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Hi,

I have been lurking on this website and forums for years but never made an account or post anything. But made an account now only for one reason, to vent my frustration about the utility of faheem ashraf in the pakistan side.

I am not much of a cricketer myself, except the usual back yard and street cricket that most kids play. But I have watched a lot of cricket, and I can't for the life of me understand what faheem ashraf is doing in this team.

For any other member in the pakistan squad you can make a case, for and against, why they should or should not be in the squad.

But for faheem ashraf, the only argument you can make is he is an allrounder and he is the best we got. Which in my opinion is a a lame argument.

For as long as I remember seeing him play, he has never done anything of substance, maybe i missed some matches and maybe when he started his career in the side and maybe he looked good then. But in recent memory, he has done nothing that really stands out to me.

I am not a technical expert but to my eyes, he seems a less then average bowler for international standards and a less then average batsmen by international standards. And he rarely contributes anything in both roles.

I would rather prefer pure bowler or a pure batsmen to play instead of him, rather forcing an all rounder for the sake of playing an all rounder.
I have nothing personal against him, I am sure he is trying his best, and I don't know if it is a skill issue or a temperament issue, but as things stand, pakistan will sell themselves short by keeping him in the WC squad. I would rather someone like a asif ali to replace him.

On a side note, the bowling overall is lacking that bite that pakistani sides usually have. Hassan ali seems out of form or something. What do you guys think about wahab riaz as an option (although it may be too late) but I recall him really coming up with the goods in pressure situations in world cups before, spell against watson and semi-final against india in india. He has that extra pace and he can be lethal on his day. Imagine a starting line up of riaz, hasnain and amir. on their day they could be handful. I am not saying amir is amazing, but he atleast as good or better then those who are playing. granted he is not getting wickets but he seems to bowl with better control and does not get smashed often. So he is not good, but as good or better then the guys in the squad and on his day he can win games for you, which admittedly happens rarely.

Also some experts keep on talking about umer khan i have never seen him play as i don't follow the psl but maybe he is worth a punt too.

the case for leaving out faheem ashraf is a no brainer for me, but its hard to make way easily for riaz or umer khan, especially if shadab becomes fit. Its my first post and very lengthy one. So apologies for the rant. but i had a lot on my mind and no place to vent lol
 
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His role is for the photo shoots and ad campaigns. His slick hairstyle and gold chain makeup for his uselessness on the field.
 
Welcome to PP!

Very good points raised by you.

Issue now is we have invested lot of time in his development so it's not easy to replace him overnight.

Just hope, his problems are identified and fixed asap by the management
 
Extremely underrated cricketer. He will bring much better balance to our team once he gets soem confidence.

Watch him play in the PSL where he is backed and has a lot of confidence. He looks like a million bucks.

Top bowler in T20 and Pakistan has been missing a pace all rounder for a while and he IS the answer to that. Just needs more time and confidence, he’ll get there soon.
 
he has been in the side consistently for a long time, and still being backed by being in the wc squad, despite a terrible sa series. don't you feel if has some spark or talent, we would have seen some glimpses of it by now? many other players would have been discarded and forgotten with his performances. i am struggling to buy "he is not being backed" argument for these reasons. i would of course, love to be proven wrong if he can win some games for pakistan in wc, but the realist in me feels the chances are slim and replacing him seems a more prudent option
 
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Da_Future_Knick said:
Extremely underrated cricketer. He will bring much better balance to our team once he gets soem confidence.

Watch him play in the PSL where he is backed and has a lot of confidence. He looks like a million bucks.

Top bowler in T20 and Pakistan has been missing a pace all rounder for a while and he IS the answer to that. Just needs more time and confidence, he’ll get there soon.
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how much more confidence does he need? he is in the team despite having 0 performance. if this doesn't give him confidence then nothing will. He is just a gully evel player, we need to accept that.
 
He is the worst player to ever play for Pakistan. But Azhar and Mickey like him. He has made 0 impact in any of the matches, except Zimbabwe series. There is absolutely nothing in him. And for people who say he has talent, he just needs time. His talent is his swag and gold chain. He is crap. I would rather play with 10 players than him in the team. Pak management should be ashamed for investing in this useless.
 
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It seems to be a trend with modern-day Pakistani cricketers - make a good start, then fade away once you become a regular pick.
 
This guy is useless as a bowler or batsman. I would rather take Junaid or Amir or even Hasnain over him. At least Amir can score 10-15 runs and others 10 runs but bring more variety to our bowling.
 
Saj said:
It seems to be a trend with modern-day Pakistani cricketers - make a good start, then fade away once you become a regular pick.
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When he has a any remarkable batting innings. Batting in a practice match with 10-15m boundary does't count at all.
 
I think he maybe one of the players replaced when the squad is announced. He doesn’t bring anything to the team.
 
Sher Khan said:
His role is for the photo shoots and ad campaigns. His slick hairstyle and gold chain makeup for his uselessness on the field.
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You forgot his philosophical ramblings on Twitter like how people like to rain on your parade because they are jealous of your sun.
 
I agree with the blogger above that Pakistan has invested alot of time in a dud player. He could not hit balls on a dead pitch and Imad Wasim could not play bouncers on a flat track is a worry for Pakistan going into world cup matches.
 
The only time he did score was in a practice match against Ireland I think and everyone was blown away by it and he's been keeping his place due to that one performance, which shouldn't really count. Shadab is much more capable with the bat.
 
Welcome to PP. Valid points raised. I guess one of the problems is that we are struggling to find decent all rounders, he gave bit of hope when he came onto the scene that he can be a decent pace bowling all rounder but just like many other players he didnt improve rather has deteriorated under this team management.
 
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Faheem is a failed investment for pakistan. When the criteria of team selection is based upon psl performance then there is nothing much left to say. Cant bat, cant bowl, fieldinf is avg. Not sure if he would be selexted in an omani or uae side even. Below average over the moon hyped player
 
Off the topic, micky has been a failed coach as well. Micky's 1st experience in pakistan cricket was a failure when he led the disastrous campaign in 2016 for karachi kings. Not sure hpw we agreed to micky as a coach or maybe we were desperate to have a busy body to replacr waqar. Micky i honestly believe has no cricketing sense, as a fitness instructor i'll give him marks
 
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The problem for Pakistan is Faheem Ashraf's inability to effectively hit down the order and produce with the bat. In domestic cricket he has played many blistering knocks and he can hit big, just has not done it consistently at the international level. His role is to hit lusty blows at the end to finish games and he has failed badly.

His bowling is mostly cold. Aamir Yamin should have been given chances so that we had a back up plan. Aamir Yamin has a better batting record as well and can hit the ball equally long and hard as well.
 
I feel bad for Faheem because 90% of the situations he comes in requires him to hit from ball one at the death but sadly he keeps failing but that is the role he has been selected for. We all know he can hit big, maybe he needs around 2-3 overs to get his eye in. But he has to deliver that one Klusenar, Razzaq type innings otherwise he is going to struggle to keep his place.
 
I was at the practise match where he played a match winning 60 odd against Bangladesh. He looked a million dollars and all of his hits were mainly straight over the bowler rather than the short boundaries. However he has failed to deliver with the bat.

His bowling has been decent in all forms of the games he has played for Pak.

One thing however is that he should not be opening the bowling for Pak in one day matches , as 1st or second change he can do a decent job. He actually went for less runs than all our other bowlers yesterday barring Imad.

For me his batting has been underwhelming, and there in lies the problem . Replace him with Asif and we are a bowling option short but Asif brings more fire power with the bat.

The selectors have backed him and have told him to show them whether he can sink or swim . At the moment he is sinking .
I do believe 4 pace options in the starting 11 is what is needed in England . Even if it is 5-6 overs from Faheem . If he could bowl 6 overs and give 30 runs and get a wicket he would be useful if he scored with the bat . Unfortunately his batting has been poor .
 
Savak said:
I feel bad for Faheem because 90% of the situations he comes in requires him to hit from ball one at the death but sadly he keeps failing but that is the role he has been selected for. We all know he can hit big, maybe he needs around 2-3 overs to get his eye in. But he has to deliver that one Klusenar, Razzaq type innings otherwise he is going to struggle to keep his place.
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I agree it's very tough for players in his situation but he just hasn't made the most of it. Shadab, Amir, Yamin, Hasan Ali and Imad have all had better batting performances of late.
 
He was initially picked as an all rounder because he not only can bowl at a decent lick, but he did smash a couple of great innings early in his career. He can hit the ball a long way when he is in the mood.

Since then, he has struggled to make much impact with the bat, and his performance with the bowl has been poor as well, but these have generally been on batting wickets.

The dilemma for me is that you could replace him with another bowler, but most of the alternatives are not performing much better. They look pretty much the same except there is even less chance of them contributing with the bat.
 
Da_Future_Knick said:
Extremely underrated cricketer. He will bring much better balance to our team once he gets soem confidence.

Watch him play in the PSL where he is backed and has a lot of confidence. He looks like a million bucks.

Top bowler in T20 and Pakistan has been missing a pace all rounder for a while and he IS the answer to that. Just needs more time and confidence, he’ll get there soon.
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4 overs in T20 would hide is deficiencies, When i comes to longer format he's exposed.
 
He is occupying space for since few months, and that is the only role he is playing for the team. I had not seen a more useless cricketer in my life even when he took some wickets (long long ago he avg 300+ with the ball these days) they were mostly bad shots and nothing special from his side.

If Pakistan wants to do anything they need to get rid of him anyone can replace him really at this point.
 
On the bench bringing the drinks. He does nothing at all and is a complete waste of space in the side. Can play an expert bowler or batsmen as a much better replacement. Can't understand why we keep playing him unless it's political reasons.
 
I woke up at 6am my local time when the match was suppose to start. I opened Cricinfo, saw Faheem was opening the attack - went back to sleep. Such a useless, mediocre cricketer.
 
A useless cricketer enjoying as an " automatic choice " for being a fake allrounder.

His only job is to block the spot of another cricketer in the team whom Inzi doesn't want to.
 
His lack of confidence is due to lack of performance and capability. You can;t buy confidence on Amazon.com.
 
I'm not a fan of Faheem but its difficult for selectors to ignore his PSL performance. 2nd highest wicket taker with 21 wickets @ 15.33, and a passable economy rate of 7.29. I feel that its on this basis that he's been selected for ODIs.

Clearly, Faheem should be restricted to just T20s but when have our selectors ever taken format into account when selecting players? They frequently select test specialists for ODIs (Abbas, Yasir Shah) for example.
 
Saj said:
It seems to be a trend with modern-day Pakistani cricketers - make a good start, then fade away once you become a regular pick.
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Because continuing to make improvements requires constant hard work. Have to put in the extremely difficult first few years in the gym and nets. Our players seem to enjoy the limelight that comes with fame but not the hard work. The English commentators spent quite a bit of time talking about Buttler spending his winters with coaches making tweaks to his batting stance, technique to stay ahead of the game. He has the desire and fire in his belly to constantly improve and innovate. Something I've never heard of about our team since the greats retired.
 
Faheem might play well against a Bangladesh/Zimbabwe/Ireland/Afghanistan side which most of our players are confident against. Unfortunately, when it comes to the top teams most of our players go blank or turn into mental midgets...Sorry to use that word :)
 
Mickey and co. have invested heavily in him and I think they will be reluctant to drop him for the World Cup.

But boy is he struggling and if anyone deserves to be dropped from the 17 man squad, it's this lad.
 
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Mickey and co. have invested heavily in him and I think they will be reluctant to drop him for the World Cup.

But boy is he struggling and if anyone deserves to be dropped from the 17 man squad, it's this lad.
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Like you said! He's the only one who has no right being in the 15 let alone 17 . . leave everything else aside, investment in Faheem Ashraf makes me question the team management and their eye for talent . . Faheem Ashraf would do well to do well consistently in first class cricket . .
 
They didn't fancy Ammad Butt, Hammad Azam and dropped Aamer Yamin pretty quickly and put all their eggs in the Faheem Ashraf basket.
 
There are worse useless journeymen in this ODI side than Faheem. he is a handy player when conditions favor, but I'm afraid a storm is coming in this world cup, a batting storm, where medium-pace batteries like pakistan are gonna get marmaladed & pulverized.
 
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They didn't fancy Ammad Butt, Hammad Azam and dropped Aamer Yamin pretty quickly and put all their eggs in the Faheem Ashraf basket.
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And they did the right thing. Those 3 “all rounders” can’t even tie Faheem’s shoes. He’s way way ahead of them
 
Da_Future_Knick said:
And they did the right thing. Those 3 “all rounders” can’t even tie Faheem’s shoes. He’s way way ahead of them
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Yes of course he is With a odi batting avge of 12 and a bowling avge of 35 hes our next imran khan
 
Zaz said:
Yes of course he is With a odi batting avge of 12 and a bowling avge of 35 hes our next imran khan
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I reckon Imran Khan even now would have better stats. :)
 
Faheem is on the team because his bowling is not worse than specialist bowlers. People mentioning Aamir have the memory of goldfish. When Wahab Riaz last played England scored 444. Hassan has been very expensive as well and Hasnain is an unknown entity.

Faheem should not be opening the bowling. Sarfraz and Mickey are misusing him. He should be bowling the middle overs. Eventually, he will come good with bat too.

It is alright to criticize players but when you criticize almost everyone from Imam to Hafeez to Malik to Imad to Shadab to Junaid to Faheem to Shirwani then who are you going to select in the squad? Players from Mars?
 
fighter85 said:
Hi,

I have been lurking on this website and forums for years but never made an account or post anything. But made an account now only for one reason, to vent my frustration about the utility of faheem ashraf in the pakistan side.

I am not much of a cricketer myself, except the usual back yard and street cricket that most kids play. But I have watched a lot of cricket, and I can't for the life of me understand what faheem ashraf is doing in this team.

For any other member in the pakistan squad you can make a case, for and against, why they should or should not be in the squad.

But for faheem ashraf, the only argument you can make is he is an allrounder and he is the best we got. Which in my opinion is a a lame argument.

For as long as I remember seeing him play, he has never done anything of substance, maybe i missed some matches and maybe when he started his career in the side and maybe he looked good then. But in recent memory, he has done nothing that really stands out to me.

I am not a technical expert but to my eyes, he seems a less then average bowler for international standards and a less then average batsmen by international standards. And he rarely contributes anything in both roles.

I would rather prefer pure bowler or a pure batsmen to play instead of him, rather forcing an all rounder for the sake of playing an all rounder.
I have nothing personal against him, I am sure he is trying his best, and I don't know if it is a skill issue or a temperament issue, but as things stand, pakistan will sell themselves short by keeping him in the WC squad. I would rather someone like a asif ali to replace him.

On a side note, the bowling overall is lacking that bite that pakistani sides usually have. Hassan ali seems out of form or something. What do you guys think about wahab riaz as an option (although it may be too late) but I recall him really coming up with the goods in pressure situations in world cups before, spell against watson and semi-final against india in india. He has that extra pace and he can be lethal on his day. Imagine a starting line up of riaz, hasnain and amir. on their day they could be handful. I am not saying amir is amazing, but he atleast as good or better then those who are playing. granted he is not getting wickets but he seems to bowl with better control and does not get smashed often. So he is not good, but as good or better then the guys in the squad and on his day he can win games for you, which admittedly happens rarely.

Also some experts keep on talking about umer khan i have never seen him play as i don't follow the psl but maybe he is worth a punt too.

the case for leaving out faheem ashraf is a no brainer for me, but its hard to make way easily for riaz or umer khan, especially if shadab becomes fit. Its my first post and very lengthy one. So apologies for the rant. but i had a lot on my mind and no place to vent lol
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His role is to fulfil coach’s dream of having a fast bowling all-rounder in playing XI.

Arthur comes from SAF, where due to the type of wickets/conditions every FC team has couple of players who can bowl at decent to good pace and can bat. These players are quite effective in such conditions where they can average 35 with ball & 23 with bat, even in international cricket, if given a longer rope. This is even more applicable in England where there are several such all rounders in plenty in County circuit. May be Australia is a bit different, because there medium pacers have very rough ride - in Australia, they try to improve batting of their regular fast bowlers.

We can see plenty of similar type of all-rounders in South Asia with spin bowling skills - in India, BD & SRL many of their regular batsmen are accomplished FC level spinners and they do bowl quite few overs in FC cricket. In that regard, Arthur’s effort of developing couple of all-rounders can’t be criticised.

Problem for Faheem is that he is surprisingly poor with his batting compared to his FC stats. From his domestic career one should expect him to be a batsman at pet or may be a better version of Saqlaine or Kumble or our Mo Rafique; therefore investing in him wasn’t wrong, but guy doesn’t look improving at all with his batting and unless that happens, his bowling alone isn’t good enough to keep him afloat for long - or other way, if a player like Faheem makes PAK XI on merit for long, then PAK won’t raise much above 6th/7th spot in ranking table.

Fast bowling all/rounders can be developed only through FC games which allows batsmen batting at 6-8 proper time in middle and enough bowling workload to develop in both facets of the game, as well as building his body. 20, even 50 overs game doesn’t allow lower middle order any chance to bat properlyThis is where Faheem & Arthur is failing - Faheem’s bowling is decent enough to make it as 4th bowler, even as 3rd bowler as well on Asian conditions, but from these T20 cricket which is PCB’s 99% focus he (none) can develop batting. I am sure Faheem gives enough time in batting nets, but it won’t work, can’t work - what he needs is quality batting time in middle at FC cricket, which isn’t happening in PAK domestic cricket on under prepared tracks, played in winter day light.
 
fighter85 said:
Hi,

I have been lurking on this website and forums for years but never made an account or post anything. But made an account now only for one reason, to vent my frustration about the utility of faheem ashraf in the pakistan side.

I am not much of a cricketer myself, except the usual back yard and street cricket that most kids play. But I have watched a lot of cricket, and I can't for the life of me understand what faheem ashraf is doing in this team.

For any other member in the pakistan squad you can make a case, for and against, why they should or should not be in the squad.

But for faheem ashraf, the only argument you can make is he is an allrounder and he is the best we got. Which in my opinion is a a lame argument.

For as long as I remember seeing him play, he has never done anything of substance, maybe i missed some matches and maybe when he started his career in the side and maybe he looked good then. But in recent memory, he has done nothing that really stands out to me.

I am not a technical expert but to my eyes, he seems a less then average bowler for international standards and a less then average batsmen by international standards. And he rarely contributes anything in both roles.

I would rather prefer pure bowler or a pure batsmen to play instead of him, rather forcing an all rounder for the sake of playing an all rounder.
I have nothing personal against him, I am sure he is trying his best, and I don't know if it is a skill issue or a temperament issue, but as things stand, pakistan will sell themselves short by keeping him in the WC squad. I would rather someone like a asif ali to replace him.

On a side note, the bowling overall is lacking that bite that pakistani sides usually have. Hassan ali seems out of form or something. What do you guys think about wahab riaz as an option (although it may be too late) but I recall him really coming up with the goods in pressure situations in world cups before, spell against watson and semi-final against india in india. He has that extra pace and he can be lethal on his day. Imagine a starting line up of riaz, hasnain and amir. on their day they could be handful. I am not saying amir is amazing, but he atleast as good or better then those who are playing. granted he is not getting wickets but he seems to bowl with better control and does not get smashed often. So he is not good, but as good or better then the guys in the squad and on his day he can win games for you, which admittedly happens rarely.

Also some experts keep on talking about umer khan i have never seen him play as i don't follow the psl but maybe he is worth a punt too.

the case for leaving out faheem ashraf is a no brainer for me, but its hard to make way easily for riaz or umer khan, especially if shadab becomes fit. Its my first post and very lengthy one. So apologies for the rant. but i had a lot on my mind and no place to vent lol
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His role in the team is a luddy maker payaso. In ice hockey a luddy maker payaso is a clown player who keeps hopes alive only within his fans to perform extraordinary in the next match but actually never performs till end of his career. And at the end his fans blame to his critics that putting unnecessary pressure on him throughout his career which let him down. This is what my Spanish girlfriend told me about this luddy maker thing 15 years ago in our university days..
 
Rubbish player. Should not be in the squad.

Pretender. Disgrace to the word "all rounder". Living off his one freak innings against Bangladesh in a practice match. Nincompoop captain keeps giving him the new ball for him to waste.
 
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Amir Yamin really needed to be tried more, he is a better bat and fielder than Faheem with out a doubt and his bowling isn't any worse than Faheem..
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You can’t seriosuly think Faheem & Yamin are on the same level as far as bowling is concerned.

Faheem is way way ahead. He makes the team on bowling alone
 
Mo Dipsy said:
I'm not a fan of Faheem but its difficult for selectors to ignore his PSL performance. 2nd highest wicket taker with 21 wickets @ 15.33, and a passable economy rate of 7.29. I feel that its on this basis that he's been selected for ODIs.

Clearly, Faheem should be restricted to just T20s but when have our selectors ever taken format into account when selecting players? They frequently select test specialists for ODIs (Abbas, Yasir Shah) for example.
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Nobody doubts his T20 performances. He just isn't enough for 10 overs of bowling, and he's not capable enough with the bat for one day cricket.
 
He is unlikely to be dropped since the team management has invested in him for a while now. He is not a bad bowler if he was scoring some runs. But not good enough as a specialist bowler.

The remaining 3 ODIs are critical for him to earn his spot in the playing eleven if he doesn't get benched to allow Hasnain and Amir fight it out to win a spot in the WC squad.
 
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Nobody doubts his T20 performances. He just isn't enough for 10 overs of bowling, and he's not capable enough with the bat for one day cricket.
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Even his T20I performances haven't been any sort of brilliant, he has only performed against the likes of Sri Lanka, West Indies, Scotland and Zimbabwe and has been thoroughly exposed by Australia, New Zealand, England and South Africa for time to time.
 
His role is to ensure that right form the toss, opposition team plays with 12 players against our 10 and we remain at disadvantage throughout the match.

Note: This isn't the case if we play Zimbabwe B or Bangladesh in a Warmup game.
 
His is the case where he isn't that bad of a cricketer but opposition players are just better.

In terms of speed, he was bowling as fast as most English bowlers with the exception of Stokes (one ball) and Archer (who didn't play the second match).

English bowlers kept bowling short and none of our batsmen seemed to be capable to handle that barring the exception of Fakhar but he wasn't actually hitting them well as well. Try that to Bairstow, Root, Butler, Morgan and ours were getting pummelled. His bowling in these cases becomes absolutely cannon fodder.

The less we talk about his batting, the better.
 
As things stand, Well. As the years have gone by. (Hard to believe it's been almost 2 years since his debut and he's still here)

Batting wise he's living off some warm up game performance and bowling wise a hattrick against Sri Lanka in a T20I.

In ODI's, He has done absolute Zilch. Nada. Nothing. One of the worst One day cricketers I have ever seen play for Pakistan. Should feel privileged too even be in the side right now. T20I's he merits a place due to his bowling which hasn't set the world alight but he's been good enough to keep a place in the side.

Faheem Ashraf, As things stand has been a wasteful investment and we should have tried too imbed a new all rounder within the side 1 year ago. I feel bad saying that because in the dressing room he gets along with everybody, He's always got a smile on his face, Full of positive vibes, Very well spoken too and these are the type of characters you need in a squad but I'm sorry. Performance over everything. Hope he is binned from the final World Cup squad.
 
Fast bowling was our trademark but since this fake all-rounder came into existence, that also had become vulnerable.
 
Think he is done. I feel bad for him given the tools are there but not the attitude
 
Should be dropped from WC squad, and make space for Asif Ali. Drop Hasnain for Amir.
 
Faheem should be in the squad, no point trying somebody else at this late stage. He is on the bench anyway when shadab is back.
He hasn't bowled that bad in the last 2 games.
It's totally different proposition if we get wickets up front.
This England team has been scoring 350 + for a few years at home, so let's keep a bit of perspective
 
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The ease with which batsmen are hitting Faheem out the park is alarming and he seems to have no response.
 
I just hope Pakistan doesnt get carried away with the fact that they cant replace Faheem Ashraf because they have invested time on him. Making mistake is an offense but sticking to the mistake or repeating the same mistake is a bigger offense. If you have the opportunity to rectify it, just go ahead.
 
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The ease with which batsmen are hitting Faheem out the park is alarming and he seems to have no response.
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Tbh, club level cricketers would find it easy to hit his predictable bowling out the park. Not sure how many sixes he needs to get hit to realize that bowling back of length with short boundaries will never work.
 
Lowkey was kind of glad he was getting smashed yesterday. Hopefully he is replaced for the WC. Literally anyone would be better than him. I used to really rate him but the last few times he's played we've seen he's actually a very mediocre LOI player.
 
gazza619 said:
We must play a proper bowler in place of Faheem who has failed big time.
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Faheem is a bits and pieces player.A proper bowler should replace him.The wickets in England are going to be dead flat,the ball will not swing so bowlers like Faheem will be taken to cleaners.
 
The odd juxtaposition of being heralded as the next Razzaq needs to stop.

He is no better than Hammad Azam, and Azam may even be better.
 
But but but he scored a fifty v Bangladesh in a warmup in a match with a 30m boundary on one side and took wickets against Sri Lanka C so that makes him next Abdul Razzaq.
 
Sami92 said:
I just hope Pakistan doesnt get carried away with the fact that they cant replace Faheem Ashraf because they have invested time on him. Making mistake is an offense but sticking to the mistake or repeating the same mistake is a bigger offense. If you have the opportunity to rectify it, just go ahead.
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:)) Well this offence has been repeated time and again - see Umar Akmal, Asad Shafiq, Ahmed Shehzad, Younis Khan (ODIs). We are the kings of this along with Sri Lanka who have similar fetish for failed investments.
 
He needs to life his game with the bat otherwise he needs to be dropped. With ball, he is not worse than specialist bowlers.
 
Faheem’s bowling is respectable for 3rd/4th pacer . But he does not seem to be cutting the mustard with the bat at all. Granted he’s coming with not many overs left but he could still hit 28 of 16 balls kind of knock . But he just gets out .
 
Its time to go...we have better bowlers than him and I'm pretty sure they can bat better too...he's only in there for his so called superior batting.

Lower order from no.7 with no Faheem...

Imad
Shadab
Hasan
Bowler
Bowler

Seriously, are we really gonna miss his batting in that order?
 
He is by far the worst Pak cricketer. Absolutely 0 talent and 0 cricketing IQ. Mickey and Inzi should be sacked for investing in this idiot.
 
Hasan played a good cameo who is a bowler. In fact, Shaheen hit a six. But this useless was taking singles in 48th over. I really hope to never see him again. But he will be in WC squad because Inzi is a coward who doesn’t want to admit his mistake. Mickey also.
 
Faheem is counterpart to hardik pandya whenever all rounder discussion happens
 
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