Mohammad Wasim as Chief Selector for Pakistan - performance watch

[saeedhk]

Horrible coach. On Imad’s selection, he said that he needs to come out of his comfort zone? What does that even mean? Imad has been a stellar player and he has had a very good economy rate not to mention his skills with the bat.

Two-bit players like Shadab and the other spinner have been included. Despicable!

 

[shamaan]

Horrible coach. On Imad’s selection, he said that he needs to come out of his comfort zone? What does that even mean? Imad has been a stellar player and he has had a very good economy rate not to mention his skills with the bat.

Two-bit players like Shadab and the other spinner have been included. Despicable!

Imad confort zone is bowling with the new ball and coming down the order to hit a few shots.coming out of your comfort zone is bowling at different times of the games and batting at different positions.

 

[saeedhk]

Imad confort zone is bowling with the new ball and coming down the order to hit a few shots.coming out of your comfort zone is bowling at different times of the games and batting at different positions.

Has he ever refused to bowl in the middle overs at the international level? The captain and coach want him to bowl at the start and bat at the lower end. It is not his fault!

 

[shamaan]

Has he ever refused to bowl in the middle overs at the international level? The captain and coach want him to bowl at the start and bat at the lower end. It is not his fault!

He didnt even bowl himself in some of the psl games and i dont belive he batted azwell even for county he batted at 7/8

 

[Savak]

Imad comes across as a very lazy cricketer who does the bare minimum to keep his place. Glad Mohd Wasim told him what was expected of him. The Business Corporate World is so competitive and now people are not kept even if they just do the bare minimum of what is expected from them, they will make way for others who are more hungry and willing to give extra in proportion to what they are paid. Why should it be any different to Cricketers?

 

[YousafTheBeast]

Selects Danish Aziz for ODI’s. - (averages 36 in List A) - considering the poor standards of our domestic cricket averaging 36 is crap.

Selects Asif Ali for ODI’s. - (as an injury replacement) - isn’t even good enough for domestic standards.

Picks inexperienced players like Hasnain and Rauf for ODI’s over bowlers like Shinwari and Amir. Hasnain and Rauf are only good for T20s.

Doesn’t include Sharjeel Khan in the ODI squad.

Drops Imad Wasim, easily our best bowling all rounder in the ODI format.

Basically, picks/drops players for ODI’s and Tests based on T20 performances.

 

[saeedhk]

Imad comes across as a very lazy cricketer who does the bare minimum to keep his place. Glad Mohd Wasim told him what was expected of him. The Business Corporate World is so competitive and now people are not kept even if they just do the bare minimum of what is expected from them, they will make way for others who are more hungry and willing to give extra in proportion to what they are paid. Why should it be any different to Cricketers?

How does he come across as a lazy cricketer?

 

[Raja Ishtiaq]

Selects Danish Aziz for ODI’s. - (averages 36 in List A) - considering the poor standards of our domestic cricket averaging 36 is crap.

Selects Asif Ali for ODI’s. - (as an injury replacement) - isn’t even good enough for domestic standards.

Picks inexperienced players like Hasnain and Rauf for ODI’s over bowlers like Shinwari and Amir. Hasnain and Rauf are only good for T20s.

Doesn’t include Sharjeel Khan in the ODI squad.

Drops Imad Wasim, easily our best bowling all rounder in the ODI format.

Basically, picks/drops players for ODI’s and Tests based on T20 performances.

Shinwari has no brain and Amir is a trundler.

Rather invest in players like Hasnain

 

[YousafTheBeast]

Shinwari has no brain and Amir is a trundler.

Rather invest in players like Hasnain

Shinwari averages 18.6 in ODI’s, that’s pretty good for someone with no brain. You’re opinion on Shinwari is clearly based on his T20 performances, a format where every bowler gets hit out the park.

Amir isn’t the best, but he’s easily better than Sami v2.

Hasnain is still young, if PCB had a brain they’d keep him out of the national team until he fully develops his skills.

 

[MenInG]

The Danish Aziz selection not looking too clever now.

 

[NauV]

The Danish Aziz selection not looking too clever now.

There are many selections that are not looking clever . . this has to be one of THE worst, clueless squads ever selected . .

 

[m.shah]

I Don't know what was he thinking by selecting middle order of Danish Aziz, Asif Ali, Shadab khan.

 

[Third Man]

Mohammad Wasim either has some personal issues with some of these players or he has very bad judgement if these are his selections/omissions:

1. Dropping Imad Waseem when currently we do not have a better all-rounder in the country.
2. Selecting Danish Aziz, who I must say looks way out of his depth here.
3. Selecting Asif Ali for the thousandth time, when we already know that he's a brainless hack with only one shot.
4. Selecting Haris Rauf for tests when he hasn't played any FC cricket and is a bonafide spray gun.
5. Dropping Kamran Ghulam and then justifying it by saying we needed another bowler. What's Agha "Lara" Salman doing in the squad then?
6. Even though not as bad decisions as the five above, selecting Dhani and M.Waseem is also premature.

The Haris Sohail drop I can understand because he always has dubious fitness and you never know when he'll break down and Saud Shakeel is a decent replacement with hopefully a longer future in internationals.

 

[Third Man]

Mohammad Wasim either has some personal issues with some of these players or he has very bad judgement if these are his selections/omissions:

1. Dropping Imad Waseem when currently we do not have a better all-rounder in the country.
2. Selecting Danish Aziz, who I must say looks way out of his depth here.
3. Selecting Asif Ali for the thousandth time, when we already know that he's a brainless hack with only one shot.
4. Selecting Haris Rauf for tests when he hasn't played any FC cricket and is a bonafide spray gun.
5. Dropping Kamran Ghulam and then justifying it by saying we needed another bowler. What's Agha "Lara" Salman doing in the squad then?
6. Even though not as bad decisions as the five above, selecting Dhani and M.Waseem is also premature.

The Haris Sohail drop I can understand because he always has dubious fitness and you never know when he'll break down and Saud Shakeel is a decent replacement with hopefully a longer future in internationals.

Forgot to add two other:
Dropping Abbas and selecting an over-the-hill Tabish Khan for some inexplicable reason.
Persisting with Abid when he has basically no upside.

We've been glossing over all these misfires individually but they've now become way too many when taken as a whole.

 

[IAJ]

I had really high hopes from him listning to him on PTV Sports many times, but he has really been disappointing, and the quicker PCb replaces him the better for Pak cricket.

 

[Greenstorm]

I had really high hopes from him listning to him on PTV Sports many times, but he has really been disappointing, and the quicker PCb replaces him the better for Pak cricket.

He selected a decent squad. Atleast he kept Fakhar in ODIs when many were clamouring to remove the 'hack'.

Its the management who has been picking the wrong XIs.

Fakhar
Imam
Babar
Rizwan
Haider
Shadab
Faheem
Nawaz
Hassan
Harris/Hasnain
Shaheen

Everyone thought this would be the default line up and thats why I predicted 3-0 victory for Pakistan in this series but Misbah as always had other ideas.

 

[gazza619]

I had really high hopes from him listning to him on PTV Sports many times, but he has really been disappointing, and the quicker PCb replaces him the better for Pak cricket.

Haider was Wasim’s first choice for the middle order and Asif was the back up. But Misbah decided to bench Haider.

Obviously Wasim has made a few mistakes along the line (who does not?) but I agree with his vision overall and his challenging the mafia.

 

[Amjid Javed]

I actually thought with a new selector with fresh ideas we would move forward. instead we still get garbage selections effecting each team in the 3 formats.

 

[Mamoon]

So when is he flexing his MacBook next?

I know Pakistan is the least talented cricket nation in the world, but surely, we can still do much better than a middle-order of Shadab, Asif and Danish.

It is utterly ridiculous.

How does Haris Sohail not get into this middle-order is beyond me.

 

[topspin]

I'm not sure if it's because of Misbah or Mohammad Wasim, but the team being selected is poor.

The three pacers should be Shaheen, Amir and Hasan Ali.

Pakistan would have won if they had Haider Ali, Imad and Hasan Ali in the batting line-up today.

 

[Nado_]

How many matches/series have cost us due to ridiculous team selections, it’s been like this for almost ten years now. I know we don’t have a pool of superstars to have a settled regular team like the 90s team. But these selectors lack basic common sense, Asif Ali has always looked out of his depth, Shadab was out of form for a while and should only have played in Zimbabwe series, there’s so many more examples to give just can’t be bothered typing them all.

 

[TeymurBlake]

There were some selections that were baffling when the squads were announced and the players are proving that. But with Zimbabwe to come, I wouldn't be surprised if opinions change and the squad turns out to be good.

 

[MenInG]

How many matches/series have cost us due to ridiculous team selections, it’s been like this for almost ten years now. I know we don’t have a pool of superstars to have a settled regular team like the 90s team. But these selectors lack basic common sense, Asif Ali has always looked out of his depth, Shadab was out of form for a while and should only have played in Zimbabwe series, there’s so many more examples to give just can’t be bothered typing them all.

Series has not been lost yet.

 

[Nado_]

Series has not been lost yet.

Did not mean this series, meant series in the past.

 

[90MPH]

Mohammed Wasim needs to be fired.

Too many mediocre selections.

Fakhars miracle innings today shouldn’t masquerade this fact.

 

[Hasan123]

Some of the selections have been ridiculous. He has to be criticised for them because he doesn’t want to take captains and coach input. I’m sure if Asif and Aziz did well he would want credit for it. But now they have gone wrong, I’m sure if asked about them he would blame it on someone else. Both of those 2 have no business playing for Pakistan.

 

[salahuddin10]

Mohammed Wasim needs to be fired.

Too many mediocre selections.

Fakhars miracle innings today shouldn’t masquerade this fact.

You cant blame him.He did select saud shakeel who got injured.As far as danish and asif are concerned both of them had outstanding domestic season.

 

[shamaan]

Some of the selections have been ridiculous. He has to be criticised for them because he doesn’t want to take captains and coach input. I’m sure if Asif and Aziz did well he would want credit for it. But now they have gone wrong, I’m sure if asked about them he would blame it on someone else. Both of those 2 have no business playing for Pakistan.

Asif ali was part of the bubble thats why he had to be picked when saud got injuired.

 

[Shoaibbtt]

Asif ali was part of the bubble thats why he had to be picked when saud got injuired.

Yep something nobody is picking up on, that Asif was a logistical pick more so than anything. It was an obligation, however now i hope it's sunk in PCB's head that he's not a right pick.

 

[Hasan123]

Asif ali was part of the bubble thats why he had to be picked when saud got injuired.

I don't think enough specialist batters were selected. We only have Haider and Shafique as options to replace Asif Ali and Danish Aziz for the 3rd ODI.

 

[shamaan]

I don't think enough specialist batters were selected. We only have Haider and Shafique as options to replace Asif Ali and Danish Aziz for the 3rd ODI.

Saud shakeel was thier but obviously he got injuired and you also had sarfraz who can play as a wicket keeper or a pure batesman.maybe 1 batter short instead of a spinner

 

[shamaan]

Yep something nobody is picking up on, that Asif was a logistical pick more so than anything. It was an obligation, however now i hope it's sunk in PCB's head that he's not a right pick.

Defonitely not the right pick haider should have played all three games and i dont mind danish getting another series

 

[Shoaibbtt]

Defonitely not the right pick haider should have played all three games and i dont mind danish getting another series

Yep, i think i saw the post that Haider was suffering from tooth ache so which is why he didn't play but might play the 3rd game as he's feeling better otherwise i would pick Abdullah Shafique.

 

[ask_analyse_act]

Misbah and Waqar are known to select wrong 11s for decades now.

Even when Misbah was given the dual role he went back and brought in

Sohail , Imran khan, irfan, u.akmal, shehzad, Kashif bhatti, Ifthikar, Asif ali, and the rookie Naseem shah

These two will debut many youngster beauties but no one will ever have consistent run or don’t have any potential but given more chances.


Saud Shakeel and Haider ali are the middle order option wasim selected

Shakeel is injured , Asif was granted as replacement which I believe Wasim shouldn’t have agreed to but being it is the last minute he has to

In absence of. Saud Shakeel danish was debuted fine, IMO Shafique should have played at 4
Haider ali not playing is a question for coaching staff and management

Wasim never selected middle order of danish , Asif and Shadab. But played as such is an intriguing selection from Misbah trying voice out something to Wasim. Such an egomaniac.

If Shafique not good for 4 then Sarfraz was an easy pick to fill the inexperienced middle order spot.

Feels like Misbah purposely played danish Asif and Shadab in the middle order to express his agony for not giving him Haris and Ifthikar or for Wasim not listening to his choice of players

 

[ask_analyse_act]

I don't think enough specialist batters were selected. We only have Haider and Shafique as options to replace Asif Ali and Danish Aziz for the 3rd ODI.

Yes this is an issue not enough specialist batters but 5 bits and pieces was selected initially joined by Asif ali for Saud makes it go 6

 

[Hasan123]

Saud shakeel was thier but obviously he got injuired and you also had sarfraz who can play as a wicket keeper or a pure batesman.maybe 1 batter short instead of a spinner

There was no need to select all 3 of Qadir,Shadab, and Nawaz as the conditions weren’t suited to spin anyway. So as you said another batter should have been in place for at least 1 of them.

 

[Hasan123]

Yes this is an issue not enough specialist batters but 5 bits and pieces was selected initially joined by Asif ali for Saud makes it go 6

One of Shadab ,Nawaz,or Qadir should have been replaced in the ODI squad for a middle order batsmen.

 

[Shoaibbtt]

One of Shadab ,Nawaz,or Qadir should have been replaced in the ODI squad for a middle order batsmen.

I think this is where we could've given someone like Kamran Ghulam a go or stick Abdullah Shafique in there. Haider Ali though not feeling well was just plain bad luck.

 

[Hasan123]

I think this is where we could've given someone like Kamran Ghulam a go or stick Abdullah Shafique in there. Haider Ali though not feeling well was just plain bad luck.

The problem with this ODI squad is Haider,Shafique,and Aziz don’t have much experience. It was unfortunate that Saud got injured but there was never going to be a need for 3 spinners on these pitches. A more experienced domestic performer who can bad in the middle order should have been selected.

I like Hussain Talat, I would rather him have played than Danish Aziz who doesn’t look ready or even instead of Asif Ali.

 

[Shoaibbtt]

The problem with this ODI squad is Haider,Shafique,and Aziz don’t have much experience. It was unfortunate that Saud got injured but there was never going to be a need for 3 spinners on these pitches. A more experienced domestic performer who can bad in the middle order should have been selected.

I like Hussain Talat, I would rather him have played than Danish Aziz who doesn’t look ready or even instead of Asif Ali.

I mean Saud doesn't have experience either but look you'll get days when players fail and failure shouldn't be lambasted but continually encouraged in my view. We can't just keep on recycling players that fail and then bring them back on the back of no performances to base it on.

I like Talat as well but i reckon he would've struggled against Shamsi who outfoxed him in the t20 series and would've got him out cheaply again.

Danish's failure is not his fault but the fault of the management and i say this time and time again that send our players on A tours/send them to English County/introduce drop in pitches to Pakistan.

 

[Snowflake]

I think the squad selection was fine, the team selection has been horrendous. Blame goes to Misbah/Waqar/Babar more than M.Wasim.

 

[Snowflake]

Shouldn't criticize CS or the management for Danish Aziz's selection. You have to give a new guys a chance and a proper run - so, I wouldn't mind if Danish is given another go in the final.

However, playing Asif and Shadab around him is plain stupid and the coach/captain should be held responsible for that. Also, room should've been made for Hassan Ali given his recent form.

 

[Hasan123]

I mean Saud doesn't have experience either but look you'll get days when players fail and failure shouldn't be lambasted but continually encouraged in my view. We can't just keep on recycling players that fail and then bring them back on the back of no performances to base it on.

I like Talat as well but i reckon he would've struggled against Shamsi who outfoxed him in the t20 series and would've got him out cheaply again.

Danish's failure is not his fault but the fault of the management and i say this time and time again that send our players on A tours/send them to English County/introduce drop in pitches to Pakistan.

Saud doesn't have international experience but he has played a lot of domestic cricket and A tour cricket.

Shamsi has struggled in this series. Plus Talat is more of a longer format player than T20. Aziz doesn't even look ready for international cricket and he is 25.

 

[Shoaibbtt]

Saud doesn't have international experience but he has played a lot of domestic cricket and A tour cricket.

Shamsi has struggled in this series. Plus Talat is more of a longer format player than T20. Aziz doesn't even look ready for international cricket and he is 25.

Talat performed in the domestic circuit all round this past season in t20s, list-a (Pakistan Cup) and first class (QeA). However, i just feel there is a vulnerability to play good spin with him otherwise i like him as a batsman.

 

[ask_analyse_act]

I think the squad selection was fine, the team selection has been horrendous. Blame goes to Misbah/Waqar/Babar more than M.Wasim.

No squad selection is also not good..

Not enough batsman were selected.. instead 6 bits and pieces were selected.. there is no need to have Nawaz and Danish (only 1 should be selected)..

Dropping of haris sohail, Saud's injury , Asif dud getting selected, Haider's tooth ache killed the batting department...

 

[Mamoon]

So when will Mr. PowerPoint flex his MacBook and explain why Asif Ali and Danish Aziz are in the squad?

 

[MenInG]

The series has not been lost so Wasim still has a 100% win record for his selections

 

[NeVerMind]

So when will Mr. PowerPoint flex his MacBook and explain why Asif Ali and Danish Aziz are in the squad?

And we dropped the likes of Imad Wasim for the above whom I witnessed live at Old Trafford taking us across the finish line in a pressure cooker of game where fans from both teams were going live...seriously bar the opening game in the WC, we did pretty okay beating the likes of SA, England and New Zealand...seems like no point trying out new talent...stick with the oldies...

 

[Shoaibbtt]

And we dropped the likes of Imad Wasim for the above whom I witnessed live at Old Trafford taking us across the finish line in a pressure cooker of game where fans from both teams were going live...seriously bar the opening game in the WC, we did pretty okay beating the likes of SA, England and New Zealand...seems like no point trying out new talent...stick with the oldies...

Danish Aziz did merit selection but honestly you’ve come from domestic and you can’t even beat Zimbabwe???? Asif Ali was more of a pick due to logistics but regardless if you have the likes of Danish (who performed), Babar, Rizwan, Fakhar and Hafeez then this should’ve been a walk in the park. The fact is that Danish blew it big time and it’s about grabbing chances and they didn’t grab it.

The fault is not selection but our player’s lack of application and poor game awareness.

 

[shamaan]

It will be interesting what he does with haider Ali will he look to psl performance or will be drop him from the squad.

Also will he bring malik back against England or the world cup.

 

[Hasan123]

He needs to explain why Asif Ali and Danish Aziz were selected. Seems as though our lack of middle order has affected our batting approach and performance throughout these LO games against Zimbabwe and South Africa.

 

[Zaz]

Hes made the most awful middle order selections on these tours

Absolute shambles They can hardly score a run between them

Time M Waseem put his hand up to this debacle

 

[Markhor]

So when will Mr. PowerPoint flex his MacBook and explain why Asif Ali and Danish Aziz are in the squad?

We know why they were selected - their Pakistan Cup performances. Danish averaged 74 at SR of 83, and Asif averaged 56 at 141.

Now this is why one should never blindly look at domestic stats - the Pakistan Cup was played on dead pitches at the UBL Sports Complex where the boundaries are tiny and teams were scoring 300-350 for fun.

Also, previous international performances should weigh against a player's recent domestic form. Asif Ali's domestic form should've been totally disregarded because we've seen how in international cricket, time and again, he simply cannot concentrate long enough and build an innings.

 

[Colorblind Genius]

I would lock Muhammad Wasim in prison and won't let him out unless he has a truly convincing rationale as to,

HOW THE HECK DANISH AZIZ MADE IT TO PAKISTAN PROBABLES??????

I swear to God, I can't figure it out. How is this even possible ???

 

[YousafTheBeast]

I would lock Muhammad Wasim in prison and won't let him out unless he has a truly convincing rationale as to,

HOW THE HECK DANISH AZIZ MADE IT TO PAKISTAN PROBABLES??????

I swear to God, I can't figure it out. How is this even possible ???

The whole point of the PSL was to give our local talent the exposure of playing high quality cricket against the top players and sharing dressing rooms with foreign players. It would’ve made sense if they picked Danish Aziz had he played well in the PSL, but instead, PCB decided to pick him based on his domestic season where the quality of cricket being played is so bad that even Asif Ali was playing well.

The criteria for being picked for the Pakistan T20 squad should be based on performances in the PSL only. Sadly, the management and selectors are too dumb to realise that.

 

[Colorblind Genius]

The whole point of the PSL was to give our local talent the exposure of playing high quality cricket against the top players and sharing dressing rooms with foreign players. It would’ve made sense if they picked Danish Aziz had he played well in the PSL, but instead, PCB decided to pick him based on his domestic season where the quality of cricket being played is so bad that even Asif Ali was playing well.

The criteria for being picked for the Pakistan T20 squad should be based on performances in the PSL only. Sadly, the management and selectors are too dumb to realise that.

No, no and NO !!!

This guy does NOT know how to hold the bat.
His only shot is point the toe of the bat towards the umpire, and then pull the bat's handle towards his tummy.

Those who have never played cricket before, bat like this.

This guy's batting is NO WHERE NEAR even on the PSL level.

 

[Concerned]

Unfortunately Asif Ali has been given so many chances that he’s bound to fire. I just hope he doesn’t in this series which will secure him another.

 

[Kaddy]

We all are bashing Misbah but this guy is equally responsible, hopefully cricket committee calls him where he should be questioned and grilled for selecting the likes of Asif Ali (tried & tested failure) & Danish Aziz (club level cricketer).

 

[shamaan]

I think the only decision he actually got wrong was to pick asif Ali as he's had enough chances.

 

[Markhor]

I would lock Muhammad Wasim in prison and won't let him out unless he has a truly convincing rationale as to,

HOW THE HECK DANISH AZIZ MADE IT TO PAKISTAN PROBABLES??????

I swear to God, I can't figure it out. How is this even possible ???

We all are bashing Misbah but this guy is equally responsible, hopefully cricket committee calls him where he should be questioned and grilled for selecting the likes of Asif Ali (tried & tested failure) & Danish Aziz (club level cricketer).

Because the same guy we are cursing now for flopping in international cricket (Danish Aziz) was the same guy piling on runs in the recent National T20 (73 at 154) and Pakistan Cup (74 at 83 - a little knowledge of domestic cricket beyond glancing Cricinfo profiles helps).

I don't understand Pakistan fans. Many PPers were calling for Aziz's selection and blasted the selectors for ignoring domestic performers.

Yet they do a U-turn when the same player flops at international level and blast the selectors, pretending they never supported their callup in the first place.

Now I wouldn't have picked Aziz until he demonstrated more consistency instead of getting carried away by one or two good tournaments. The bigger question is why are these international flops scoring so many runs in these domestic competitions ? Maybe that gives clue about our so-called talent in Pakistan.

 

[YousafTheBeast]

Because the same guy we are cursing now for flopping in international cricket (Danish Aziz) was the same guy piling on runs in the recent National T20 (73 at 154) and Pakistan Cup (74 at 83 - a little knowledge of domestic cricket beyond glancing Cricinfo profiles helps).

I don't understand Pakistan fans. Many PPers were calling for Aziz's selection and blasted the selectors for ignoring domestic performers.

Yet they do a U-turn when the same player flops at international level and blast the selectors, pretending they never supported their callup in the first place.

Now I wouldn't have picked Aziz until he demonstrated more consistency instead of getting carried away by one or two good tournaments. The bigger question is why are these international flops scoring so many runs in these domestic competitions ? Maybe that gives clue about our so-called talent in Pakistan.

Nah, I don’t think many people wanted to see Danish Aziz play International cricket so early. Majority of us were calling for his selection in the PSL. If he had been given a chance in the PSL, and he performed the way he did at domestic level, then his selection for the Pakistan team would’ve been justified.

We shouldn’t be picking players based on what they done in the National T20, a tournament that can make mediocre players like Shan Masood and Asad Shafiq look like Chris Gayle.

 

[Colorblind Genius]

Because the same guy we are cursing now for flopping in international cricket (Danish Aziz) was the same guy piling on runs in the recent National T20 (73 at 154) and Pakistan Cup (74 at 83 - a little knowledge of domestic cricket beyond glancing Cricinfo profiles helps).

I don't understand Pakistan fans. Many PPers were calling for Aziz's selection and blasted the selectors for ignoring domestic performers.

Yet they do a U-turn when the same player flops at international level and blast the selectors, pretending they never supported their callup in the first place.

Now I wouldn't have picked Aziz until he demonstrated more consistency instead of getting carried away by one or two good tournaments. The bigger question is why are these international flops scoring so many runs in these domestic competitions ? Maybe that gives clue about our so-called talent in Pakistan.

"they do a U turn"?
Who is they?

Sorry dude... whatever have you been smoking must be on sale.

I've never supported Danish Aziz.
I did not even know his name before we interjected him into the playing squad.

Who the heck is he?

I just saw him bat for the very first time. And from my cricket know how, he is not qualified to play even in the handicapped team.

 

[Abdullah Rabbani]

Because the same guy we are cursing now for flopping in international cricket (Danish Aziz) was the same guy piling on runs in the recent National T20 (73 at 154) and Pakistan Cup (74 at 83 - a little knowledge of domestic cricket beyond glancing Cricinfo profiles helps).

I don't understand Pakistan fans. Many PPers were calling for Aziz's selection and blasted the selectors for ignoring domestic performers.

Yet they do a U-turn when the same player flops at international level and blast the selectors, pretending they never supported their callup in the first place.

Now I wouldn't have picked Aziz until he demonstrated more consistency instead of getting carried away by one or two good tournaments. The bigger question is why are these international flops scoring so many runs in these domestic competitions ? Maybe that gives clue about our so-called talent in Pakistan.

Because most people here don't know much about cricket, danish performed well in domestic but how you pick asif and faheem tuller

 

[Shoaibbtt]

Because most people here don't know much about cricket, danish performed well in domestic but how you pick asif and faheem tuller

Asif I think everyone can understand, they perhaps thought maybe he can be our finisher in the back end of an innings and now they’ve fully gotten that answer from the SA and Zimbabwe tour.

Faheem to be fair to him scored a decent 30 in the SA series and his bowling is always a plus. People are just hoping that he performs with the bat like he’s done in tests. He still in my view makes the final XI.

 

[Kaddy]

Because the same guy we are cursing now for flopping in international cricket (Danish Aziz) was the same guy piling on runs in the recent National T20 (73 at 154) and Pakistan Cup (74 at 83 - a little knowledge of domestic cricket beyond glancing Cricinfo profiles helps).

I don't understand Pakistan fans. Many PPers were calling for Aziz's selection and blasted the selectors for ignoring domestic performers.

Yet they do a U-turn when the same player flops at international level and blast the selectors, pretending they never supported their callup in the first place.

Now I wouldn't have picked Aziz until he demonstrated more consistency instead of getting carried away by one or two good tournaments. The bigger question is why are these international flops scoring so many runs in these domestic competitions ? Maybe that gives clue about our so-called talent in Pakistan.

Can you please show me a single post of mine where I was calling for Aziz's selection. On what basis you are blaming me for taking a U-turn.

Regarding his performance, I am 100% sure you have seen enough cricket to realize that the standard of those tournaments was very poor. In the each innings of National T20 cup, at least 3 to 4 easy catches were being dropped and pitches were super flat. In the same tournament, Khushdil Shah was batting like Viv/bradman.

A selector's job is not to please everyone, and the Problem with M. Wasim is, he tries his best to take popular decisions.

You can not select the team on social media demands or you need not to please Pakistani sports show hosts (most of them didn't have anything to do in their life, So they decided to become cricket experts and unfortunately their knowledge of cricket is not more than an ordinary layman)

Player should be only selected once he performs few seasons of domestic cricket. for example Saud Shakeel is good selection. Even if he fails, I won't complain but selecting the guy like Aziz who performed only in low quality tournament will result in defeats against Zimbabwe.

Any way, I still stand on my stance.

M. Wasim should be grilled on dropping Imad Wasim but selecting the garbage cricketer Asif Ali and club level cricketer Danish Aziz.

 

[Markhor]

Can you please show me a single post of mine where I was calling for Aziz's selection. On what basis you are blaming me for taking a U-turn.

Regarding his performance, I am 100% sure you have seen enough cricket to realize that the standard of those tournaments was very poor. In the each innings of National T20 cup, at least 3 to 4 easy catches were being dropped and pitches were super flat. In the same tournament, Khushdil Shah was batting like Viv/bradman.

A selector's job is not to please everyone, and the Problem with M. Wasim is, he tries his best to take popular decisions.

You can not select the team on social media demands or you need not to please Pakistani sports show hosts (most of them didn't have anything to do in their life, So they decided to become cricket experts and unfortunately their knowledge of cricket is not more than an ordinary layman)

Player should be only selected once he performs few seasons of domestic cricket. for example Saud Shakeel is good selection. Even if he fails, I won't complain but selecting the guy like Aziz who performed only in low quality tournament will result in defeats against Zimbabwe.

Any way, I still stand on my stance.

M. Wasim should be grilled on dropping Imad Wasim but selecting the garbage cricketer Asif Ali and club level cricketer Danish Aziz.

Talking about Pak fans generally not you specifically.

You can check the threads here where some were describing Aziz as a fantastic young talent, he should play for Pakistan, he can play the finisher's role, the selectors are racist against Karachi players for ignoring him etc.

I agree a player should have multiple seasons of domestic success before national team selection. However our fans and media houses are very fickle and impossible to please. If Wasim didn't select Aziz they would be blasting him too.

 

[SangasCoverDrive]

Powerpoint selector. Can anyone ask him on what basis Haris Rauf is selected across all formats?

 

[Savak]

Powerpoint selector. Can anyone ask him on what basis Haris Rauf is selected across all formats?

Forget that. He used to talk so much about merit and domestic cricket performers, can someone ask him on what basis was Azam Khan selected?

Wasim has sold himself to the system just like he sold himself as an analyst on PTV Sports to mold his views to Dr Saabs liking

 

[SangasCoverDrive]

Forget that. He used to talk so much about merit and domestic cricket performers, can someone ask him on what basis was Azam Khan selected?

Wasim has sold himself to the system just like he sold himself as an analyst on PTV Sports to mold his views to Dr Saabs liking

There are a lot of questions but no one has got guts to ask him that.

 

[gazza619]

Powerpoint selector. Can anyone ask him on what basis Haris Rauf is selected across all formats?

The chief selector doesnt pick the final playing XI. Team management had plenty of options on tour but had a brain failure unfortunately.

 

[Saj]

Forget that. He used to talk so much about merit and domestic cricket performers, can someone ask him on what basis was Azam Khan selected?

Record-breaking 174 runs in 10 innings at the PSL matybe?

 

[HappyWarsFan]

He has done a great job so far, with only a few mistakes so far. But of course the experts will start raging and finger pointing. )

 

[YousafTheBeast]

He has done a great job so far, with only a few mistakes so far. But of course the experts here will start raging and finger pointing. )

Great job? What’s he done that was great? How has his selections been any different to Misbah’s?

Why is a guy averaging 11 with bat and 40+ with ball getting picked in LOI?

Why is Azam Khan getting selected with no performances to back up his selection?

Why was Imad Wasim dropped from ODI’s?

What did Sarfaraz do to get into the ODI squad?

I’m sure there’s more things he’s not gotten right but these are the ones I can think of at the top of my head.

Also what are the fitness requirements, sometimes they say Sharjeel isn’t picked because he needs to lose weight and then a month later he gets picked (I’m happy with his selection) but there’s no consistency, you can’t say a player needs to lose weight and then pick a player who’s twice his size.

 

[Shoaibbtt]

He has done a great job so far, with only a few mistakes so far. But of course the experts here will start raging and finger pointing. )

I think this is the problem with Pak fans well pendus to be specific that quiet down when you say oh well so and so got selected look at his stats and then it’s hard to argue. Is he 100% perfect? No but is he better than previous selectors? Yes and by a country mile. Selection is basically selecting people based on stats and there isn’t any argument about that.

Selection is like a wedding nobody is ever happy.

One day Pak does bad and they are all over everyone, oh it’s selection, oh it’s the coaches etc etc.

 

[BunnyRabbit]

A show off basically. May be good at man management of players at domestic level but being a CS is not his cup of tea. Has been way too arrogant to admit his mistakes. Tries to do miracle picks in hopes of discovering diamonds(picking guys without merit and performance). Tries to invoke his ideas of how the team should be on the management. Basically likes the limelight.

Any sensible guy who can select players per merit and current form can do a better job than him.

Will probably defend saying they should have played Imran or Agha Salman or blah blah.

 

[Shahzad1985]

He has done a great job so far, with only a few mistakes so far. But of course the experts will start raging and finger pointing. )

I agree. It’s easy for people to sit here and blame Wasim for the selections. Yes sometimes he does make slightly different criteria. But look middle has been a big issue in T20, countless times Khushdil, Asif, Talat, Ifti failed recent times. Malik opened his mouth at the wrong time so he was out of it. Had M Wasim had picked one of the 4 above there would have been countless hate here as to why he went back to one of them so he tried Azam and ok he didn’t succeed yet but give him the third match and then give him the three games in West Indies later this month and see how it goes. What other option is there? Nobody else is breaking down the door as the middle order big hitter

 

[BunnyRabbit]

Yea the batting just didn’t click today, it wasn’t as if it was a hard total to chase given the contribution by some of the batsmen ie 2 30+ scores and of course a 50 from Butler.

Their spinners esp Adil did pretty well and we underestimated them after a good performance against them.
Babar also made quite a few captaincy errors like holding back Shaheen till the 17th over for his second spell despite bowling so well in the first spell and not using Hafeez after seeing spinners doing well and Haris and Hasnain getting spanked.

 

[shah_1]

We hardly have any talent, can't really blame him.

 

[Shafi]

Since Misbah is untouchable Wasim will be blamed for England loss and will be sacked soon.

 

[shamaan]

Great job? What’s he done that was great? How has his selections been any different to Misbah’s?

Why is a guy averaging 11 with bat and 40+ with ball getting picked in LOI?

Why is Azam Khan getting selected with no performances to back up his selection?

Why was Imad Wasim dropped from ODI’s?

What did Sarfaraz do to get into the ODI squad?

I’m sure there’s more things he’s not gotten right but these are the ones I can think of at the top of my head.

Also what are the fitness requirements, sometimes they say Sharjeel isn’t picked because he needs to lose weight and then a month later he gets picked (I’m happy with his selection) but there’s no consistency, you can’t say a player needs to lose weight and then pick a player who’s twice his size.

Azam Khan got selected for a specific role.he may not fit that role but atleast he is defining roles.
Imad was dropped because he's one dimensional and wanted him to work hard.
Sarfraz shouldn't have been in the squad but you only really have rohail nazir who is a genuine keeper.