[PICTURES/VIDEOS] Tabish Khan's International performance watch

[Mohsin Kazmi]

Should announce his retirement after the game.

 

[Savak]

The PCB picked him as a symbolic gesture and because the opposition was Zimbabwe. However this should also be his final game as it makes no sense to pick a 39-40 year old at this stage.

Reminds me of Afridi and Waqar picking a 39-40 year old Riffatullah in the T20 squad

 

[shariqnoor]

Will probably go down in the list of 1 Test match wonders.

 

[Rana]

Ah well. His fans will beg for him to play more and more...

 

[Artaxerxes]

I hope this is the last test match of his career.Nothing against the guy.PCB left it too late.He should be selected 10 years ago.PCB should develop Dhani,Arshad,Hasnain,Nadeem and Rauf.All of them should play as much domestic cricket as possible to build up stamina and improve their bowling.

 

[Saj]

The pressure from certain quarters of the media has resulted in his selection.

Misbah and co. knew that if they played him that would quieten down some in the media.

Yet if they picked Dhani or Rauf, the pro-Tabish brigade would be on their backs again.

 

[mazkhan]

It's an uninspired selection

Probably media pressure was behind it .

I first thought its gonna be another tanveer ahmad , but I was wrong tanveer ahmad actually got a 5fer against South Africa and was a much better bowler , this guy is just way too old and hasn't got any steam left anymore.

 

[Saj]

He looked a bit jaded today.

Double-bounce deliveries to the keeper and lacked any zip or pace in his bowling.

Maybe a good thing there are no speed cameras there.

 

[BunnyRabbit]

Well, Tabish and Hassan are the only fast bowler in this squad who earned their test caps based on actual FC performance. All the others (Dhani, Rauf and Shaheen) got in with the “potential” card. Fortunately, Babar has had enough of the potential cards after humiliations in Aus, Eng and NZ. He’s seems to be signaling that I’m more comfortable going in with 36 year old Tabish than rookies. Lessons must be learned from Naseem Shah debacle. Test caps must be earned. There’s a reason why teams need to earn the Test status. People calling for Dhani right now will be the first ones out with the knives when he get’s beaten to the ground.
Folks who can win Pak test matches NOW should form the core of Pak’s red ball fast bowling squad. Age is only relevant when comparing two equally good players.
Hassan Ali, Waqas, Shaheen and Tabish are the best performers today. If anyone is injured, then Sohail khan should be the back-up.

Shaheen in averaging around 30 per wicket. Has consistently been our best fast bowler in ODIs for 2 years now. Getting Shaheen in was definitely a call based on potential, but he rose up to the challenge and has done good enough to stay there. He has actually gotten better since. Better than anyone else in the domestics. These calls are something you get 1 out of 20 times right. I still feel Junaid Khan was treated very poorly and shouldn't have been left out of test squad back in 2015 and from ODIs in 2019.
Waqar doesn't like him in the current management and Mickey didn't like him in the previous staff.

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

I hope he can fade into obscurity now that his childhood dream has been fulfilled. Because he did nothing to prove me or anyone else, who thought he was way past his sell date; wrong.

Maybe he was a good bowler once upon a time and maybe he could have even been a star at one point of his career. But that time has clearly passed long ago. And he isn't going to be doing anything of substance based on his age and his bowling ability, which really isn't anything to write home about.

 

[Yasir_ch]

It's pretty evident the guy is not skilfull and doesn't have any pace.He used to pick wickets on those green damp wickets where even Hammad Azam averages 22.I m glad they never picked him before.

 

[Farabi]

I supported the selection of Tabish. After looking at his performance, I agree that its time for Tabish to move on. But I am very happy that Tabish got a chance which he richly deserved.
Perhaps, Waqas M could be a good option in place of Tabish. Waqas took 40 wickets @ 21 and did just as well as Hassan Ali.
No other fast bowler came close.

 

[TeymurBlake]

He looked tired. I think this should be it for him.

 

[Shoaibbtt]

I supported the selection of Tabish. After looking at his performance, I agree that its time for Tabish to move on. But I am very happy that Tabish got a chance which he richly deserved.
Perhaps, Waqas M could be a good option in place of Tabish. Waqas took 40 wickets @ 21 and did just as well as Hassan Ali.
No other fast bowler came close.

I feel gutted for the guy, i think he shouldn't feel disheartened because in no way is this his fault but it's the fault of the system that neglected him for so long.

There is a big difference in selecting a bowler who is old and a batsman/spinner, fast bowlers are usually in their prime around the mid 20s and slowly decline around the age of 32 i would say. The peak for Tabish is far gone, it would be fair to give him one game in WI but it's over for him i say he should continue to play domestic cricket though or if PCB has any sharaam give him some coaching job.

 

[Mohsin Kazmi]

It's pretty evident the guy is not skilfull and doesn't have any pace.He used to pick wickets on those green damp wickets where even Hammad Azam averages 22.I m glad they never picked him before.

You may criticize his selection but disregarding his 600 wickets and 2 decades of grind and hard work like that is insensitive

 

[Saj]

Masterstroke by Misbah and Mohammad Wasim:

They pick Tabish, he does well - they say it's an inspired selection.

They pick Tabish and he doesn't do well - they say, well you wanted him picked, so we selected him.

 

[pakistani pride]

Lets just hope this was his 1st and last match.

 

[Corridor of Uncertainty]

Tabish couldn't do it in this game. I was hoping for something outstanding from him, but it seems it was not to be.

Unfortunately for him, his time came too late.

Fortunately for him, he can tell his grandchildren some stories.

Go well Tabish. And I hope you are not replaced by a 15 year old.

 

[moghul]

The pressure from certain quarters of the media has resulted in his selection.

Misbah and co. knew that if they played him that would quieten down some in the media.

Yet if they picked Dhani or Rauf, the pro-Tabish brigade would be on their backs again.

So its an open secret that selection under Misbah is purely on political ground and has nothing to do with the future or interest of Pakistan cricket.

 

[UzmanBeast]

Masterstroke by Misbah and Mohammad Wasim:

They pick Tabish, he does well - they say it's an inspired selection.

They pick Tabish and he doesn't do well - they say, well you wanted him picked, so we selected him.

Wasim and Misbah will always feed into the demands of the public to keep all the pressure away from themselves.

Mohammad Wasim will pick the aged domestic performers and talk about rewarding domestic performances, yet will show no intelligence in his selections seeing as Haris Rauf is somehow in the test squad.

You see, I'll tell you what Wasim will look to do:
1.) Firstly, he will pick players from Northern (Nauman, Rauf, Nawaz, etc.)
2.) He will also pick all these old domestic performers who have been trundling in the system for years, and bring up his bogus logic of "horses for courses" to justify playing a 36-year-old well past his prime.

Misbah on the other hand will use the aged players in the team to also promote the image that he truly believes in domestic performances.

However, neither will demonstrate the mental capacity to actually make good recommendations and selections for the squad.

If Tabish Khan gets dropped, it will be a slap to the face for people like Irfanullah Shah, who actually have the age factor and skillset to succeed in test cricket, yet were ignored to bring in a one-test wonder.

Misbah selects the squad but portrays it as though Babar makes these decisions. When Tabish is dropped, Babar will be criticized and Misbah will remain free of any pressure.

Scape-goating at its finest.

 

[Sir-fraz]

Masterstroke by Misbah and Mohammad Wasim:

They pick Tabish, he does well - they say it's an inspired selection.

They pick Tabish and he doesn't do well - they say, well you wanted him picked, so we selected him.

See this would be a masterstroke if this was politics which its not. Its sports... this is why pakistan has been mediocre of 2 decades..

 

[AnonKB]

Wasim and Misbah will always feed into the demands of the public to keep all the pressure away from themselves.

Mohammad Wasim will pick the aged domestic performers and talk about rewarding domestic performances, yet will show no intelligence in his selections seeing as Haris Rauf is somehow in the test squad.

You see, I'll tell you what Wasim will look to do:
1.) Firstly, he will pick players from Northern (Nauman, Rauf, Nawaz, etc.)
2.) He will also pick all these old domestic performers who have been trundling in the system for years, and bring up his bogus logic of "horses for courses" to justify playing a 36-year-old well past his prime.

Misbah on the other hand will use the aged players in the team to also promote the image that he truly believes in domestic performances.

However, neither will demonstrate the mental capacity to actually make good recommendations and selections for the squad.

If Tabish Khan gets dropped, it will be a slap to the face for people like Irfanullah Shah, who actually have the age factor and skillset to succeed in test cricket, yet were ignored to bring in a one-test wonder.

Misbah selects the squad but portrays it as though Babar makes these decisions. When Tabish is dropped, Babar will be criticized and Misbah will remain free of any pressure.

Scape-goating at its finest.

I agree with most of what you said but the Northern bias is nonsense. Nauman and Nawaz both make the squad on absolute merit after the seasons they had, and whilst I don’t agree with it, they did also explain the rationale behind Rauf’s selection.

 

[moghul]

I generally don't make fuss about players age and age fudging discussion but when I saw Tabish on the BCP's video clip, could not believe this guy was "just" 36.

When it comes to age fudging , I think Tabish belongs to the elite class of Iftikhar and Rashid Khan.

 

[Manzy2599]

Yeah if he can maintain form at the international level he could be with the side for 1-2 years max which would atleast be some reward for being so patient over the years. I fail to understand why consistent domestic performers like Tabish Khan and Sadaf Hussain weren’t picked earlier or still aren’t getting picked. Incompetent management thought that giving debuts to naseem, musa and hasnain in tests vs Australia was a good idea with no first class matches and a few psl matches. How stupid are Misbah and waqar? And then they decided to blame Amir and Wahab for leaving the test team. Why not pick domestic players who have matured through first class cricket. The only ones that got picked were in misbahs liking (sohail khan/Imran khan). Likes and dislikes will never help build a team. Tabish should’ve been picked in 2019 when Pakistans test pacers were running out. I’m sure a team with an attack of shaheen, Abbas, Tabish, hasan, faheem as the alrounder could’ve done alright in aus and saved pak from embarrassing innings defeats and Ian Chappell saying Pakistan shouldn’t come over for tests. Even rumman raees type bowlers are better than the hyped youngsters Misbah played and now he’ll take credit for giving Tabish a debut match. This shows the level of incompetence in the PCB which is based around corruption and nepotism. Perhaps the only reasons they weren’t picked earlier were cause of the Punjab lobby didn’t want Tabish cause he’s from Karachi and Sadaf hasn’t gotten picked cause he’s Shia. Shame on the PCB, no wonder the standard of cricket has fallen to an all time low and they are celebrating useless series victories vs South Africa C and Zimbabwe who almost beat them in the t20 series.

 

[Yasir_ch]

Chacha hunn te retirement lae le.Chacha was only good on those damp wickets.Mohammad Wasim should be held accountable for selecting this 45 years old trundler.Well misbah the worst thing ever was gonna play this trundler.Misbah does what he does the best that's destroy Pakistan cricket.

 

[shah_1]

Chacha Tabish should retire

 

[shamaan]

He didn't bowl that well to be honest but it's only his first test match hard to judge.

 

[UzmanBeast]

I agree with most of what you said but the Northern bias is nonsense. Nauman and Nawaz both make the squad on absolute merit after the seasons they had, and whilst I don’t agree with it, they did also explain the rationale behind Rauf’s selection.

There is no rationale behind Rauf's selection, it's complete nonsense and clear favoritism for Northern players.

Haris Rauf has played one odd FC game and demonstrated no consistency in his line/length bowling.

There is absolutely no reason he needs to be on the squad, especially since the bogus excuse of "needing a bowler capable of reversing the ball" is not applicable given how well Hasan Ali has gotten the ball to reverse in recent times.

Rauf's inclusion is just not justified from any angle whatsoever, I'd keep Dahani in the squad ahead of Rauf.

 

[moghul]

Chacha hunn te retirement lae le.Chacha was only good on those damp wickets.Mohammad Wasim should be held accountable for selecting this 45 years old trundler.Well misbah the worst thing ever was gonna play this trundler.Misbah does what he does the best that's destroy Pakistan cricket.

I think you made the poor guy too old by two years, I think Tabish is not a day older than 43. Misbah thinks he retired a bit too early at 46. Every one younger than him is young enough to play or make debut in test .

 

[MenInG]

This was another one based upon pressure - I am afraid Mir Hamza maybe another but I hope I am proven wrong.