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Chief Selector Mr. Inzamam ul Haq today finalized the 16-member Test squad for Australia tour. The Team has been finalized by Chief Selector Mr. Inzamam ul Haq and the National Selection Committee after consultations with the team Head Coach and the Test captain.

Pakistan Team will play Three Test matches in the tour. The First Test match will be played from Dec 15-19 at Brisbane Cricket Ground, Second Test will commence from Dec 26 -30 at Melbourne Cricket Ground, and Third Test will be played from Jan 3 -7, 2017 at Sydney Cricket Ground.

Pakistan Squad

  1. Misbah-ul-Haq (c)
    [*]Azhar Ali (vc)
    [*]Sami Aslam
    [*]Sharjeel Khan
    [*]Younis Khan
    [*]Asad Shafiq
    [*]Babar Azam
    [*]Sarfraz Ahmed
    [*]Mohammad Rizwan
    [*]Yasir Shah
    [*]Mohammad Nawaz
    [*]Mohammad Amir
    [*]Wahab Riaz
    [*]Rahat Ali
    [*]Sohail Khan
    [*]Imran Khan
 
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Expect the same pitiful performances and results like the current NZ mini-series.

Just no imagination or out-of-the-box thinking by Inzi/selectors.
 
not bad squad I guess. Have we got any warm up games?
 
Its expected as we have no thought about what's happening in NZ and what new we face in Australia.
 
No adaptation for a left-handed Aussie batting line-up.

No recognition that the same team has just lost to a weak Kiwi team.

No recognition that the top order apart from Babar Azam has lost confidence and is unravelling.

And still Younis Khan is selected, after nine failures in ten innings outside Asia this year.
 
The XI picks itself.

Sami Aslam
Azhar Ali
Babar Azam
Younus Khan
Misbah ul Haq (C)
Asad Shafiq
Sarfraz Ahmed (WK)
Sohail Khan
Mohammad Amir
Wahab Riaz
Yasir Shah

They were always going to play this team for the 1st test.

The bench strength can be questioned. Was Mohammad Nawaz suited for Australia? Why not a specialist spinner as Yasir's backup? If he's picked as an all-rounder than why not a pace-bowling all rounder? You need to be creative with your bench at least.

Continuity to such an extent after losing a test series in NZ (basically) doesn't inspire confidence.
 
Absolutely no thought process involved. Just waste of time to expect any sense from PCB.

If you had to announce the same squad why not give the players this assurance from the beginning so they are more confident. Moreover what was the hurry in announcing the squad we could have easily waited for one more day to judge the performance of several players.
 
Poor team to be honest. 13 or 14 player makes the cut as automatic choice hence there was just about few open spots but PAK didn't even gave a 2nd thought.

They picked 16 players with couple of wasted spot - Not sure what Nawaz will do in AUS & that too against 6/7 lefti. Rizwan as back up WK also a poor choice. Apart from that, not much to change as YK is granted a starting spot.
 
Ideally we could do with a proper bowling coach and not someone like Azhar who has no coaching experience. Our pace bowlers are all over the place.
 
MMHS said:
Poor team to be honest. 13 or 14 player makes the cut as automatic choice hence there was just about few open spots but PAK didn't even gave a 2nd thought.

They picked 16 players with couple of wasted spot - Not sure what Nawaz will do in AUS & that too against 6/7 lefti. Rizwan as back up WK also a poor choice. Apart from that, not much to change as YK is granted a starting spot.
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I came all the way to say same points: NAWAZ specially. I think they could have got any all rounder fast bowling(Aamir yameen) so that mickey can have a look at him.
 
MMHS said:
Poor team to be honest. 13 or 14 player makes the cut as automatic choice hence there was just about few open spots but PAK didn't even gave a 2nd thought.

They picked 16 players with couple of wasted spot - Not sure what Nawaz will do in AUS & that too against 6/7 lefti. Rizwan as back up WK also a poor choice. Apart from that, not much to change as YK is granted a starting spot.
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Weren't you the one who said Inzi was a lulloo selector when everyone (including myself) was impressed by his first few moves?

Good call.
 
Junaids said:
No adaptation for a left-handed Aussie batting line-up.

No recognition that the same team has just lost to a weak Kiwi team.

No recognition that the top order apart from Babar Azam has lost confidence and is unravelling.

And still Younis Khan is selected, after nine failures in ten innings outside Asia this year.
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They have accepted slaughter in AUS, preparations have been poor and they lack the intensity/urgency they had for the England tour which seemed to be the be and end all for this team which will look a lot different a year from now
 
sensible-indian-fan said:
Weren't you the one who said Inzi was a lulloo selector when everyone (including myself) was impressed by his first few moves?

Good call.
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In his 4+ year tenure, Inzi was the most powerful Captain since Khan & PAK won 2004 & 06 U19 WC - in total 3 or 4 players debuted under him. And, out of them, Rahman in his last series & rest played 1 Test only. Asif made a comeback in the Test he was injured.

Extremely defensive & loyalist type personality who'll hardly bring anyone out side his group. His cricket sense is outstanding but not a good CS for young players. However, I don't think here blame goes only to him - Misbah must be in PAK now & they have consulted with him for sure.......... I am happy that they haven't picked Zulfi for the tour.
 
Nawaz's selection looks increasingly nonsensical the more you look at it.

1) He's not a specialist spinner (inadequate replacement if Shah gets injured)
2) Not a single pitch on tour will require two spinners in unison
3) 6/7 left handed batsmen and the extra spinner we pick doesn't turn it away from them
4) AUS tracks are ideal for fast-bowling all-rounders
5) One of the games is a D/N match so he's utterly useless for 1/3 of the tour before getting on the plane

What are the positives? Continuity. That's all. :ibutt
 
shaz619 said:
They have accepted slaughter in AUS, preparations have been poor and they lack the intensity/urgency they had for the England tour which seemed to be the be and end all for this team which will look a lot different a year from now
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Part of me wonders whether Mickey Arthur has just gone "well I'm not a selector, and this is the team of Misbah and Inzamam, I know it's a UAE squad and not one for Australia, but I'm going to let nature - specifically old age - take its course and watch Misbah, Younis, Sohail Khan and Imran Khan be humiliated and have their careers ended, leaving me a clean slate to build my team".

He'd be wrong: when a terrible lack of preparation and old age conspire to cause heavy defeats he may well lose his own job. And be replaced by coach Misbah.
 
No Imad Wasim again?

Imad bowled very well on the lifeless UAE tracks in ODI's. Has the potential to pwrform in Aus too. Outbowled Nawaz easily. Yet Nawaz gets picked. Imad also batted well and looked more solid than Nawaz.
 
I am amazed at Nawaz's selection and persistence with Wahab despite a consistent track record of multiple failures followed by a one off very good game.

Aamer Yameen could have potentially been a better option in place of Nawaz and Wahab should just be dropped for good.
 
And are we still waiting for that Mohammad Azharuddin phone call for Younis? He's been a great cricketer for Pakistan but one needs to realize his limitations and his current form outside of UAE.
 
Squad is ok...only question mark would be nawaz or a seaming all rounder if it comes to that...

So Yameen or Hamad Azam...are they test material?

If the answer is No...then this is the best we have. ..

(One good thing about this website ur comments get published...unlike u know who, which is just there for kids to have a 'my mum is better than ur mum' argument every single day).
I hope im not offending anyone, apologies if i do, but even though Pak supporters are no saints, but India supporters or from Banglaesh, sometimes, God help us!
 
What an awful selection.

Rizwan? What has he achieved in any of his international games?
Sharjeel? Can barely keep his wicket in the odi format
Bowling is the same old
Nawaz... lol, below average player

I expect a whitewash
 
Surprised that it's the same squad.

A couple of players can count themselves lucky to be in the squad.
 
Seems like Inzi is happy with the boys performance in NZ and wants it to continue :facepalm:


Why not add an extra middle order batsman? Why not dump useless fast bowlers like Rahat, Imran and Wahab? Why not pick a specialist second spinner if you want one, instead of going with a non-threatening tweaker?



Inzi the revolutionary is disappointing again and again. Say hello to 3-0 in Australia.
 
Saj said:
Surprised that it's the same squad.

A couple of players can count themselves lucky to be in the squad.
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That's true, but in addition two "other" selections are incoherent.

If Sharjeel Khan wasn't selected at Hamilton, how can he be selectable in Australia? It would be insane to give him a debut against Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood.

Same applies to Mohammad Nawaz. If he wasn't picked in place of Yasir Shah at Hamilton, when would he be selected? It's clearly impossible.

Lastly, surely a team has to expose the opposition's vulnerability. Pakistan picked the squad to New Zealand while anticipating Australia having five right-handers in the top seven, but instead they have only two.

So both Yasir and Nawaz turn the ball the wrong way. What hasn't the squad been adapted to address this? This seems downright negligent.

And, of course, the lack of acclimatisation meant that Azhar, Sami and Younis have been underprepared and underperforming. Their confidence is shot and their techniques are unravelling.

I don't understand how the only spare opener is an uncapped guy with an entirely on-side technique. That's just asking for trouble.
 
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There is not much else that could have been done in all honesty,

Could have done with an offspiner. There are no fast bowling allrounders who are ready to bat at 7 and bowl 20 overs in an innings. The team combo will thus be 6-1-4 and whether people like it or not it picks itself for that first test.
 
Junaids said:
Part of me wonders whether Mickey Arthur has just gone "well I'm not a selector, and this is the team of Misbah and Inzamam, I know it's a UAE squad and not one for Australia, but I'm going to let nature - specifically old age - take its course and watch Misbah, Younis, Sohail Khan and Imran Khan be humiliated and have their careers ended, leaving me a clean slate to build my team".

He'd be wrong: when a terrible lack of preparation and old age conspire to cause heavy defeats he may well lose his own job. And be replaced by coach Misbah.
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He'll be employed even if it's a whitewash, they only signed him recently; even by our standards such a dismissal would be surprising. There's another theory Junaids, perhaps he wants the team which has been selected it's not out of question even if the book you've been reading suggests otherwise
 
Meanwhile, WAPDA under Salman Butt win by an innings again, as he makes his second century of the season.

They seem headed for the QEA Final, where Asif, Butt and Kamran Akmal would hold centre-stage on the eve of the First Test in Australia.

This could become really embarrassing for Inzamam.
 
shaz619 said:
He'll be employed even if it's a whitewash, they only signed him recently; even by our standards such a dismissal would be surprising. There's another theory Junaids, perhaps he wants the team which has been selected it's not out of question even if the book you've been reading suggests otherwise
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Yeah, you're right actually.

But there is always a bit of a power imbalance between any international captain and coach, and Arthur can clearly see that Misbah has complete control currently. When Misbah retires, the lack of credible captaincy candidates means that Arthur will acquire complete control.
 
For those who keeps making threads after threads about changing the squad will never happened. We will see same ODI squad who played against WI. 4-0 is on the card. Inzamam only choose 1 or 2 new players out of pressure but now he is heading same way like Sallu, Mohsin, Haroon if not worse. What is the point of domestic and A team touring if none can get selected. Inzamam is rubbish
 
Inzi_fan_No_1 said:
Ideally we could do with a proper bowling coach and not someone like Azhar who has no coaching experience. Our pace bowlers are all over the place.
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I heard Akhtar might be coming in as bowling 'consultant'. But you can only work with what you got and unfortunately Imran, Rahat and Wahab are beyond mediocre and Amir and Sohail are barely average. You can appoint the best bowling coach in the world and he won't be able to make much of a difference with this lot.
 
why would they select the exact same squad with the current phanti this team is receiving from NZ?

Auz dropped 2/3 of their players after the team had a few bad games, PCB picks the exact same team
 
Under the circumstances I think keeping the same squad was the best option at least they have had some experience now playing in similar conditions. It would have made no sense to bring someone fresh and thrown in the deep end.
 
Junaids said:
No adaptation for a left-handed Aussie batting line-up.

No recognition that the same team has just lost to a weak Kiwi team.

No recognition that the top order apart from Babar Azam has lost confidence and is unravelling.

And still Younis Khan is selected, after nine failures in ten innings outside Asia this year.
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it's just what the captain wants. He's happy to have a team who has won him on flat roads(it's other story in bowling it was only Yasir and batting was purely on flat roads) but hey that's worked for him and he can has his say.
just like world cup 2015 we might have to gift the NZ and Aus series to please the egoes of the seniors and wait until they announce their day. I don't see out of the box thinking or changes happening under current captain. After the Aus series we will see things change until then no hope. Expect similar performance in Aus too.
 
Imran Khan and Rahat Ali in this squad are a disgrace. Bowlers in the First Class matches are lighting it up and still can only dream of getting selected.

I don't understand what role Nawaz has in this squad. Can't bat, can't even bowl to right handers in rank Turner's let alone left handers on fast pitches. And his fielding isn't noteworthy either.

Then we have Younis Khan in there. Just playing on the basis of his past performances or 100's on highways. I think if Pakistan respects his SO much then PCB should just declare him as a DC specialist and take people like Fawad Alam to Australia if it doesn't want to be humiliated and annihilated.
 
Injustice again prolific left hand middle order batsman FAWAD ALAM not selected..despite of failure of favorite players of selection committee Muhammad Nawaz..Muhammad Rizwan..Asad...Azhar....Aslam etc. They all selected by so called 'continuity'. Mr. Inzi you will need Fawad in somewhere during this tour when bulk of players will fail to play on that tracks..and it will be too late. You did not select player who have been performing consistently in domestic with an average of 57 runs..has scored more than 10000 2nd fastest leaving behind youself.. i have faith that God would provide justice to whom who are desrving and hard working.
 
The bowlers that are 'lighting' up the domestic scene are trundlers who are taking advantage of underprepared pitches. The likes of Abbas and Tabish will just turn out to be second comings of Abdur Rauf who was picked last time in Australia - nothing bowlers out there. With the pitches we have back home the only way of finding a decent quickie will be if the selectors go out and watch the ones who show that extra pace and spark needed to succeed on well prepared proper international wickets. They couldve maybe selected Mir Hamza but he wouldn't have played since Wahab and Amir will be automatic starters and we're not going to play 3 left armers in a game.
Yes, maybe a pace bowling all rounder could've been included but Aamir Yamin hasn't done anything with the bat this season and Fahim Ashraf isn't good enough with the bat to bat at 6/7. The one guy who has a decent enough technique to bat at 6 or 7 is Hammad Azam and he has only come up with a score of note in this round of QeA trophy games.

There really is a lack of options when it comes to the pace bowlers and all rounders so I don't blame Inzi for picking the same squad again. Having Nawaz around a professional coaching staff will help him improve his batting so it's okay for him to be there rather than going back and playing FC cricket on the damp, crappy wickets back home where no spinner has had an impact.
 
Exact Same Team!

Didn't even pick an all-rounder or a young back up batsman.

Horrible Selection.
 
SL_Fan said:
PCB Media Department

Chief Selector Mr. Inzamam ul Haq today finalized the 16-member Test squad for Australia tour. The Team has been finalized by Chief Selector Mr. Inzamam ul Haq and the National Selection Committee after consultations with the team Head Coach and the Test captain.

Pakistan Team will play Three Test matches in the tour. The First Test match will be played from Dec 15-19 at Brisbane Cricket Ground, Second Test will commence from Dec 26 -30 at Melbourne Cricket Ground, and Third Test will be played from Jan 3 -7, 2017 at Sydney Cricket Ground.

Pakistan Squad

1) Misbah Ul Haq (c)
2) Azhar Ali (vc)
3) Sami Aslam
4) Sharjeel Khan
5) Younis Khan
6) Asad Shafiq
7) Babar Azam
8) Sarfaraz Ahmed
9) Mohammad Rizwan
10) Yasir Shah
11) Mohammad Nawaz
12) Mohammad Amir
13) Wahab Riaz
14) Rahat Ali
15) Sohail Khan
16) Imran Khan Sr.
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What the hell? no changes? At least select Mir Hamza :facepalm:
 
Shocking squad selections and the back up batting options look poor indeed. Add to that Rahat and Nawaz in the sqaud? :facepalm:

If this is how pakistan is looking to build going forward then god help us all.
 
What the hell is Nawaz doing in the squad... Is there seriously no room for another middle order batsmen, we obviously need a batsman in there somewhere..
 
What if a situation arises, like Misbah's did, and one of Misbah/Younis are absent..
 
Amjid Javed said:
Shocking squad selections and the back up batting options look poor indeed. Add to that Rahat and Nawaz in the sqaud? :facepalm:

If this is how pakistan is looking to build going forward then god help us all.
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I did not expect this shocker from Inzi :facepalm:
 
The playing XI picks itself but the selection of backup players has been poor.

1. 5 fast bowlers and still no bowling all-rounder? I would have dropped Rahat for Yamin.
2. What is the utility of Nawaz in Australia? A specialist backup spinner like Asghar would have made more sense.
3. Adnan, a far better keeper, should have replaced Rizwan.
 
Everyone must have exceeded or matched Inzy's expectation to retain a spot for the next series.
 
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Congratulations to all those who thought that some others apart from the 15 currently in NZ would actually make to the plane to Australia.
 
My team for the first test:

1. Sami Aslam
2. Sharjeel Khan
3. Azhar Ali
4. Babar Azam
5. Misbah ul Haq
6. Asad Shafiq
7. Sarfaraz Ahmed
8. Sohail Khan
9. Yasir Shah
10. Amir
11. Wahab Riaz
 
Pakistan Squad

1) Misbah Ul Haq (c)
2) Azhar Ali (vc)
3) Sami Aslam
4) Sharjeel Khan
5) Younis Khan
6) Asad Shafiq
7) Babar Azam
8) Sarfaraz Ahmed
9) Mohammad Rizwan
10) Yasir Shah
11) Mohammad Nawaz
12) Mohammad Amir
13) Wahab Riaz
14) Rahat Ali
15) Sohail Khan
16) Imran Khan Sr.[/QUOTE]

Everybody relax. Look, there is a "B" before and after of the term "Pakistan Squad" It must be the B squad!
Had to make something up to stop myself from slitting wrists. The joke continues...
 
Inzy was a great batsman and a half-decent leader with a strong presence. But when it comes to imagination, thinking outside the box, or simply thinking ...leaves a lot to be desired.
 
Saj said:
Surprised that it's the same squad.

A couple of players can count themselves lucky to be in the squad.
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Hard to make significant changes to the squad after two games. It's been two poor games but two games nonetheless. Australia tour is going to be tough so it does make sense to take the most experienced players going forward. I was hoping they would take Asif just because they do need a potential match winner which Rahat/Imran/Sohail simply won't be.

If the squad fails again, I'd expect significant changes then but that may happen regardless with Misbah and Younis potentially retiring.

Nawaz inclusion is head scratching. There is no need for a spin all-rounder on the team, a pace all-rounder in Yamin would have been nice. He's been performing well but then again, making a debut in Australia isn't the easiest thing. This is why I was ultimately disappointed with the WI tour, it was the perfect opportunity to give younger players a shot such as Asghar/Gohar/Yamin, maybe even Sharjeel but they stuck with the same squad and its coming back to bite us now. And well it's also going to be a tired squad going into Australia.
 
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My ideal lineup

1. Sami Aslam
2. Azhar Ali
3. Babar Azam
4. Younis Khan
5. Misbah ul-Haq
6. Asad Shafiq
7. Sarfraz Ahmed
8. Aamir Yamin
9. Sohail Khan
10. Yasir Shah
11. Mohammad Amir

12. Fawad Alam
13. Hammad Azam
14. Sharjeel Khan
15. Wahab Riaz


Have Fawad Alam as backup middle order batsman if Younis Khan or Asad Shafiq fail. Wahab Riaz can come in for Sohail Khan. Hammad Azam and Aamir Yamin are interchangable
 
MMHS said:
Poor team to be honest. 13 or 14 player makes the cut as automatic choice hence there was just about few open spots but PAK didn't even gave a 2nd thought.

They picked 16 players with couple of wasted spot - Not sure what Nawaz will do in AUS & that too against 6/7 lefti. Rizwan as back up WK also a poor choice. Apart from that, not much to change as YK is granted a starting spot.
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Rizwan The Test Batsman is better than Azhar Ali and Sami Aslam combined.
 
This is Pakistan nothing can be allright for once. I still expected one or two inclusions to strengthen our batting/bowling.

Let's support the boys now and hope for the best.
 
Think people are underestimating Rizwan, esp the Sarfraz fans. Recall that even someone like Sarfraz was below par when he initially came onto the scene and then burst through with excellent performances.

Am using Sarf as an example, but there are others too. 2 games in and Riz is bad, let's ditch him? That's quite the immature but expected reaction.

Hey, let's give him a run of 3-4 games on the trot at the very least rather than just shuffle newcomers around like a pack of cards. That'd be a nice idea I think.
 
Suleiman said:
Think people are underestimating Rizwan, esp the Sarfraz fans. Recall that even someone like Sarfraz was below par when he initially came onto the scene and then burst through with excellent performances.

Am using Sarf as an example, but there are others too. 2 games in and Riz is bad, let's ditch him? That's quite the immature but expected reaction.

Hey, let's give him a run of 3-4 games on the trot at the very least rather than just shuffle newcomers around like a pack of cards. That'd be a nice idea I think.
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Pakistani fans logic: Hammer, axe and guillotine should fall on the head of a debutante who is just trying to find his feet in international cricket after being thrown in at the deep end in one of the worst pitches in world cricket. But no accountability for the 30+ year old "youngsters" who have been playing for the better part of a decade but can't seem to buy a run to save their lives. Or the supposedly ATG player who can only show his "skills" on dry and flat dustbowls.
 
waleed88 said:
What the hell is Nawaz doing in the squad... Is there seriously no room for another middle order batsmen, we obviously need a batsman in there somewhere..
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It takes some character to admit that you were wrong in first place. Not many have this character and they don't admit their mistakes. Eventually, keep on repeating same mistake in a false hope that it may give them something to justify their act. In this context, Nawaz is to Selection committee what Selection committee is to PCB.

It's not about favouritism, it's about lack of courage to admit one's mistakes. When one sees the things through distorted medium of his thoughts rather than seeing the facts.

It shouldn't be read as if I don't like M. Nawaz as a player.I like him but my liking doesn't extend beyond T20s.

By the way, has someone ever listened to analysis by Shahid Nazir. concise arguments.

Forgot to mention another aspect; Had to have someone whom Hafeez can replace.
 
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Suleiman said:
Think people are underestimating Rizwan, esp the Sarfraz fans. Recall that even someone like Sarfraz was below par when he initially came onto the scene and then burst through with excellent performances.

Am using Sarf as an example, but there are others too. 2 games in and Riz is bad, let's ditch him? That's quite the immature but expected reaction.

Hey, let's give him a run of 3-4 games on the trot at the very least rather than just shuffle newcomers around like a pack of cards. That'd be a nice idea I think.
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Sarfraz never played as a specialist batsman. Expectations will be lower from Rizwan if he plays as a keeper batsman.
 
Suleiman said:
Think people are underestimating Rizwan, esp the Sarfraz fans. Recall that even someone like Sarfraz was below par when he initially came onto the scene and then burst through with excellent performances.

Am using Sarf as an example, but there are others too. 2 games in and Riz is bad, let's ditch him? That's quite the immature but expected reaction.

Hey, let's give him a run of 3-4 games on the trot at the very least rather than just shuffle newcomers around like a pack of cards. That'd be a nice idea I think.
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:))

Look, Sully, you probably know it that I called out Rizzu long time back as a specialist fielder.

He can't hold a bat and that's a fact. I could tell it from the time he was still in domestics, and used to be the same clueless bat back then.

He's played quite a few ODIs too by now, and you could judge it there too. Don't have to rely on one Test!
 
Yossarian said:
Inzy was a great batsman and a half-decent leader with a strong presence. But when it comes to imagination, thinking outside the box, or simply thinking ...leaves a lot to be desired.
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Wasn't Inzy not too keen about having Misbah in his squad (coz of his educational background etc etc, which is why he didn't play for like forever). I get a feeling that Eng tour was expected to be Misbah's Waterloo but he lead from the front and the team rallied around him and came back to square the series. NZ is too short a series to fire a captain who has secured a series draw in England and got Pakistan to number 1 in rankings. Could it be that they want the team to fail in Aus and blame it on him and get rid of him once and for all? Just a thought.
 
I'm guessing, Pak are going to chase down the total today, hence no changes?

Clearly, the team needed some tweaking.
 
Best line up would have been:

Azhar
Sharjeel
Babar
Misbah
YK
Shafiq
Sarf
Yamin
Sohail
Wahab
Yasir
 
SL_Fan said:
PCB Media Department

Chief Selector Mr. Inzamam ul Haq today finalized the 16-member Test squad for Australia tour. The Team has been finalized by Chief Selector Mr. Inzamam ul Haq and the National Selection Committee after consultations with the team Head Coach and the Test captain.

Pakistan Team will play Three Test matches in the tour. The First Test match will be played from Dec 15-19 at Brisbane Cricket Ground, Second Test will commence from Dec 26 -30 at Melbourne Cricket Ground, and Third Test will be played from Jan 3 -7, 2017 at Sydney Cricket Ground.

Pakistan Squad

  1. Misbah-ul-Haq (c)
    [*]Azhar Ali (vc)
    [*]Sami Aslam
    [*]Sharjeel Khan
    [*]Younis Khan
    [*]Asad Shafiq
    [*]Babar Azam
    [*]Sarfraz Ahmed
    [*]Mohammad Rizwan
    [*]Yasir Shah
    [*]Mohammad Nawaz
    [*]Mohammad Amir
    [*]Wahab Riaz
    [*]Rahat Ali
    [*]Sohail Khan
    [*]Imran Khan
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Why the same squad? Is Inzamam on Holidays?
 
The worst ever Pak tour of NZ Land and no change in the team--shocking.

Pakistan domestic system might not bet the best in the world, but the same system and has produced wonderful cricketer. How bad could be our replacement players like Usman Salahuddin, Mir Hamza, Fakhar Zaman, fawad and others could be that not a single replacement was made.

All the failed and aging players now has been rewarded with vacations in Australia now for three weeks, amazing, shocking.
 
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2. PSP Handscomb    25  RHB --    1    55  54  55.00   0  1    - -/--   -/--  --.--  -   -   1  0
3. JR Hazlewood     25  LHB RFM  23   245  39  16.33   0  0   94 6/70   9/136 25.61  4   0   8  0
4. UT Khawaja       29  LHB RM   20  1459 174  45.59   5  5    - -/--   -/--  --.--  -   -  15  0
5. NM Lyon          29  RHB OS   60   599  40* 13.31   0  0  217 7/94  12/286 33.48  7   1  30  0
7. NJ Maddinson     24  LHB SLA   1     0   0   0.00   0  0    - -/--   -/--  --.--  -   -   0  0
8. SE Marsh         33  LHB SLA  19  1325 182  40.15   4  5    - -/--   -/--  --.--  -   -  16  0
9. SNJ O'Keefe      31  RHB SLA   3    33  23  11.00   0  0   10 3/63   4/219 35.60  0   0   0  0
10.MT Renshaw       20  LHB OS    1    44  34* 44.00   0  0    - -/--   -/--  --.--  -   -   1  0
11.CJ Sayers        29  RHB RM    -     -   -   -.--   -  -    - -/--   -/--  --.--  -   -  16  0
12.SPD Smith*       27  RHB LS   47  4311 215  57.48  15 18   17 3/18   4/83  51.58  0   0  58  0
13.MA Starc         26  LHB LF   31   839  99  23.30   0  7  129 6/50  11/94  27.66  7   1  15  0
14.MS Wade+         28  LHB RM   13   627 106  33.00   2  3    0 -/--   -/--  --.--  0   0  39  4
15.DA Warner        30  LHB LS   57  4905 253  48.08  16 22    4 2/45   2/45  67.25  0   0  40  0

Pakistan
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#  Player           Age Bat Bwl Mat  Runs  HS  Ave   100 50 Wkts BBI    BBM   Ave   5i 10m  Ct St
1. Asad Shafiq      30  RHB LS   50  3125 137  41.11   9 17    1 1/32   1/32  57.00  0   0  42  0
2. Azhar Ali         31  RHB LS   54  4301 302* 45.27  11 23    5 2/35   2/49  72.00  0   0  54  0
3. Babar Azam       22  RHB OS    3   232  90* 46.40   0  2    - -/--   -/--  --.--  -   -   1  0
4. Imran Khan       29  RHB RMF   8     6   6   1.50   0  0   26 5/58   6/128 26.53  1   0   0  0
5. Misbah-ul-Haq*   42  RHB LS   69  4875 161* 47.79  10 36    - -/--   -/--  --.--  0   0  47  0
6. Mohammad Amir    24  LHB LF   22   428  39* 12.58   0  0   76 6/84   7/106 31.89  3   0   1  0
7. Mohammad Nawaz   22  LHB SLA   3    50  25  12.50   0  0    5 2/32   4/70  29.40  0   0   2  0
8. Mohammad Rizwan+ 24  RHB --    1    13  13* 13.00   0  0    - -/--   -/--  --.--  -   -   1  0
9. Rahat Ali        28  RHB LFM  19   131  35*  7.70   0  0   56 6/127  7/100 36.73  2   0   8  0
10.Sami Aslam       20  LHB RM    9   617  91  38.56   0  6    - -/--   -/--  --.--  -   -   6  0
11.Sarfraz Ahmed+   29  RHB --   30  1722 112  41.00   3  9    - -/--   -/--  --.--  -   -  77 17
12.Sharjeel Khan    27  LHB LS    -     -   -  --.--   -  -    - -/--   -/--  --.--  -   -   -  -
13.Sohail Khan      32  RHB RFM   8   177  40  19.66   0  0   24 5/68   7/207 41.41  2   0   2  0
14.Wahab Riaz       31  RHB LF   21   221  39   8.18   0  0   65 5/63   7/134 33.61  2   0   3  0
15.Yasir Shah       30  RHB LS   20   275  30  11.95   0  0  116 7/76  10/141 27.89  8   2  15  0
16.Younis Khan      39  RHB RM  112  9679 313  52.89  33 31    9 2/23   4/50  54.55  0   0 128  0
 
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Junaids said:
No adaptation for a left-handed Aussie batting line-up.

No recognition that the same team has just lost to a weak Kiwi team.

No recognition that the top order apart from Babar Azam has lost confidence and is unravelling.

And still
Younis Khan is selected, after nine failures in ten innings outside Asia this year
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until he accepts he is poor on conditions foreign to him and leave the team... team man stays as long as he wants..
 
What are these players still doing in the team other than free vacation,
1-Younis Khan
2-Nawaz
3-Shafiq
4-Rahat.

And what are these younger ones performing in QA trophy and A teams for, if they will never get a call for national duties.

1-Usman Salahuddin
2-Mir Hamza
3-Fakhar Zaman
4-Fawad
5-Umar Amin.
 
ask_analyse_act said:
until he accepts he is poor on conditions foreign to him and leave the team... team man stays as long as he wants..
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So its upto him, how long he wants to plan. Is this his personal Mohallah team or a national team we are talking about. He failed 11 time out of 12 , in last overseas innings.
 
Sarfraz Ahmed (C)
Sami Aslam / Sharjeel Khan
Babar Azam
Fawad Alam / Haris Sohail
Usman Salahuddin
Amad Butt/ Amir Yamin
Imad Wasim (VC)
Sadaf Hussain/ Sohail Khan
M.Amir
Mir Hamza / Hassan Ali
M. Asif
 
Nasty Naz said:
Hard to make significant changes to the squad after two games. It's been two poor games but two games nonetheless. Australia tour is going to be tough so it does make sense to take the most experienced players going forward. I was hoping they would take Asif just because they do need a potential match winner which Rahat/Imran/Sohail simply won't be.

If the squad fails again, I'd expect significant changes then but that may happen regardless with Misbah and Younis potentially retiring.

Nawaz inclusion is head scratching. There is no need for a spin all-rounder on the team, a pace all-rounder in Yamin would have been nice. He's been performing well but then again, making a debut in Australia isn't the easiest thing. This is why I was ultimately disappointed with the WI tour, it was the perfect opportunity to give younger players a shot such as Asghar/Gohar/Yamin, maybe even Sharjeel but they stuck with the same squad and its coming back to bite us now. And well it's also going to be a tired squad going into Australia.
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Not two, three. Lost the last Windies Test too.
 
Boi said:
The bowlers that are 'lighting' up the domestic scene are trundlers who are taking advantage of underprepared pitches. The likes of Abbas and Tabish will just turn out to be second comings of Abdur Rauf who was picked last time in Australia - nothing bowlers out there. With the pitches we have back home the only way of finding a decent quickie will be if the selectors go out and watch the ones who show that extra pace and spark needed to succeed on well prepared proper international wickets. They couldve maybe selected Mir Hamza but he wouldn't have played since Wahab and Amir will be automatic starters and we're not going to play 3 left armers in a game.
Yes, maybe a pace bowling all rounder could've been included but Aamir Yamin hasn't done anything with the bat this season and Fahim Ashraf isn't good enough with the bat to bat at 6/7. The one guy who has a decent enough technique to bat at 6 or 7 is Hammad Azam and he has only come up with a score of note in this round of QeA trophy games.

There really is a lack of options when it comes to the pace bowlers and all rounders so I don't blame Inzi for picking the same squad again. Having Nawaz around a professional coaching staff will help him improve his batting so it's okay for him to be there rather than going back and playing FC cricket on the damp, crappy wickets back home where no spinner has had an impact.
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let me summarize. We have two players, Rahat and Wahab, who have been mediocre their entire
careers, but retain their place inter alia because they had that bit 'extra bit of pace,' in order to find
better alternatives to these players we should not look for players who for instance have done better
than them in identical trial conditions, ie the domestic circuit in Pakistan, but entirely abandon
systematicity and meritocracy in player selection in favor of selection on the basis of the player possessing... that 'extra bit of pace.'

genius.
 
moghul said:
Please explain me on what basis you want to keep YK ?
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he's the only proven match winner in the batting lineup

he's well past his prime, but if he's being selected in the squad he absolutely must play

whether or not he should be selected in the squad is a question for after the Auz series now
 
coy0607 said:
he's the only proven match winner in the batting lineup

he's well past his prime, but if he's being selected in the squad he absolutely must play

whether or not he should be selected in the squad is a question for after the Auz series now
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He used to be a proven match winner.

But he has failed in 7 of the last 9 Tests outside Asia, and Pakistan has lost 6 of those seven.

They also lost 1 and won 1 of the two in which he did not fail.

So that proves that at his advanced age his batting causes six losses for every one win.

That's a terrible ratio.
 
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