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So much for Brendon Mccullam's constant non stop remarks against Umar Akmal in the previous PSL. Not only was Mccullam dumped by Lahore Qalanders as a player and captain, but he has not been deemed worthy of being picked up by any other franchise as a player while Umar Akmal has been picked up in the Gold Category by Quetta Gladiators.

Fair to say Umar Akmal has pawned Mccullam in the end.
 
Savak said:
So much for Brendon Mccullam's constant non stop remarks against Umar Akmal in the previous PSL. Not only was Mccullam dumped by Lahore Qalanders as a player and captain, but he has not been deemed worthy of being picked up by any other franchise as a player while Umar Akmal has been picked up in the Gold Category by Quetta Gladiators.

Fair to say Umar Akmal has pawned Mccullam in the end.
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Dont think so. Baz is retired. Umar akmal is (should have been) in his prime. Baz is a kiwi while UA is Pakistani. Obviously UA would be picked.
 
Picking up local and foreign players are two different aspects having different criteria. You can't compare both.
 
Yes, because getting selected in a t20 league shows how good of a player you are and how worthy you are.

:facepalm:
 
Brendon: 13 year international career, fastest test 100, world cup finalist captain, one of the best fielders in the world in his time.

Akmal: poor batsmen, huge belly, zero work ethic, Can't even make a team which already doesn't have great batsmen.

:)) :))
 
Savak said:
Fair to say Umar Akmal has pawned Mccullam in the end.
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This was a no contest to begin with. UA's immense talent, exceptional intelligence, remarkable fitness and his impeccable international cricket record is far superior to Mccullum. A fact corroborated by none other than his brother KA!

On top of this the 28 year old Umar Akmal's cricketing achievements will simply go from strength to strength while the 37 year old Mccullum must be shattered that his 16 year international cricketing career has seen an abrupt end at such a young age!

UA rules!

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shortbread said:
This was a no contest to begin with. UA's immense talent, exceptional intelligence, remarkable fitness and his impeccable international cricket record is far superior to Mccullum. A fact corroborated by none other than his brother KA!

On top of this the 28 year old Umar Akmal's cricketing achievements will simply go from strength to strength while the 37 year old Mccullum must be shattered that his 16 year international cricketing career has seen an abrupt end at such a young age!

UA rules!

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Good one :)))

Is the watermelon supposed to symbolize something?
 
My point was that Karma is a B. Maybe if Mccullam had kept his mouth shut, things might have been different. There must be a reason why this so called super aggressive legend has not been picked up by any other PSL Franchise. Heck even Misbah got picked up by Peshawar Zalmi at 45 years old.
 
shortbread said:
This was a no contest to begin with. UA's immense talent, exceptional intelligence, remarkable fitness and his impeccable international cricket record is far superior to Mccullum. A fact corroborated by none other than his brother KA!

On top of this the 28 year old Umar Akmal's cricketing achievements will simply go from strength to strength while the 37 year old Mccullum must be shattered that his 16 year international cricketing career has seen an abrupt end at such a young age!

UA rules!

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Savak said:
So much for Brendon Mccullam's constant non stop remarks against Umar Akmal in the previous PSL. Not only was Mccullam dumped by Lahore Qalanders as a player and captain, but he has not been deemed worthy of being picked up by any other franchise as a player while Umar Akmal has been picked up in the Gold Category by Quetta Gladiators.

Fair to say Umar Akmal has pawned Mccullam in the end.
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Is he still able to get picked? Is the draft finished is it still going because I didn't Rashid khan Mohammad nabi and a few other good players get chosen.
 
Napa said:
Is the watermelon supposed to symbolize something?
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A watermelon's weight is mostly made up of water, which is not it's fault. If it was'nt of the water retention, melons would have made exceptional athletes!
 
light said:
not sure if satire post or not. OP can't be serious here ...
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Pretty serious tbh, Mccullam should hang his head in shame, in fact as we say in Urdu "Doob ke mar jana chahiye", over the fact Umar Akmal got picked in the PSL whereas a player of his repute didn't have any demand from any of the franchises.
 
At last Umar Akmal is out of LQ finally some hope for the Lahoris.
 
Savak said:
So much for Brendon Mccullam's constant non stop remarks against Umar Akmal in the previous PSL. Not only was Mccullam dumped by Lahore Qalanders as a player and captain, but he has not been deemed worthy of being picked up by any other franchise as a player while Umar Akmal has been picked up in the Gold Category by Quetta Gladiators.

Fair to say Umar Akmal has pawned Mccullam in the end.
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Bad times for QG, Hope Sarfi don't give him any game. He 'll be the best bechwarmer for QG .... What BMac has achieved in his career UA can only dream of and can become a star on "twitter" only.
Finally LQ has come to its senses and preferred real players and not go by the logic of hype.
 
One guy had a pretty fruitful cricket career, made a killing in 2 lucrative t20 leagues in his prime, revitalized his national team for a period and took them to WC finals in God knows how long, and then made a quick buck in a retiree and rejects t20 league before running his course.

Yeah am sure he gives a rat’s *** that Umar is back in Lahore Qalandar given that Brendan was born in Lahore and selecting someone as dishonorable as Umar for that team smears dirt on it.
 
Savak said:
So much for Brendon Mccullam's constant non stop remarks against Umar Akmal in the previous PSL. Not only was Mccullam dumped by Lahore Qalanders as a player and captain, but he has not been deemed worthy of being picked up by any other franchise as a player while Umar Akmal has been picked up in the Gold Category by Quetta Gladiators.

Fair to say Umar Akmal has pawned Mccullam in the end.
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Not right to compare the two, While Brendon had competition between foreign batsman that too of the Platinum Category as he would have already refused to play below that category, Umar Akmal had competition among pretty poor Pakistani batsman that too in Gold Category. I am sure had he been in Gold or even Diamond Category he would have been the first player to get picked unlike Akmal.
 
Suleiman said:
One guy had a pretty fruitful cricket career, made a killing in 2 lucrative t20 leagues in his prime, revitalized his national team for a period and took them to WC finals in God knows how long, and then made a quick buck in a retiree and rejects t20 league before running his course.

Yeah am sure he gives a rat’s *** that Umar is back in Lahore Qalandar given that Brendan was born in Lahore and selecting someone as dishonorable as Umar for that team smears dirt on it.
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Edit nvm not even in Lahore, so he doesn’t even get the last laugh lol. Sarfraz took some pity being the good Muslim he is and let a brother in.
 
I don't think McCullum will be losing much sleep over this.

The guy has performed at the top for many years and is now playing a few T20 tournaments here and there, whereas Umar Akmal is better known for his lack of discipline and being a failed cricketer.
 
You support the weirdest players and you seem to passionately hate others.

It’s odd, just enjoy the game and don’t worry about how your favourites are percieved and seeing the ones you hate fall.
 
Savak said:
So much for Brendon Mccullam's constant non stop remarks against Umar Akmal in the previous PSL. Not only was Mccullam dumped by Lahore Qalanders as a player and captain, but he has not been deemed worthy of being picked up by any other franchise as a player while Umar Akmal has been picked up in the Gold Category by Quetta Gladiators.

Fair to say Umar Akmal has pawned Mccullam in the end.
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We're in 100% agreement with Misbah and for cricketing reasons only however with Umar Akmal and McCullum we don't know what brewed up.

But one thing I will say BMac isn't some sort of trouble maker he's a decent guy and knows how to get the best out of his players for e.g. Yasir Shah was very good under his backing with the attacking fields he was given. Misbah on the other hand used to bowl Yasir to the ground with the most defensive of fields as we saw in Aus.

Umar Akmal on the other hand does have a history of behavioural issues and for him to be discarded in the middle of the tournament says a lot more about him than McCullum.

Having said that, I still feel Umar Akmal has a lot to offer his franchise and Pakistan cricket if he can get back to full fitness and put the hard yards in. He's a gifted player of pace and one of the four best at dismantling pace bowling in Pakistan along with Fakhar, Sharjeel and Asif Ali.
 
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Umar Akmal probably costs less than what he was worth last year. Stupid to think this is somehow a win for junior. McCullum can make way more than junior can doing media work while Junior can’t even get his home team to believe in him.
 
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Psl is as useless of a tournament as Pakistan's test squad is . Quite honestly I couldn't stand watching Psl , there was no excitement ,local talent wasn't impressive at all . It's more of a kaam chalao revenue machine.
 
Tabishbeigh said:
Psl is as useless of a tournament as Pakistan's test squad is . Quite honestly I couldn't stand watching Psl , there was no excitement ,local talent wasn't impressive at all . It's more of a kaam chalao revenue machine.
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Lol what rubbish. There would be no Sharjeel Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Shadab Khan, Hasan Ali without the PSL.
 
sshakir411 said:
Umar Akmal probably costs less than what he was worth last year. Stupid to think this is somehow a win for junior. McCullum can make way more than junior can doing media work while Junior can’t even get his home team to believe in him.
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Atleast Umar Akmal is getting paid by a team unlike Mccullam who is not even commentating anywhere else.
 
McCullum will probably be back when Smith and AB decide to fly off.
 
Please enlighten me what has Shahdab Khan done so far ? What has fakhar zaman achieved albeit he bashed minnows , had it been not for a no ball he would have been lost to obscurity. In sharjeel Khan Pakistan has another of many many match fixers. Hasan Ali is yet to perform in test cricket. Now do one thing find the number of matches Pakistan has played while all of them were playing together and how many it has lost. Your reference need not to be Aisa cup only . And please admit it the quality of PSL isn't good , how can it be good when your national players are struggling . Please ponder over my rubbish
 
Savak said:
Atleast Umar Akmal is getting paid by a team unlike Mccullam who is not even commentating anywhere else.
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Wouldnt an Pakistani player automatically have a much higher chance of being selected in a Pakistani league? Thats like saying Napoleon Einstein was selected in IPL while Amla, Root, Guptill, Anderson went unsold
 
Mirpur express said:
lol @ op pointless thread .. choata is not worthy of cleaning the Kiwi legends boots fgs
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kiwi legend was a legend only in kiwi

we saw what happened to the legend when they moved out of their hobbit sized grounds
 
Major said:
agre with this

a world cup finalist captain is over rated compare to Umar akmal who gets fat by drinking water
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the same captain that went missing when the grounds weren't 40 metres?

what does umar akmals slow metabolism have to do with this?
 
Chokli said:
the same captain that went missing when the grounds weren't 40 metres?

what does umar akmals slow metabolism have to do with this?
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oh bhai where did i said that the poster was wrong.

He's right.

A guy who led his team to the 2015 world cup is an overated captain. While the guy who says he gets fat by drinking water is a great batsmen, infact better than mcculum

IM not disagreeing, just posting facts
 
Major said:
oh bhai where did i said that the poster was wrong.

He's right.

A guy who led his team to the 2015 world cup is an overated captain. While the guy who says he gets fat by drinking water is a great batsmen, infact better than mcculum

IM not disagreeing, just posting facts
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The kiwis got into the final purely on the basis of playing on their grounds, they got brutally exposed in the only game they played in Australia. And who can forget the legendary captains brain fade in the final against Starc
 
Savak said:
The kiwis got into the final purely on the basis of playing on their grounds, they got brutally exposed in the only game they played in Australia. And who can forget the legendary captains brain fade in the final against Starc
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you are absolutely right, reaching the all important ICC World Cup was based upon a fluke:salute
 
Major said:
you are absolutely right, reaching the all important ICC World Cup was based upon a fluke:salute
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He's saying if the kiwis played on a ground other than Nz they would not even have reached the semis let alone qfinals.
They were not that strong unlike australia who would have reached the semi finals no matter where it would have been played
 
Lol. Brendon Mccullam Talk Nah. Took full advantage of being a foreigner and thought he could easily scapegoat Umar Akmal to deflect the heat from himself lol. Didn't work as the PSL franchises showed him the door
 
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Lol, Umar Akmal a PSL winner with the QG who also got the best out of Ahmed Shehzad while Brendon Mccullam flopped as captain twice in the PSL, now got kicked out of the IPL as well.

Shows its all about how you deal with a player at the end of the day
 
Umar Akmal's teams in domestic season 2018/19

QEA Trophy: HBL 🏆
QEA Cup: HBL 🏆
NT20: Lahore Whites 🏆
PSL: Quetta Gladiators 🏆

#PSLFinal #QGvPZ #PZvQG #KhelDeewanoKa
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Brendon Mccullam talk nah
 
Savak said:
Lol, Umar Akmal a PSL winner with the QG who also got the best out of Ahmed Shehzad while Brendon Mccullam flopped as captain twice in the PSL, now got kicked out of the IPL as well.

Shows its all about how you deal with a player at the end of the day
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There’s no need to be this petty.

I’m sure both players got together and resolved their issues with each other and moved on at some point. You’re making a big deal out of a complete non issue.
 
Savak said:
Lol, Umar Akmal a PSL winner with the QG who also got the best out of Ahmed Shehzad while Brendon Mccullam flopped as captain twice in the PSL, now got kicked out of the IPL as well.

Shows its all about how you deal with a player at the end of the day
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exactly, good post
 
j_kazmi said:
There’s no need to be this petty.

I’m sure both players got together and resolved their issues with each other and moved on at some point. You’re making a big deal out of a complete non issue.
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Mccullam took the easy route of scapegoating an easy and convenient target rather than accept responsibility for his own and the team's failure. Personally think he is a very over rated captain who didn't win anything exceptional in his captaincy for NZ and he just fed off NZ's small grounds.

The PSL showed what a great captain he was when taken outside his comfort zone.

The QG team management showed how you deal with difficult individuals like a boss
 
Savak said:
Lol, Umar Akmal a PSL winner with the QG who also got the best out of Ahmed Shehzad while Brendon Mccullam flopped as captain twice in the PSL, now got kicked out of the IPL as well.

Shows its all about how you deal with a player at the end of the day
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Yes, because dropping a regulation catch and misfielding countless times in the final is having the "last laugh."
 
Pretty sure Bmac isn't losing any sleep over Akmal winning PSL on the back of QG. Had he did it by being the captain of LQ then perhaps Bmac would have taken a notice.
 
Savak said:
Lol. Brendon Mccullam Talk Nah. Took full advantage of being a foreigner and thought he could easily scapegoat Umar Akmal to deflect the heat from himself lol. Didn't work as the PSL franchises showed him the door
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Oh dear lord!!
Savak, i’ve said this before and i’ll Say it again..
You’re not a kid anymore.
 
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Sirris said:
Pretty sure Bmac isn't losing any sleep over Akmal winning PSL on the back of QG. Had he did it by being the captain of LQ then perhaps Bmac would have taken a notice.
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Np. It is our job to remind Brendon Mccullam about how over rated he is and what successful team managements do to win tournaments with difficult players in their midst and that Mccullam is not really the world class outstanding captain that he is made out to be
 
Didn't look too happy today.

Had a nightmare in the field and then did not get a bat.

Then he had to wait a bit to get his hands on the trophy, as Ahmed Shehzad was there,
 
Saj said:
Didn't look too happy today.

Had a nightmare in the field and then did not get a bat.

Then he had to wait a bit to get his hands on the trophy, as Ahmed Shehzad was there,
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Shehzad for all his faults works hard on his fitness and this was perhaps the fittest and thinest I have seen him. Umar Akmal still needs to lose a bit more body fat and get to the physical shape Ahmed Shehzad is in
 
McCullum was generally overrated based on the WC run where they failed spectacularly in the only match they played outside the postage stamp grounds of NZ. UA had a good tournament overall, hopefully he kicks on in the Australia series
 
Saj said:
Didn't look too happy today.

Had a nightmare in the field and then did not get a bat.

Then he had to wait a bit to get his hands on the trophy, as Ahmed Shehzad was there,
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:yk Shehzad earned it.
 
I think he will continue to be an issue in terms of performance and attitude for Pakistan. Fat Azam Khan's dad gave him some cover by saying...we shouldnt just drop the players, we shou;d try to improve them blah blah.
He's going to walk in to the team locker with the same attitude that got him dropped in the first place: i.e., looking black playing the victim and not accepting the need to move on from the fact that he has been garbage for most of his international cricket and that he needs to set that right.
 
Pete Rose said:
I think he will continue to be an issue in terms of performance and attitude for Pakistan. Fat Azam Khan's dad gave him some cover by saying...we shouldnt just drop the players, we shou;d try to improve them blah blah.
He's going to walk in to the team locker with the same attitude that got him dropped in the first place: i.e., looking black playing the victim and not accepting the need to move on from the fact that he has been garbage for most of his international cricket and that he needs to set that right.
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You mean Azam Khan's father, the same one who to Akmal to a casino during the 2015 World Cup and who had to return bak to Pakistan in shame?
 
As a Lahore fan, Umar Akmal could win a 100 PSL trophies but I would still be happy this cringey player is not on my team.
 
imranq said:
As a Lahore fan, Umar Akmal could win a 100 PSL trophies but I would still be happy this cringey player is not on my team.
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Yes, you guys are used to be being last on the PSL tables and having Aqib running your team. That is your loser team after all.
 
Pete Rose said:
I think he will continue to be an issue in terms of performance and attitude for Pakistan. Fat Azam Khan's dad gave him some cover by saying...we shouldnt just drop the players, we shou;d try to improve them blah blah.
He's going to walk in to the team locker with the same attitude that got him dropped in the first place: i.e., looking black playing the victim and not accepting the need to move on from the fact that he has been garbage for most of his international cricket and that he needs to set that right.
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The only one who tried to save his own *** and failed in the process by a cheap attempt to scapegoat another person was Brendon Mccullam. What Azam Khan's dad did was good man management and showed how you actually deal with individuals and get the best out of them.
 
Savak said:
The only one who tried to save his own *** and failed in the process by a cheap attempt to scapegoat another person was Brendon Mccullam. What Azam Khan's dad did was good man management and showed how you actually deal with individuals and get the best out of them.
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I dont know what this drama is about.
 
Adijazz1706 said:
McCullum was generally overrated based on the WC run where they failed spectacularly in the only match they played outside the postage stamp grounds of NZ. UA had a good tournament overall, hopefully he kicks on in the Australia series
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Lol, i mean what are Mccullam's achievements exactly as captain, what is he rated on. He lost the 2015 WC final in the only ODI he played outside NZ, he played the most irresponsible shot as captain to a bowler who was in red hot form, all his major test victories are in NZ. Even Misbah was a UAE champion as captain and we call him out on it, so why these double standards for Mccullam.
 
Pete Rose said:
I dont know what this drama is about.
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Simple, non stop media statements against Umar Akmal in the media in the previous PSL when he had nothing to show for his own performance as captain for LQ's who ended up at the bottom of the PSL for 2 seasons in a row.

Brendon Mccullam has now been rejected by the PSL, IPL and is now finished in the T-20 market while Umar Akmal helped lead QG to a PSL title and earned a well deserved recall to the Pakistan team.
 
Savak said:
Simple, non stop media statements against Umar Akmal in the media in the previous PSL when he had nothing to show for his own performance as captain for LQ's who ended up at the bottom of the PSL for 2 seasons in a row.

Brendon Mccullam has now been rejected by the PSL, IPL and is now finished in the T-20 market while Umar Akmal helped lead QG to a PSL title and earned a well deserved recall to the Pakistan team.
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yes, i agree, broken clock has come right.
 
imranq said:
As a Lahore fan, Umar Akmal could win a 100 PSL trophies but I would still be happy this cringey player is not on my team.
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Absolutely.... just wait couple weeks where he will fail miserably against the Aussies and all these UA fans will be looking for a corner to hide.
 
Savak said:
Yes, you guys are used to be being last on the PSL tables and having Aqib running your team. That is your loser team after all.
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Yes Aqib is another one we need to get rid of just like Umar. Entirely up to Rana saab to show some guts and make the move but I can't control that.
 
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