Should Umar Akmal never be picked for Pakistan again?

[Ronaldo7]

He's too good for domestic cricket but not good enough for international cricket.

He should move to England and play domestic cricket there, at least he'll make a few more bucks

Not really. How r people ignoring his previous seasons' stats? They're mediocre. This type of performance is his first.

 

[Dr_Bassim]

I would even take Khushdil Shah ahead of him simply because with Umar we know what to expect.

Stop single single stop single stop

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4 Out ! Hoicks it to leg side and didnt get the elevation or direction and gives a simple catch !

Commentators : All the talent in the world, yet keeps getting out.

Fans : He looked awesome. Got unlucky ( a gazillionth time).

Me : He is a slogger who cant bat for 40 balls...

Reply ! You are just a hater... look how he hits them in domestics. Do you really want Malik and Hafeez in the side ???

And then they wonder why we dont win....

 

[Abdullah719]

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[waqar goraya]

there is still about 7 weeks left which is more than sufficient to gain some fitness. As far as attitude and indiscipline goes, those things don't win you matches. Matches are won by skills, aggression, dominance and the ability to do something for your country instead of playing for personal milestones.

Currently there aren't very many batsmen in pak's team who can show any of the x factors.

He could not get required fitness standards in 7 months.

At least, one can , as a professional player, aiming for a spot in national team reduce his tummy. This is the least you can do for yourself and your country.
He used to be a very decent fielder and runner between the wickets but now he can't run a quick 2nd or 3rd run and also has the potential to leak around 10 runs in every match.

Yes, he has scored runs in every competition this season but there are more criteria for a national team player.
He just seems a reckless character, who is unable to reign himself or show some discipline.

 

[topspin]

You have to define how much of a Misbah fan I am.

For the time he was captain, he was good, leading Pakistan to number rank in Tests which you seem to have forgotten, he captained the team without any major controversy and he played a brand of cricket which helped Pakistan to get to the pinnacle of Test cricket.

Regarding ODI's, he played with a team which was NEVER good enough at any point to do anything special, and you can ONLY FAULT him for not changing a SET PATTERN and sticking to the same failed formula.

Everyone has his weaknesses, and Misbah had his.

Its glorious of you not to realize the context in which I admire Misbah, and completely ignore that a man can have his weaknesses.

What's even more hypocritical is that while you are unwilling to ignore the weaknesses in Misbah and are NOT a big time fan of him, you are willing to IGNORE THE PLETHORA OF WEAKNESSES in Umar Akmal just because at the back of your mind, he is a dynamic batsmen.

Do I think Misbah should play now? No. Do I think Misbah is an ATG batsmen and captain? NO. Do I think he did well for Pakistan? Considering the circumstances, yes.

Now back to your original topic.

You have given me names of certain alternatives to Umar Akmal, and while none of them are any better than Akmal, that is not to say Umar Akmal in the present condition is any better than them.

I mean he got 5 consecutive opportunities against Australia and at least in 2 of them, he gave clear chances which were dropped (not his fault agreed), while the remaining 3 he did not look anywhere like leading Pakistan home.

His contemporary Rizwan actually made two centuries at a higher strike rate (sure in the 1st match he was quite selfish), but nonetheless in similar situations he made good of his chances by striking 2 out 5 in 5 matches.

Others like Abid Ali and Haris Sohail also made good of their chances.

So why can't Umar Akmal do the same? The argument of him batting too low, batting too high, too much under pressure, RRR is too high, needed to slog at the start, got unlucky, was trying to up the runrate has been abused to such a point that sometimes I even wonder if he himself doesn't blame his green lipstick for his lack of performance.

Now, tell me, out of everything that I have mentioned, why DO you think Umar Akmal will turn over a new leaf, or will perform BETTER than the 5 instances you have seen so far?

What makes you think that?

Apologies for the late reply, I’ve been on holiday in New York.

I’d say you’re a big big Misbah fan, so much so it seems like all the shortcomings from his Mohali knock and his lack of emphasis on team development - that paved way for Pakistan to drop outside the top 8 in the rankings, obviously doesn’t seem to concern you. Misbah and waqar went backwards from a strategic perspective when everyone from SENAI was developing a modern brand of cricket in the 2010s. He’s one of the major reasons why Pakistan lags behind the top 5 sides in ODI cricket. I know scored plenty of half centuries but I don’t remember any of the match winning innings played by him. They were all consolation knocks in my honest opinion because he never had the intent to win matches as evident by his 70-75 strike rate in 2014 and 2015 WC.

As for the latter half of your post addressing this thread, I do not think Umar Akmal will “turn a new leaf”, nor have I suggested he will, I would just rather have out best options in the XI. To elaborate I would rather see a 40 off 45 ball knock Umar Akmal than a 25-40 run innings from someone like Shoaib Malik!

Yes Rizwan performed better than Umar in UAE but until I’ve seen him perform in SENA, I can’t consider him to be a superior bat on pacy wickets.

As for the batting order concerned, I would drop Imam from the XI because I feel he’s too sedate for whats needed in this side, but I’d like to see him selected in the WC squad. Instead of him I’d like to see Babar pair up with Fakhar, with Haris at 3, followed by Umar Akmal to boost the firepower in the side. After him I’d like to see Hafeez at 5, Asif Ali at 6, Imad at 7 and Sarfraz at 8, since his batting doesn’t a merit a place in the side in the first place but have the chance on a good day to score a handy cameo.

I like what I’ve seen from Abid Ali, however I do not want to see Haris bat any lower down than 3 because I feel he doesn’t have the ability to consistently to score at a 90+ strike rate from the get go, so he should play the stabilising role at one down and bat throughout the innings instead.

 

[CricFan2012]

I would even take Khushdil Shah ahead of him simply because with Umar we know what to expect.

Stop single single stop single stop

Stop 4 single stop single single

4 Stop single stop stop stop

4 Out ! Hoicks it to leg side and didnt get the elevation or direction and gives a simple catch !

Commentators : All the talent in the world, yet keeps getting out.

Fans : He looked awesome. Got unlucky ( a gazillionth time).

Me : He is a slogger who cant bat for 40 balls...

Reply ! You are just a hater... look how he hits them in domestics. Do you really want Malik and Hafeez in the side ???

And then they wonder why we dont win....

Also don't forget that Misbah had the massive advantage of cheats in the form of Ajmal and Hafeez spinning webs around batsmen who couldn't read their illegal doosras.

 

[MenInG]

His latest outburst on TV could make life very difficult for him.

 

[ask_analyse_act]

Recent outburst on media, he is been like this in the past..didnt he reply inappropriately to zainab in the post match presentation.. it is very hard for some one as idiot as him to be taught on how to improve conduct..... He should never be picked until he becomes fit, improve his discipline, kept himself away from the media. It is very difficult to tell UA and AS that they are rubbish and need to improve.. I have hope that AS will listen but UA is beyond repair....

if he doesnt improve , shouldnt be given a chance. there should be an end to akmalisation..