Pakistan won the Emerging Asia Cup. Yet only 3 of those players are touring the UK!

[Bullet Drive]

Title says it all.

Only 3 players who won the recent Emerging Cup are touring the UK in a squad of 29.

If this doesn't show how much Misbah is against youngsters, nothing will.

Pakistan cricket is finishing under a guy like him.

Ridiculous.

 

[TeymurBlake]

Young talent isn't really Misbah's specialty batsman. Haider Ali is good pick and has abundance of talent other than that he will stick with players he can trust. Hafeez, Malik, Azhar, Asad, Sarfaraz, Sohail, Wahab and Yasir are just some of the players he trusts and the youngsters who potentially don't have much experience are not treated on the same level. Misbah have a idea of where he thinks Pakistan can go, unfortunately for us its not the direction we want.

 

[ask_analyse_act]

Misbah has a very small world. He selects players that he know very well and close to him.
Out of all the youngsters, he has selected only Haider Ali which is also due to the performance that this kid displayed in PSL..I wouldnt be surprised if Hafeez and Malik takes back their returement to play test cricket.

Dropping Hafeez and Malik inhis first t20 series against Lanka are all just an eyewash. Selecting sohail khan and imran khan jr. instead of ehsan adil, sameen gul, musa khan, rahat ali, junaid sshows that how much he favours old men instead of young players.

He is a biggest failure as captain, now as a selector and head coach.

 

[shamaan]

Young talent isn't really Misbah's specialty batsman. Haider Ali is good pick and has abundance of talent other than that he will stick with players he can trust. Hafeez, Malik, Azhar, Asad, Sarfaraz, Sohail, Wahab and Yasir are just some of the players he trusts and the youngsters who potentially don't have much experience are not treated on the same level. Misbah have a idea of where he thinks Pakistan can go, unfortunately for us its not the direction we want.

What about the bowlers
Shaheen naseem husnain Rauf

 

[shamaan]

Misbah has a very small world. He selects players that he know very well and close to him.
Out of all the youngsters, he has selected only Haider Ali which is also due to the performance that this kid displayed in PSL..I wouldnt be surprised if Hafeez and Malik takes back their returement to play test cricket.

Dropping Hafeez and Malik inhis first t20 series against Lanka are all just an eyewash. Selecting sohail khan and imran khan jr. instead of ehsan adil, sameen gul, musa khan, rahat ali, junaid sshows that how much he favours old men instead of young players.

He is a biggest failure as captain, now as a selector and head coach.

They already have a young bowling squad cant have everyone that is young they need abit if balance even thou I belive ehsan ,sameen could have been included

 

[ElRaja]

india sent some b rate youth team to that tournament, beating bang, sri u23 shouldn't really count for anything in terms of test selection.

 

[TeymurBlake]

What about the bowlers
Shaheen naseem husnain Rauf

He's somewhat always rotated with the pacers. Amir, Rahat, Wahab, Sohail and Irfan are just of the pacers he's used. My point is he's currently looking as the best pacers available right now and that's the names you mentioned.

 

[Salman4.]

It's a big tour, can't take too many amateurs.

 

[shamaan]

He's somewhat always rotated with the pacers. Amir, Rahat, Wahab, Sohail and Irfan are just of the pacers he's used. My point is he's currently looking as the best pacers available right now and that's the names you mentioned.

I swear down rahat hasnt played since ages.
Amir and wahab have always been around the squad in limited overs.sohail this is the first time hes touring in 2 years or more .irfan only played 1 tour.

I dont think hes looking at the best Pacers right now bexouse then sohail and imran eouldnt be thier i think hes gone for experience and young quality so gives him abit of blend in the team

 

[shamaan]

It's a big tour, can't take too many amateurs.

Agreed

 

[Arsal_AK]

It's a big tour, can't take too many amateurs.

I am curious, who is amateur? Shaheen,Naseem or the likes of Sohail, Imran? When they are out there bowling, it certainly looks like the latter two aren't even in the same ballpark as the other two. So if on the feild Shaheen and Naseem seem much more mature and intelligent in their bowling, what else is there?

 

[Arsal_AK]

What about the bowlers
Shaheen naseem husnain Rauf

Hasnain and Shaheen were in the setup before Misbah came along. There was noway Shaheen was going anywhere after that WC.

Then Amir and Wahab retired from tests and there was no choice but the bring youngsters in. Kudos still on picking Naseem/Musa but I think that's more Waqar than Misbah.

That one selection doesn't make up for the absolute filth he has been dishing out otherwise.

Irfan, Imran, Sohail are just a few examples in a long line of mediocre selections. The worst part is persisting with them again and again.

Amad Butt is discarded without even getting a proper chance. No matter what anyone thinks of his credentials (I think he could be a pretty solid option), that is no way to treat a player. To make matters worse they went back to Faheem Ashraf.

 

[Swashbuckler]

Don't read too much into results of that tournament, India sent a very weak side because our domestics were going on, a couple of decent players got injured at the last moment. Basically it was a bunch of no-names who had never come close to playing FC. Pak won the final by a narrow margin courtesy our choke, otherwise we had no business playing the final and once we were there Pak should have won comfortably. I am sure Misbah is more practical and follows the young guns more closely than PPers.

 

[Swashbuckler]

Very important tour for Pakistan, why take chances with inexperienced players? Experimenting is fine against relatively weaker sides like SL, Ban, WI, Zim, Afg.

 

[coy0607]

Very important tour for Pakistan, why take chances with inexperienced players? Experimenting is fine against relatively weaker sides like SL, Ban, WI, Zim, Afg.

I would argue (and numbers would back up that argument) that taking a flop senior like Hafeez, Faheem, Sohail, Bhatti, etc, is taking more of a 'chance' than taking a performing youngster like Rohail Nazir

 

[ask_analyse_act]

It's a big tour, can't take too many amateurs.

so u have to take IK jr and Sohail Khan... When explaining he said Sohail Khan did well in England last time , he was refering to the tour he captained in 2016...They also tour in 2018 and was able to draw the series... Following is the squad which MA took...

Sarfaraz Ahmed (c, wk)
Asad Shafiq
Azhar Ali
Babar Azam
Faheem Ashraf
Fakhar Zaman
Haris Sohail
Hasan Ali
Imam-ul-Haq
Mohammad Abbas
Mohammad Amir
Rahat Ali
Saad Ali
Sami Aslam
Shadab Khan
Usman Salahuddin

Look at wat this buffoon has selected..

Sohail khan, Imran Khan, Kashif bhatti, Fawad Alam. And well wait for the 11 that he will field...

I think he will field the following 11 for the 1st test.

Abid Ali
Shaan Masood
Azhar Ali
Babar Azam
Asad Shafiq
Fawad Alam
Sarfraz Ahmed
Yasir Shah
Sohail Khan
Imran Khan
Wahab riaz

MA can draw the series with youngsters. MISBAH will keep feeding the seniors..Surprised he left out Irfan lol..
Whats the point of having Younis and Mustaq when u have players who are 35+ ... Misbah will take PAK back to no.9 in all formats he is adamant in doing that..

 

[Greenstorm]

Pakistan cricket is finished under Misbah 'the loser'. A whole generation of players will get wasted under his watch. Apart from a few players, this team is not worth following.

 

[Ahmed216]

When I saw through the list of England bound squad I had flashes of nightmares i experienced as a fan when he was captain. What a shameless player he was and now an even worst coach,selector.
His tendency to rely on garbage senior players brought us to level where we were almost playing likes of Nepal to qualify for ICC events.
I am grateful to the person who must have forced him to select Haider Ali

 

[Titan24]

Wasnt emerging Asia Cup in 50 overs format? Also Eng is gonna put forward their best team for tests and neither England Lions nor emerging team.

That point aside, which players from that should have been selected. Other than Sameen Gul I cant find much basis for any other selection. Would like to be enlightened if I am missing something.

 

[shamaan]

Hasnain and Shaheen were in the setup before Misbah came along. There was noway Shaheen was going anywhere after that WC.

Then Amir and Wahab retired from tests and there was no choice but the bring youngsters in. Kudos still on picking Naseem/Musa but I think that's more Waqar than Misbah.

That one selection doesn't make up for the absolute filth he has been dishing out otherwise.

Irfan, Imran, Sohail are just a few examples in a long line of mediocre selections. The worst part is persisting with them again and again.

Amad Butt is discarded without even getting a proper chance. No matter what anyone thinks of his credentials (I think he could be a pretty solid option), that is no way to treat a player. To make matters worse they went back to Faheem Ashraf.

Your correct they were in the set up before misbah came.

So if waqar most likely brought naseem/musa in the squad.
How do we no that irfan,imran,sohail ain't waqar choicez to bring in even thou I dont agree he did bring them in it was misbah who did.

Tbh amad butt I'd have anyday after fahim not like hes performed the all rounders position

 

[shamaan]

I would argue (and numbers would back up that argument) that taking a flop senior like Hafeez, Faheem, Sohail, Bhatti, etc, is taking more of a 'chance' than taking a performing youngster like Rohail Nazir

Hafeez isnt a flop either is he a superstar fahim is okay bowler and mediocre batesman thiers only ammad butt yamin who are better. Sohail and Bhatti are thier as reserve players they wont play. Rohail can play as a wicket keeper batesman

 

[shamaan]

so u have to take IK jr and Sohail Khan... When explaining he said Sohail Khan did well in England last time , he was refering to the tour he captained in 2016...They also tour in 2018 and was able to draw the series... Following is the squad which MA took...

Sarfaraz Ahmed (c, wk)
Asad Shafiq
Azhar Ali
Babar Azam
Faheem Ashraf
Fakhar Zaman
Haris Sohail
Hasan Ali
Imam-ul-Haq
Mohammad Abbas
Mohammad Amir
Rahat Ali
Saad Ali
Sami Aslam
Shadab Khan
Usman Salahuddin

Look at wat this buffoon has selected..

Sohail khan, Imran Khan, Kashif bhatti, Fawad Alam. And well wait for the 11 that he will field...

I think he will field the following 11 for the 1st test.

Abid Ali
Shaan Masood
Azhar Ali
Babar Azam
Asad Shafiq
Fawad Alam
Sarfraz Ahmed
Yasir Shah
Sohail Khan
Imran Khan
Wahab riaz

MA can draw the series with youngsters. MISBAH will keep feeding the seniors..Surprised he left out Irfan lol..
Whats the point of having Younis and Mustaq when u have players who are 35+ ... Misbah will take PAK back to no.9 in all formats he is adamant in doing that..

Tbh his decisions dont make sense.espically what he said when asked about sohail khan.

Sohail,imran khan,bhatti are only thier as reserve if big injuries happen then they will play even then they not guaranteed.

If you think wahab,imran,sohail are going to play ahead of shaheen,naseem and abbas then I dunno what to say to you.

 

[Realromeo]

Don't read too much into results of that tournament, India sent a very weak side because our domestics were going on, a couple of decent players got injured at the last moment. Basically it was a bunch of no-names who had never come close to playing FC. Pak won the final by a narrow margin courtesy our choke, otherwise we had no business playing the final and once we were there Pak should have won comfortably. I am sure Misbah is more practical and follows the young guns more closely than PPers.

Correct me if im wrong India had a FC/List A along with some kind of junior tournament ? Most of the players were unknown lol

 

[Hasan123]

I was one of those who said give Misbah a a chance and time. Well after observing his tenure so far, I don't think he is cut out for the job. His selections are questionable, he hasn't really improved any players which is his job as a coach. One thing that really frustrates me with Misbahs selections is that he selects youngsters that aren't ready or players who are past it. We need to ensure going forward that half of the team is constructed of players who have 5/6 good years left in them and have a decent amount of experience.


The results have mostly disastrous results under Misbah. Losing to Sri Lanka D 3-0 was embarrassing. We were under prepared against Australia and the selections and lack of fight was truly depressing.

I really don't see a point in him getting more time as he isn't going to change much as we have seen when he was captain. He stuck with experience and lacked creativity.

PCB should hire a coach who has experience of improving players, a good communicator , and someone who understands how to build a side.

Unfortunately I think Wasim Khan will be stubborn and stick with Misbah as he will want to be proven right.