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15 member T-20 squad announced for series against Australia.

Lahore- October 18, 2018: The National Selection Committee headed by Inzamam ul Haq after consultation with Captain Sarfraz Ahmed and Head Coach Mickey Arthur has announced the 15-member T-20 squad for the three-match T-20I series against Australia.

The 3-match T-20I series against Australia will be played on October 24, 26 and 28, 2018 in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, respectively.

“Waqas Maqsood has been drafted in the T-20 squad after his recent performances in the domestic cricket and playing for Pakistan ‘A’ team in the recent series. Similarly, Imad Wasim makes a comeback in the team after his form and fitness was monitored by the selection committee during the current domestic matches, “concludes Chief Selector Inzamam ul Haq.

Pakistan T20i Squad against Australia

Fakhar Zaman
Mohammad Hafeez
Sahibzada Farhan
Babar Azam
Shoaib Malik
Asif Ali
Hussain Talat
Sarfaraz Ahmed (c)
Shadab Khan
Shaheen Shah Afridi
Usman Khan Shinwari
Hasan Ali
Imad Wasim
Waqas Maqsood
Faheem Ashraf
 
Farhan wasn't very good for A team but maqsood looks a decent selection
 
5 pacers and no specialist spinners, instead relying on the all-rounders for spin. We just don't learn do we.
 
5 pacers and no specialist spinners, instead relying on the all-rounders for spin. We just don't learn do we.
Our specialist spinner Raza Hasan has had an ordinary series against New Zealand A of all teams. Playing rubbish spinners just for the sake of playing a specialist spinner is not on.
 
Don't know why imad and hafeez have been selected. Pathetic selections. Inzi is turning out to be a pathetic CS.
 
Where r the spcialist spinners and genuine t20 batsmen. Are there any in pakistan??
This is so frustrating
 
anyone have any more info on waqas maqsood?

Stats:

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Recent performances:

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Not a bad squad. Though again way too many fast bowlers. Could have maybe gotten another big hitter like Sohail Akhtar, Saif Badar, Mukhtar or Khushdil Shah. Also having another spin option might have been helpful. Maybe Kashif Bhatti.

Fakhar
Babar
Talat
Malik
Asif
Sarfaraz
Imad/Hafeez
Fahim
Shadab
Hasan
Shaheen
 
I have also been thinking that the T20 batting order should be rethought. I dont know why even in this short format we have to wait till the end to hit big. There should be no real threat of getting bowled out on these kinds of surfaces. Its best have all your big hitters upfront and then have a steady hand lower down to stop the slide if it happens. Something like:

Fakhar
Sohail Akhtar/Mukhtar/Farhan
Asif Ali
Fahim Ashraf
Hafeez
Hasan Ali
Malik
Sarfaraz
Imad
Shadab
Shaheen
 
why select hafeez who has been a failure in t20is since 2014
the only format he should play is odi that too batting at no 6
 
Not a bad squad. Though again way too many fast bowlers. Could have maybe gotten another big hitter like Sohail Akhtar, Saif Badar, Mukhtar or Khushdil Shah. Also having another spin option might have been helpful. Maybe Kashif Bhatti.

Fakhar
Babar
Talat
Malik
Asif
Sarfaraz
Imad/Hafeez
Fahim
Shadab
Hasan
Shaheen

Badar and Sohail had poor Psls, Khusdil isn't a big hitter and Mukhtar has already had a go.
I would have liked to see Nauman Anwar and Fakhar Opening.
 
Decent.

Fakhar
Babar
Talat
Sarfraz
Malik
Asif
Faheem
Imad
Shadab
Hasan
Shaheen
 
Amir dropped is a great step, I want him to earn his place back in the side and that is the best scenario for everyone
Eager to watch Waqas play, heard good things about him
Surprised Umaid Asif missed out
Not a massive imad fan, but let’s see what he does on his comeback

What’s surprising is that Asghar is never considered
People argue that PSL is the criteria, but this guy performed there and still hasn’t got a chance
 
Our specialist spinner Raza Hasan has had an ordinary series against New Zealand A of all teams. Playing rubbish spinners just for the sake of playing a specialist spinner is not on.

We have a performing spinner who's already in the UAE in Bilal Asif.
 
Our specialist spinner Raza Hasan has had an ordinary series against New Zealand A of all teams. Playing rubbish spinners just for the sake of playing a specialist spinner is not on.

Yes because Raza is the only specialist spinner :facepalm:
 
Amir dropped is a great step, I want him to earn his place back in the side and that is the best scenario for everyone
Eager to watch Waqas play, heard good things about him
Surprised Umaid Asif missed out
Not a massive imad fan, but let’s see what he does on his comeback

What’s surprising is that Asghar is never considered
People argue that PSL is the criteria, but this guy performed there and still hasn’t got a chance

Last PSL was pretty poor for Asghar. Agreed about Umaid Asif.

But thing about Waqas Maqsood is that he has been performing consistently in every format for sometime now
 
Last PSL was pretty poor for Asghar. Agreed about Umaid Asif.

But thing about Waqas Maqsood is that he has been performing consistently in every format for sometime now

He's in his 30s though.
 
Good squad overall but def would have liked to see one more spinner, ideally zafar. Not only bcz extra spinner is needed but to groom him if either Imad or Shadab are unfit or out of form.
 
He's in his 30s though.


Waqas is 30, if performs well we can get few years out of him. Umaid however is around 33, 34 so his future in other formats wasnt that bright.
 
Hafeez did nothing to be selected. We need a big hitters like Asif Ali to open the innings and shoulder some responsibility with fakhar. How long does sharjeel have left for his ban?
 
Most countries use the T20 to introduce young players that have potential- we pick guys that 32 and 38 year olds. Who remembers these matches even a few days after they are played?
 
Umaid Asif????? he took 5 wickets against New Zealand A bowled really well


And who will replace Waqas Maqsood in Pakistan A odi squad
 
So Faheem Ashraf is a pacer but Shadab Khan and Imad Wasim are all-rounders?

I'm saying the squad contains 5 seam bowlers and 3 spinners. Those 3 spinners are all-rounders, i.e. their spin bowling is not their primary function.

Hafeez barely bowls these days, Shadab's batting is arguably better than his spin bowling which is not fully developed, and Imad is coming back from a long layoff.

Having seen the folly of selecting spin bowling ARs instead of specialist spinners in the Asia Cup in UAE conditions - why are we repeating the same mistake ?
 
Hafeez can be a useful all-rounder for the WT20 2020.

Then pick him closer to the time if he can a make a difference, at this stage the T20 team should be a springboard to potential talent. Winnings these games makes no difference in the bigger picture, we take it too seriously.
 
Why Hafeez & waqas?
Should have gone with a specialist spinner Gowhar, Asgar, Raza, Hasan Khan etc.
 
Bilal Asif should have been selected. An offspinner and a hard hitting batsman
 
Poor squad selection. We are going in a completely wrong direction in T20I cricket and we will pay for it at WT20 2020.
 
Does anyone has any confusion now to agree that MoHa's biggest bank is Ul Haq?

In a 15 member team, he has picked 5 pacers for UAE and NO WAY PAK is going to play 3 young batsmen (Farhan, Talat & Asif) in starting XI, means Ul Haq has ensured MoHa must start in T20s - probably as opener as well.

Sarfraz has saved his job at Abu Dhabi with bat and credit goes to him, would be my MoM in this game unless Abbas takes another 5; otherwise I would have put a bet here that MoHa would lead PAK in WC 2019.

Really making me desperate to say that now I am not sure whom to pick as CS between Ul Haq, Haroon Rashid & Iqbal Qashim.
 
Fakhar-Babar or Fakhar-Farhan are opening combinations that I'd be fine with, although it's most likely going to be Fakhar-Hafeez :19:
 
People love to moan. Imad is the best spinner in T20 cricket.

Fakhar
Babar
Hafeez
Malik
Sarf
Asif Ali
Faheem
Imad
Shadab
Hasan
Shaheen.

Brilliant line up.
 
Good to see Mohammad Amir dropped. This is the XI I want to see.

1. Fakhar Zaman
2. Sahibzada Farhan
3. Babar Azam
4. Hussain Talat
5. Asif Ali
6. Sarfraz Ahmed
7. Shoaib Malik
8. Shadab Khan
9. Hasan Ali
10. Shaheen Afridi
11. Waqas Maqsood

Full of newbie players (apart from Shoaib/Sarfraz). Should be a big victory for them.
 
Too much cribbing on this forum.

Two players that I am not convinced about are Sahibzada Farhan and Waqas Maqsood. Farhan is not a T20 player and Waqas Maqsood T20 stats are not that great. He is also in his early 30s. Junaid Khan would have been a better choice but I guess Mickey has a personal vendetta against him. Otherwise, no justification to keep Junaid out of any format right now based on his form.

I am not sure who are the explosive limited overs batsmen in domestic that can replace Farhan, Hafeez or even Talat? Apart from Khushdil, no other name comes to my mind. Don’t mention upcoming players without proven record.

Asghar has been pretty ordinary with the ball in domestic and is poor with bat too. Lucky to be picked for Pak A side.
 
Good to see Mohammad Amir dropped. This is the XI I want to see.

1. Fakhar Zaman
2. Sahibzada Farhan
3. Babar Azam
4. Hussain Talat
5. Asif Ali
6. Sarfraz Ahmed
7. Shoaib Malik
8. Shadab Khan
9. Hasan Ali
10. Shaheen Afridi
11. Waqas Maqsood

Full of newbie players (apart from Shoaib/Sarfraz). Should be a big victory for them.

Farhan is awful. If we play they line up we will lose 3-0
 
And I agree that Inzi has messed up A squad selections against NZ. However, you can’t comapre him with previous selectors, he is much better. Iqbal Qasim used to say on TV that we don’t have talent in Pakistan. He stuck with likes of Anwar Ali, Khurram Manzoor and M Sami. Similarly, Haroon Rasheed was no better. However, his A squad selection against England Lions was pretty good.

Following players have made debut or been selected under Inzi, the most I remember for any selector in past memory

- Imam Ul Haq
- Sahibzada Farhan
- Talat Husain
- Asif Ali
- Usman Salahuddin
- Shaheen Afridi
- Rauman Raees
- Shadab Khan
- Hassan Ali
- Mir Hamza

and maybe some more. So be thankful that he is the selector instead of Sallu or Qasim
 
15 member T-20 squad announced for series against Australia.

Lahore- October 18, 2018: The National Selection Committee headed by Inzamam ul Haq after consultation with Captain Sarfraz Ahmed and Head Coach Mickey Arthur has announced the 15-member T-20 squad for the three-match T-20I series against Australia.

The 3-match T-20I series against Australia will be played on October 24, 26 and 28, 2018 in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, respectively.

“Waqas Maqsood has been drafted in the T-20 squad after his recent performances in the domestic cricket and playing for Pakistan ‘A’ team in the recent series. Similarly, Imad Wasim makes a comeback in the team after his form and fitness was monitored by the selection committee during the current domestic matches, “concludes Chief Selector Inzamam ul Haq.

Pakistan T20i Squad against Australia

Fakhar Zaman
Mohammad Hafeez
Sahibzada Farhan
Babar Azam
Shoaib Malik
Asif Ali
Hussain Talat
Sarfaraz Ahmed (c)
Shadab Khan
Shaheen Shah Afridi
Usman Khan Shinwari
Hasan Ali
Imad Wasim
Waqas Maqsood
Faheem Ashraf


Where is Junaid Khan? He is performing currently in domestic and internationals. Sarfaraz & Mickey Ignored Junaid till they tried every other option in Asia Cup. And then finally gave him a single chance He out performs all bowlers. Test matches not selected, T20 not selected.
 
Too much cribbing on this forum.

Two players that I am not convinced about are Sahibzada Farhan and Waqas Maqsood. Farhan is not a T20 player and Waqas Maqsood T20 stats are not that great. He is also in his early 30s. Junaid Khan would have been a better choice but I guess Mickey has a personal vendetta against him. Otherwise, no justification to keep Junaid out of any format right now based on his form.

I am not sure who are the explosive limited overs batsmen in domestic that can replace Farhan, Hafeez or even Talat? Apart from Khushdil, no other name comes to my mind. Don’t mention upcoming players without proven record.

Asghar has been pretty ordinary with the ball in domestic and is poor with bat too. Lucky to be picked for Pak A side.


Selected Waqas Maqsood instead of Junaid?? Looks like they just want to keep a Spot open for Amir by trying wildcards. Because Junaid Khan will make a permanent spot.
 
Does anyone has any confusion now to agree that MoHa's biggest bank is Ul Haq?

In a 15 member team, he has picked 5 pacers for UAE and NO WAY PAK is going to play 3 young batsmen (Farhan, Talat & Asif) in starting XI, means Ul Haq has ensured MoHa must start in T20s - probably as opener as well.

Sarfraz has saved his job at Abu Dhabi with bat and credit goes to him, would be my MoM in this game unless Abbas takes another 5; otherwise I would have put a bet here that MoHa would lead PAK in WC 2019.

Really making me desperate to say that now I am not sure whom to pick as CS between Ul Haq, Haroon Rashid & Iqbal Qashim.
What is your obsession with Inzaman?everytime you come up with critical comments against him and your hatred against him can be seen by your calling him with incomplete name. Learn to be respectful to everyone. Imagine anyone calling you with your half name. Remember half name won't give its real meaning.
 
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I'm guessing they'll go with this XI:

Fakhar
Hafeez
Babar
Malik
Sarfraz*+
Asif
Imad
Faheem
Hasan
Shadab
Shaheen

Not bad, but I'd prefer Talat or even Farhan over Hafeez.
 
How much better is Bilal Asif as compared to Imad Wasim, who has bowled pretty well in T20Is in the UAE?

Play both. Why is it either/or ? Surely an offie would be useful against the Australian left handers.
 
People love to moan. Imad is the best spinner in T20 cricket.

Fakhar
Babar
Hafeez
Malik
Sarf
Asif Ali
Faheem
Imad
Shadab
Hasan
Shaheen.

Brilliant line up.

Any T20 lineup with Hafeez at three is not 'brilliant'.

A reminder of his 'brilliance' in T20Is:

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And this is not a small sample size, mind you.

Oh, and he's taken a grand total of 7 wickets in these 29 matches.
 
I'm saying the squad contains 5 seam bowlers and 3 spinners. Those 3 spinners are all-rounders, i.e. their spin bowling is not their primary function.

Hafeez barely bowls these days, Shadab's batting is arguably better than his spin bowling which is not fully developed, and Imad is coming back from a long layoff.

Having seen the folly of selecting spin bowling ARs instead of specialist spinners in the Asia Cup in UAE conditions - why are we repeating the same mistake ?

I agree with you but I feel like in T20s the lack of a genuine spinner isn't as much of an issue. Shadab and Imad have both been excellent whenever they have played.
 
Play both. Why is it either/or ? Surely an offie would be useful against the Australian left handers.
Hafeez is playing as an off-spinner. Then you have Shadab and Imad, followed by a few overs from Malik. Bilal comes in place of either Shadab or Imad, since Hafeez and Malik have a God-given right to play. So tell me, is the team management really that wrong?
 
Let's have it then. Who do you think is better than Imad as a T20I specialist spinner?

First of all, your claim related to Raza Hasan. Why shift the goalposts?

Secondly, Imad is not a specialist spinner.

Thirdly, there are plenty of spinners better than Imad simply by virtue of the fact they can actually spin the ball. I have named plenty of them in my previous posts.
 
What is your obsession with Inzaman?everytime you come up with critical comments against him and your hatred against him can be seen by your calling him with incomplete name. Learn to be respectful to everyone. Imagine anyone calling you with your half name. Remember half name won't give its real meaning.

I do use his last part of the name when referring to PCB's CS, but I don't think you can say it hate - I am not deforming his name; rather using Inzi is probably more offensive if you take it that way.

I don't think, I have ever come with any critical comment for the batsman IUH, but as CS (or Captain), he has earned lots of it. I have 3 parts of my name - starting with Mohammad & ending with Hossain, and I have been called by all 3 names by different people - don't think I ever felt any insult.

Using "Ul Haq", has a history in it - traditionally, Muslim names are called by 1st name while Christian or Hindu names are called by the last (family) name, though we have seen using Miandad, Malik, Abbas .... First time he went to AUS and they used to put his name as "Ul Haq" - then Tony Greig spent about 3 minutes to get used to proper spelling it .... still whenever I see teams by him, Tony's spelling sounds at my ear :)

No offence, one of my all-rime favorite batsman - but caught in the worst possible job for him. Move on - Ul Haq is his family name, like his nephew's - in western world, most people will call him Ul Haq or Haq.
 
If full fit, Imad probably makes the T20 team on merit. T20 is a restrictive game and on UAE type wickets, he actually bowled his way to top 3 bowling ranking in T20; can bat as well. Shadab also makes the T20 team, because of his bowling variation - he doesn't have the control or the big leg-spinning stock ball, which won't make him successful in ODis or Tests, but when batsmen are forced to go for around 8-10 runs/over, Shadab can be quite handy. Besides, he fields brilliantly and can bat as well. In UAE, may be they could have gone for one more specialist spinner instead of 5 pacers (6 actually, Talat can also add few overs); but since MoHa will start, along with Malik it covers almost every spin base - an Offie, a Leggi & a SLAO; only missing is a left-arm Chinaman :)

Decent squad, just didn't like Hafeez to be selected & picking 5 pacers including UKS. Max. PAK can play is Afridi, Hasan/Maqsood & Fahim in XI. Could have picked a better hitter for middle order like Khusdil or Sohail Akhtar or even Maqsood - MoHa is just not good enough.
 
No point in crying about Hafeezs selection. Inzi will pick him as soon as he shows any sign of form.

Wanted 1 more specialist spinner in there instead of 1 of the pacers. But overall not that upset with this squad. Shazbinda should play all 3 games so we can see how good he is.
 
First of all, your claim related to Raza Hasan. Why shift the goalposts?

Secondly, Imad is not a specialist spinner.

Thirdly, there are plenty of spinners better than Imad simply by virtue of the fact they can actually spin the ball. I have named plenty of them in my previous posts.
Raza Hasan has been given a chance based on his performances, which means he is one of the better performing specialist spinners in domestic cricket right now. My point stands.

Don't have time to go through all your posts, so if you can name a few of these outstanding specialist spinners, we would all like to hear it.
 
Any T20 lineup with Hafeez at three is not 'brilliant'.

A reminder of his 'brilliance' in T20Is:

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And this is not a small sample size, mind you.

Oh, and he's taken a grand total of 7 wickets in these 29 matches.

OK Hafeez is debatable but other 10 aren't.
 
Instead of Waqas Masood, Imad Wasim and Hafeez, I would have gone for Sohail Akhtar, either one of Kamran Ghulam or Zafar Gohar (maybe Kamran) and Junaid Khan.
 
Hafeez is playing as an off-spinner. Then you have Shadab and Imad, followed by a few overs from Malik. Bilal comes in place of either Shadab or Imad, since Hafeez and Malik have a God-given right to play. So tell me, is the team management really that wrong?

How many overs has Hafeez bowled in this Test series ? Hafeez shouldn't even be in the team.

Shadab is an average spinner who is still raw and developing his craft - his batting is more developed than his bowling right now. Imad can keep it tight but isn't a big turner of the ball and has not played international cricket for a year. Malik hasn't been a threat as a bowler since 2006.

We'll get away with it against a weakened Australia team but as we saw in the Asia Cup, our lack of specialist spinners will be exposed as a weakness against stronger teams in UAE.

As for who those specialists spinners should be - I've already given the name of Bilal Asif. There's Zafar Gohar, Kashif Bhatti and Mohammad Asghar too so there's no shortage of options.
 
How many overs has Hafeez bowled in this Test series ? Hafeez shouldn't even be in the team.

Shadab is an average spinner who is still raw and developing his craft - his batting is more developed than his bowling right now. Imad can keep it tight but isn't a big turner of the ball and has not played international cricket for a year. Malik hasn't been a threat as a bowler since 2006.

We'll get away with it against a weakened Australia team but as we saw in the Asia Cup, our lack of specialist spinners will be exposed as a weakness against stronger teams in UAE.

As for who those specialists spinners should be - I've already given the name of Bilal Asif. There's Zafar Gohar, Kashif Bhatti and Mohammad Asghar too so there's no shortage of options.

Are you sure? PAK's middle order for T20 is almost non existent - adding MoHa has made it even more weak. This weak AUS will be tamed only if Fakhar has a MoS performance, otherwise have you seen AUS's T20 squad - it's not what was in ZIM ...

Finch, Short
Lynn, Mitch, Carey, Ben Macdermott, Maxi
Strac, Zampa, Stanlake, Lyon

:)
 
People love to moan. Imad is the best spinner in T20 cricket.

Fakhar
Babar
Hafeez
Malik
Sarf
Asif Ali
Faheem
Imad
Shadab
Hasan
Shaheen.

Brilliant line up.

Imad may not be a spinner but he definitely is the best LOI slow bowler for Pakistan.
 
Decent squad The only person that sticks out like a sore thumb is hafeez
 
Hafeez has no place in the T20 team. This format is for introducing new players and giving confidence to the less established players. There's absolutely no need to play an oldie like Hafeez who has maybe a year or two left in his international career.
 
Has been a swift rise for Waqas Maqsood. Even though he stagnated for a period of years in FC cricket but his rise has been pretty swift. I didn't notice him before Pakpassion interviewed him some months back.
Hopefully PP interviewing more guys would result in more call ups :P
Trying new people is only going to strengthen the bench strength which is good.
 
Sarfraz needs much needed rest and this was a good time as we already beat Aus in tri nation final. 18 months of non stop cricket playing all formats for a captain keeper batsman is not easy.

Want him fit and ready to go for NZ series.
 
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How many overs has Hafeez bowled in this Test series ? Hafeez shouldn't even be in the team.

Shadab is an average spinner who is still raw and developing his craft - his batting is more developed than his bowling right now. Imad can keep it tight but isn't a big turner of the ball and has not played international cricket for a year. Malik hasn't been a threat as a bowler since 2006.

We'll get away with it against a weakened Australia team but as we saw in the Asia Cup, our lack of specialist spinners will be exposed as a weakness against stronger teams in UAE.

As for who those specialists spinners should be - I've already given the name of Bilal Asif. There's Zafar Gohar, Kashif Bhatti and Mohammad Asghar too so there's no shortage of options.
Kashif Bhatti is in good form, I give you that. However his fitness might not be ideal for the current regime.

Too much hype for Zafar Gohar on this forum. He hasn’t exactly set the domestic circuit alight with his performances. Mohammad Asghar has been dropped from the team, after carrying drinks for a year. Which means the team management doesn’t really rate him much.

Look I agree we need specialist spinners, but they have to be good enough for international cricket. Besides Kashif Bhatti and Mohammad Irfan, I haven’t heard of any spinner doing extremely well in our domestic circuit. If I’m missing out on Gohar and Asghar’s outstanding performances, pardon my ignorance.
 
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