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[PICTURES] Lahore to host Player Draft for the 10th edition of HBL PSL on January 13, 2025 [Update at post#444]

Tymal Mills has benefited massively from league cricket. 20 years ago a player like him would have retired and be working as a waiter somewhere.

Leagues have really given players a chance to earn and provide for themselves.
 
DeadlyVenom said:
It will be Khwaja. Khawaja is a big draw from a marketing perspective.
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Khwaja is finished mate.

But this is a franchise that rates Rizwan as platinum and also rates Shan as a big T20 player

Marzi hai inki. If you want Khwaja, what was wrong with Malan?
 
Rana said:
Khwaja is finished mate.

But this is a franchise that rates Rizwan as platinum and also rates Shan as a big T20 player

Marzi hai inki. If you want Khwaja, what was wrong with Malan?
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I do think Khawaja is a better player of spin than Malan though
 
Rana said:
Khwaja is finished mate.

But this is a franchise that rates Rizwan as platinum and also rates Shan as a big T20 player

Marzi hai inki. If you want Khwaja, what was wrong with Malan?
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He's finished in T20 but not finished for taking vids of him enjoying Qawali concert or pics with Ali Tareen for twitter.

I think that stuff motivates the franchise owners more then the cricket.
 
PCB failure to secure marquee English players. They failed to convince the ECB to grant Nocs. Pakistan should refuse Nocs for the hundred and vitality blast going forward
 
PSL marketing team have been building up hype and posting list little by little everyday. Today marks the last day and the list is supposedly complete but today is Saturday and usually events are planned to have climax on Sunday. So could we see a surprise few names tomorrow?
 
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Kane Williamson registers for HBL PSL Draft among 44 overseas Platinum players

Lahore, 11 January 2025:

The HBL Pakistan Super League (PSL) has revealed the complete list of overseas players registered in the Platinum category for the 13 January Player Draft. The pool includes 44 exciting players from eight countries.

Kane Williamson, the second leading run scorer for New Zealand in T20Is, has also registered in the Platinum category along with his long-time team mate and leading wicket-taker ever in T20Is, Tim Southee.

Apart from Williamson and Southee, Adam Milne, Daryl Mitchell, Finn Allen, Jimmy Neesham, Mark Chapman and Michael Bracewell are other Kiwi players, who will interest the six HBL PSL franchises on Monday.

The most number of overseas Platinum category players – 13, are from Australia, including the ICC T20 World Cup 2021 winners Ashton Agar, David Warner and Daniel Sams. Usman Khawaja, who represented Islamabad United in HBL PSL 2021, is also part of this category.

From Afghanistan, Mujeeb-Ur-Rehman and Naveen-ul-Haq will be up for grabs. HBL PSL 8 winner Sam Billings and HBL PSL 9 winner Tymal Mills, also have registered their interest in the overseas Platinum category along with six other English players.

Imran Tahir, Rassie van der Dussen, Reeza Hendricks and Tabraiz Shamsi make up the South Africa contingent in the top overseas category. Sri Lanka’s current T20I captain, Charith Asalanka and his team mate Kusal Mendis are also part of the best of the best overseas pool.

Experienced Jason Holder will be a hot pick among five other West Indies players locked in the Platinum category. Bangladesh’s seasoned duo of Mustafizur Rehman and Shakib Al Hasan are also part of the overseas Platinum pool.

Chief Executive Officer PSL, Salman Naseer:

“We are thrilled to announce a 44 strong and exciting contingent of overseas Platinum picks for the HBL PSL 2025 Player Draft and I’m sure all the six franchises will have their eyes on them as the Draft Day draws near.

“Combined with the Pakistani stars we have an exciting pool of talent available. All eyes are now on 13 January when the final squads for the six franchises will be determined.

“Irrespective of whatever happens on Monday, I’m deeply thankful to all the players who have registered their interest in any category in a bid to become part of the historic 10th edition of the HBL PSL and I wish them all Good luck.”
 
The Bald Eagle said:
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Kane Williamson registers for HBL PSL Draft among 44 overseas Platinum players

Lahore, 11 January 2025:

The HBL Pakistan Super League (PSL) has revealed the complete list of overseas players registered in the Platinum category for the 13 January Player Draft. The pool includes 44 exciting players from eight countries.

Kane Williamson, the second leading run scorer for New Zealand in T20Is, has also registered in the Platinum category along with his long-time team mate and leading wicket-taker ever in T20Is, Tim Southee.

Apart from Williamson and Southee, Adam Milne, Daryl Mitchell, Finn Allen, Jimmy Neesham, Mark Chapman and Michael Bracewell are other Kiwi players, who will interest the six HBL PSL franchises on Monday.

The most number of overseas Platinum category players – 13, are from Australia, including the ICC T20 World Cup 2021 winners Ashton Agar, David Warner and Daniel Sams. Usman Khawaja, who represented Islamabad United in HBL PSL 2021, is also part of this category.

From Afghanistan, Mujeeb-Ur-Rehman and Naveen-ul-Haq will be up for grabs. HBL PSL 8 winner Sam Billings and HBL PSL 9 winner Tymal Mills, also have registered their interest in the overseas Platinum category along with six other English players.

Imran Tahir, Rassie van der Dussen, Reeza Hendricks and Tabraiz Shamsi make up the South Africa contingent in the top overseas category. Sri Lanka’s current T20I captain, Charith Asalanka and his team mate Kusal Mendis are also part of the best of the best overseas pool.

Experienced Jason Holder will be a hot pick among five other West Indies players locked in the Platinum category. Bangladesh’s seasoned duo of Mustafizur Rehman and Shakib Al Hasan are also part of the overseas Platinum pool.

Chief Executive Officer PSL, Salman Naseer:

“We are thrilled to announce a 44 strong and exciting contingent of overseas Platinum picks for the HBL PSL 2025 Player Draft and I’m sure all the six franchises will have their eyes on them as the Draft Day draws near.

“Combined with the Pakistani stars we have an exciting pool of talent available. All eyes are now on 13 January when the final squads for the six franchises will be determined.

“Irrespective of whatever happens on Monday, I’m deeply thankful to all the players who have registered their interest in any category in a bid to become part of the historic 10th edition of the HBL PSL and I wish them all Good luck.”
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His condition was that he wants a guaranteed signing to a franchise. Whose promised him?
 
Need to get Steve Smith, Johnny Bairstow, Ben Ducket, Zak Crawley, Adil Rashid. PCB needs to visit the ECB and threaten them that not a single Pakistani player will be granted an NOC if the ECB does not relent.
 
Savak said:
Need to get Steve Smith, Johnny Bairstow, Ben Ducket, Zak Crawley, Adil Rashid. PCB needs to visit the ECB and threaten them that not a single Pakistani player will be granted an NOC if the ECB does not relent.
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It’s more up to the players from England and how the PCA deals with the ECB.

PCB needs to stay out of this.
 
Wow. Kane Williamson is a big name.

I think it's best if Kane is paired with Babar 😂

But honestly now that Kane has signed I think he can be a good pick at no. 3 for teams that need that stability and the best tactician of this generation.
 
RidiculousMan said:
Wow. Kane Williamson is a big name.

I think it's best if Kane is paired with Babar 😂

But honestly now that Kane has signed I think he can be a good pick at no. 3 for teams that need that stability and the best tactician of this generation.
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Kane is reinventing himself as an opener. So is Smith.

Still think he’s a useless opener but definitely has more game sense and urgency than RizBar
 
Rana said:
His condition was that he wants a guaranteed signing to a franchise. Whose promised him?
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Let's see.

Lahore will definitely be signing an opener or a no. 3. They went with RvD. Now they can pick him again, Warner or Kane.

Islamabad need to sign one player. I don't think their philosophy was ever to go for accumulators. They have always picked dashers up top. Plus they have Salman as a stable no. 3 as well. Don't think they will go for Kane.

Karachi can pick two overseas players. They already have Seifert and Vince. They'd want to have one dasher opener and one another bowler. Don't think they should go for him. But it won't surprise me cause we have seen stupidity from them before.

Peshawar have Babar, Saim and Harris. That top 3 is locked. Though we have to see if Saim can recover 100% for PSL. (He will most likely). Don't think they will be going for Kane. There's no room.

Quetta can pick two overseas players. They have Rossow who will bat at no. 4 most likely. They can go for Kane at no. 3. And then sign another overseas opener. Though that will leave one of Nafay or Saud out of the XI and top 4. They can squeeze Kane in.

Multan can go for only one player. By the tweets and comments from Ali Tareen I don't think they are looking for a righty let alone a righty accumulator. They'll probably go for someone like Ewin Lewis.

Conclusion: Most likely Lahore, followed by Quetta, Karachi and Islamabad.
 
Rana said:
Kane is reinventing himself as an opener. So is Smith.

Still think he’s a useless opener but definitely has more game sense and urgency than RizBar
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I mean tbf, Williamson isn't bad.

Yes he isn't suited to t20, but he doesn't deliberately try to botch things. He does go for lofted strokes and play according to the RR.

Not being able to =/= deliberately trying not to.

Babar tries to keep pace but he's unwilling to develop any lofted strokes which is why he's slow. In t20 you can't keep driving for boundaries or playing grounded strokes. Once pp is over, what will you do?

As for rizwan, Uss ko to chor hi do, he lives in Lala land. I wouldn't be surprised if he starts to claim I have aussie mentality as they are laid back and care free 🤣🤣.

Misbah and Rizwan are the only 2 players I've seen in my life who don't care about RR. Even imam ul haq atleast tries to look at RR. He goes about it the wrong way but still?

Rizwan aur misbah nei phelei sei hi 50 of 75 ka fasla kar hi lya ha.
 
mominsaigol said:
I mean tbf, Williamson isn't bad.

Yes he isn't suited to t20, but he doesn't deliberately try to botch things. He does go for lofted strokes and play according to the RR.

Not being able to =/= deliberately trying not to.

Babar tries to keep pace but he's unwilling to develop any lofted strokes which is why he's slow. In t20 you can't keep driving for boundaries or playing grounded strokes. Once pp is over, what will you do?

As for rizwan, Uss ko to chor hi do, he lives in Lala land. I wouldn't be surprised if he starts to claim I have aussie mentality as they are laid back and care free 🤣🤣.

Misbah and Rizwan are the only 2 players I've seen in my life who don't care about RR. Even imam ul haq atleast tries to look at RR. He goes about it the wrong way but still?

Rizwan aur misbah nei phelei sei hi 50 of 75 ka fasla kar hi lya ha.
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Babar has the ability but he doesn't try or doesn't want to evolve.

Kane has limited ability power compared to Babar but he tries.
 
Deewana Mastana said:
It's stupid they even changed the date of the draft to a working day.

I woke up this morning assuming I've missed it.

Had it been a weekend it would've attracted more viewership for sure.
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Maybe Franchise owners weren't available? Or maybe Mr Chairman wasn't free for Sunday. After all how can the Draft begin without his speech
 
RidiculousMan said:
Babar has the ability but he doesn't try or doesn't want to evolve.

Kane has limited ability power compared to Babar but he tries.
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That’s not true.

Kane connects well and it sails. He’s a solid timer. He’s just a bit accustomed to spend time at the crease. He just doesn’t pull the trigger enough
 
Rana said:
That’s not true.

Kane connects well and it sails. He’s a solid timer. He’s just a bit accustomed to spend time at the crease. He just doesn’t pull the trigger enough
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His T20 and T20I strike rate is inferior to Babar and Rizwan. That tells the story.
 
RidiculousMan said:
Let's see.

Lahore will definitely be signing an opener or a no. 3. They went with RvD. Now they can pick him again, Warner or Kane.

Islamabad need to sign one player. I don't think their philosophy was ever to go for accumulators. They have always picked dashers up top. Plus they have Salman as a stable no. 3 as well. Don't think they will go for Kane.

Karachi can pick two overseas players. They already have Seifert and Vince. They'd want to have one dasher opener and one another bowler. Don't think they should go for him. But it won't surprise me cause we have seen stupidity from them before.

Peshawar have Babar, Saim and Harris. That top 3 is locked. Though we have to see if Saim can recover 100% for PSL. (He will most likely). Don't think they will be going for Kane. There's no room.

Quetta can pick two overseas players. They have Rossow who will bat at no. 4 most likely. They can go for Kane at no. 3. And then sign another overseas opener. Though that will leave one of Nafay or Saud out of the XI and top 4. They can squeeze Kane in.

Multan can go for only one player. By the tweets and comments from Ali Tareen I don't think they are looking for a righty let alone a righty accumulator. They'll probably go for someone like Ewin Lewis.

Conclusion: Most likely Lahore, followed by Quetta, Karachi and Islamabad.
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Saim is out for months, at the very least. I saw a video of him recorded day before yesterday he was still on crutches. When a bone heals like that you have a lot of physio and then rehab to reduce swelling, repair the damage, re-learning how to weight bear and making sure it healed properly with followup scans and regular physiotherapy. All of it takes minimum weeks/month(s). It would be idiotic for his career to be ruined.
 
Pakpak said:
Saim is out for months, at the very least. I saw a video of him recorded day before yesterday he was still on crutches. When a bone heals like that you have a lot of physio and then rehab to reduce swelling, repair the damage, re-learning how to weight bear and making sure it healed properly with followup scans and regular physiotherapy. All of it takes minimum weeks/month(s). It would be idiotic for his career to be ruined.
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PSL will begin after 3 months. He still has time to recover if it's not a fracture. He can easily play after completing rehab in the 2nd leg of PSL
 
If I can pick up Allen, Connolly and Abbas Afridi in Platinum,

I recon that’s a solid platinum pick that should set me up to win
 
I was excited to watch my first season of the PSL, but the overseas players have been a major disappointment. I think this is one of the reasons I was initially put off from following the league.

Pakistan needs to invest more in attracting quality overseas players, including active players, even if they are promising talents from teams like England, South Africa, or Australia.
Who have not even debut yet for their teams or have only played 3 or 4 matches and have potential to become big in future
 
emranabbas said:
I was excited to watch my first season of the PSL, but the overseas players have been a major disappointment. I think this is one of the reasons I was initially put off from following the league.

Pakistan needs to invest more in attracting quality overseas players, including active players, even if they are promising talents from teams like England, South Africa, or Australia.
Who have not even debut yet for their teams or have only played 3 or 4 matches and have potential to become big in future
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Copper Connolly and Lhuan Pretorious are two of those players. They will be big names for SA and Australia in the future
 
Naveen-ul-Haq withdraws from PSL 2025 Draft despite being registered in the platinum category and announces the decision on his Instagram story.

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emranabbas said:
What team you supporting?
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I like Lahore Qalandars and want Karachi kings to do well. Don’t really care if they do bad or flop, not emotionally invested in them.

I don’t like Multan Sultans at all because I think their brand of cricket is destroying the perception of what’s the correct way of playing T20 cricket amongst the masses.

I also think Peshawar Zalmi are wasting everyone’s time and money as well with a flawed approach of preferring names first over actual requirement to compete.
 
Rana said:
I like Lahore Qalandars and want Karachi kings to do well. Don’t really care if they do bad or flop, not emotionally invested in them.

I don’t like Multan Sultans at all because I think their brand of cricket is destroying the perception of what’s the correct way of playing T20 cricket amongst the masses.

I also think Peshawar Zalmi are wasting everyone’s time and money as well with a flawed approach of preferring names first over actual requirement to compete.
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I still have to pick my team not supporting any team with Babar and rizwan. I know their strategy tuk tuk till 15 over and go out last 5 overs

Have these 2 won any trophies for their teams yet
 
emranabbas said:
I was excited to watch my first season of the PSL, but the overseas players have been a major disappointment. I think this is one of the reasons I was initially put off from following the league.

Pakistan needs to invest more in attracting quality overseas players, including active players, even if they are promising talents from teams like England, South Africa, or Australia.
Who have not even debut yet for their teams or have only played 3 or 4 matches and have potential to become big in future
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Your first season?
 
Rana said:
I like Lahore Qalandars and want Karachi kings to do well. Don’t really care if they do bad or flop, not emotionally invested in them.

I don’t like Multan Sultans at all because I think their brand of cricket is destroying the perception of what’s the correct way of playing T20 cricket amongst the masses.

I also think Peshawar Zalmi are wasting everyone’s time and money as well with a flawed approach of preferring names first over actual requirement to compete.
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Because MS & PZ have Rizwan and Babar :raza
 
Kianig89 said:
Because MS & PZ have Rizwan and Babar :raza
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You can believe that if you want. LQ have Abdullah Shafique, Karachi Kings have Shan Masood. I don’t like them as T20 players either, they shouldn’t be dreaming of becoming T20 players. They don’t have it in them, just like Babar, Rizwan, Haseebullah etc.

I don’t like the way they are fooling the masses which includes people of your mindset.
 
No worries the choice is yours Imad Wasim etc etc
Rana said:
You can believe that if you want. LQ have Abdullah Shafique, Karachi Kings have Shan Masood. I don’t like them as T20 players either, they shouldn’t be dreaming of becoming T20 players. They don’t have it in them, just like Babar, Rizwan, Haseebullah etc.

I don’t like the way they are fooling the masses which includes people of your mindset.
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Kianig89 said:
No worries the choice is yours Imad Wasim etc etc
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My choice is T20 players that are right for their roles.

If Imad Wasim is right for his role as a specialist powerplay bowler looking to build as many dots, then yes.

If Sharjeel Khan is a T20 opener looking to inflict as much damage to the opposition in the powerplay, then yes.

If it’s a fraud like Mohammad Rizwan who casually plays dots in a powerplay over only to swipe and get lucky on a boundary by the end of it…and stay not out reaching 50 off 40 balls on a phatta….then you know this is a problem. He is doing injustice to his role. He isn’t a T20 player. Sorry, I don’t have time to make excuses for frauds to work like you do.
 
Rana said:
My choice is T20 players that are right for their roles.

If Imad Wasim is right for his role as a specialist powerplay bowler looking to build as many dots, then yes.

If Sharjeel Khan is a T20 opener looking to inflict as much damage to the opposition in the powerplay, then yes.

If it’s a fraud like Mohammad Rizwan who casually plays dots in a powerplay over only to swipe and get lucky on a boundary by the end of it…and stay not out reaching 50 off 40 balls on a phatta….then you know this is a problem. He is doing injustice to his role. He isn’t a T20 player. Sorry, I don’t have time to make excuses for frauds to work like you do.
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Unfortunately, Imad & Sharjeel are failures at international level
 
This thread is about PSL DRAFT as you can see the title... don't start Babar rizwan chat here now
 
emranabbas said:
I was excited to watch my first season of the PSL, but the overseas players have been a major disappointment. I think this is one of the reasons I was initially put off from following the league.

Pakistan needs to invest more in attracting quality overseas players, including active players, even if they are promising talents from teams like England, South Africa, or Australia.
Who have not even debut yet for their teams or have only played 3 or 4 matches and have potential to become big in future
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We focus too much on platinum players but PSL isn't going to attract the big names and the second thing is big names aren't an indication of quality anyway. Look at ILT20 it's a snooze fest despite having big players.

PSL niche should be giving platform to upcoming gun players. We have quite a few candidates in the gold and silver category. Proper scouting set up could unearth some gems. If you do this for a couple of years and get fans involved into team identity and even in the scouting and player analysis side it will generate more interest.

We should slowly nudge the conversation away from big names.
 
DeadlyVenom said:
We focus too much on platinum players but PSL isn't going to attract the big names and the second thing is big names aren't an indication of quality anyway. Look at ILT20 it's a snooze fest despite having big players.

PSL niche should be giving platform to upcoming gun players. We have quite a few candidates in the gold and silver category. Proper scouting set up could unearth some gems. If you do this for a couple of years and get fans involved into team identity and even in the scouting and player analysis side it will generate more interest.

We should slowly nudge the conversation away from big names.
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Exactly

I would rather pick Matt Short and Finn Allen over Steve Smith and Kane Williamson. Who are the big name and who are the big guns? It’s a matter of perception.
 
DeadlyVenom said:
We focus too much on platinum players but PSL isn't going to attract the big names and the second thing is big names aren't an indication of quality anyway. Look at ILT20 it's a snooze fest despite having big players.

PSL niche should be giving platform to upcoming gun players. We have quite a few candidates in the gold and silver category. Proper scouting set up could unearth some gems. If you do this for a couple of years and get fans involved into team identity and even in the scouting and player analysis side it will generate more interest.

We should slowly nudge the conversation away from big names.
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PSL needs a combination of both. It's all good to say become a platform for upcoming players but without the big names you won't generate any interest. There's a lot of leagues out there and the average fan will naturally deviate towards leagues where they recognise players.
I actually think the PSL for once seems to have done a good job with this. The draft has a good mix of big names and future stars. Now it's up to the teams to pick well. Not much the organisers can do about that.
 
FearlessRoar said:
Naveen-ul-Haq withdraws from PSL 2025 Draft despite being registered in the platinum category and announces the decision on his Instagram story.

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This guy shouldn't have even been picked for PSL. He's done the same in the past too pulling out last minute.

The way he's abused Pakistan and Pakistanis openly in matches, SM and in press, he shouldn't even be in PSL ever.
 
Shaka81 said:
PSL needs a combination of both. It's all good to say become a platform for upcoming players but without the big names you won't generate any interest. There's a lot of leagues out there and the average fan will naturally deviate towards leagues where they recognise players.
I actually think the PSL for once seems to have done a good job with this. The draft has a good mix of big names and future stars. Now it's up to the teams to pick well. Not much the organisers can do about that.
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We don't need to target the average fan too much. We need to make sure we fully exploit the Pakistani market. I don't think PSL is doing this too well. There is too much chopping and changing of players and the teams don't have a strong identity.

I do agree that this draft has a good mix. I think given the circumstances they have done quite well with these players.
 
Rana said:
The guy Rambo is on Multan Sultan’s payroll. They’ve very much infiltrated the overseas Pakistan international media to set their narrative. It’s a big reason why you find a lot of cakey cricket fans hyping up crap players like Rizwan.

@topspin @emranabbas @mominsaigol @shaz619
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Moyo exposed that jibroni, wish he would do it again. Why is it that for each of the most recent era’s, there have always been focussed campaigns to push talentless hacks over actual quality, just think how many years Moyo was kept out in the Test side, they bought him back when it was too late. Misbah could be a regular in the ODI team but not Moyo. Now Rizwan must open, it’s his right, an injured Saim is ‘good to go’ while Fakhar’s career is being crippled. The people who support Pak now are so out of touch, most of the real ones don’t even post here no more, maybe I will walk off into the sunset to while these kohteh are still ruining our cricket.
 
shaz619 said:
Moyo exposed that jibroni, wish he would do it again. Why is it that for each of the most recent era’s, there have always been focussed campaigns to push talentless hacks over actual quality, just think how many years Moyo was kept out in the Test side, they bought him back when it was too late. Misbah could be a regular in the ODI team but not Moyo. Now Rizwan must open, it’s his right, an injured Saim is ‘good to go’ while Fakhar’s career is being crippled. The people who support Pak now are so out of touch, most of the real ones don’t even post here no more, maybe I will walk off into the sunset to while these kohteh are still ruining our cricket.
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You are 100% right about Ramiz jabroni. The guy I was referring to was some bloke who’s a journalist with BBC and Sky Sports, and was hanging out throughout last year with Ali Tareen. His Twitter handle is Rambo.
 
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