"My hunger for runs has increased and I aim to do well for Pakistan" : Haris Sohail

[Abdullah719]

LAHORE: Pakistani all-rounder Haris Sohail on Wednesday said he is ready to return to international cricket with new passion and determination.

The 28-year-old made a comeback to domestic cricket on Tuesday while representing NCA XI in their match against Malaysia at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. The all-rounder impressed with both bat and ball, claiming three wickets and then scoring a century in the second innings.

“My first goal is to perform well in the Pakistan Super League for Peshawar Zalmi and after that I want to represent Pakistan in the series against West Indies in March,” Haris told The Express Tribune.

The left-handed batsman, who scored unbeaten 119 off 112 balls and took three wickets in three overs against Malaysia, says his injury period was very frustrating but now he is fully fit.

“I never lost hope during my long recuperation process and was always optimistic,” he said. “I just believe that injury is part of the game, almost every player gets injured in his career and it can happen any time with any one. The last 16 months have been very painful for me. I was frustrated — watching matches on TV was very difficult but I believed that time will pass. Now I am happy with my recent fitness. My hunger for runs has increased and I aim to do well for Pakistan.”

Haris also talked about his knee operation which did not go well at first but later he was helped by a team of English doctors.

“After Pakistan Cricket Board and National Cricket Academy staff, I want to thank Dr Zafar who is associated with Crystal Palace Football Club, and his colleagues,” Haris said. “They all helped my recovery. I also want to thank my family and fans who supported me and prayed for me during this time.”

http://tribune.com.pk/story/1291584/hunger-runs-increased-says-haris-sohail/

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Can't wait to see this guy back both in Tests and ODIs

 

[Hamza78]

Welcome back bro

 

[Haripotter]

Pakistan is devoid of decent batting unit from a long time now. It's time haris, babar and Co change that and bring competitiveness.
All yhe best to him.

 

[aloo paratha]

Can't wait to see him back in the team!

 

[hitthestump]

Such a dearth of a talent in Pakistan right now, a lot of hopes resting on this unproven individual.

 

[nitrous]

Lol everyone getting their hopes high just like they did with Aamir. It's best people don't have any high expectations, because in the end, if the poor guy fails, his head will be on the chopping block.

 

[Hasan123]

If he proves his fitness I would have him as Misbahs replacement for the West Indies test tour.

 

[MenInG]

Our last hope! Maybe PCB should fast-track him to Australia? We did that for Amir

 

[mz123]

Our last hope! Maybe PCB should fast-track him to Australia? We did that for Amir

oooh do you think it is possible ?

 

[TalentSpotterPk]

Our last hope! Maybe PCB should fast-track him to Australia? We did that for Amir

Last year Imran Butt of SNGPL played in Srilankan domestic Cricket. PCB should talk with Bangladesh Cricket Board, there FC Season has not begun yet. If any domestic team is willing to take him than Haris can play 5 to 10 Fc matches and gain match fitness. If he performs well than select him for tour of West Indies.

Otherwise let him play QEA grade 2 or Patrons Trophy grade 2 whole tournament the way Sami Aslam played last year. Its a 3 day tournament so if he plays 5-6 matches he would gain adequate match fitness.

Fast tracking him for Australia will be a huge gamble. Amir came back into Pakistan Team after playing 6 matches for Omar Associates in grade 2 Patrons Trophy, 3-4 matches of National T20 cup for rawalpindi, than 4 odd bpl matches and than 4 first class matches for SSGC in QEA. Compared to this Haris has played almost no cricket since his return.

 

[MenInG]

oooh do you think it is possible ?

Fairy Tales are written like that.

 

[Slog]

so will he play in PSL o not?

 

[msb314]

so will he play in PSL o not?

Yes - he is in the Zalmi squad.

 

[Slog]

Yes - he is in the Zalmi squad.

no i know that

i mean is he expected to be fit enough and considered to be in enough form to actually get games?

 

[msb314]

no i know that

i mean is he expected to be fit enough and considered to be in enough form to actually get games?

I am sure he will get to play atleast a few games - maybe even more if he scores some runs.

it is on him now to prove himself that he belongs at this level after returning from injury.

 

[Square Drive]

I really hope he gets all the possible games for Zalmi.

 

[Rayyman]

Our last hope! Maybe PCB should fast-track him to Australia? We did that for Amir

I would prefer that to how Misbah performed.

 

[Syed1]

so will he play in PSL o not?

I think he will play first few games and will continue if performance is good enough

 

[Mamoon]

Happy to see him return but not sure how fits into the Zalmi lineup and what purpose he serves. Malan, Hafeez and Kamran in the top 3 and then you have the star power-hitter Morgan who can also play as a consolidator and death overs sloggers in Sammy and Afridi.

As a result, he becomes quite redundant in this lineup and doesn't really have a role. Would have preferred him in a team where he could have had a more prominent role, i.e. bat at number 3 etc.

 

[GoUgandaCranes]

Happy to see him return but not sure how fits into the Zalmi lineup and what purpose he serves. Malan, Hafeez and Kamran in the top 3 and then you have the star power-hitter Morgan who can also play as a consolidator and death overs sloggers in Sammy and Afridi.

As a result, he becomes quite redundant in this lineup and doesn't really have a role. Would have preferred him in a team where he could have had a more prominent role, i.e. bat at number 3 etc.

There is no youngster who is going to get the number 3 role in any of the PSL teams barring Babar who may get into the top three in the first few matches of PSL.

What saddens me the most is that he is still backing away from the strike when he needs to hit big. Really needs to work on more ways to hit big or score fast.

 

[Sarfarazian92]

People will bash me for this but I think Mr. Haris Sohail is overrated as a LO player.

 

[Mamoon]

There is no youngster who is going to get the number 3 role in any of the PSL teams barring Babar who may get into the top three in the first few matches of PSL.

What saddens me the most is that he is still backing away from the strike when he needs to hit big. Really needs to work on more ways to hit big or score fast.

If he is going to end up playing 15-20 deliveries on average per innings, he will eventually be replaced by Maqsood who is more capable of hitting from ball one.

Haris is a lambi race ka ghora in the mould of Babar, which means that he needs to play the anchor role at number 3 and play through the innings. As you pointed out, his stock is nowhere near Babar's at the moment and he is not going to get the number 3 position, so he really has to do something special in his brief stints at the crease to grab the headlines in this edition.

 

[Mamoon]

People will bash me for this but I think Mr. Haris Sohail is overrated as a LO player.

I think he is the ideal number 4 for ODIs, but both him and Babar cannot play T20Is together.

 

[mz123]

I think he is the ideal number 4 for ODIs, but both him and Babar cannot play T20Is together.

Do you think he wil play at nb 4 in odis vs windies ?

 

[Sarfarazian92]

I think he is the ideal number 4 for ODIs, but both him and Babar cannot play T20Is together.

He's good against pace, but gets bogged down against spin.

Of what I remember of him, since he played a long while back lol, he's a poor rotator of strike early on in his innings.

Agree on the t20 part. Haris isn't a t20 player according to me.

 

[Mamoon]

Do you think he wil play at nb 4 in odis vs windies ?

It will be difficult for him to get into the playing XI unless he has a very good PSL, which seems difficult because of the Zalmi team composition. However, it will be farcical if he doesn't make the ODI squad ahead of Shafiq.

 

[Mamoon]

He's good against pace, but gets bogged down against spin.

Of what I remember of him, since he played a long while back lol, he's a poor rotator of strike early on in his innings.

Agree on the t20 part. Haris isn't a t20 player according to me.

He is prolific in T20s, but surplus to requirements with players like Babar, Malik, Hafeez and Sarfraz already in the ranks.

 

[Sarfarazian92]

He is prolific in T20s, but surplus to requirements with players like Babar, Malik, Hafeez and Sarfraz already in the ranks.

Yes, too many accumulators in the side already.

Need to get rid of Hafeez though. I doubt any other team has 3 accumulators let alone 4.

We need more hitters in T20Is.

 

[s.h.a.k]

Happy to see him return but not sure how fits into the Zalmi lineup and what purpose he serves. Malan, Hafeez and Kamran in the top 3 and then you have the star power-hitter Morgan who can also play as a consolidator and death overs sloggers in Sammy and Afridi.

As a result, he becomes quite redundant in this lineup and doesn't really have a role. Would have preferred him in a team where he could have had a more prominent role, i.e. bat at number 3 etc.

Agree. He just don't seem to fit into the team if he bats at 5 or lower. Unless their is some sort of reshuffle in the batting line up and he moves up to number 3 otherwise it will be a disappointing PSL for him. Might see Maqsood taking his place in the lower middle order if he struggles for few more games.

 

[Chief Destroyer]

This is not the tournament for him. He's gotta rack up runs in the Pentangular.

 

[cricketInsight]

I am afraid he is not going to have an easy path back especially if Hafeez keeps lurking in the team because Harris cannot differential himself as a hitter.

 

[moghul]

He is a good batsman, but not sure how good a sportsman he is. You have to be physically very fit t be one and even before the injury he was not very athletic and physically fit.

But he has a great temperament for a #4 ODI and test batsman.

 

[Abdullah719]

PATRONS TROPHY GRADE II 2016-17

ROUND TWO

DAY ONE OF THREE

*** ARMY CRICKET GROUND, RAWALPINDI

ZTBL (First Innings): 218-10 in 72.2 overs (Haris Sohail 101, 10x4s, 1x6, 221 balls, Gohar Ali 66, 13x4s, 114 balls, Shakeel Ansar 32, 4x4s, 58 balls, Shoaib Aamir 4-70, Khadim Jan 2-32, Muzaffar Iqbal 2-62)

Army (First Innings): 60-3 in 15 overs (Muhammad Miqdad Hussain 28*, 3x4s, 42 balls, Sanaullah Khan 24*, 5x4s, 32 balls, Imran Khan Sr. 2-16)

 

[Flat_Track_Bully]

He is a good batsman, but not sure how good a sportsman he is. You have to be physically very fit t be one and even before the injury he was not very athletic and physically fit.

But he has a great temperament for a #4 ODI and test batsman.

He's a no.4 batter. A world class thoroughbred batter. He is father of Pakistan modern day batting.

Just get him into intl squad and let him get some match time.

 

[Rayyman]

He's a no.4 batter. A world class thoroughbred batter. He is father of Pakistan modern day batting.

Just get him into intl squad and let him get some match time.

People say that he can't hit, but I remember him blasting 40-odd off 20 balls against NZ in Sharjah when we made like 360.

 

[Syed1]

PATRONS TROPHY GRADE II 2016-17

ROUND TWO

DAY ONE OF THREE

*** ARMY CRICKET GROUND, RAWALPINDI

ZTBL (First Innings): 218-10 in 72.2 overs (Haris Sohail 101, 10x4s, 1x6, 221 balls, Gohar Ali 66, 13x4s, 114 balls, Shakeel Ansar 32, 4x4s, 58 balls, Shoaib Aamir 4-70, Khadim Jan 2-32, Muzaffar Iqbal 2-62)

Army (First Innings): 60-3 in 15 overs (Muhammad Miqdad Hussain 28*, 3x4s, 42 balls, Sanaullah Khan 24*, 5x4s, 32 balls, Imran Khan Sr. 2-16)

Some PP experts were writing him off after three innings in the PSL

 

[SarfiBabarHaris]

Will be easily the best test batsman in Pakistan. Just a matter of time and his fitness.

 

[Boi]

PATRONS TROPHY GRADE II 2016-17

ROUND TWO

DAY ONE OF THREE

*** ARMY CRICKET GROUND, RAWALPINDI

ZTBL (First Innings): 218-10 in 72.2 overs (Haris Sohail 101, 10x4s, 1x6, 221 balls, Gohar Ali 66, 13x4s, 114 balls, Shakeel Ansar 32, 4x4s, 58 balls, Shoaib Aamir 4-70, Khadim Jan 2-32, Muzaffar Iqbal 2-62)

Army (First Innings): 60-3 in 15 overs (Muhammad Miqdad Hussain 28*, 3x4s, 42 balls, Sanaullah Khan 24*, 5x4s, 32 balls, Imran Khan Sr. 2-16)

Is there a thread or site where we can stay upto date with the Patrons Trophy? Eventhough it's grade 2 it'd be interesting to see how some of the younger players are doing.

 

[Sports_Psychologist]

Give him a season and he'll be the best bat with Babar to take the LOi team forward.. Malik should pray that he performs because of just one poor series and Harris will take his place at 5th.

1 Shehzad (hope he improves)
2 New dynamic Opener
3 Babar
4 Sarfaraz
5 Harris
6 Hussain
7 Shadab khan (hope he has some hitting abilities)
8 Good Fast bowling Alrounder
9 Imad / Asghar
10 Amir
11 Hasan Ali

 

[Abdullah]

is that back to back humdreds now in this tournie?
somebody sent me the following message

"Back to Back 100s for #HarisSohail in Patrons Trophy Grade 2 tournament for ZTBL 119* & 101"

 

[Abdullah719]

is that back to back humdreds now in this tournie?
somebody sent me the following message

"Back to Back 100s for #HarisSohail in Patrons Trophy Grade 2 tournament for ZTBL 119* & 101"

Correct.

PATRONS TROPHY GRADE II 2016-17

*** DIAMOND GROUND, ISLAMABAD

ZTBL (First Innings): 194-10 in 55.4 overs (Haris Sohail 61, 8x4s, 1x6, 88 balls, Ali Nasir 53, 8x4s, 87 balls, Shahid Yousaf 34, 6x4s, 60 balls, Tayyab Abbas 5-51, Ikhlaq Bashir 4-24)

(2nd Innings): 340-5 decl in 63 overs (Haris Sohail 119*, 11x4s, 2x6s, 143 balls, Shahid Yousaf 73, 12x4s, 73 balls, Waqas Saleem 51, 10x4s, 49 balls, Umer Javed 47, 6x4s, 81 balls, Shakeel Ansar 35*, 2x4s, 3x6s, 17 balls, Waqar Ali 2-54)

POL (First Innings): 186-10 in 52.1 overs (Muhammad Ikhlaq 71, 11x4s, 114 balls, Sarmad Hameed 25, 4x4s, 25 balls, Rizwan Ullah 21, 2x4s, 38 balls, Bilawal Iqbal 4-77, Imran Khan 4-63, Usman Qadir 2-28)

(2nd Innings): 139-10 in 38 overs (Sarmad Hameed 59, 7x4s, 91 balls, Usman Qadir 8-49)

 

[Abdullah719]

Is there a thread or site where we can stay upto date with the Patrons Trophy? Eventhough it's grade 2 it'd be interesting to see how some of the younger players are doing.

OK will create thread to keep track of scores.

 

[Square Drive]

Good.

Should target a comeback in the SL series later this year.

 

[Abdullah]

Good.

Should target a comeback in the SL series later this year.

agreed as soon as misbah and yk retire, haris and fawad should be in

 

[the Great Khan]

wait was the saviour of cricket not selected in any of the squads? how could this be?

 

[Bewal Express]

wait was the saviour of cricket not selected in any of the squads? how could this be?

Even before the injury i had my doubts but the guy is way of the pace since his injury.

 

[Syed1]

wait was the saviour of cricket not selected in any of the squads? how could this be?

How many batsmen do we have who have an ODI average of 43 and SR of 83.


These days you are coming across as a bitter old man.

 

[Square Drive]

agreed as soon as misbah and yk retire, haris and fawad should be in

I agree with you.

However, I think that at this point, Usman Salahuddin and even Asif Zakir are ahead of Fawad in the pecking order.

 

[the Great Khan]

How many batsmen do we have who have an ODI average of 43 and SR of 83.


These days you are coming across as a bitter old man.

Haris is not there yet..I havent seen anything in his game that means he is good enough for the green shirt..he looked wayyy off the pace in the PSL and even when he was playing for us he looked really lose outside his off stump..He's not the saviour that all you lot think he is,..I'm just sick of the hype..

 

[Junaids]

If you take Sohail's twin centuries seriously, then you should do the same for Usman Qadir's 10-77 in the same match.

 

[phoenix363]

The best prospect to play for us in the last ten years along with Babar Azam. Excited to see him return to the international circuit, although I feel like that is a while away yet.

 

[Abdullah719]

Haris is not there yet..I havent seen anything in his game that means he is good enough for the green shirt..he looked wayyy off the pace in the PSL and even when he was playing for us he looked really lose outside his off stump..He's not the saviour that all you lot think he is,..I'm just sick of the hype..

Really?

Can't recall him nicking off too often.

 

[SarfiBabarHaris]

Haven't seen Haris got out in the keeper/slips region often against pace. Haven't even seen many play and misses from him. On the other side I would say he is the best player against pace and swing in Pakistan. His weakness is scoring quick runs against spinners but for tests it isn't really a problem.

 

[Pete Rose]

good for haris sohail to score runs and spend time on the field. beyond that, the standard of cricket in this domestic tournament is not to be taken too seriously. far away from a come back in my view.