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He's our very own Mike Brearley
Is he an army brat.
Gives that kind of a vibe.
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He's our very own Mike Brearley
No just someone who comes from a privileged background. His father is/was a successful banker.Is he an army brat.
Gives that kind of a vibe.
No just someone who comes from a privileged background. His father is/was a successful banker.
Before I didn't agree with this notion. But after the captaincy of Sarfraz and Babar I have to say I agree. Someone who is well-educated naturally possesses deeper critical thinking skills, as compared to someone who isn't well-educated. On top of that, your captain is alot like a representative of your country. What he says in the public sphere should carry alot of weight...if he has something to say that is. Pakistan has always had big players that came from humble backgrounds. But before some level of grooming was done before they were made captain. Unfortunately that hasn't been the case for decades now.Ok he seems to have good upbringing.
Pakistan has always done well under educated leaders. Not under chhapri class leaders.
I told you guys, Good English skills + Degree and presentation skills does not = Good skills.Shan Masood looks out of ideas now.
Has he made the wrong choice of playing 11 and not including Abrar was a blunder???
Eventually you run out of excuses. Sometimes someone is just not good enough and we need to admit that.This guy is as pathetic as a batter as you can imagine and he is the captain of Pakistan.
Scored 14 runs in the 2nd inning on that flat wicket.
I like that approach , will keep Shan and Gillespie in for this mentality alone.Good that we are abolishing this personal millstone mantra, teams comes first whatever the circumstances
He relied on his frontline pacers Naseem and Shaheen both failed him miserably.Shan Masood looks out of ideas now.
Has he made the wrong choice of playing 11 and not including Abrar was a blunder???
Chacha and Misbah got many chances lol we should also provide with those chances lolShan needs to go. simply because he is not good enough as a batter. Let alone his captaincy.
Shan should be removed just because he is a pathetic batter. He has got enough chances. He is another domestic bully who has nothing to show in internationals.Chacha and Misbah got many chances lol we should also provide with those chances lol
I think we should wait till England Scotland Ireland 2030 T20 World Cup. After that we can remove himShan should be removed just because he is a pathetic batter. He has got enough chances. He is another domestic bully who has nothing to show in internationals.
Babar also lost 3-0 to England right? Broke Babar's record too.Shan Masood, who was appointed as Pakistan’s Test captain last year after Babar Azam stepped down from his role in November 2023, created an embarrassing record on Sunday (August 25) by becoming the first Pakistani captain in history to lose his four Test matches. He broke the previous record of three defeats in a row by Javed Burki.
Burki, who led Pakistan in a five-match Test series against England in the summer of 1962, had lost his first three Tests against the Poms before managing to play a draw in the fourth Test.
He only needs to become a specialist in English language to captain this side. Why would he need to reinvent himself in anything else?He’ll be removed as captain from the test team, and then reinvent himself as a white ball specialist for the 3rd (?) time in his career.
I told you, he wasnt from karachi to begin with.I was completely wrong about him
Shan is just another puppet of the nexus that has destroyed Pakistan cricket. This was made clear when he dropped Saifi after one poor test on the toughest pitch of the series. If he had any sort of actual vision than he would have made the correct call. Unfortunately he didn’t and he is reaping the rewards
Chacha and Misbah got many chances lol we should also provide with those chances lol
Unless you are Mike Brierley, these conditions holdWill reiterate the two prerequisites for captaincy I listed on page 1:
1) The player must justify a place in the team.
2) The player should have prior captaincy experience with some degree of success.
It's no coincidence that Misbah, for all his faults which we've discussed endlessly, was the longest serving Pakistan Test captain of the modern era because he met both requirements. And it's no coincidence the players who didn't meet both requirements all had captaincy stints that ended in tears.
Shoaib Malik - met #2 but not #1.
Sarfraz Ahmed - met #2 but his batting sunk to the point where he didn't meet #1.
Azhar Ali - past his prime as a batsman when appointed in 2019 and his stint as ODI captain was poor so met neither.
Babar Azam - met #1 but not #2.
Shan has ample captaincy experience in PAK FC, A team, PSL and County Cricket. However Shan never has and does not merit a place in the starting XI. How can he credibly tell his batsmen to improve when he cannot buy a run himself ?
What's the upside now of carrying a 34 year old captain with a sub-30 Test average ?
He only needs to become a specialist in English language to captain this side. Why would he need to reinvent himself in anything else?
but losing against Bangladesh on home soil is more embarrassingBabar also lost 3-0 to England right? Broke Babar's record too.
hahaha captain saying that was a wrong call of declaration now coach saying it was a right decision... it shows they are not on the same page.Pakistan red-ball head coach Jason Gillespie, during a press conference ahead of the 2nd Test between Pakistan and Bangladesh:
"Shan Masood is a very positive captain. We showed our intent in the first game with a declaration, but it didn't work out. I give full credit to the opposition for playing well. We will look for ways to win the game by taking positive options at all times. I am confident we will have success by doing so."
"We have prepared well, although the weather prevented us from training much today and yesterday. We had a fantastic session yesterday and are disappointed about losing the first Test. We have reviewed and learned from that game, focusing on the upcoming match. The team is excited and ready for the battle."
This guy flopped KK? I have no reason as to why people thought we should give him respite for Australia test.Quite a good one from cricinfo:
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Are Shan Masood's days numbered?
Pakistan's first ever loss to Bangladesh under his captaincy and an underwhelming personal run of scores means he's fast approaching the end of an already short rope
Masood has scored two fifties in his last four Tests, all of which Pakistan have lost under his captaincy
It's not easy being Shan Masood right now.
He has lost his first four Tests as captain, the first Pakistani captain to start so losingly. This most recent defeat is, by most measures, the most seismic: a first to Bangladesh, that too at home, that too on a pancake-flat pitch, that too having lost half a day to rain, that too with nearly a session and a half to spare, and that too, by ten wickets. The kind of loss that stays on a CV.
After the defeat he tried to explain some of Pakistan's missteps - and maybe we put this down to post-hoc shock - but it was all slightly frazzled. They picked four fast bowlers because what if one got injured. They didn't think about a final-day scenario because of the weather forecast. Bangladesh's inside edges went for four, Pakistan's hit the stumps. They declared too soon.
There was also a double batting failure, which, in any final reckoning, will weigh heaviest. Because the only currency of the Pakistan captaincy (and probably captaincy anywhere) is personal performance. Keep that up and it is the realest, quickest way to establish authority.
Just ask Misbah-ul-Haq. Misbah's ascension to Test captaincy was, at the time, as unexpected as Masood's. Misbah was averaging 33 in Tests and out of the side when appointed. Masood was in the side but averaging 28 when he replaced Babar Azam last year. Misbah began with a run of eight fifties and one hundred in his first 12 innings as captain and all the critics shut up real quick.
By contrast, Masood has a couple of fifties, a couple of starts, plenty of coulda beens, in his first eight innings, which has only amplified the doubts about his Test batting. It is part of a longer underwhelming run. Since he hit a career-best 156 against England in Manchester four years ago, Masood has been averaging less than 19 in 13 Tests (when Misbah took over, he came in averaging 24 in the nine Tests before it).
It has been, in truth, an underwhelming career, some of it down to Masood, some of it to the capriciousness of Pakistani selection: it takes both to stitch together a staccato career of 34 Tests in 11 years.
Ultimately, though, his record will fall on him. Now heap the losses as captain on top and you can see where this is heading. If he doesn't score runs in Rawalpindi this week and Pakistan fail to win, his captaincy and place in the side become untenable. If he doesn't score runs but Pakistan win, he may buy himself a little bit of time. If he scores runs and Pakistan wins, then perhaps the pressure eases a touch until England arrive.
All of which is a shame. There's always been much to like about Masood, the willingness to reinvent himself, to learn, to try and improve his game. And all told, he made a decent fist of his first series as captain, where, with better catching, Pakistan might even have won a first Test in Australia in nearly 30 years. He was more proactive than Babar. He batted like he wanted his side to play (though never for long enough). He squeezed more than could be expected out of a weakened bowling attack. If ever a captain comes out of a whitewash with a little credit, it was here.
In sport, however, credit doesn't last long and the line may soon be at an end for Masood.
Is this guy the most useless cricketer produced by the sub-continent, comparing to the pedestal he's been given? Test captaincy hahaha!!
It's like making Aakash Chopra the test captain of India.
To be honest, this is fine to stabilize and also as captain57.
This is the max you can get out of such a player.
C'mon, let's be fair. He may have pathetic numbers but hrs still Pakistani. By default , that makes him more talented than Akash Chopra ever was.Is this guy the most useless cricketer produced by the sub-continent, comparing to the pedestal he's been given? Test captaincy hahaha!!
It's like making Aakash Chopra the test captain of India.
Despite being 1-0 down in the series and losing their opening batsman for nothing, skipper Shan walked in and smashed the opponent bowler all around the field. Pakistan is blessed to have such a leader.
I'm sure he thinks that in his head every time he walks out and when he walks back he thinks he'll achieve it next timeDespite being 1-0 down in the series and losing their opening batsman for nothing, skipper Shan walked in and smashed the opponent bowler all around the field. Pakistan is blessed to have such a leader.