[PICTURES/VIDEOS] Shan Masood as Pakistan Test captain performance watch

[PakHammer]

I think a sensible decision. Make Saud the vice captain with a view of him taking over the test team in a couple of years if he is still performing.

Shan has a bad average in test matches but he has not been given a consistent run in the test team. A couple of bad scores and he is the first to be dropped. He will get his chance now so sink or swim. Also in the last test series against Sri Lanka he did bat with intent although he did not get the big scores. It shows he can adapt to the modern game.

 

[GLORY OF '92]

You won today . Thanks for being mature .

I would have gloated for a month

Winning is a habit

 

[oatmeal]

Nepotism pick

 

[Maliq_Mudasir]

Babar with master stroke in the end. Loving it !!! Haters gonna cry for fro entire december now

 

[Josh]

Lol disaster awaits for him in Australia. PCB should have changed test captain after Australia tour

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

Pcb solution to replace a nepotisitc captain is to bring another nepotisitc captain?

I have told you, we are in a unbreakable deep loop.

 

[mominsaigol]

I have told you, we are in a unbreakable deep loop.

This sends a horrible message.

Whole point of Babar is that he's a dosti yaari captain. Now this clown is being made captain because he's what? Daddy's little precious?

Why can't we ever learn from big teams? It's not that hard.

- Select a team of X factors
- Prioritize winning and functioning as a team rather then personal milestones
- Adopt the fight together and die together philosophy
- Select on merit
- Choose a captain who sets a good example and leads from the front.

What example does shan send?

If any one of you is ever lucky to be born rich and connected, do what I do, pull some strings and cheat, with fancy English skills?

 

[saqib.rai]

This sends a horrible message.

Whole point of Babar is that he's a dosti yaari captain. Now this clown is being made captain because he's what? Daddy's little precious?

Why can't we ever learn from big teams? It's not that hard.

- Select a team of X factors
- Prioritize winning and functioning as a team rather then personal milestones
- Adopt the fight together and die together philosophy
- Select on merit
- Choose a captain who sets a good example and leads from the front.

What example does shan send?

If any one of you is ever lucky to be born rich and connected, do what I do, pull some strings and cheat, with fancy English skills?

Thank you for the last paragraph bro

Really sad day as a Pakistan cricket supporter. Know many people who are praying that we lose 3-0 in Australia

And we as a nation are still in that phase where we think speaking good English is a sign of sharpness and intelligence lol

 

[Technics 1210]

(1) Babar Azam Resigned

(2) Muhammad Rizwan isn't a regular in the Test Side currently (correct me if im wrong)

(3) Ive read some posts saying Sarfaraz didn't want to take captaincy

(4) Shaheen is a fast bowler, and does/can have injury issues

So for those criticising, tell me who else was there. I don't see any other options that were better than Shan considering the 4 points above

So unless someone can convince me, I think we can stop with the criticism

Naseem Shah as Test Captain.

 

[cricketAXEpert]

Reports saying Sarfraz denied the captaincy . I think only shan was option who accepted .

How? they could have given it anyone? Why not Shaheen. Anyone who at least qualifies to be in the side. Well, now Shan can't hide and make excuses (like look at my first class performance). Does PCB stand for Parchi Cricket Board

 

[GLORY OF '92]

Naseem Shah as Test Captain.

Boy can barely talk and you want him as captain.

 

[cricketAXEpert]

A daunting task awaits Shan specially when it comes taking 20 wickets in a Test, hopefully he will import some bowlers from Mars

He can bowl so hopefully he bowls regularly, cause he can't bat at international level.

 

[cricketAXEpert]

Makes no difference. He is captain and needs people to back him. If results are poor he will be sacked

He is a master excuse maker, will make great excuses for the next 4 years. In very good English

 

[saqib.rai]

(1) Babar Azam Resigned

(2) Muhammad Rizwan isn't a regular in the Test Side currently (correct me if im wrong)

(3) Ive read some posts saying Sarfaraz didn't want to take captaincy

(4) Shaheen is a fast bowler, and does/can have injury issues

So for those criticising, tell me who else was there. I don't see any other options that were better than Shan considering the 4 points above

So unless someone can convince me, I think we can stop with the criticism

Rizwan is a regular in test team

Sarfraz dropped some 100 catches and missed 200 stumpings against New Zealand

Let Williamson off and Williamson went on to score 200

Can you really play Sarfraz in the test team instead of Rizwan??

And is Shan a regular? The guy averages 28 even after 10 years and 30 test matches

 

[GLORY OF '92]

Nice to have a captain who isn't a 11 year old in body and mind.

 

[Bewal Express]

He is a master excuse maker, will make great excuses for the next 4 years. In very good English

That only works for a week. He needs time and support. We as country need a lift, I am hoping he provides it. Our test team is competitive on wickets outside PK and if Nas and SSa are fit in Australia, we should be at least competitive.

 

[saqib.rai]

Nice to have a captain who isn't a 11 year old in body and mind.

Because he speaks English?
Lol

You really correlate English with intelligence and sharpness? Its 2023 man, grow up

 

[mominsaigol]

Thank you for the last paragraph bro

Really sad day as a Pakistan cricket supporter. Know many people who are praying that we lose 3-0 in Australia

And we as a nation are still in that phase where we think speaking good English is a sign of sharpness and intelligence lol

I will always speak the truth.

The way forward was fresh faces. The cycle of nepotisitm is even worse now, cause we have someone even more nepotistic, and an even worse player to represent and lead Pakistan.

Fresh blood is needed, Haris, tayyab, saim, abrar, Ihsanullah etc

^^ These Chads have a much better avg and stats in pur domestic then pur sheddy, nawaz, imam clowns who fail in the very same league .

Pakistan doesn't learn from its mistakes .

 

[ExpressPacer]

And what are the captaincy credentials apart from knowing English?

I agree that he had been completely below average with the bat in general but he had a successful captaincy stint in County Cricket in the UK.

Also, he has shown glimpses of quality from time to time but overall has been poor.

 

[Savak]

What are the observations from his captaincy for Central Punjab, Multan Sultans and Derbyshire?

What kind of a captain can we expect? Does he actually show good game and tactical awareness?

 

[UP]

The PCB has gone mad. What a disaster.

Rizwan was an automatic choice.

 

[pakistani pride]

Don’t cry now that he has been appointed

Babar was asked to lead the Australia tour

Its changing one loser with another.

 

[mominsaigol]

Nice to have a captain who isn't a 11 year old in body and mind.

Bhai, Shan is someone I'd have working as my cfo or chairman in my tech company, not leading Pakistan cricket team.

He's educated, but he himself isn't talented and I highly doubt he has such a firm understanding of the game.

Education is not textbooks, English language and degrees.

Dhoni was barely educated, dude barely studied, had a low class job, but in cricket he's one of the most educated minds their is. His understanding of building a team, placing field settings, motivations, talent management, discovering selecting amd backing players, leadership tactics, team culture is unmatched.

No one on this planet has ever known the game better them Dhoni, not even kohli, pointing or anyone else, it's because while not the best player of all time, he's the most educated in this game.

Good English and good textbooks won't make shan a good captain. He barely had understanding of batting fundamentals, and you think he'll know anything about captaincy? Which is the most difficult job to do?

 

[DeadlyVenom]

Look our cupboard is very bare. There is no point harping on about his 28-batting average. Yes it's poor but there is no changing it.

Say he comes in and replaces a 40-average player. We lose out on 24 runs per test on average.

The question is can Shan bridge that run gap with his captaincy? Having seen him in County I think he has a chance to at least be better than Babar. If he scores 28 runs per game but has better field changes, bowling plans and strategies than Babar then we have to take it.

 

[viveks]

This is his wikipedia entry at the moment

 

[saqib.rai]

Bhai, Shan is someone I'd have working as my cfo or chairman in my tech company, not leading Pakistan cricket team.

He's educated, but he himself isn't talented and I highly doubt he has such a firm understanding of the game.

Education is not textbooks, English language and degrees.

Dhoni was barely educated, dude barely studied, had a low class job, but in cricket he's one of the most educated minds their is. His understanding of building a team, placing field settings, motivations, talent management, discovering selecting amd backing players, leadership tactics, team culture is unmatched.

No one on this planet has ever known the game better them Dhoni, not even kohli, pointing or anyone else, it's because while not the best player of all time, he's the most educated in this game.

Good English and good textbooks won't make shan a good captain. He barely had understanding of batting fundamentals, and you think he'll know anything about captaincy? Which is the most difficult job to do?

Bro
CFO kai liye you need like an Accounting degree and multiple years of experience

Tech kai CEO kai liye you need CS expertise

Shan would be doing some odd job if he was not in Pakistan. Delivering pizzas or something

The guy doesn't have a top degree

ENGLISH DOES NOT CORELATE TO INTELLIGENCE AND EDUCATION

 

[mominsaigol]

Look our cupboard is very bare. There is no point harping on about his 28-batting average. Yes it's poor but there is no changing it.

Say he comes in and replaces a 40-average player. We lose out on 24 runs per test on average.

The question is can Shan bridge that run gap with his captaincy? Having seen him in County I think he has a chance to at least be better than Babar. If he scores 28 runs per game but has better field changes, bowling plans and strategies than Babar then we have to take it.

That is false. The cupboard is bare because we made it bare.

Every side on the planet selects squads based of 3 criteria

1) Selecting 20 to 25 players and playing on merit
2) Creating a team of 11 X factors that gel together
3) Defining everyone's role in the team.

Under Babar we never did that, In muktiple tournaments we had saim,amd tayyab, abrar dominate while chacha, Shadab, Nawaz, all failed and they all played side by side for each tournament.

So clearly merit based selection isn't being done, then their is the case of lack of experience excuse for saim, okay fair enough them why is Abdullah who has even less list A experience selected? Test is a different format with own rules? Abdullah was selected cause Bobby lobe affair with his technique.

Secondly every team grooms a string of 20 players minumum so that if something goes wrong then we have replacements. Our string of 15 and playing same winning 11 24/7, until it gets butchered or injured backfired as hasan Ali got selected due to having no alternative.

Lastly Roles aren't defined. What is imam, Abdullah, Babar, Rizwan, Saud's role? For everyone to stat pad?

In India rohit provides the starts, Kphli anchors and is the chase master, Gill and sheryas are the X factor dominators, Rahul and sky are your finishers, etc etc.

The cupboard is bare cause we made it bare, it's on us, not because we magically don't have anyone.

 

[mominsaigol]

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This is his wikipedia entry at the moment

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[mominsaigol]

I agree that he had been completely below average with the bat in general but he had a successful captaincy stint in County Cricket in the UK.

Also, he has shown glimpses of quality from time to time but overall has been poor.

Shan is a club cricketer playing international.

He'll show some shots, some attacking stroke play, and then will get out after 30 to 40 runs and bye bye

 

[DeadlyVenom]

That is false. The cupboard is bare because we made it bare.

Every side on the planet selects squads based of 3 criteria

1) Selecting 20 to 25 players and playing on merit
2) Creating a team of 11 X factors that gel together
3) Defining everyone's role in the team.

Under Babar we never did that, In muktiple tournaments we had saim,amd tayyab, abrar dominate while chacha, Shadab, Nawaz, all failed and they all played side by side for each tournament.

So clearly merit based selection isn't being done, then their is the case of lack of experience excuse for saim, okay fair enough them why is Abdullah who has even less list A experience selected? Test is a different format with own rules? Abdullah was selected cause Bobby lobe affair with his technique.

Secondly every team grooms a string of 20 players minumum so that if something goes wrong then we have replacements. Our string of 15 and playing same winning 11 24/7, until it gets butchered or injured backfired as hasan Ali got selected due to having no alternative.

Lastly Roles aren't defined. What is imam, Abdullah, Babar, Rizwan, Saud's role? For everyone to stat pad?

In India rohit provides the starts, Kphli anchors and is the chase master, Gill and sheryas are the X factor dominators, Rahul and sky are your finishers, etc etc.

The cupboard is bare cause we made it bare, it's on us, not because we magically don't have anyone.

You have basically just concluded your post by saying the cupboard is bare.

 

[mominsaigol]

You have basically just concluded your post by saying the cupboard is bare.

Because we made it bare

 

[DeadlyVenom]

Because we made it bare

And? Does that change anything in what my post said?

Why did you quote it and say this is false then basically agree lol

 

[160KPH]

Shan is a club cricketer playing international.

He'll show some shots, some attacking stroke play, and then will get out after 30 to 40 runs and bye bye

What I just don’t understand is how he can be made captain when he can’t even make the team as a batsmen based on his performances. He piles up the runs in domestic cricket but has failed so many times in international cricket. I mean, I’ll certainly give him a chance. Maybe captaincy will improve his batting as well, sometimes extra responsibility helps and he has the technique to be good in Australia. But the choice does not make sense to me, why not just pick one of our new batsmen who have been performing really well? Has Shan really shown great tactical knowledge captaining his County side?

 

[ExpressPacer]

Shan is a club cricketer playing international.

He'll show some shots, some attacking stroke play, and then will get out after 30 to 40 runs and bye bye

Half of our team belong in club cricket. Watch Shaheen, our golden boy, get absolutely mauled in Australia.

Frankly, I’d rather have Shan as captain over Babar given that he at least has a proven captaincy record.

 

[mominsaigol]

Half of our team belong in club cricket. Watch Shaheen, our golden boy, get absolutely mauled in Australia.

Frankly, I’d rather have Shan as captain over Babar given that he at least has a proven captaincy record.

Club cricket for Pakistan standards.

Kf you're comparing international standards then shan belongs in gully cricket.

 

[Suleiman]

1952-2023

RIP Pakistan ODI and test cricket. You were dying a slow death over the last 2 decades, but it seems like PCB has finally decided to pull the plug and put you out of your misery.

T20 is all that remains.

 

[mominsaigol]

What I just don’t understand is how he can be made captain when he can’t even make the team as a batsmen based on his performances. He piles up the runs in domestic cricket but has failed so many times in international cricket. I mean, I’ll certainly give him a chance. Maybe captaincy will improve his batting as well, sometimes extra responsibility helps and he has the technique to be good in Australia. But the choice does not make sense to me, why not just pick one of our new batsmen who have been performing really well? Has Shan really shown great tactical knowledge captaining his County side?

He hasn't, he has not, he will never not.

Education of textbooks, University and English language skills has no correlation with captaining a sports team.

By that logic Dhoni would have been a crap captain. A captain is the biggest role you can take.

You're in charge of leading, talent management, tactics, grooming, team culture etc, which nonone has ever done better then Dhoni, not even pointing since pointing inherited a team culture already built.

He is captain because daddy boy nepotisitm that's all their is to it. He will be 10x worse then babar who I personally thought you can't go lower then. Everyone here saying he's a good replacement tactics wise is in for a rude awakening soon.

His English won't help when he himself can't even figure out batting let alone the talent and leadership management of captaining a side.

 

[mominsaigol]

Bro
CFO kai liye you need like an Accounting degree and multiple years of experience

Tech kai CEO kai liye you need CS expertise

Shan would be doing some odd job if he was not in Pakistan. Delivering pizzas or something

The guy doesn't have a top degree

ENGLISH DOES NOT CORELATE TO INTELLIGENCE AND EDUCATION

Cfo and ceo doesn't require years of experience, most rech startups that become conglomerates like facebook/meta are built by youngsters but they are good cause they understand their products and culture the most.

Bur you are right, Shan would make a horrific ceo and cfo .

Pizza boy as captain, zindabad

 

[Sherazkhalid]

Another masterstroke by PCB, why do we have to have to bear these clowns, a guy with 30 tests and barely any avg is our captain because his dad is influential, smh.

 

[RidiculousMan]

Definitely one of the moments in Pakistan Cricket

 

[pratiktc]

Let us look at the positives.
Clearly this appointment is short term like 1-1.5 years and Pak will play maybe 3 series max under him

Aus tour will be a disaster with the bowling resources available and it's good that Shan will take brunt of it instead of next long term captain.

From batting perspective, for the time being Shan is ok in the XI. He is giving output similiar to Imam in tests and so he can move to opening, drop Imam and let Rizwan play as specialist middle order batter in Aus tests.

 

[RidiculousMan]

Finally an english speaking non paindu captain. Let's hope he can change the team and the culture.

He can finally sledge back to the Aussies on their turf.

 

[RyanRyan10]

What if he wins a test in Australia?

 

[Amjid Javed]

RIP Pakistani cricket

The team will be know Nepotismstan going forward

 

[RidiculousMan]

Let us look at the positives.
Clearly this appointment is short term like 1-1.5 years and Pak will play maybe 3 series max under him

Aus tour will be a disaster with the bowling resources available and it's good that Shan will take brunt of it instead of next long term captain.

From batting perspective, for the time being Shan is ok in the XI. He is giving output similiar to Imam in tests and so he can move to opening, drop Imam and let Rizwan play as specialist middle order batter in Aus tests.

I think batting wise Shan if he can stop getting edged will be really good top order batter on those pitches.

 

[Saj]

Killer tour to start with - Australia.

It can only get better after that.

 

[VForVendetta]

He is just the sacrificial lamb, the scapegoat, the jackass to allow Babar by saving himself from further humiliation. It's also a nice way for Shaheen or Rizwan to sneak way from nowhere to grab the badge after Shan inevitably fails both as skipper & batsman.

 

[Suleiman]

He speaks English though.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Killer tour to start with - Australia.

It can only get better after that.

3-0 defeat

An average of less than 10 in the series for Dummy captain

Upwards and onwards Nepotisimstan zindabad

I bet everyone can't wait

 

[mrtaim3]

Definitely not the worse. At least he has good cricketing mind and he has been very consistent with his batting performances. The captaincy might improve his batting. But i’m okay with being the captain for Australia tour

 

[jnaveen1980]

Everyone's wish granted. English speaking captain

 

[saqib.rai]

Killer tour to start with - Australia.

It can only get better after that.

If he remains captain after that

We then play tests In August 2024 and if Shaheen does well in the t20 World Cup in june- I cant see Shan continuing as test captain

 

[mominsaigol]

Shan masood being captain reminds me of when Christian in wwe won the wwe championship only to lose it 2 days later to randy Orton.

And then he kept whining and whining to executives to give him one more match and after a million failures the executives managed to give him wwe championship back via foul play.

But then one month later he lost it again .

Shan masood is the same, got vc, failed badly, got dropped, then whined to his daddy 24/7 until after a few months got captaincy , and he'll be dropped from captaincy very very soon lol.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Can't wait for Australia vs Nepotismstan 1st test with Shan as captain

1st Test X1

Imran farhat
Imam ul haq
Shan masood (c)
Bazid Khan
Faisai iqbal
Azam Khan
Humayan farhat
Faham ul haq
Ibtasam-ul-Haq
Junaid Zia
Usman qadir

 

[Gollum]

Can't wait for Australia vs Nepotismstan 1st test with Shan as captain

1st Test X1

Imran farhat
Imam ul haq
Shan masood (c)
Bazid Khan
Faisai iqbal
Azam Khan
Humayan farhat
Faham ul haq
Ibtasam-ul-Haq
Junaid Zia
Usman qadir

How about the damad trundler Shaheen Afridi?

 

[Chip32]

Sad state of affairs.

I wouldn't even have him in the Test team. The only saving grace is that he has a good cricketing brain based on his interviews over the years.

What has he said in interviews to suggest he has a good cricketing brain? I'm genuinely curious.

Let's face it the only reason he's been appointed is because he can speak English.

 

[mominsaigol]

So what even is shan's plan on captaining? Make more excuses? For his performance and his test losses?

 

[Rana]

He is just the sacrificial lamb, the scapegoat, the jackass to allow Babar by saving himself from further humiliation. It's also a nice way for Shaheen or Rizwan to sneak way from nowhere to grab the badge after Shan inevitably fails both as skipper & batsman.

That’s why Shan has nothing to lose

Let’s hope for the best for him. Anything to keep those self-serving leeches away from Pakistan leadership

 

[Gullycricket]

Some posters here were crying about injustice to Sharjeel, Imad and now supporting Shan. Lol.

 

[brokenrecord]

i don’t mind Shan. But fully expect a player revolt under him. He won’t be maximizing his captaincy potential with this team. Is just not palatable enough for the rest of them. And isn’t strong enough to take them on on his own. He couldn’t save his captaincy from Rizwan after a very successful PSL season.. this is the national team.

 

[Jazbaa-pak]

PCB is a circus and provides good entertainment for other countries. How poorly they have handled this situation is beyond me.

Ofcourse they pick someone who is not even in the team as captain! Remember Misbah being made captain in 2010 after the Lords scandal. Looks like they're treating teams current situation in a similar light.

Don't know why such a rush to make this decision. Conduct proper review and then decide. Any sensible board would have done that. Also Micky is genius. He knew this was going to happen and negotiated a deal where he didn't have to leave Derbyshire.

In an ideal world they should have chosen a long term option for tests maybe Shafique or Saud and groom them. I do like Rizwan but he's in a similar mould to Babar imho. Shaheen is a half decent choice albeit risky but you never know. He's done a job for Lahore so who knows!

Anyway, moan over! Best wishes to pak team!

 

[chinaman00]

Let’s appoint a guy who averages 28 in Tests and who can’t make it on the team on merit as the new captain of the team. What could go wrong.

The Pakistani way

 

[Jazbaa-pak]

In light of current appointments, please also appoint

Saeed Ajmal - English language coach
Salman Butt - Anti corruption officer
Misbah - power hitting coach
Rahat Ali - fielding coach

 

[emranabbas]

those who going on about that shan will fail in Australia just something little from the t20 worldcup held in Australia last year year.

Overall figures

Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Shan Masood	7	7	3	175	52*	43.75	148	118.24	0	1	0	12	1
Mohammad Rizwan	7	7	0	175	57	25.00	160	109.37	0	1	0	15	3
Shadab Khan	7	6	2	98	52	24.50	58	168.96	0	1	0	7	5
Mohammad Haris	4	4	0	97	31	24.25	67	144.77	0	0	0	6	6
Iftikhar Ahmed	7	7	2	114	51	22.80	93	122.58	0	2	1	6	6
Fakhar Zaman	1	1	0	20	20	20.00	16	125.00	0	0	0	3	0
Babar Azam	7	7	0	124	53	17.71	133	93.23	0	1	1	13	0
Mohammad Nawaz (3)	7	5	0	68	28	13.60	64	106.25	0	0	0	7	2

your superstar Babar couldn't buy a run

 

[ghalib kichlu]

Hopefully he will be pakistans answer to ben stokes
Shan masood revolutionised the division two table of County cricket with his very high strike rates
Also communicated very well in the dressing rooms and with the fans inside and outside the stadiums
Also means imam ul haq will have to be dropped from the test team so no more automatic nepotism for average players who look lost at international level

 

[Buffet]

How will he captain from the bench? Is he in test squad?

 

[mominsaigol]

those who going on about that shan will fail in Australia just something little from the t20 worldcup held in Australia last year year.

Overall figures

Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Shan Masood	7	7	3	175	52*	43.75	148	118.24	0	1	0	12	1
Mohammad Rizwan	7	7	0	175	57	25.00	160	109.37	0	1	0	15	3
Shadab Khan	7	6	2	98	52	24.50	58	168.96	0	1	0	7	5
Mohammad Haris	4	4	0	97	31	24.25	67	144.77	0	0	0	6	6
Iftikhar Ahmed	7	7	2	114	51	22.80	93	122.58	0	2	1	6	6
Fakhar Zaman	1	1	0	20	20	20.00	16	125.00	0	0	0	3	0
Babar Azam	7	7	0	124	53	17.71	133	93.23	0	1	1	13	0
Mohammad Nawaz (3)	7	5	0	68	28	13.60	64	106.25	0	0	0	7	2

your superstar Babar couldn't buy a run

This is why I don't like stats arguments.

On paper shan looks the best but anyone who watched 2022 wc knows haris innings was the one that got us into semi's. We were losing to bamgaldesh lol

 

[Jazbaa-pak]

those who going on about that shan will fail in Australia just something little from the t20 worldcup held in Australia last year year.

Overall figures

Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Shan Masood	7	7	3	175	52*	43.75	148	118.24	0	1	0	12	1
Mohammad Rizwan	7	7	0	175	57	25.00	160	109.37	0	1	0	15	3
Shadab Khan	7	6	2	98	52	24.50	58	168.96	0	1	0	7	5
Mohammad Haris	4	4	0	97	31	24.25	67	144.77	0	0	0	6	6
Iftikhar Ahmed	7	7	2	114	51	22.80	93	122.58	0	2	1	6	6
Fakhar Zaman	1	1	0	20	20	20.00	16	125.00	0	0	0	3	0
Babar Azam	7	7	0	124	53	17.71	133	93.23	0	1	1	13	0
Mohammad Nawaz (3)	7	5	0	68	28	13.60	64	106.25	0	0	0	7	2

your superstar Babar couldn't buy a run

Completely different format to the underlying appointment though.

 

[batandballbattle]

How will he captain from the bench? Is he in test squad?

he was at 3 in the sri lanka series, presumably he'll continue either being awful or forgettable there

 

[Cryin Out Loud]

You know you’re in trouble when you appoint as captain someone who can’t by themselves make your eleven.

But I guess I get the political logic. PCB gets in their man, while the man himself is grateful/ eager to take the burden of the inevitable hammering in the upcoming Australian tour.

 

[moghul]

We cannot send an uneducated person with borderline IQ to Australia as a team leader . Australia has always been the toughest place to tour for Pakistan . Shaan is the best choice as captain .

 

[hitthestump]

In light of current appointments, please also appoint

Saeed Ajmal - English language coach
Salman Butt - Anti corruption officer
Misbah - power hitting coach
Rahat Ali - fielding coach

Misbah could really clear a fence when he wanted to lol.

Fawad Alam would have been funnier

 

[Buffet]

he was at 3 in the sri lanka series, presumably he'll continue either being awful or forgettable there

I have not followed Pakistan team recently. I recall him playing few years back for Pakistan and thought he is no longer in main team.

 

[hafizexpress]

Hopefully he will be pakistans answer to ben stokes
Shan masood revolutionised the division two table of County cricket with his very high strike rates
Also communicated very well in the dressing rooms and with the fans inside and outside the stadiums
Also means imam ul haq will have to be dropped from the test team so no more automatic nepotism for average players who look lost at international level

You just described Shan the captain himself

 

[Savak]

Australians make it a point to ruthlessly target the opposition captain. Will be fun to see Shan boss Starc, Hazelwood and Cummins

 

[Suleiman]

Australians make it a point to ruthlessly target the opposition captain. Will be fun to see Shan boss Starc, Hazelwood and Cummins

He isn’t bossing a wet paper bag even, regardless of his Shakespeare level English

 

[Sher Khan]

A lot of people might not know this. But Shan Masood's paternal uncle Waqar Masood Khan is currently serving as a Finance advisor to PM Kakar. He seems to be an important member of the caretaker government.

I wonder if that has any connection to his appointment as captain.

 

[Sher Khan]

In light of current appointments, please also appoint

Saeed Ajmal - English language coach
Salman Butt - Anti corruption officer
Misbah - power hitting coach
Rahat Ali - fielding coach

You forgot we will also need a wicketkeeping coach. Who better then Kamran Akmal for that?

 

[daytrader]

Maybe Shan is the only one willing to be made a scapegoat for the Australia tour

 

[Kianig89]

In light of current appointments, please also appoint

Saeed Ajmal - English language coach
Salman Butt - Anti corruption officer
Misbah - power hitting coach
Rahat Ali - fielding coach

Add Zulqurnain Haider as PR officer