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Nepotism and favouritism based team selection

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I watch, live and breathe Pakistan Cricket and I always will regardless of our team performance. I can bear anything but when you see injustices, discrimination , nepotism or favoritism then my heart bleeds drop by drop whether that is Pakistan Cricket or Pakistan as a country.

When Inzamam-ul-Haq became the chief selector then he said in the press conference that he will be selecting player not based on the first class statistics but on the talent and potential. He won't look at stat but look at under what circumstances the players performed. Part of me believed him but a part of me was really worried that he is saying it to make it easier for him to murder merit so he can pick players who are mediocre.

I will have no problem if he picks a player who has performed in domestic cricket but then select a player among a pool of three amazing players in domestic cricket with stat to back up their performance and the criteria for their selection can be based on talent, potential, technique etc.

Lets look at the first class average of Imam-u-Haq, which probably shows the height of nepotism which runs in PCB.

Mat Inns Runs HS Ave 100 50
43 77 2257 200* 34.72 4 13

How can a player who has only played 43 first class matches with mediocre average of 34.72 can get into Pakistan cricket team on the basis of one good tournament and other players who has scored 10,000 runs at average of over 50 do not get selected. The reason is NEPOTISM and it kills me when you see such injustices where players who has scored thousands and thousands of runs in domestic cricket do not get selected but Bhanja gets selected by murdering merit and dreams of many well deserving players and he is then given a long rope to succeed but how can he succeed on international stage when he was mediocre at first class any way.

Why is it that the likes of Mohammad Hafeez, Imran Farhat kept getting selected in the team and other deserving players were left out.

We the community should raise our voice every time when you see some one with mediocre stat in domestic cricket gets selected in the international team.

Lets have a look at another player statistics. I wont name it but we all know who he is. It will be so sad and heart breaking if this player retires without playing for Pakistan.

Mat Inns Runs HS Ave 100 50
155 245 11441 296* 56.08 30 58

We can stand anything, losses, collapses but injustice in the society is very painful and it hurts so bad.
 
The injustice to Fawad Alam is shocking yet unsurprising.

Fawad Alam’s inability to clear the inner circle against quality bowling is the reason for his non selection. Mickey Arthur has alluded to this in the past.
 
Fawad Alam’s inability to clear the inner circle against quality bowling is the reason for his non selection. Mickey Arthur has alluded to this in the past.

Most batsmen have flaws. Looking at the Pakistani batting lineup, making such excuses not to select their most consistent FC batsmen is simply laughable.
 
Looking at career averages is misleading and being misinformed. Imam had a good domestic season which is why he was selected and did very well initially.

Fawad Alam is nearly 35, has the same technical flaws he had years ago and his output at the domestic level is decreasing.
 
Looking at career averages is misleading and being misinformed. Imam had a good domestic season which is why he was selected and did very well initially.

Fawad Alam is nearly 35, has the same technical flaws he had years ago and his output at the domestic level is decreasing.

Imam had a good domestic season back in 2016. In 2017 (before his selection for Tests), he played 5 FC games and averaged 27.

Fawad's output is not decreasing, it's been at a steady level for the past few seasons. He usually scores about 600-700. 699 this season.

Bit short on time right now, however, I can make a reasonable statistical case in Imam's favour to explain why he has been selected (don't buy the nepotism simplistic explanations), but your points aren't accurate.

Alongside that, this comparison is meaningless as Imam and Fawad are not competing for the same role. Fawad bats at 5 in FC cricket.
 
Imam had a good domestic season back in 2016. In 2017 (before his selection for Tests), he played 5 FC games and averaged 27.

Fawad's output is not decreasing, it's been at a steady level for the past few seasons. He usually scores about 600-700. 699 this season.

Bit short on time right now, however, I can make a reasonable statistical case in Imam's favour to explain why he has been selected (don't buy the nepotism simplistic explanations), but your points aren't accurate.

Alongside that, this comparison is meaningless as Imam and Fawad are not competing for the same role. Fawad bats at 5 in FC cricket.

Imam was initially selected for ODIs and proved that he belonged, leading to his test selection. Everyone who saw him, even his critics, said that he would be a quality test batsman.

Unfortunately for Fawad, he does not have the potential of Haris and Babar or the experience of Azhar and Shafiq. I read somewhere that his average has been decreasing season by season but I could be wrong.
 
Just about got rid of Hafees & Bilal

Sickening to see Imam Masood Sarfaraz Asad in the team, the whole world knows theyr in the team because of there connections.
 
Inzi is actually hurting his nephew's career by continuously selecting him, when its clear Imam has to work on a lot of aspects of his batting. Shan looked way more assured at the crease compared to Imam, and that's saying something.
 
Imam’s career is on its last legs. I cant see how he will score against this quality SA attack.
 
Nepotism and corruption in selection policies is killing Pakistan cricket

The nepotism and clear corruption in selection is killing pakistan. It’s clear to get selected you must have connections higher up and bow down to them and serve them well.

If we look at the likes of Tahir and Usman from South Africa and Australia. Both trump all our players. Heck Tahir is better than any Pakistani spinner in any format and any spin bowling type.

Yet he’s had to travel to South Africa to become a professional. Because he didn’t have the corrupt connections.

Same goes for Usman. He’s better than every single one of our batsman besides babar azam. In all formats he is better. He’s technically sound and can score fluently and is a key part of the Australian team.

I wonder how many more Tahir and usman are in Pakistan frustrated of the system and planning moving to the likes of England Australia South Africa etc.

Countries who have robust and rewarding domestic level and pick based on performance not connections


Until we revamp the entire domestic scene and remove all these corrupt men from power at root level and outsource administration, we won’t be going anywhere and are the next windies.
 
The nepotism and clear corruption in selection is killing pakistan. It’s clear to get selected you must have connections higher up and bow down to them and serve them well.

If we look at the likes of Tahir and Usman from South Africa and Australia. Both trump all our players. Heck Tahir is better than any Pakistani spinner in any format and any spin bowling type.

Yet he’s had to travel to South Africa to become a professional. Because he didn’t have the corrupt connections.

Same goes for Usman. He’s better than every single one of our batsman besides babar azam. In all formats he is better. He’s technically sound and can score fluently and is a key part of the Australian team.

I wonder how many more Tahir and usman are in Pakistan frustrated of the system and planning moving to the likes of England Australia South Africa etc.

Countries who have robust and rewarding domestic level and pick based on performance not connections


Until we revamp the entire domestic scene and remove all these corrupt men from power at root level and outsource administration, we won’t be going anywhere and are the next windies.

Tahir I can agree on but Usman Khawaja was like 3 or something when his parents went to Australia, I don't think he left because he was frustrated with the system:inti
 
Tahir was toiling away in our domestics when we were trying to make an ODI bowler out of hopeless Danish Kaneria. Pakistani selection policies have been pathetic throughout the eras. Take the example of Zafar Gohar has excellent domestic record but Inzi the revolutionary will only pick him if he does something spectacular in PSL.
 
There's no nepotism. there's just stupidity. Malik, Hafeez, and Wahab shouldnt be in this world up.
 
Nothing will change, expect the Hafeez’s, Wahabs and Maliks to be picked for the next WC.
 
and nor should Hasnain..

Well that’s just extra stupidity: you select him and don’t play him.
The guys who are really hurting squad balance are Malik and Hafeez: if you drop them, you only have one specialist batsman and the other guy is a later order finisher. The finisher will always have a high failure rate and if you don’t have the team to absorb it, don’t select him.
 
The selection of malik hafeez and sarfraz at 4, 5, 6 is a travesty You couldnt make a weak mid order if u tried

You can argue you cant drop sarfy cos hes the captain - fine, hafeez is hit and miss but still provides an innings every now and then and is a useful bowling option - fine

but you cant argue why bits and pieces malik is in the team over harris whos probably the 2nd best bat in the squad Playing him because hes got 20 years of primarily failure has been a shocking decision and one of the major reasons why pakistan is in the mess they are
 
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