The alternate Pakistan World Cup 2019 squad

[gazza619]

Lets say if we wanted to pick another Pakistan squad for WC, who would the players be, and would the team be still competent to win? The purpose of this thread really is to test the bench strenght.

My 15 would have been:

1. Shan Masood
2. Ahmed Shehzad
3. Saud Shakeel
4. Muhammad Rizwan
5. Iftikhar Ahmed
6. Umar Akmal
7. Muhammad Nawaz
8. Wahab Riaz
9. Usman Shinwari
10. Umer Khan
11. Haris Rauf

12. Asif Ali
13. Saad Ali
14. Sohail Tanveer
15. Muhammad Musa

 

[FreePalestine]

Pretty good bowling side still, though the batting doesn’t look too reliable.

 

[Cric1234]

Shan
Kamran
Umar
Rizwan
Iftikhar
Khushdil
Tanvir
Raza
Wahab
Rauf
Shinwari

Not a bad team definitely some players who can do better than the ones currently selected if utilised properly.

 

[Arsalan Pro]

Lets say if we wanted to pick another Pakistan squad for WC, who would the players be, and would the team be still competent to win? The purpose of this thread really is to test the bench strenght.

My 15 would have been:

1. Shan Masood
2. Ahmed Shehzad
3. Saud Shakeel
4. Muhammad Rizwan
5. Iftikhar Ahmed
6. Umar Akmal
7. Muhammad Nawaz
8. Wahab Riaz
9. Usman Shinwari
10. Umer Khan
11. Haris Rauf

12. Asif Ali
13. Saad Ali
14. Sohail Tanveer
15. Muhammad Musa

So, Mohammad Amir dosen't even make it to the alternative squad now?

 

[gazza619]

So, Mohammad Amir dosen't even make it to the alternative squad now?

Yeah thats true. His performances have just been super poor in ODIs.

 

[Stewie]

Ahmed Shehzad
Shan masood
Kamran akmal
Umar Amin
M Rizwan
Umer Akmal
Asif ali
Fawad Alam
Shinwari
Amir
Riaz

 

[Arsalan Pro]

It would have been:

1) Shan Masood
2) Ahmed Shehzad
3) Hussain Talat
4) Mohammad Rizwan(Wk)
5) Umar Akmal
6) Ifthikar Ahmed
7) Asif Ali
8) Zafar Gohar
9) Mohammad Amir(C)
10) Usman Shinwari
11) Haris Rauf

Bench:

12) Ahsan Ali
13) Aamer Yamin
14) Umer Khan
15) Wahab Riaz

 

[Shaka81]

How about...
1. Shan Masood
2. Khurram Mansoor
3. Umar Siddiq
4. Mohammad Rizwan
5. Iftikhar Ahmed
6. Khushdil Shah
7. Hammad Azam
8. Kashif Bhatti
9. Mohammad Amir
10. Usman Shinwari
11. Haris Rauf

 

[Officer Barbrady]

the original team looks pretty good. we should send a second team to the WC

some changes:
1. Shan Masood
2. Ahmed Shehzad
3. Muhammad Rizwan
4. Saad Ali
4. Iftikhar Ahmed
6. Umar Akmal
7. Muhammad Nawaz
8. Wahab Riaz
9. Usman Shinwari
10. Umer Khan
11. Haris Rauf

12. Asif Ali
13. Saad Ali
14. Sohail Tanveer
15. Muhammad Musa

 

[Officer Barbrady]

reposting since I accidentally hit submit without fully editing the team!

1. Shan Masood
2. Ahsan Ali
3. Muhammad Rizwan
4. Saad Ali
5. Iftikhar Ahmed
6. Asif Ali
7. Muhammad Nawaz
8. Wahab Riaz
9. Usman Shinwari
10. Umer Khan
11. Haris Rauf

12. Umar Siddique
13. Ghulam Mudassar
14. Rumaan Raees
15. Muhammad Musa

This team could be a world beater!

 

[Finisher]

1.Saud Shakeel
2.Ahsan Ali
3.Shan Masood (C)
4.Iftikhar Ahmed
5.Saad Ali
6.Umar Saddiq (WK)
7.Asif Ali
8.Zafar Gohar/Mohammed Nawaz
9.Wahab Riaz
10.Haris Rauf
11. Naseem Shah

13. Mohammed Musa
14. Khusdil Shah
15. Mohammed Rizwan

 

[Sami92]

1. Shan Masood (VC)
2. Ahmed Shehzad
3. Umar Akmal
4. Mohammad Rizwan (WK)
5. Iftikhar Ahmed
6. Asif Ali
7. Mohammad Nawaz
8. Mohammad Amir (C)
9. Wahab Riaz
10. Usman Khan
11. Yasir Shah

12. Khushdil Shah
13. Saad Ali
14. Haris Rauf
15. Umer Khan

More
16. Khurram Manzoor

 

[Da_Future_Knick]

Shan Masood (c)
Ahsan Ali
Saud Shakeel
Mohammed Rizwan (wk)
Kushdil Shah
Umar Akmal
Asif Ali
Zafar Gohar
Haris Rauf
Mohammed Amir
Mohammed Musa

Reserves:
Usman Shinwari
Umer Khan
Ahmed Shehzad
Husain Talat

 

[nextover666666]

1Ahsan Ali
2 Shan Masood
3 Sohail Akhtar

4 M Rizwan
5 Umar Akmal
6 Saud Shakeel
7 Zafar Gohar

8 Hussian Talat
9 Umer Khan
10 Aamer Yamin
11 Haris Rauf

12 Muhammad Musa
13 Rumman Raess
14 Kamran Ghulum
15 Anwar Ali ( play him at power hitter only)

 

[cricketerB94]

Shan Masood
Ahmed Shehzad
Ahsan Ali
M Rizwan
Khushdil Shah
Umer Akmal
Iftikhar Ahmed
Wahab Riaz
Haris Rauf
Umer Khan
Usman Shinwari

Asif Ali
Zafar Gohar
Hammad Azam
Sohail Tanvir

Reserves:

M Musa
Saad Ali

 

[Seamer]

1. Fakhar Zaman
2. Imam ul Haq
3. Babar Azam
4. Haris Sohail
5. Hafeez
6. Sarfaraz
7. Shadab Khan
8. Faheem Ashraf
9. Hassan Ali
10. Amir
11. Shaheen Afridi

12. Hasnain
13. Imad Wasim
14. Asif Ali
15. Rizwan

 

[Gullycricket]

Abid
Imam
Babar
Haris Sohail
Hafeez
Sohail Akhtar
Sarfaraz
Shadab
Amir
Hasnain
Shaheen

Umer Khan
Saif Badar
Rumaan Raees
Saud Shakeel
Haris Rauf

 

[Titan24]

Pretty solid alternative squad. I am pretty sure alternative squads of most of the other teams will nowhere be close to some of these teams on paper. One of the reasons after loosing 3 of the main players in 2010 Pak still competed well and became the 1 ranked team in tests in 2016 is that there was never shortage of decent skillset but nourishing that skillset further. Remove 3 main players from which two are at their peak out of any team they will struggle bigtime.

Just shows there isnt lack of talent but the lack of improvement in some controlable factors which should have been worked upon by now. We should be better at developing players which will happen with a better domestic structure and more professional environment in place, also some better cricket minds should be associated with national team, A team and U19 teams and domestic teams.

 

[gazza619]

Right so since the WC squad has been announced, my second string of 15 will be:

1. Abid Ali
2. Ahmed Shehzad
3. Kamran Akmal
4. Muhammad Rizwan
5. Umar Akmal
6. Fawad Alam
7. Anwar Ali
8. Zafar Gohar
9. Umer Khan
10. Usman Shinwari
11. Haris Rauf

12. Rumman Raees
13. Junaid Khan
14. Iftikhar Ahmed
15. Hussain Talat

 

[PakSarZameen]

Ahmed Shehzad
Abid Ali
Muhammad Rizwan
Umar Akmal
Hussain Talat
Iftikhar Ahmed
Khushdil Shah
Muhammad Nawaz
Junaid Khan
Usman Shinwari
Haris Rauf

Shan Masood
Saud Shakeel
Muhammad Abbas
Zafar Gohar

 

[Flat_Track_Bully]

My "experienced" 11.

Shehzad
Kami
Hafeez
Asad Shadiq
Malik
Umar Akmal
Sohail Tanvir
Yasir Shah
Wahab
Umar Gul
Tanvir Ahmed

 

[Maher96]

I would go for experienced and currently active players with blend of available youth,

1.Kami (WK)
2. Ahmed Shehzad
3. Sohaib Maqsood
4. Misbah ul Haq (C)
5. Umar Akmal
6. Hammad Azam
7. Shahid Afridi
8. Sohail Tanvir
9. Shinwari
10. Haris Rauf
11. Rumman Raees
12. Umer Khan
13. Asad Shafiq
14. Azhar Ali
15. Rizwan

That's better team than we currently got

 

[Chokli]

1.Abid Ali
2.Salman Butt
3.Ahmed Shehzad
4.Shan Masood
5.Umar Akmal
6.Iftikhar Ahmed
7.Kamran Akmal (wk)
8.Sohail Tanvir
9.Usman Shinwari
10.Haris Rauf
11.Umer Khan

 

[Ahson8]

Shan Masood
Zeeshan Malik
Abid Ali
Saud Shakeel
Mohammad Rizwan (wk)
Umar Akmal
Aamer Yamin
Zafar Gohar
Haris Rauf
Umer Khan
Usman Shinwari

Ahsan Ali
Khushdil / Iftikhar
Fahim Ashraf
Junaid Khan

 

[Chokli]

Shan Masood
Zeeshan Malik
Abid Ali
Saud Shakeel
Mohammad Rizwan (wk)
Umar Akmal
Aamer Yamin
Zafar Gohar
Haris Rauf
Umer Khan
Usman Shinwari

Ahsan Ali
Khushdil / Iftikhar
Fahim Ashraf
Junaid Khan

Sorry Zeeshan is all hype at this stage

 

[ali2220]

Abid Ali
Ahsan ali
Saud Shakeel
Rizwan+
Umar Akmal
Iftikhar/khusdil
Zafar Gohar
Umer Khan
Harris Rauf
Usman Shinwari
Raees.

 

[iPakistani]

Lets say if we wanted to pick another Pakistan squad for WC, who would the players be, and would the team be still competent to win? The purpose of this thread really is to test the bench strenght.

My 15 would have been:

1. Shan Masood
2. Ahmed Shehzad
3. Saud Shakeel
4. Muhammad Rizwan
5. Iftikhar Ahmed
6. Umar Akmal
7. Muhammad Nawaz
8. Wahab Riaz
9. Usman Shinwari
10. Umer Khan
11. Haris Rauf

12. Asif Ali
13. Saad Ali
14. Sohail Tanveer
15. Muhammad Musa

Shan, Ahmed would probably get you off to 35-0 or most likely 40-1 in the first 10. Saud, Rizwan, Iftikhar none of these guys can control the tempo of the innings and make big scores. Umar is a hit and miss batsman with a very low IQ.


This team would probably only beat Sri Lanka. Batting is wayyy too thin on top of that the bowlers you provided are not reliable or consistent therefore 8 times out of 10 they would only get 2-3 wickets against top sides.

Umer Khan showed promise in the PSL but his performance in the OD cup was nothing special, and on these high scoring short boundary pitches he would get hit. Wahab and Shinwari both are highly inconsistent and don't have any ability to limit run scoring if they aren't getting wickets. Only Haris Rauf would be a good bowler in this team.

 

[iPakistani]

Just based on domestic record and talent shown this is my alternate squad. (I'm not saying they would be good in England but just based on domestic).

1. Shan Masood
2. Abid Ali
3. Saud Shakeel
4. Saad Ali
5. Mohammad Rizwan
6. Khushdil Shah
7. Hammad Azam
8. Kashif Bhatti
9. Rumman Raees
10. Usman Shinwari
11. Haris Rauf