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Should Azhar Ali be sacked as One-Day captain?

Should Azhar Ali be sacked as One-Day captain?

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The pressure is on Azhar, the team performances haven't been great, his own form has suffered and his captaincy hasn't been proactive.

Do you think his time should be up as Pakistan's One-Day captain?
 
He's too reserved and softly spoken to be a captain. Tries to be like Misbah too much. On top of that what an awful captain. Defensive.

We need someone with more intensity and who reads the game better.
 
I don't care about aggressive/defensive. This guy has no plans, no strategies. You can be defensive and have good plans to restrict the opposition. Azhar just keeps changing the field after every ball.
 
Should he even be in the team? Which modern team has opener with strike rate of 70 in this day and age?
 
Not fit for modern odi cricket at all. Fabulous test player should stick to that format. Yes he should be sacked as captain and as a player .
 
id like him to continue till champions trophy. id also like some players like rizwan, nawaz, umer akmal to be sidelined and introduction of players like haris, shahzeb, yamin in the squad under his tenure.

do not want a classic case of him sacking coinciding with the introduction of better players and then everyone saying it was azhars fault that the team did so badly.
 
Lol who are those who voted for Azhar to continue? You lot are crazy.
 
ahmadharis1 said:
yes, and have sarfraz replace him
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I'm not for one second defending azhar ali but I don't see anything in sarfraz - please don't delude yourself with visions of gilchrist

Sarfraz has been a mediocre to abysmal keeper, poor batsmen apart from the odd fling with the bat - I heard that rizvan has been keeping well??? If rizvan is a better keeper then he should keep otherwise we will have a kami mark 2 in effect!
 
Yes.
Sharjeel
Babar
Sarfaraz
Umar???
....and the cupboard is bare.
Population of 200 million cannot fill a Pak batting line up.
Sorry state of affairs.
 
786warrior said:
I'm not for one second defending azhar ali but I don't see anything in sarfraz - please don't delude yourself with visions of gilchrist

Sarfraz has been a mediocre to abysmal keeper, poor batsmen apart from the odd fling with the bat - I heard that rizvan has been keeping well??? If rizvan is a better keeper then he should keep otherwise we will have a kami mark 2 in effect!
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Stop it please. Sarfraz is by no means a poor keeper, he's a good keeper but he didn't have a good test series against Australia which was a first for him. He's an excellent batsman abd has proven himself under pressure more times than I can remember in ODIs and tests. I don't know what your agenda is.
 
I don't believe wicket keeping standards have dropped so low that Sarfaraz can be considered a good keeper. At best, he is a below average wicket keeper and a good batsman.
 
vandokkum said:
I don't believe wicket keeping standards have dropped so low that Sarfaraz can be considered a good keeper. At best, he is a below average wicket keeper and a good batsman.
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no way is Sarfaraz a poor keeper, Kamran Akmal was a poor keeper, Umar Akmal (when he kept) was a poor keeper

I would say Sarfaraz is pretty average (similar to Moin Khan) - he has some really good months, but has a few bad series' as a keeper too

he is arguably the 2nd best ODI / T20 batsmen, and inarguable the best and most proven leader in the current team
 
coy0607 said:
he is arguably the 2nd best ODI / T20 batsmen, and inarguable the best and most proven leader in the current team
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If he is then is that the best we can offer? Out of 200 million people? Is there not a single 26 year old in the country who has 11% body fat, world class cricketer, intelligent tactical brain and an authoritative voice?

Is that so much to ask for?

We have Azhar Ali who is softly spoken defeated before the 1st ball type of character and Sarfraz plucky chubby sidekick.

What have we become, I am just in shock at the state of our cricket.
 
I like everything about Azhar. Yes he's an average captain but he's not responsible for a rubbish bowling attack and some very ordinary batting by a few in the lineup. He's shown over the years he can learn. I think he will grow into his role. As soon as there is a large enough squad to rotate then we can see.
 
Abid Z said:
I like everything about Azhar. Yes he's an average captain but he's not responsible for a rubbish bowling attack and some very ordinary batting by a few in the lineup. He's shown over the years he can learn. I think he will grow into his role. As soon as there is a large enough squad to rotate then we can see.
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Thank you very much! very sensible post.
I do not know why people think changing the captain would make the difference when your bowler can't get you a wicket or your six batsman can't even score 30 each.

If changing the captain is solution then i am with it. but i do not think this will resolve our issue.
 
pakistanisgreat said:
Thank you very much! very sensible post.
I do not know why people think changing the captain would make the difference when your bowler can't get you a wicket or your six batsman can't even score 30 each.

If changing the captain is solution then i am with it. but i do not think this will resolve our issue.
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I think he could eventually learn but there's a few things wrong with him being captain. He's not naturally talented at it that's plain to see. He has little experience. And worse of all he's trying to learn at the same time as he's trying to remodel his ODI batting. Which is why it was kind of stupid making him captain upon entry when we all knew his strike rate could be a problem.

We have another option in Sarfraz who is an automatic pick in LOI, no question, and who has lots of captaincy experience, who doesn't need to learn it on the job.

Logic just dictates that Sarfraz would have been the more sensible option. Captaincy is a skill just like the other areas of cricket, and it made sense to go to the one who at least has shown a knack for it in domestic/U19, rather than a wild bet on someone who hasn't had much experience and had not even held down his place in ODIs.
 
ads101 said:
I think he could eventually learn but there's a few things wrong with him being captain. He's not naturally talented at it that's plain to see. He has little experience. And worse of all he's trying to learn at the same time as he's trying to remodel his ODI batting. Which is why it was kind of stupid making him captain upon entry when we all knew his strike rate could be a problem.

We have another option in Sarfraz who is an automatic pick in LOI, no question, and who has lots of captaincy experience, who doesn't need to learn it on the job.

Logic just dictates that Sarfraz would have been the more sensible option. Captaincy is a skill just like the other areas of cricket, and it made sense to go to the one who at least has shown a knack for it in domestic/U19, rather than a wild bet on someone who hasn't had much experience and had not even held down his place in ODIs.
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Then why don't we do this. Keep sarfaraz as t20 captain and revisit this question in a few months. Either Azhar would have unequivocally failed as Odi captain and sarfaraz would be fine for automatic selection as Odi captain or Azhar would be able to get a band of players together that can actually deliver on what they are selected to do and start winning.

Our most successful captain of all time looks like a fish out of water in Australia, as does Azhar in Odi's. Maybe we should admit that Team Pakistan is not that great and change of captain is a sideshow.
 
ads101 said:
I think he could eventually learn but there's a few things wrong with him being captain. He's not naturally talented at it that's plain to see. He has little experience. And worse of all he's trying to learn at the same time as he's trying to remodel his ODI batting. Which is why it was kind of stupid making him captain upon entry when we all knew his strike rate could be a problem.

We have another option in Sarfraz who is an automatic pick in LOI, no question, and who has lots of captaincy experience, who doesn't need to learn it on the job.

Logic just dictates that Sarfraz would have been the more sensible option. Captaincy is a skill just like the other areas of cricket, and it made sense to go to the one who at least has shown a knack for it in domestic/U19, rather than a wild bet on someone who hasn't had much experience and had not even held down his place in ODIs.
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It is not about experience, it is about players who can not score runs, bowlers can not take wickets. Fielders can not grab those catches. Captain can't do anything.
Even experience captains with experience players could not win us series in WI, AUS, SA.
Poor Azhar does not have any of it.
BTW i was against Azhar when he became capitain, How could someone be a captain when his place in a team as a player not guaranteed.
 
It's a joke to see that people actually voted no. This guy is the worst captain to ever lead Pakistan and on top of that he doesn't belong in this format. I guess people want us to remain at number 9
 
Definitely. No second thoughts. He will not quit as he is from Misbah clone, sack him as a captain and player. Not fit for modern day cricket.
 
I want these players out

1: Azhar Ali
2: Mohammed Rizwan
3: Mohammed Nawaz
4: Junaid Khan
5: Rahat Ali
6: Umar Akmal
7: Assad Shafiq
 
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Today was the worst captaincy I've seen in my life. Abysmal field set at the death. Even a schoolboy can set better field. Guy above me is spot on. Would rather have no captain. This guy can't beat a good side if you give him an atg ODI 11
 
Change captains because the team can't bowl or catch, yes let's do now
 
Hard to tell whether he will be sacked or not. Its just a rumor. After PSL both Misbah and Azhar will continue as captain because people will forget about these performances. Most likely almost same squad will be retain as well barring Kamran will be back in ODI
 
MenInG said:
Change captains because the team can't bowl or catch, yes let's do now
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Trying to mask this awful captaincy by saying that the fielding has been atrocious isn't right. Yes you are right we've fielded awfully but this is the worst captaincy I've ever seen and to top it all of, the captain doesn't belong in the format
 
captain of the last two matches and the score is 350+.. had we have him captain in the 2nd and 3rd ODI would have been 350+ too..nightmare for pakistan in the form of captain
 
aliasad1998 said:
Trying to mask this awful captaincy by saying that the fielding has been atrocious isn't right. Yes you are right we've fielded awfully but this is the worst captaincy I've ever seen and to top it all of, the captain doesn't belong in the format
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The bowlers need to deliver.

Then Azhar can be blamed as much as you like
 
No.

He should stick around till Champions Trophy and relieved of his duties after that unless we somehow pull a rabibt out of the bag and have a great performance there

The captaincy isn't much but the problems in the team go much deeper than that and won't be fixed in a hurry regardless of who is captain.

A new captain should have the pressure of having one of his first assignments to be a Champions Trophy where we will inevitably suck. That would be setting the new captain up for a failure.

A new captain after the CT will give him a clear direction to work towards and a time to plan.
 
Ive backed him a lot but not anymore

He and his team have been so out of depth its unbelievable
 
Surely, he should stick to test cricket and should not be anywhere near the ODI format. We have to limit him to test cricket someone like Pujara.

Sharjeel needs a more dynamic partner if we are going to reach anywhere in ODI.
 
Forget captaincy, dude shouldn't even play in ODIs. He's a good test batsman but not LOI material.
 
SaadAliG said:
Stop it please. Sarfraz is by no means a poor keeper, he's a good keeper but he didn't have a good test series against Australia which was a first for him. He's an excellent batsman abd has proven himself under pressure more times than I can remember in ODIs and tests. I don't know what your agenda is.
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I second you. The hate and bias against Sarfraz by some posters is unreal. I suppose criticizing and maligning the only guy who performs consistently is a pre requisite for becoming your average Pakistani cricket fan. :salute
 
I still can't wrap my head around the fact that we played 6 batsmen, and 4 bowlers, 1 wicket keeper..

Off the batsmen we had 3 bowling options... (Malik, Hafeez, Azhar).. 7 bowlers in total and we still conceded 369..

There's a limit..

It just goes to show where our bowling is headed, and how incredibly stupid it was to take this sort of decision.. specially when our 7th batsmen is tailender Rizwan
 
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Azhar has probably made this as the last decision as a captain...

If we choose any other captain instead of Sarfaraz, it will be a travesty..

Maybe its Sarfaraz's English speaking that irks the management... but he has to take over..

No one else can do better right now
 
MenInG said:
The bowlers need to deliver.

Then Azhar can be blamed as much as you like
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Doesn't he himself need to deliver too? He has failed miserably as a batsman in 3 games in this tour. In 2016 also, he averaged only 32 with SR below 75.
 
Yes. He is a brilliant test player one of the best in the world but ODI's are simply not his game as either batsman or captain
 
He should be sacked as a batsman in ODI too not only as a captain that will do half the job.
 
Poor choice of captain in 1st place, not worth his place in side on merit. should be given the boot after this series.
 
MenInG said:
The bowlers need to deliver.

Then Azhar can be blamed as much as you like
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Yes bowlers need to deliver I agree. But that doesn't mean the captain should keep wait until the bowler delivers. You under rate how important a captains role is.

I will give u an example from today's match. At one point when Australia going well at 100/0 is the same time when Hasan Ali got hammered in his first 3 overs going 11rpo, he brought in wahab and hafeez. Both kept tight with wahab figures as 4-0-13-0. He removed wahab completely from the attack and made it Hasan-Malik combo when they are still searching for wicket and warner in destructive mode.

A decent captain wouldn't be this stupid. He is atrocious is as simple as that.
 
waleed88 said:
I still can't wrap my head around the fact that we played 6 batsmen, and 4 bowlers, 1 wicket keeper..

Off the batsmen we had 3 bowling options... (Malik, Hafeez, Azhar).. 7 bowlers in total and we still conceded 369..

There's a limit..

It just goes to show where our bowling is headed, and how incredibly stupid it was to take this sort of decision.. specially when our 7th batsmen is tailender Rizwan
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Mostly ur captain cannot adjust to the match situation. He is just like a programmed robot on the field.
 
How can 12 people say No after 20 months of humiliation under Azhar.
 
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SaadAliG said:
Stop it please. Sarfraz is by no means a poor keeper, he's a good keeper but he didn't have a good test series against Australia which was a first for him. He's an excellent batsman abd has proven himself under pressure more times than I can remember in ODIs and tests. I don't know what your agenda is.
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Apologies bro for not replying sooner - just to clarify, my only agenda is to give my opinion and how I see it!

Often I only follow cricket via cricinfo and scores - my assessment/ opinion is only based on what I see/ hear/ read - I don't recall any significant batting contribution from sarfraz during the NZ/ Aus massacre tour??

Again, please correct me and I'm happy to be corrected, but in all my time "following" cricket I can't recall other national keepers having abysmal tours behind the stumps never mind batting - personally I don't give a damn whether he scores a single run BUT he should take every catch/ stumping etc within reason. This "dropsy" affliction seems particularly endemic to Pak keepers/ cricketers????

I have nothing against Safraz or any other Tom, Dick and Harry you select behind the stumps HOWEVER I will object if he performs pathetically.
 
Azhar ALI should continue as captain only if we want to lower our one day ranking further down and be eliminated out of champions trophy
 
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