[PICTURES/VIDEOS] "I am thinking of launching a brand called Parchi": Imam-ul-Haq

As usual, impact less innings.

Looking to survive in Australia does not work, these are not UAE pitches.
 
He’s mediocre - and yet is there anyone better for his position who’s not in the team?
Saim Ayub is literally in the squad right now.

Hurraira was picked on back of 2 consecutive QEA top scorer awards and then dropped without getting a game.
 
3 areas where the innings could have been better:

Rotation of strike
Looking for more singles
A go-to shot which gets him off strike
 
Saim Ayub is literally in the squad right now.

Hurraira was picked on back of 2 consecutive QEA top scorer awards and then dropped without getting a game.

Ahmed Shehzad, Saim Ayub - literally tons of player in domestics.

I’m not sure about Shehzad; highly debatable. The guy was always too fragile and he’s past his sell by date IMO.

And Saim Ayub basis that he’s an exciting youngster, that’s a difficult judgment call. From what I see he’s played T20Is at an average of 17.56 You want to send him up to open in a Test in Australia in his debut game?

Guys Imam has literally scored the highest so far in this Test for Pakistan. yeah he’s bog average but he should get a break.
 
I’m not sure about Shehzad; highly debatable. The guy was always too fragile and he’s past his sell by date IMO.

And Saim Ayub basis that he’s an exciting youngster, that’s a difficult judgment call. From what I see he’s played T20Is at an average of 17.56 You want to send him up to open in a Test in Australia in his debut game?

Guys Imam has literally scored the highest so far in this Test for Pakistan. yeah he’s bog average but he should get a break.
That's quite genius.

Lemme confirm. Are you looking at Saim's t20 average to gauge his test potential?
 
That's quite genius.

Lemme confirm. Are you looking at Saim's t20 average to gauge his test potential?

You realise you just made my point for me?


First let me first add that we were talking of an opener for the current Test series, not who has better long term potential.

So- you want to give him an opener slot (replace Imam) in Australia on the basis of what exactly?
 
3 areas where the innings could have been better:

Rotation of strike
Looking for more singles
A go-to shot which gets him off strike
More than these 3 getting timely boundaries in test cricket is more important as it relieves the pressure and improves SR. Scoring 4 boundaries out of 199 balls shows he lacks confidence and was just trying to save his place. He should have scored at least 12-15 boundaries after playing so many deliveries
 
More than these 3 getting timely boundaries in test cricket is more important as it relieves the pressure and improves SR. Scoring 4 boundaries out of 199 balls shows he lacks confidence and was just trying to save his place. He should have scored at least 12-15 boundaries after playing so many deliveries
Yes he missed out on some bad balls which he should have put away.

But when you are in survival mindset, you tend to miss out on the loose deliveries.
 
You realise you just made my point for me?


First let me first add that we were talking of an opener for the current Test series, not who has better long term potential.

So- you want to give him an opener slot (replace Imam) in Australia on the basis of what exactly?
Follow fc cricket maybe. Makes for an educated discourse :)
 
I believe we need to replace imam with ahmed shehzad as ahmed is a much more experienced batter and can play good knocks consistently on top. Rather than imam's once in a blue moon knock.
 
161 ball half-centuries is not what Pakistan needs. But I'm sure this innings made Misbah and his loyalists very proud. Would you say that's right @Major ?
 
161 ball half-centuries is not what Pakistan needs. But I'm sure this innings made Misbah and his loyalists very proud. Would you say that's right @Major ?
He still top scored for the team. The main reason we are behind is because Shan/Babar/Saud/Sarfraz made no use of the start that we were given.

Makes no sense to blame the top scorer when there are such bigger failures that happened in the innings.
 
Sadly the way PCB works is that the higher ups have zero cricketing intelligence.

They will see he scored a 50 and he’s set for the next few series.

Not taking into account how constipated of a 50 it was, when the pitch had no demons in it. He looked unsure and like a tailender holding up one end.

He had as much confidence in the first ball as he did in his last, aka zero.

People will point to Pujara, but Pujara makes it count. If you are stalling around for that long, the only way to make it count is by scoring a 100 at least. Unless you’re in the 4th innings trying to draw the game.
 
Sadly the way PCB works is that the higher ups have zero cricketing intelligence.

They will see he scored a 50 and he’s set for the next few series.

Not taking into account how constipated of a 50 it was, when the pitch had no demons in it. He looked unsure and like a tailender holding up one end.

He had as much confidence in the first ball as he did in his last, aka zero.

People will point to Pujara, but Pujara makes it count. If you are stalling around for that long, the only way to make it count is by scoring a 100 at least. Unless you’re in the 4th innings trying to draw the game.
Is there an example of any team dropping their top scorer?

Imam would have gotten more criticism if the entire middle order had not failed so badly.
 
Is there an example of any team dropping their top scorer?

Imam would have gotten more criticism if the entire middle order had not failed so badly.
India dropped one of their young stars for a period just a few games after he scored a 300.

Australia dropped Voges despite scoring a mountain of runs and was let go after just a few flops.

The big teams drop their players on innings based on context, not just number of runs.
 
India dropped one of their young stars for a period just a few games after he scored a 300.

Australia dropped Voges despite scoring a mountain of runs and was let go after just a few flops.

The big teams drop their players on innings based on context, not just number of runs.
Karun Nair. That 300 had more impact than any of Imam’s innings thus far. Yet he played 6 games and was out.
 
India dropped one of their young stars for a period just a few games after he scored a 300.

Australia dropped Voges despite scoring a mountain of runs and was let go after just a few flops.

The big teams drop their players on innings based on context, not just number of runs.
That’s because Karun Nair was never part of India’s main plans and he failed in every inning aside from his 300. He had a massive flop of a series in Australia and he was dropped after that - his average aside from that 300 is 11.8.

Voges was not let go after a few flops, he failed in two consecutive series and averaged 14.8 in the last 10 innings he ever played.

Almost never are players dropped right after scoring 50+ and that’s true of any cricket team.

I didn’t want Imam to be selected for this Test series to begin with, although I don’t follow Pakistan domestic cricket enough to know who should replace him. But, it’s weird that he’s getting the most hate when he played the best innings out of all of our batsmen. Shan’s 30, Babar’s 21, and Sarfraz’s 3 did way more damage than Imam’s innings did. And at least Imam and Babar are not even 30 yet while Shan and Sarfraz have gotten an unbelievable number of chances. If all of our top 7 played scored 60 we’d be looking at a draw or competing for a win right now.
 
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That’s because Karun Nair was never part of India’s main plans and he failed in every inning aside from his 300. He had a massive flop of a series in Australia and he was dropped after that - his average aside from that 300 is 11.8.

Voges was not let go after a few flops, he failed in two consecutive series and averaged 14.8 in the last 10 innings he ever played.

Almost never are players dropped right after scoring 50+ and that’s true of any cricket team.

I didn’t want Imam to be selected for this Test series to begin with, although I don’t follow Pakistan domestic cricket enough to know who should replace him. But, it’s weird that he’s getting the most hate on this forum when he played the best innings out of all of our batsmen. Shan’s 30, Babar’s 21, and Sarfraz’s 3 did way more damage than Imam’s innings did. And at least Imam and Babar are not even 30 yet while Shan and Sarfraz have gotten an unbelievable number of chances. If all of our top 7 played scored 60 we’d be looking at a draw or competing for a win right now.
there’s more I’m sure, I need to do a bit more digging. But other top teams put a lot more weight on context than just individual scores. This is true.

If Nair was Pakistani he’d get another 5-7 series just because of that 300. Pakistanis selectors would never have the cricketing intelligence to cut him off based on technique and/or innings pacing or mental reasons. Same with Voges.

It’s why guys like Imam will play the way they do because they know a 20 SR 50 when the game is in the balance is good enough to keep their place.

But I condemn them all. Sarfraz fan girls were calling me out for not calling out Imam and Babar. I hate this black and white thinking. Hold them all accountable.

Shan had the right approach but got too complacent. Imam had an awful approach. Babar for all the hype as usual got out after what has become a trademark 30-40 before getting out. Same with Abdullah. All 4 seemed set and threw it.

Sarfraz was never technically good enough Vs pace. He’s great on low and slow wickets and that’s it. He’s 37 and if he continues to flop, that should be the end.

None of these guys have shown they can even get close to an innings like Warner. I’m not even talking about SR, I’m talking about a big hundred. Forget big hundred, just a 100 is great at this point.
 
Follow fc cricket maybe. Makes for an educated discourse :)

One, quit the snark. If you have a point state it clearly, else it’s just pointless snark. “Genius”/ “Educated discourse” - sarcasm is the refuge of a poorly organised mind.

Two, let me reiterate. If you think that a kid with minimal international experience, none of it in long formats, is a possible opener for a tour to Australia, then we diverge in our opinions.
 
Imam is fulfilling Misbah’s legacy as he paced his innings the same way as Misbah would.

So therefore, shouldn’t Misbah and his supporters be proud of this knock?
what does Misbah have to do with this?
 
India dropped one of their young stars for a period just a few games after he scored a 300.

Australia dropped Voges despite scoring a mountain of runs and was let go after just a few flops.

The big teams drop their players on innings based on context, not just number of runs.
But they have players to replace them.

Who have Pakistan got? Remember, Pakistan is the least talented cricket nation in the world.

Australia can drop Voges and find a Labuschagne and a Head few years later and India can drop Nair and find a dozen other quality batsmen.

It is pointless to talk about dropping Imam when you have made the worst top-order Test batsman in Pakistan history the captain of the Test team.
 
But they have players to replace them.

Who have Pakistan got? Remember, Pakistan is the least talented cricket nation in the world.

Australia can drop Voges and find a Labuschagne and a Head few years later and India can drop Nair and find a dozen other quality batsmen.

It is pointless to talk about dropping Imam when you have made the worst top-order Test batsman in Pakistan history the captain of the Test team.

TLDR:

Imam is irreplaceable, Pakistan should continue playing with TTF’sinstead of looking at alternatives.
 
He made 37 today in the practice match against Victoria XI at a SR of 55. He went at a faster pace than Saim Ayub who scored 30 (56). Never thought i'd see the day!
 
Imam did see off the quicks on the tough pitch but he fell to Lyon eventually. He is mentally weak and could not stop himself from poking around that outside off-stump channel. It has been happening for too long now and should be rested for the next test.
 
Absolute third class player. Steals a living and occupying the space of a deserving player. I hope Saim gets to play the next match.

Imam probably the only person to unite all pakistan fans against him. Shows how pathetic he is.
 
He can play home test only. Can make records in Rawalpindi but overall he has been poor now.
 
Imam fails again. After playing 44 balls for his 10 runs, he handed one straight to slips.

Like I have mentioned before he's a good quality glorified night Watchman, that's it.

He's clueless how to score or rotate strike against a decent bowling attack, and even worse on a challenging pitch. He's like the left handed version of Ahmed Shehzad minus the fan following.
 
He is even inferior to Azhar Ali when it's comes playing shots and rotating strike, in Test cricket he has no strong zone , suspectible outside off stump no pull no hook, poor feet movement while playing on offside and lot more he needs a good domestic season to get back in rhythm
 
He is even inferior to Azhar Ali when it's comes playing shots and rotating strike, in Test cricket he has no strong zone , suspectible outside off stump no pull no hook, poor feet movement while playing on offside and lot more he needs a good domestic season to get back in rhythm
Even if he plays 100 domestic games he will be the same in SENA conditions.
 
His race is run.

There's no ceiling with Imam because he is one of the least talented players I've seen at international level.

He hasn't played a single innings of any worth in his entire test career. The sooner we close the chapter with Imam the better.
 
Imam is proving to be the parchi of the century. Can’t field, can’t bowl and can’t bat but is an automatic choice in Test and ODI!
 
Gilchrist on comms is basically saying imam can't hurt Australia with runs, only to tire out the their bowlers hahah
 
To be fair, he battled hard in the first Test and was our top scorer.
I would still prefer Ayub, but Imam hasn't been terrible this series.
 
Usually, when you set a batter up, you bowl a few in a spot, and then bowl a surprise ball to get the batter out.
With Imam, you only need to bowl one delivery for the set-up :ROFLMAO:

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Imam has opened the way for Saim to make his debut in the next game. There are no demons in the pitch but he still failed and failed consistently. His time as an opener in tests should be over now.
 
Usually, when you set a batter up, you bowl a few in a spot, and then bowl a surprise ball to get the batter out.
With Imam, you only need to bowl one delivery for the set-up :ROFLMAO:

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In one post your're saying Imam has been decent and in the post after you're making fun of his batting.

What's going on with you?
 
In one post your're saying Imam has been decent and in the post after you're making fun of his batting.

What's going on with you?

Hahaha both can be true. He was our highest scorer in Perth 62 (199). So in that sense, he was ok:

But since then:

10 (20)
10 (44)
12 (38)

Eating balls, putting pressure on his partners and not scoring and looking shifty.
 
Was painful to watch, had brain fade before lunch. This has to be an end for him. He is slow even by test match standards, has no range of shots and I cannot explain why he is in the team.
 
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I'm in a dichotomy regarding his inclusion in the next test. He shouldn't bat simply because he can't bat against quality opposition.

But at the same time would it be fair to a new opener to debut against Australia in Australia, are we setting them up for failure?

Do we need to give Imam the third test to conclusively establish that he isn't fit to open for Pakistan?
 
This was pakistan's best chance of beating Australia... But players like imam, shafique and saud ensured that Pakistan's losing streak continues.. wahab should have selected team on merit. He selected imam even though he was a liability in the WC23. It's criminal to even think that imam will be able to score in Australia when he gets bounce out on slow sub continent track.
 
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A waste of space.

Offers nothing against quality bowling.

Cowardly batting from him today.
 
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This was pakistan's best chance of beating Australia... But players like imam, shafique and saud ensured that Pakistan's losing streak continues.. Fixer wahab should have selected team on merit. He selected imam even though he was a liability in the WC23. It's criminal to even think that imam will be able to score in Australia when he gets bounce out on slow sub continent track.
Include Babar also, look at his score in all 4 innings he played

I hope Imam is dropped permanently, he doesn't deserve to represent Pakistan again in any form.

Shafeeq & Saud must be reprimanded strictly, either improve or leave, there is no other way
 
I mean how much longer? What more needs to be said about this guy
 
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With him in the side its basically 10 man, his ugly crawl of 10,20 odd from zillion deliveries Offers nothing but extra pressure on the other batsman
 
We invested 4 years in this guy for what ?
Shame on misbah inzimam and babar for trusting this guy
 
Imam is not international level quality. Even if he scores 10,000 runs, i would hold the same opinion about him. He is a nothing player, with extremely limited shot selection. Third class player, with a third class mentality.
 
I'm in a dichotomy regarding his inclusion in the next test. He shouldn't bat simply because he can't bat against quality opposition.

But at the same time would it be fair to a new opener to debut against Australia in Australia, are we setting them up for failure?

Do we need to give Imam the third test to conclusively establish that he isn't fit to open for Pakistan?

Debuting Saim at Sydney should be fine.

The series is gone and the conditions will be more reasonable.

The WTC points are still up for grabs but I don't see Imam helping that much either. Might as well give the kid a debut and let him gain some experience because he should be one of the openers in their next Test series anyway.
 
He is from the brand that doesn’t hit a chucka in Australia….the GOAT brand
 
Australian team meeting: 'When bowling at the opposition, we have to keep it tight and ensure the Pakistani batsmen don't score regularly, rotate strike etc.... Need to keep the run rate low. Who would like to volunteer to take up this responsibility?'

Imam raising his hand: 'Sir me me'
 
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