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Of course Naseem Shah will walk back into the side when fully fit.
 
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Abbas Might miss out for Naseem Shah and Wasim might miss out for Aamer in case he performs exceptionally well. Although I want Wasim in as well. He has done a good job.
 
Naseem Shah walks back into the line-up easily.

We are covered in the T20 department. This is the only format these boys want to play anyway.
 
Wasim J is more reliable than Jamal I think but Jamal can bat much better. Naseem may take time readjusting to international standard bowling but surely will be back for world cup.
 
Don't count out Abbas so quickly. He may grab his chance with both hands.
 
MenInG said:
Another Aamer Jamal scenario?
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Insha Allah.

These new guys are hungry and raring to show their talents to the world.

Abbas has performed under pressure in the PSL. He will want a world cup spot.
 
I don't think Jamal could be a good T20 option but we will see how he responds in the PSL.

Naseem Shah is a go to bowler hopefully he will remain fit by that time.
 
I'm not convinced by Naseem Shah in t20s. Averages almost 35 with the ball which is horrendous for the format, and even his overall t20 average of 28 isn't amazing.
 
Probably need to see more out of Jamal before putting in the WC squad. I think Wasim Jr is the favourite over him at the moment but next few months will dictate a lot.

Jamal is more leaky than Wasim Jr in T20's but we have seen him be deadly as well. In particular, that spell in PSL where he came in and started reversing the ball and completely changed the game. Ended up being MOTM if I remember correctly.

Ihsanullah probably comes into the side if he is healthy too IMO. Wealth of options for Pakistan in T20's... if only they had the same problem in ODI's & Tests.
 
Shaheen
Rauf
Naseem
Zaman
Wasim Jnr

Are in pole position currently to go to the WC.

Jamal
Ihsanullah
Abbas Afridi
Hasnain

All have a chance.

Pakistan t20 fast bowling is in good hands and probably the least of our worries. Spin is a massive concern and the middle order still has a huge hole in it (the case for several years now).
 
I will pick these fast bowlers for world cup 2024:

Shaheen
Naseem
Ihsanullah
Hasnain
Wseem Jr

we cant afford to have Haris rauf in the team anymore so i wil prefer to drop him for this world cup
 
Those West indies are tracks or slow low turning pitches. Those pitches hardly have any pace and bounce these days. Not sure what sort of pitch we have at Newyork though.
 
I will pick these pacers for the World Cup 2024:

Shaheen
Naseem
Ihsanullah/Jamal/abbas
Zaman
Wseem Jr
 
DeadlyVenom said:
Don't count out Abbas so quickly. He may grab his chance with both hands.
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He's got something about him. Not the quickest but looks confident and has great variety. He should be getting more chances, he showed far more nous than some of his elders.
 
Alter_Ego said:
Travesty that Pak can't find a single decent spinner
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From where will they get it when they have never prepared any in domestic cricket.... Now they will surely miss a spinner in this World Cup because they cant rely on shadab and nawaz neither on Usama Mir.
 
Naseem Shah,Abbas Afridi,Zaman Khan and Ihsan Ullah are the right guys for it. SSA, willy nilly, would be the part of the team
 
Not convinced by Naseem Shah in T20s... don't think he should walk into the team that easily
 
JAV12341 said:
Only need 4 pacers 5 is too much I know which 4 bowlers will get selected. Trundler afridi, spray gun Rauf, wasim jr, and naseem shah if fully fit
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I think it will be battle between Rauf/Ihsanullah both have certain roles.
 
Seems Shaheen Shah Afridi is slowly finding is groove this PSL.
Swinging the ball both ways with a bit of pace.

Naseem Shah + an in form SSA would be a very good opening combination for the WC.
Additionally, Zaman Khan coming in towards the end of the innings - would be a fun bowling attack to watch.
 
All of Shaheen, Naseem, Haris and Wasim are locked. If any of them gets in into a bad form before the WT20. Only then we should consider dropping them.
 
Mohammad Ali looking like a good bet for the T20 WC
 
Naseem Shah is looking good post injury and Shaheen Shah is finding his pace again so our opening bowling should be good in T20.

Rauf might miss out now that he’s had this shoulder injury and it may take him a while to be in good form again. We probably need one more fast bowler who can bowl at the death and ideally a fast bowling all rounder. Lots of options, we just have to get the combination right.
 
RidiculousMan said:
All of Shaheen, Naseem, Haris and Wasim are locked. If any of them gets in into a bad form before the WT20. Only then we should consider dropping them.
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Haris is not locked by a long shot and being out of the PSL has dealt a further hammer blow to his chances.

Agree with the rest with the likelihood that Mohammad Ali will be joining them.
 
Keep it simple

3 proper seamers, 3 guys that can bowl in the powerplay and close out the innings for you.

My 3 are Shaheen, Amir and Naseem.

Shaheen and Amir are on good terms, he shouldn’t be stubborn and just ask him to play the World Cup.

4th Seamer is Abbas Afridi
 
Based on form, it will be
Shaheen
Naseem
Muhammad Ali

Spinners will be Usama and Shadab. Shadab gets in because of his batting too.

Haris Rauf is overrated and the rest are either out of form or not good enough.
 
Champ_Pal said:
Based on form, it will be
Shaheen
Naseem
Muhammad Ali

Spinners will be Usama and Shadab. Shadab gets in because of his batting too.

Haris Rauf is overrated and the rest are either out of form or not good enough.
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to early to bring in Muhammad Ali i will rather pick Obaid Shah as he can bat too.
 
Naseem looks overweight. He needs a good run around the block for 3 or 4 weeks. SSA is short of confidence and rhythm. The attack looks as weak as it has been for a long time
 
Shaheen
Naseem
Abbas

Bench: Wasim, Jamal

Player ls who should not be selected:

Zaman Khan
Haris Rauf
Dhani
Hasnain
 
I will go for

Shaheen, Naseem and Obaid Shah

better not to pick haris this time else consider 20 to 30 runs extra in every game
 
Cricket Warrior said:
but he could be a good choice because he is so handy with bat too.
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He's a no 11 with the bat. What have you seen with his batting to suggest he's handy with the bat. Abbas Afridi has more potential with the bat than obaid shah can ever have and that says something.
 
Shaheen
Naseem
Muhammed Ali

Ihsanullah would be starter in the xi if he was fit.
Abbas Afridi
 
I still don't get the hype around Naseem in T20s. His T20 average of 28 is mediocre-at-best and his T20I bowling average is 35 which is horrendous. Even his economy is around 7.5 which is solid but not amazing. Unless he has a stellar PSL season I wouldn't include him in the world cup team
 
ahmadharis1 said:
I still don't get the hype around Naseem in T20s. His T20 average of 28 is mediocre-at-best and his T20I bowling average is 35 which is horrendous. Even his economy is around 7.5 which is solid but not amazing. Unless he has a stellar PSL season I wouldn't include him in the world cup team
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His economy rate in the T20 WC was 6.23 and I feel his spell in the final was brilliant and could easily have picked up 2-3 wickets on another day if he had been a bit luckier. He was also really good in the T20 Asia Cup.

Ultimately, it’s still a pretty low sample size, he’s been very successful in tournaments, and he has all the skills to lead our attack.
 
Whoever they pick, it will comfortably be the worst pace attack in the tournament.
 
Amusing to see Mohammad Ali already in people's world cup squad after a couple of good matches in PSL. Just shows recency bias is all that matters.

Maybe he is good internationally but he is certainly not a name I would even consider until he plays in T20 internationally and we will see how good he does then. He wouldn't be getting the new ball either with Shaheen & Naseem and already loses most of his value as a result.
 
Naseem and Shaheen are sure-shot inclusions. Abbas and Wasim will also find the spot IMO. Abrar should be there along with Shadab.
 
Nasty Naz said:
Amusing to see Mohammad Ali already in people's world cup squad after a couple of good matches in PSL. Just shows recency bias is all that matters.

Maybe he is good internationally but he is certainly not a name I would even consider until he plays in T20 internationally and we will see how good he does then. He wouldn't be getting the new ball either with Shaheen & Naseem and already loses most of his value as a result.
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He's used the new ball better than both so far, and actually has bowled better than I expected in the death overs as well. He's very accurate and uses the seam well, those are skills highly lacking in too many Pakistan pace bowlers.
 
You have to be blind not to see what Mohammad Ali offers.

He hits the seam on a length and in the channel consistently , decent speeds, decent release height.

Very rare for a Pakistani bowler - none of Shaheen, Rauf, Wasim Jnr. have shown that ability.

Worth a shot
 
I would pick muhammad ali and abbas afridi over rauf and hasan showboater in a heart beat .

But as we know in pakistan seniority rules
 
mazkhan said:
I would pick muhammad ali and abbas afridi over rauf and hasan showboater in a heart beat .

But as we know in pakistan seniority rules
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Abbas Afridi is another one I like. Not express pace, but he bowls a heavy ball, has great control and variety, and is another tough as nails competitor.
 
Nasty Naz said:
Amusing to see Mohammad Ali already in people's world cup squad after a couple of good matches in PSL. Just shows recency bias is all that matters.

Maybe he is good internationally but he is certainly not a name I would even consider until he plays in T20 internationally and we will see how good he does then. He wouldn't be getting the new ball either with Shaheen & Naseem and already loses most of his value as a result.
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In Shaheen,Naseem and Ali all three can bowl with the new ball.
 
I will take Shaheen, Naseem, Wasim, Abbas, Jamal, zaman ( he is good at death and we need a bowler who can bowl death overs considering shaheen is pretty bad at it).

Any other potential name I am missing here?
 
Mohammed amir is a must still the best pacer by a country mile in Pakistan. Need to request him to take back his retirement
 
Mohammad Ali
Naseem shah
Shaheen afridi.

If we go by psl numbers then these 3 are our pick realistically and what will be picked.

I don't like shaheen but he ain't going anywhere.

Naseem shah and afridi's spits were never in contention, so the question is who is going to replace haris Rauf and the answer based of psl 9 is clearly Ali.
 
Rana said:
He will come back if he isn’t pointed a gun to his head and forced to prove himself in pointless domestic T20s
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He should say am avaliable if and when pakistan require me as far as am aware he hasnt said that or hinted that.
 
shamaan said:
He should say am avaliable if and when pakistan require me as far as am aware he hasnt said that or hinted that.
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He doesn’t need to put himself out there. Let me give you some context. Shahid Afridi recently sent out an SOS plea publicly to Amir to take back his retirement. Why do you think this happened?

Well, I believe Afridi has reached the point where he has figured out that his son in law will not be able to save Pakistan cricket from embarrassment with the current bowling attack and their incompetency, especially considering the batsmen are not good enough to give Pakistan bowling the big scores that are good enough for them to defend, or the intensity in chasing big scores having leaked 200+ against the big sides.

Afridi stuck his neck out in the past for outcasts like Shoaib Akhtar and also Mohammad Amir when he wanted to return to Pakistan in 2015. He basically wants a return in favour for his son in law. Whatever 5-6 bowlers Pakistan field currently, one or two of those bowlers will leak massively. Be it Rauf, Jamal, Usama Mir, Shadab, Nawaz or Abbas Afridi. He desperately wants Amir to be in the team and at least give the safety net of 4 overs for 25-35
 
Saim
Rizwan/Saud
Babar
Fakhar
Imad
Haris/Nafey
Haider/Usman
Shaheen
Naseem
Abrar
Zaman/Wasim/Abbas


Should be possible . Shadab comes only in place of a batsman if at all he gets to play. Need to go back to the traditional way of being a bowling team
 
Rana said:
He doesn’t need to put himself out there. Let me give you some context. Shahid Afridi recently sent out an SOS plea publicly to Amir to take back his retirement. Why do you think this happened?

Well, I believe Afridi has reached the point where he has figured out that his son in law will not be able to save Pakistan cricket from embarrassment with the current bowling attack and their incompetency, especially considering the batsmen are not good enough to give Pakistan bowling the big scores that are good enough for them to defend, or the intensity in chasing big scores having leaked 200+ against the big sides.

Afridi stuck his neck out in the past for outcasts like Shoaib Akhtar and also Mohammad Amir when he wanted to return to Pakistan in 2015. He basically wants a return in favour for his son in law. Whatever 5-6 bowlers Pakistan field currently, one or two of those bowlers will leak massively. Be it Rauf, Jamal, Usama Mir, Shadab, Nawaz or Abbas Afridi. He desperately wants Amir to be in the team and at least give the safety net of 4 overs for 25-35
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You cant pick someone who is retired ?
 
Saim
Rizwan
Babar
Fakhar
Ifthikar
Haider/Azam Khan
Shadab
Imad/Jamal/Abbas
Shaheen
Naseem
Amir/Haris

This will be a very good line up and also very likely line up. Hopefully imad and amir joins in
 
shamaan said:
Shaheen
Naseem
Muhammad Ali

Abbas Afridi
Wasim Jnr
Rauf
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Do you still want Rauf oin the team? I guess he should be left out now. Time for him to realize that he is not undroppable. Needs to work hard to get his form back and then we can bring him back. Better choices are out there rather than picking him.

Naseem, Shaheen, Mohammad Ali, Abbas, Jamal, Wasim, Zaman.
 
I think that the pacers will be:

Shaheen
Naseem
Abbas Afridi/Mohammad Ali

Maybe even all 4 of them. Rauf is probably out of the running after bad form/injury.
 
No way would I take garbage like wasim jnr and jamal.

Jamal may have some batting prowess, but not enough to warrant his garbage bowling in this format.

Shaheen, Naseem and Ali definitely the best trio.

I thought Amir was dusted, but he is an intelligent and clever bowler, which is very rare in Pak and can still do a job.

Rauf and Ihsanullah half fit still better than the others.

Shaheen, Naseem, Ali, Abbas and Amir (if available)/Rauf/Ihsanullah.
 
BouncerGuy said:
Do you still want Rauf oin the team? I guess he should be left out now. Time for him to realize that he is not undroppable. Needs to work hard to get his form back and then we can bring him back. Better choices are out there rather than picking him.

Naseem, Shaheen, Mohammad Ali, Abbas, Jamal, Wasim, Zaman.
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I would have 100% picked Ihsanullah but he hasnt played cricket for a long time.I dont think he warrants a place in the xi but i would still take him part of the squad.
 
3 pacers

Shaheen
Naseem
Aamir

3 spin all rounders

Imad
Shady
Ifti


best bowling combination to go with on the tracks of West Indies.
 
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