The criticism on Inzamam-ul-Haq should be put to rest

[Moiza]

Pakistani fans have a tendency of thinking that they are the only intelligent people alive and the coaching staff, selectors are all deaf and dumb but our performances in CT show that the team is balanced with deserving players making their debut.

In an ideal world we would have better players than Azhar and Hafeez (I hate haffez the most out of any cricketer alive or dead) but with a young side we could do with a little experience even though the experience doesn't seem to be performing atm. Azhar came good today and held one end, the luck our star opener had today has undermined the effort of the otherwise useless Azhar, imagine if fakhar got out cheaply then things could have been different for us today. Even hafeez did his part with the ball today and even in the earlier matches.

So maybe the next time people with actual cricketing experience select a team or make decision then us fans should think about respecting the decision and having some faith in that decision

 

[Savak]

Sarfaraz has thanked the selection committee for providing them the players that they wanted. That should put everything to rest

 

[Red Devil]

Some geniuses here called him worse than Haroon Rasheed and Iqbal Qasim. )

 

[kingusama92]

I disagree.

The criticism is valid because the issues pointed out are still there. Put a total of 250+ and this same team would have folded.

Hell, it almost folded against SL chasing 230 odd.

Criticism should be about long-term growth rather than flip-flopping opinions based on short-term results. Anyone can turn up and win a knockout game under the right conditions (full credit to Sarfraz and the team of course). Even Kenya made the semis in 2003. PAK has long been a team reliant on its bowling and the same is happening again.

 

[Savak]

I disagree.

The criticism is valid because the issues pointed out are still there. Put a total of 250+ and this same team would have folded.

Hell, it almost folded against SL chasing 230 odd.

Criticism should be about long-term growth rather than flip-flopping opinions based on short-term results. Anyone can turn up and win a knockout game under the right conditions (full credit to Sarfraz and the team of course). Even Kenya made the semis in 2003. PAK has long been a team reliant on its bowling and the same is happening again.

The coach and captain's are getting the squad that they want. Sarfaraz has confirmed, criticize the captain and coach then for the selections you dislike in the team.

 

[khurram39]

replacing old stuff too quickly will result like SL. Keep the new stuff in touch with them and let the old go out.

 

[AamirWarraich]

We still have some problems. But I give Inzimam a passing grade so far. I think him and Mickey should stay until the end of the 2019 World Cup. Hopefully by then the domestic system is fixed and we are at least playing the PSL in Pakistan.

 

[Bilal7]

I disagree.

The criticism is valid because the issues pointed out are still there. Put a total of 250+ and this same team would have folded.

Hell, it almost folded against SL chasing 230 odd.

Criticism should be about long-term growth rather than flip-flopping opinions based on short-term results. Anyone can turn up and win a knockout game under the right conditions (full credit to Sarfraz and the team of course). Even Kenya made the semis in 2003. PAK has long been a team reliant on its bowling and the same is happening again.

No, Pakistan can chase 300 with the squad that they have. It's a completely different story if the coach is keeping Haris on the bench and playing Azhar instead. People were criticizing the bowling as well before this tournament but Inzamam brought back Junaid, despite him having a poor domestic season, picked Shadab and after Riaz was injured, flew Rumman Reigns in as well. Not to mention him picking Fakhar (who wasn't thought to be better than Shehzad for the game against India) as well as Fahim Ashraf. All of these were genius moves and are more evidence why Inzamam ul Haq is the greatest selector we have ever had.

What a legend, Aloo, is for us. A great player, had a successful stint as captain and now is doing wonders as the chief selector. Top man.

 

[Shafi]

So suddenly people are happy with the selection of Hafeez, Azhar, Wahab and Shehzad.

 

[AJM-Q]

So suddenly people are happy with the selection of Hafeez, Azhar, Wahab and Shehzad.

No way.

I was at trent bridge when wahab got battered 110 runs in 10 overs. That was painful.

Still hes here for india and gives 87 runs in 8.4 overs.

Selector, Coach or Captain someone has to take responsibility for this.

 

[Pete Rose]

Sure, just as long as someone can explain to me the following:
windies odi squad: ahmed shehzad, hafeez, k.akmal
ct squad: ahmed shehzad, azhar, hafeez, u.akmal (unfit), haris (probably unfit)

 

[Bilal7]

Sure, just as long as someone can explain to me the following:
windies odi squad: ahmed shehzad, hafeez, k.akmal
ct squad: ahmed shehzad, azhar, hafeez, u.akmal (unfit), haris (probably unfit)

Are you prepared to understand?

Kamran and Shehzad were picked on the back of their terrific domestic form. As in, Inzamam selected them on merit.

Hafeez is the #2 ranked all-rounder in the world and as you saw in this series, has played an important role in our success.

Akmal because he is a good ODI batsman and was a much needed power-hitter in the middle and Haris Sohail because he's our best batsman after Babar.

Azhar Ali because Sharjeel and Khalid were not available.

 

[coy0607]

Inzamam's selection of Wahab, Azhar. Shehzad, Hafeez after so many failures is inexcusable

The teams performances had bought him some more time, but he needs to correct his mistakes going forward

 

[Hamza_]

Needs to get rid of Hafeez, Azhar and Junaid.

Bring in new players

 

[Red Devil]

Inzamam's selection of Wahab, Azhar. Shehzad, Hafeez after so many failures is inexcusable

The teams performances had bought him some more time, but he needs to correct his mistakes going forward

Yeah let's just ignore all the young players he's introduced in the team that form the core of our ODI team because 4 poor selections. Lol do you guys expect him to be perfect and never make any mistakes?

 

[omcswe]

on the contrary. this is exactly the time to criticize the chief selector and all the pawns involved in the process even more.

fakhar zaman is not someone just plucked out of the streets playing a ramzaan tournament. the guy has been playing domestic cricket for more than a few years. what is worse, he was not even selected in the first psl which is why i think the draft system is shambolic and gives way too much power to the people making those excel sheets of players.

i am sure people like husain talat and amir yameen are also going to surprise a lot of people when they make their debuts. umar amin is one as well who has been completely ignored for some time now. there are spin bowling options as well and there is a classic case of some domestic performers that are totally ignored.

sadaf hussain hasn't played any cricket for pakistan and that is scandalous. he may have the worst batting in the world or field like a giraffe high on samad bond but his bowling stats are irrefutable.

our selectors need to get out there and watch domestic matches, arrange camps of players and pick people based on their potential.

a few wins in champions trophy changes nothing at all. nothing.

 

[Lynx]

Criticism for the sake of criticism is unjustified. However, Inzimam's criticism is justified as he picked Shehzad, Hafeez, Wahab, Umar Akmal (unfit) and Kamran (in the last series against WI). Yes, he has selected a few younger players, but he could and he should do better, which is why we will keep criticizing him until he gets it right. The blame also goes to our team management as far as our playing XI in the Champions Trophy is concerned. The issues are still there.

 

[Adil_94]

inzi selecting Azhar was a huge faux pas. Fahim n Fakhar have been good additions to the squad. Having Hafeez n Azhar in the top 4 is not ideal at all. Inzi hasnt been the worst ever but could have done better.

If we could have Haris in for just one of Hafeez n Azhar we would be a much better team.

 

[Lynx]

However, I would give him full credit for keeping the unfit Sohail Khan who's not fit to bowl 10 overs, out of the team. He's 35 years old (I think) and we need to move on regardless of how good he might be performing at the moment. He's thinking long term rather than short term as far as this decision of his is concerned. So kudos to him.

 

[Pete Rose]

Are you prepared to understand?

Kamran and Shehzad were picked on the back of their terrific domestic form. As in, Inzamam selected them on merit.

Hafeez is the #2 ranked all-rounder in the world and as you saw in this series, has played an important role in our success.

Akmal because he is a good ODI batsman and was a much needed power-hitter in the middle and Haris Sohail because he's our best batsman after Babar.

Azhar Ali because Sharjeel and Khalid were not available.

Sure now it's your turn to understand:
- kamran was in poor form in the domestic odi tournament and was scoring at a strike rate of 72
- ahmed Shehzad was justified selection but, it was already clear in the windies odi that nothing had changed in his game
- Hafeez is number 2 all rounder , what kind of an argument is that? He failed in Australia (England before that), poor is psl, poor in domestic, established track record of mid teens batting average against big teams, and in England
- Akmal was fat and unfit in West Indies did absolutely nothing in psl and domestic
- Azhar did absolutely nothing to improve his game.
I mean look at your reasons barring ahmed Shehzad these are all excuses that a selector which was not watching the game gives.
While he selected this shambles of a squad guys like sahibzada farhan, Umar Amin, Iftikhar ahmed, awais zia were all scoring runs at strike rates above 90 and topping domestic aggregates.
It's understandable and expected that you as a fan might have zero clue about what is happening in the doesmtic game, but that doesn't excuse the selector whose job is literally to find new talent for these miserable failures