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He batted like a beast today and it was really a convincing innings from someone who is making his comeback given the circumstances. All the other options we have tried to replace him have been very disappointing. His knock along with Fakher really uplifted this team who was well short of confidence. I think it's safe to say that looking at our options(Azhar, Imam,Shaan,Amin) Ahmed Shehzad is much much better and should be in the team on merit.

I know I have criticized him in the past due to his slow batting but he looks likes the best option we have. The replacements are even more disappointing.
 
If he performs in the next 5-10 t20s, he can comeback.

We have to stop this thing we do where we select people after one decent innings.The guy didn’t even make a 50, so we don’t need to get ahead of our selves.

Besides I’m pretty sure he’s still gonna be the same if he plays Odis. His 50 of 80 ball is no better than what an azhar Ali or a Sami Aslam can do.
 
would take shahzad over azhar , imam ,shaan any day
Amin hasnt got enough chance on top yet but we need right/left combo
Shahzad is young ,good fielder . should be backed
 
Its been just one match. Shehzad goes into his shell once he's assured of a place in the team. Seen it too many times to be fooled once more.
 
Apart from Pakistan winning this is the real downside for today for Pakistan long-term.
Now Shehzad fans would use this match to boast one full year whereas Inzamam would continue to deny deserving youngsters from the team.

Fakhar Zaman now is Pakistan's anchor player, his original, real place is one down. Pakistan needs a Sharjeel, Khalid Latif, Mukhtar Ahmed or a Sahibzada Farhan as openers. 2 are banned and the other 2 are being not given domestic matches in fear of Inzi losing his nephew Imam and favorite Shehzad.

Even Shehzad even on this pitch had the least strike rate than Babar Azam and Sarfaraz. We don't need more automatic wasteful selections we need new blood who would transform this team.
 
just one match...lets see if he has changed his game to play more aggressively or just one off wonder..

Shehzad in his last 12 months avg 15 in ODIs and in t20 avg 33 boosted up by the WORLD 11 series... if we cut down the world XI matches then his avg becomes 22 with SR 101.5 across 6 games against SRL and WI...


Shehzad and Hafeez will be beasts when they play on roads compared to cricket pitches, this is a proven conclusion from the past... I didnt watch the match so cannot comment on his innings today.
 
Firstly What replacements have we seen for you to conclude that they are worse?

Secondly one innings doesn't prove anything. Umar Amin also scored something like 46 off 35 deliveries on his comeback did that prove he was the best opener?

Has he actually improved? He has pretty quick 40 odd in SA as well on a belter. Shehzad struggles when boundaries aren't easy to come by since he is poor at rotating strike. Plus he is weak against spin which doesn't seem to have changed a lot.
 
Well done for scoring at a SR ot 129 on one of the world's smallest grounds.

Its one thing doing it at Eden Park but let's see how he gets on when the straight and square boundaries aren't 55 and 65 metres.
 
Its just one match. No doubt Shehzad played an incredible innings today. He took charge before Fakhar, allowing Fakhar some time to settle. That is a great achievement for me.
Hiwever its more impkrtant to be consistent than to score big in one innings. If Shahzad shows consistancy for more than 5 to 6 matches, he may be considered an long term soljtion.
 
Proves that maybe he's a decent bench strength (T20s only).
 
j_kazmi said:
If he performs in the next 5-10 t20s, he can comeback.

We have to stop this thing we do where we select people after one decent innings.The guy didn’t even make a 50, so we don’t need to get ahead of our selves.

Besides I’m pretty sure he’s still gonna be the same if he plays Odis. His 50 of 80 ball is no better than what an azhar Ali or a Sami Aslam can do.
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Well, it was his first game on a place where other batsmen failed. But yes consistency should define him.
 
Markhor said:
Well done for scoring at a SR ot 129 on one of the world's smallest grounds.

Its one thing doing it at Eden Park but let's see how he gets on when the straight and square boundaries aren't 55 and 65 metres.
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He showed good intent today which he rarely does. If he plays like this he will become twice the player he used to be. He is an insecure guy generally.
 
Shezad is in for the next odi and test series too. 1 decent innings on the best track in NZ on this tour and it's all it takes .
Pakistani fans😂
 
Yes let's forget about the mountain of evidence that suggests otherwise.

This is one innings on a pitch where every single Pakistani batsman scored runs including Sarfraz!!
 
Eagle_Eye said:
Yes let's forget about the mountain of evidence that suggests otherwise.

This is one innings on a pitch where every single Pakistani batsman scored runs including Sarfraz!!
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Also the pitch where NZ batsmen failed. Our batsmen played well.

Credit where credit's due, please.
 
He doesn't deserve his chance in ODIs

He has played 81 matches and his stats suggest that he is one worst opener Pakistan ever had, this innings won't change that.
 
One decent inning and Shehzad fans are calling him the best opener for Pakistan.If he plays one more decent inning,his fans will be calling for his inclusion in ODI team as well.However,I have little hopes from Shehzad-the king of dot balls-to improve his attitude as well as his skills.Will always remain a limited player.
 
After one game I wouldn’t go that far.
A good performance no doubt, but require some sort of consistency to make him permanent.

After PSL the options available will hopefully grow
 
Shehzad amin azhar Hafeez malik sarfaraz are not odi material any more, theyr more beneficial to the opposition pak r playing with Fackhar Hassan/amir V 18 players hence whitewashes.
 
Nice, but let's see how he does in PSL. Shehzad on song is my fav. to watch in Pak. Plays classy shots and unorthodox shots, all over the ground. And he can absolutely explode at the end after starting slow. He's been pretty good in T20Is lately, hope he continues.
 
Rayyman said:
Nice, but let's see how he does in PSL. Shehzad on song is my fav. to watch in Pak. Plays classy shots and unorthodox shots, all over the ground. And he can absolutely explode at the end after starting slow. He's been pretty good in T20Is lately, hope he continues.
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He's the the top scorer of the PSL :ashwin he'll probably end up among the top scorers again
 
He is okayish considering our resources, but for a batter who made his debut back in 2009 and been a consistent feature of the team since 2013, he simply hasn't improved enough. Tamim after 7 years became a brilliant opener after being very unreliable for first few seasons.
 
BunnyRabbit said:
He is okayish considering our resources, but for a batter who made his debut back in 2009 and been a consistent feature of the team since 2013, he simply hasn't improved enough. Tamim after 7 years became a brilliant opener after being very unreliable for first few seasons.
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because Tamim has always been permanent fixture of his team. I know Shehzad has been inconsistent but his pre head injury records in all formats were quite good yet when he recovered he was treated like someone who has been failing for a year who has to prove himself to stay in the team.

Shehzad averages 41 in tests. despite we see the likes of SHaan Masood getting preferred who averages in the 20s. How can you deny this unfair treatment which was given to Shehzad?

If I'm not wrong our great captain Misbah and great coach Waqar mentioned in their post WC report that Umar and Shehzad have lack of patience to stay at the crease and should not be near team until they learn the art of staying at the crease which is when both of them got disappeared. Simply scapegoat for their own failures. This only happens in Pakistan where one set of players are judged differently compared to others.
 
From the looks of it he's likely to get a run in the T20 team now which will tell us more if he should open with Fakhar. I still think Mukhtar would be better. Shehzad now has his chance to prove whether he should be presisted with.
 
Weren't you crediting the pitch for the knock Sarfraz played in the other thread? Not sure if serious but if you are then going by the same logic Sarfraz is also the best #4. Or are you inconsistent with your logic based on your liking for the player?
 
Inzi might make a good batsman out of Shezzy yet. He's in good form and it was smart to capitalize on that.
 
He still scored slower than the rest of the line up. Against a weakened nz attack on a small ground where everyone else scored.

I dont mind his inclusion, hes been killing it in domestic for a long time, and i have more faith that he’ll step up than someone who does nothing in domestic. However not sure his flaws have been corrected, and if it’s just same as the past it isnt good enough.

I dont think he should have been dropped from tests though.
 
He needs to be given regular place in longer formats too.

Please stop persecuting Lala's friends @PCB.
 
Red Devil said:
Also the pitch where NZ batsmen failed. Our batsmen played well.

Credit where credit's due, please.
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As I said in the match thread. I woke up in bizzaro world where Pakistan could do no wrong and NZ did everything wrong...

Yes credit to them on this occasion.
 
It's the 3rd Eid of the year for OP :) Eid Mubarak. bro ..... [MENTION=57576]MRSN[/MENTION]

I actually was awaken last night, but watching a different game :( How did Ahmed play - through the fielders or over them on that 50 metre rugby squire (I don't think it was by passing them much)?
 
MRSN said:
on what basis may I ask? when I see the top runs scorers in opening category I see the likes of Kamran Akmal, Salman Butt and Shaan Masood.
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Well if Kamran, Shaan, and Shehzad can be tried and tested a handful of games so should Mukhtar.
 
MRSN said:
on what basis may I ask? when I see the top runs scorers in opening category I see the likes of Kamran Akmal, Salman Butt and Shaan Masood.
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Kill us all now... before we have to see the day of akmal, butt and masood
 
On probation for now. Pakistani talent are prone to plenty of false dawns.
 
If 1 innings with the lowest strike rate among top 4, despite playing in PP, is considered to be a proof, then that shows the mentality of fans.

1 innings from SHAHZAD, he becomes Gayle.

1 spell from usman he becomes Wasim
 
MMHS said:
It's the 3rd Eid of the year for OP :) Eid Mubarak. bro ..... [MENTION=57576]MRSN[/MENTION]

I actually was awaken last night, but watching a different game :( How did Ahmed play - through the fielders or over them on that 50 metre rugby squire (I don't think it was by passing them much)?
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Khair Mubarak..:)) Seriously though I didn't expect him to come out of his tuk tuk mode but when he does he looks a very good player to watch. I don't consider him that good. He is limited but he seems to be one of the best option we have along with Kamran whose fitness is as good as Sarfraz these days. I just have sympathy for him as he has not been treated fairly even though he has been one of the better performers in the team but like Umar axe has been fallen on him on the wrong time as well.

He was good today. Most of his shots were well controlled and grounded in the gaps on the off side and he didn't look for those ugly slogs today. The question is can he repeat performances like that?
 
MRSN said:
because Tamim has always been permanent fixture of his team. I know Shehzad has been inconsistent but his pre head injury records in all formats were quite good yet when he recovered he was treated like someone who has been failing for a year who has to prove himself to stay in the team.

Shehzad averages 41 in tests. despite we see the likes of SHaan Masood getting preferred who averages in the 20s. How can you deny this unfair treatment which was given to Shehzad?

If I'm not wrong our great captain Misbah and great coach Waqar mentioned in their post WC report that Umar and Shehzad have lack of patience to stay at the crease and should not be near team until they learn the art of staying at the crease which is when both of them got disappeared. Simply scapegoat for their own failures. This only happens in Pakistan where one set of players are judged differently compared to others.
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I agree he shouldn't have been dropped from the Test side, but tbh in ODI's even before that Corey Anderson bouncer, Shehzad was a very selfish batter. Remember his century against Bangladesh in Asia Cup 2014? While chasing around 330 he crawled towards a 50 off 80 odd deliveries before slogging his way out. He got lucky that day, if it wasn't for a freakish Afridi knock we would have lost that match. He was a consistent feature in the ODI and T20i team throughout 2013 and 2014.

Coming onto World Cup 2015, Shehzad wasn't criticized for lack for patience to stay at the crease but he was criticized for attitude problems, which was by Team Coach and manager if i am correct. Umar Akmal was the one who was criticized for his temperament and wicket throwing tendencies. Misbah wasn't a failure in that tournament, he along with Haris, Sarfraz and our pace attack were the only thing that helped us get past the group stage. Ahmad Shehzad and Umar Akmal were cruelly exposed in WC 2015 and Wt20 2016, in that they were there usual confident selves who could play good knocks against weaker attacks like Shehzad did against UAE and Ireland in WC 15 and against Bangladesh in Wt20 16, but looked like fish out of water everytime the going got tough. Remember the Wt20 16 performance against India NZ and Aus? That was probably our most depressing batting showing since WC 07. They were unable to either rotate the strike or hitting for a boundary. Against that NZ match, no one apart from Sharjeel and Afridi was able to hit a single boundary after the powerplay. Ahmed Shehzad hit a couple of fours in the powerplay, but as soon as Sharjeel departed, he choked out like all others.

In International cricket, it's not about whats fair or what you deserve, you simply have to make every opportunity count that you get. And Ahmed has gotten far more opportunities than other more deserving guys. You either take it on the chin and learn or you perish. Shehzad has been stuck somewhere in the middle.
 
MRSN said:
because Tamim has always been permanent fixture of his team. I know Shehzad has been inconsistent but his pre head injury records in all formats were quite good yet when he recovered he was treated like someone who has been failing for a year who has to prove himself to stay in the team.

Shehzad averages 41 in tests. despite we see the likes of SHaan Masood getting preferred who averages in the 20s. How can you deny this unfair treatment which was given to Shehzad?

If I'm not wrong our great captain Misbah and great coach Waqar mentioned in their post WC report that Umar and Shehzad have lack of patience to stay at the crease and should not be near team until they learn the art of staying at the crease which is when both of them got disappeared. Simply scapegoat for their own failures. This only happens in Pakistan where one set of players are judged differently compared to others.
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I agree he shouldn't have been dropped from the Test side, but tbh in ODI's even before that Corey Anderson bouncer, Shehzad was a very selfish batter. Remember his century against Bangladesh in Asia Cup 2014? While chasing around 330 he crawled towards a 50 off 80 odd deliveries before slogging his way out. He got lucky that day, if it wasn't for a freakish Afridi knock we would have lost that match. He was a consistent feature in the ODI and T20i team throughout 2013 and 2014.

Coming onto World Cup 2015, Shehzad wasn't criticized for lack for patience to stay at the crease but he was criticized for attitude problems, which was by Team Coach and manager if i am correct. Umar Akmal was the one who was criticized for his temperament and wicket throwing tendencies. Misbah wasn't a failure in that tournament, he along with Haris, Sarfraz and our pace attack were the only thing that helped us get past the group stage. Ahmad Shehzad and Umar Akmal were cruelly exposed in WC 2015 and Wt20 2016, in that they were there usual confident selves who could play good knocks against weaker attacks like Shehzad did against UAE and Ireland in WC 15 and against Bangladesh in Wt20 16, but looked like fish out of water everytime the going got tough. Remember the Wt20 16 performance against India NZ and Aus? That was probably our most depressing batting showing since WC 07. They were unable to either rotate the strike or hitting for a boundary. Against that NZ match, no one apart from Sharjeel and Afridi was able to hit a single boundary after the powerplay. Ahmed Shehzad hit a couple of fours in the powerplay, but as soon as Sharjeel departed, he choked out like all others.

In International cricket, it's not about whats fair or what you deserve, you simply have to make every opportunity count that you get. And Ahmed has gotten far more opportunities than other more deserving guys. You either take it on the chin and learn or you perish. Shehzad has been stuck somewhere in the middle.
 
MRSN said:
Khair Mubarak..:)) Seriously though I didn't expect him to come out of his tuk tuk mode but when he does he looks a very good player to watch. I don't consider him that good. He is limited but he seems to be one of the best option we have along with Kamran whose fitness is as good as Sarfraz these days. I just have sympathy for him as he has not been treated fairly even though he has been one of the better performers in the team but like Umar axe has been fallen on him on the wrong time as well.

He was good today. Most of his shots were well controlled and grounded in the gaps on the off side and he didn't look for those ugly slogs today. The question is can he repeat performances like that?
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He is one of the best timers in PAK, can play fast bowling on either feet and can hit through the line; has shots in off side unlike Azhar Ali - but somehow guy didn't develop at all from U19 level. I saw him 9/10 years back in a junior match at BKSP, Dhaka - was impressed immediately, but somehow he has a similar case of Benjamin Button - with age, getting immature. Still, this guy is miles, miles ahead of Azhar as LO opener.

Actually, that 2006-08 U19 team of Amir, Umar, Ahmed, Amin, Usman, Shan, JK, Adnan Raza, Md. Rameez, Adil Raja, Shahzaib, ... was so good that I expected each of them to shine in career. Sadly, none reached close to their potential - some for drinking water, some for no ball, some for high profile father, some for chicken heart ..... and then some for technological advancement - kaas, camera phone had not been invented :(
 
It’s T20... we need more explosive batsmen like Fakhar who if they get going, are match winners.

Babar, Sarfraz and even Shadab can hold the innings together
 
Sachin-Ganguly, Sachin-Sehwag, Rohit-Dhawan, Anwar-Sohail, Hudson-Kirsten, Langer-Hayden, Jayasuriya-Kaluwitharna, Hayden-Gilchrist

Do you really think these guys become a successful pair after just 1 partnership? Shehzad has a habit of performing once in 10 matches let him perform for atleast 20 matches before coming to this conclusion.
 
Brilliant by Shehzad today, finally someome stood up with Fakhar when i saw 105-2 couldn't belive it.
 
Calm down [MENTION=57576]MRSN[/MENTION] it’s just one match. But credit where it’s due.

This is what we all have been asking of him..but can he do it consistently? I have my doubts.
 
babajee said:
It’s T20... we need more explosive batsmen like Fakhar who if they get going, are match winners.

Babar, Sarfraz and even Shadab can hold the innings together
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I have checked the score card now - actually FZ wasn't the match winner yesterday. If you notice, he played equal No. of balls (one less) with Babar and scored exact same runs (50), but playing entire PP, while BA finishing the innings - openers set up the game, Babar (& his Captain) won it; otherwise 180-190 was always within range. In fact, Ahmed's impact was better than FZ, because he started attacking the new ball & pacers - FZ's stats are a bit misleading, because of 3 SIX in one Shantner over, otherwise he had hit equal No. of boundaries (5) with 9 men inside for 6 overs; and 2 SIX more, means he had lots of non productive bat swing.

My MoM would have been Amir though - in T20, batsman gets 20 overs to win a game; bowlers 4; he did that in his opening spell. In a game where 4 batsmen had 40+ scores, you can't give one MoM for hitting just 50 within PP. In a 50 metre ground, 50 (29) doesn't win a T20, it just may set up the game :

2-0-10-Munro - 8 dots, in PP won it.
 
MMHS said:
I have checked the score card now - actually FZ wasn't the match winner yesterday. If you notice, he played equal No. of balls (one less) with Babar and scored exact same runs (50), but playing entire PP, while BA finishing the innings - openers set up the game, Babar (& his Captain) won it; otherwise 180-190 was always within range. In fact, Ahmed's impact was better than FZ, because he started attacking the new ball & pacers - FZ's stats are a bit misleading, because of 3 SIX in one Shantner over, otherwise he had hit equal No. of boundaries (5) with 9 men inside for 6 overs; and 2 SIX more, means he had lots of non productive bat swing.

My MoM would have been Amir though - in T20, batsman gets 20 overs to win a game; bowlers 4; he did that in his opening spell. In a game where 4 batsmen had 40+ scores, you can't give one MoM for hitting just 50 within PP. In a 50 metre ground, 50 (29) doesn't win a T20, it just may set up the game :

2-0-10-Munro - 8 dots, in PP won it.
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I agree about Shehzad, he started hitting and gave Fakhar Zaman confidence
 
Adnan_Ilyas said:
I agree about Shehzad, he started hitting and gave Fakhar Zaman confidence
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A bit like Azhar Ali's role vs. India (not that I am using this to support a recall for Azhar to the limited over format)
 
After watching what took place, I am left wondering if things could have been slightly different had he played in the ODI series, at the very least perhaps we could have competed more if not win something.
 
BunnyRabbit said:
I agree he shouldn't have been dropped from the Test side, but tbh in ODI's even before that Corey Anderson bouncer, Shehzad was a very selfish batter. Remember his century against Bangladesh in Asia Cup 2014? While chasing around 330 he crawled towards a 50 off 80 odd deliveries before slogging his way out. He got lucky that day, if it wasn't for a freakish Afridi knock we would have lost that match. He was a consistent feature in the ODI and T20i team throughout 2013 and 2014.

Coming onto World Cup 2015, Shehzad wasn't criticized for lack for patience to stay at the crease but he was criticized for attitude problems, which was by Team Coach and manager if i am correct. Umar Akmal was the one who was criticized for his temperament and wicket throwing tendencies. Misbah wasn't a failure in that tournament, he along with Haris, Sarfraz and our pace attack were the only thing that helped us get past the group stage. Ahmad Shehzad and Umar Akmal were cruelly exposed in WC 2015 and Wt20 2016, in that they were there usual confident selves who could play good knocks against weaker attacks like Shehzad did against UAE and Ireland in WC 15 and against Bangladesh in Wt20 16, but looked like fish out of water everytime the going got tough. Remember the Wt20 16 performance against India NZ and Aus? That was probably our most depressing batting showing since WC 07. They were unable to either rotate the strike or hitting for a boundary. Against that NZ match, no one apart from Sharjeel and Afridi was able to hit a single boundary after the powerplay. Ahmed Shehzad hit a couple of fours in the powerplay, but as soon as Sharjeel departed, he choked out like all others.

In International cricket, it's not about whats fair or what you deserve, you simply have to make every opportunity count that you get. And Ahmed has gotten far more opportunities than other more deserving guys. You either take it on the chin and learn or you perish. Shehzad has been stuck somewhere in the middle.
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I fail to see those promising "youngsters" everyone keeps talking about. Just check the batting records in the latest tournaments and you will see Kamran, Salman butt, Shaan Masood,Imam,Sami Aslam leading the charts as far as openers are concerned. Some of them can't make team due to obvious reasons and others are test specialists. Azhar Ali is another one around posing as an opening batsman. So you can clearly see the resources we have are not as good as him even in limited overs format.
 
MMHS said:
He is one of the best timers in PAK, can play fast bowling on either feet and can hit through the line; has shots in off side unlike Azhar Ali - but somehow guy didn't develop at all from U19 level. I saw him 9/10 years back in a junior match at BKSP, Dhaka - was impressed immediately, but somehow he has a similar case of Benjamin Button - with age, getting immature. Still, this guy is miles, miles ahead of Azhar as LO opener.

Actually, that 2006-08 U19 team of Amir, Umar, Ahmed, Amin, Usman, Shan, JK, Adnan Raza, Md. Rameez, Adil Raja, Shahzaib, ... was so good that I expected each of them to shine in career. Sadly, none reached close to their potential - some for drinking water, some for no ball, some for high profile father, some for chicken heart ..... and then some for technological advancement - kaas, camera phone had not been invented :(
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Umar and Shehzad could have been far better than what the their record suggests at the moment if we didn't have Misbah and Waqar in the middle. They totally confused our limited overs unit in terms of defining their roles or backing them with any confidence whatsoever. I know Shehzad and Umar are responsible for their downfall but I'm just saying this period of Misbah-Waqar partnership put Pakistan 10 years back compare to other teams. When other teams were looking for more and more power hitters, this partnership was looking for players who can play 50 overs.
 
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I would argue for a case for Ahmed to be made T20 captain whilst Sarfraz concentrates on ODI’s and Tests.
 
msb314 said:
I would argue for a case for Ahmed to be made T20 captain whilst Sarfraz concentrates on ODI’s and Tests.
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Shadab or one of the youngsters, not Ahmed. Might see change of captaincy after next t20 World Cup
 
With Shehzad it will always be a matter of a few games before people are back on earth and realise how many balls he wastes in most of his innings.
 
He played well. You have to give him credit for that. He needs to show intent rather than playing dot ball after dot ball.
 
Rayyman said:
Fakhar or Imad should be vice captain of T20Is. Not Shezad or Shadab lol.
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After Sarfraz, the best option we have is Imad. Babar will be next in line, not Fakhar. FZ could be good as well, but Babar has been groomed from a very young age in leadership capacity.
 
Prince of Pakistan said:
With Shehzad it will always be a matter of a few games before people are back on earth and realise how many balls he wastes in most of his innings.
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That might be true but he has shown today he still has the ability to be a good stroke maker and that's how he should play. Why he reverts back to tuk tuk strategy I guess it's because he feels insecure about his place in the side and a lot of time he over thinks this cautious strategy early in the innings. It's not like he does not have skills.
 
It helped that he was coming in fresh and unscared from the tour
 
Yes after one Innings it's PROVEN,
WRITTEN IN GOLDEN WORDS,
Made a theory as SHAHZAD'S LAW OF OPENING and

Declared as a UNIVERSAL FACT.
 
you know Ahmad Shahzad is medocre when a 44 off 33 in Christchurch is a beastly innings lol!
 
This is what happens when you play with freedom and without thinking too much about your own runs and play for the team and country.

P.S: it's Fakhar I'm talking about.
 
Kohli said:
If 1 innings with the lowest strike rate among top 4, despite playing in PP, is considered to be a proof, then that shows the mentality of fans.

1 innings from SHAHZAD, he becomes Gayle.

1 spell from usman he becomes Wasim
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Shezhad played this inning one a really small ground, Usman's spell was on a flat track.
 
1 innings and suddenly shehzad is the saviour of our batting woes. He should be given more chances after this knock but he's had innings like this in the past so I don't expect too much from him.
 
Red Devil said:
Also the pitch where NZ batsmen failed. Our batsmen played well.

Credit where credit's due, please.
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The pitch was great, it was your bowlers who won the match tbh. Ours bowled badly, but yours were great and bowled the right line and lengths.

We batted poorly and still managed to make 150 with no significant contributions from our top batsmen, that too with overs to spare.
 
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^on any other ground we would have been rolled for <120 with that batting effort.

Madplayer said:
He showed good intent today which he rarely does. If he plays like this he will become twice the player he used to be. He is an insecure guy generally.
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Scoring @ a SR of 129 is not great, especially at Eden Park.
 
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j_kazmi said:
If he performs in the next 5-10 t20s, he can comeback.

We have to stop this thing we do where we select people after one decent innings.The guy didn’t even make a 50, so we don’t need to get ahead of our selves.

Besides I’m pretty sure he’s still gonna be the same if he plays Odis. His 50 of 80 ball is no better than what an azhar Ali or a Sami Aslam can do.
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5-10 t20s mean he is already in!
 
LOL at beastly innings he scored 44 off 34 balls not in 14 balls.He is one of the worst batsman will remain worst.On top of that he plays ugly without any feet movement.one of the ugliest batsman.But now he is undroppable for 2-3 series.
 
Pete Rose said:
Shadab or one of the youngsters, not Ahmed. Might see change of captaincy after next t20 World Cup
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Shadab won’t get a look in yet.

Shehzad has experience but needs to reestablish himself in the T20 team first.
 
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