[PICTURES] Pakistan Cup One-Day 2017

[DRsohail]

ruhail nazir ..wao thats great,,hs stats in recent u16 were promising..

 

[Shabraz]

Disappointed to see some some notable omissions.
Arsal Sheikh, Zohaib Ahmed snatched the place of so many deserving players #Shakeel Shiekh .

 

[Markhor]

Last year all the matches were planned for Faisalabad and the pitches were overused, should have a second venue.l this time.

 

[ask_analyse_act]

Can't wait to see Anwar captain, this going to be fun.

i have seen him captain... likes to shout a lot at others while he gives runs left right and center... rubbish player post back injury....

 

[Arsalan Pro]

Last year all the matches were planned for Faisalabad and the pitches were overused, should have a second venue.l this time.

This time they have adopted IPL like system and there are 5 venues,1 fom each province through which teams will travel,also at each venue 2 matches will be played out of the 10.The Final will be in Faisalabad.

 

[Citizen4]

Anwar looking happy in the picture, must be happy about being named captain Rizwan looks sad after getting dropped. Umar as usual looking even moe fat than before.

 

[Amirforpresident]

There are some TTF's which was expected, but also a lot of young and upcoming players which is really good to see.

 

[Square Drive]

Someone please post the squads soon. Thanks.

 

[Abdullah719]

 

[mhraja]

Akmals, Butt & Umar Amin ... Punjab looks so team of England 2010 tour

 

[Syed1]

Lol Umar Akmal selected a TTF filled side for Punjab. What else can you expect..

 

[Markhor]

Our batting stocks are so thin, some of these squads look quite bowler-heavy. There's plenty of youngsters though which is good to see.

Sindh look the strongest for me.

However some of these players could be named in the Test squad like Shadab, Rizwan, Ashraf, Aslam, Sohail Khan and Zakir. Are they going to be replaced through another draft ?

 

[Shafi]

When the tournament will start? Will PCB telecast this tournament?

 

[Shafi]

Good to see so many youngsters but There are also many TTFS still better than PSL squad (Less TTFS).
Hafeez, Akmal brothers, Anwar, Gul, Khurram, Iftikhar, Sami, Khasif, Zulfiqar,Maqsood, Future Young TTF Arsal, Imran, Fahad (expired).... Say 25 TTF out of 75 players. Still we have a set of atleast 30 players with potential.

 

[Markhor]

When the tournament will start? Will PCB telecast this tournament?

PTV showed the whole tournament last year so it probably will be televised.

 

[Chief Destroyer]

Really ordinary squads. They keep recycling the same filth.

 

[Hamza_]

Really ordinary squads. They keep recycling the same filth.

Unfortunately we don't get more Sharjeels too often, Mate.

 

[Chief Destroyer]

Unfortunately we don't get more Sharjeels too often, Mate.

This is not about Sharjeel. Pakistan domestic still reeks of nepotism.

 

[Chief Destroyer]

KPK's original bowling squad is back. Their batting looks thin though.

 

[Syed1]

Baluchistan is the most exciting side with the greatest number of future national team prospects.

They are also being captained by a relatively new and unknown bloke. It would be nice to see how he does as captain.


Glad we don't have Misbahs and Azhar Alis hogging the captaincy spot.

 

[Brilliance]

KPK's original bowling squad is back. Their batting looks thin though.

Rizwan selected his buddies of the Peshawar region.

 

[Hamza_]

This is not about Sharjeel. Pakistan domestic still reeks of nepotism.

Which opener you would've liked to see here

 

[ataullah]

Abrar Ahmed the Karachi kings mystery spinner deserved a shot imho.

 

[Square Drive]

Thanks [MENTION=133760]Abdullah719[/MENTION].

Good to see there are all-rounders there and the likes of Saad Ali etc are there, even though they were nowhere to be seen in the initial list we saw yesterday.

 

[Square Drive]

None of the players from these squads looks like they'll make it to the Test squad apart from Sami Aslam.

I hope this doesn't mean that Sami is dropped from the Test side...

 

[Syed1]

None of the players from these squads looks like they'll make it to the Test squad apart from Sami Aslam.

I hope this doesn't mean that Sami is dropped from the Test side...

Expect only one or two changes to the test side at max.


Probably will take Usman Salahuddin and would drop Imran and/or Rahat for Hasan Ali or some other pacer.

 

[maddgenius]

Notable omissions:

Ammad Butt
Kamran Ghulam
Sadaf Hussain
Zia ul Haq
Zohaib Khan

 

[ask_analyse_act]

Baluchistan is the most exciting side with the greatest number of future national team prospects.

They are also being captained by a relatively new and unknown bloke. It would be nice to see how he does as captain.


Glad we don't have Misbahs and Azhar Alis hogging the captaincy spot.

Malik, hafeez, butt, kamran, gul are there... Good to see from the selectors to go for young captains.... even then Anwar ali is a very poor choice, should have gone to Haris sohail or sami aslam or Umar amin or even hammad azam...

no shehzad, shan masood, hasan ali and asghar as these players will be part of the test squad...so sami aslam will be dropped from the test squad which is pathetic and ridiculous if it happens......

 

[Markhor]

Baluchistan is the most exciting side with the greatest number of future national team prospects.

They are also being captained by a relatively new and unknown bloke. It would be nice to see how he does as captain.


Glad we don't have Misbahs and Azhar Alis hogging the captaincy spot.

That was one of Inzy's initiatives. He's been wanting young captains in domestic cricket, this is from a recent interview:

It is bizarre that we do a lot of experimentation at international level just to find how good players are with leadership. If players fail at that level, we have to start over, and that is a waste of time.

I have told all the coaches to identify players who are captaincy material at domestic level and allow them to flourish.

Recently I saw a senior player, Sohail Tanvir, lead the Rawalpindi side regardless of him having no near or distant chance of becoming Pakistan captain. Why not make a young player who has leadership potential a captain and groom him accordingly?

 

[SarfiBabarHaris]

Notable omissions:

Ammad Butt
Kamran Ghulam
Sadaf Hussain
Zia ul Haq
Zohaib Khan

Yeah better than quite a few in the squads.

 

[ask_analyse_act]

Does anybody know about Nabi Gul , Salman Wahab , Abdullah Shafiq , Ruhail Nazeer and Taimoor Khan ????

will they get a game ? they all got selected...

 

[hadi123]

Please please tell me Sami Aslam has not been dropped from the test squad. He is one of my favourite players

 

[Pete Rose]

I don't see awaits zia or jaahid ali. Both had pretty good figures in the departmental one day cup.
Need to encourage aggressive openers no matter how 'hack'y they might be.

 

[Square Drive]

Is the tournament starting April 11 or 19?

 

[Abdullah719]

Is the tournament starting April 11 or 19?

 

[Syed1]

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Lovely idea to have Punjab matches in Faislabad. Finally someone figured out there are other places in Punjab outside of Takht-e-Lahore.

 

[gravity_killz]

To be devil's advocate - you probably need some of TTFs who are recognizable faces to attract some crowd. Also some of these TTFs are good in domestic circuit but have failed to translate their success in the international arena, so playing them may add competitiveness to the games and will allow youngsters with real talent to stand up. Arsel Sheikh selection under the watchful eyes of Mr Inzi has definitely left a bad taste in the mouth. Cant believe that there aren't more deserving kids out there. Need to introduce talent scout hunters so they can bring forth real talent

 

[Hamza_]

Lovely idea to have Punjab matches in Faislabad. Finally someone figured out there are other places in Punjab outside of Takht-e-Lahore.

I think Abbotabad has a stadium too and is a beautiful city, Not sure about facilities there though.

 

[Square Drive]

Thanks again [MENTION=133760]Abdullah719[/MENTION].

Matches well spaced out this time.

Hope it's a good tournament.

 

[Rayyman]

Lovely idea to have Punjab matches in Faislabad. Finally someone figured out there are other places in Punjab outside of Takht-e-Lahore.

Of course, the final is in Lahore and not Karachi.

 

[MMHS]

What I understand is that it's a semi closed draft - players were picked under some classification. It's not about the best players, but the best available under a category. It's a reasonable method, though they forgot to add a classification of WK, which is understandable - PCB had to maintain it's standard in operating procedure. This tournament should be played in double league, that's 8 matches for each team. This time 6 stadiums will be used for 11 matches, therefore wickets should be much better. Well matched 5 teams, but probably Sindh has slightly better squad.

Only notable miss I would have liked to see is the U19 WK (Umair Masood?). Is this Ruhail the 16 years old kid playing brilliantly in Australia?

 

[Hawkeye]

People, THIS is the talent we have.

Who among them can be a modern top order batsman for us?

Imam?
Fakhar?
Israrullah?
Saad Ali?

And here we keep dreaming of winning tournaments. This is the caliber of our talent.

For some reason people are hyping Saad Ali without seeing him. Show me his video. Why no selector rates him and why he wasn't selected for U23?

Pak cricket is doomed.

 

[Arsalan Pro]

Why is Sami Aslam selected?
As per schedule he should be in West Indies,along with the Test Squad before this tournament begins or is he being dropped from the Test squad for Ahmed Shehzad?

 

[Fantasy]

What I understand is that it's a semi closed draft - players were picked under some classification. It's not about the best players, but the best available under a category. It's a reasonable method, though they forgot to add a classification of WK, which is understandable - PCB had to maintain it's standard in operating procedure. This tournament should be played in double league, that's 8 matches for each team. This time 6 stadiums will be used for 11 matches, therefore wickets should be much better. Well matched 5 teams, but probably Sindh has slightly better squad.

Only notable miss I would have liked to see is the U19 WK (Umair Masood?). Is this Ruhail the 16 years old kid playing brilliantly in Australia?

Yes I think he is the same kid.

I was also surprised at the Umair Masood omission.I think he is the best young WK batsman from Pakistan at this point in time and that includes Rizwan as well.He needs to be groomed immediately by PCB but going by the track record of PCB I can just pray.

 

[Pete Rose]

There is not a single opening batsman in this tournament that has the approach to play the modern odi game. Also, it's time these Karachi guys put khurrum manzoor and fawad alam to pasture.

 

[Pete Rose]

People, THIS is the talent we have.

Who among them can be a modern top order batsman for us?

Imam?
Fakhar?
Israrullah?
Saad Ali?

And here we keep dreaming of winning tournaments. This is the caliber of our talent.

For some reason people are hyping Saad Ali without seeing him. Show me his video. Why no selector rates him and why he wasn't selected for U23?

Pak cricket is doomed.

The departmental odi cup had a couple of guys who opened and were among the top ten scorers at a strike rate over 100. Neither are playing. Instead we have imam ul haq who scored a lot of runs but at a strike rate just above 70

 

[Hawkeye]

There is not a single opening batsman in this tournament that has the approach to play the modern odi game. Also, it's time these Karachi guys put khurrum manzoor and fawad alam to pasture.

The departmental odi cup had a couple of guys who opened and were among the top ten scorers at a strike rate over 100. Neither are playing. Instead we have imam ul haq who scored a lot of runs but at a strike rate just above 70

I'm not sure who the guys are and why they aren't picked. Our local coaches still like and prefer 70 strike rate technique batsmen.

Imam, Saud can be great in Tests but the thick management haven't got a CLUE of how to build an LOI team.

LITERALLY nobody out there.

 

[pakistanigoneaussie]

I'm not sure who the guys are and why they aren't picked. Our local coaches still like and prefer 70 strike rate technique batsmen.

Imam, Saud can be great in Tests but the thick management haven't got a CLUE of how to build an LOI team.

LITERALLY nobody out there.

Honestly pitches are also to blame here, poor pitches combined with poor batting standards means there is little incentive to go for a big score

 

[Pete Rose]

Honestly pitches are also to blame here, poor pitches combined with poor batting standards means there is little incentive to go for a big score

Its a little discussed point...about when and where these matches are played. The departmental one day cup was played in Dec-Jan....not ideal but there were stiff a few scores of 300 and above. The Regional one-day cup that followed, more than half the matches were rained off/fog etc.

 

[mhraja]

Really ordinary squads. They keep recycling the same filth.

This is the best we have got, apart from few notable absentees who would they have selected.

Notable omissions:

Ammad Butt
Kamran Ghulam
Sadaf Hussain
Zia ul Haq
Zohaib Khan

What happened with Kamran Ghulam, he was much hyped in PP forums. Saw him in PSL 1 with IU but he couldn't show much of himself.

 

[Anis10]

This is the best we have got, apart from few notable absentees who would they have selected.



What happened with Kamran Ghulam, he was much hyped in PP forums. Saw him in PSL 1 with IU but he couldn't show much of himself.

He was just recently named best all rounder in another one day tournament about a month ago.

Really surprised that he's name was not on the list

 

[abughio]

That was one of Inzy's initiatives. He's been wanting young captains in domestic cricket, this is from a recent interview:

Agree with his point. But still appointing Rizwan, Umar and Anwar Ali captain.. this is big disappointment. and among all the guys in the world , no sane person will select Umar as a captain. This guy cant even use his brain for himself and he had to think for whole Punjab province.

 

[Syed1]

Agree with his point. But still appointing Rizwan, Umar and Anwar Ali captain.. this is big disappointment. and among all the guys in the world , no sane person will select Umar as a captain. This guy cant even use his brain for himself and he had to think for whole Punjab province.

In local lingo we say some things are "dhukka start" meaning they need a nudge, push or in Umar's case a slap to go in the right direction.


Inzi is hoping that by giving responsibility to Umar his brain may get the dhukka start it so desperately needs. Umar as captain can also play himself at whichever position he desires and then there will be no more excuse of "being made to play far too low in the order"

 

[MMHS]

Captaincy choices are poor, but otherwise not that bad. There'll be few Arshal Sheikhs, but one has to manage both ends of his job.

5 Captains should have been - Saud Shakeel, Imad, Shadab, Fahim & Imam/Aga Salman.

The reason being, Sarfu at 30, should be the Captain till 2021 (CT), unless he becomes unbearable for his fitness. Imad has a chance to become the deputy of Sarfu, so he makes sense - but Umar, Anwar, Fakhar & Rizwan has next to zero chance of Captaining PAK ever; therefore it's a wastage of investment. Had Amir, Babar, Hasan Ali & Sarfu been part of the tournament, I would have made all 4 Captains with Imad the 5th one.

In those squads, considering potential & age gap, other players (excluding Imad) who has the best chance to lead PAK are Shadab, Sami, Talat, Gohar, Imam, Aga Salman & may be Haris. Sami, Talat & Haris are in the same team with Imad; while Gohar is Shadab's team mate. Fahim is relatively educated & he has a possible longer career - should have been leading Punjab team, because excluding him, that team still has 13 (thirteen, not typo) other candidates who can be better Captain than Umar.

Hence, it's Saud, Imad, Shadab, Fahim & Imam

 

[pakistanigoneaussie]

What happened with Kamran Ghulam, he was much hyped in PP forums. Saw him in PSL 1 with IU but he couldn't show much of himself.

The over abdundance of left arm spinners goes against imo. I feel he is a batsman first but despite his performances people see him as a bowler first, which is a broader issue with allrounders in Pakistan.

I also think Shadab has stolen his thunder (rightfully so )

 

[Zaib_Mirza]

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So floodlights placed in Arbab Niaz?

 

[Flat_Track_Bully]

Lovely idea to have Punjab matches in Faislabad. Finally someone figured out there are other places in Punjab outside of Takht-e-Lahore.

What are the capacities of these stadiums?

 

[TalentSpotterPk]

But didn't Afraz give up on cricket?

Also, correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought you (or was it someone else) gave up on Ahsan? Or is he still one to keep an eye out for?

No he came back and played district cricket.

That was a Tanz. Read between the lines

 

[TalentSpotterPk]

what happened to afraz khoso....at least he should have been picked in talent hunt for karachi kings..

Very disappointing indeed. With 15 days training he was bowling those mean 139kph slinging reversing yorkers when he wasn't in required shape.


He had all ingredients to become a quality T20 & Odi bowler who could graduate to the level of " Fast " category.


Yehi Hamara Almiya tha aor Hai.

 

[DRsohail]

Very disappointing indeed. With 15 days training he was bowling those mean 139kph slinging reversing yorkers when he wasn't in required shape.


He had all ingredients to become a quality T20 & Odi bowler who could graduate to the level of " Fast " category.


Yehi Hamara Almiya tha aor Hai.

sa sad...

 

[Square Drive]

No he came back and played district cricket.

That was a Tanz. Read between the lines

I see.

Hope Ahsan performs here.

 

[MMHS]

I think, playing XI must have one emerging player, rest are open picks. This is probably going to be the starting XI


SINDH
1. Manzoor, 2. Zain, 3. Saud Shakeel, 4. Asif Zakir, 5. Fawad, 6. Badar, 7. Hasan+, 8. Anwar*, 9. Usama, 10. Raees, 11. Gul
It's between Saud & Akbar - I go for Saud, because he is specialist No. 3 & a lefti, bowls SLAO as well.


FEDERAL
1. Sami, 2. Talat, 3. Ruhail Nazir+, 4. Haris, 5. MoHa, 6. Sarmad Bhatti, 7. Imad*, 8. Zohaib, 9. Sohail Khan, 10. Md. Irfan (Leggi), 11 Sameen Gul.

I am sure that MoHa won’t bat at 5, rather he’ll force one of Talat or Nazir down to bat at the spot he thinks he can score runs – and he’ll get that as well, though in PAK team now, he is likely to bat at 6.

KPK
1. Imran Butt, 2. Israrullah, 3. Adil Amin, 4. Malik, 5. Iktekhar, 6. Rizwan*+, 7. Shadab, 8. Gohar, 9. Md. Sami, 10. Waqas, 11. Imran Sr.

However, I think, they’ll drop Gohar for Kashif. Imran Sr. or Taj Wali should play because of so many spin options from batsmen.

PUNJAB
1. Nasir Nawaz, 2. Butt, 3. Kamran+, 4. Amin, 5. Umar*, 6. Hammad, 7. Fahim, 8. Nasim, 9. Bilawal, 10. Zulfi Babar, 11. JK

May be they’ll drop Nasir Nawaz at 5, promoting everyone; unless Arsal Sheikh gets the preference in emerging quota.


BALUCHISTAN
1. Fakhar*, 2. Imam, 3. Maqsood, 4. Saad Ali, 5. Aga Salman, 6. Bismillah+, 7. Yamin, 8. Khalid Usman, 9. Azizullah, 10. Mudassir, 11. Shunwari

Probably, distinctively poor XI, looking at the bowling options, but batting is decent. Not sure why Azizullah is doing here, when they had much better options to pick an all-rounder.


Actually, now Federal & Punjab team looks better balanced than Sindh. 4 matches are too little, but I am sure the Final will be between these 3 teams.


However, I am really surprised to see so many players (on top of PAK Internationals) missing from the 65 players (10 under emerging). May be 2 Regional spots are not a good idea.

 

[TalentSpotterPk]

I see.

Hope Ahsan performs here.

He is not picked by any team.

 

[Square Drive]

He is not picked by any team.

Pathetic.

Is he playing grade 2 cricket?

 

[Ellipsism]

Pathetic.

Is he playing grade 2 cricket?

The same Ahsan who was truggling against anything bowled in excess of 135 km/h?

Doesn't deserve to be playing the most high profile domestic tournament in Pakistan

 

[Square Drive]

The same Ahsan who was truggling against anything bowled in excess of 135 km/h?

Doesn't deserve to be playing the most high profile domestic tournament in Pakistan

Haven't seen him play live, but am hearing very good things about him.

 

[Ellipsism]

Haven't seen him play live, but am hearing very good things about him.

Saw him in the Corporate T20.

He was struggling against a half fit Ehsan Adil.

 

[Square Drive]

Saw him in the Corporate T20.

He was struggling against a half fit Ehsan Adil.

I don't know, this is the first time I'm reading a negative opinion on him.

 

[Brilliance]

I don't know, this is the first time I'm reading a negative opinion on him.

Don't get your hopes up. He isn't anything special.

 

[Brilliance]

My XIs would be.

Sindh :
1 Khurram 2. Zain. 3. Saud. 4. Zakir. 5. Badar. 6. Fawad 7. M Hassan 8.Anwar 9. Usama 10 Gul. 11 Rumman.

Federal:.
1 Aslam. 2 Tallat. 3 Hafeez. 4 Haris. 5 Ruhail Nazeer. 6 Abid Ali. 7 Imad. 8 Hassan K. 9 Sohail. 10 Sameen. 11 Abass.

KPK.
1 Israrullah. 2 Imran. 3 N Gull. 4 Malik. 5 Rizwan. 6 Iftikhar. 7 Shadab. 8 Zafar. 9 Sami. 10 Waqas. 11 Wali.

Punjab.
1 Kamran. 2 Butt. 3 Amin. 4 Umar. 5 Khushdil. 6 N Nawaz. 7 Hammad. 8 Fahim. 9 Bhatti. 10 Zulfiqar. 11 JK.

Baluchistan.
1 Fakhar. 2 Imam. 3 Maqsood. 4 Saad. 5 Agha Salman. 6 R Aziz. 7 Bismillah. 8 Yamin. 9 Khalid Usman. 10 Hammal W. 11 Azizullah

 

[Abdullah719]

So this above was the original schedule.

However, Shahryar Khan said yesterday that PCB had 'a talk' about the scheduling and decided that 'it was not logistically and financially feasible' to have the tournament in different cities and thus the whole tournament will be held in Rawalpindi only...

Looking forward to it...

 

[Syed1]

Yeah obviously financially feasible tou siruf Sethi sahab ke foreign tours hotay hain.

 

[MMHS]

6 venues were over kill indeed; but they should have used 2 venues at least.

 

[Square Drive]

Really is a shame that local boy won't get to impress in front of his home crowd.

 

[Boi]

Well that sucks. How can we expect to bring PSL back to Pakistan when we can't even host a domestic tournament across multiple venues in Pakistan?

 

[Abdullah719]

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[JibranAnsari]

Playing the whole tournament at one venue? Whats wrong with PCB? Instead of using millions on recreational tours abroad why not spend money on playing a tournament at different venues.

 

[Hamza_]

It's gonna be cold in Quetta.

 

[hadi123]

BUMP! When does it start?

 

[MenInG]

starts tomorrow 11th April

Full schedule

http://www.pakpassion.net/fixtures/domestic-schedule.html