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[VIDEO] "Just give me three chances as an opener" : Kamran Akmal

Deserves three chances. Better than Rizwan as a batter and the unreliable openers. Will atleast make 30+ runs in an innings.
 
shabas said:
Deserves three chances. Better than Rizwan as a batter and the unreliable openers. Will atleast make 30+ runs in an innings.
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30+? What is this based on exactly? The only thing we know for certain is that he will make less than 30 consistently.

At his prime and given hundreds of matches with no selection pressure and a strong middle order to support him, he was terrible. That’s just his batting...
 
Haha, how many chances has he been given since this thread began?
 
Azlan Khan said:
KARACHI: Many consider sidelined Kamran Akmal as a spent force; but the wicket-keeper is alive and kicking in the current domestic season.

The most experienced wicket-keeper in the current Pakistan lot has regained his batting form, making vital contributions for his department — the National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) in the ongoing President’s Cup One-Day Trophy.

Kamran, who has played 53 Tests, 154 One-Day Internationals (ODI) and 50 Twenty20s, was dropped following last year’s Champions Trophy due to persistent batting failure.

Even though the player had been preferred due to his batting skills, he scored only 238 runs from 13 ODI matches at an average of just 18 last year, before being dropped.

However, he has started scoring runs and has so far made 251 from seven innings including a century and a half century in the One Day Cup for his side.

When questioned about the change in form, he replied to The Express Tribune and said, “The batting order. I am an upper-order batsman in ODIs and T20s. Unfortunately, I did not get enough of a chance to bat due to the relegation in my batting order [in the national squad].

“I’ve proven this with my performance as an opener in the domestic circuit. I was successful in showing my skills as a batsman in the past because the previous captains [Inzamamul Haq, Shoaib Malik and Shahid Afridi] used me as an opener.

“It’s not justified to expect the same from me while batting at number seven or eight.”

The wicket-keeper further stated that he needed just three chances to prove his mettle.
“I am playing well. Just give me three chances as an opener and if I fail to deliver, then I will have no complaints even if I’ll be dropped permanently,” said the wicket-keeper before adding that he was looking to play for Pakistan for the next five to seven years.

‘Umar’s formula not beneficial in longer role’

Kamran, who has undergone 447 dismissals in international cricket, the highest by any Pakistan wicket-keeper, felt Umar Akmal’s dual role was not effective in the longer run.

“Umar is enjoying his new role [wicket-keeper/batsman], but I think it’s not affective for him as well as for the team in the longer run.

“He can play an effective role as a specialist batsman. Umar’s batting will later be affected because of this additional responsibility.”

Published in The Express Tribune, January 13th, 2014.
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Get lost Kamran Akmal you suck as a wicketkeeper.
 
Lol.

If Shan Masoods can get 32 chances, then why not Kami?

:srini
 
Abdullah719 said:
If Shan Masood had already gotten 250 prior chances while averaging 25, he probably wouldn't still be getting more chances :inti
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I know. I wasn't serious.

But for World t20, if we're not able to find someone decent, I'm not sure who else we can resort to. Don't need accumulators there.
 
Becomes the 2nd-highest runs getter in the QeA trophy.

:kakmal
 
Hawkeye said:
I know. I wasn't serious.

But for World t20, if we're not able to find someone decent, I'm not sure who else we can resort to. Don't need accumulators there.
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For WT20

Only Umar Akmal or Kamran Akmal can work.
 
Mickey Arthur on Kamran/Umar Akmal:

"There is no liking or disliking in any cricket team, you pick guys who can win game of cricket for you, I did not think Umar and Kamran Akmal could win games for Pakistan, I thought they had their time; I think Pakistan need to invest in these young players they have got, they have some very young fine players; So as a coach you select the best players and players you think are the best players that will win a game of cricket for you; The guys out side the squad are never happy but as a coach you cannot worry about the other people - you worry about the guys you have, you worry about the players you have, you worry about getting results for the team of the country you work for, and that was always my intention, always for Pakistan"
 
Best wicketkeeper of the QeA tournament : Kamran Akmal (Central Punjab) – 41 dismissals
 
should move on from him, having said that Rizwan is not the right player for t20 at the moment.
 
Misbah on Kamran Akmal

"Everyone is under consideration, Kamran Akmal also"
 
Kami's tweeted:

Hurt&heart broken for not being considered 4 team i have really worked hard ..anyways i won’t give up i will work harder & would like to thank everyone who supported me jazak Allah thank you
 
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Abdullah719 said:
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I really, genuinely don't get it? Where does the entitlement come from? Nobody has a God given right to be picked for their country at the highest level, and it's certainly not a humiliation if you're not picked.

Does this guy have ability. Yes. Can he score at a brisk rate once every three at the highest level. Maybe. When the team toured the Windies in early 2017 his scores were 22, 0, 48 and 20. He didn't set the World alight against a Windies team without it's T20 stalwarts. What was noticeable was that he did score boundaries but did not rotate strike, a longstanding Pakistan batting issue.

Since then, he has gotten two years older and his reactions as a keeper would have slowed down further. And let's remember that this is a guy wasn't a great keeper to begin with. I take [MENTION=93712]MenInG[/MENTION] 's point on him having the most dismissals, but that is in first class mode, where the intensity is much lower than an international T20.
 
This is a very very sad situation for Kami.

We brought in the new domestic setup so that it's more reliable and we can pick national team players from it.

If you won't value performances in this domestic setup, then what's its use?

Kamran Akmal is one of the best performers there. He has excellent ability at the top order, particularly as an opener, to smash fast bowlers and give us quick starts.

He's the perfect partner for someone like Sharjeel - both extremely dynamic openers who can change the game in a matter of 5 overs.


Kamran Akmal, Umar Akmal and Sharjeel Khan (provided he performs in the PSL) are a MUST for World T20.

Misbah, you have to pick them! Don't care about our casual cricket fans who just whine and cry whenever they see the name of Akmals. Irrationally.
 
Kamran Akmal should concentrate only franchise cricket now, i dont think he will make a comeback in Pak team at this age.
 
KingOfPakBreakfast said:
I really, genuinely don't get it? Where does the entitlement come from? Nobody has a God given right to be picked for their country at the highest level, and it's certainly not a humiliation if you're not picked.

Does this guy have ability. Yes. Can he score at a brisk rate once every three at the highest level. Maybe. When the team toured the Windies in early 2017 his scores were 22, 0, 48 and 20. He didn't set the World alight against a Windies team without it's T20 stalwarts. What was noticeable was that he did score boundaries but did not rotate strike, a longstanding Pakistan batting issue.

Since then, he has gotten two years older and his reactions as a keeper would have slowed down further. And let's remember that this is a guy wasn't a great keeper to begin with. I take [MENTION=93712]MenInG[/MENTION] 's point on him having the most dismissals, but that is in first class mode, where the intensity is much lower than an international T20.
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38 years old
268 matches for Pakistan
26.73 batting average across formats

I know he has performed well in domestic cricket recently... But there you have it.
 
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Why is Kamran Akmal not selected but Shoaib Malik and Mohammad Hafeez are?

I don't really get this decision by PCB to select those two dinosaurs but snubbing the performer Kamran who has performed in every season of PSL. Kamran is younger than both of them and can provide quick start for the powerplay overs.

What can Malik and Hafeez do? Both of them were failures during the WC and the pitches in Australia are even quicker. I don't see them performing well against Starc, Cummins, Boult, Ferguson and even Cottrell.
 
Fact is Akmal's ship has sailed - he is a misfit in the side as cant play as a normal player and keeper slot is taken.
 
KingOfPakBreakfast said:
Does Kami have ability. Yes. Can he score at a brisk rate once every three at the highest level. Maybe. When the team toured the Windies in early 2017 his scores were 22, 0, 48 and 20. He didn't set the World alight against a Windies team without it's T20 stalwarts. What was noticeable was that he did score boundaries but did not rotate strike, a longstanding Pakistan batting issue.

Since then, he has gotten two years older and his reactions as a keeper would have slowed down further. And let's remember that this is a guy wasn't a great keeper to begin with. I take [MENTION=93712]MenInG[/MENTION] 's point on him having the most dismissals, but that is in first class mode, where the intensity is much lower than an international T20.
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This is why
 
minamino said:
I don't really get this decision by PCB to select those two dinosaurs but snubbing the performer Kamran who has performed in every season of PSL. Kamran is younger than both of them and can provide quick start for the powerplay overs.

What can Malik and Hafeez do? Both of them were failures during the WC and the pitches in Australia are even quicker. I don't see them performing well against Starc, Cummins, Boult, Ferguson and even Cottrell.
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Maybe because he’s the worst batsman to ever play consistently (ie lots of chances) for Pakistan in history? And don’t say he’s a keeper, because his keeping was absolutely atrocious by any standard. He was only in the team for his ‘batting’.
 
Hawkeye said:
This is a very very sad situation for Kami.

We brought in the new domestic setup so that it's more reliable and we can pick national team players from it.

If you won't value performances in this domestic setup, then what's its use?

Kamran Akmal is one of the best performers there. He has excellent ability at the top order, particularly as an opener, to smash fast bowlers and give us quick starts.

He's the perfect partner for someone like Sharjeel - both extremely dynamic openers who can change the game in a matter of 5 overs.


Kamran Akmal, Umar Akmal and Sharjeel Khan (provided he performs in the PSL) are a MUST for World T20.

Misbah, you have to pick them! Don't care about our casual cricket fans who just whine and cry whenever they see the name of Akmals. Irrationally.
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Please can you answer a question?

If you were the selector of Pakistan and picked a player based on great domestic performances, gave him lots of chances and he performed poorly at the international level. After dropping him, he returned to domestic level, performed brilliantly again, and you selected him again. But he performed in line with his previous standards - ie poor and was dropped. He then returned to domestic and performed amazingly, and was selected. Of course he failed again at the international level.


After how many chances would you stop picking him, given his technique, fitness, footwork, attitude, age etc all seemed to show no improvement. Or would you continue to pick him every time he performed domestically? Refusing to acknowledge that his capabilities might be limited to bashing domestic bowlers.
 
Forum363 said:
Please can you answer a question?

If you were the selector of Pakistan and picked a player based on great domestic performances, gave him lots of chances and he performed poorly at the international level. After dropping him, he returned to domestic level, performed brilliantly again, and you selected him again. But he performed in line with his previous standards - ie poor and was dropped. He then returned to domestic and performed amazingly, and was selected. Of course he failed again at the international level.


After how many chances would you stop picking him, given his technique, fitness, footwork, attitude, age etc all seemed to show no improvement. Or would you continue to pick him every time he performed domestically? Refusing to acknowledge that his capabilities might be limited to bashing domestic bowlers.
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Good question.

First, Kami has played quite clutch knocks over the years. And has shown that he does have ability. On a good day, he's a game-changer.

Now, after having too many bad days, he got dropped, which is the right thing to do. The cycle continued for a while, I agree.

During that cycle we tried:

-Player A: failed
-Player B: failed
-Player C: failed
-Player D: failed
-Player E: failed

Examples: Ahmed Shehzad, Imam ul Haq, Fakhar, a few others. Meanwhile, we ran out of all the options. There's nobody promising to pick up and replace the failures with.

There's someone who's in red-hot form, playing our top bowlers with ease in our new domestic setup. People get over their past poor form.

Wouldn't you recall him? Who else would you pick? For now we're trying Ahsan Ali, I hope he succeeds, but we need a partner for him, and there's no suitable pick right now.
 
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Hawkeye said:
Good question.

First, Kami has played quite clutch knocks over the years. And has shown that he does have ability. On a good day, he's a game-changer.

Now, after having too many bad days, he got dropped, which is the right thing to do. The cycle continued for a while, I agree.

During that cycle we tried:

-Player A: failed
-Player B: failed
-Player C: failed
-Player D: failed
-Player E: failed

Examples: Ahmed Shehzad, Imam ul Haq, Fakhar, a few others. Meanwhile, we ran out of all the options. There's nobody promising to pick up and replace the failures with.

There's someone who's in red-hot form, playing our top bowlers with ease in our new domestic setup. People get over their past poor form.

Wouldn't you recall him? Who else would you pick? For now we're trying Ahsan Ali, I hope he succeeds, but we need a partner for him, and there's no suitable pick right now.
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I wouldnt go back to a 38yr old who has a poor intnl record no matter what the other options are

New players need time and investment Very few come in ready made for intnl cricket These chances would be better grooming for the future than going back to past failures
 
Hawkeye said:
Good question.

First, Kami has played quite clutch knocks over the years. And has shown that he does have ability. On a good day, he's a game-changer.

Now, after having too many bad days, he got dropped, which is the right thing to do. The cycle continued for a while, I agree.

During that cycle we tried:

-Player A: failed
-Player B: failed
-Player C: failed
-Player D: failed
-Player E: failed

Examples: Ahmed Shehzad, Imam ul Haq, Fakhar, a few others. Meanwhile, we ran out of all the options. There's nobody promising to pick up and replace the failures with.

There's someone who's in red-hot form, playing our top bowlers with ease in our new domestic setup. People get over their past poor form.

Wouldn't you recall him? Who else would you pick? For now we're trying Ahsan Ali, I hope he succeeds, but we need a partner for him, and there's no suitable pick right now.
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Please can you give me some examples of some clutch knocks he has played in limited over cricket? He has played 200+ matches and I can’t think of many at all.

I agree that the replacements haven’t exactly set the world on fire, but they have certainly out performed Kami despite their mediocrity.

Let’s take Shehzad for example who is the worst of the players you mentioned. In T20is, they’ve both played a similar number of matches. Kami averages 21 at 119 strike rate. Shehzad averages 25 at 114. Shehzad is supremely fit and a great fielder while Kami is a complete liability in the field and a terrible keeper.

Let me be clear, Shehzad should not be selected for Pakistan anytime soon and has had a thoroughly mediocre career. However despite this, he has outperformed Kami, even though he hasn’t yet entered his prime while kami is 38.

Kamran has this myth that he is some aggressive batsman because he plays a few big shots. But actually has the same problem as Shehzad, cannot rotate the strike and gets bogged down often. That’s why his strike rate is not suitable for international cricket.

Fakhar and Imam for all their failures, are younger/ newer players and have performed far better albeit against minnows.


Babar is the partner for Ahsan for now, if he fails we can look at other options after the PSL.
 
It's still not too late.

Best domestic performer in the new flagship tournament, can smash the pacers as an opener. Why won't we select him?
 
Looks a bit lethargic today.

Getting some runs but not quite with his usual confidence at this Level. It seems age has finally caught up with him.

And with his poor technique and fitness I think his performances will suddenly drop of a cliff.
 
Didnt time the ball the best but good start for kamran needs runs to have shout out world cup
 
And now this....


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Haha... only [MENTION=134608]Hawkeye[/MENTION] will keep Kami bhai in his team for him to loose the game.. Same old story with Akmals..

International failures
Domestic bullies
Get selected in Pakistan team
Embarrass everyone
REPEAT

This cycle will never end..
 
I enjoy reading the posts of Hawkeye and some other folks who do their best (manipulate facts, compare 250+ games old veteran vs 2 games old newbie).
 
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Ball goes through the legs of Kamran Akmal for four - his keeping skills are seriously degraded nowadays
 
Lost them the game, Ramiz mentioned it in the post match presentation as well.
And to think there are ppl here who try and justify his selection for the national team:murali
 
All the credit to him for his domestic and PSL performances. But these keeping lapses were unacceptable 10 years ago in bilateral test matches, and they certainly have no room in a T20 World Cup where the margins are already too small. Maybe he'll even have one or two good outings with the bat, but the keeping, inconsistency in scoring and his age are too heavy a cost for that one potential inning.
 
Buzurg Khan said:
All the credit to him for his domestic and PSL performances. But these keeping lapses were unacceptable 10 years ago in bilateral test matches, and they certainly have no room in a T20 World Cup where the margins are already too small. Maybe he'll even have one or two good outings with the bat, but the keeping, inconsistency in scoring and his age are too heavy a cost for that one potential inning.
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Play him as a batesman?
 
After playing this much cricket He couldn't get his glove off and ready for the runout. That could have been the game changer had he get weise out. But we all know its one of the Akmal with no brain...
 
SensiblePakFan said:
Lost them the game, Ramiz mentioned it in the post match presentation as well.
And to think there are ppl here who try and justify his selection for the national team:murali
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[MENTION=134608]Hawkeye[/MENTION] ‘it could happen to anyone, it’s not important. Anyway that was like 2 hours ago. Why are people always bringing up the past. It makes no sense’
 
Forum363 said:
[MENTION=134608]Hawkeye[/MENTION] ‘it could happen to anyone, it’s not important. Anyway that was like 2 hours ago. Why are people always bringing up the past. It makes no sense’
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Keep bumping threads after one good or bad performance. Knee-jerks that suit your agenda, doesn't look too good. You then have to get embarrassed when a good performance happens.

Remind me again who is the best opener and/or WK/bat from PAK players at the PSL?
 
Hawkeye said:
Keep bumping threads after one good or bad performance. Knee-jerks that suit your agenda, doesn't look too good. You then have to get embarrassed when a good performance happens.

Remind me again who is the best opener and/or WK/bat from PAK players at the PSL?
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Zeeshan Ashraf.
 
It's typical Akmal to score one century and no nothing in the next 8 games. There is a reason he averages 29 something in international cricket. He will always remain like this.

Don't doubt his ability but just not consistent enough for international cricket against better bowlers.
 
shamaan said:
Play him as a batesman?
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I just don't see him firing like he does in the PSL or National T20 when he's facing the likes of Cummins, Starc, Bumrah, Shami, Ngidi, Rabada, Mujeeb, Archer etc. Not saying we have openers/top-order lined up ready to take them all on. But are we seriously going to take a near 40-year old as a specialist batsman in Australia? With another World Cup just in the next year? It makes no sense. He's not even having that great of a PSL season.

If we have no one of the very top calibre, then just better to take the next best options and give them the exposure. Also change the line-up so guys like Shadab can get more time at the top. If it works, great, if not we'll know. But it's at least forward-looking experimentation.
 
Hawkeye said:
Keep bumping threads after one good or bad performance. Knee-jerks that suit your agenda, doesn't look too good. You then have to get embarrassed when a good performance happens.

Remind me again who is the best opener and/or WK/bat from PAK players at the PSL?
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You just shorten the pool too much when you say "WK/bat". If we start off the assumption that he's not really a wicketkeeper at all, and especially not at the international level because he's still as pathetic behind the stumps as he ever was and has only aged, the argument left is him as a batsman.

And for that, there are younger options with whom we can't do worse if not better over the course of a tournament. And they might surprise us once they have that exposure. Akmal has no more surprises left in him.
 
Buzurg Khan said:
I just don't see him firing like he does in the PSL or National T20 when he's facing the likes of Cummins, Starc, Bumrah, Shami, Ngidi, Rabada, Mujeeb, Archer etc. Not saying we have openers/top-order lined up ready to take them all on. But are we seriously going to take a near 40-year old as a specialist batsman in Australia? With another World Cup just in the next year? It makes no sense. He's not even having that great of a PSL season.

If we have no one of the very top calibre, then just better to take the next best options and give them the exposure. Also change the line-up so guys like Shadab can get more time at the top. If it works, great, if not we'll know. But it's at least forward-looking experimentation.
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I woulsnt take him 100 percent.give them exposure are stating you want someone who hasnt played international cricket in the squad bro.
 
Prince of Pakistan said:
It's typical Akmal to score one century and no nothing in the next 8 games. There is a reason he averages 29 something in international cricket. He will always remain like this.

Don't doubt his ability but just not consistent enough for international cricket against better bowlers.
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Fair enough. I found myself in the 'give Kamran another chance' camp at the beginning of the PSL but your post sums up why this probably isn't a good idea.

It's not that his performances are bad, he still hits as clean as anyone in Pakistan and we need cricketers like him. However, his age, his dire keeping abilities and the general unlikeability of any cricketer with an Akmal surname will always be an argument against him. All things considered i'm starting to prefer a recall for Safaraz for the WC.
 
hitthestump said:
Fair enough. I found myself in the 'give Kamran another chance' camp at the beginning of the PSL but your post sums up why this probably isn't a good idea.

It's not that his performances are bad, he still hits as clean as anyone in Pakistan and we need cricketers like him. However, his age, his dire keeping abilities and the general unlikeability of any cricketer with an Akmal surname will always be an argument against him. All things considered i'm starting to prefer a recall for Safaraz for the WC.
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The Akmals burst of talent, but aren't the smartest always choking when the going gets tough. T20 isn't that big of a risk with only 20 overs but don't be disappointed if he only fires once in the whole tournament getting out cheaply.

You know the worst part? His keeping. This guy will always drop a catch or miss a run out. He has been poor with the gloves in this PSL as well.

Sarfraz isn't the best option either as he doesn't offer much with the bat these days. He is a good keeper though.

It's a real tough one for Misbah. Let's see whom he favours.
 
Hawkeye said:
Keep bumping threads after one good or bad performance. Knee-jerks that suit your agenda, doesn't look too good. You then have to get embarrassed when a good performance happens.

Remind me again who is the best opener and/or WK/bat from PAK players at the PSL?
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Kami is a champ of PSL, no doubt about it. He should be named in the team of the tournament. However he doesn't belong in international cricket. You can cry all you want.

He lost his team the game today. He did it before in the final against Islamabad too. Crucial catches which undo his amazing '30 average' dynamic batting.

Who is a better *****WK**** batsmen you ask? Zeeshan, Sarfaraz, Azam Khan, Abid Ali part time, Shoaib Malik if he started to keep right now and probably any make shift keeper we want to make. They will be better than Kami with the gloves and should average around 20 at the international level which is Kami's ceiling.
 
Buzurg Khan said:
You just shorten the pool too much when you say "WK/bat". If we start off the assumption that he's not really a wicketkeeper at all, and especially not at the international level because he's still as pathetic behind the stumps as he ever was and has only aged, the argument left is him as a batsman.

And for that, there are younger options with whom we can't do worse if not better over the course of a tournament. And they might surprise us once they have that exposure. Akmal has no more surprises left in him.
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Good sensible post. Kami was always in the team as a wicketkeeper batsman, however everyone, even his die hard fans, accepted he was and is a terrible terrible keeper. So really he's in the team for his batting. And quite frankly, even in this 'outstanding' tournament he is having, it consists of one decent innings during which he was fed some rubbish bowling. In fact he has been outbatted in the tournament by Shadab who has more runs in less innings at the same strike rate and with more 6's.
 
Buzurg Khan said:
All the credit to him for his domestic and PSL performances. But these keeping lapses were unacceptable 10 years ago in bilateral test matches, and they certainly have no room in a T20 World Cup where the margins are already too small. Maybe he'll even have one or two good outings with the bat, but the keeping, inconsistency in scoring and his age are too heavy a cost for that one potential inning.
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What performances? In the National T20 cup he was at the bottom with an average barely above 10. The last PSL which led him to be selected he failed in 6/9 innings in that. In this PSL other than a couple of innings he has been a joke with the bat and has lost his team games with the gloves.

He's a complete joke.
 
Forum363 said:
Good sensible post. Kami was always in the team as a wicketkeeper batsman, however everyone, even his die hard fans, accepted he was and is a terrible terrible keeper. So really he's in the team for his batting. And quite frankly, even in this 'outstanding' tournament he is having, it consists of one decent innings during which he was fed some rubbish bowling. In fact he has been outbatted in the tournament by Shadab who has more runs in less innings at the same strike rate and with more 6's.
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This is the story of his career. The last good PSL too he failed in most innings except 3.

There is a reason why this guy asks for 3 chances. He knows he has no consistency or ability. He knows this, his fans however don't.
 
Pakpak said:
This is the story of his career. The last good PSL too he failed in most innings except 3.

There is a reason why this guy asks for 3 chances. He knows he has no consistency or ability. He knows this, his fans however don't.
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He asks for 3 chances but he means 3 chances every year. Because he knows he plays for a country like Pakistan where people forget how terrible he has been for hundreds of matches and he has to simply bash some domestic bowlers before fans like [MENTION=134608]Hawkeye[/MENTION] go 'OMG no one compares to Kami, recall him now. Don't bring up his past numbers. No one is better'
 
shamaan said:
I woulsnt take him 100 percent.give them exposure are stating you want someone who hasnt played international cricket in the squad bro.
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Not most of the squad but if they try out someone like Haider Ali and any others after the PSL and before the World Cup, and they make a case for themselves, I mean them. There's a few games and the Asia Cup is also supposed to be right before the World Cup. And rejigging the batting order around. Need to have more firepower in the top 4. Can't have Hafeez etc. coming one or two down.
 
If domestic performances are the only criteria then players like Ramprakash, Hick, Crawley, Munroe etc would have been the second coming of Bradman in international cricket.

A sensible person would acknowledge that picking a youngster with potential is better then picking a player his late 30's whose had many chances... He was in the 2007 T20 World Cup...Let that sink in...13 years ago!
 
I know this may be seen as biased but in my honest opinion Kamran Akmal should NOT be anywhere near the Pakistan International Team setup whatsoever. Despite these runs he is a massive liability in the field and even batting. One solid knock in 6 to 7 games is not good enough.

I remember his return in 2017 after the PSL campaign that he had in which he returned for the West Indies series where his first innings was 40 off 48 iirc. After that game he failed in the ODI Series with the bat and field. Kamran Akmal's PCT future is and should be finish.
 
Buzurg Khan said:
Not most of the squad but if they try out someone like Haider Ali and any others after the PSL and before the World Cup, and they make a case for themselves, I mean them. There's a few games and the Asia Cup is also supposed to be right before the World Cup. And rejigging the batting order around. Need to have more firepower in the top 4. Can't have Hafeez etc. coming one or two down.
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Out of the emerging players I think haider will get a chance before world cup in international cricket I dont see anyone else
 
Pakistan’s wicket-keeper batsman Kamran Akmal has been known in cricketing circles both for his ability with the gloves and bats as well as for being a chatterbox behind the stumps. An integral part of the Pakistan team that clashed regularly with India in the first decade of the 2000s, Akmal had several on field incidents, which turned into flashpoints, against his Indian rivals.

He famously clashed with former India opener Gautam Gambhir in the 2010 Asia Cup in Sri Lanka and again with paceman Ishant Sharma in T20 international in Bengaluru in 2012-13. Speaking about incidents on a chat show ‘Cow Corner Chronicles’ Akmal though said that he has good relationship with Indian cricketers and what happened on the field stayed there.

“It was all due to misunderstanding and happened in the heat of the moment then. Gautam and I are good friends because we have played a lot in ‘A’ cricket. We meet regularly, have food together,” Akmal said about his clash with Gambhir.

He further said that his altercation with Ishant took place because he couldn’t understand what the Indian had said.

”It was all due to me not understanding what he said. The same with Ishant at Bangalore. You know me I don’t say much on the field. Both Gautam and Ishant are very good boys. We respect them and they respect us. What happens on the field, stays there,” he recalled.

The highlight of Kamran’s Test career was a battling century (133) against India in Karachi. Irfan Pathan had given India the perfect start by picking up a hat-trick in the first over. But Akmal and Abdul Razzaq helped Pakistan recover from 39/6 to post 245 in the first innings and that led the foundation of a heroic victory for the team.

Kamran, who featured in 53 Tests, 157 ODIs and 58 T20Is, last played for Pakistan in 2017 in the white-ball formats.

https://www.hindustantimes.com/cric...ith-gambhir/story-I3MltyBcgp3RYjKTJtmzEL.html
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Skill work at legend Abdul Qadir’s Academy.Salman Qadir managing the academy very well and coaching staff too. This academy is very good opportunity for youngsters.🏏 <a href="https://t.co/HSQzC1Z82b">pic.twitter.com/HSQzC1Z82b</a></p>— Kamran Akmal (@KamiAkmal23) <a href="https://twitter.com/KamiAkmal23/status/1267863501940363264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 2, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
MenInG said:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Skill work at legend Abdul Qadir’s Academy.Salman Qadir managing the academy very well and coaching staff too. This academy is very good opportunity for youngsters.🏏 <a href="https://t.co/HSQzC1Z82b">pic.twitter.com/HSQzC1Z82b</a></p>— Kamran Akmal (@KamiAkmal23) <a href="https://twitter.com/KamiAkmal23/status/1267863501940363264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 2, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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Practising the only hack shot he has in his armoury.
 
Kamran Akmal brutally trolled for misspelling 'Independence Day

Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Kamran Akmal was trolled brutally on social media after he wished his countrymen on the occasion of Pakistan's Independence Day on Saturday (August 14). Kamran took to his social media pages to wish fans on the big occasion, but, unfortunately, he got the spelling of ‘Independence’ wrong.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://t.co/ZG397jz3RT">pic.twitter.com/ZG397jz3RT</a></p>— Kamran Akmal (@KamiAkmal23) <a href="https://twitter.com/KamiAkmal23/status/1426256477090635776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 13, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
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