Pakistan's Test team for the 2018 series against New Zealand in UAE

[Kohli The King of Chase]

Some heads gotta roll.

Select hungry players .

Imam
Fakhar
Asad *
Haris
Saud
Saad
Sarfraz +
Bilal
Yasir
Abbas
Hamza

Drop Azhar and Babar
Also Hafeez should be shown the door. Haris can easily be the 3rd spinner.

Only problem is 5 lefties in top 6.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Retaining Sarfaraz?

 

[Kohli The King of Chase]

Retaining Sarfaraz?

It's PCB fault that there is no back up keeper.

 

[Hawkeye]

Sarfraz
Asad Shafiq

One of the main root cause of our failures.

 

[Kohli The King of Chase]

Sarfraz
Asad Shafiq

One of the main root cause of our failures.

Atleast Asad is giving a performance here and there but, Babar and Azhar aren't. Also, there is no back up keeper which is childish.

We have atleast 5 keepers waiting for India.

You can't drop all at once, as u don't have back ups.

Drop Azhar and Babar and give warnings to Asad and Sarfraz

 

[Hawkeye]

No.

Babar Azam is too young. First ones to go are Sarfraz and Asad Shafiq. Long time failures.

Azhar is extremely handy outside Asia. Not going annywhere.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Asad will score a losing hundred in 2nd inns of this game and save his place for black cap series.

 

[Zakaz]

Sarfraz should be kicked out, period.

 

[Hawkeye]

Asad will score a losing hundred in 2nd inns of this game and save his place for black cap series.

Story of his life.

 

[ARK Rafay]

Fakhar
Imam
Azhar
Haris
Fawad
Usman
Sarfraz
Yasir
? (Amir, Hasan or Faheem)
Abbas
Hamza

 

[Salman4.]

Saad should return in place of Babar.

 

[FastBowlingAllrounder]

It's PCB fault that there is no back up keeper.

I would only want to see Rizwan play. His keeping can't be that bad (even Sarfraz's keeping isn't as active or stand out as used to be few years back) and he should be able to do a job with the bat

 

[FastBowlingAllrounder]

Babar should be put aside for another youngster as he has also let the "superstar" treatment get to his head. He hasn't brought in the goods at the Test level and thinks his performance in other formats will give him a ticket into the team.

 

[Azeem Zafar]

Imam
Fakhar/Hafeez
Haris
Shafiq
Usman/Fawad
Babar/Saad
Sarfaraz*
Bilal/Shadab
Yasir
Abbas
Hamza/Sadaf/Hassan

Make Imam vice-captain. Hafeez is a must for all games in Asian conditions for now. Babar should be persisted with for atleast 1 more year in test team. Fawad & Saad should be in the team as backups of Babar & Shafiq. Sadaf should be finally included as 4th seamer now, we should never go back to the likes of Rahats & Wahabs.

 

[hadi123]

Let's see what happens in this match first then will be easier to name a hypothetical squad.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Drop babar azam , bilal asif and wahab.

Bring in mohammad asghar , saud shakeel and shaheen afridi.

 

[Bilal7]

No major changes unless we lose this match.

1) Imam ul Haq
2) Fakhar Zaman
3) Azhar Ali
4) Asad Shafiq
5) Haris Sohail
6) Babar Azam
7) Sarfaraz Ahmed (c) (wk)
8) Yasir Shah
9) Bilal Asif
10) Mohammad Abbas
11) Junaid Khan

12) Mohammad Hafeez
13) Usman Salahuddin
14) Kashif Bhatti/Shadab Khan/Zafar Gohar
15) Mir Hamza/Hasan Ali

 

[Ahmed216]

Fakhar
Imam
Azhar
Haris
Asad
Usman
Sarfraz
Yasir
Bilal
Abbas
Junaid

 

[GLORY OF '92]

Who should be dropped against NZ, Hafeez or Imam?

Fakhar must play and Babar just got 99. I'd play Hafeez as he is great in these conditions. Keep Imam for SA.

 

[Ali_Pakistan]

Imam should play and Hafeez must go to the bench. Hafeez will as usual score one good score in the season then rely on that to be picked for whole season.
If they play Hafeez here then they won't be going to pick Imam in SA which will be a disaster for Pakistan.

 

[Fahdi]

Looking at how Hafeez has barely bowled there is no reason to play him. Imam has his flaws but he is far better than a 38 year old who everyone knows will fail miserably outside Asia.

 

[yasir]

One thing is clear, we are not carrying Hafeez to SA or anywhere west....

In UAE, I see it would be difficult to drop Hafeez, with his spin playing and taking out lefty’s skill, not to mention senior tag unfortunately....

 

[MMHS]

Really tough call for Ul Haq - yaari vs khoon. This guy Babar has disturbed the plot completely, otherwise everything was so smooth till this afternoon at Abu Dhabi.

Long shot, but probably Bilal guy needs to take some wicket here now - otherwise there are few more rounds of QeA left - MoHa might bowl 170 overs there ........10-12 wickets & you know.

 

[MMHS]

One thing is clear, we are not carrying Hafeez to SA or anywhere west....

In UAE, I see it would be difficult to drop Hafeez, with his spin playing and taking out lefty’s skill, not to mention senior tag unfortunately....

It's not clear at all - trust me. You have to think another combination as well, which our good English friend Junaids can explain better.

Yasir isn't bowling well and in SAF, there is hardly any need of specialist finger spinners. PAK can start with 4 pacers and a "Spin All-rounder" ....... both Hari & MoHa has scored a hundred and failed 3 times - but MoHa has experience (& reputation). You can easily slot him at 5 (& at 1st slip ) for his 10-12 overs of spin and play Amir, Abbas, Afridi & Hasan/JK.

 

[ahmadharis1]

1. Fakhar Zaman
2. Azhar Ali
3. Haris Sohail
4. Babar Azam
5. Usman Salahuddin
6. Asad Shafiq
7. Sarfraz Ahmed
8. Yasir Shah
9. Bilal Asif/Zafar Gohar
10. Junaid Khan
11. Mohammad Abbas

 

[mastersaan10]

If Pakistan don't play 2 specialists spinners, guaranteed they will lose. I like Asif but he doesn't bowl enough in domestics and is more of an all-rounder. Mickey is doing the same thing he did with Australia, be a hard head and play 3 pacers and one spinner and losing badly.

 

[babajee]

Fakhar
Imam
Azhar
Haris
Asad
Babar
Sarfraz
Bilal
Hasan
Yasir
Abbas

Haris as 5th bowler.

 

[Ummii]

Fakhar
Imam
Haris
Fawad
Asad
Babar
Sarfaraz
Bilal
Yasir
Abbas
Hamza

 

[indianpanacea]

For me it shall be(keeping next tour of South Africa in consideration)
ONE DAY SQUAD
Fakhar
Umar akmal
Babar
Sohaib maqsood
Asad shafiq
Hafeez
Sarfaraz
Amir
Hassan
Junaid
Sohail khan
TEST SQUAD
Sami aslam
Azhar ali
Sohaib maqsood
Haris sohail
Asad shafiq
Sarfaraz
Abbas
Naseem shah
Junaid khan
Waqas maqsood
Yasir

 

[DeadBall]

For me it shall be(keeping next tour of South Africa in consideration)
ONE DAY SQUAD
Fakhar
Umar akmal
Babar
Sohaib maqsood
Asad shafiq
Hafeez
Sarfaraz
Amir
Hassan
Junaid
Sohail khan
TEST SQUAD
Sami aslam
Azhar ali
Sohaib maqsood
Haris sohail
Asad shafiq
Sarfaraz
Abbas
Naseem shah
Junaid khan
Waqas maqsood
Yasir

Perfect combination of players who haven't played for Pakistan in ages or haven't even debuted yet.

 

[CricketDon]

Test

Imam
Fakhar
Haris
Azhar
Asad
Babar
Sarfraz
Yasir
Abbas
Junaid
Amir
Usman
Sadaf
Shaheen


ODI

Imam
Fakhar
Barbar
Haris
Umar Akmal
Sohaib malik
Sarfraz
Shadab
Faheem
Amir
Rumaan
Junaid
Usman
Sharjeel
Shaheen


T20

Fakhar
Umar Akmal
Babar
Malik
Sarfraz
Asif Ali
Shahab
Faheem
Imad
Amir
Rumaan
Shaheen
Usman
Junaid
Sharjeel

Pretty good squads I recon. Hafeez, shan and wahab should be kept away. I’m hoping sharjeel can make a come back.

 

[Rayyman]

Junaid in for Hamza and Imam in for Hafeez

 

[gazza619]

Will be unfair to drop Hamza after just one outing. I feel he will improve.

Abbass has changed my philosophy on fast bowlers and now I feel medium pacers can also be world beaters.

I know Bilal Asif took some wickets but I am still not convinced on him. If he had scored some runs then I may have favoured him but he just looks like a number 10 (rather than a number 8).

 

[Abdullah719]

I would imagine Shan Masood will be selected as he can't stop scoring runs. 168, 100 and now on 45* against NZ A.

 

[Kohli The King of Chase]

I would imagine Shan Masood will be selected as he can't stop scoring runs. 168, 100 and now on 45* against NZ A.

That's impressive form especially considering there are some international players in that NZ side.