No Ahmed Shehzad, no Umar Akmal, so was this loss still Misbah-ul-Haq's fault?

[Major]

So both the said players didnt play, woudl this loss still be his fault now?

 

[The_Odd_One]

Bad day at the office for Misbah haters.

 

[dhump]

This whole game reminded me of Misbah's era somehow.

 

[Boi]

Yes it was. Once you upset the combination to begin with, you can’t expect things to change and turn around straightaway. #MisbahOut

 

[ahmedzee]

The same team has been winning for the last 3 years under Sarfraz. Only thing added was misbah as head coach. They are doing something wrong here, and I actually blame our bowling more. Waqar in his 6th stint as coach won’t do anything different I believe. He has been a coaching failure before and would still be a failure now. Misbah is new so I would still give him some benefit of doubt. I just hope he doesn’t instill his defensive mentality in the team. Don’t forget, the team in limited overs started winning once he retired.

Misbah the selector needs to try umer khan in the team. I feel as a selector it is guaranteed that he is a super failure already. Need to include some young performers atleast in t20I. Selection of shahzad and umer akmal was a massive blunder and reflects on Misbah the selector’s failure. No two ways about it.

 

[Hadi Rizvi]

Mashallah batting coach's plans on full display today.

Tuk Tuk till boredom by all batsmen and people are still wondering whether it's Misbah's fault or not.

This is classic Misbah Era bull crap.

 

[ManFan]

Just stop.

 

[Khan12]

Imran should take action and kick misbah out. The biggest shameless person I have ever seen. Sarfraz shouldn't even be picked for domestics anymore. Pure rubbish.

 

[unemployedgm]

1 wicket down is not the end of the world. But fear of getting out, fear of losing, and fear of losing one's place in the team pushes batsman to bat slowly. Babar Azam and Haris Sohail's innings were ridiculous. They are too good to play a run a ball. In Babar's case he played at less than a run a ball.

 

[Boi]

Misbah and his mindset needs to be kept far away from our LOI teams.

 

[Muhammad Saad]

Yea, for disturbing the combination and pathetic defensive strategy.

 

[Khan12]

1 wicket down is not the end of the world. But fear of getting out, fear of losing, and fear of losing one's place in the team pushes batsman to bat slowly. Babar Azam and Haris Sohail's innings were ridiculous. They are too good to play a run a ball. In Babar's case he played at less than a run a ball.

Thank you misbah. This guy is a cancer for our team. I will watch cricket again as misbah become our coach and then telling us how good a coach he is.

 

[daytrader]

Everything is Misbah's fault

 

[Abdullah719]

No, Misbah is great.

Hail Misbah

 

[unemployedgm]

Sarfraz is an easy target but captaincy today isn't the same as it used to be even a few years ago. The captain has very little power in the previous and current structure. If you want to blame Sarfraz blame him for his poor batting and lack of growth as a batsman. Blame him for not thinking on his feet. But the selection decisions and batting lineup decisions are surely not his.

Misbah is the be all and end all of this structure. I am personally fine with that because I would like to see our former cricketers performance with total authority and big salaries. As expected, its been poor. Why? Because our approach to cricket in Pakistan is backward, illogical, and devoid of rational thought.

 

[Khan12]

No, Misbah is great.

Hail Misbah

Lol. The OP started watching cricket because he become our coach.

 

[daytrader]

1 wicket down is not the end of the world. But fear of getting out, fear of losing, and fear of losing one's place in the team pushes batsman to bat slowly. Babar Azam and Haris Sohail's innings were ridiculous. They are too good to play a run a ball. In Babar's case he played at less than a run a ball.

Babar, out of all our batsman shouldn't be in fear of being kicked out. If he is, then we need psychologists rather than coaches

 

[ask_analyse_act]

So both the said players didnt play, woudl this loss still be his fault now?

Yes indeed. For a reason shehzad and akmal were kept at bay under MA.

Look at tbe batting order in these 3 matches, except captain and vice captain all shuffled or dropped. Remember this happpening under misbah waqar combo before as captain coach.

#Misbabout #sackMisbah

 

[Shazzam]

So he stopped being coach of the team after the two games?

 

[daytrader]

Yes indeed. For a reason shehzad and akmal were kept at bay under MA.

Look at tbe batting order in these 3 matches, except captain and vice captain all shuffled or dropped. Remember this happpening under misbah waqar combo before as captain coach.

#Misbabout #sackMisbah

In Akmal and Shehzad's case, the reasons started well before MA became coach. Waqar was the one that wanted them out

 

[The Viper]

The mentality was the most disappointing. The same strategy of keeping wickets and leaving way too much to chase is outdated. Misbah needs to change the approach quickly.

 

[Junaids]

So both the said players didnt play, woudl this loss still be his fault now?

Yes.

When you accept being BOTH Chief Selector AND Head Coach then you accept total responsibility for everything.

So yes, this is the absolute responsibility of the man who engineered the sacking of his predecessor.

 

[Justcrazy]

I mentioned it before and I mention again , Misbah and Waqar combo is the final nail in Pakistan cricket coffin , Misbah is regressive and Waqar a tactical blunder , PCB did blunder by such stupid appointments. Pakistan will loose in Australia and will perform below par in coming tours.

 

[Khan12]

Yes.

When you accept being BOTH Chief Selector AND Head Coach then you accept total responsibility for everything.

So yes, this is the absolute responsibility of the man who engineered the sacking of his predecessor.

Let's not forget misbah is also the batting coach I believe.

 

[IAJ]

So both the said players didnt play, woudl this loss still be his fault now?

And here comes the typical pakistani f'anboy. Was Misbah totally absent today? I saw he was sitting there in the pavilion. Who made the plans for this match? And Who is still the Coach?

Of course the players are rubbish, but don't try to put all the blame at one place. Misbah messed up the momentum of the team by seleting to TTFs and when you lose 2 matches on trot you lose the momentum and confidience as well. Have some shame.

 

[unemployedgm]

Babar, out of all our batsman shouldn't be in fear of being kicked out. If he is, then we need psychologists rather than coaches

Babar's problems are larger. He's built his T20 CV without any pressure of playing at a high strike rate. Contrary to the ICC Rankings he is a middle of the pack T20 Batsman. He's the guy in T20 that you don't get out because you have no fear that he's going to take the game away from you. In many ways his runs are free because they come at such a slow strike rate.

 

[Justcrazy]

The mentality was the most disappointing. The same strategy of keeping wickets and leaving way too much to chase is outdated. Misbah needs to change the approach quickly.

He cannot change his approach if he could do that in 2011 Mohali semi-final , such a big stage, he will never do. I was flabbergasted when Wasim Khan made Misbah selector and coach, its ridiculous decision.

 

[unemployedgm]

And here comes the typical pakistani f'anboy. Was Misbah totally absent today? I saw he was sitting there in the pavilion. Who made the plans for this match? And Who is still the Coach?

Of course the players are rubbish, but don't try to put all the blame at one place. Misbah messed up the momentum of the team by seleting to TTFs and when you lose 2 matches on trot you lose the momentum and confidience as well. Have some shame.

Misbah should have know the weaknesses of this team before he was hired. He captained many of these players. He participated in the media as an analyst. Until recently was still playing PSL and Domestic.

The fact that he needed to experiment demonstrates a complete lack of strategy and preparation on his part. As a result Pakistan were badly exposed by a more talented team. Man for Man Sri Lanka is more talented than this Pakistan Team.

 

[Kroll]

Misbah will be feeling right at home with these losses.

 

[Syed1]

Who instructed Babar to bat at 80 SR... Never seen him bat like this in T20s under Mickey

 

[Afhan Ali]

Everyone see that Misbah era which we all witnessed few years ago

Through out Misbah immediately

 

[Khan12]

And here comes the typical pakistani f'anboy. Was Misbah totally absent today? I saw he was sitting there in the pavilion. Who made the plans for this match? And Who is still the Coach?

Of course the players are rubbish, but don't try to put all the blame at one place. Misbah messed up the momentum of the team by seleting to TTFs and when you lose 2 matches on trot you lose the momentum and confidience as well. Have some shame.

Just like misbah he's born shameless as well.

 

[JibranAnsari]

I like misbah but not for the role of coach , selector or batting coach. His role should have been managerial inside the PCBS governing body. He played most of his cricket as a survivor , He would just like to survive for a month and won't think about long term. No it is not misbahs fault that we have lost the t20 series , he has just become our coach / selector /bcoach. But in the time to come you will see his choices come to fore , you will see pakistan playing just to win the day.

 

[unemployedgm]

Who instructed Babar to bat at 80 SR... Never seen him bat like this in T20s under Mickey

Babar's career strike rate is 126. That's average in modern t20.

 

[Syed1]

Babar's career strike rate is 126. That's average in modern t20.

The fact that you don't see a difference between 80 and 120 SR might be the reason you are "unemployedgm"

 

[Rellu_Katta]

The cancer of misbah will finish pak cricket once and for all. Thank u misbah. The lanat on u continues to grow

 

[The_Odd_One]

Misbah or Arthur, this team has too many flaws to put the blame on coach.

A coach can only give you a plan but it is players who have to execute it.

Let's not ignore some simple facts.

1. Fakhar Zaman has been totally found out in international cricket. He can't score runs against any decent attack.

2. Babar Azam has a lot to prove when it comes to chasing challenging totals. So far, he has just 1 inning of note in 4 years of his career.

3. Asif "Buttler" Ali is a club level cricketer who would not even make the Afghanistan team.

4. Sarfraz Ahmed is done and dusted as a cricketer who is just wasting a spot on the team.

5. Shadab Khan is an ultimate definition of bits and pieces. Can't bowl nor bat, even his fielding is overrated.

6. Imad Wasim seldom scores any useful runs.

7. Mohammad Aamir cannot run through the sides and win you games.

8. The team has no genuine spinner which is a must in limited overs cricket these days.

9. There is no permanent second and third pacer in the T20 team.

The team has fundamental flaws which have always been there to see. Yet, most failed to do so.

 

[unemployedgm]

The fact that you don't see a difference between 80 and 120 SR might be the reason you are "unemployedgm"

Touche. The SR of 80 is unique to this game. But generally speaking Babar plays safe cricket in T20. As a result he has a great average but a slightly above average SR. As a result he does not impact games. Let me ask you this. If you were building a T20 Batting Lineup, how many international players would you pick before him. IMO without looking at any numbers there is probably about 20 batsman better than him at T20. The averages may be lower but that's because they are expected to win games not play dot balls to ensure the team bats 20 overs.

 

[unemployedgm]

Misbah or Arthur, this team has too many flaws to put the blame on coach.

A coach can only give you a plan but it is players who have to execute it.

Let's not ignore some simple facts.

1. Fakhar Zaman has been totally found out in international cricket. He can't score runs against any decent attack.

2. Babar Azam has a lot to prove when it comes to chasing challenging totals. So far, he has just 1 inning of note in 4 years of his career.

3. Asif "Buttler" Ali is a club level cricketer who would not even make the Afghanistan team.

4. Sarfraz Ahmed is done and dusted as a cricketer who is just wasting a spot on the team.

5. Shadab Khan is an ultimate definition of bits and pieces. Can't bowl nor bat, even his fielding is overrated.

6. Imad Wasim seldom scores any useful runs.

7. Mohammad Aamir cannot run through the sides and win you games.

8. The team has no genuine spinner which is a must in limited overs cricket these days.

9. There is no permanent second and third pacer in the T20 team.

The team has fundamental flaws which have always been there to see. Yet, most failed to do so.

Hard to disagree with anything you say. OUR APPROACH TO IDENTIFYING TALENT AND BUILDING A TEAM IS COMPLETELY WRONG.

 

[daytrader]

Misbah or Arthur, this team has too many flaws to put the blame on coach.

A coach can only give you a plan but it is players who have to execute it.

Let's not ignore some simple facts.

1. Fakhar Zaman has been totally found out in international cricket. He can't score runs against any decent attack.

2. Babar Azam has a lot to prove when it comes to chasing challenging totals. So far, he has just 1 inning of note in 4 years of his career.

3. Asif "Buttler" Ali is a club level cricketer who would not even make the Afghanistan team.

4. Sarfraz Ahmed is done and dusted as a cricketer who is just wasting a spot on the team.

5. Shadab Khan is an ultimate definition of bits and pieces. Can't bowl nor bat, even his fielding is overrated.

6. Imad Wasim seldom scores any useful runs.

7. Mohammad Aamir cannot run through the sides and win you games.

8. The team has no genuine spinner which is a must in limited overs cricket these days.

9. There is no permanent second and third pacer in the T20 team.

The team has fundamental flaws which have always been there to see. Yet, most failed to do so.

Most fail to see problems beyond Misbah. We Pakistanis are obsessed with finding scapegoats

 

[Shazzam]

Misbah or Arthur, this team has too many flaws to put the blame on coach.

A coach can only give you a plan but it is players who have to execute it.

Let's not ignore some simple facts.

1. Fakhar Zaman has been totally found out in international cricket. He can't score runs against any decent attack.

2. Babar Azam has a lot to prove when it comes to chasing challenging totals. So far, he has just 1 inning of note in 4 years of his career.

3. Asif "Buttler" Ali is a club level cricketer who would not even make the Afghanistan team.

4. Sarfraz Ahmed is done and dusted as a cricketer who is just wasting a spot on the team.

5. Shadab Khan is an ultimate definition of bits and pieces. Can't bowl nor bat, even his fielding is overrated.

6. Imad Wasim seldom scores any useful runs.

7. Mohammad Aamir cannot run through the sides and win you games.

8. The team has no genuine spinner which is a must in limited overs cricket these days.

9. There is no permanent second and third pacer in the T20 team.

The team has fundamental flaws which have always been there to see. Yet, most failed to do so.

And whose job is it to fix these fundamentals and pick the right players?

 

[HGhazanfar]

Guys - been saying before Babar is a great player in the powerplay, but outside the first 6 overs he can't hit many boundaries. Appears Misbah has instructed the players with the exception of Fakhar to not loose wickets in the powerplay in other words dont take many risks and play shots.

Under this approach as seen today Babar will never have a good strike rate. Under Mickey he would go at 150 in the powerplay and ultimately milk the singles afterwards and end up with 130 odd strike rate.

 

[Mercurial]

Your penchant for Misbah is scary, to be honest

 

[Mercurial]

Imran should take action and kick misbah out. The biggest shameless person I have ever seen. Sarfraz shouldn't even be picked for domestics anymore. Pure rubbish.

Some of your posts, in which you vent out your frustration, are hilarious. )

 

[thecrusade911]

The same team also lost last two series. So it isn't really Misbah's fault. We lost to South Africa as well when babar gave us a blistering start. The thing is that most of the players aren't T20 material. It is as simple as that. They won against Australia when Australia wasn't playing their A team and then afterwards this team has only regressed, they have only gotten worse.

 

[Usman Chadda]

Misbah or Arthur, this team has too many flaws to put the blame on coach.

A coach can only give you a plan but it is players who have to execute it.

Let's not ignore some simple facts.

1. Fakhar Zaman has been totally found out in international cricket. He can't score runs against any decent attack.

2. Babar Azam has a lot to prove when it comes to chasing challenging totals. So far, he has just 1 inning of note in 4 years of his career.

3. Asif "Buttler" Ali is a club level cricketer who would not even make the Afghanistan team.

4. Sarfraz Ahmed is done and dusted as a cricketer who is just wasting a spot on the team.

5. Shadab Khan is an ultimate definition of bits and pieces. Can't bowl nor bat, even his fielding is overrated.

6. Imad Wasim seldom scores any useful runs.

7. Mohammad Aamir cannot run through the sides and win you games.

8. The team has no genuine spinner which is a must in limited overs cricket these days.

9. There is no permanent second and third pacer in the T20 team.

The team has fundamental flaws which have always been there to see. Yet, most failed to do so.

Yet, Mickey took this team to number one in the T20 rankings, and never lost a T20 as bad as your hero here.

There are fundamental flaws with this team obviously, but it's pretty clear Misbah is just adding to them rather than work with them as Mickey apparently did.

 

[thecrusade911]

And whose job is it to fix these fundamentals and pick the right players?

These problems aren't fixed at International level. They need to be fixed at domestic only then you you should be eligible to play International cricket.
Lets analyze something:
-Asif ali was selected in the team because he just hit Hasan Ali for 3 sixes in PSL.
-Hasnain was selected because he bowled one 150kph delivery and probably took 4 wickets in a single match.
-Faheem was selected on I DON'T KNOW.
When you select players based on such performances, they might give you few good performances but after that they will look like the club players that they are.

 

[thecrusade911]

Yet, Mickey took this team to number one in the T20 rankings, and never lost a T20 as bad as your hero here.

There are fundamental flaws with this team obviously, but it's pretty clear Misbah is just adding to them rather than work with them as Mickey apparently did.

How is this Misbah's fault. You needed 67 from 7 overs with 9 wickets in hand. Babar and Haris at the crease.99% times we will back the batting team to win. But but but???? Explain me how Misbah lost you match from there? It is the complete inability of these players to hit fours and sixes. It is the lack of skill required to play in T20 and ODIs that's missing. That's what is loosing you matches. They couldn't chase in South Africa as well. They lost to England as well. So this loosing streak had already started when Mickey was in power.

 

[Usman Chadda]

How is this Misbah's fault. You needed 67 from 7 overs with 9 wickets in hand. Babar and Haris at the crease.99% times we will back the batting team to win. But but but???? Explain me how Misbah lost you match from there? It is the complete inability of these players to hit fours and sixes. It is the lack of skill required to play in T20 and ODIs that's missing. That's what is loosing you matches. They couldn't chase in South Africa as well. They lost to England as well. So this loosing streak had already started when Mickey was in power.

They didn't get whitewashed against South Africa in South Africa, neither did they get smashed by England in England so ruthlessly.

Sri Lanka has managed to whitewash us so brutally, some of these guys might not recover from this. As the head coach and chief selector, Misbah has to take blame for this loss. We had PPers destroying Mickey and Inzi relentlessly over the past four years, why the excuses for Misbah now?

 

[Syed1]

How is this Misbah's fault. You needed 67 from 7 overs with 9 wickets in hand. Babar and Haris at the crease.99% times we will back the batting team to win. But but but???? Explain me how Misbah lost you match from there? It is the complete inability of these players to hit fours and sixes. It is the lack of skill required to play in T20 and ODIs that's missing. That's what is loosing you matches. They couldn't chase in South Africa as well. They lost to England as well. So this loosing streak had already started when Mickey was in power.

Why did it come to a situation where 10 rpo are required in the last 7 when asking rate at start of innings was 7.5? Who instructed Babar to do tuk tuk and bat at 80 SR? When you find the answers to these questions you will know why people are having a go at saviour sahab.

 

[The_Odd_One]

Yet, Mickey took this team to number one in the T20 rankings, and never lost a T20 as bad as your hero here.

There are fundamental flaws with this team obviously, but it's pretty clear Misbah is just adding to them rather than work with them as Mickey apparently did.

You are taking T20I rankings too seriously.

Pakistan lost a game to retired world XI
Pakistan lost to England
Pakistan lost to South Africa C
Now Pakistan lost to Sri Lanka C

Pakistan's T20I rankings should have been taken with a grain of salt. A team which is poor in the other two formats cannot be a world beater in the third format magically. A team like India would never lose to minnows or other countries C teams because their dominance is based on quality players.

Pakistan's #1 ranking was just due to the fact that other teams did not take T-20s too seriously. How can a team which has no power-hitter or a single decent spinner dominate T-20s? A much needed reality check was in order for the delusional fans.

 

[thecrusade911]

Why did it come to a situation where 10 rpo are required in the last 7 when asking rate at start of innings was 7.5? Who instructed Babar to do tuk tuk and bat at 80 SR? When you find the answers to these questions you will know why people are having a go at saviour sahab.

He was trying to hit boundaries but he wasn't able to so it's his inability to score at a good strike rate. We have seen such innings from babar before as well in PSL, in ODI vs England.
It did come to 10rpo, but then Misbah wouldn't tell them to do tuk tuk. If they can't win match from that situation against SL b team then I'm afraid they are not good enough. Asif ali, Sarfaraz, Shadab and few others are nothing players. So stop blaming everything on Misbah.

 

[thecrusade911]

You are taking T20I rankings too seriously.

Pakistan lost a game to retired world XI
Pakistan lost to England
Pakistan lost to South Africa C
Now Pakistan lost to Sri Lanka C

Pakistan's T20I rankings should have been taken with a grain of salt. A team which is poor in the other two formats cannot be a world beater in the third format magically. A team like India would never lose to minnows or other countries C teams because their dominance is based on quality players.

Pakistan's #1 ranking was just due to the fact that other teams did not take T-20s too seriously. How can a team which has no power-hitter or a single decent spinner dominate T-20s? A much needed reality check was in order for the delusional fans.

Nothing to add!!!

 

[Markhor]

Look the problem is desi coaches just don't work for Pakistan, let alone one totally inexperienced as Misbah.

The best thing to have done is to renew Mickey's contract till 2020 WC and make Misbah an assistant coach + IU coach so he got some coaching exposure first.

 

[thecrusade911]

They didn't get whitewashed against South Africa in South Africa, neither did they get smashed by England in England so ruthlessly.

Sri Lanka has managed to whitewash us so brutally, some of these guys might not recover from this. As the head coach and chief selector, Misbah has to take blame for this loss. We had PPers destroying Mickey and Inzi relentlessly over the past four years, why the excuses for Misbah now?

Pakistan was doin well because Babar was doin well which Misbah also mentioned. Only T20 which we won against SA c team was actually won by bowlers.
Against Eng as well Babar scored and England won it easily, they never looked like they were going to loose.. So it's the more fault of players than Misbah.
Also the fact that Pakistan had to chase in all 3 T20s, so it was never going to happen.

 

[cricketworm]

Only person that needs instant sacking is actually Sarfaraz. He needs to go back to domestic cricket and prove his spot, or retire.

 

[Cric_lover4487]

Can anyone explain why Imad was promoted over Asif Ali?. I mean Pak score was like 70/1 after 12 overs. They should have won it comprehensively. Asif Ali looks like he could be Pak's Pollard/Pandya/Russel like middle order big hitter. Sarfaraz is way past his prime. He is a liability just like Dhoni. Can't drop him bcoz of reputation but useless player.

 

[Usman Chadda]

You are taking T20I rankings too seriously.

Pakistan lost a game to retired world XI
Pakistan lost to England
Pakistan lost to South Africa C
Now Pakistan lost to Sri Lanka C

Pakistan's T20I rankings should have been taken with a grain of salt. A team which is poor in the other two formats cannot be a world beater in the third format magically. A team like India would never lose to minnows or other countries C teams because their dominance is based on quality players.

Pakistan's #1 ranking was just due to the fact that other teams did not take T-20s too seriously. How can a team which has no power-hitter or a single decent spinner dominate T-20s? A much needed reality check was in order for the delusional fans.

Where did I mention anything about Pakistan being a dominant T20 team?

Pakistan was number one in T20 rankings. Fact.

All I'm saying is, number one ranking or not, I highly doubt Mickey's side would have lost to, never mind whitewashed by, an inexperienced Sri Lankan side at home.

Misbah, as head coach and chief selector, has to take the blame for this. A poster above wrote exactly the kind of garbage we used to hear when Misbah was captain and we kept being a bunch of losers in LOI cricket.

 

[Energy]

For a guy who has been living on excuses after excuses since his playing days, there is absolutely no way to win in an argument of words with Misbah. He'll have an answer to everything.

For someone as thick as Misbah, any criticism will become an ego issue and you'll have stupid responses like: 'who else is there in the domestic circuit to replace X, Y and Z'?

 

[Corridor of Uncertainty]

Misbah instills caution in his team. In tests at home, it works. In any other situation, it instills fear.

 

[Usman Chadda]

Pakistan was doin well because Babar was doin well which Misbah also mentioned. Only T20 which we won against SA c team was actually won by bowlers.
Against Eng as well Babar scored and England won it easily, they never looked like they were going to loose.. So it's the more fault of players than Misbah.
Also the fact that Pakistan had to chase in all 3 T20s, so it was never going to happen.

Same excuses as when Misbah was captain. Misbah, as head coach and chief selector, deserves the blame. As the same was applicable to Mickey Arthur and Inzamam during their stint. You can't have one rule for one, and completely opposite when it's your hero.

These same players whitewashed Australia and New Zealand in the UAE. You expect them to beat Sri Lanka C in one game, surely?

 

[Plumb]

Misbah will take us back to 1990... One of the biggest mistake PCB made to apooint him. We will pay the price in the coming months... No point in watching such pathetic mentality from our team.. Disgusting disgusting... The whole world is moving forward with different mindset and we are going backwards..

 

[Shazzam]

These problems aren't fixed at International level. They need to be fixed at domestic only then you you should be eligible to play International cricket.
Lets analyze something:
-Asif ali was selected in the team because he just hit Hasan Ali for 3 sixes in PSL.
-Hasnain was selected because he bowled one 150kph delivery and probably took 4 wickets in a single match.
-Faheem was selected on I DON'T KNOW.
When you select players based on such performances, they might give you few good performances but after that they will look like the club players that they are.

I was talking about the players he listed specifically. Misbah is a chief selector and a couch. It is his job to get the best out of the players. A player does not stop learning when they reach international cricket. A proper coach knows how to fix the little flaws a player has. If thats not his job than why is he a coach?

 

[Hasan123]

Misbah selections have been poor. Our fans are just looking for excuses by solely blaming Misbah though. The honest truth is we aren’t good enough. I don’t see a different 11 in Pakistan being able to beat India and England in a T20 series.

We can blame Misbah all we want, we just aren’t good enough. I hope selections and some strategies change. But I refuse to blame Misbah for every single thing. Specialist captain is another major issue.

 

[thecrusade911]

I was talking about the players he listed specifically. Misbah is a chief selector and a couch. It is his job to get the best out of the players. A player does not stop learning when they reach international cricket. A proper coach knows how to fix the little flaws a player has. If thats not his job than why is he a coach?

If only they they had little flaws to fix. Some of the players aren't International material. Asif can't do the job what he is supposed to do. He can't even hit a six. Babar and Haris have no power game. These flaws need to be fixed by players themselves. And nobody is talking about fielding and bowling. Fielding was sh*t. So was bowling of some of the bowlers

 

[aloo paratha]

Shadab Khan bowling poorly is having a big effect. He would usually come in and get some wickets in the middle overs but now he's being taken for a lot of runs. Also, Shaheen replacing Shinwari will make a huge difference.

 

[Abdullah719]

Guys - been saying before Babar is a great player in the powerplay, but outside the first 6 overs he can't hit many boundaries. Appears Misbah has instructed the players with the exception of Fakhar to not loose wickets in the powerplay in other words dont take many risks and play shots.

Under this approach as seen today Babar will never have a good strike rate. Under Mickey he would go at 150 in the powerplay and ultimately milk the singles afterwards and end up with 130 odd strike rate.

Misbah's comments from presser:

"Regarding strategy, it's simple. With T20, I have mentioned before as well that your first target is to win the powerplay. You need to see what the opposition is doing and see what you need to do. If they are making 50 in the powerplay, you need to make more than that. If you bat first, you need to try and make 50+, even if you lose 2 wickets. The top 3 batsman should charge out, which is not happening in the first 6 overs. We're losing wickets and we're not even scoring at 6 an over. In the middle overs, it's simple, you need to make 7-8 runs per over from overs 6-15. In the last 5 overs, you go all out. You plan to make 170-180 and this is our plan"

"I think that saying that they (Babar Azam and Haris Sohail) were playing for themselves is wrong. I think that they couldn't adapt to the slowness of the pitch. They were trying to hit but they couldn't connect so there were dot balls and frustration built up. That happened with Babar in all the matches, he couldn't time the ball. Saying that they were playing for themselves, they are our top players and their position in the team isn't such that anyone can challenge it, that they need to score today for their spots in the team. They couldn't adapt and also SL mixed up their bowling. A big factor has been their spinners specially their leg-spinner. Even today he went for few runs, we couldn't read his googly and we didn't play him well. They played all our bowlers well"

 

[Snowflake]

Why did it come to a situation where 10 rpo are required in the last 7 when asking rate at start of innings was 7.5? Who instructed Babar to do tuk tuk and bat at 80 SR? When you find the answers to these questions you will know why people are having a go at saviour sahab.

He can always come out and say "I never instructed any batsman to play in a certain way" and these delusional fans will lap it up.

Fact is, we saw this approach when he was the captain, and we're seeing it again when he's the coach.

In between, we saw a completely different team.

If that doesn't tell you anything, then only God can help you.

 

[Snowflake]

Misbah's comments from presser:

"Regarding strategy, it's simple. With T20, I have mentioned before as well that your first target is to win the powerplay. You need to see what the opposition is doing and see what you need to do. If they are making 50 in the powerplay, you need to make more than that. If you bat first, you need to try and make 50+, even if you lose 2 wickets. The top 3 batsman should charge out, which is not happening in the first 6 overs. We're losing wickets and we're not even scoring at 6 an over. In the middle overs, it's simple, you need to make 7-8 runs per over from overs 6-15. In the last 5 overs, you go all out. You plan to make 170-180 and this is our plan"

It was definitely happening when you weren't around!

"I think that saying that they (Babar Azam and Haris Sohail) were playing for themselves is wrong. I think that they couldn't adapt to the slowness of the pitch. They were trying to hit but they couldn't connect so there were dot balls and frustration built up. That happened with Babar in all the matches, he couldn't time the ball. Saying that they were playing for themselves, they are our top players and their position in the team isn't such that anyone can challenge it, that they need to score today for their spots in the team. They couldn't adapt and also SL mixed up their bowling. A big factor has been their spinners specially their leg-spinner. Even today he went for few runs, we couldn't read his googly and we didn't play him well. They played all our bowlers well"

You just summed up your own career there.

 

[Snowflake]

Misbah selections have been poor. Our fans are just looking for excuses by solely blaming Misbah though. The honest truth is we aren’t good enough. I don’t see a different 11 in Pakistan being able to beat India and England in a T20 series.

We can blame Misbah all we want, we just aren’t good enough. I hope selections and some strategies change. But I refuse to blame Misbah for every single thing. Specialist captain is another major issue.

We can worry about India and England when we play them, no need to dwell on made-up scenarios. Till then, how about we continue to beat second string or weaker sides which we've been doing consistently, without being "good enough", for the past 2 years. Too much to ask?

We can blame Misbah for the entire fiasco because he unsettled a settled side. A top ranked T20 side, even if it isn't "good enough" doesn't just get whitewashed at home by a club level side.

 

[chacha kashmiri]

Yet, Mickey took this team to number one in the T20 rankings, and never lost a T20 as bad as your hero here.

There are fundamental flaws with this team obviously, but it's pretty clear Misbah is just adding to them rather than work with them as Mickey apparently did.

Misbah inadvertently made t20 the game it is today when India won that final and started the ipl so he must know a thing or two about t20s and falling short

This is more or less Pakistan’s best xi and they were humiliated by the lankans which must be a slap in the face for the coach and selectors

 

[Shazzam]

If only they they had little flaws to fix. Some of the players aren't International material. Asif can't do the job what he is supposed to do. He can't even hit a six. Babar and Haris have no power game. These flaws need to be fixed by players themselves. And nobody is talking about fielding and bowling. Fielding was sh*t. So was bowling of some of the bowlers

Well with these players we won Champions Trophy and reached number 1 in twenty20. Surely they are international quality. Either way Misbah is also a Chief selector. Why is he picking these players who are not international quality?

 

[Usman Chadda]

Misbah inadvertently made t20 the game it is today when India won that final and started the ipl so he must know a thing or two about t20s and falling short

This is more or less Pakistan’s best xi and they were humiliated by the lankans which must be a slap in the face for the coach and selectors

What kind of logic is this?

Pakistan's best XI under Mickey Arthur would win atleast one game against a Sri Lanka C team, wouldn't you agree?

 

[Shafi]

No point to respond to Misbah's fans. Even if we drop form no. 1 to 12 they will still defend Misbah by telling our T20 ranking no.1 was fluke.

 

[Muhammad Saad]

We can worry about India and England when we play them, no need to dwell on made-up scenarios. Till then, how about we continue to beat second string or weaker sides which we've been doing consistently, without being "good enough", for the past 2 years. Too much to ask?

We can blame Misbah for the entire fiasco because he unsettled a settled side. A top ranked T20 side, even if it isn't "good enough" doesn't just get whitewashed at home by a club level side.

Exactly, he singlehandedly destroyed the confidence of entire team in just 2 matches.

 

[Danyaalr01]

Misbah's mentallity is to take the game deep, play till the last ball. Start slow, play out the new ball then hit at the end, 99/100 times this mentallity will fail you.

 

[topspin]

So both the said players didnt play, woudl this loss still be his fault now?

The selection of the XI only forms a small part of Misbah's incompetence in this series, so please don't try to trivialise the issues we (as critics of his cricketing ideology) have with him.

It's more about the fact that our players are batting much more slowly all of a sudden after he's taken over. But that comes to no surprise, after all the The same Head Coach was on 17 off 42 balls in that Mohali match, so let that sink in for a second! Instead of learning from his blunder he kept up throughout the first half of the 2010s to mark the darkest era of Pakistan's ODI cricket.

Let me also remind you, Mickey's Pakistan team whitewashed Sri Lanka (in the shortest format of the game) around this time of the year in 2017.

I tell what is so sad, earlier in the series you tried to deflect the criticism of Misbah towards Babar Azam of all players.

Just absolutely pathetic.

 

[MMHS]

Of all the decisions, the most puzzling one for me was (which as expected no journalist asked him - it needs basic understanding of the game to be a sports journalist) : Why on God’s beautiful earth PAK opted to chase in first game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

May be, Misbah & Co. read too much into those threads that states .... this era is the PAK’s batting era, those top 3 are among best in history, Babar-Harris is the best middle order pair in world ...... otherwise , I don’t find any reason to chase on that slow track, on a relatively large outfield.

 

[Abdullah719]

Of all the decisions, the most puzzling one for me was (which as expected no journalist asked him - it needs basic understanding of the game to be a sports journalist) : Why on God’s beautiful earth PAK opted to chase in first game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

May be, Misbah & Co. read too much into those threads that states .... this era is the PAK’s batting era, those top 3 are among best in history, Babar-Harris is the best middle order pair in world ...... otherwise , I don’t find any reason to chase on that slow track, on a relatively large outfield.

They misjudged the pitch, it only got slower in the first T20I as the match progressed which they didn't seem prepared for.

I think the main reason they opted to field was the dew. Both Sarfaraz and Misbah had mentioned it before the series.

 

[Mamoon]

Misbah inadvertently made t20 the game it is today when India won that final and started the ipl so he must know a thing or two about t20s and falling short

Not sure why this lazy myth gets regurgitated over and over again. The formation of IPL had nothing to do with Misbah or India winning the World T20 2007.

The IPL was announced by the BCCI two weeks before the final took place.