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Lahore-March 21, 2017: The National Selection Committee headed by Inzamam ul Haq has announced 15-member Pakistan U-23 squad for the ACC U-23 Emerging Cup 2017 to commence from March 26 to April 2, 2017 in Bangladesh.

Pakistan U-23 Squad :

1. Imam ul Haq

2. Jaahid Ali

3. Imran Butt

4. Haris Sohail (VC)

5. Khushdil Shah

6. Hussain Talat

7. Mohammad Rizwan (C - WK)

8. Bilal Asif

9. Osama Mir

10. Zafar Gohar

11. Sameen Gul

12. Ahmed Bashir

13. Ghulam Mudassar

14. Ammad Butt

15. Hammad Azam


Team Management:

1. Col. (R) Syed Naushad Ali Team Manager

2. Azam Khan Head Coach

3. Kamran Khan Assistant Coach

4. Javed Hayat Fielding Coach

5. Yasir Malik Trainer

6. Usman Hashmi Analyst

7. Hafiz Naeem Physio
 
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Decent team.

Ahmed Bashir has impressed Mickey and Inzi, rightly deserves this opportunity.

Don't know what Bilal Asif is doing there ahead of Saad Ali.
 
am i missing something here. Rizwan, Harris sohail, Bilal Asif, Hammad Azam are all over 23? whats happening
 
am i missing something here. Rizwan, Harris sohail, Bilal Asif, Hammad Azam are all over 23? whats happening
A maximum of 4 players over the age of 23 are allowed to be in the squad.

Associates are playing full strength teams.
 
Only 4 international players are allowed how come pakistan have 5
1. bilal asif
2. Hammad azam
3. Harris sohail
4. Zafar gohar
5. Mohammad Rizwan



No Saad ali or zia ul haq
 
To be very honest I am extremely disappointed with this squad.

I was really looking forward to see Saif Badar,Umair Masood and Zeeshan play.Especially Umair and Saif.

Saif can be an ideal modern cricketer for Pakistan.Can play at No. 5 and can accelerate and plays proper cricketing shots.Can also give you 4-5 overs at least and is a good fielder.

Umair Massod is someone who should be groomed NOW.He,to me,is a better batsman than any other young WK in Pak and that includes Rizwan.Even though I haven't seen much of his wicket keeping skills but whatever little I have seen of him he has looked neat behind the stumps.
 
To be very honest I am extremely disappointed with this squad.

I was really looking forward to see Saif Badar,Umair Masood and Zeeshan play.Especially Umair and Saif.

Saif can be an ideal modern cricketer for Pakistan.Can play at No. 5 and can accelerate and plays proper cricketing shots.Can also give you 4-5 overs at least and is a good fielder.

Umair Massod is someone who should be groomed NOW.He,to me,is a better batsman than any other young WK in Pak and that includes Rizwan.Even though I haven't seen much of his wicket keeping skills but whatever little I have seen of him he has looked neat behind the stumps.

Exactly same here.
 
Lahore-March 21, 2017: The National Selection Committee headed by Inzamam ul Haq has announced 15-member Pakistan U-23 squad for the ACC U-23 Emerging Cup 2017 to commence from March 26 to April 2, 2017 in Bangladesh.

Pakistan U-23 Team:

1. Imam ul Haq

2. Jaahid Ali

3. Imran Butt

4. Haris Sohail (VC)

5. Khushdil Shah

6. Hussain Talat

7. Mohammad Rizwan (C - WK)

8. Bilal Asif

9. Osama Mir

10. Zafar Gohar

11. Sameen Gul

12. Ahmed Bashir

13. Ghulam Mudassar

14. Ammad Butt

15. Hammad Azam


Team Management:

1. Col. (R) Syed Naushad Ali Team Manager

2. Azam Khan Head Coach

3. Kamran Khan Assistant Coach

4. Javed Hayat Fielding Coach

5. Yasir Malik Trainer

6. Usman Hashmi Analyst

7. Hafiz Naeem Physio

Who of those over 23?
 
Excellent squad ..just disappointed saad ali is not selected otherwise squad is good
 
decent squad..saad ali and saud shakil should have been there but no complaints ..satisfied..
 
To be very honest I am extremely disappointed with this squad.

I was really looking forward to see Saif Badar,Umair Masood and Zeeshan play.Especially Umair and Saif.

Saif can be an ideal modern cricketer for Pakistan.Can play at No. 5 and can accelerate and plays proper cricketing shots.Can also give you 4-5 overs at least and is a good fielder.

Umair Massod is someone who should be groomed NOW.He,to me,is a better batsman than any other young WK in Pak and that includes Rizwan.Even though I haven't seen much of his wicket keeping skills but whatever little I have seen of him he has looked neat behind the stumps.

Zeeshan is not selected by lq so how could he be in emerging cup.saif badar is with lq for emirates cup
 
top order is a bit one dimensional and Saad Ali should have been there, apart from that this is a good squad
 
Zeeshan is not selected by lq so how could he be in emerging cup.saif badar is with lq for emirates cup

I didn't got Zeeshan bit.

I know that Saif Badar has been selected for Emirates Cup but that is for 2 days (23 and 24 March)and Emerging cup starts on 27 March.So I don't know why Saif Badar can't be selected(if that is your point).

Should've been there.
 
3 useless players who have no future. Rizwan, Bilal Asif and Hammad (already expired). PCB should make Haris Sohail captain and add 3 new emerging players instead of those players.

Both BCCI and BCB will select almost all of them u-23 uncapped who has future prospect. Our selectors just don't have any vision.
 
I didn't got Zeeshan bit.

I know that Saif Badar has been selected for Emirates Cup but that is for 2 days (23 and 24 March)and Emerging cup starts on 27 March.So I don't know why Saif Badar can't be selected(if that is your point).

Should've been there.

what i am saying is zeeshan should have been picked by lahore qalandars for emirates cup to get a lime

light apart from his u19 matches and lq domestic tournment he has done nothing to get notice

but agree with saif badar part he should have been picked
 
Not sure how long we will keep trying on Hammad Azam, he is TT&F, otherwise a good squad.
 
3 useless players who have no future. Rizwan, Bilal Asif and Hammad (already expired). PCB should make Haris Sohail captain and add 3 new emerging players instead of those players.

Both BCCI and BCB will select almost all of them u-23 uncapped who has future prospect. Our selectors just don't have any vision.

BCB already selected 4 players who were regulars in international.
 
Saad Ali and Sami are not selected because they will go with the test team.. Omission of Saad ali from all the squads named recently looks a set back for a young batsman who avg 60+
 
Not sure how long we will keep trying on Hammad Azam, he is TT&F, otherwise a good squad.

Look at Hammad Azam chance in every single series starting from his debut in WI.. On his debut inns he had a match saving partnership with misbah but dropped for the next series..Likewise he and Umar Amin were selected in one series given limited opportunities and then discarded... Recall them when they are out of form and down again to discard.. Back then the selection committee was very inconsistent to note..
 
Disappointed..

First of all, rizwan was kept with the squad for more than an year and he was of no use for pakistan. He didnt have any contribution with the bat at all. And when he was finally dropped then what we see is he captaining the u23 side.. which was for emerging players.

Then you see haris sohail. Who himself is short of confidence and need match practice is given ride with juniors.

In this team, there should have been one senior batsman who could gove junior players the idea of fitness and importance of fitness.

I nevermind juniors whoever they are.. but the senior selections are questionable
 
Interesting to see what people's 11 would be from that list. I think it suffers from a pedestrian top order and the fact there are no lower order players bar Hammad. However from what little seen of them both Khusdil and Talat have the ability to play down the order imo. Also think its worth a try getting Kusdil or talat to open

1. Khusdil
2. Imam ul Haq
3. Haris
4. Rizwan
5. Talat
6. Hammad
7. Bilal Asif - lets be real they wouldnt pick him unless they are going to play him
8. Amad Butt
9. Usama Mir
10. Ahmed Bashir
11. Ghulam Mudassar
 
Not sure how long we will keep trying on Hammad Azam, he is TT&F, otherwise a good squad.

okay so let's examine this more closely

From 2011 to 2016 Hammad has played 16 games for Pakistan and batted in 11 of those.

in first 2 games he did bat, in his 3rd he made 36 before being given out Bat before wicket by the legendary umpire A ' Shocker De Silva

He played the next ODI and failed, after that he played against Ireland where he scored 1 not out, next in Asia cup he made 4 not out, he then failed against India before making 30 against Bangladesh in the final. May not seem much but it was important in the context of the game. He came in at 4 for 70, and the only higher scores than his was 32 by Afridi and 46 by Sarfraz.

He then never played any ODI for Pakistan again until 2015, where he only got the chance to bat once and made 4.

He only got 1 wicket from 8 innings that he bowled and that's a fair criticism, but he is batting all rounder first and despite myths his economy rate was decent.


In t20s

Hammad played 5 games from 2012 to 2013. He batted in 4 of them, his scores are 21 (in a pak batting collapse, 2nd highest scorer), 2 not out and then scores of 10 and 1 a year later.

He has never bowled in a t20.



Now Hammad could have done better, but I ask is this a fair chance? Being a lower order batsman is tough as you generally bat when the team does well and you need to selfless or when the team is in crisis. We have to give them time and dropping after the Asia cup, in particular, made no sense.

Then we look at the alternatives: Anwar Ali - next, Yamin - hard done by but his batting style appears to be more suited to taking a bit of time at first, his list A record is also far worse, Sohail Tanvir - lol, Ammad Butt - young and raw and more bowling allrounder.

Hammad still remains the best option for a guy batting at 6 or 7, arguably the only one who does it with any degree of sense in domestic as well.

I am incredibly happy he has been selected and I hope he takes this chance. The number 6 spot is wide open. For me its him or Talat ( yes I know talat is a top order bat but we don't have many options)
 
Interesting to see what people's 11 would be from that list. I think it suffers from a pedestrian top order and the fact there are no lower order players bar Hammad. However from what little seen of them both Khusdil and Talat have the ability to play down the order imo. Also think its worth a try getting Kusdil or talat to open
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1. Khusdil
2. Imam ul Haq
3. Haris
4. Rizwan
5. Talat
6. Hammad
7. Bilal Asif - lets be real they wouldnt pick him unless they are going to play him
8. Amad Butt
9. Usama Mir
10. Ahmed Bashir
11. Ghulam Mudassar

1 Imam ul Haq.
2 Jaahid Ali.
3 Hussain Tallat.
4 Haris Sohail.
5 Mohammad Rizwan.
6 Khushdil Shah.
7 Hammad Azam.
8 Bilal Asif.
9 Usama Mir.
10 Ahmad Bashir.
11 Sameen Gul.
 
Bangladesh U-23 Squad announced by BCB for ACC U-23 Emerging Cup 2017 in Bangladesh

15 man squad:

Mominul haque (c), Nasir Hossain (vc),saif hasan, nazamul Hossain, Mohammad mithun, Yasir ali, Mehedi hasan Miraz, Saifuddin, Abul hasan, Abu haider, Azmir Ahmed,Rahatul Ferdous, Afif Hossain, Salman Hossain, Nasum Ahmed.

Keeping eye on saifuddin,afif,Azmir,ferdous and saif
 
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I've always maintained that Inzi does an excellent job in selecting the second and third elevens but somehow falls on his face when selecting the first team.


This is another example of the same.


Not many complaints regarding the side, except maybe the exclusion of Saad Ali. Other than that it is a good squad.
 
Disappointed..

First of all, rizwan was kept with the squad for more than an year and he was of no use for pakistan. He didnt have any contribution with the bat at all. And when he was finally dropped then what we see is he captaining the u23 side.. which was for emerging players.

Then you see haris sohail. Who himself is short of confidence and need match practice is given ride with juniors.

In this team, there should have been one senior batsman who could gove junior players the idea of fitness and importance of fitness.

I nevermind juniors whoever they are.. but the senior selections are questionable

Saeed Ajmal or Misbah ul Haq????
 
Disappointed..

First of all, rizwan was kept with the squad for more than an year and he was of no use for pakistan. He didnt have any contribution with the bat at all. And when he was finally dropped then what we see is he captaining the u23 side.. which was for emerging players.

Then you see haris sohail. Who himself is short of confidence and need match practice is given ride with juniors.

In this team, there should have been one senior batsman who could gove junior players the idea of fitness and importance of fitness.

I nevermind juniors whoever they are.. but the senior selections are questionable

Sir for the same tournament India did not send a single "senior"

We Pakistanis over hype the importance of a senior. In most cases it is the youngsters that perform better than these so-called "seniors"
 
Bangladesh U-23 Squad announced by BCB for ACC U-23 Emerging Cup 2017 in Bangladesh

15 man squad:

Mominul haque (c), Nasir Hossain (vc),saif hasan, nazamul Hossain, Mohammad mithun, Yasir ali, Mehedi hasan Miraz, Saifuddin, Abul hasan, Abu haider, Azmir Ahmed,Rahatul Ferdous, Afif Hossain, Salman Hossain, Nasum Ahmed.

Keeping eye on saifuddin,afif,Azmir,ferdous and saif

How many seniors you got?

Mominul and Nasir ?
 
Not sure how long we will keep trying on Hammad Azam, he is TT&F, otherwise a good squad.

When did we try Hammad?

He was selected, wasn't given a fair run, dropped, selected again and dropped again.

He was batting at No. 6/7 and only time he got to face few balls were during a batting collapse when he was batting along with Misbah.

Not saying he's good enough or can serve Pakistan any better than bit and pieces all-rounders already there but saying him TT&F is unfair.
 
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With three events coinciding around the same time - the national team's tour of West Indies, the Pakistan Cup and the Emerging Players Cup - there's no shortage of opportunities for players to make a name for themselves even if they're not in one of the squads.

The bowling looks decent but the batting is one paced, Jahid Ali is not a one day batsman as we saw in the Zimbabwe A tour. I'd like to have seen Saad Ali and Saud Shakeel there. We desperately need dynamic batsmen so hope Hussain Talat and Khushdil Shah can impress. Bilal Asif is lucky, don't rate him at all.

I'm glad common sense has prevailed and Haris Sohail has been picked, he needs games under his belt.
 
3 useless players who have no future. Rizwan, Bilal Asif and Hammad (already expired). PCB should make Haris Sohail captain and add 3 new emerging players instead of those players.

Both BCCI and BCB will select almost all of them u-23 uncapped who has future prospect. Our selectors just don't have any vision.

Lol dear sir bcb have selected 4 international players instead of whining can u tell a solution who should have been picked
 
My mistake. Actually 7 are international. Abu haider and Abul Hasan also.
 
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When did we try Hammad?

He was selected, wasn't given a fair run, dropped, selected again and dropped again.

He was batting at No. 6/7 and only time he got to face few balls were during a batting collapse when he was batting along with Misbah.

Not saying he's good enough or can serve Pakistan any better than bit and pieces all-rounders already there but saying him TT&F is unfair.

The guy cannot consolidate his position in the team for 6 years. He does't have any domestic performance to talk about. He is not a proper batsman and his bowling is not better than a part time club level bowler. What exactly his utility is ?
 
Lol dear sir bcb have selected 4 international players instead of whining can u tell a solution who should have been picked

Why we really need 4 International players? To win this useless cup. Instead PCB should make Harris captain and select 3 new players to groom.
 
Why we really need 4 International players? To win this useless cup. Instead PCB should make Harris captain and select 3 new players to groom.

this won,t happen you know it so we should back them there are plenty of players for looking

forward look at the best cricket board(according to some) bcb who have selected 7

international players
we should be happy 90% are youngster in the squad
 
Nice squad

I want to see this XI:

Imam
Bilal
Talat
Haris
Rizwan
Khushdil
Hammad
Butt
Gohar
Mir
Bashir
 
okay so let's examine this more closely

From 2011 to 2016 Hammad has played 16 games for Pakistan and batted in 11 of those.

in first 2 games he did bat, in his 3rd he made 36 before being given out Bat before wicket by the legendary umpire A ' Shocker De Silva

He played the next ODI and failed, after that he played against Ireland where he scored 1 not out, next in Asia cup he made 4 not out, he then failed against India before making 30 against Bangladesh in the final. May not seem much but it was important in the context of the game. He came in at 4 for 70, and the only higher scores than his was 32 by Afridi and 46 by Sarfraz.

He then never played any ODI for Pakistan again until 2015, where he only got the chance to bat once and made 4.

He only got 1 wicket from 8 innings that he bowled and that's a fair criticism, but he is batting all rounder first and despite myths his economy rate was decent.


In t20s

Hammad played 5 games from 2012 to 2013. He batted in 4 of them, his scores are 21 (in a pak batting collapse, 2nd highest scorer), 2 not out and then scores of 10 and 1 a year later.

He has never bowled in a t20.



Now Hammad could have done better, but I ask is this a fair chance? Being a lower order batsman is tough as you generally bat when the team does well and you need to selfless or when the team is in crisis. We have to give them time and dropping after the Asia cup, in particular, made no sense.

Then we look at the alternatives: Anwar Ali - next, Yamin - hard done by but his batting style appears to be more suited to taking a bit of time at first, his list A record is also far worse, Sohail Tanvir - lol, Ammad Butt - young and raw and more bowling allrounder.

Hammad still remains the best option for a guy batting at 6 or 7, arguably the only one who does it with any degree of sense in domestic as well.

I am incredibly happy he has been selected and I hope he takes this chance. The number 6 spot is wide open. For me its him or Talat ( yes I know talat is a top order bat but we don't have many options)

PCB destroys u19 wonder talents while BCCI makes them wonderful extraordinary talents (e.g. Kohli, jadeja, Rahul etc) is the difference and it shows in the rankings too.
He was dropped early because MISBAH and team mgmt wasn't preparing for 2015CWC, they were happy with failing hafeez as opener, blue moon afridi as all rounders.
Have they continued with hammad he would have been frontline pace bowling all rounder for pak ( yes he bowls at 120ish ) what does pollard brathwaite mathews and Faulkner do , same bowling speed.

Very happy he is selected, hope he get more games and make this tournament a big one for him.
 
this won,t happen you know it so we should back them there are plenty of players for looking

forward look at the best cricket board(according to some) bcb who have selected 7

international players
we should be happy 90% are youngster in the squad

So suddenly Bangladesh is becoming our role model. They are really good team but Pakistan should have its own strategy to increase pool players
 
He opened a match for Pakistan before. Better than "tuk tuk" Jaahid.

Bilal Asif is the epitome of the term 'hack'

I guess given how desperate we are right now you might as well give him a go opening, but I dont think he can do the job in anything other than t20s
 
Bilal Asif is the epitome of the term 'hack'

I guess given how desperate we are right now you might as well give him a go opening, but I dont think he can do the job in anything other than t20s

Well he is in the squad, so might as well give him an opportunity to show Asia how bad he really is.
 
This tournament is for emerging players and we have selected 31(+4) year old Bilal Asif.

Shame
 
Hafeez should've been sent here instead of to WI.

if it was upto Inzi, Hafeez would not go to the emerging cup but instead u19 world cup.
jokes aside, that line up is still missing Saad Ali, like a lot, there are few others that deserve to play there.
 
Sir for the same tournament India did not send a single "senior"

We Pakistanis over hype the importance of a senior. In most cases it is the youngsters that perform better than these so-called "seniors"

And this indian team already have fitness culture. They already have 10yo IPL to teach younger players how to manage intl pressure.
 
I've always maintained that Inzi does an excellent job in selecting the second and third elevens but somehow falls on his face when selecting the first team.


This is another example of the same.


Not many complaints regarding the side, except maybe the exclusion of Saad Ali. Other than that it is a good squad.

It just shows that inzi is too nice. He knows many of the oldies at a personal level and that clouds his judgement
 
Hafeez should've been sent here instead of to WI.

No he is rubbish everywhere if the ball is swinging........ But imo they should have made shehzad or sami aslam to captain for this tournament to test their skills as captain...

my team would have been

1. Imam ul Haq

2. Shehzad/Sami aslam (c)

3. Saud Shakeel

4. Saad Ali

5. Khushdil Shah

6. Hussain Talat

7. Saifullah Bangash (WK)

8. Agha Salman

9. Osama Mir

10. Hasan Khan

11. Sameen Gul

12. Ahmed Bashir

13. Ghulam Mudassar

14. Ammad Butt

15. Hammad Azam
 
The last time we played this tournament Hammad Azam was the captain and we got thrashed by India.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/638939.html

Babar Azam, Muhammad Nawaz were also there. That squad looked stronger on paper at the least.

but we defeated Afghanistan team which had Shehzad, Nabi, Samiullah in it, and India lost to that side :rp
we gave India a run for their money in the forst amtch thoguh.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/series/638924.html

btw current side is better don't you think? :misbah3
 
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