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Mohammad Huraira's journey in cricket has been impressive and inspiring. From making his first-class debut on 20 October 2021 for Northern in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy to being part of Pakistan's squad for the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, he's shown remarkable talent and dedication.

Watching him grow from a young player in Sialkot to representing Pakistan on bigger stages has been truly exciting. His commitment and hard work have paid off, and it's clear that he has a bright future ahead in cricket. I'm looking forward to seeing how he continues to develop and contribute to the game.

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Mohammad Huraira becomes the 258th Test player for Pakistan today.

The right-handed batsman from Sialkot received his Test cap from Babar Azam. All players and team management members congratulated Mohammad Huraira on this occasion.

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Could not do much in the debut inning in the Red ball. Gone for just 6.

Typical KOHLI-ISTIC type dismissal this

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Can see why he only averaged 33 and 29 in last two seasons of Quaid-e-Azam Trophy.

Nowhere near compact enough against seam like his uncle.

Hopefully he gets a score 2nd innings.
 
Markhor said:
Can see why he only averaged 33 and 29 in last two seasons of Quaid-e-Azam Trophy.

Nowhere near compact enough against seam like his uncle.

Hopefully he gets a score 2nd innings.
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He's not an opener. As soon as he and the management realizes the better. His strength like his uncle is spin and needs to move into the middle order. Babar should open.
 
There's no reason why imam ul haq should have been overlooked an experienced player and in form in domestic .

Totally clueless to give a greenhorn a debut when he's not even performing in domestic cricket
 
He is a sitting duck against new ball over 130k+ even on a batting pitch. Time to move him down the order.
 
mazkhan said:
There's no reason why imam ul haq should have been overlooked an experienced player and in form in domestic .

Totally clueless to give a greenhorn a debut when he's not even performing in domestic cricket
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another parachi.

there are at least another 4 or 5 openers who are doing better than him in domestic
 
mazkhan said:
There's no reason why imam ul haq should have been overlooked an experienced player and in form in domestic .

Totally clueless to give a greenhorn a debut when he's not even performing in domestic cricket
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There was a warm up game against West Indies last weekend where Hurraira made 70 and 80.

Imam made 5 runs in the same game.

Let's give the kid a full series before the knives are out.
 
anakwalajinn said:
There was a warm up game against West Indies last weekend where Hurraira made 70 and 80.

Imam made 5 runs in the same game.

Let's give the kid a full series before the knives are out.
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That's what I'm saying. Imam is already tried and tested. In a series that doesn't mean anything and it's at home, it was a great decision to sit Imam for Huraira. He booked his spot after being the only batsman to perform among the Shaheens.
 
emranabbas said:
another parachi.

there are at least another 4 or 5 openers who are doing better than him in domestic
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I think Azan and Maaz have done well in 1 season, so we should let them grind it out a bit more for couple of seasons. What do you think
 
khyberlion said:
He's not an opener. As soon as he and the management realizes the better. His strength like his uncle is spin and needs to move into the middle order. Babar should open.
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I had the same observation. Do you think his technique against seam has been exposed more since the use of dukes ball?

Also, who do you think they should have gone with instead? Imam also gets exposed against quality seamers and is a dud against short ball.
 
hafizexpress said:
That's what I'm saying. Imam is already tried and tested. In a series that doesn't mean anything and it's at home, it was a great decision to sit Imam for Huraira. He booked his spot after being the only batsman to perform among the Shaheens.
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I am not saying any test opener in this lot.
Saim Ayub looks like someone who could develop into one. The rest are flawed options.
 
Farabi said:
I had the same observation. Do you think his technique against seam has been exposed more since the use of dukes ball?

Also, who do you think they should have gone with instead? Imam also gets exposed against quality seamers and is a dud against short ball.
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His technique was a lot more tighter before. I believe him trying to improve his limited overs game has had a negative impact on his technique.

I would personally have gone with Babar at opening and Huraira could have been slotted at 5.

Imam has had enough chances and he doesn't have the game against food bowlers. I would rather invest in young players like huraira, maaz, Azan.
 
Farabi said:
If Shahzaib Khan is that U19 guy too early for him.
Ali Zaryab is probably the other option
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The guy hasn't even played FC yet and people want him in the team lol. Shahzaib has some potential but his technique is not great for tests. Both Azan and Maaz are far better.
 
His technique looked a bit dicey against the new ball.

But they should continue giving him chances as the backup opener once Saim comes back.
 
I have hopes from this kid. One of the few guys I have seen in domestics who can play the ball really late which is a very good feature to have especially when playing off backfoot.

His will get over these initial stutters and he will have a decent international career.
 
ElRaja said:
hes scored 3500 runs at nearly 50, hes 23 years old, and scored two 50s in a warm up game against the same opposition. yes he has his flaws, but calling him a parchi is stupid.
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Right?

It's been one game innings so far lol.
 
ElRaja said:
hes scored 3500 runs at nearly 50, hes 23 years old, and scored two 50s in a warm up game against the same opposition. yes he has his flaws, but calling him a parchi is stupid.
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Anyone calling his that rubbish needs help. I bet they are calling him that because he's related to shoaib Malik. They would be the same posters crying for injustice for him with such record if he wasn't a nephew of Malik.
 
ElRaja said:
hes scored 3500 runs at nearly 50, hes 23 years old, and scored two 50s in a warm up game against the same opposition. yes he has his flaws, but calling him a parchi is stupid.
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The over the top reactions here never cease to amaze me.

Let's just give the kid a proper chance before making any judgements.
 
Boy just started his career and played just 1 inning and people have started jumping around for other batters to replace him... So impatient these guys are... Give him a proper like you gave Shan or imam or Abdullah or saim and then you can judge
 
Could not do much in his debut inning but takes a blinder now off Sajid Khan.

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Looks timid at the crease. This may be due to nerves but body language and footwork needs to be aggressive
 
The debut test comes to an end for Huraria with the bat... 29 in the 2nd inning for him... Not started well... boy looked clueless about when to play on the front foot and when to go back..
 
He is not a ready-made product for international cricket, his footwork against spin is very weak.
 
Failed 2 domestic seasons in a row
Pathetic show in first test vs west indies

But but but he scored 80 in practice match

Experts here who think they have eye for talent and trust their eyes more than domestic perfomance and data 😎
 
He is not having a good season and giving him debut now is like ruining his career a bit because if he fails one more he is down for good. Pakistan dont play many tests so he ll not be in contention for years if he is dropped once
 
Shouldn’t have debut this season , he has potential to become a good test player but he should get debut when he is in form and confidence and once he is ironed out his weaknesses against new ball bowling , you can’t let a player open an innings in test cricket with a clearly flawed technique, even a minnow test nation like WIs will get him out cheaply.
 
Time for Hurraira to show his worth in this test match before he is discarded because next test match is now almost9-10 month away.
 
Nay.... he fails again.. just 9 for him in the 1st inning against West Indies.

is he another walking wicket???
 
I understand our senior players can make us pull our hair out but we must stop twerking for any half decent performance from a youngster.

People keep harping on about his 48 FC average but bulk of those runs were in his first two seasons. His graph has since trended downwards with averages of 33 and 29 in the last two QEA Trophies.

Guess it helps when Shoaib Malik is your uncle.
 
I know he’s relatively new to the team. But so far I’m not convinced.

Abdullah Shafique looks more accomplished & it’s just a matter of time for Saim to take his spot back.
 
Muhammad Hurraira has an average of 11.50 in two Tests. Like Abdullah Shafique and many others, he’ll likely be dropped after a few poor performances. Then, another youngster with a domestic average of 50, built against 120 km/h pacers, will make his Test debut. Pakistan just doesn't know how to nurture and support young talent.
 
Is he a opener? Looks like a middle order batsman to me. Imam should really be opening when Pakistan have a test match at home.
 
FearlessRoar said:
Muhammad Hurraira has an average of 11.50 in two Tests. Like Abdullah Shafique and many others, he’ll likely be dropped after a few poor performances. Then, another youngster with a domestic average of 50, built against 120 km/h pacers, will make his Test debut. Pakistan just doesn't know how to nurture and support young talent.
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Huraira has underperformed in domestic cricket for two consecutive seasons, averaging just 30 in both. Before that, he had a season with a 70 average, which was inflated by not-outs. He was decent about four seasons ago, but I’m not sure why some people were so excited about his scores in the 80s during practice matches.
 
Absolutely unfair to judge a batsman who's making a debut in these conditions. Huraira may end up being a rubbish batsman but his evaluation cannot be complete based on these spinning mambas where even a 40 is worth a thousand runs.

Just like Pakistan wrongly discarded Mohammad Ali based on his debut on a highway in Pindi against England, it's wrong to write off Huraira here. I would give him a few more Tests in favorable conditions to assess him.
 
TeymurBlake said:
I know he’s relatively new to the team. But so far I’m not convinced.

Abdullah Shafique looks more accomplished & it’s just a matter of time for Saim to take his spot back.
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But there are two spots available in the opening slot. Don’t think Aquib will persist with Shan.
 
Would have persisted with Abdullah. 2024 was his first bad year in tests, and he already has numerous international centuries to his name. Just going through a bit of a bad patch when all of our top order was struggling. I agree with dropping him to move up masood but once Saim is out I’d probably want to stick with Abdullah.

Need to give him more chances. But we’re back to square one trying someone new out again. I think we’d be better off sticking with someone and backing. Abdullah shown enough already that he might work out. Someone should really force their way into the side to take a place like kamran. Huraira is still very young I don’t know if it’s worth giving up midway on another opening career. I think this is part of the reason we’ve had no good test openers in the past decade or so, everyone just gets a chance, dropped and recalled and then we’re back to Shan Masood again for example except now he’s mid 30s.
 
Imaam ul haq a better pick. Great injustice done to imaam. Has fantastic home record and fantastic odi record. Bring back imaam. Huraira looks out of his depths
 
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