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[PICTURES] Shan Masood: Performance Watch

Shan likes to pinch singles in order to not play too many dot balls with his style of play in PSL

England fielders are a different challenge
 
Masood should score runs on flat decks against an underpowered attack, but the real challenge for him will be to prove that he can justify his place in the XI with both Babar and Rizwan available. The onus is on him to prove that he can offer something different and is not just a backup option for them.
 
Laws of team selection (as Pakistani fans see it):

1) Players on the bench are better than those who make the playing eleven;

2) Players outside the squad are better than those on the bench.
 
Pakistani's were begging for his selection like he was some world beater. He's a domestic bully & don't deserve to play international cricket for Pakistan especially in LOI's, would've preffered if they tried M. Haris is his place.
 
He’s Only played one game! Give him a chance. I’m not saying whether he will or will not come good. Just saying have to give him a few games. Not just one and jump on his neck. Clearly some of you never played proper cricket
 
Nasser Hussain "Shan Masood suddenly comes in at number 4, that makes no sense to me at all him coming into bat with just 5 overs to go. He's not a finisher, he's a top-order batter"
 
Should be opening the batting simple as.

Babar needs to get off his high horse and come at number 3.

You may as well not play shan masood if you are going to send him at 4.
 
Rana said:
What intent? He uploaded videos of him practicing with Yousuf.

He can’t hit the ball like a proper T20 batsman at all!
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Intent was there. He tried to play an attacking shot every ball .

But yeh he’s not fit for the role he’s being asked to do .
 
GreenKhan said:
Intent was there. He tried to play an attacking shot every ball .

But yeh he’s not fit for the role he’s being asked to do .
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Classic case of clueless management not picking horses for courses
 
Rana said:
Classic case of clueless management not picking horses for courses
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He looked classy in his 7 runs. That’s important. Sharjeel / Asif wouldn’t have looked that good hoicking away.

Like you said, the end result doesn’t matter.
 
Forum363 said:
He looked classy in his 7 runs. That’s important. Sharjeel / Asif wouldn’t have looked that good hoicking away.

Like you said, the end result doesn’t matter.
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I must have missed that Lara’esque 7 today
 
With Shan coming in at 4 to launch a blistering innings, Pakistan missed a trick by not selecting Imam as a finisher.
 
mosh101 said:
Should be opening the batting simple as.

Babar needs to get off his high horse and come at number 3.

You may as well not play shan masood if you are going to send him at 4.
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Exactly it makes no sense.
 
clueless management.. shan should have come at 3 and haider 4.. the total could have been quite different.. both haider and shan could play their natural game if dhan had more overd to play with and haider were to be sent in for the finish
 
Shan is a good player but surely he should be opening.
 
da_don said:
clueless management.. shan should have come at 3 and haider 4.. the total could have been quite different.. both haider and shan could play their natural game if dhan had more overd to play with and haider were to be sent in for the finish
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Lol.

Yeh bhi aazma lenge.

Haider came at 3 and scored singles.

Shan came in at 4 and scored singles.

Both did the same thing. They will do the same thing again if you switch their numbers
 
That is why he is not in the team. For scoring 6 off 7 and then dropping an important catch
 
In the current setup, Masood is a backup opener at best. You’d expect him to score a couple of half-centuries against this England attack at a reasonable SR if you open with him.

The issue is that Babar doesn’t want an alternative opener or have people discuss the possibility of opening with Shan and Rizwan and have him drop to number 3 to give more depth to the middle-order.

Babar loves opening in T20Is where can do his stats padding and pretend that he is a world class T20 batsman.

Shan finds himself in a lonely place in this series. He might get a go at number 3 and the onus will be on him to play out of his comfort-zone but unfortunately he doesn’t have the ability to do so.
 
Shan Masood doesn't seem to have the fire power to take advantage of the power-play ... so NO! he does NOT belong to the top order at opening or 1 down or even 2 down.

He can't bat in the middle order either. And he looks feeble and weak ... where is all the "HARD WORK" and he get continuously associated with?

I don't think he belongs to international level T20!
 
The biggest issue is that we are talking about a 33 year old, how many more years he can give, 2-3 max, maybe 4. All this talk about him and ppl don't realize that he is not the future.
 
What a debut for the so called ""T20 specialist & run machine"" scored 7 on 7 in his 1st game & then dropped a dolly. He should only play domestic cricket doesn't deserve to play international cricket in any format.

His whole career is like scores tons of runs in domestics gets in the team & then deservedly dropped again because of many many many bad performances. Most Pakistani only adore him & wants him in the side because he can speak good English.
 
After 1 game Shan has been written off lol.

At least give him until the end of the series. Unlike the rest of our middle order, Shan is actually there on merit after the year he's had in domestics. The rest are only picked because there is nobody else.
 
Mohammad Wasim asking Shan Masood to play in the middle order in domestic games to get into the Pak team is like telling Shoaib Malik to practice wicket keeping to back up Rizwan.
 
hitthestump said:
After 1 game Shan has been written off lol.

At least give him until the end of the series. Unlike the rest of our middle order, Shan is actually there on merit after the year he's had in domestics. The rest are only picked because there is nobody else.
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No he has not be written off after one game. He has been written off after seeing him bat for 10 years in international and domestic cricket.
Even if is successful here it will not change anyhting.

Shan Masood isn't a T20 player.
 
Shan should get used to batting at 4, with Fakhar coming back. Just one game, should give him the full series to figure out his role.
 
Just don't understand what role he will play in this team. The management seems totally clueless. You can't afford another anchor and he doesn't have the power game to be a finisher. Backup opener/anchor? Do we even need one? the only way he fits is if Babar drops to 3 which i don't see happening.
 
Both Shan & Haider need to be given all 7 T20s against England.

This way we can once and for all decide what they are made of.

I will not want to hear this excuse that oh they are not playing in their desired batting positions.
 
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I'll return to this thread by the end of this series. If Shan gets to play all matches, I'm sure all the naysayers will have a dramatically different opinion about his place as a #4 batsman.
 
Vorador said:
I'll return to this thread by the end of this series. If Shan gets to play all matches, I'm sure all the naysayers will have a dramatically different opinion about his place as a #4 batsman.
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Yes, once he scores a few 40s off 32 balls
 
Haider Ali don't look like to be a good T20 player. His stroke play looks like that of number 9 batsman.

Masood at least deserve to be a number 3. Send Haider at 4, drop Khushdil from the XI and see what happens.
 
Pakistan have made a big mistake. They have chosen wrong batsmen. A middle order consisting of Iftekhar,Khushdil and Asif looks really bad. Pakistan wi8need luck to go to the next round with this line up.
 
amvbfm said:
Just don't understand what role he will play in this team. The management seems totally clueless. You can't afford another anchor and he doesn't have the power game to be a finisher. Backup opener/anchor? Do we even need one? the only way he fits is if Babar drops to 3 which i don't see happening.
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I don't see PSL . What it
 
Although Shan had a bad day at the office the other day, with virtually no runs and a crucial drop catch, he needs to be backed here.

What was good about Shan was the positive intent. Yes he didn’t score runs but unlike the entire middle order, at least he was trying. Sometimes when I watch our middle order (especially Kushdil), I wonder if they’ve been hit on the head and woken up thinking they are playing a test match. No matter what the need of the hour, Kushdil will always look to take singles, not even attempting the big shots unless he’s in and the ball is well and truly in the slot. Kushdil’s atrocious strike rate is a demonstration of that fact.

Shan on the other hand was trying almost every ball to hit a boundary. Yes it didn’t come off at all, but at least the man came in with the right attitude. We need more Shans and less Kushdils in this team.
 
Not his format tbh, Shan is workmanlike or an anchor can't see him hitting sixes over fine leg
 
Even if we think he's not a T20 player he should be given all the t20 games vs england.
 
Only positive tonight - Shan Masood's batting and proof that he can support Babar and Rizwan in the batting line-up.

Could be the man for the number 3 position.
 
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Part time hacks like Haider Ali, Khushdil and Nawaz need to be dropped.

You need a team with 5 proper batsmen.

Babar, Rizwan, Shan, Fakhar and 1 other.
 
He's the real deal. Not a mindless hack so you can rely on him to keep batting alongside Babar or Rizwan, in the off chance that one of our openers gets out early. He's also left-handed, which is a plus.

My top-5 for the WC would be:

1) Rizwan
2) Babar
3) Shan
4) Fakhar/Haider/Asif
5) Asif/Haider/Fakhar

Three proper batsmen, two sloggers and then come the all-rounders.
 
PakFan2010 said:
Part time hacks like Haider Ali, Khushdil and Nawaz need to be dropped.

You need a team with 5 proper batsmen.

Babar, Rizwan, Shan, Fakhar and 1 other.
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In T20s, you need just three. We have those. Now to find some reliable sloggers and hope Nawaz rediscovers his batting form.
 
I've a thread why is he not in the team..

So I'm happy for Shan Masood but he needs to bat at number 3

It seems at the moment that Fakhar has to come at number 4

Ifti Chacha and then Asif Ali

Let's see how this series goes on...
 
Bilal7 said:
He's the real deal. Not a mindless hack so you can rely on him to keep batting alongside Babar or Rizwan, in the off chance that one of our openers gets out early. He's also left-handed, which is a plus.

My top-5 for the WC would be:

1) Rizwan
2) Babar
3) Shan
4) Fakhar/Haider/Asif
5) Asif/Haider/Fakhar

Three proper batsmen, two sloggers and then come the all-rounders.
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Fakhar zaman is a proper batsman. You don’t have an average of 45 in one dayers by being a slogger.

He’s twice the player Shan is in the limited overs format .
 
Bilal7 said:
He's the real deal. Not a mindless hack so you can rely on him to keep batting alongside Babar or Rizwan, in the off chance that one of our openers gets out early. He's also left-handed, which is a plus.

My top-5 for the WC would be:

1) Rizwan
2) Babar
3) Shan
4) Fakhar/Haider/Asif
5) Asif/Haider/Fakhar

Three proper batsmen, two sloggers and then come the all-rounders.
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Haider should be nowhere near the team. Asif should not be coming in before 6 unless there are only 3-4 overs left. Shadab easily at 5, he is better than a lot of these 'specialist batter' frauds. I'd have him at 4 if Fakhar doesn't get fit in time.
 
We know the deal with Shan.

He isn't the greatest thing since sliced bread but he makes the XI. Probably should bat @3 rather than 4.
 
Marooned said:
We know the deal with Shan.

He isn't the greatest thing since sliced bread but he makes the XI. Probably should bat @3 rather than 4.
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I agree Haider awful technique against short bowling will not work in Australia more so even in his small stay he still wanted to slog across the line and premeditate.
 
Still not sure about T20 cricket but he is the best option for us in ODIs at 4.
 
shah_1 said:
Still not sure about T20 cricket but he is the best option for us in ODIs at 4.
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I am afraid we don’t have much options left in t20. Fakhar has failed for a while. Haider looked like a tail ender today against the short stuff and in general he hasn’t worked out his game. The other options are probably Saim or sharjeel. I have stated many times why I don’t want sharjeel back and Saim shouldn’t be rushed yet. Let him play the whole season at very least. I am struggling for any other options Tayyab Tahir is very poor against pace just like farhan who struggles to rotate strike as too Tayyab Tahir.
 
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one of barbar / rizwan have to bat at 3 - shan has to bat at 1/2 - we need a leftie and righty combination in the power plays
 
Shan looked good today and must bat at 3 going forward
 
Shan should actually probably open - I think he would be better against top quality bowling than Rizwan, as a guy who opens in tests and first class cricket. Also, as mentioned by others, it would be good to have a left/right combo opening.

But we know that won't happen so 3 is the next best option.
 
Blistering Barnacle said:
Shan should actually probably open - I think he would be better against top quality bowling than Rizwan, as a guy who opens in tests and first class cricket. Also, as mentioned by others, it would be good to have a left/right combo opening.

But we know that won't happen so 3 is the next best option.
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Don't fix a thing that's not broken. The opening pair is set for WC and the year after. Shan needs one more innings to cement his spot at 4 (I'd prefer 3). Now all we need are two hitters who can hit (not slog) consistently, and rotate strike when the ball is not in their area.
 
What I liked the most was that he went for his shots and didn’t just play out to cement his place
 
Shan has made some positive adjustments to his batting.

There seemed a point where it looked like he was only a red ball batter, but he has increased his range of shots and scoring areas.

He's a thinking cricketer, good on him for making these adjustments and improving.
 
Failed with the bat but is considered a dependable fielder

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He looked absolutely clueless with the bat for a T20 player.

You would expect to have him the basics right for being on the international scene for so long.
 
gazza619 said:
Hate the way he moves around the crease.

Another nonsense knock.
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Watch today's highlights of his batting in slow motion, and notice the short balls he missed.
At the point of bat's attempt to make contact with the bat, he is looking at the grass under his shoes.
 
Pakistan’s best number 3 is Babar Azam

Don’t understand why Fakhar and Shan have been forced to bat there?
 
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