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Playing XI for 1st ODI announced by Sarfaraz Ahmed during a presser today:

1. Ahmed Shehzad
2. Fakhar Zaman
3. Babar Azam
4. Mohammad Hafeez
5. Shoaib Malik
6. Sarfraz Ahmed (Captain)
7. Imad Wasim
8. Shahdab Khan
9. Junaid Khan
10. Hasan Ali
11 Ruman Raees

Bench :
Usman Khan Shinwari
Fahim Ashraf
Haris Sohail
Imam ul Haq
 
Baqwas team. Sincerely hope Shehzad fails like no tomorrow.


Kinda glad imam and spray gun Shinwari weren't selected.
 
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Pak could have easily moved Hafeez to open with Zaman and included Haris Sohail in the middle order.
 
Babar has to play long and Fakhar has to play fast, otherwise we will crawl our way to 250.
 
Should play haris as opener , he will do a lot better than shezad but again they want azhar back after he is fit.
 
We need to give Fahim Ashraf some opportunities, warming the bench does him or the team no good. His progress needs to be ensured
 
Failed XI - even a kid could have picked 9 of those 11. Only selection points were -
1. 2 of MoHa, Mian or Hari
2. Ahmed or Hari (MoHa opens)
3. 3rd pacer or Fahim

3rd one depends on wicket, so can't tell.

2nd one was always in favour of Ahmed after Azhar was "rested" & Ahmed won the MoS

1st one was the only one where Sarfu & Micky could have shown some balls - they failed - dropped the best middle order of country, who happens to be the only lefti middle order & bowls a bit - for two veterans, who'll be liability in 19 months time.

They are allowing these 2 opportunists to accumulate some cheap runs, to sell it when other factors won't be handy.
 
Seriously? Which smart one decided to bench Harris, he is a top cricketer, is in excellent form, he needs to be given all matches...
 
We were led to believe that Mickey is a hard task master and he will not tolerate nepotism or seniority bias :))) :))) :)))
 
CT side'ish.

Having someone like Sahibzada Farhan would've been ideal, tbh.
 
Makes no sense to select Hafeez, Malik, Shehzad in the top 6. Having 4 spinners is overkill. Hope those three fail for Pakistan's sake.
 
ManFan said:
Makes no sense to select Hafeez, Malik, Shehzad in the top 6. Having 4 spinners is overkill. Hope those three fail for Pakistan's sake.
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THOSE THREE will be playing for Pakistan. If someone pray for their failure they are indirectly praying for the failure of Pakistan. If one player, in the starting xi, fails to perform then it increases the pressure on our blue eyed boys. Now we don’t want them to fail, do we?
This is why I pray for the success of each and every single individual in this Pakistan xi!
 
The reason I'm against Hafeezs selection is because him and Malik do the same thing. Middle order batters who bowl off spin. A lot of our ODI cricket in the next 2 years is outside of Asia so we don't need both. Plus both are 35 so one of them had to go.

Disappointed with Mickey,Sarfraz,and Inzi for not showing courage and dropping Hafeez.
 
Should try to get Haris and Fahim in somehow. Sarfraz at no 6 is bad for the team, as he doesn't have the ability to clear boundary and get a quick 40. Fahim is the only one atm who can slog in the end.
But UAE is the only place Hafeez can totally dominate on.
 
Angrez Pakistani said:
THOSE THREE will be playing for Pakistan. If someone pray for their failure they are indirectly praying for the failure of Pakistan. If one player, in the starting xi, fails to perform then it increases the pressure on our blue eyed boys. Now we don’t want them to fail, do we?
This is why I pray for the success of each and every single individual in this Pakistan xi!
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I am aware of this fact that's why I said I hope and not pray. Those THREE succeeding will harm Pakistan in the long term and Pakistan can still win with those three failing. If anything, Shehzad and Hafeez tuk-tuking put pressure on the others. Malik is decent but struggles against pace. The next WC is in England where Malik has had epic failures, even in the CT.
 
If Ahmad Shehzad is the only viable replacement for Azhar Ali ,who doesn't set world on fire either , then your talent pool is a non existent. Hafeez and Malik can't coexist. There isn't much to chose really between the two. Instead of imad wasim a proper batsman could have been played. Hafiz and Malik don't warrant a place on their batting alone. One can easily have them bowl 10-15 overs ,so no point in playing imad . He won't fetch you wickets instead play Haris Sohail who is a proper batsman and more likely to click .
Oh I forgot Sarfi wouldn't be reading this !
 
When you have Malik and Hafeez as bowling option, I don’t see the point of playing Imad at 7
 
When will we get rid of selfie. He may perform against mediocre sl bowlers on a flat track. But he will always fail overseas.

This guy is like Afridi and just won't leave us alone.
 
Instead of complaining about Hafeez and Malik, one should complain about Imad.

Haris batting >>> Imad's batting
Haris bowling = Imad's bowling


Would have played

Hafeez
Fakhar
Babar
Haris
Sarfraz
Malik
Fahim
Shadab
Rumman
Hasan
Junaid
 
Have to find a way to include Haris.

He's in form and a good ODI player.
 
Syed1 said:
Baqwas team. Sincerely hope Shehzad fails like no tomorrow.


Kinda glad imam and spray gun Shinwari weren't selected.
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I guarantee if Shehzad fires we will score 280+
 
Bay Garrett said:
When will we get rid of selfie. He may perform against mediocre sl bowlers on a flat track. But he will always fail overseas.

This guy is like Afridi and just won't leave us alone.
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This mediocre SL bowlers just whitewashed Pakistan @ home..and im not talking about their spinners, their Pace bowlers were way better than Pakistani pacers..so you know show some respect maybe ?
 
No Haris? just wow...I would have gladly drop Imad and play Haris. Batting with two oldies(Malik/Hafeez) always waiting for a failure.
 
I dont understand all the uproar, Expect two forced changes because of injuries, this is exactly the same team that played in the CT Semi Final/ Final. Did people expect wholesale changes after the team just won a major tournament?
 
Someone said:
This mediocre SL bowlers just whitewashed Pakistan @ home..and im not talking about their spinners, their Pace bowlers were way better than Pakistani pacers..so you know show some respect maybe ?
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They have won FOUR of 21 ODIs this year. If their bowling attack isn't mediocre then I don't know what it is...

The likes of Herath and D Perera were major reasons for their Tests success but they don't factor into the ODI discussion.
 
ManFan said:
I am aware of this fact that's why I said I hope and not pray. Those THREE succeeding will harm Pakistan in the long term and Pakistan can still win with those three failing. If anything, Shehzad and Hafeez tuk-tuking put pressure on the others. Malik is decent but struggles against pace. The next WC is in England where Malik has had epic failures, even in the CT.
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Them tuck-tucking should not be equated as success! They are successful if and when they score good runs at a decent strike rate. That’s what I HOPE and pray.
 
PPers will find faults with any lineup that the management picks. They were not going to make changes to the team that won the CT (flukey it may be, but still).

Haris will eventually find a place in the playing XI. He is too good a batsman for Pakistani standards to be sitting on the bench for long.
 
As expected.

Hafeez, Malik and Imad are on my watch list. Their performance in this series should be heavily scrutinized. From my point of view they can play all 5 matches so that no more excuses from their side are left.

In the long term only one of Malik and Hafeez can be carried along, while the hunt for a good all-rounder still carries on.
 
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Everyone (almost), has a go at Ahmed, which I find surprising. Angry young man did play well in T20 series and the way he batted actually suites ODI mode more than T20 - still he was good enough to win MoS. AND, he is holding a specialist position - Opener, where the back up is a rookie, who doesn't fit in the format. Fields well, bats well, talks well, takes picture well, trims his face well .... still so much animosity, it's almost like hate crime.

In the mean time, most posters are over looking who are stealing the cheese - Hari guy should start to bowl more, so that he can compete with Imad in the XI; he won't bat at 4/5 for PAK before 2020.......
 
MMHS said:
Everyone (almost), has a go at Ahmed, which I find surprising. Angry young man did play well in T20 series and the way he batted actually suites ODI mode more than T20 - still he was good enough to win MoS. AND, he is holding a specialist position - Opener, where the back up is a rookie, who doesn't fit in the format. Fields well, bats well, talks well, takes picture well, trims his face well .... still so much animosity, it's almost like hate crime.

In the mean time, most posters are over looking who are stealing the cheese - Hari guy should start to bowl more, so that he can compete with Imad in the XI; he won't bat at 4/5 for PAK before 2020.......
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Really hope National Treasure fails in first 2/3 games so he can be dropped for Haris.
 
Mamoon said:
Shehzad is very underrated to be honest.
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shahzad should be our go to opener after watching our mediocre back up but what the hell this M>hafiz MR>opportunist doing in odi team at age 39???MICKY has no balls to drop him....
 
[MENTION=9]Saj[/MENTION] can,t u tell the management they what are they gonna achieve with hafiz??u often meet them so u should do it for the sake of our cricket..
 
DRsohail said:
shahzad should be our go to opener after watching our mediocre back up but what the hell this M>hafiz MR>opportunist doing in odi team at age 39???MICKY has no balls to drop him....
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Sarfraz doesn't have the guts to stand up to these seniors either. He can shout at the young players only. Both Hafeez and Malik will play in the 2019 World Cup. The successful CT has prolonged their careers.
 
Rayyman said:
Really hope National Treasure fails in first 2/3 games so he can be dropped for Haris.
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He won't - look at SRL bowling.

Apart from the rookie Offie, no specialist spinner and no decent slow left arm part-timer. If any one batting at 4 is cunning enough to make stats, easily can finish 5 match with ~200 runs at <80 SR - which his lobby will compare with Javed's 69 at 4, made in 80s. PAK might lose match (s), but that'll be because of lack of hitters at 5-8, who couldn't win it "Larke Lenge" style.

On top of that SRL will open with Dickwella & Taranga - 2 lefti, so Sarfraz will open with him & nostalgia will remind us what he could do 4 years back with his "old" action (to read the blank space within comma, change the font color from white - I have replicated the color of memory cell in Ul Haq's head).

PAK is stuck with MoHa till 2023, and Sarfraz better pull his socks, otherwise he won't be tossing in WC.
 
When Misbah and Azhar were captains, every bad decision was their fault. Now when Sarfraz is captain, every bad decision is Mickey's fault.
 
DRsohail said:
[MENTION=9]Saj[/MENTION] can,t u tell the management they what are they gonna achieve with hafiz??u often meet them so u should do it for the sake of our cricket..
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Do you think, people playing 20 years of International cricket don't know what key board warriors discuss here?
 
Sports_Psychologist said:
How come you started supporting Shehzad when I first joined you were totally against him*
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He has proved that he is one of our best openers. I was under the wrong impression that we have plenty of options who can easily replace him. Fact is that he continues to dominate in domestic cricket and is also the top scorer in the PSL. If there are better options than him than they should step forward.

He is young, fit, eager to do well (even if it is for personal reasons) and looks like a batsman when he plays well. He has the shots but needs a pat on his back and some inspirational words. He has an insecure personality and needs backing from the management and the fans which he hasn't had. People hate him far too much and he is obviously not oblivious to it, although he does try to pretend that it doesn't bother him.
 
MMHS said:
Do you think, people playing 20 years of International cricket don't know what key board warriors discuss here?
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[MENTION=79064]MMHS[/MENTION] just dont make me angry this country is a mess in every department.being doctor the way our media have made us and degraded us .they should have done this to some of these crooks...
 
Mamoon said:
He has proved that he is one of our best openers. I was under the wrong impression that we have plenty of options who can easily replace him. Fact is that he continues to dominate in domestic cricket and is also the top scorer in the PSL. If there are better options than him than they should step forward.

He is young, fit, eager to do well (even if it is for personal reasons) and looks like a batsman when he plays well. He has the shots but needs a pat on his back and some inspirational words. He has an insecure personality and needs backing from the management and the fans which he hasn't had. People hate him far too much and he is obviously not oblivious to it, although he does try to pretend that it doesn't bother him.
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i had the same views but like u i have changed it now after watching that night watch man .dad,s dream and strokeless wonder opening for us.
 
Surely a series against sri lanka at home is the ideal time to blood the newer players

What r wr gonna learn by playing the likes of malik, hafeez etc
 
DRsohail said:
i had the same views but like u i have changed it now after watching that night watch man .dad,s dream and strokeless wonder opening for us.
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Shehzad and Fakhar should be our opening pair in all formats. If Azhar goes back to opening then Shehzad will have to sit out, Fakhar is essential to counter-balance Azhar's world class blocking.
 
Shehzad has no business playing ODIs with his 17.85 average at 65.78 SR in the last 2 years.
 
It's a good thing to stick with previous team combination who won us the Champions trophy. But haris sohail and imam ul haq should be given equal chances in coming matches.

Also after humiliating defeat against Sri Lanka in 2 test matches we need to stick with winning combination.

I believe if openers were not able to perform than Imam will be given a chance to showcase his skills and prove Inzamam chief selector of pakistan and mamu of Imam right.
 
SarfiBabarHaris said:
bakwas team. Shehzad is a selfish player and should not be selected in odis.
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He should look to play majority of the 50 overs. If he can hold one end we have some freely playing batters.
I would have liked to see Sahibzada Farhan with Fakhar and also Haris Sohail in the team. But the fact is the eleven is selected so need to back the team now.
 
Also why announce team ahead of game so much?

Think Sarfaraz likes to do this a lot
 
I was about to say that. Its very unusual when a playing 11 is announced ahead of time, 99.9% of the time its revealed at toss.
 
Mamoon said:
When Misbah and Azhar were captains, every bad decision was their fault. Now when Sarfraz is captain, every bad decision is Mickey's fault.
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PP have there favourites and those favourites can do no wrong. The Sarfraz fan boys are no different. He has started well but because of this start any sort of critiscm for him isn't allowed.
 
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No Haris Sohail ?????????? Wow just wow.. well played Sarfraz.:salute
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Haris is very poor at limited overs cricket.

Don't confuse formats. Just because he can bat well with unlimited time, doesn't mean he is good at white-ball cricket.
 
Hasan123 said:
PP have there favourites and those favourites can do no wrong. The Sarfraz fan boys are no different. He has started well but because of this start any sort of critiscm for him isn't allowed.
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Pot. Kettle. Black.

I've seen you defend your favourites Misbah and Azhar to no end.
 
CricketAnalyst said:
Haris is very poor at limited overs cricket.

Don't confuse formats. Just because he can bat well with unlimited time, doesn't mean he is good at white-ball cricket.
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Haris has ODI average of 43 at 83 SR


:salute
 
Syed1 said:
Pot. Kettle. Black.

I've seen you defend your favourites Misbah and Azhar to no end.
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Defended them but I have also criticised them. I have very rarely seen you critizce Sarfraz for anything.

Your blaming Mickey for our losses but when we win It's due to Sarfraz.
 
Hasan123 said:
Defended them but I have also criticised them. I have very rarely seen you critizce Sarfraz for anything.

Your blaming Mickey for our losses but when we win It's due to Sarfraz.
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Yes, I agree I have a Sarfaraz bias but it is only to counter the undue hate that he gets from certain quarters because of his city of origin
 
Pathetic decision not to play Haris and Ashraf.

The fact Shehzad and Hafeez are playing adds salt to the wound.
 
CricketAnalyst said:
Haris is very poor at limited overs cricket.

Don't confuse formats. Just because he can bat well with unlimited time, doesn't mean he is good at white-ball cricket.
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You haven't seen him batting even in StatGuru!!!!!!!
 
CricketAnalyst said:
Haris is very poor at limited overs cricket.

Don't confuse formats. Just because he can bat well with unlimited time, doesn't mean he is good at white-ball cricket.
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Not sure how you came up with that conclusion because he's brilliant in limited overs cricket.

Only issue is he can't carry on after scoring 50+.
 
I should have added MoHa in my Fantasy league - because he'll bat at 4 & start bowling pies to SRL 1-2-3, all are lefti & probably stressed to score over 120 in 20 overs (that has been their strategy oblate); but decided to take the hit on my self :( ..... some sacrifice has to be some where!!!!
 
I think with the recent Test humiliation they didn't want to take any risks and played the most experienced 11

Haris will definitely get a go in this series. Hopefully Imam and Fahim get a game too
 
MMHS said:
I should have added MoHa in my Fantasy league - because he'll bat at 4 & start bowling pies to SRL 1-2-3, all are lefti & probably stressed to score over 120 in 20 overs (that has been their strategy oblate); but decided to take the hit on my self :( ..... some sacrifice has to be some where!!!!
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He is facing his favourite opponents. :hafeez There's a Fantasy League to be won. :D

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Too many all rounders Imad Hafeez Shahdab Malik?
Not selecting a full time spinner might be crucial and Shehzad is selected in the wrong format.
 
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