Shoaib Akhtar "pick Mohammad Amir for the World Cup"

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Shoaib Akhtar interacting with followers on social media today


Q: Any regret of your playing career?

A: Not enough guidance in the early part of my career because Imran Khan had retired


Q: Pick one of Kohli, Root, Smith, Kane Williamson, Warner

A: Virat Kohli


Q: Messi or Ronaldo?

A: Ronaldo


Q: Should they take Mohammad Amir for World Cup?

A: Yes


Q: Is there a place for Imam-ul-Haq in Pakistan's World Cup squad?

A: Yes. Need stability at the top.


Q: What role can senior players from both Pakistan and India play for revival of cricket?

A: Unfortunately players have no role in it. Governments have to sit down and talk


Q: Would you bowl a yorker to Sachin or Dravid?

A: Dravid


Q: Your favourite team's for ICC Cricket World Cup 2019.

A: England, Australia, Pakistan


Q: Sachin or Kohli?

A: Sachin


Q: Why didn't you play in 2011 semi final because if you had we would have won that match and beaten India!

A: One of the biggest regrets in my life


Q: Who you think the fast bowler can break your world record of fastest delivery?

A: Don't see anyone right now


Q: Wahab or Hasnain - Select one for World Cup?

A: Hasnain


Q: Do you think Mohammad Amir deserves to be the part of the World Cup squad?

A: Still important in English conditions


Q: Indian captain you wish you could play under

A: M S Dhoni

 

[waleed88]

How old was akhtar in 1992?

 

[Syed1]

But people like [MENTION=134608]Hawkeye[/MENTION] here claim they know more about cricket than IK.





Also Akhtar sounds like a broken record, repeating same thing over and over gain. Get over yourself Shoaib, its no one else's fault but yours that you didn't achieve as much as you would have liked.

 

[KyoOne]

But people like [MENTION=134608]Hawkeye[/MENTION] here claim they know more about cricket than IK.





Also Akhtar sounds like a broken record, repeating same thing over and over gain. Get over yourself Shoaib, its no one else's fault but yours that you didn't achieve as much as you would have liked.

He overachieved, given his physical abnormalities and subsequent injuries -- flat foot, abnormal joints, asthma, etc.

Its a miracle he went on to become fastest bowler in the world, and maintained his pace throughout his career given his frequent breaking down

 

[MMHS]

Is there even a question mark over Amir's selection!!!!!!!! I mean, what are alternatives - JK, Shinwari, Raees?

Shoaib's replacement for 2011 SF actually was instrumental in pulling the game for PAK. Ideally, they should have dropped Gul for Wahab, but in any case you don't win a WC SF dropping 4 dollies and giving MoM 3 lives. I do think PAK would have failed to chase 260 against MSD 9 times out of 10, and Shoaib won't have restricted IND below that after such catching; but even without him, proper catching could have made that target 225 - that's 9 times out of 10 was achievable.

Interestingly he likes CR, which probably makes sense - a fast bowler going for the faster forward and a shiner.

 

[Major]

AKhtar is no analyst.

He still thinks that had he played he would had won. The guy replacing him took 5.

 

[pakistani pride]

AKhtar is no analyst.

He still thinks that had he played he would had won. The guy replacing him took 5.

He (shoaib akhtar) believes the game was gone after the first 10 overs. So basically before wahab came on to bowl.

Acorrding the man himself he would have blown away the indian top order with the NEW ball.

 

[Major]

He (shoaib akhtar) believes the game was gone after the first 10 overs. So basically before wahab came on to bowl.

Acorrding the man himself he would have blown away the indian top order with the NEW ball.

New Zealand destroyed him. He might use the excuse of the drop catch, but if he was that good he should had create another chance.

I always hated the guy. JUst a hypocrite. Today he talks about respect and Pakistan's izzat, where was this izzat when as a national player he was doing drugs and had a pathetic behavior.

The guy even ended up having genital warts

Ask anyone in Pindi, and the only thing he is known around is for his drug abuse.

 

[SarfiBabarHaris]

Poor analyst like almost all of our ex-cricketers/greats.

 

[topspin]

AKhtar is no analyst.

He still thinks that had he played he would had won. The guy replacing him took 5.

And you think Azhar Ali is a limited overs specialist

If Akhtar is no analyst, what does that make you then?

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Amir will be in WC squad

 

[gazza619]

Amir will be in WC squad

And that is the sad reality. We have a different benchmark for Amir. He can do nothing for 20 games and he will still get picked

 

[moghul]

Is there even a question mark over Amir's selection!!!!!!!! I mean, what are alternatives - JK, Shinwari, Raees?

Shoaib's replacement for 2011 SF actually was instrumental in pulling the game for PAK. Ideally, they should have dropped Gul for Wahab, but in any case you don't win a WC SF dropping 4 dollies and giving MoM 3 lives. I do think PAK would have failed to chase 260 against MSD 9 times out of 10, and Shoaib won't have restricted IND below that after such catching; but even without him, proper catching could have made that target 225 - that's 9 times out of 10 was achievable.

Interestingly he likes CR, which probably makes sense - a fast bowler going for the faster forward and a shiner.

Whatever chance we had in 2011 SF, Misbah killed it, with his tuk tuk when run rate kept climbing

 

[SensiblePakFan]

Pretty sensible considering its akhtar

 

[giri26]

How old was akhtar in 1992?

Same question I had. Imran was nowhere near the team when he made his debut in 1997. Not sure what he is talking about. He would have been 17 years old during Pakistan's world cup winning campaign in 1992.

 

[Mamoon]

Anyone who thinks Ronaldo is better than Messi cannot be taken seriously.

 

[Sher Khan]

Anyone who thinks Ronaldo is better than Messi cannot be taken seriously.

Ronaldo is several levels ahead of Messi as a player.

 

[MMHS]

Whatever chance we had in 2011 SF, Misbah killed it, with his tuk tuk when run rate kept climbing

That game was lost by MoHa, not Misbah if you take 260 as granted - Misbah just made sure that the final outcome is respectable.

Big matches are not won by larke lenge estyle - it's won by tactics, by planning, by resilience and by cashing on opportunities that come along. Chasing 260, PAK was 70-0 in like 12 overs, with 2 set batsmen in and the asking below 5, for a remaining target less than 200, on a lighting fast out field and heavy dew expected - then Kamran gets out ...... it was elementary that the other set batsman would stick around and keep scorecard moving; if required, allow asking to reach up to around 6.50 - once you are less than 50% with 8-9 wickets at hand (say 127-2 after 29 overs, still 134 to win in 21 overs at 6.33, against a wet ball..... What MoHa did - invented a way to get out scooping Munaf Patel of all people very next over!!!!! After that, what happened was quite predictable and expected - two new batsmen in middle and MSD tightened the screw; it was catch 22 situation for Asad & YK - can't rotate strike as MSD has put 6 men in and his bowlers have taken pace out of the ball on a slow surface; can't go after as couple more wickets, the game is over inside 20 overs.

Trust me, I have seen PAK cricket into 4th decades now - if Imran was in charge, 30 March 2011 would have been last day of MoHa's ODI career.

 

[The_Odd_One]

Messi over Ronaldo and Kohli over Tendulkar

 

[shahidbhai]

That game was lost by MoHa, not Misbah if you take 260 as granted - Misbah just made sure that the final outcome is respectable.

Big matches are not won by larke lenge estyle - it's won by tactics, by planning, by resilience and by cashing on opportunities that come along. Chasing 260, PAK was 70-0 in like 12 overs, with 2 set batsmen in and the asking below 5, for a remaining target less than 200, on a lighting fast out field and heavy dew expected - then Kamran gets out ...... it was elementary that the other set batsman would stick around and keep scorecard moving; if required, allow asking to reach up to around 6.50 - once you are less than 50% with 8-9 wickets at hand (say 127-2 after 29 overs, still 134 to win in 21 overs at 6.33, against a wet ball..... What MoHa did - invented a way to get out scooping Munaf Patel of all people very next over!!!!! After that, what happened was quite predictable and expected - two new batsmen in middle and MSD tightened the screw; it was catch 22 situation for Asad & YK - can't rotate strike as MSD has put 6 men in and his bowlers have taken pace out of the ball on a slow surface; can't go after as couple more wickets, the game is over inside 20 overs.

Trust me, I have seen PAK cricket into 4th decades now - if Imran was in charge, 30 March 2011 would have been last day of MoHa's ODI career.

I do agree Hafeez played an irresponsible shot and got out, but that doesnt mean when Misbah comes in you just accept defeat, its the WORLD CUP SEMI FINALS versus INDIA for god sake! In the end it doesnt matter by how many runs you lose by, a loss in the semi finals of the world cup means you pack up and try again 4 years later. The way our team was in that world cup, it was ours for the taking! there was no stopping us. All Misbah had to do was just play at 4/5 an over, but he just stood there, literally with the calmest look on his face, fixing his helmet after every forward defence. its like watching someone drown, and you are just standing there watching it happen! it was painful to watch! its like cmon man! do something!! you are a freaking batsman! play! play to win! play for the country! dont just accept defeat, which is what he did, he's a selfish man, he knew he was technically better than some of the other batsmen so he would just make his runs with a SR of 70 and be set for the next year as he was the "top scorer" . In contrast Afridi in the Asia cup 2014, where he was the last man playing with Ajmal and Junaid, something like 40 needed off 25 and he comes in trying to win.

Misbah did lose us that Semi Final, no doubt about it! also considering the fact that he was one of the poeple that dropped Tendulkar.

 

[MMHS]

I do agree Hafeez played an irresponsible shot and got out, but that doesnt mean when Misbah comes in you just accept defeat, its the WORLD CUP SEMI FINALS versus INDIA for god sake! In the end it doesnt matter by how many runs you lose by, a loss in the semi finals of the world cup means you pack up and try again 4 years later. The way our team was in that world cup, it was ours for the taking! there was no stopping us. All Misbah had to do was just play at 4/5 an over, but he just stood there, literally with the calmest look on his face, fixing his helmet after every forward defence. its like watching someone drown, and you are just standing there watching it happen! it was painful to watch! its like cmon man! do something!! you are a freaking batsman! play! play to win! play for the country! dont just accept defeat, which is what he did, he's a selfish man, he knew he was technically better than some of the other batsmen so he would just make his runs with a SR of 70 and be set for the next year as he was the "top scorer" . In contrast Afridi in the Asia cup 2014, where he was the last man playing with Ajmal and Junaid, something like 40 needed off 25 and he comes in trying to win.

Misbah did lose us that Semi Final, no doubt about it! also considering the fact that he was one of the poeple that dropped Tendulkar.

I think, SRT was dropped by YK, Umar & a 3rd guy I forgot (might be Misbah).

My point wasn't that Misbah played to reduce margin in a KO, rather that was his limit - had he tried to play faster, that defeat margin would have been bigger. On that Mohali ground, PAK probably will get IND below 260 once in every 5 times, and bowlers did that job pulling from potential 325 threat. Hafeez should have summed up the chase as the opener and he batted against new ball, should have tried to stay to prolong the game - if it was an unplayable ball, fair enough, but that was absolute rubbish shot - even if successful, hardly he would have got a single to 3rd man.

 

[shahidbhai]

I think, SRT was dropped by YK, Umar & a 3rd guy I forgot (might be Misbah).

My point wasn't that Misbah played to reduce margin in a KO, rather that was his limit - had he tried to play faster, that defeat margin would have been bigger. On that Mohali ground, PAK probably will get IND below 260 once in every 5 times, and bowlers did that job pulling from potential 325 threat. Hafeez should have summed up the chase as the opener and he batted against new ball, should have tried to stay to prolong the game - if it was an unplayable ball, fair enough, but that was absolute rubbish shot - even if successful, hardly he would have got a single to 3rd man.

Again! I agree ideally Hafeez should not have played that shot, but it happened, now just because your top order doesnt deliver does not mean you give up all together, 260 on that wicket was very very achievable given the start, there have been many interviews with Pakistani players after that game and one I remember from Afridi saying that it was a beautiful wicket to bat on, and 260 was very attainable. All the wickets that I remember from that game were due to bad shots, K Akmal's aerial shot to backward point, Hafeez's horrible shot, U Akmal gets out for some reason when there was no conclusive evidence, Afridi on a full toss, etc... So the wicket was fine to bat on. It was Misbah's fault, he batted loooooong enough to be set and get his eye in, but he kept on waiting and waiting and waiting, till he made it nearly impossible for himself, and nobody was asking him to start playing at 8 or 9 an over, but we would literally play every ball with a forward defence, I mean every ball, you cannot tell me he didnt have the capability to rotate strike or place it in the gap for a few singles in an over. It was the biggest miscalculation on his end, but as a fan all I could see was of a man who had accepted defeat, and you have no business wearing the Pakistani Star with that kind of attitude in the that kind of a match!

 

[DRsohail]

That game was lost by MoHa, not Misbah if you take 260 as granted - Misbah just made sure that the final outcome is respectable.

Big matches are not won by larke lenge estyle - it's won by tactics, by planning, by resilience and by cashing on opportunities that come along. Chasing 260, PAK was 70-0 in like 12 overs, with 2 set batsmen in and the asking below 5, for a remaining target less than 200, on a lighting fast out field and heavy dew expected - then Kamran gets out ...... it was elementary that the other set batsman would stick around and keep scorecard moving; if required, allow asking to reach up to around 6.50 - once you are less than 50% with 8-9 wickets at hand (say 127-2 after 29 overs, still 134 to win in 21 overs at 6.33, against a wet ball..... What MoHa did - invented a way to get out scooping Munaf Patel of all people very next over!!!!! After that, what happened was quite predictable and expected - two new batsmen in middle and MSD tightened the screw; it was catch 22 situation for Asad & YK - can't rotate strike as MSD has put 6 men in and his bowlers have taken pace out of the ball on a slow surface; can't go after as couple more wickets, the game is over inside 20 overs.

Trust me, I have seen PAK cricket into 4th decades now - if Imran was in charge, 30 March 2011 would have been last day of MoHa's ODI career.

yOU ALMOST ALWAYS SPEAK MY HEART AS FAR AS hAFEEZ IS CONCERNED,sUCH A CRAP CRICKTER.....aCTUALLY IMRAN KHAN IN POST MATCH ANALYSIS WAS SO MUCH ANNOYED AND SAID WHAT WAS THAT SHOT THAT HAFEEZ PLAYED??/ WE PEOPLE NEVER RETROSPECT THINGS.

 

[shahidbhai]

yOU ALMOST ALWAYS SPEAK MY HEART AS FAR AS hAFEEZ IS CONCERNED,sUCH A CRAP CRICKTER.....aCTUALLY IMRAN KHAN IN POST MATCH ANALYSIS WAS SO MUCH ANNOYED AND SAID WHAT WAS THAT SHOT THAT HAFEEZ PLAYED??/ WE PEOPLE NEVER RETROSPECT THINGS.

Hafeez is crap!? HAHAHAHAHAH tu jaake khelle hahaha

 

[DRsohail]

Hafeez is crap!? HAHAHAHAHAH tu jaake khelle hahaha

Yes he is, just guve me kne example where qith experince of 18 years he has won a match from teicky situation,, in 2011 Hafiz was the main culprit of our defeat, opners ince settled has to score big and that silly shot ahould nevwr be forgiven.