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The Misbah-ul-Haq Captaincy Analysis Thread

Inziquicksingle said:
Horrible cricketer. If only he scored at a strike rate of 80 and not his usual 55 then 2 slogs and it becomes 65.

His fans always say "y do u want mishbah 2 make a triple 100 in 37 ballz". Fact is that no one is asking for that, just a reasonable AVERAGE strike rate. Not the usual tuk tuk.
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THIS THIS A MILLION TIMES THIS!!!

Some fans think there is only 2 modes tuk tuk and Afridi. There is the inbetween where you score at a decent rate and you help your team rather than block. If you sit at the crease for 20overs then atleast have a good strike rate and finish on a high one after spending so much time getting comfy.
 
The biggest blunder he made was not giving Hafeez a few overs towards the end of the 39th over once Samuels got out.. Had he snuck in a few overs from him at that time, we would not have had to bowl Wahab at all. For some reason Misbah has full confidence in him when he is not really a death ODI bowler. He should be bowled in the first 30 overs and not in the last 20.

THis is the biggest mistake he made and I had been fuming over it in the commentary thread as well. I think he should have used Hafeez rather than Wahab or Afridi after they proved expensive in their first spells.

He should have kept Irfan and Junaid for the latter overs but he bowled them in 40-44 I believe. Had he used Hafeez in tandem with Ajmal after over 39, Ajmal would have pried out a few wickets then and killed the game right there.


Misbah really is proving to be an utterly bad captain now. I was a fan but not anymore.
 
90MPH said:
That was a bad throw by Junaid.

Can't blame Umar too much, it was hard to collect like that and then run him out.
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It wasn't hard to collect. It was pretty much straight at him, just went right through his hands. At this level that's a regulation run out.
 
Mibsah should have bowled out Ajmal by 45th over ........I have watched so many times Ajmal getting thrashed at the end from a left handed batsman , be it Hussey, Yuvraj or Narine
 
knew it might be over as soon as scatter gun was given the ball!!
 
Might probably say his usual pathetic dialogues"The Pitch was toughest of Pitch to Bat on.Jamshed played a worse innings".. and He himself scores with a SR oif 66.. Meanwhile Wahab, Jason Holder and sunil Narine scored with over 200 SR.:facepalm:.... This clown should be Kicked out of our Team ASAP. Viral Parasite.....
 
field set wrong... hafeez who was bowling so well was underused and wahab who went for 63 runs..
 
Would that be the same Junaid who got hit for a few runs at the end?
 
We can sum up in one line:

He is the worst player to captain a side in LOI
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he should be sacked immediately.. any captain will be fine even an under 19 player or Hafeez or Jamshed or anyone..! but not this guy..! enough of him
 
He'll blame the wicket for when he was batting and then hang the bowlers to dry.
 
No, it was 15 runs against numbers 10 and 11. You expect any international level fast bowler to do the job and not look crap against the tail.

It's a poor decision to ever select Wahab.
 
HamzaSaeen said:
He could have given the second last over to Hafeez or Afridi and then Junaid for the last over then.
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Should have given more overs earlier. Can understand why he didn't want to give second last over as he's afraid any spinner except for Ajmal will get smashed. And even Ajmal gets smashed sometimes towards the end.

Hafeez is good at keeping the run rate down and does it consistently. And looked in form today. Even Afridi, got his bowling form back, bowling well in first two ODIs. Could have come back.

Riaz is and was on the day a loose canon. Riaz isn't our third best bowler, he's more like our fifth or even sixth.

If Hafeez is keeping the runs down and Riaz isn't, there shouldn't have been any question that Hafeez should have bowled 10. Or at least more than 6.
 
MenInG said:
Would that be the same Junaid who got hit for a few runs at the end?
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It's about the probability.. You can see my post in the WI innings i kept saying before the ball was given to Wahab that give that over to Hafeez..
 
ads101 said:
Should have given more overs earlier. Can understand why he didn't want to give second last over as he's afraid any spinner except for Ajmal will get smashed. And even Ajmal gets smashed sometimes towards the end.

Hafeez is good at keeping the run rate down and does it consistently. And looked in form today. Even Afridi, got his bowling form back, bowling well in first two ODIs. Could have come back.

Riaz is and was on the day a loose canon. Riaz isn't our third best bowler, he's more like our fifth or even sixth.

If Hafeez is keeping the runs down and Riaz isn't, there shouldn't have been any question that Hafeez should have bowled 10. Or at least more than 6.
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The answers quite obvious. He is keeping his captaincy rivals at bay
 
ads101 said:
Should have given more overs earlier. Can understand why he didn't want to give second last over as he's afraid any spinner except for Ajmal will get smashed. And even Ajmal gets smashed sometimes towards the end.

Hafeez is good at keeping the run rate down and does it consistently. And looked in form today. Even Afridi, got his bowling form back, bowling well in first two ODIs. Could have come back.

Riaz is and was on the day a loose canon. Riaz isn't our third best bowler, he's more like our fifth or even sixth.

If Hafeez is keeping the runs down and Riaz isn't, there shouldn't have been any question that Hafeez should have bowled 10. Or at least more than 6.
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We as fans realize all these things.. but Misbah will be Misbah forever..!
 
Poor decision by misbah but wahab has to be blamed, he couldnt protect 9 runs on last 2 deliveries :facepalm:
 
kept a long on for wahab when wahab was angling the ball towards off side. Clearly more protection on the off was reqd.
 
How about instead of blaming misbah, you guys reflect on how you hype your bowling attack, which for all its talent can't defend 40 runs in 3 overs. Ajmal is this and ajmal is that and yet repeatedly he gives sixes in his final overs. Didn't Ireland score 15 runs in his last over recently to win the match? Roach, narain and holder - all 3 of of scored sixes of 3 supposedly world class bowlers.
 
I would have gave Afridi the ball, hafeez was economical but off spin would be attacked and he doesnt have a doosra.
 
When will Misbah realise that Ajmal cannot bowl at the death in a tight chase?

Why on earth did he give Wahab the over of all people? A guy who has absolutely no control?
 
Dan08 said:
It wasn't hard to collect. It was pretty much straight at him, just went right through his hands. At this level that's a regulation run out.
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What nonsense are you talking about ?? No keeper wants a ball thrown near his feet.

The last thing a keeper wants to is take the ball in the half volley so it's anything but a regulation stop.
 
90MPH said:
What nonsense are you talking about ?? No keeper wants a ball thrown near his feet.

The last thing a keeper wants to is take the ball in the half volley so it's anything but a regulation stop.
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Sorry but you've got to take them at this level.
 
wahab bowled poorly this game in general and he isnt a death bowler . Misbah is an idiot of a captain should be sacked immediately.
 
Dont Blame Misbah For god Sake

Blame Wahab or Poor Bating

we were 30 runs short
 
pakistanigoneaussie said:
The answers quite obvious. He is keeping his captaincy rivals at bay
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He's underused HAfeez as a bowler since the CT. In the CT I understand, he wanted to take more wickets (though this was a mistake a couple more Hafeez overs would have been useful). In WI surprised this time. But in general Misbah had no problems bowling Hafeez 10 overs. Hell he's more willing to use Hafeez's full quota than Hafeez himself.

Was surprised he only went for 6.

Afridi, Misbah's always tended to not want to bowl him unless he's on form. If he's going at 5 an over early, generally Misbah discards him. Which is not totally untrue, Afridi tends to have great days when he wins matches and poor days where he does little (he doesn't have that inbetween area).

Still it is strange that he'd prefer Riaz of all people. Whenever I've seen Misbah it never seems like he even rates Riaz. He just wants someone who can bat a bit. Remember when it was between Riaz and Junaid before and Junaid was backed by Misbah over Riaz.
 
Pak_legend said:
We didnt lose but after the position we were in it sure as hell feels like a loss
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yes it feels like a loss and a lost opportunity to take the lead in the series... not in every game we will get the opportunity to pull off games which will go down to the wire
 
90MPH said:
What nonsense are you talking about ?? No keeper wants a ball thrown near his feet.

The last thing a keeper wants to is take the ball in the half volley so it's anything but a regulation stop.
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True. These are umar akmal's lawyers putting the blame of junaid who threw it perfectly in front of umar.
 
Misbah's Captaincy & Blantant Blunders

For some reasons, it feels like a lose :-(
 
HazTheGreenKnightRises said:
Might probably say his usual pathetic dialogues"The Pitch was toughest of Pitch to Bat on.Jamshed played a worse innings".. and He himself scores with a SR oif 66.. Meanwhile Wahab, Jason Holder and sunil Narine scored with over 200 SR.:facepalm:.... This clown should be Kicked out of our Team ASAP. Viral Parasite.....
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hatred against Misbah is increasing day by day as team is suffering due to his decisions
 
Stewie said:
The biggest blunder he made was not giving Hafeez a few overs towards the end of the 39th over once Samuels got out.. Had he snuck in a few overs from him at that time, we would not have had to bowl Wahab at all. For some reason Misbah has full confidence in him when he is not really a death ODI bowler. He should be bowled in the first 30 overs and not in the last 20.

THis is the biggest mistake he made and I had been fuming over it in the commentary thread as well. I think he should have used Hafeez rather than Wahab or Afridi after they proved expensive in their first spells.

He should have kept Irfan and Junaid for the latter overs but he bowled them in 40-44 I believe. Had he used Hafeez in tandem with Ajmal after over 39, Ajmal would have pried out a few wickets then and killed the game right there.


Misbah really is proving to be an utterly bad captain now. I was a fan but not anymore.
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If he's not a death bowler, Wahab is not really a bowler at all. He made his name a few years back as being a good yorker bowler and not being very good at other stages of the game due to having zero attributes to his bowling apart from an angle. Why on earth would Hafeez's bits and pieces need to be 'snuck in'? Wahab was give 15 - fifteen - runs to play with against the very bottom - numbers 10 and 11 - of the WI line up, there were no specialist batsmen there, he could have made a couple of mistakes and still defended so many runs. Just bowled a horrific over and let everyone down.
 
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Sledger said:
If he's not a death bowler, Wahab is not really a bowler at all. He made his name a few years back as being a good yorker bowler and not being very good at other stages of the game due to having zero attributes to his bowling apart from an angle. Why on earth would Hafeez's bits and pieces need to be 'snuck in'? Wahab was give 15 - fifteen - runs to play with against the very bottom - numbers 10 and 11 - of the WI line up, there were no specialist batsmen there, he could have made a couple of mistakes and still defended so many runs. Just bowled a horrific over and let everyone down.
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That goes without saying but I'm just speaking from the Pov of how Misbah could have handled it better.

Do you believe on batting alone hafeez should be in the team? He should have been used more. That's why we play 6 bowlers in case one goes for runs.

How can you justify not using him when he gave up less than 4 an over? Come on!
 
HASHAM2 said:
Dont Blame Misbah For god Sake

Blame Wahab or Poor Bating

we were 30 runs short
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is wahab new to misbah does he not know the lad doesnt have control over his bowling and that he angles it away to right handers. Hafeez would have been a much safer option it is very very easy to hit wahab for a tail ender he is so fast all they have to do is get a bat on it
 
why everyone here Blaming Misbah for Tied

I Dont understand this Logic Blaming Misbah for everything

Blame should go to Wahab Raiz poor Death over bolwing not to Misbah

Misbah again played so well with bat scored 75 runs
 
If Hafeez had bowled the last over and lost it, everyone would blame Misbah saying he was stupid to bowl a spinner at the death. Fact.
 
also he gave 15 runs in an over before the last one too why would misbah go back to wahab when he already had a very expensive over that game
 
Dan08 said:
If Hafeez had bowled the last over and lost it, everyone would blame Misbah saying he was stupid to bowl a spinner at the death. Fact.
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when i saw wahab had the ball i was absolutely furious i knew game was lost. It is very hard for tail enders to hit spinners because they have to play proper shots there is no pace on the ball
 
People are just realizing now. I realized a year and a half ago and EVERYTHING I said then is true.
 
Wahab Riaz is the culprit for sure but Misbah's batting was crap.... painful innings... so hard to follow on cricinfo...
 
Stewie said:
Do you believe on batting alone hafeez should be in the team? He should have been used more. That's why we play 6 bowlers in case one goes for runs.

How can you justify not using him when he gave up less than 4 an over? Come on!
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He shouldn't be in the team period. He doesn't bowl at the end and it's always dicey to bowl spin at the death - Pakistan had the attacking spin option of Ajmal for that and even he got hit for sixes by Narine who was fresh to the crease at the time. After the Samuels wicket Junaid and Wahab both bowled well and it was clear that Pakistan needed to bowl pace during these slog overs with Ajmal as the only exception - not a tactical error when your bowler gets smacked by tailenders in the final over.
 
HASHAM2 said:
I Dont understand this Logic Blaming Misbah for everything

Blame should go to Wahab Raiz poor Death over bolwing not to Misbah

Misbah again played so well with bat scored 75 runs
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Who asked Misbah to give the ball to Wahab?
 
Dan08 said:
If Hafeez had bowled the last over and lost it, everyone would blame Misbah saying he was stupid to bowl a spinner at the death. Fact.
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i don't think so most people were already saying the ball should be given to Hafeez
 
Sledger said:
He shouldn't be in the team period. He doesn't bowl at the end and it's always dicey to bowl spin at the death - Pakistan had the attacking spin option of Ajmal for that and even he got hit for sixes by Narine who was fresh to the crease at the time. After the Samuels wicket Junaid and Wahab both bowled well and it was clear that Pakistan needed to bowl pace during these slog overs with Ajmal as the only exception - not a tactical error when your bowler gets smacked by tailenders in the final over.
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You are right it should be pace bowlers at the death not spin. But the bowler needs accuracy and variety more than pace, and Wahab has neither.
 
pungi said:
How about instead of blaming misbah, you guys reflect on how you hype your bowling attack, which for all its talent can't defend 40 runs in 3 overs. Ajmal is this and ajmal is that and yet repeatedly he gives sixes in his final overs. Didn't Ireland score 15 runs in his last over recently to win the match? Roach, narain and holder - all 3 of of scored sixes of 3 supposedly world class bowlers.
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At least we r not losing by failing to defend a 280+ score against bd
 
OmaIR1 said:
Wahab Riaz is the culprit for sure but Misbah's batting was crap.... painful innings... so hard to follow on cricinfo...
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Listen

U Dont know about cricket

Misbah still scored with Better S/R Compare to jamshed/Shahzad/Hafeez and Haris sohail

Plus Misbah 75 Runs was key
 
HASHAM2 said:
I Dont understand this Logic Blaming Misbah for everything

Blame should go to Wahab Raiz poor Death over bolwing not to Misbah

Misbah again played so well with bat scored 75 runs
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Misbah can keep his 75 runs.. losing in a way which can be called we performed badly is much better..

But not in a way when the game is in your kitty and you are giving the ball to a bowler who sprays the ball all over the place..
 
Add leaving out Irfan for the first test in SA to one of these.

Add leaving out Ajmal in a must win series decider vs SL this time last year for Sami to the list.
 
HASHAM2 said:
so we should had given last over to Spin hahahah

Iam happy with Tie

we will comeback in next 2 odi

we will win series 3/1 INSHALLAH
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This is what Misbah has done to PAK fans. A tie is like a win to them.

Wake up.
 
ritzy_123 said:
Misbah can keep his 75 runs.. losing in a way which can be called we performed badly is much better..

But not in a way when the game is in your kitty and you are giving the ball to a bowler who sprays the ball all over the place..
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Pakistan Bowling did so well in 2nd Inning

almost defend 230 on Flat Pitch

Plus we never lost match on ST Lucia (Tied happen bcz ground was Lucky for us otherwise we would had lost this One)
 
It's laughable to say Hafeez shouldn't be in the team when he's one of the tightest bowlers in the Pak team - there is a reason why he is ranked so high.

For some strange reason he being under bowled recently. Today was another match.

Anyway Misbah is to blame for his poor bowling changes and field settings.
 
Cpt. Rishwat said:
You are right it should be pace bowlers at the death not spin. But the bowler needs accuracy and variety more than pace, and Wahab has neither.
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I agree and you need to act according to the situation..

Except Misbah i think almost everyone wanted Hafeez to bowl the last over
 
HASHAM2 said:
we will win last 2 odi mark my word

3/1 series WIN INSHALLAH
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I don't care about that now.

What I care about is how Misbah virtually lost this game from a win due to his horrible captaincy.

Also add this:

the bowler of the series was given only 4 overs whereas a struggling Wahab was given 10. Where is the logic?
 
Bullet Drive said:
I don't care about that now.

What I care about is how Misbah virtually lost this game from a win due to his horrible captaincy.

Also add this:

the bowler of the series was given only 4 overs whereas a struggling Wahab was given 10. Where is the logic?
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That was Mistake i admit

Afirdi should had bowled more overs

Look at my post.s on WI Inning thread

i was saying again and again give Afirdi bowl in Powerplay ahead of WAHAB

Anyway iam happy Wahab may go now

Any other well deserve bowler will replace him
 
HASHAM2 said:
so we should had given last over to Spin hahahah

Iam happy with Tie

we will comeback in next 2 odi

we will win series 3/1 INSHALLAH
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It was worth a try with hafeez he is economical if not a wicket taker...

Misbah calculation again proved wrong he should have given at least 2 more overs to afridi or hafeez so that in the end he might have more overs for irfan or junaid...
 
ritzy_123 said:
I agree and you need to act according to the situation..

Except Misbah i think almost everyone wanted Hafeez to bowl the last over
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Hafeez might have got smashed as well, spinners are a risk at the death. The mistake was putting Wahab in the starting line up. He always gives at least one over where he gets smashed for 14-18 runs because he has no accuracy.
 
WebGuru said:
It was worth a try with hafeez he is economical if not a wicket taker...

Misbah calculation again proved wrong he should have given at least 2 more overs to afridi or hafeez so that in the end he might have more overs for irfan or junaid...
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STILL I Will give credit to our Bowling thay able to Tied This match on flat Pitch

Blame go to Bating again

We were always 30 runs short
 
Add leaving out Irfan for the first test in SA to one of these.

Add leaving out Ajmal in a must win series decider vs SL this time last year for Sami to the list.
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these two were real blunders. i think sami was also tonked in that last over for 15 runs by mathews.
 
HASHAM2 said:
STILL I Will give credit to our Bowling thay able to Tied This match on flat Pitch

Blame go to Bating again

We were always 30 runs short
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That's nothing new we are always short of runs...

You want to give credit to wahab ok sure give it but also remember to give him credit for his bowling in PP...20 runs in 2 overs in PP when other conceded only 7 runs in 3 overs of PP...
 
Didn't give Hafeez his full 10 overs when he was bowling so well. Kept bowling Wahab at the death despite Wahab looking poor towards the end.
 
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