how many spinners do you want? muqeem is not gonna play ahead of abrar and nawaz, and usman tariq offers something different with his height and control. given saim nearly always bowls his quota with shadab back muqeem is too far down the pecking order.
Hassan nawaz is out of form.
A clear tactic for Babar to bat at 3 otherwise they would have put Maaz in the squad.
Is he better than Maaz Maaz definitely no.
And Naffy is ready lol ?
Great but this useless Harris also needs to be discarded
In T20s Salman is neither a batsman nor a bowler just a waste of spot
,So why is Naffy playing when you already have Usman Khan .Hiya
Professional poster here to answer your gripes w/ some professionalism.
So let’s start w/ agreeing on Hasan Nawaz. Should have been picked alongside Samad to form our lower middle order. His continued exclusion wastes all the time spent with on initially developing him.
Sufyan should also feel hard done by, but you can’t drop a guy in Tariq who just took an international hat trick. He’ll probably play all three games in SL and his performances will govern if he should stay or not. Remember, this isn’t the final WC squad.
However, let’s not torpedo the development of the few prospects that we do have (Maaz, Ali Raza) so that we can live a fantasy of being an ‘attacking’ team that likely won’t play that way.
All in the name of ‘growing a pair’.
I don’t want the Babars etc in the team either as it’s clear they’re cooked.
But what is Maaz expected to do if picked?
Reconvert himself into an effective middle order hitter against the world’s best attacks playing on surfaces he’s never played on? Based on his experiences playing in the Hong Kong sixes, in an A team competition playing against OK attacks and struggling against BPL seamers, all whilst playing at opener? I’m not seeing the rationale here other than ‘it’s the Pakistani way to through youngsters into the mix because it worked so well in the 90s’.
And as for Ali Raza, let’s see how he does vs other U19 batsmen in the U19 World Cup, before we annoint him the next saviour.
People forget that we’ve already begun to evolve the side after the 2024 T20 WC, w/ the Riz Babar opening combo now history. After this WC I can see us moving on from a cooked Babar the t20 batsmen too along w/ Fakhar and maybe Agha based on performances. That will open up middle order slots where Maaz will be given a longer run.
What’s the worse that can happen you ask? It’s that we ruin Maaz’s development and directly affect his confidence just because we somehow think he can be our middle order saviour on short notice.
Remember Haider Ali and the fantastic job we’ve done in leaving him a confused mess of a player, especially in light of his promising talent. Given that hindsight is 20-20 it’s easy to dismiss Haider today based on his current performances. But when he was in the u19s, we all anointed him the saviour too, like we’re doing w/ Maaz.
I’d like to not repeat that failure again, thanks.
Better risk taker than Maaz yes.
I don’t think so. Harris is your original T20 batter of the modern era. He should be in the side/squad.
But he might not even make the xi it's an easy option so that babar comes back in the xi and I am sure Naffy strike rate is below 135
He wont bat at 3 cuz that position is set for babar otherwise they would have picked Maaz
I get the argument about experience being crucial at a World Cup, and in principle that makes sense. But that logic only holds if the “experienced” core is actually performing and showing upward momentum. When the same group has repeatedly underperformed on big stages, experience alone stops being an asset and starts becoming baggage.
Calling Maaz “undercooked” assumes that development only happens by waiting, not by exposure. If that were the case, half of modern international cricket wouldn’t exist. Players don’t magically become ready after an arbitrary number of PSL or league games they become ready when their skillset, temperament, and form demand a look.
Completely agree on Hassan Nawaz’s shoddy treatment.
Whose parchi do you think he is?
Appreciate the point you’ve made, thus I’ll clarify my view on Maaz.
Ok, some fair points.Hiya
Professional poster here to answer your gripes w/ some professionalism.
So let’s start w/ agreeing on Hasan Nawaz. Should have been picked alongside Samad to form our lower middle order. His continued exclusion wastes all the time spent with on initially developing him.
Sufyan should also feel hard done by, but you can’t drop a guy in Tariq who just took an international hat trick. He’ll probably play all three games in SL and his performances will govern if he should stay or not. Remember, this isn’t the final WC squad.
However, let’s not torpedo the development of the few prospects that we do have (Maaz, Ali Raza) so that we can live a fantasy of being an ‘attacking’ team that likely won’t play that way.
All in the name of ‘growing a pair’.
I don’t want the Babars etc in the team either as it’s clear they’re cooked.
But what is Maaz expected to do if picked?
Reconvert himself into an effective middle order hitter against the world’s best attacks playing on surfaces he’s never played on? Based on his experiences playing in the Hong Kong sixes, in an A team competition playing against OK attacks and struggling against BPL seamers, all whilst playing at opener? I’m not seeing the rationale here other than ‘it’s the Pakistani way to through youngsters into the mix because it worked so well in the 90s’.
And as for Ali Raza, let’s see how he does vs other U19 batsmen in the U19 World Cup, before we annoint him the next saviour.
People forget that we’ve already begun to evolve the side after the 2024 T20 WC, w/ the Riz Babar opening combo now history. After this WC I can see us moving on from a cooked Babar the t20 batsmen too along w/ Fakhar and maybe Agha based on performances. That will open up middle order slots where Maaz will be given a longer run.
What’s the worse that can happen you ask? It’s that we ruin Maaz’s development and directly affect his confidence just because we somehow think he can be our middle order saviour on short notice.
Remember Haider Ali and the fantastic job we’ve done in leaving him a confused mess of a player, especially in light of his promising talent. Given that hindsight is 20-20 it’s easy to dismiss Haider today based on his current performances. But when he was in the u19s, we all anointed him the saviour too, like we’re doing w/ Maaz.
I’d like to not repeat that failure again, thanks.
Even though I am hopeful for his post-surgery performance, but his bowling has seen a clear dip in recent times.
