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Should Khurram Manzoor be given an extended run in LOIs?

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Yes we lost the game to India. But there were positives.

Is it just me or did Manzoor actually look good out there? He pulled a four 2nd ball and then caressed another through the offside gracefully for 4. He looked like he was going to dictate terms but unfortunately he got distracted and got run out :facepalm: I'd go as far as to say he looked more comfortable out there compared to our other batsmen.

I'm not saying he is Inzi or whatever, but he has earned the right for a long rope in limited overs cricket. Smashing boundaries on a green pitch like that with vicious swing is brave, and let's not forget that this was the guy who tamed a vicious Steyn with a classy 147. So he can play swing.

He may fail, but there is a chance he could make the #3 slot his own.

He has my backing.

EDIT: change title to "... given a long rope in LOIs" please, ODI is his main format and it's unfair to not get a chance there.
 
Let him play all matches in Asia cup. We dont have any great/good bats on bench anyway
 
Looked like a tailender but lets give him the asia cup before completely discarding him for good.
 
Everyone should get a fair run once selected so he can't cry of not being given enough chances.
 
In a way yes, Khurram is drowning in a deep pit of awfulness, he needs to big rope to be pulled out, maybe even a submarine. Perhaps the stuff they are using to try to locate MH 380
 
Should Khurram Manzoor be given an extended run in T20Is?

For the sake of giving him chances yess...otherwise he looked like a rabbit stuck between wolves out there.

If we need to get a hack out there get someone like Mukhtar or Noman who can smack a few some day.

Khurram is nothing but embarrassment not even best cricketer in his family.


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He looked truly surprised to see the green pitch. That awkwardness was his way of dealing with the swing and bounce except for that failed scoop shot which he thought he should play as its a T20. An inch here or there and he was out LBW 3 or 4 times. Awful player
 
guys don't take it seriously.Suleiman is just having a bad time it seems.
 
One of the batsman in that match but should be given a fair chance before discarding him but seriously he was really bad the other day.
 
dhump said:
For the sake of giving him chances yess...otherwise he looked like a rabbit stuck between wolves out there.

If we need to get a hack out there get someone like Mukhtar or Noman who can smack a few some day.

Khurram is nothing but embarrassment not even best cricketer in his family.


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How do you know? :O
 
When you've got Iftikhar as the only one sitting on the bench to replace Manzoor then you may aswell give him all the matches in the Asia Cup to see how he does before either replacing him or taking him to the WT20.
 
yes. I dislike everything about him, but now that he is here, he should be given a couple of more chances.
 
Yes it is just you who thinks he looked good out there. Looked like an absolute tail ender.

But should be given all the matches of asia cup to see how he does. When you have stepped in the mud already, might as well walk a few steps and get to the other side.
 
Don't know if we saw the same match but from what I saw, manzoor had his dancing shoes on.
 
dhump said:
For the sake of giving him chances yess...otherwise he looked like a rabbit stuck between wolves out there.

If we need to get a hack out there get someone like Mukhtar or Noman who can smack a few some day.

Khurram is nothing but embarrassment not even best cricketer in his family.


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Mukhtar hack ? No

Old Nauman Yes above all.

New Nauman No, Not at all unless he revives old Nauman with old stance, old technique, old straighter bat, old touch and old performances. Unless than Nooooooo.


Khurram should be given 1 or 2 more games. I doubt he won't score atleast against Srilanka & UAE. If he still fails which is quite unlikely than we can select a fit again Babar Azam (if fully fit) or Fakhar Zaman.
 
Suleiman said:
Yes we lost the game to India. But there were positives.

Is it just me or did Manzoor actually look good out there? He pulled a four 2nd ball and then caressed another through the offside gracefully for 4. He looked like he was going to dictate terms but unfortunately he got distracted and got run out :facepalm: I'd go as far as to say he looked more comfortable out there compared to our other batsmen.

I'm not saying he is Inzi or whatever, but he has earned the right for a long rope in limited overs cricket. Smashing boundaries on a green pitch like that with vicious swing is brave, and let's not forget that this was the guy who tamed a vicious Steyn with a classy 147. So he can play swing.

He may fail, but there is a chance he could make the #3 slot his own.

He has my backing.

EDIT: change title to "... given a long rope in LOIs" please, ODI is his main format and it's unfair to not get a chance there.
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# Kya Samjhay ?
 
Can we now get rid of this rubbish player along side other 12-13.


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If afridi can get 400 matches to prove himself then he can get atleast 10 games...
 
Deewana Mastana said:
When you've got Iftikhar as the only one sitting on the bench to replace Manzoor then you may aswell give him all the matches in the Asia Cup to see how he does before either replacing him or taking him to the WT20.
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Neither of them had any business in the squad. If you are going to dump a player like Shehzad then it should be for someone who at least has a sound technique.
 
The entire selection committee must be sacked for this farcical selection.

Gifted his wicket away putting us under needless pressure.
 
aukhan said:
Pathetic display from him. Shehzad will be back now.
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I'm not even sure why Shehzad was dumped. He was one of the better Pakistani batsmen in the PSL. Not that he's much good either, but by our standards he's a superstar.
 
Should never play for pakistan again! i hope which ever morons got him into the sqaud in 1st place through the selectors are happy with their joke selection.
 
His cut shots to fullish balls outside off are so embarrassing, they're only worthy of an international tailender.
 
aukhan said:
Pathetic display from him. Shehzad will be back now.
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As I have mentioned before, selecting and playing Khurram is a ploy to bring his mate back.

Khurram was/is bound to fail which will make Shehzad look like a better alternative despite his mediocrity. A grand plan!

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Amjid Javed said:
Should never play for pakistan again! i hope which ever morons got him into the sqaud in 1st place through the selectors are happy with their joke selection.
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Karachi quota. It's an issue since this selection panel got appointed. There are always a few useless players to satisfy other cricket associations. Iftikhar is another example.
 
Ridiculous batting style. Should be given the rest of matches in asia cup though.
 
Totally agree with [MENTION=136729]Suleiman[/MENTION].

Of course the majority of the armchair experts on here will say otherwise. :hafeez
 
Yanna_Rascala said:
Not surprising you want all lalloo punjoo players in Pakistan team so they have the best chance to lose :)
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I have no liking for him, but I don't see the purpose of selecting a player out of the blue and then dumping him after 2-3 matches.
 
saeedhk said:
As I have mentioned before, selecting and playing Khurram is a ploy to bring his mate back.

Khurram was/is bound to fail which will make Shehzad look like a better alternative despite his mediocrity. A grand plan!

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this means Afridi is very smart
 
Mamoon said:
I have no liking for him, but I don't see the purpose of selecting a player out of the blue and then dumping him after 2-3 matches.
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He shouldn't have been selected in the first place. There's a world cup round the corner, now isn't the time to experiment.
 
Should be put on the next plane going from Mirpur to Karachi
 
What were the selectors thinking ... I think they should get drug tested for picking him :P

Imad Wasim and Anwar Ali are better T20 batsmen than him.
 
Get Shehzad back instead of this hack, it's the reason Afridi picked this guy to make Shezzy boi look like Jayasuriya. :)))
 
Select batsman like him fawad, rafat, awais, mukhtar, etc and name them invincibles
 
Unlucky today. Tbh this is what happens when you open with Hafeez. He is already mentally weak and his timid body language and style of play early on discourages his partners.

But 2 matches is not enough, he needs a full set of 6 or 7 games to prove a point.
 
Didn't see the game today, how did my mate Manzoor get on ? Is he still on course for man of series award?
 
161 said:
What were the selectors thinking ... I think they should get drug tested for picking him :P

Imad Wasim and Anwar Ali are better T20 batsmen than him.
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He was among the top scorers of Pakistan's domestic T20 - so he got a call up.

Since the top 3 have totally failed - Khalid Latif may get a chance. Isn't he in the squad for Asia Cup?
 
This pitch is like an English wicket. No hacks will survive here.

Shafiq and Younis would go well with SR of 68.
 
Well it's not just that he has failed in two matches but the way he has struggled at the crease, and his technique is awful like any Pak batsman. Head falls across too much when he plays an inswinging delivery, lbw candidate for sure.

But will have to give him asia cup at least. Even though players like him can easily cost you a t20 match by eating up too many deliveries. It's one of the reasons why i prefer likes of Sharjeel or Umar Akmal in t20s cause even if they get out they wont waste too many deliveries. You just cant afford that in t20s.
 
Cpt. Rishwat said:
So did Sharjeel yet he got a recall following some good knocks in the PSL.
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Sharjeel if I am not mistaken scored 50 off 25 in his last T20 against sri lanka before he was wrongly dropped from T20 squad based upon his ODI performances !!
 
Mamoon said:
I have no liking for him, but I don't see the purpose of selecting a player out of the blue and then dumping him after 2-3 matches.
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the question is why Khurrum? There were far far better T20 picks available for Pakistani selectors to pick. very difficult to back players that get out the way Khurrum did. At least he should have battled it out there. I wouldn't have cared if he got a good ball and got out but his technique is too terrible to succeed at international level. We don't need a no.3 player like him. Ahmed Shehzad is welcomed with both hands if Khurrum and iftikhar are best we have.
 
It won't get any easier for manzoor. Pakistan are going to get a similar pitch vs Bangladesh
 
cricketInsight said:
He was among the top scorers of Pakistan's domestic T20 - so he got a call up.

Since the top 3 have totally failed - Khalid Latif may get a chance. Isn't he in the squad for Asia Cup?
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Khalid Latif is in the T20WC squad but not Asia Cup squad for logistical reasons apparently.

Majid Khan said:
Didn't see the game today, how did my mate Manzoor get on ? Is he still on course for man of series award?
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Nailed on for an ICC Hall of Fame spot at this rate.
 
All I'm going to say is that it's not his fault that he was selected. Can't blame him, and on principle alone, yes, he does deserve a long rope.
 
He's not an international t20 batsman. I actually would like to see him in ODI's before T20's as its very ungainly to see him hacking away like a tailender trying to get the score moving. Needs to play himself in, in t20's
 
Get the guy on the next plane to Karachi, and replace with Babar Azam pls.
 
Khurram was doing really well in the PUPSL - not sure what's happening here, is he still upset about Malik running him out and denying him a 100 v India ? Lets face it he was just 91 runs away at the time from the landmark.

PUPSL = Parallel Universe PSL
 
There is no point to him playing any international match ever, worst selection ever... Its not like we did not knew selection was bad... What was Haroon Rashid thinking :po:

We need to play Immad or Anwar Ali or whoever is at bench and move on, this guy is embarrassment of highest degree...

For WT20 bring in Shezad or Kamran Akmal, we don't have time for bringing new guy in two weeks... Whatever we have we have to take it... We cannot play with 10 players :facepalm:
 
i think a far more pertinent question is what to do with haroon rashid. its not khurrams fault he was selected, it was haroons.
 
whats he doing in the t20 squad never mind batting at 3?
 
godzilla said:
i think a far more pertinent question is what to do with haroon rashid. its not khurrams fault he was selected, it was haroons.
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well aren't you updated? Haroon saab has already made a statement that players that don't perform will be out including captain.
 
MRSN said:
well aren't you updated? Haroon saab has already made a statement that players that don't perform will be out including captain.
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short on sarcasm, comprehension and intelligence it seems. a hat trick.

the point is, obviously: what the hell did he pick him for in the first place. if your haroon saab is living by that mantra, might as well get the local lassi maker, mali and dhoodhi in the team - if they dont perform, they will be out. its a grossly stupid thing for a selector to say, and only serves to try to take the heat off him for his pathetic performance. isnt it the job of a selector to pick people who are the best in the country at their allocated position, so they dont have to be kicked out for non-performance?

its time he stands up with some dignity, puts his hands up and takes responsibility for his crap decisions and incompetence.
 
godzilla said:
short on sarcasm, comprehension and intelligence it seems. a hat trick.

the point is, obviously: what the hell did he pick him for in the first place. if your haroon saab is living by that mantra, might as well get the local lassi maker, mali and dhoodhi in the team - if they dont perform, they will be out. its a grossly stupid thing for a selector to say, and only serves to try to take the heat off him for his pathetic performance. isnt it the job of a selector to pick people who are the best in the country at their allocated position, so they dont have to be kicked out for non-performance?

its time he stands up with some dignity, puts his hands up and takes responsibility for his crap decisions and incompetence.
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Don't expect anything less out of Haroon. His decisions in selections are the same as his decisions during his playing days. I remember imran khan saying that Pakistan needed 4 off 8 balls, and instead of rotating the strike this guy went for a big hoick and got out, and that was the end of his career.

He's also credited with discovering Afridi.

When you connect the dots it paints the picture of the basic thinking behind his decisions.

Moin Khan was a better selector imo.
 
Batting prodigy said:
played last t20 domestic in way back september 15' !! just checked his profile! cricinfo! :)))
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He was not included in PSL for only PCB knows. But selectors are not the individuals who drafted players for PSL. There was that disconnect that got us in this situation.
 
Cpt. Rishwat said:
So did Sharjeel yet he got a recall following some good knocks in the PSL.
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theres no comparison. sharjeel has had 11 t20is, selfie has had 40 to cement his mediocrity.

if you want a better comparable sample size, in the domestic t20s theyve played, theres about six or seven openers at least with a better record than shehzad it t20s, and sharjeel is one of them. that doesnt make him good, but it likely makes him better and it certainly suggests he deserves as much rope as sehehzad got.
 
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