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

Asif321 said:
he is useless what does he bring in team ? nothing Umar Akmal can keep easily and a specialist opener could have been used , he is nothing against decent bowlers
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What does he bring to the team I hear you ask?

That winning smile.
 
Chances given, Case closed, next time he complains in media pls bring his statement up. He got 4 chances and one decent innings to show for it.
 
This was to be expected

Insanity to keep on selecting these hacks Have the selectors and management been asleep for the last few years in which malik and kamran have not only been doin zilch but have been a heavy hindrance to the team
 
i know i stated the obvious but taking this kami and malik was like taking a knife to a gunfight - we got what we deserved!!!!

In our heart of hearts we all knew we didn't deserve to progress from the group - barring a few flashes the writing was on the wall!!

Big shout and thanks to PCB for throwing away another trophy shot - the day we pick a deserving and genuinely talented squad, we might be able to compete!!
 
I just dont get that we played a useless asia cup tournament with UA as a keeper and for a big scale WC wants Kami to keep. Its crazy!!
 
Kamran and Malik are useless cricketer,, but I have just been in Pakistan, its amazing how much support Kamran and Malik has. My relative things these two are very good cricketer,, their think Kamran is the best opener we have and think malik is class batsman living in 2003,, what the hell

Pakistani people in Pakistan are really stupid...
 
"Just give me three chances as an Opener" : Kamran Akmal

Noman said:
Kamran and Malik are useless cricketer,, but I have just been in Pakistan, its amazing how much support Kamran and Malik has. My relative things these two are very good cricketer,, their think Kamran is the best opener we have and think malik is class batsman living in 2003,, what the hell

Pakistani people in Pakistan are really stupid...
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Sadly this is true a lot of casual Pak fans like hacks like Kami who come off one every 10 games and Malik who they still think is a quality all rounder just because they're seniors they are both 5 years past their sell by date in International Cricket but the fact is our youngsters coming through don't show enough promise to keep these TTFs out the team that's why management goes back to what it knows in ICC tournaments thinking these seniors will stop us getting embarrassed but These TTF troll the PCB and have other ideas like in the CT and this T20 WC. Until the lack of talent coming through the system isn't addressed these TTFs will keep getting selected


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There's just a lack of talent. What youngsters do we have?

Sharjeel is terrible. Awful
Umar Amin was rubbish
Maqsood is a hack
Hammad azam was a trundler that could block

Bar Shahzad Umar akmal jk and Bhatti we have zero young talent.

Only person I can add is that haris sohail I didn't see enough of

Were finished as a cricketing superpower
 
This is so sad that we are still talking about Kamran Akmal and Shoaib Malik in the context of Pakistani team. FFS we are in 2014, any tom dick or harry would have done better than these two jokers. It's shocking that their selection is described as "picking experience", enough of this BS.
 
Take him out and bring him back in 2 years time again because his replacements would prove to be even worse. Nobody calls him a top class player. The best option theory doesn't equate to being good.

Kamran selecting again and again is just the blatant lack of talent in the country more than anything.
 
Nasir should come back, easily Pakistan's best opener much better than over rated Shehzad too.
 
You've had enough chances Kami. Not many get this many chances. Not even Ross Taylor with you behind the stumps.
 
Mamoon said:
Take him out and bring him back in 2 years time again because his replacements would prove to be even worse. Nobody calls him a top class player. The best option theory doesn't equate to being good.

Kamran selecting again and again is just the blatant lack of talent in the country more than anything.
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You believe PCB selects the best players possible?
 
Silly Point said:
Agreed. Can't wait until he's back in form.

Did he score runs against NZ at any point for you to rate him?
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I've seen him play a few times before against India, Australia and SA, he's definitely a hell of a lot better than most bats in your team.
 
Mamoon said:
Take him out and bring him back in 2 years time again because his replacements would prove to be even worse. Nobody calls him a top class player. The best option theory doesn't equate to being good.

Kamran selecting again and again is just the blatant lack of talent in the country more than anything.
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Sarfraz was just starting to find his feet in int cricket played 2 very crucial knocks in his last two tests one of those was in a typical odi situation. Its better we should have kept our trust in him rather then going back to Kakmal.
 
Now that he lost central contract, he will be back by working hard in domestic.Winners will be back.
 
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okay. So what about the constant failures YK,Asad Shafiq? At least Kamran went back and performed in top fc event to deserve a call. What has Shafiq and YK done to get selected for the world cup?
 
as I've said in other threads Pakistan is short of the 3rd opener and four players that are in the race are Azhar Ali,Sharjeel,Awais and Kami. I just don't get how Kamran is not better than all these options?
 
MRSN said:
okay. So what about the constant failures YK,Asad Shafiq? At least Kamran went back and performed in top fc event to deserve a call. What has Shafiq and YK done to get selected for the world cup?
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You've been on this forum long enough to know that everyone wants Shafiq and Younis out, we all know they are absolutely terrible. However 2 wrongs don't make a right, this argument is exactly the same that Younis used when he said "there are people with lower strike rates than me in the team".
 
Just give me three chances as an Opener and i will put the world on fire.

Kami is on fire :AAG
 
Cricket_Engineer said:
You've been on this forum long enough to know that everyone wants Shafiq and Younis out, we all know they are absolutely terrible. However 2 wrongs don't make a right, this argument is exactly the same that Younis used when he said "there are people with lower strike rates than me in the team".
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He's not a bad option considering he is a good player of bouncy pitches. The conditions are in his favor. He can pull,cut and is a good backfoot player and he has the experience of playing in those conditions as well. We don't have too many options for opening. Either we pick him or some legside hacks Sharjeel or Awais or mini Misbah Azhar Ali. Kamran Akmal has that unpredictablity about his batting. On his day he can single handedly win us a game.
 
MRSN said:
He's not a bad option considering he is a good player of bouncy pitches. The conditions are in his favor. He can pull,cut and is a good backfoot player and he has the experience of playing in those conditions as well. We don't have too many options for opening. Either we pick him or some legside hacks Sharjeel or Awais or mini Misbah Azhar Ali. Kamran Akmal has that unpredictablity about his batting. On his day he can single handedly win us a game.
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Hes a hack with the bat and has been for years

A few match winning hundreds years back have clouded how rubbish a batsman he is

Just check out his avges to see he doesnt belong anywhere near the team in a batting capacity

And ps why select openers for the sake of it when they arent good enough? In odis why cant we get a u akmal or maqsood to open if needs be

Most teams pick established players from the team to open if they dont have credible openers

Only pakistan would turn to someone like k akmal
 
MRSN said:
He's not a bad option considering he is a good player of bouncy pitches. The conditions are in his favor. He can pull,cut and is a good backfoot player and he has the experience of playing in those conditions as well. We don't have too many options for opening. Either we pick him or some legside hacks Sharjeel or Awais or mini Misbah Azhar Ali. Kamran Akmal has that unpredictablity about his batting. On his day he can single handedly win us a game.
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Imran Nazir is a better puller/cutter than him. Kamran Akmal averages 26 in ODIs! We saw his experience in the Champions Trophy did we not?

It's a shame it is never his day.
 
For some reason, I have a soft spot for him. On his day, he is pure class. He is also a match winner. I'd have him in the World cup over the likes of Hafeez, Shafiq, Jamshed etc.
 
He is a match loser.

Eternal.

He will keep losing us matches.

I said in another thread, this usually happens because Australia is too good of a chance to lose out on essential cash and coffers and also free Kangaroos.

Everyone wants to tag along in the World Cup team , to make up the numbers.
 
BD and MRSN seem to be promoting Kamran Akmal for some mysterious reason.. :moyo
 
Tiger T said:
For some reason, I have a soft spot for him. On his day, he is pure class. He is also a match winner. I'd have him in the World cup over the likes of Hafeez, Shafiq, Jamshed etc.
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Do you for a moment think how unfair this is for youngsters who have played hard for years before the world cup to be shunted out and TTF's back? Do you also understand this is the reason why, valuing inconsistencies over stability, is why you have never been able to have a stable team for the last few years?
 
Indiafan said:
Do you for a moment think how unfair this is for youngsters who have played hard for years before the world cup to be shunted out and TTF's back? Do you also understand this is the reason why, valuing inconsistencies over stability, is why you have never been able to have a stable team for the last few years?
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which youngster are you talking about who has a bit of experience(even 5 games would do) and has the potential to do well on the NZ,Aus pitches? hacks Sharjeel Khan,Awais Zia or tuk tuk machine Azhar Ali when we already have Yk,Asad,Misbah,Haris in the middle order.
 
Dr_Bassim said:
He is a match loser.

Eternal.

He will keep losing us matches.

I said in another thread, this usually happens because Australia is too good of a chance to lose out on essential cash and coffers and also free Kangaroos.

Everyone wants to tag along in the World Cup team , to make up the numbers.
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on bouncy Australian and NZ pitches he's our best bet as an opener.
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His common dismissal is the slash outside offstump to be caught at deep point. I wonder if he has curbed that in domestic cricket.
 
Has anyone considered that Kamran could come in at expense of hafeez.
 
Pete Rose said:
His common dismissal is the slash outside offstump to be caught at deep point. I wonder if he has curbed that in domestic cricket.
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must have worked on his weaknesses in the tournament, that's why he has lots of runs. He has been busy playing almost every domestic game.
 
Pete Rose said:
The right and brave call is to bench hafeez now, but that won't happen.
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well even as a batsman he has done well in the last two years in ODIs. The problem is him and Shehzad are kings among worsts. They have done better compare to Asad,YK,Misbah in the last 12+ months so can't bench him right away.
 
You've had your chances Kami. You already had more chances than you deserve. You didn't make then count.

And you are way past your prime.

Your performances weren't of note even when you were at your prime. Maybe 1 innings here and there. You had a purple patch in 2005 & then briefly in 2009. By then your keeping would rank at bottom of all Intnl keepers and not to mention that you were dropping catches costing us matches.

You are a match loser and your constant re-selections are one of the reasons I have almost lost any hope or interest in Pakistan cricket. I'd give Sarfraz more games than a proven failure like you. Sarfraz may still improve but you never will.

Funniest thing ever, the same peeps lobbying for his selection due to domestic performances are those who want other players out some of whom have an excellent record on paper in domestic.

Any alternatives we have, I'd give them a chance but never bring back this pathetic failure back in to the team.
 
I think we need to bring back wajahatullah wasti and saleem elahi. Great players..actually how about zaheer abbas.

Ok anyone supporting the return ok kami malik and the like are not sincere to pak cricket. Your knowledge of the game is nil. Nada. Abd i would go so far as to say your borderline traitors or incredibly thick.
 
Indiafan said:
Do you for a moment think how unfair this is for youngsters who have played hard for years before the world cup to be shunted out and TTF's back? Do you also understand this is the reason why, valuing inconsistencies over stability, is why you have never been able to have a stable team for the last few years?
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It's not really unfair though isit? His domestic form has been good, and hes a man for the big occasion. Besides, Pakistan haven't really got anyone who is a consistent ODI batsman. On his day, he's a treat to watch and can win matches!
 
I repeat myself:

Kamran and Shoaib Malik are big time mafias, they will make there way into the team for WC2015, AND than there will start of big GROUP BANDI. Why not give a chance on merit to other guys who have performed better in opening positions in domestic seasons for last few years e.g. Naeemuddin. Kamran wrong age is 32, while Naeemuddin correct age is 33, as given in cricinfo. M. Hussey also started at late age.
 
^Nasir as well, he could have been Pakistan's McCullum and gotten Pakistan off to good starts or gotten out quickly.
 
Will Kamran make a comeback since his brother is out of team now?Is Kamrans career over after Sarfraz knock?
 
Is it not the policy of having quota system of having atleast 1 akmal in the Pakistan team abit like the south Africa quoter system
 
this is part of the problem with our country. No accountability everyone thinks they are the shi*.

When asked about his bad form rather than saying something like "you know everyone has good and bad patches. I was struggling as a player and not fitting the bill as an opening batsman. However, I have worked on my struggles and have improved a lot as a player with the help of my coaches ("and with the help of Allah" - optional part if Muslim) and think I can rebound really well and help solidify Pakistan's batting order."

This is how an Australian Canadian or Kiwi would answer this question.

What does this say? First words? "Batting." "Order." As if it's everyone's fault but his own's. This problem is evident in all our players and in the country.
 
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