"Our media joins my name, lifestyle with U Akmal. We are two different individuals" : Ahmed Shehzad

[Abdullah719]

"Our media joins my name, lifestyle with U Akmal. We are two different individuals" : Ahmed Shehzad

Ahmed Shehzad at a presser today:

"I got 2 chances and you need to be prepared to be able to avail even one or 2 chances when they come your way; Personally speaking I have never worked so hard as I have done in the last 2 years or so"

"It was unfortunate for me, I tried and didnt work out, fair enough, I am a human being"

"I have to think about the future challenges and see what else I need to do"

"As a cricketer there are many things that I can use as an excuse, but you cannot improve in that way"

"I got 2 matches but then one can always say others got more chances and others have been playing for 10 years, these are all irrelevant things"

"Australia is a tough place to tour, its never a easy place to go as an Asian team and deliver there"

"I have a plan in the pipeline - I might go to Australia, hire a coach and a trainer there, and go for 4-5 months - that is one plan I have"

"Our lifestyles are very different; Our media joins my name and lifestyle with Umar Akmal; Look we are two different individuals, he is a very good player and its wrong that if I do something wrong, then Umar is criticized because of that, and that shouldnt happen"

 

[Slim]

Poor Shehzad. Thats something i have felt too. The hyphenation with Umar Akmal has done him a lot of bad.

Umar Akmal has fitness issues, discipline issues, and attitude issues ( moaning to the media, seeking Imran Khan in WC 2011 etc.) and has shown no signs of improvement.

Meanwhile Shehzad has improved his fitness even better than before, prolly the fittest guy in Pakistan cricket team, has no other issues.

 

[Slim]

Will you ever see Umar Akmal or most of the Pakistani cricketers saying the below:

"I have a plan in the pipeline - I might go to Australia, hire a coach and a trainer there, and go for 4-5 months - that is one plan I have"


"As a cricketer there are many things that I can use as an excuse, but you cannot improve in that way"

"I got 2 matches but then one can always say others got more chances and others have been playing for 10 years, these are all irrelevant things"

He rather than moaning is actually planning to seek improvement.

 

[big_gamer007]

Why don't he play a season or 2 of county cricket? That will be the best option for him.

 

[Hawkeye]

Umar Akmal is MUCH better. It indeed is sad when UA is compared with Shehzad.

Umar has talent. Skills. Reflexes. He can take on the pacers and smash them. He's THE batsman we need for WT20 in Aus next year.

Shehzad is a nothing cricketer. No ability. No skills. Terrible attitude. Keep him away.

 

[Prince of Pakistan]

"I have a plan in the pipeline - I might go to Australia, hire a coach and a trainer there, and go for 4-5 months - that is one plan I have"

I admire his dedication. How many of our TTF's challenge themselves in tougher environments? He might as well make it one day .

 

[Danyaalr01]

Shehzad definitely has a better attitude after his ban. I still don't think he should be selected, but he is a hard worker and definitely more professional than all the other TTFs that barely put in any effort to improve or don't take care of diet or their body.

 

[Rana]

Why don't he play a season or 2 of county cricket? That will be the best option for him.

You don’t choose to play it. County’s are very picky in offering an overseas contract to the 1/2 players they pick for the season. They won’t sign a guy that has a poor track record on seaming tracks and has clear mental blocks.

Shahzad is better suited to play Premier League cricket or minor county’s.

 

[Titan24]

Yes I was thinking the same thing when they both got selected against Srl and people were criticizing them both together and then they both were dropped together as well. Irrespective of whether they should be selected or not, he is right they shouldnt be looked and evaluated as a pair rather two separate individuals.

 

[Iqbal'sh]

Shehzad can’t play the aggressive role that’s required at the start of an innings.
He’s also poor at rotating the strike so you can’t use him as an anchor in the modern white ball game.
He will continue to score bucketloads of runs in domestic but he’s not going to be able to convert this form to the international arena.

 

[Hasan123]

He has a point. The 2 are always lumped together when they are different people.

 

[leatherface58]

Why don't he play a season or 2 of county cricket? That will be the best option for him.

Counties should also agree to take him.

 

[Savak]

Shehzad is a lot more professional fitness wise compared to Akmal. It only he had applied the Shan Masood, Michael Hussey model to his batting

 

[Pakistanian]

You don’t choose to play it. County’s are very picky in offering an overseas contract to the 1/2 players they pick for the season. They won’t sign a guy that has a poor track record on seaming tracks and has clear mental blocks.

Shahzad is better suited to play Premier League cricket or minor county’s.

Counties should also agree to take him.

Then he should play club cricket in England, it's a lower level and less competitive to get into but they'll get accustomed to the conditions.

 

[Mamoon]

Shehzad is a quality player. He shouldn’t be grouped with Umar.

 

[leatherface58]

Then he should play club cricket in England, it's a lower level and less competitive to get into but they'll get accustomed to the conditions.

He could do that but it is not just about conditions. It is also about facing good bowlers. There is a massive gulf between division 1 and division 2. Club cricket is even lower. His best hope is playing some grade cricket in Australia but I don't know if they will take him or if he even is interested.

 

[shortbread]

The issue is playing lower grades in England or Australia is doing the hard grind. It's not lucrative and the experience can be very humbling. There is zero glitz and glamour.

Unlikely Shehzad will choose this over franchise cricket. Playing in the Caribbean, Bangladesh, Middle East on top of PSL will leave little time for else.

Shehzad will have to sacrifice a lot to fix his game.

 

[Hyperion66]

Poor Shehzad. Thats something i have felt too. The hyphenation with Umar Akmal has done him a lot of bad.

Umar Akmal has fitness issues, discipline issues, and attitude issues ( moaning to the media, seeking Imran Khan in WC 2011 etc.) and has shown no signs of improvement.

Meanwhile Shehzad has improved his fitness even better than before, prolly the fittest guy in Pakistan cricket team, has no other issues.

Shehzad too has discipline and attitude issues.

 

[The Viper]

He is correct somewhat.

I do recall him having attitude problems, but he does work a lot on fitness, unlike Umar Akmal.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Sorry Shazzy but you are not 1/3rd of the talent that Umar Akmal was in his prime.

 

[Slog]

Poor Shehzad. Thats something i have felt too. The hyphenation with Umar Akmal has done him a lot of bad.

Umar Akmal has fitness issues, discipline issues, and attitude issues ( moaning to the media, seeking Imran Khan in WC 2011 etc.) and has shown no signs of improvement.

Meanwhile Shehzad has improved his fitness even better than before, prolly the fittest guy in Pakistan cricket team, has no other issues.

it works both ways though.

Umar Akmal also gets bad flak due to Shehzad.

Also Akmal is clearly more talented than Shehzad in terms of shot selection, range etc so he maybe peeved that his name is connected with Shehzad

 

[Slog]

Shehzad is a quality player. He shouldn’t be grouped with Umar.

lolwut

 

[Savak]

The issue is playing lower grades in England or Australia is doing the hard grind. It's not lucrative and the experience can be very humbling. There is zero glitz and glamour.

Unlikely Shehzad will choose this over franchise cricket. Playing in the Caribbean, Bangladesh, Middle East on top of PSL will leave little time for else.

Shehzad will have to sacrifice a lot to fix his game.

I am sure he has the means, resources to work with a personal batting coach and practice batting daily for 6 hours a day like Shan Masood did in England

 

[SensiblePakFan]

What an idiot.

 

[Mamoon]

lolwut

Forget the output, but there is a also a considerable difference between their work ethics. Umar doesn’t put in half the effort Shehzad does. It is unfair to compare them on multiple levels.

 

[Slog]

Forget the output, but there is a also a considerable difference between their work ethics. Umar doesn’t put in half the effort Shehzad does. It is unfair to compare them on multiple levels.

I agree that in the past 12-18 months he has definitely showed that he wants to put in the work and effort. But this is a relatively recent phenomenon. The droppings and humiliations have definitely humbled him because in the past he certainly had the attitude where he felt he had already achieved everything and nothing to improve on.

However, I expressed my surprise at you terming him a 'quality player' which he certainly is not regardless of the work ethic.

But obviously all the best to him. The only redeeming quality (in my opinion), Shehzad has as a batsman is that he atleast puts a price on his wicket relatively

 

[Savak]

Shehzad has technical flaws which he needs to address. He needs to take a leaf from Shan Masood

 

[Saj]

Both are cricketers who have played for Pakistan far too many times than they deserved to.

 

[coy0607]

Shehzad for once sounds reasonable. It looks like he's looking at himself honestly, and not going with the typical "I didn't get support, I am the best in the world blah blah blah"

The Umar Akmal comment is true though. Shehzad has clearly worked on his fitness (Umar doesn't look like he has), and I'm sure their lifestyles are very different

 

[Savak]

Both are cricketers who have played for Pakistan far too many times than they deserved to.

Sadly the talent stocks are empty as far as batting is concerned, you still see the TTF's batsmen dominating the domestic charts year after year

 

[Pete Rose]

The only thing have in common is that they are rubbish.

 

[Sunny_majoka]

Shehzad is much better player than, fakher he is elegant and sensible. He shouldn't have been dropped from test team.
He is in good form and fitness. Making a comeback in t20 is tough he should be given chance in tests against SL or Bangladesh.

 

[silent ischemia]

I agree with Shehzad. He is much worse than the junior Ajmal

 

[Rellu_Katta]

Shahzad is miles and miles and miles ahead of the cheapster akmal.... he wasnt hard done and given proper chances but he is miles better than the "shodda Akmal" .... "shodda" = wanna be over clever ...

Shahzad needs tht 1 knock or one mentor who get him up, spanks him bad and get him going .... but on the current form, he shldnt be in the team

 

[BunnyRabbit]

Forget the output, but there is a also a considerable difference between their work ethics. Umar doesn’t put in half the effort Shehzad does. It is unfair to compare them on multiple levels.

His work ethic and attitude might have improved a bit, but to be posting videos of working out with nursery rhyme playing in the background mocking the players playing WC was extremely poor of him.

His issues regarding his struggles earlier on in his innings and inability to rotate strike or placing the ball in the gaps has been his biggest problem, something that is still there for a decade now.

 

[Saj]

Nowhere else in the world would these 2 have played so many matches for their country.

 

[RyanRyan10]

I think he will be making a return very soon in the t20i format

Fakhar has been awful,Imam isn't a t20 player
Haris has been a failure even at domestic level


And if he performs there then we might see him in odis as well

 

[Boi]

I think he will be making a return very soon in the t20i format

Fakhar has been awful,Imam isn't a t20 player
Haris has been a failure even at domestic level


And if he performs there then we might see him in odis as well

He stinks out the side every time he returns. Don’t care how many runs he gets in domestic but it’s about time we learnt our lesson. Give someone else a chance.

 

[Bewal Express]

Whether they play or not, there careers have gone no where. We know he will get many chances( people have even talked about Butt coming back) so he needs to concentrate on scoring runs and showing improvement. He is not a good player but its a much of muchness and on any given day, each is no better or worse than the ones in the team.

 

[Sunny_majoka]

Two different players with same attitude and origin

 

[sweep_shot]

Shehzad may have a point here. However, both are probably finished. Pakistan now have better options.