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Umar Akmal fails fitness test again and may lose place in CT 2017 squad

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Fitness tests were carried out of all the Pakistan players in England. Umar Akmal finished in 15th place......out of 15 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash">#Cricket</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CT17?src=hash">#CT17</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/866313625396555778">May 21, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">According to Kamran Akmal, Umar Akmal recently passed a fitness test in Lahore. The fitness test was overseen by Inzamam-ul-Haq <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash">#Cricket</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/866315239171731456">May 21, 2017</a></blockquote>
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This is all the updates we have.
 
Noman said:
Is This a joke or What. If it is yoyo test. Level 6 is light jogging. How on Can one fail that. After level 13 it is a bit difficult
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Sir I dont know what is done in those levels but last year when fitness test was taken 16 out of 31 players had failed in first attempt... and anybody who passed 6th level was considered fit enough... like i said even sarfi hadn't passed it with misbah and younis only two guys going beyond 13th level and reaching 17th level.
Mickey had said that fitness test conducted by PCB is an easy thing to pass and he is worried why players cant pass such a basic test and today INZI also said the same....
 
Well there's a silver lining to this.
his replacements can also be weeded out.
if its umar amin, another soft performance, will see him out for a year.
if its haris sohail, his consistent 50's at strike rate of 70 before huffing and puffing to a dismissal might also rule him out for a while.
 
Shehryar Khan just confirmed the news. He's coming back. Umar Amin or Haris Sohail to replace him.
 
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Pete Rose said:
Well there's a silver lining to this.
his replacements can also be weeded out.
if its umar amin, another soft performance, will see him out for a year.
if its haris sohail, his consistent 50's at strike rate of 70 before huffing and puffing to a dismissal might also rule him out for a while.
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Says the guy who supports Azhar Ali, the irony.
 
Syed1 said:
If they wanted Abbas so bad they had the option of dropping Junaid or Wahab, but no the brilliant coach that Mickey Arthur is he wants to drop our best young prospect since Babar Azam.


Thank you Mickey, what would we ever do without you.


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Our best young prospect since Babar Azam? Even though Umar made his debut way before Babar Azam? :afaq

Do you mean to say that you feel he is our best young prospect after Babar Azam?

In which case - the guys played 214 matches for Pakistan. Just let that number sink in for a second...two hundred and fourteen! He has been playing for Pakistan since 2009 and in that time he's shown absolutely no sign of improving or progressing his game or improving his temperament. If anything - his form, technique and temprament just seem to be on the decline, rather than on the up.

What sort of hopeless prospect is this? I would love for the guy to do well, and am a fan of the guy, but if he can't even keep himself fit enough to play international cricket, then boot him out the team and on the next place home. For the last 8 years he's been 'a prospect' and nothing more.

Virat Kohli made his debut in 2008 and has played around 280 international matches. Steve Smith made his debut in 2010 and has played around 180 international matches. David Warner made his debut in 2009 and has played around 220 international matches. Joe Root made his debut in 2012 and has played around 160 international matches. Quinton de Kock ha splayed around 120 international matches after making his debut in 2012.

Look at what players like that have achieved after having played for a similar amount of time and/or a similar number of matches to Umar Akmal. Those guys (and many others) are now amongst the best in the world, whilst we still look at Akmal as "a prospect". It's embarrassing.

This is where Umar Akmal supporters come out and claim that it's not Umar's fault - it's because he isn't given a consistent run, or isn't played up the order or etc etc. - many other excuses to blame everyone other than Umar himself. That is absolute rubbish!

If after playing over 200 games over a period of 8+ years you aren't professional enough to keep yourself fit - never mind good enough to cement your place in the team - then you can only blame yourself. In no format, at no position, has Umar given a consistently strong performance or earned a permanent spot in the team. The fact that people still call him "a prospect" proves that he hasn't yet done anything which makes him anything more than just a prospect, which is disgraceful for a cricketer who has played over 200 matches for the best part of a decade.

Since day one, Umar's temperament has been an issue & in recent times, his technique has also seemed to struggle. Now the guy cant even keep himself fit & I haven't seen any improvement in his game since he burst onto the screen with so much promise.

With this in mind - I hate to say this, however - as things stand the only thing that can be said is that in 2009/2010 the likes of Umar, Virat, Warner, Smith etc. were all great prospects. Some of them went on to become the best cricketers in the world (e.g. Virat, Warner and Smith), whilst Umar has unfortunately been a bit of a failure and hasn't delivered anything of note over the years or shown any sign of progression or growth.
 
TalhaSyed said:
Our best young prospect since Babar Azam? Even though Umar made his debut way before Babar Azam? :afaq

Do you mean to say that you feel he is our best young prospect after Babar Azam?

In which case - the guys played 214 matches for Pakistan. Just let that number sink in for a second...two hundred and fourteen! He has been playing for Pakistan since 2009 and in that time he's shown absolutely no sign of improving or progressing his game or improving his temperament. If anything - his form, technique and temprament just seem to be on the decline, rather than on the up.

What sort of hopeless prospect is this? I would love for the guy to do well, and am a fan of the guy, but if he can't even keep himself fit enough to play international cricket, then boot him out the team and on the next place home. For the last 8 years he's been 'a prospect' and nothing more.

Virat Kohli made his debut in 2008 and has played around 280 international matches. Steve Smith made his debut in 2010 and has played around 180 international matches. David Warner made his debut in 2009 and has played around 220 international matches. Joe Root made his debut in 2012 and has played around 160 international matches. Quinton de Kock ha splayed around 120 international matches after making his debut in 2012.

Look at what players like that have achieved after having played for a similar amount of time and/or a similar number of matches to Umar Akmal. Those guys (and many others) are now amongst the best in the world, whilst we still look at Akmal as "a prospect". It's embarrassing.

This is where Umar Akmal supporters come out and claim that it's not Umar's fault - it's because he isn't given a consistent run, or isn't played up the order or etc etc. - many other excuses to blame everyone other than Umar himself. That is absolute rubbish!

If after playing over 200 games over a period of 8+ years you aren't professional enough to keep yourself fit - never mind good enough to cement your place in the team - then you can only blame yourself. In no format, at no position, has Umar given a consistently strong performance or earned a permanent spot in the team. The fact that people still call him "a prospect" proves that he hasn't yet done anything which makes him anything more than just a prospect, which is disgraceful for a cricketer who has played over 200 matches for the best part of a decade.

Since day one, Umar's temperament has been an issue & in recent times, his technique has also seemed to struggle. Now the guy cant even keep himself fit & I haven't seen any improvement in his game since he burst onto the screen with so much promise.

With this in mind - I hate to say this, however - as things stand the only thing that can be said is that in 2009/2010 the likes of Umar, Virat, Warner, Smith etc. were all great prospects. Some of them went on to become the best cricketers in the world (e.g. Virat, Warner and Smith), whilst Umar has unfortunately been a bit of a failure and hasn't delivered anything of note over the years or shown any sign of progression or growth.
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Nice informative post, however, I was talking about Shadab Khan



:salute
 
Actually great news for Pakistan especially if Haris Sohail is selected in his place.
 
yet again we are beginning to believe masala news..... and abusing coach because of it.... why do supporters start believing total lies.... Shadab to be replaced.... is a lie....
 
TalhaSyed said:
Our best young prospect since Babar Azam? Even though Umar made his debut way before Babar Azam? :afaq

Do you mean to say that you feel he is our best young prospect after Babar Azam?

In which case - the guys played 214 matches for Pakistan. Just let that number sink in for a second...two hundred and fourteen! He has been playing for Pakistan since 2009 and in that time he's shown absolutely no sign of improving or progressing his game or improving his temperament. If anything - his form, technique and temprament just seem to be on the decline, rather than on the up.

What sort of hopeless prospect is this? I would love for the guy to do well, and am a fan of the guy, but if he can't even keep himself fit enough to play international cricket, then boot him out the team and on the next place home. For the last 8 years he's been 'a prospect' and nothing more.

Virat Kohli made his debut in 2008 and has played around 280 international matches. Steve Smith made his debut in 2010 and has played around 180 international matches. David Warner made his debut in 2009 and has played around 220 international matches. Joe Root made his debut in 2012 and has played around 160 international matches. Quinton de Kock ha splayed around 120 international matches after making his debut in 2012.

Look at what players like that have achieved after having played for a similar amount of time and/or a similar number of matches to Umar Akmal. Those guys (and many others) are now amongst the best in the world, whilst we still look at Akmal as "a prospect". It's embarrassing.

This is where Umar Akmal supporters come out and claim that it's not Umar's fault - it's because he isn't given a consistent run, or isn't played up the order or etc etc. - many other excuses to blame everyone other than Umar himself. That is absolute rubbish!

If after playing over 200 games over a period of 8+ years you aren't professional enough to keep yourself fit - never mind good enough to cement your place in the team - then you can only blame yourself. In no format, at no position, has Umar given a consistently strong performance or earned a permanent spot in the team. The fact that people still call him "a prospect" proves that he hasn't yet done anything which makes him anything more than just a prospect, which is disgraceful for a cricketer who has played over 200 matches for the best part of a decade.

Since day one, Umar's temperament has been an issue & in recent times, his technique has also seemed to struggle. Now the guy cant even keep himself fit & I haven't seen any improvement in his game since he burst onto the screen with so much promise.

With this in mind - I hate to say this, however - as things stand the only thing that can be said is that in 2009/2010 the likes of Umar, Virat, Warner, Smith etc. were all great prospects. Some of them went on to become the best cricketers in the world (e.g. Virat, Warner and Smith), whilst Umar has unfortunately been a bit of a failure and hasn't delivered anything of note over the years or shown any sign of progression or growth.
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Oh my goodness!

He was talking about Shadab, and you. Lol
 
Agree, but what's your excuse for doubling down on this by adding Haris
 
He passed his fitness test prior to Pakistan Cup in NCA because it was taken by a PCB employee. As soon as he face **** or any nuetral examiner, he would exposed.
I think there should be an enquiry regarding how he managed to get selected all the time despite his zer performances and fitness failures.
 
Yes Umar Akmal failed the test but at least he failed it "explosively and aggressively" #HawkeyeLogic.

Syed1 said:
Oh bhai woh choro... team management has asked for Shadab Khan to be replaced with Muhammad Abbas. :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm:



I'd like to see how [MENTION=53290]Markhor[/MENTION] defends Mickey Arthur here, or maybe it is Waqar's fault as well.
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Let's wait for further news before shooting from the hip. The only concrete news we have so far is Akmal is being rightly sent back on the first plane home.
 
asma_cricfan said:
He passed his fitness test prior to Pakistan Cup in NCA because it was taken by a PCB employee. As soon as he face **** or any nuetral examiner, he would exposed.
I think there should be an enquiry regarding how he managed to get selected all the time despite his zer performances and fitness failures.
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Shahryar and Sethi Sahab are too busy for such inquiries. Jo honi chahye woh karte nahin
 
fazleefridi said:
Oh my goodness!

He was talking about Shadab, and you. Lol
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Syed1 said:
Nice informative post, however, I was talking about Shadab Khan



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Glad I could help with my informative most :inzi :))

My bad :malik

However - I dedicate my post to all the Umar Akmal fans who still back the guy. :sanga

I'm so frustrated with him. He's been nothing but a disappointment since Day 1, has shown absolutely no improvement, and the fact that some people still look at him as a 'future prospect' or 'great talent' is infuriating.

The icing on the cake is that the guy can't even keep himself fit enough to play international cricket now.
 
I actually feel bad for Akmal on this occasion. Why select him in the first place & have his hopes high? Inzi needs to be sacked..

And they want to replace him with saviour Haris..who himself is not the fittest?

Bravo
 
[MENTION=53290]Markhor[/MENTION], you need to worry about Mickey Arthur for now. Let's see for how long you can defend his horrible selections and average performances so far. :najam

I'm not too worried about Umar atm, as long as he scores runs for us in CT he'll be the gold standard player.

Amin, Sahibzada, Haris, Umar Akmal, Babar Azam should have formed the core of our batting. Not Shehzads, Maliks, et. al.
 
in_cutter said:
I actually feel bad for Akmal on this occasion. Why select him in the first place & have his hopes high? Inzi needs to be sacked..

And they want to replace him with saviour Haris..who himself is not the fittest?

Bravo
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You think Akmal was unaware that he was not fit?
 
Hawkeye said:
[MENTION=53290]Markhor[/MENTION], you need to worry about Mickey Arthur for now. Let's see for how long you can defend his horrible selections and average performances so far. :najam

I'm not too worried about Umar atm, as long as he scores runs for us in CT he'll be the gold standard player.

Amin, Sahibzada, Haris, Umar Akmal, Babar Azam should have formed the core of our batting. Not Shehzads, Maliks, et. al.
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Akmal is going to be scoring runs from home ? He's been sent home.

And please go check Umar Akmal's batting average in the last 2-3 years of ODI cricket. He was an epic failure at the 2015 WC, failed on flat wickets in the Pakistan Cup even though he promoted himself to 4 as captain, and failed in the majority of his innings in PSL.

Please stop backing a busted flush.
 
in_cutter said:
I actually feel bad for Akmal on this occasion. Why select him in the first place & have his hopes high? Inzi needs to be sacked..

And they want to replace him with saviour Haris..who himself is not the fittest?

Bravo
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I think they will go with Umar Amin as he is the fitter of the two and had two centuries in pak cup.

Sarfraz likes Haris doesn't like Amin I think where Amin didn't get a game with QG..

Haris is little unfit, rusty and is risky to start int'l this soon.

My pick is Umar Amin. Best chance for him to impress MA and I'm sure MA will take him fwd like Babar
 
Pete Rose said:
they should send sahibzada farhan. ummer amin will do what he has done in his career so far and then his fans will give us grief about him having to play in 'testing conditions' there where the average odi score of 300 is no longer safe.
haris sohail is fat and unfit or will be unfit and inzi should have learned this by now after akmal jrs debacle.

so, odds are we will indeed find haris sohail being sent,
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absolutely right :))

very disappointed with :inzi :facepalm: he should fire himself
 
Just so that we are clear. Hafeez has also done this in the past: before the england tour, when everyone was put through the hard yards, he was missing in action. He cleared the test at NCA separately and joined the team. Once Hafeez failed in the tests, he was sent back where he claimed his fitness (not his rubbish batting pedigree) were the issue for his poor performance in the tests.
That was mickey's first tour so he did not know how Pakistan cricket operates. He is wiser for it now.
 
Markhor said:
Akmal is going to be scoring runs from home ? He's been sent home.

And please go check Umar Akmal's batting average in the last 2-3 years of ODI cricket. He was an epic failure at the 2015 WC, failed on flat wickets in the Pakistan Cup even though he promoted himself to 4 as captain, and failed in the majority of his innings in PSL.

Please stop backing a busted flush.
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But, but, but... he's the Pakistani Kohli :danish
 
SARJ_BD said:
How many hits did he make vs Australia? I am not taking about history, just few month old performance. Hope this makes sense :)
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He scored a good 40 odd in one game, and he got a 50 too, I'm being ridiculous I know, but he still hit one six over extra cover that reminded us what he can do when he times the ball cleanly.. no other batsmen has that timing that he has.. except sharjeel but hes not playing is he
 
to add to Markhor point about what Umar Akmal has done to merit a selection?
In last 2 years, he has an average of 21.4 in ODI's. A 21.4 avg for someone who has had a chance to face many balls. Thats really really pathetic. You gotta start asking PCB, what kind of ****** Umar Akmal has?
 
Markhor said:
Akmal is going to be scoring runs from home ? He's been sent home.

And please go check Umar Akmal's batting average in the last 2-3 years of ODI cricket. He was an epic failure at the 2015 WC, failed on flat wickets in the Pakistan Cup even though he promoted himself to 4 as captain, and failed in the majority of his innings in PSL.

Please stop backing a busted flush.
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That's sad if he's sent back home.

Good luck with Shehzad, Azhar, Malik, etc. We truly deserve these selections.
 
Yeah I don't think he is that short. Must be 5'7 or so because I have seen him in real life and he isn't that short
 
Syed1 said:
Seems like one segment of PCB wants him selected, while another wants him dropped that is why they are making fitness the pretext, otherwise there are more unfit players than him in the squad. If he had to be dropped it should have been for his ill-performance.



I hope they send Haris, Amin, Yamin or Talat in his place, but knowing Inzi we might have Ifti chacha heading to England.
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+1

I was thinking on the same lines. I believe PCB considers UA a liability now and want to get rid of him yet his power lobby forces their hand. They had to give him Punjab's captaincy even after sacking him from National team.

Plus Fitness was never an issue for Pakistan Cricket since the time I am following it. It's just an excuse. Still I am happy he his dropped, whatever be the reason.
 
As happy as I may be on this occasion, I feel bad for Haris & Umer Amin. They'll be forced to bat at 6th position where they're more likely to underperform. Not going to do anything good to their careers.

Still, finally no Akmals in the team. I'll sleep like a baby tonight.
 
Do you guys even k ow how to read?


He finished 31/31 and 15/15 on fitness tests. Stop with the damn conspiracy theories. Sounds like incompetent ways of PCB.. no communication between selectors, coaches and fitness experts of the board.
 
ZoabKhan said:
to add to Markhor point about what Umar Akmal has done to merit a selection?
In last 2 years, he has an average of 21.4 in ODI's. A 21.4 avg for someone who has had a chance to face many balls. Thats really really pathetic. You gotta start asking PCB, what kind of ****** Umar Akmal has?
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Exactly yet tell that to the likes of [MENTION=134608]Hawkeye[/MENTION] who still want to pick him because he's supposedly "aggressive and explosive" despite his recent track record of abject failure.

Insanity is doing the same illogical thing over and over. Akmal needs to be banished to domestic cricket, ordered to get in shape by cutting the niharis and biriyanis, and graft for 2-3 years MINIMUM in domestic before even being considered for re-selection.

No more dropping him for one or two series here and there before recalling him as he'll learn nothing.
 
Will be a step in the right direction if he is booted.

Will be 5 steps back if they seriously want to replace Shadab with freaking Mohammad Abbas. Abbas has not played a single Limited overs game in his life. Shadab could help so much with bat and ball, and fields so well. I'll be so upset if this is true
 
But but he''s the greatest youngster beauty since the last youngster beauty. I reckon inzi is conspiring with the illuminati to stop him being select..down with inzi.
 
the Great Khan said:
But but he''s the greatest youngster beauty since the last youngster beauty. I reckon inzi is conspiring with the illuminati to stop him being select..down with inzi.
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The question is, why did Inzamam select him in the first place? As Chief Selector, the fact that a unfit player got selected for a tournament on his behest reflects very poorly on him. He has been a disaster in this role. Same as he was as captain - no vision, double-standards, and loyal to his friends.
 
Mamoon said:
The question is, why did Inzamam select him in the first place? As Chief Selector, the fact that a unfit player got selected for a tournament on his behest reflects very poorly on him. He has been a disaster in this role. Same as he was as captain - no vision, double-standards, and loyal to his friends.
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It is amazing. For all the extra media appearances, daily statements our Cheif Selector and Chairman make, no one has or is able to ask them questions about incidents like this.

What was the justification for Umar's selection? Who is to blame for this.

On what basis was Shan selected?

It's because they know that the average fan will complain but what can they do. Absolutely no accountability in Pakistan.
 
Pete Rose said:
Well there's a silver lining to this.
his replacements can also be weeded out.
if its umar amin, another soft performance, will see him out for a year.
if its haris sohail, his consistent 50's at strike rate of 70 before huffing and puffing to a dismissal might also rule him out for a while.
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:facepalm:

Harry bats at a SR of around 85 - more than good enough for our team.

And I would rather take his "consistent 50's" than some of our other so called batsman who cannot play pace or swing or bat at a SR of 70.
 
idrizzy said:
ESPNCricinfo suggests that he weights 91 kg. This guy looks no taller than 5"10', how on EARTH can he be 91 kg?? That's the sort of weight you expect a 6"6' guy to be.

Absolutely pathetic. Like Inzi said the fitness tests are lax compared to other boards (which I feel is ridiculous - if we wanna compete with other teams our standards must be high too).

He'll get replaced by either Haris or Amin and I'm fine with either as long as Amin plays as an opener or Haris plays as a 4/5. Sarf at 6, Malik at 4/5.
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I think he is more like 5 5' or 5 6' - I think he is one of the shortest players on the team...
 
Hopefully he is replaced by someone who has the fitness to play international cricket.

Absolutely disgraceful how he was selected if his fitness wasn't good enough.

I wasn't that upset that he was selected as we don't have many options but dropping him due to his fitness not being good enough is a good call.
 
His BMI / body fat levels would be pretty bad for a white collar bloke with a wife & 2 kids who works in an office and hosts BBQs on the weekends. As it is we are talking about a professional sportsman here. Very disappointing for his teammates and fans alike!!
 
phoenix363 said:
I think it means a 115.6% of his body weight is in fat. Dynamic or not, that is a ridiculous stat.

He needs to get that down to at least below a hundred ........
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Your telling me that he's 105.2 KG in fat if he does indeed weigh 91 KG... Ok.
 
Fair decision, no person in their youth should be unfit let alone an international standard sportsman.
 
How can you pass an alleged test in Lahore then a short while later fail the test in England.

Some heads need to roll.

Questions need answering why Umar Akmal was included in the squad.
 
Saj said:
How can you pass an alleged test in Lahore then a short while later fail the test in England.

Some heads need to roll.

Questions need answering why Umar Akmal was included in the squad.
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[MENTION=9]Saj[/MENTION] would you trust the test by NCA more than the test by team management?
 
So whats the latest? has he been called back? The title here says may but some news sites are reporting he has been called back to Pakistan.
 
What a tool Umar Akmal is. He's 26 with yet another chance to make a name for himself and put his international career back on track yet the nincompoop decides to throw all that out the window.
 
Saj said:
How can you pass an alleged test in Lahore then a short while later fail the test in England.

Some heads need to roll.

Questions need answering why Umar Akmal was included in the squad.
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Agreed but since when has there been any accountability in Pakistan cricket?

The selectors will blame NCA, the NCA will blame the equiment, the ex players will blame Umar himself, Umar will blame the water in England and then Shaharyar Khan will blame India and how they rebuked on the MoU which led to this failed fitness test and that he fully intends to sue.

Meanwhile our team will crash out of the tournament after posting scores of 219, 187 and 225 and Umar will be recalled along with his brother.
 
Very good step if true..

I will say atleast team management are thinking in the perspective of where and when we are playing. We would rarely need shadab. But also they had an opyion of droping wahab and junaid.

Plus the guys talking about abbass's pace. Line and length + good control can save you in odis.
 
The best way to think about Umar Akmal is to have low expectations of him. That's what I'm doing, he's bringing nothing to the table at all.
 
Saj said:
How can you pass an alleged test in Lahore then a short while later fail the test in England.

Some heads need to roll.

Questions need answering why Umar Akmal was included in the squad.
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I am actually more peeved by the shameless individual in question i.e. Umar Akmal.

He had already been axed, dropped from the previous tour on fitness grounds. His fitness was absolutely disgraceful on the tour of Australia where it was clearly evident that he was out of shape and that it was having a detrimental impact on his fielding and batting.

But still the nerve of this individual to not work hard on getting into shape and for turning up with pathetic fitness for international duty. I am glad Mickey has ruthlessly shamed him and axed him from the squad. He needs a big stick now and the PCB should clearly lay the message out to Akmal that he better score a mountain of runs in domestic cricket and show professional match fitness for atleast 2 seasons before even being in the reckoning again.
 
ExplicitAI said:
The best way to think about Umar Akmal is to have low expectations of him. That's what I'm doing, he's bringing nothing to the table at all.
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So right now that would mean getting selected to the squad and avoid getting sent back home ... getting selected as the 12th man would be next step up and so on and so forth ... :)
 
I don't log in cricket section for 1 day and all hell breaks loose :)) :)).

What a clown this Umer Akmal is man :)))
 
in_cutter said:
I actually feel bad for Akmal on this occasion. Why select him in the first place & have his hopes high? Inzi needs to be sacked..

And they want to replace him with saviour Haris..who himself is not the fittest?

Bravo
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Didn't he have time to get fit in the interim? Like you know you have to pass an interview so you get prepared

Umar is very short so 91 kg i obese weight for him
 
Umar Akmal fails fitness test, sacked from Champions Trophy squad

Middle-order batsman Umar Akmal is set to comeback home from England and miss Champions Trophy as he failed the fitness test for the second in the span of two months, told Shaharyar Khan.

Earlier, a senior PCB official told Dawn News that the coaches have suggested to send back Umar Akmal due to his poor fitness.

The 26-year old was dropped from the West Indies tour due to fitness issues and now he has once again failed to prove his fitness to the head coach of Pakistan.

Umar Akmal was also fined by the board earlier for misconduct in Pakistan Cup and was under supervision for one month along with Junaid Khan.

There are reports that the potential candidates to replace the middle-order batsman can be Umar Amin or Haris Sohail

Pakistan will kick off their Champions Trophy campaign on June 4, against the arch-rivals India.

https://arysports.tv/umar-akmal-fails-fitness-test-sacked-champions-trophy-squad/
 
truly atrocious from Akmal, hopefully, Haris Sohail comes in his place

BTW, found a video of the fitness test on YouTube, am I allowed to post that here?
 
Archer said:
truly atrocious from Akmal, hopefully, Haris Sohail comes in his place

BTW, found a video of the fitness test on YouTube, am I allowed to post that here?
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posters here post videos almost daily......
i don't think there is anything wrong in it unless the video has some objectional scenes or meaning
 
Abdul said:
Umar Akmal fails fitness test, sacked from Champions Trophy squad

Middle-order batsman Umar Akmal is set to comeback home from England and miss Champions Trophy as he failed the fitness test for the second in the span of two months, told Shaharyar Khan.

Earlier, a senior PCB official told Dawn News that the coaches have suggested to send back Umar Akmal due to his poor fitness.

The 26-year old was dropped from the West Indies tour due to fitness issues and now he has once again failed to prove his fitness to the head coach of Pakistan.

Umar Akmal was also fined by the board earlier for misconduct in Pakistan Cup and was under supervision for one month along with Junaid Khan.

There are reports that the potential candidates to replace the middle-order batsman can be Umar Amin or Haris Sohail

Pakistan will kick off their Champions Trophy campaign on June 4, against the arch-rivals India.

https://arysports.tv/umar-akmal-fails-fitness-test-sacked-champions-trophy-squad/
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we all know his fitness history and all that.
but this looks shady dropping someone like that.
 
It's not shady at all, what was shady was calling him up in the first place. He is unfit and hasn't played a decent innings in years for the National team. Every now and then he hammers a team in the domestic T20 competition and gets recalled.

He's a failure, it's time to admit it and move on. If someone hasn't figured it out in 8 years, he never will.
 
There goes pakistans chances of winning the CT you sent your most tailented batsman home? Even inzi wasn't fit in his days neither was saeed Anwar still they made runs.. preposterous decision.. [MENTION=134608]Hawkeye[/MENTION] are he true fans of Pakistani cricket like you considering holding dharna's against PCB/Selectors for this disgusting decision?? You have my support if you do
 
ExplicitAI said:
The best way to think about Umar Akmal is to have low expectations of him. That's what I'm doing, he's bringing nothing to the table at all.
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Thing is these fitness tests are way below the rigour of other nations. Yet Umar Akmal still fails it !

Only Umar Akmal could lower expectations so much and still fail to meet them.

I know I am very critical of Waqar's coaching tenure but even I sympathise with him having to deal with players like this, I mean what can you say that'll get through to him after 8 years of trying ?
 
big_gamer007 said:
There goes pakistans chances of winning the CT you sent your most tailented batsman home? Even inzi wasn't fit in his days neither was saeed Anwar still they made runs.. preposterous decision.. [MENTION=134608]Hawkeye[/MENTION] are he true fans of Pakistani cricket like you considering holding dharna's against PCB/Selectors for this disgusting decision?? You have my support if you do
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Lol you lot are a one to talk aren't you.....Plus need I remind you what unfair treatment you have done with Ashok Dinda and how basically BCCI has neglected the biggest pace bowling talent India have had since the days of Kapil. It hurts me to see how Ashok Dinda is left season after season just to accommodate tripe like Shami and Yadav.....

You are basically in no position to lecture us on how 'talent' needs to be treated ......
 
Markhor said:
Thing is these fitness tests are way below the rigour of other nations. Yet Umar Akmal still fails it !

Only Umar Akmal could lower expectations so much and still fail to meet them.

I know I am very critical of Waqar's coaching tenure but even I sympathise with him having to deal with players like this, I mean what can you say that'll get through to him after 8 years of trying ?
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You know I have a solid Idea.....

Have a Wager with Junior Akmal on Food.....No Seriously.....Just tell him that he would be allowed to eat to his hearts content for Nihari /Cholay /Paye if he somehow manages to pass the required test...

Then watch the magic happen :afridi
 
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