Time to sack Inzamam-ul-Haq

[Shafi]

Title say it all. He is utterly rubbish as selector. No clue how to select players based on position or situation or condition. The selection of Wahab, Hafeez, Azhar, Shehzad and Imad are really disgraceful.
Need to get rid of him as soon as possible

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Agreed. How can you select Azhar, Shehzad, Hafeez and Wahab

 

[superman]

Why not sack hafeez and azhar. Call a pot a pot hafeez is a selfish waste of space and whoever replaces inzi will be forced to select hafeez and shezad by geo and etc etc stakeholders

 

[Adil_94]

yep inzi deciding to recall azhar n keep hafeez in the team is just pathetic. hes just like the others

 

[Arham_PakFan]

The time had already come a long time ago

 

[ispartan]

Rather than dropping players, why drop selectors and players are still there. Time for Hafeez,Malik and Azhar to retire from ODI's

 

[pakistanigoneaussie]

I'll keep him for two reasons

1. the potential replacements are awful, Moin Khan was the only decent selector we have had recently

2. In general Inzi's A, under 19 and other development squads have been very good, i hope he just learns from this

 

[Jabo]

He was always going to be garbage

Not sure why People are surprised

 

[saadsahabjee]

worse cheif slector .

wahab ?
shahzad?
azhar?
hafeez?


this is hw you make an odi team with triedand tested failures.

 

[Markhor]

CT squad was appalling. You cannot teach Azhar, Shehzad, Hafeez and Malik new tricks at their age.

However I'd keep him as knowing PCB, they'd resurrect another fossil from the Bronze Age like Wasim Bari, Haroon Rasheed, Iqbal Qasim or Intikhab Alam.

 

[Slog]

CT squad was appalling. You cannot teach Azhar, Shehzad, Hafeez and Malik new tricks at their age.

However I'd keep him as knowing PCB, they'd resurrect another fossil from the Bronze Age like Wasim Bari, Haroon Rasheed, Iqbal Qasim or Intikhab Alam.

I think he's fine

I was against him at start and while obviously we could do better in selections but overall I know for sure the others you name wouldn't have brought in Shadab, Fakhar, Junaid , Abbas. And would have dropped Hasan too early.

Fahim I'm not convinced about

 

[srh]

Title say it all. He is utterly rubbish as selector. No clue how to select players based on position or situation or condition. The selection of Wahab, Hafeez, Azhar, Shehzad and Imad are really disgraceful.
Need to get rid of him as soon as possible

but he is the one who also selected Fakhar, Shadab, Fahim, Hasan and Junaid

 

[htariq25]

Sack inzamam. Sack azhar, hafeez, Malik, Sarfraz, akmal, babar(yes he's pathetic). Sack every1 and stop playing cricket. Time this pathetic cricket team put us out of our misery!

 

[Savak]

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Watch from 7:40 onwards. Sarfaraz is crediting the selection committee for giving them the players that they wanted.

 

[Friend786]

lol

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is what I envisioned for Pakistan, a team that can take up any challenge and fightback like they mean it. Congrats Pak! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ENGvPAK?src=hash">#ENGvPAK</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CT17?src=hash">#CT17</a></p>— Inzamam ul Haq (@InziTheLegend) <a href="https://twitter.com/InziTheLegend/status/875044088545857536">June 14, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Syed1]

lol

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is what I envisioned for Pakistan, a team that can take up any challenge and fightback like they mean it. Congrats Pak! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ENGvPAK?src=hash">#ENGvPAK</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CT17?src=hash">#CT17</a></p>— Inzamam ul Haq (@InziTheLegend) <a href="https://twitter.com/InziTheLegend/status/875044088545857536">June 14, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Says the guy who sent Azhar and Shehzad as first choice openers. Wahab as premier pacer and Umar Akmal as the stalwart in the middle order


If it weren't for PSL, Fakhar, Shadab, Raees and Hasan wouldn't even be a part of the side.

 

[Hamza_]

Says the guy who sent Azhar and Shehzad as first choice openers. Wahab as premier pacer and Umar Akmal as the stalwart in the middle order


If it weren't for PSL, Fakhar, Shadab, Raees and Hasan wouldn't even be a part of the side.

+1 to this. Anyways he can still get his act right

 

[SarfiBabarHaris]

Watch from 7:40 onwards. Sarfaraz is crediting the selection committee for giving them the players that they wanted.

Hinting towards Rumman Raees.

 

[Hamza_]

Hinting towards Rumman Raees.

Really

 

[Hamza78]

Says the guy who sent Azhar and Shehzad as first choice openers. Wahab as premier pacer and Umar Akmal as the stalwart in the middle order


If it weren't for PSL, Fakhar, Shadab, Raees and Hasan wouldn't even be a part of the side.

He select zaman too that's not his fault if he didn't ply against India plus azhar play well in this tournament

 

[CricFan2012]

Can't believe how Inzi backstabbed Pakistani fans.

Everyone was so happy and jumping around here when he was appointed because he wasn't a bhudda dinosaur like his predecessors, but he didn't take long to show us how inept and corrupt he is with that Akmal selection despite him being unfit.

Seems to be that Pakistan will never get a fair administration, and this is exactly what can prevent this team from becoming top 3.

 

[Sarfarazian92]

The fact that he sent an unfit Akmal to England by declaring him 'fit' shows his dishonesty.

 

[CricVet]

Hinting towards Rumman Raees.

Exactly. Inzi mian muft ka credit lay rahay hain.

 

[CricVet]

The fact that he sent an unfit Akmal to England by declaring him 'fit' shows his dishonesty.

It just shows the nature of his cavalier attitude. As a cricketer, it was visible in Inzi's batting sometime when he had no idea about his crease or awareness of cricket laws. He was a darn good batsman but not a professionally aware one.

 

[mak36]

What a ridiculous thread. Has Inzi made mistakes? Yes. But it is also under Inzi/Arthur the ODI team has started to finally show improvement, and your response is to demand his resignation?? What nonsense.

Believe it or not, the team that we are all praising today was also picked from the squad selected by Inzi! Of course the PSL has been important, but let's not try to pretend that chief selectors in the past had selected players on merit. If you don't believe me, just take a look at the squad that was being selected before Inzi was the CS. The fact that Inzi has selected a number of players from the PSL is a reason to praise him, not to criticise him.

I swear reading posts like this makes me wonder why anyone bothers- oh well, can't please everyone.

 

[srh]

Says the guy who sent Azhar and Shehzad as first choice openers. Wahab as premier pacer and Umar Akmal as the stalwart in the middle order


If it weren't for PSL, Fakhar, Shadab, Raees and Hasan wouldn't even be a part of the side.

Inzi selected Fakhar for the West Indies tour as an opener but Sarfraz + Mickey were the main culprits:
They continue to select TTF as an opener and played Fakhar in lower middle order in the T20Is
And then they did not play Fakhar at all in ODIs

Inzi still did not give up on Fakhar and selected him again for CT as an opener. But even in the CT, Fakhar was not the first choice of Sarfraz + Mickey as they did not play him in the 1st ODI match and only when Pakistan was epic humiliated then they play Fakhar

As far as Fakhar is concerned, Inzi was totally correct and Sarfraz + Mickey were totally wrong.

 

[Syed1]

Inzi selected Fakhar for the West Indies tour as an opener but Sarfraz + Mickey were the main culprits:
They continue to select TTF as an opener and played Fakhar in lower middle order in the T20Is
And then they did not play Fakhar at all in ODIs

Inzi still did not give up on Fakhar and selected him again for CT as an opener. But even in the CT, Fakhar was not the first choice of Sarfraz + Mickey as they did not play him in the 1st ODI match and only when Pakistan was epic humiliated then they play Fakhar

As far as Fakhar is concerned, Inzi was totally correct and Sarfraz + Mickey were totally wrong.

That is a correct assessment. The duo of Mickey and Sarfaraz have made their fair share of blunders too. Hope they learn from them.

 

[Pete Rose]

Inzi selected Fakhar for the West Indies tour as an opener but Sarfraz + Mickey were the main culprits:
They continue to select TTF as an opener and played Fakhar in lower middle order in the T20Is
And then they did not play Fakhar at all in ODIs

Inzi still did not give up on Fakhar and selected him again for CT as an opener. But even in the CT, Fakhar was not the first choice of Sarfraz + Mickey as they did not play him in the 1st ODI match and only when Pakistan was epic humiliated then they play Fakhar

As far as Fakhar is concerned, Inzi was totally correct and Sarfraz + Mickey were totally wrong.

Come on man. You've been following cricket long enough to know better. Selectors in Pakistan never take tough decisions. That's why they give you a squad with ttf's and then ask the team Managment to make a tough call. If inzi had the courage he would have left then kamran, Shehzad etc etc out, he would have not brought Hafeez back to windies odi squad after his horror show in Australia. He would not have brought Azhar back. He would not send an unfit Umar Akmal and a (probably) unfit Hari's sohail.
The batting squad sent for the CT is shockingly rubbish. Shehzad, Hafeez, hafeez: exactly how many players were you expecting the team Managment to drop?
Inzi has been very very poor on the batting selections.

 

[Abdullah]

I'm not sure who eople wanted as our top 5 bats for the CT?
Peeps like Pete rose seem to have a problem with Azhar Hafeez malik haris babar shehzad. Sharjeel is injured and umar is unfit. Who would u have selected???

 

[Abdullah]

^sharjeel is unselectable not unfit

 

[Hamza_]

Come on man. You've been following cricket long enough to know better. Selectors in Pakistan never take tough decisions. That's why they give you a squad with ttf's and then ask the team Managment to make a tough call. If inzi had the courage he would have left then kamran, Shehzad etc etc out, he would have not brought Hafeez back to windies odi squad after his horror show in Australia. He would not have brought Azhar back. He would not send an unfit Umar Akmal and a (probably) unfit Hari's sohail.
The batting squad sent for the CT is shockingly rubbish. Shehzad, Hafeez, hafeez: exactly how many players were you expecting the team Managment to drop?
Inzi has been very very poor on the batting selections.

Agree with [MENTION=107807]Pete Rose[/MENTION] his batting selection are terrible.

 

[Sultan Baba]

Azhar Ali is best choice as a opner in this team and he also show in the semi final and he is also most runs in ct2017 from pakistan team

 

[TalentSpotterPk]

Hinting towards Rumman Raees.

It could be for 3-4 players not one.

 

[shah_1]

Inzi is a poor selector just because we are in the final doesn't hide it.

It's our youngsters that are performing the best in the team so what does it say for the senior? Time to boot every senior out.

 

[Sirris]

In the post match conference sarfraz praised the selection committee and said that they have provided us with the players we asked for.

Fan are so fragile and innocent in their thinking.

Do you honestly believe one can just drop hafeez just like that?

What I think is happening is that the seniors like hafeez and Malik have been given a guaranteed place in the playing XI for the whole if the CT and are expected deliver results. After the CT their performances will be evaluated and if it's not up to mark then they will be sent packing soon.

At least that's what I think is happening. And at the moment it doesn't seem good for hafeez. Just have patience.

 

[Zeshan547]

Says the guy who sent Azhar and Shehzad as first choice openers. Wahab as premier pacer and Umar Akmal as the stalwart in the middle order


If it weren't for PSL, Fakhar, Shadab, Raees and Hasan wouldn't even be a part of the side.

Inzi you legend, its not due to your great selections that we are in final its rather despite of your great selections, so just thanks your lucky stars, and use your big brain in future selections, thanks.

 

[Savak]

In the post match conference sarfraz praised the selection committee and said that they have provided us with the players we asked for.

Fan are so fragile and innocent in their thinking.

Do you honestly believe one can just drop hafeez just like that?

What I think is happening is that the seniors like hafeez and Malik have been given a guaranteed place in the playing XI for the whole if the CT and are expected deliver results. After the CT their performances will be evaluated and if it's not up to mark then they will be sent packing soon.

At least that's what I think is happening. And at the moment it doesn't seem good for hafeez. Just have patience.

Sarfaraz's commendations to the selection committee should be enough. Enough of the anti Inzi threads and posts

 

[Shafi]

In the post match conference sarfraz praised the selection committee and said that they have provided us with the players we asked for.

Fan are so fragile and innocent in their thinking.

Do you honestly believe one can just drop hafeez just like that?

What I think is happening is that the seniors like hafeez and Malik have been given a guaranteed place in the playing XI for the whole if the CT and are expected deliver results. After the CT their performances will be evaluated and if it's not up to mark then they will be sent packing soon.

At least that's what I think is happening. And at the moment it doesn't seem good for hafeez. Just have patience.

Very unlikely!!!!! Both Azhar and Hafeez will be permanent members in the team for next couple of years. Not sure about Wahab, Gul, md. sami, Shehzad, Akmal brothers, Irfan... they may be recycled time to time

 

[KyoOne]

Can't believe how Inzi backstabbed Pakistani fans.

Everyone was so happy and jumping around here when he was appointed because he wasn't a bhudda dinosaur like his predecessors, but he didn't take long to show us how inept and corrupt he is with that Akmal selection despite him being unfit.

Seems to be that Pakistan will never get a fair administration, and this is exactly what can prevent this team from becoming top 3.

The fact that he sent an unfit Akmal to England by declaring him 'fit' shows his dishonesty.

Says the guy who sent Azhar and Shehzad as first choice openers. Wahab as premier pacer and Umar Akmal as the stalwart in the middle order


If it weren't for PSL, Fakhar, Shadab, Raees and Hasan wouldn't even be a part of the side.

Umar Akmal's selection was due to a phone call. Its all over television media

Other selections weren't horrible by any degree. Wahab was Mickey's favourite (due to pace), while Shehzad was brought due to lack of options ahead of important tournament after three of our better openers got sidelined amid fixing investigations.

Inzi hasn't done that bad. In comparison, his predecessors were beyond horrible (just look at the last champians trophy squad for instance -- Kamran Akmal, Imran Farhat, Umar Amin (when he was way too mediocre), Asad Shafiq, Wahab, Nasir Jamshed and Malik (some of these directly came into tournament without ANY domestic performances).

At least in Inzi we can assure he is honest (albeit lacks courage for not being able to refuse prime minister)

 

[Savak]

Sarfraz identifies three reasons for Champions Trophy triumph

AGENCIES

• JUN 19, 2017

London— Pakistan’s Champions Trophy-winning captain Sarfraz Ahmed believes his team’s triumph against the odds couldn’t have been possible without the “boys’ hard work, the public’s prayers and Allah’s help.”
In an exclusive interview with Roznama Express, Sarfraz, who is highly religious and a Hafiz-e-Quran, said: “It is the holy month of Ramzan and everyone was fasting and praying, so yes those prayers have definitely been answered. The way we won the game against Sri Lanka and South Africa, it couldn’t have been possible without the boys’ hard work, the public’s prayers and Allah’s help.”

When asked how he juggled cricket and Ramzan, Sarfraz added: “It is very difficult to fast between matches, especially 50-over matches, but yes whenever there were free days, I fasted.”

Contrary to a popular notion, Sarfraz says his team did go into the tournament to win despite their low ranking.
“Yes, our target was to come here and win the Champions Trophy, but the way the boys bounced back [after an early setback], they deserve all the praise.”

He also reserved special praise for the Inzamamul Haq-led selection committee for providing him the tools to mastermind the Champions Trophy triumph.

“I am very thankful to the selection committee for providing me all the players we asked them for,” said Sarfraz. “Inzi bhai (Inzamamul Haq) especially, I will give him and his team a lot of credit for helping and supporting us. In fact, he always tells me that if you need a particular player, just ask.”

Link: https://kashmirobserver.net/2017/sp...-three-reasons-champions-trophy-triumph-19404

Comments: Sarfaraz confirming that Inzi provided him the squad he wanted. Well done Inzi

 

[idrizzy]

Fans are way too fickle, it's funny reading comments regarding certain players a week before the final

 

[PakLFC]

It is impossible to select the correct team all the time. Shehzad and Wahab are the ones that give me the greatest concern. Fortunately, Inzi has not bought the tableeghi-i-jamaat culture with him.

 

[TheAceOfSpades]

Fans are way too fickle, it's funny reading comments regarding certain players a week before the final

I say we drop Hafeez lower down the order. It seems that when he is given the role of protecting his wicket, he dwindles and eats too many dot balls whereas when he is coming lower like at 6 or 7 he can just tonk the ball. Hopefully that is his new role in the team

 

[Cosmic]

Sarfraz identifies three reasons for Champions Trophy triumph

AGENCIES

• JUN 19, 2017

London— Pakistan’s Champions Trophy-winning captain Sarfraz Ahmed believes his team’s triumph against the odds couldn’t have been possible without the “boys’ hard work, the public’s prayers and Allah’s help.”
In an exclusive interview with Roznama Express, Sarfraz, who is highly religious and a Hafiz-e-Quran, said: “It is the holy month of Ramzan and everyone was fasting and praying, so yes those prayers have definitely been answered. The way we won the game against Sri Lanka and South Africa, it couldn’t have been possible without the boys’ hard work, the public’s prayers and Allah’s help.”

When asked how he juggled cricket and Ramzan, Sarfraz added: “It is very difficult to fast between matches, especially 50-over matches, but yes whenever there were free days, I fasted.”

Contrary to a popular notion, Sarfraz says his team did go into the tournament to win despite their low ranking.
“Yes, our target was to come here and win the Champions Trophy, but the way the boys bounced back [after an early setback], they deserve all the praise.”



Link: https://kashmirobserver.net/2017/sp...-three-reasons-champions-trophy-triumph-19404

Comments: Sarfaraz confirming that Inzi provided him the squad he wanted. Well done Inzi

So if Sarfaraz is from Karachi.. why did not he select from Karachi such as Failsal Iqbal, Asad Shafiq, Fawad Alam, Anwar ali and so on.. Khurram Manzoor...

I guess people should rminded that Saaffi is not a Tassubi player.. unlike his predecessors

 

[Last Monetarist]

Apparently Inzi has too low an IQ to be successful as a cricket selector, or at least I was given to understand by some forum sages when he was first appointed. Seriously though, the fella has a huge challenge on his hands to manage the transitional period in our test match batting order after the retirements of Younis and Misbah. He has to get it spot on in terms of the trade-off between talent, temperament and work ethic of the two legends he is tasked to replace. Personally, our achievements at test cricket since Misbah took over have given me more satisfaction than anything else we've achieved since the 1992 World Cup and I'd be gutted if our test team regressed now.

 

[Saj]

Some good selections by Inzi but also some questionable ones like Umar Akmal and Ahmed Shehzad in the Champions Trophy squad.

Inzi really needs to get over this obsession with Umar Akmal.

 

[MMHS]

Some good selections by Inzi but also some questionable ones like Umar Akmal and Ahmed Shehzad in the Champions Trophy squad.

Inzi really needs to get over this obsession with Umar Akmal.

I actually don't agree with that good selection part.

For a team like PAK, which is playing almost non stop cricket from Sep 2015, even a kid can select 11-12 out of 15 players. It's those 2/3 spots where you need combination & selectors eye.

Inzi was saved by the injury of Wahab in first match & a horrible show against IND - if that schedule was revised with PAK playing SRL on 4th June, most likely team would have won it & bye bye Fakhar, JK for the tournament. Add to that his initial selection of Umar.

Team won the trophy, so credit to all, but how much Inzi deserves the credit to be honest to select almost half a dozen misfits?

 

[Abdullah]

I think Mickey wanted to give umar a chance too because like a lot of non Pakistanis , he thinks the talent is there and can be channelled.