings

 

[shaz619]

Ha! Well said!

But Younis Khan was basically 1/3 of the reason you lost the Old Trafford and Edgbaston Tests in the first place. (The other two reasons were Yasir Shah and Mohammad Hafeez).

But he was also 9/10 of the reason why we won at the Oval so that 1/3 doesn't matter as much.

Say, Pakistan were playing in the world cup final of a Test Championship in AUS; would you pick Akmal or Khan?

 

[Buffet]

Running out ?? Mate....He's lost it completely !! I thought there was some fight left in him after the English Summer but these four innings just shows that his hand eye and other athletic batting coordination is just GONE completely.

The bloke averages 53.xx I want him to retire so at least he can hold his head high for being a very gun player for Pakistan over so many years !! Chasing that 10k will hurt both YK and Pakistan....

Someone sensible should talk to him about it and let him know that gracefully he should just call it a day now !!

It should be 52.xx now because he hardly scored any run in 4 inning.

 

[Junaids]

However he performs its probably time he called it a day after the aus series as theres very little he can add to his legacy after that

However people like junaid have an agenda and judge certain players with different standards depending on their likes and dislikes

Take the current series in nz Practically the whole batting order has failed bar one innings each from babar and aslam Shafiq and yk have both been horrid but yk gets the special treatment and not shafiq

Why have these differing standards when it comes to certain players?

Its not like the whole lineup is scoring runs bar yk or we have bradmans waiting in the wings

Younis was my favourite Pakistani batsman. Shafiq is mentally weak, but 12 years younger and will be needed for some time.

I NEVER approve of picking batsmen over 35, because they obstruct the development of the next generation.

 

[coy0607]

he's already been selected for the Auz series, and rightfully so.

Depending on the result, there should be decisions made on a number of players after that series, including Younis, Misbah, Wahab, Shafiq...

knowing PCB management, no significant change is likely regardless of the result and performances in Auz

 

[srh]

I dont want YK to stick around if he has lost it; the world saw how much Tendulkar was humiliated in his last years and I dont want to see YK facing the same humiliation;

 

[Syed1]

Yes please, for the love of God spare us from your "All-Time-Greatness" we would be forever indebted to you.

Please go back to Pakistan and murder some trundlers on dead and placid pitches you aren't capable of playing anything with even a millimeter of swing.

 

[The_Odd_One]

10 failures in 11 innings outside Asia in the last 6 months.

No other Number 4 Test batsman in the world would survive such a terrible run, let alone one who recently let slip in an interview that he is really 42 or 43 years old.

Here are Younis Khan's numbers:

33 and 25
1 and 28
31 and 4
218
2 and 1
2 and 11.

Compare with the last eleven innings of Adam Voges outside Asia before he was dropped, although he is five years younger:

ADAM VOGES
13 and 28
269 not out
106 not out
239
60 and 10 not out
27 and 1
2 and 0

Younis Khan: 11 innings, 10 failures, 0 fifties, 0 hundreds, 1 double century.
Adam Voges: 11 innings, 6 failures, 1 fifty, 1 hundred, 2 double centuries.

Can't compare Voges with Younis. Voges is a nobody, made his debut an year ago and played only 20 tests. Younis has been a pillar of Pakistani batting for over a decade.

 

[The_Odd_One]

Here are the three possible scenarios. Let's see which one comes true:

1. Score heavily in Australia, reach 10k runs and retire as an ATG.
Probability: Extremely unlikely

2. Perform to an acceptable level in Australia. Get close to 10k runs. Play a couple of matches in the UAE to finally reach 10k runs and retire gracefully.
Probability: Likely

3. Fail in the Australian tour badly and retire in tears.
Probably: Medium

 

[Hasan123]

Outside of Asia he's finished as a batsmen. He may produce one good innings in an overseas tour but for the rest he will be left dancing and hoping around. Junaids stats sum it up well. He can't be carried outside of Asia any longer.

 

[Zaz]

The fact is a large percentage of subcontinent batsmen fail outside asia and the same applies in reverse U dont see non asian teams wanting to get rid of their players for failing in overseas matches in asia

Yes u can criticise yk but hes not the only player in the team Lets be balanced rather than going on a blind witch hunt lead by certain people who go on like broken records

 

[Zohaib Shah]

Well we cant decide only the board can.

 

[Chrish]

Hope he hangs around till next WC.. He deserves it

 

[Buffet]

Hope he hangs around till next WC.. He deserves it

Agree here. He should guide Pakistan with his experience in the next WC in absence of Misbah.

 

[Suleiman]

Neutral fans trolling us, but it's true. As long as this man continues to play we are effectively playing with 10 players. I don't expect Misbah to do too well in Aus, but he covers the leadership requisite at least.

Inzi or no one else has the balls to drop Younis, even though you'd think Inzi being like a father figure to him will tell him "son, enough is enough".

 

[Square Drive]

It's about time.

 

[Buffet]

Neutral fans trolling us, but it's true.

Hey, my comment was about WC. Younis should have retired from the ODI format 6 years back.

In Aus, 2 venues will have relatively flatter tracks and YK may score some runs there. But it's hard to do if he plays the way he is playing. Offering no shot, chasing wide balls etc is not the way to go...

 

[itsme]

Have a feeling he will score big in the fourth test and win it for pakistan.

 

[moghul]

Will NEVER retire, should have been dropped, 3 years ago, when he was 41.

 

[BabarAkmal_Fan]

ATG test player but sadly he's finished. Time to retire Younis. Great career.

 

[Tera Gawaandi]

The bloke averages 53.xx I want him to retire so at least he can hold his head high for being a very gun player for Pakistan over so many years !! Chasing that 10k will hurt both YK and Pakistan....

52.89, which will dip below 52 if he fails to average '25' in next 6 innings in Australia. If he clings for 10,000 runs and keep failing, average will be in 50.xx after 8 or so tests.

 

[zarar]

His career is finished.

 

[KyoOne]

He'll retire after first test, dont worry (unless he somehow manages a 50, highly unlikely though given his form)

 

[LegendAli]

Have a feeling he will score big in the fourth test and win it for pakistan.

Hey Hey guys, don't worry don't worry!!! Younis will score a several ducks in the first three tests but in the fourth and final test he will win it for Pakistan and all will be forgotten!!!.

YK Zinadabad!!!.

 

[godzilla]

younis is either falling off a cliff or going through a bad patch. either way, hes not the worst of the middle order batsmen, so there is absolutely no cause to eject him from the side.

its total rubbish to focus on just his away matches, or to compare him to players of other countries - the question is - is he the worst of the middle order batsmen at the moment, and the answer is no. shafiq is.

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

Young lads need to groom under the seniors for another couple of years.

 

[moghul]

He will score heavily in 4th test.

 

[Abdullah719]

A fourth golden duck for Younis Khan in Test cricket.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Younis Khan last 6 Test innings:<br>0, 2, 1, 2, 11, 0 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AUSvPAK?src=hash">#AUSvPAK</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash">#Cricket</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/809682306914979840">December 16, 2016</a></blockquote>
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