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Should Malik be in the plans for the 2019 WC?

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miandadrules said:
Despite all the excuses Malik fans make about about his victimisation, very few Pakistani cricketers have been given the preferential treatment that Malik has.

He was a number 11 spinner when he started and was played in dead matches here and there to gain confidence. Then when the team played on flat surfaces he was given chances to bat higher up the order.

Then when given the captaincy he was given 10 homes matches against Bangladesh and Zimbabwe.

Now, on his return he is given a run against Bangladesh, Zimbabwe and transitional Sri Lankan side all on nice benign surfaces.

However, each time these honeymoon periods have ended the house of cards that Malik built comes crashing down when the winds of reality hit. Yet, his fans will continue to harp on about those initial starts.
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This is factually correct, I admit.
 
Played 4 games so far.

100 in first game. Not out in second game. Run out in third game. Not out in fourth game.

#genius
 
miandadrules said:
Where is the paranoia?

He has been given successive periods of easy runs, yet when the going got tough he has folded.
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If I remember correctly, those games against Bangladesh and Zimbabwe happened because Australia had cancelled a tour to Pakistan and there was no other team available. Doubt the PCB would give such preferance to Malik, who is infact not a popular figure in their circle. The guy has had a list of run-ins with the organization: Throwing a match deliberately for Sialkot, Oath brigade saga, repeated subtle digs at the management in press conferences/post-match ceremonies and the infamous report after the disastrous 09 Aussie tour where his name was repeatedly mentioned as a trouble-maker.

He has been dropped on quite a few occasions after a few failures aswell. PCB has little love for Malik I feel and its basically on the back of his beastly domestic performances that Malik finds a way into the team always.
 
Madplayer said:
If i remember correctly he himself opted out of the world cup. He is a very very smart guy. He knew pakistan would crash out of world cup and people would be calling for heads. Yk wasn't smart enough to realize that but malik was. He prolonged his career by opting out.
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Younis was desperate because he knew it was his last World Cup. Malik has 3-4 years in him and is targeting the next World Cup.
 
Madplayer said:
If i remember correctly he himself opted out of the world cup. He is a very very smart guy. He knew pakistan would crash out of world cup and people would be calling for heads. Yk wasn't smart enough to realize that but malik was. He prolonged his career by opting out.
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So he chickened out, what a shameful player.
 
For all those wandering what the remaining four matches were;

1. 1987 WC semi-final Vs Australia, 104 no

2. 1996 WC WQ Vs India, 86, poor umpiring decision

3. 1999 WC Final 189no Vs Australia

4. 2003 WC 120 Vs Australia
 
Mamoon said:
Younis was desperate because he knew it was his last World Cup. Malik has 3-4 years in him and is targeting the next World Cup.
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True. Yk had to choose between playing his last world cup or playing ODIs for another 1-2 years.
 
miandadrules said:
For all those wandering what the remaining four matches were;

1. 1987 WC semi-final Vs Australia, 104 no

2. 1996 WC WQ Vs India, 86, poor umpiring decision

3. 1999 WC Final 189no Vs Australia

4. 2003 WC 120 Vs Australia
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:))) :)))

Don was playing in 1987, still is as young as Afridi. :afridi
 
Hafeez has done a lot better over this period, rather over a much longer period starting in 2014.

He's a beast with the ball, and also 2x as useful in batting than Malik.

It's another story that both can't play quality swing or seam movement, still it's better to have someone who scores fast and scores daddy hundreds. Hafeez is that guy.
 
MenInG said:
He doesn't chose the opposition!
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You do when you refuse to play a world cup because you "aren't enjoying playing cricket for Pakistan" only to lobby for your own selection straight after.. With three easy series coming up

#pickmalik
#bleedgreen
#opportunistzindabad
 
wasimjunior said:
You do when you refuse to play a world cup because you "aren't enjoying playing cricket for Pakistan" only to lobby for your own selection straight after.. With three easy series coming up

#pickmalik
#bleedgreen
#opportunistzindabad
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He didn't play the Bangladesh series :)) How mis-informed can u get. #clueless
 
wasimjunior said:
You do when you refuse to play a world cup because you "aren't enjoying playing cricket for Pakistan" only to lobby for your own selection straight after.. With three easy series coming up

#pickmalik
#bleedgreen
#opportunistzindabad
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Have to agree with this.

BD trying to dodge the real point of your post because he knows it's embarrassing. :maqsood
 
wasimjunior said:
You do when you refuse to play a world cup because you "aren't enjoying playing cricket for Pakistan" only to lobby for your own selection straight after.. With three easy series coming up

#pickmalik
#bleedgreen
#opportunistzindabad
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Not exactly rooting for BD's hype here, but wasn't Malik called up to the preliminary squad, therefore he came and played the Pentangular (left the BBL) and then he was told he won't be picked, so he left the Pentangular to join the BBL? Don't see how that = refusing to play the WC. If anything, he wanted to be picked. Or am I missing part of the story?
 
Abdullah719 said:
If anything, he wanted to be picked. Or am I missing part of the story?
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He openly said 'he's not enjoying playing for Pakistan' and wasn't interested in playing the WC.

The genius knows he's a bunny against any sort of good bowling and would be badly exposed at the World Cup, so chickened out. Now getting a free ride to bash minnow level attacks on flat decks.

To his credit, he wasn't able to score against the minnows either but now has put some runs on the board. This is going to cost Pakistan in the long run though, we already have Hafeez who is a rich man's Malik but still vulnerable against quality bowling.

An improved Malik (Hafeez) and the real Malik are still bad for Pak's chances at any ICC tournament if playing together. We can only afford one, and the better version should be there.
 
I think you are mixing 2-3 interviews to mix up what he said. He once stated that he was not enjoying playing for Pakistan.
Another time he stated that the selectors should decide on the squad for the world cup a year before and stick with it.

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Madplayer said:
If i remember correctly he himself opted out of the world cup. He is a very very smart guy. He knew pakistan would crash out of world cup and people would be calling for heads. Yk wasn't smart enough to realize that but malik was. He prolonged his career by opting out.
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also hopes returns with captaincy too
 
let him play against quality bowling and under pressure situation the real malik will be seen
 
Good knock by Malik - slowly he is getting back into form and regaining his confidence that had back in 2004-2009
 
MRSN said:
do you still have doubt?
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in sha Allah
malik will be tha mainstay for next 5 years
was listening to jayasuriya other day on ptv sports and he said malik has tremendous talent which he hasnt fulfilled yet so i hope he does that in next 5 yrs
First i want his batting avg to go up from 33 to atleast 35-36
 
[MENTION=56866]Bullet Drive[/MENTION] [MENTION=40952]Batman[/MENTION]

Whether it was orchestrated or not, how many other cricketers in our history have been given so many easy runs in so many facets over so many years?

It's well known that political interference has resulted in Malik being recalled time and time again.

1. The fact that he was continually recalled despite failing for 5 years.

2. He was selected despite match-fixing.

3. After being handed a one year ban, it was arbitrarily lifted within three months and he was promptly recalled to the side.

The point is that when it is time to step-up he has crumbled, but his fans will cry foul and harp on about his performances against Bangladesh and Zimbabwe.

When has he been thrown in to a testing situation cold? He has always been eased in.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan...ry/208375.html

http://www.pcboard.com.pk/Articles/2/2899.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cric...an/4496887.stm

http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/461263.html
 
IF Malik can return to his 2007-2008 form then he is more than welcomed in his side
 
miandadrules said:
[MENTION=56866]Bullet Drive[/MENTION] [MENTION=40952]Batman[/MENTION]

Whether it was orchestrated or not, how many other cricketers in our history have been given so many easy runs in so many facets over so many years?

It's well known that political interference has resulted in Malik being recalled time and time again.

1. The fact that he was continually recalled despite failing for 5 years.

2. He was selected despite match-fixing.

3. After being handed a one year ban, it was arbitrarily lifted within three months and he was promptly recalled to the side.

The point is that when it is time to step-up he has crumbled, but his fans will cry foul and harp on about his performances against Bangladesh and Zimbabwe.

When has he been thrown in to a testing situation cold? He has always been eased in.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan...ry/208375.html

http://www.pcboard.com.pk/Articles/2/2899.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cric...an/4496887.stm

http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/461263.html
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He hasn't played against Bangla since comeback.
 
Is there any other thread which can surpass this tread.

I must say despite all the controversies Shoaib has a fan club.


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Madplayer said:
If i remember correctly he himself opted out of the world cup. He is a very very smart guy. He knew pakistan would crash out of world cup and people would be calling for heads. Yk wasn't smart enough to realize that but malik was. He prolonged his career by opting out.
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no he didn't
 
wasimjunior said:
You do when you refuse to play a world cup because you "aren't enjoying playing cricket for Pakistan" only to lobby for your own selection straight after.. With three easy series coming up

#pickmalik
#bleedgreen
#opportunistzindabad
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Really? When was the last time pak won a series against SL in SL? Zimbawe series was never planned before and we lost the series against Bangladesh in which he was not selected! Three easy series??Think again!
 
He was horribly misused during the last 5 years. It's good to see him scoring again.

Mian Malik for T20 Captaincy. :D
 
He needs to continue to contribute in this series. Long way to go still
 
An uttrerly rubbish cricketer.any other team would have long dumped him.it is a repeat of another vicious cyle of mediocrity.
 
It's important that Malik performs for Pakistan. Why?

Because he's the only player in the team who knows how to construct a chase, bat in the middle overs, and effectively absorb and release pressure. We need him in the team to perform and mentor all the other batsmen around him.

Look at how well Haris Sohail constructs a chase too, people say he bats like Malik, this is because he's played under Malik's captaincy quite a bit in the domestics, and a bit of Malik has rubbed off onto him.

Malik is a handy person to have around because he knows his cricket and tactics, he could have been a good captain, but sadly his form didn't keep up with his captaincy.

Malik can be a real game changer for Pakistan, not only while he's still around, but in the long term too.
 
Sums up the state of pakistani cricket in ODIs when team is dependant on two world class failures like malik and hafeez to get you runs all the time.
 
hussain123 said:
An uttrerly rubbish cricketer.any other team would have long dumped him.it is a repeat of another vicious cyle of mediocrity.
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Ya so u r saying shobby is rubbish,right? So Umar Akmal should replace him?

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I like Malik as a player and especially as a tactician however his supporters are being farcical in overhyping his performance since his return. He'll be destroyed by any half-decent bowling attack. He just doesn't have it in him to be a world-class middle-order batsmen no matter how good he looks when on song. His offspin is pretty handy though.
 
aukhan said:
He was horribly misused during the last 5 years. It's good to see him scoring again.

Mian Malik for T20 Captaincy. :D
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ya he misused himself,,, he ran after captaincy, create groupings and lost complete control of his game and concentration which did cost him two CWC a major setback for malik i would say...
 
hussain.r97 said:
It's important that Malik performs for Pakistan. Why?

Because he's the only player in the team who knows how to construct a chase, bat in the middle overs, and effectively absorb and release pressure. We need him in the team to perform and mentor all the other batsmen around him.
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Look at how well Haris Sohail constructs a chase too, people say he bats like Malik, this is because he's played under Malik's captaincy quite a bit in the domestics, and a bit of Malik has rubbed off onto him.

Malik is a handy person to have around because he knows his cricket and tactics, he could have been a good captain, but sadly his form didn't keep up with his captaincy.

Malik can be a real game changer for Pakistan, not only while he's still around, but in the long term too.
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exactly......the only player who learned the inzi skills of the past...
 
I wasn't happy with Malik returning once again but this time he has silenced me and many other doubters. However, it will be interesting to see how he does v England in UAE.

So far he looked comfortable, confident and shown defensive and offensive side of his batting - also 10 overs of his bowling is always useful. His experience and brain is a bonus for the youngsters.
 
umer187 said:
Really? When was the last time pak won a series against SL in SL? Zimbawe series was never planned before and we lost the series against Bangladesh in which he was not selected! Three easy series??Think again!
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You surely don't consider chibabha, taskin, prasad and co on dead tracks to be world
Class?

Bangladesh was only a difficult series because they dominated us with the bat and our bowlers are toothless.

You're deluded if you think playing third class bowling on Asian tracks shows any sort of class.
 
wasimjunior said:
You surely don't consider chibabha, taskin, prasad and co on dead tracks to be world
Class?

Bangladesh was only a difficult series because they dominated us with the bat and our bowlers are toothless.

You're deluded if you think playing third class bowling on Asian tracks shows any sort of class.
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He didn't even play the series against Bangladesh where we were dominated by `their batting'! And the tracks where he played were the same tracks where some of your talented batsmen like Ahmed shehzad and Umar Akmal failed. And players with good technique like Asad Shafiq failed too. The bowling was also same for all these batsmen!

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Theo_14 said:
I wasn't happy with Malik returning once again but this time he has silenced me and many other doubters. However, it will be interesting to see how he does v England in UAE.

So far he looked comfortable, confident and shown defensive and offensive side of his batting - also 10 overs of his bowling is always useful. His experience and brain is a bonus for the youngsters.
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At least you are accepting your mistake unlike some of the other pakpassioners.

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dont like malik but cant drop him if hes performing if hafeez is banned drop him for malik
 
I dont buy this formula of playing hafeez and malik at the same time, they both are proven failures in overseas conditions, playing both of them in 2019 world cup in england will be a disaster.
 
wasimjunior said:
You do when you refuse to play a world cup because you "aren't enjoying playing cricket for Pakistan" only to lobby for your own selection straight after.. With three easy series coming up
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Shoaib Malik didn't play the beginner stage of BBL because he was in Pakistan playing domestic one-day format. He also performed well which urged almost most every former cricketers to urge for his selection. In fact, he played in Pakistani domestic and performed so well is also the indication that he desired to play for Pakistan in ODI WC.

Once his domestic stint is finished, came back for BBL for few matches, and performed well in his last match as reminder for PCB who was doing very well in Australia condition, yet he was ignored. Not fault.

Even after disaster ODI world cup, his PR already started 'Malik as captain' campaign massively with the re-tweeted by Waqar Younus failed miserably because Azhar Ali was instead chosen with PCB following the tips of Misbah-ul-Haq who was always been outdated in modern game. Not only that, he was ignored for Bangladesh series, and that was the end of it.

Little did he know that Pakistan team would perform so miserably against minnow team that PCB would be forced to pick experienced players back. He got opportunity and made his opportunity count unlike youngsters who failed miserably against Bangladesh series. If you are not good enough to score against minnow teams, then you are not good at all. That is the basic indicator.

Shoaib Malik was shocked as much as we all are seeing Bangladesh whitewashing Pakistan so comfortably. Again, not his fault.

Most importantly, he was waiting for recall even after ODI World Cup not because he was waiting for Pakistan team to fail, rather Misbah and Afridi were bound to retire sooner or later as we all knew that day would come and ODI WC 2015 would be his last.

Yes, it is true he didn't enjoying playing for Pakistan. If you take the whole context into the account, the reason would become very clear. Those who have no good intention can easily mislead people by dropping the whole context behind.

context:

T20 World Cup 2014 wasn't ideal for Pakistan, and Shoaib Malik didn't perform well either. After the tournament, the interview of Mohammad Hafeez which he blamed on some officials picking Shoaib Malik while those are familiar with the history of Pakistan cricket saw the tournament would attest as how Shoaib Malik was being misused knowing he was stabilizer, yet was downgraded as hitter which wasn't his strong suit, and one time he got opportunity to stabilize when the first three-to-four wickets fell down with barely 12 runs scored during power play, he couldn't handle the pressure making the power play which he got out by attacking, and to stabilize after power play which didn't come to that unfortunately.

After the tournament, it was clear how Shoaib Malik was blamed for the poor T20 World Cup especially by former captain, Hafeez, despite of being misused on purpose and thrown in the deep end in one match. He was dropped immediately. How can anyone enjoy playing for Pakistan when its officials and its former captain were there to make his life miserable?

While he enjoy playing for Barbados Tridents is crystal clear for all of us to see why. He was promoted above, used well, given freedom to play his own ways, and most importantly, he had unconditional backing by the official captain of Barbados Tridents. It is not coincident why he was flourishing over, and that continued to third season and i pray to God, that that continues in the next year and years after years to come, God Willing.
 
Farhansk said:
I dont buy this formula of playing hafeez and malik at the same time, they both are proven failures in overseas conditions, playing both of them in 2019 world cup in england will be a disaster.
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How is Malik proven failure in overseas? Shoaib Malik had been doing well in overseas before 2009, and now found his form back judging by his recent performances in the last two-to-three years citing Natwest Blast, Big Bash League, CPL.

Hafeez was always flat-track bully. The reason he was selected not because of his batting, it is due to his bowling.
 
Hawkeye said:
Hafeez has done a lot better over this period, rather over a much longer period starting in 2014.

(1)He's a beast with the ball, and (2)also 2x as useful in batting than Malik.

It's another story that both can't play quality swing or seam movement, still it's better to have someone who scores fast and scores daddy hundreds. Hafeez is that guy.
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(1) A proven chucker and already recalled for the second time.
(2) A proven choker, flat-track bully, tailender in overseas

In comparable to Shoaib Malik;

* Done well in South Africa before 2009
* Performed well in Natwest T20, Big Bash League, CPL
* Match-winner especially the best Pakistani match-chaser after Inzimam in the history of Pakistan cricket
* A proven match-winner in all the formats; Test, T20 and ODI
* A clean spinner [no longer bowl doosra since it is impossible to bowl doosra with clean action apart from Saqlain Mushtaq]
* A respected clean spinner is accepted in International levels, and International leagues as well.
* A stable player who cannot be recalled for chucking at any time unlike Mohammad Hafeez

In what way of having Mohammad Hafeez is the beneficial for Pakistan team in the long run while during 2009-2015 when he had chance at the absent of Shoaib Malik?
 
Shoaib Malik was a great success overseas before 2009.

He averaged

8.16 in England
3.25 in New Zealand
25 in Australia

And this was his peak.
 
Syed1 said:
Riding his luck playing mediocre bowling line-ups
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Hardly so. Even in CPL, only Shoaib Malik succeeded whereas Misbah, Umar Akmal, Hafeez have failed miserably.

We had fully competent modern batsman, but stuck with outdated batsmen and 'brainiac' batsmen aka sloggers. :jf
 
Fallen King said:
How is Malik proven failure in overseas? Shoaib Malik had been doing well in overseas before 2009, and now found his form back judging by his recent performances in the last two-to-three years citing Natwest Blast, Big Bash League, CPL.

Hafeez was always flat-track bully. The reason he was selected not because of his batting, it is due to his bowling.
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http://stats.espncricinfo.com/stats...rderby=default;template=results;type=allround

These are Malik's stats in Australia,England,South Africa and West Indies, If performing in different leagues warrants a player back in the national side then Sohail Tanvir should be the first one to make it .

Agree with you on Hafeez's role and I personally feel he should be more important to us than malik.
 
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Fallen King said:
Shoaib Malik didn't play the beginner stage of BBL because he was in Pakistan playing domestic one-day format. He also performed well which urged almost most every former cricketers to urge for his selection. In fact, he played in Pakistani domestic and performed so well is also the indication that he desired to play for Pakistan in ODI WC.

Once his domestic stint is finished, came back for BBL for few matches, and performed well in his last match as reminder for PCB who was doing very well in Australia condition, yet he was ignored. Not fault.

Even after disaster ODI world cup, his PR already started 'Malik as captain' campaign massively with the re-tweeted by Waqar Younus failed miserably because Azhar Ali was instead chosen with PCB following the tips of Misbah-ul-Haq who was always been outdated in modern game. Not only that, he was ignored for Bangladesh series, and that was the end of it.

Little did he know that Pakistan team would perform so miserably against minnow team that PCB would be forced to pick experienced players back. He got opportunity and made his opportunity count unlike youngsters who failed miserably against Bangladesh series. If you are not good enough to score against minnow teams, then you are not good at all. That is the basic indicator.

Shoaib Malik was shocked as much as we all are seeing Bangladesh whitewashing Pakistan so comfortably. Again, not his fault.

Most importantly, he was waiting for recall even after ODI World Cup not because he was waiting for Pakistan team to fail, rather Misbah and Afridi were bound to retire sooner or later as we all knew that day would come and ODI WC 2015 would be his last.

Yes, it is true he didn't enjoying playing for Pakistan. If you take the whole context into the account, the reason would become very clear. Those who have no good intention can easily mislead people by dropping the whole context behind.

context:

T20 World Cup 2014 wasn't ideal for Pakistan, and Shoaib Malik didn't perform well either. After the tournament, the interview of Mohammad Hafeez which he blamed on some officials picking Shoaib Malik while those are familiar with the history of Pakistan cricket saw the tournament would attest as how Shoaib Malik was being misused knowing he was stabilizer, yet was downgraded as hitter which wasn't his strong suit, and one time he got opportunity to stabilize when the first three-to-four wickets fell down with barely 12 runs scored during power play, he couldn't handle the pressure making the power play which he got out by attacking, and to stabilize after power play which didn't come to that unfortunately.

After the tournament, it was clear how Shoaib Malik was blamed for the poor T20 World Cup especially by former captain, Hafeez, despite of being misused on purpose and thrown in the deep end in one match. He was dropped immediately. How can anyone enjoy playing for Pakistan when its officials and its former captain were there to make his life miserable?

While he enjoy playing for Barbados Tridents is crystal clear for all of us to see why. He was promoted above, used well, given freedom to play his own ways, and most importantly, he had unconditional backing by the official captain of Barbados Tridents. It is not coincident why he was flourishing over, and that continued to third season and i pray to God, that that continues in the next year and years after years to come, God Willing.
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Your each point is like a punch of Tyson to Malik haters. Well done.
 
Hawkeye said:
He openly said 'he's not enjoying playing for Pakistan' and wasn't interested in playing the WC.

The genius knows he's a bunny against any sort of good bowling and would be badly exposed at the World Cup, so chickened out. Now getting a free ride to bash minnow level attacks on flat decks.

To his credit, he wasn't able to score against the minnows either but now has put some runs on the board. This is going to cost Pakistan in the long run though, we already have Hafeez who is a rich man's Malik but still vulnerable against quality bowling.

An improved Malik (Hafeez) and the real Malik are still bad for Pak's chances at any ICC tournament if playing together. We can only afford one, and the better version should be there.
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if so then why he participate in BBL every year??? Australians are very smart they dnt waste their money on useless players
 
junaid.ahmed said:
if so then why he participate in BBL every year??? Australians are very smart they dnt waste their money on useless players
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there is huge Different Between Domestic Player and International Player , all we know Shoaib malik is excellent domestic player

Azhar Mahmood is playing all leagues , so on the basis of playing leagues cricket , Azhar mahmood should be captain and yasir arfat his vice captain
 
Lets see how he does playing South Africa in a Champions Trophy game in England. My guess is he will crash and burn like last time.

He is a minnow basher like Hafeez, as soon as there is quality opposition they crumble. Borderline club cricketers.
 
iiqbal said:
there is huge Different Between Domestic Player and International Player , all we know Shoaib malik is excellent domestic player

Azhar Mahmood is playing all leagues , so on the basis of playing leagues cricket , Azhar mahmood should be captain and yasir arfat his vice captain
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no wrong understanding

its about conditions, wickets & even domestic players of CA are better than our nowadays international players,

for azhar mehmood,I think he debut in wrong era where we have had all rounders like Razzaq, akram & afridi & late malik

for yasir arafat, he is the best example of pcb's nepotism otherwise he would easily have played 225 odis with Pakistan till date
 
wasimjunior said:
You surely don't consider chibabha, taskin, prasad and co on dead tracks to be world
Class?

Bangladesh was only a difficult series because they dominated us with the bat and our bowlers are toothless.

You're deluded if you think playing third class bowling on Asian tracks shows any sort of class.
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When he scored runs against zimbawe so u guys were saying that he will fail against Srilanka but now that he is scoring against Srilanka MA so u are saying that Srilanka is not a good bowling side!

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Shoiab once again calmly building an innings and supporting his captain at the other end. Then when the time comes he will accelerate and take Pakistan to a good total.
 
Malik has come in and single handedly changed the whole complexion of the game.

Please guys I'm not hating but please tell me seriously would Misbah play like this in the same situation Malik walked in?

That's why averages are so deceiving. Misbah averages 43. Malik 33. But Malik clearly is the WAY WAY better ODI batsman.

Back to back 50's for the champion.

Once again I hope [MENTION=1080]miandadrules[/MENTION] [MENTION=134250]wasimjunior[/MENTION] are okay. I am really concerned for them now.

#winner
 
Why do we always need to have point scoring and I told you sos after every individual performance ?

Fair play to Malik, what's really helped is that he's one of the few guys in Pakistan who've played in the various domestic T20 competitions and is one of the few "modern" ODI batsmen we have.
 
Will be badly exposed against quality bowling specially if it's swinging or seaming.

A touch of it today, the way he got clean bowled by Mathews. Totally clueless.
 
Hawkeye said:
Will be badly exposed against quality bowling specially if it's swinging or seaming.

A touch of it today, the way he got clean bowled by Mathews. Totally clueless.
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Well how many people's are good against quality seamers
 
He batted amazing today! I really hope he can make this comeback count:D
 
Hawkeye said:
Will be badly exposed against quality bowling specially if it's swinging or seaming.

A touch of it today, the way he got clean bowled by Mathews. Totally clueless.
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How many Pakistani batsmen are good against quality bowling? He is preforming right now and picked on merit.
 
Give the ball to Shoaib Malik now. He was a decent bowler a few years back
 
Even one of the best batsman right now in the world struggles against quality swing and seam bowling, his same is Virat Kohli(England tour). None of our youngster is even close to him, who should be picked that will preform in bowling favourable condition. I don't think there is anyone.


The hate against Malik is unwarranted.
 
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