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[VIDEO] Shan Masood 2.0 - Performance Watch

Saj said:
You keep going back to your Misbah hatred but are failing to suggest any blame on the players themselves, which is flawed thinking.
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Even if Misbah was a family/friend connection of mine I could never support him because I value the success of the Pakistan team more than the interests of one individual.
 
After starting with a century, england found out his lbw problem and exploted it very well
Disappointing from shan
 
A very gutsy 18. Showed a lot of character, intelligence and hard work.

They way he kept flashing outside the off-stump and gave catching practice to Buttler was so smart.

Make him captain.
 
[MENTION=152972]Pacy with wisdom[/MENTION]?

Have you changed your mind yet?
 
Sami Aslam would have been an established test player had he been given these matches Shan has.
 
And people wanted him to be captain. Hardwork can only get someone so far.
 
Disappointing from Shan following his big 100. It seems that he has been a victim of over correcting him self .

He focused so much on resolving his problem outside off stump, that he became a LBW candidate.

Test cricket is a tough school and one where you have to learn and adapt quickly .
 
GreenKhan said:
Disappointing from Shan following his big 100. It seems that he has been a victim of over correcting him self .

He focused so much on resolving his problem outside off stump, that he became a LBW candidate.

Test cricket is a tough school and one where you have to learn and adapt quickly .
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Definitely disappointing from him.

Never really looked like he was confident throughout the whole series
 
Shan Masood has done more than enough to cement his position as Pakistan's premier opening batsman having ended the tour with an average of 44.75.

If Pakistan had won the first test, everyone here would be singing a different tune as I'm sure he had done enough in the first innings to claim the man of the match award. Thanks to Azhar Ali's inept captaincy and toothless bowling attack we couldn't wrap up what should have been an easy win.

As for Shan's haters and critics, you ought to be reminded that he averaged 39 in Australia, 38 in South African and c.45 in England.

Anyone calling for Sami Aslam and Imam-ul-Haq quite frankly needs a reality check. The former looked so overwhelmed during his last tour of Australia, I don't think he;ll ever recover from that. I've never seen a batsman more mentally destroyed than he was during that series. Even if he can somehow leave that behind him, I've seen enough to say that his deficient technique against the shorter ball will be exposed. He simply doesn't have the back foot shots to convince me that he will make the cut at international level. There's no wonder why this strokeless wonder has a strike rate of under 40 after 13 tests.

Imam-ul-Haq is just as bad against the shorter stuff and as expected he was beyond awful during the Australia tour.

Shan Masood is more than good enough for this below-average test side. Unless you can find 2 Pakistani openers who are capable of averaging 35+ in Australia, South Africa and England (individually or cumulatively), no one has any right to be calling for his dead.

It's sickening to see our fans bashing Pakistan's second best batsman in the side (since 2019).
 
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topspin said:
Shan Masood has done more than enough to cement his position as Pakistan's premier opening batsman having ended the tour with an average of 44.75.

If Pakistan had won the first test, everyone here would be singing a different tune as I'm sure he had done enough in the first innings to claim the man of the match award. Thanks to Azhar Ali's inept captaincy and toothless bowling attack we couldn't wrap up what should have been an easy win.

As for Shan's haters and critics, you ought to be reminded that he averaged 39 in Australia, 38 in South African and c.45 in England.

Anyone calling for Sami Aslam and Imam-ul-Haq quite frankly needs a reality check. The former looked so overwhelmed during his last tour of Australia, I don't think he;ll ever recover from that. I've never seen a batsman more mentally destroyed than he was during that series. Even if he can somehow leave that behind him, I've seen enough to say that his deficient technique against the shorter ball will be exposed. He simply doesn't have the back foot shots to convince me that he will make the cut at international level. There's no wonder why this strokeless wonder has a strike rate of under 40 after 13 tests.

Imam-ul-Haq is just as bad against the shorter stuff and as expected he was beyond awful during the Australia tour.

Shan Masood is more than good enough for this below-average test side. Unless you can find 2 Pakistani openers who are capable of averaging 35+ in Australia, South Africa and England (individually or cumulatively), no one has any right to be calling for his dead.

It's sickening to see our fans bashing Pakistan's second best batsman in the side (since 2019).
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And I think it's important to note that generally the conditions have been incredibly difficult for opening batsmen and he was up against two ATGs in this conditions who bowled phenomenally. Not to mention Woakes who is incredible in these conditions. All things considered, far from a failure but also not the standout tour that he needed to stamp his name on the world stage.

More than good enough for our standards.
 
Forum363 said:
And I think it's important to note that generally the conditions have been incredibly difficult for opening batsmen and he was up against two ATGs in this conditions who bowled phenomenally. Not to mention Woakes who is incredible in these conditions. All things considered, far from a failure but also not the standout tour that he needed to stamp his name on the world stage.

More than good enough for our standards.
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One day these fans will get their wish with the likes Sami Aslam and etc. His batting performance alone will turn us into a laughing stock, like we witnessed some years ago with what Hafeez experienced against Steyn.

It's a good point you make about the challenge of facing Anderson and Broad in their home conditions. We shouldn't forget this was always going to be Shan's toughest examination. He did more than enough to seal us a test win and to come out with a mid-40 average and a big ton shows he has certainly surpassed expectations. I didn't think he'd average more 30.
 
Seems to be a one innings per series player.
 
topspin said:
Shan Masood has done more than enough to cement his position as Pakistan's premier opening batsman having ended the tour with an average of 44.75.

If Pakistan had won the first test, everyone here would be singing a different tune as I'm sure he had done enough in the first innings to claim the man of the match award. Thanks to Azhar Ali's inept captaincy and toothless bowling attack we couldn't wrap up what should have been an easy win.

As for Shan's haters and critics, you ought to be reminded that he averaged 39 in Australia, 38 in South African and c.45 in England.

Anyone calling for Sami Aslam and Imam-ul-Haq quite frankly needs a reality check. The former looked so overwhelmed during his last tour of Australia, I don't think he;ll ever recover from that. I've never seen a batsman more mentally destroyed than he was during that series. Even if he can somehow leave that behind him, I've seen enough to say that his deficient technique against the shorter ball will be exposed. He simply doesn't have the back foot shots to convince me that he will make the cut at international level. There's no wonder why this strokeless wonder has a strike rate of under 40 after 13 tests.

Imam-ul-Haq is just as bad against the shorter stuff and as expected he was beyond awful during the Australia tour.

Shan Masood is more than good enough for this below-average test side. Unless you can find 2 Pakistani openers who are capable of averaging 35+ in Australia, South Africa and England (individually or cumulatively), no one has any right to be calling for his dead.

It's sickening to see our fans bashing Pakistan's second best batsman in the side (since 2019).
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His average for this tour is 36! not 45. He followed up his 156 with scores of 0,1, 4 and 18.
It’s a decent tour but if you take into consideration his opening innings one would have hoped he would had kicked on it at least in one other innings .
It’s a decent tour for him but just like Babar Azam one that got more disappointing as the series progressed .
 
GreenKhan said:
His average for this tour is 36! not 45. He followed up his 156 with scores of 0,1, 4 and 18.
It’s a decent tour but if you take into consideration his opening innings one would have hoped he would had kicked on it at least in one other innings .
It’s a decent tour for him but just like Babar Azam one that got more disappointing as the series progressed .
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Thanks for the correction. I forget about the second test because of the rain. I agree he’s been disappointing after his first innings but he has still surpassed my expectations. I didn’t expect him to average more 30 because I knew Anderson was going to be a tough tour.

An average of 35+ in Australia, South Africa and England is still more than good enough for this Pakistan team.
 
topspin said:
Thanks for the correction. I forget about the second test because of the rain. I agree he’s been disappointing after his first innings but he has still surpassed my expectations. I didn’t expect him to average more 30 because I knew Anderson was going to be a tough tour.

An average of 35+ in Australia, South Africa and England is still more than good enough for this Pakistan team.
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Yes I agree it is a decent output .
 
This notion of "hard work" being made synonymous with Shan Masood is interesting.

I am genuinely curious.

How exactly do you define "hard work" for a national level cricketer that sets him apart from the rest?

I say, perhaps Kohli is a hard worker.
Is Shan Masood in the same league of hard work as Kohli? Or his fans look at the bulging tummy of Yasir Shah, and compare it with Shan Masood, and arrive at the conclusion that Shan Masood must be working hard?

Seriously,
Has he been uploading his work out videos and daily practice drills for the past few years where he is getting advice from the coaches and documenting improvement?

Or it's primarily a word of mouth that we hear from different quarters that "Shan Masood is working hard"?

In my view, he appears to have a very fragile technical skill as a batsman. And physically as a sportsman, he looks a bit fragile as well.

Where is the display of "hard work"? Does he have a lot of stamina? Is he a very fast runner? Is he an extra quick fielder?
 
Colorblind Genius said:
This notion of “hard work” being made synonymous with Shan Masood is interesting.

I am genuinely curious.

How exactly do you define “hard work” for a national level cricketer that sets him apart from the rest?

I say, perhaps Kohli is a hard worker.
Is Shan Masood in the same league of hard work as Kohli? Or his fans look at the bulging tummy of Yasir Shah, and compare it with Shan Masood, and arrive at the conclusion that Shan Masood must be working hard?

Seriously,
Has he been uploading his work out videos and daily practice drills for the past few years where he is getting advice from the coaches and documenting improvement?

Or it’s primarily a word of mouth that we hear from different quarters that “Shan Masood is working hard”?

In my view, he appears to have a very fragile technical skill as a batsman. And physically as a sportsman, he looks a bit fragile as well.

Where is the display of “hard work”? Does he have a lot of stamina? Is he a very fast runner? Is he an extra quick fielder?
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He is known to work very hard on his fitness, Shehzar Mohammad (FC cricketer, gym trainer, and someone who is close to him) has testified to that a lot. And it’s not a new thing, he’s always been known to train extremely hard.

Regarding working on the technical aspects of his batting, his work with Gary Palmer and other coaches has been documented and referenced to quite extensively.
 
topspin said:
One day these fans will get their wish with the likes Sami Aslam and etc. His batting performance alone will turn us into a laughing stock, like we witnessed some years ago with what Hafeez experienced against Steyn.

It's a good point you make about the challenge of facing Anderson and Broad in their home conditions. We shouldn't forget this was always going to be Shan's toughest examination. He did more than enough to seal us a test win and to come out with a mid-40 average and a big ton shows he has certainly surpassed expectations. I didn't think he'd average more 30.
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Brilliant analysis. Sadly there is no point in arguing with Shan haters who disappeared & were no where to be found when he scored 150 & love to show up & comment when he fails. Their recommendation of Sami Aslam & Imam also makes me feel really sorry for them.
 
Expectations being surpassed. You gotta be kidding me.

The guy has struggled for large parts of this tour. In his century he was dropped a few times and has been dropped several more times in subsequent innings.

I'm yet to be convinced by him.
 
The way they hate Shan look like Pak want non-performers in the xi.. he probably second or 3rd best player from Pak side in this series..
 
Saj said:
Expectations being surpassed. You gotta be kidding me.

The guy has struggled for large parts of this tour. In his century he was dropped a few times and has been dropped several more times in subsequent innings.

I'm yet to be convinced by him.
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Almost every hundred had dropped chance..
 
Saj said:
Expectations being surpassed. You gotta be kidding me.

The guy has struggled for large parts of this tour. In his century he was dropped a few times and has been dropped several more times in subsequent innings.

I'm yet to be convinced by him.
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But to be fair, not one of the Pakistani batsmen has been convincing. Even the much lauded Babar has spent time flashing outside off or being trapped by in-swingers. Two batsman posted centuries but remained unconvincing. The rest, nothing. (I don’t count Rizwan as being primarily a batsman but more an all rounder)
 
Saj said:
Expectations being surpassed. You gotta be kidding me.

The guy has struggled for large parts of this tour. In his century he was dropped a few times and has been dropped several more times in subsequent innings.

I'm yet to be convinced by him.
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But he "works hard". Isn't that enough?
 
Smbhayi said:
Not only "working hard", he also performing better than most of his team-mates.. isn't that enough? ��
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He has failed in 5 out of 6 innings on this tour, though not only him everyone has failed but anyone fails persistently deserves to be shown the door.
 
Andrew Strauss on Sky:

“For me, the ball didn’t come back (for Shan Masood’s dismissal). As an umpire, that’s what you’re thinking about, whether it’s come back enough to hit the stumps. It was clipping so fair enough and Michael Gough hasn’t done much wrong. As a batsman, I think I’m being harshly judged there as I think it’s doing enough to just miss off-stump.

“It’s not easy opening the batting. The one thing you’ll say about an opener is if you get in, make sure you get a big hundred and he did that. It’s not easy against Jimmy Anderson in particular, with his troubles with LBW. He’ll be disappointed with the end of the series.

“He’s a talented cricketer, I like him and he shapes up well. He’s one of Pakistan’s more solid players, actually.”
 
This guy used up all his lives.

The fact that he kept getting out to the same delivery time and time again is just frustrating. He shouldn’t be in our test side for now.

If it hadn’t been for England failing to take their chances he would never have made his century.

I’m not convinced by him and what makes matters worse is the audacity he has to review plumb LBW decisions out of arrogance and greed. If he genuinely thought those deliveries weren’t going to hit the stumps then he need to get his eyesight checked too. Back to the drawing board Shan!
 
I would say this was an average performance by Shan in this series. The best part for Shan in this series is that when he did get a start he made it big (appreciable performance that one). The worst part of this series for Shan is the repeated mode of his dismissals (something he should have corrected in the ongoing series).

I would give Shan a 6/10 for this series. Couple of points people need to keep in mind while judging Shan:
1. Jimmy and Broad are best new ball pair in test cricket and phenomenal at home. Opening against them is the biggest challenge Shan will ever come across and he did well in that respect.
2. Couple of his dismissals can be touted as "unlucky" (down the leg side and lbw today).

Overall, Shan did enough to steer clear from firing range (for now).
 
0 1 4 18 - his last 4 scores.

The same mistakes being made.

An average of 31 after 43 Test innings.

I know our standards have dropped and some are easily pleased, but surely we can do better than this.
 
In the second innings of the first test he was unlucky to be caught down the leg side, the second test he faced tough seaming conditions, he got out to Jimmy Anderson due to Poor footwork in the first innings of the third test (50/50 as Anderson is the best bowler he will face and also hard to swallow as the pitch was flat), in the second innings he was determined to grind it out, the sad part is he got a life and then made an error of judgement against Broad.

Overall he didn't kick on from a good start in the series but i have seen enough of Shan Masood in the last year that he has put in the hard yards in the off season, in domestic cricket and is a much improved cricketer compared to when he first started his career. Some people might have an axe to grind with him because he doesn't do them any favors but his spot in the team is merited and he has every right to cash in on other future tours where conditions won't be as tough to open.
 
Even Babar had an average tour, why aren't the same standards being applied to him.
 
If Shan has been a failure in this series (which is not entirely an unfair despcription), not sure what adjective one should use for the other batsmen. What should we use for Babar ?
 
Infinitee786 said:
This guy used up all his lives.

The fact that he kept getting out to the same delivery time and time again is just frustrating. He shouldn’t be in our test side for now.

If it hadn’t been for England failing to take their chances he would never have made his century.

I’m not convinced by him and what makes matters worse is the audacity he has to review plumb LBW decisions out of arrogance and greed. If he genuinely thought those deliveries weren’t going to hit the stumps then he need to get his eyesight checked too. Back to the drawing board Shan!
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That's not necessarily true. His 4 failures after the 156, one of them was caught down the leg side, one of them was a badly judged leave and 2 of them were his head falling over on inswinging LBWs from over the wicket by the right hander.

In fact in the dismissals he has in his horrific record vs Anderson, the vast majority are wafting his bat outside the off stump and nicking off, in years gone by. He hasn't done that once this series.

While I agree his series has been average, he hasn't been making the same mistakes nor getting out to the same delivery all the time. He has proven he can work on and rectify areas of weakness, so should be persisted with in my opinion.
 
Pakistan's tour to New Zealand will be crucial for Shan. He either makes it or people get fed up. I hope he does well.
 
Saj said:
0 1 4 18 - his last 4 scores.

The same mistakes being made.

An average of 31 after 43 Test innings.

I know our standards have dropped and some are easily pleased, but surely we can do better than this.
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Let's take his avg since his return, one of the top 2 bats in SA and Aus, and a ( what should have been) match winning innings in the first game here. He's got credit in the bank.
Tell me an opener who we can rely on to average 40 on tours of SA, Aus and Eng.

He opens and he has a better avg than inzamam and moyo in SA and Aus, when they used to come in at 4 and 5.
Just think about that.

Yes he has a problem with Jimmy , but that is over with now. He is never going to face him with a dukes ball again.
I still believe it's onwards and upwards for him
 
Savak said:
In the second innings of the first test he was unlucky to be caught down the leg side, the second test he faced tough seaming conditions, he got out to Jimmy Anderson due to Poor footwork in the first innings of the third test (50/50 as Anderson is the best bowler he will face and also hard to swallow as the pitch was flat), in the second innings he was determined to grind it out, the sad part is he got a life and then made an error of judgement against Broad.

Overall he didn't kick on from a good start in the series but i have seen enough of Shan Masood in the last year that he has put in the hard yards in the off season, in domestic cricket and is a much improved cricketer compared to when he first started his career. Some people might have an axe to grind with him because he doesn't do them any favors but his spot in the team is merited and he has every right to cash in on other future tours where conditions won't be as tough to open.
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Second paragraph is bang on. His game is in good order
 
Pakistan haven't had a proper Test opener since Saeed Anwar. We've had Hafeez, Farhat, Butt, Taufeeq, Shehzad, Khurram Manzoor, Sami Aslam and now Masood. All pathetic, just about all averaging somewhere in the 30's

If Azhar is going to continue, he should just open - he's basically an opener already.
 
Firebat said:
That's not necessarily true. His 4 failures after the 156, one of them was caught down the leg side, one of them was a badly judged leave and 2 of them were his head falling over on inswinging LBWs from over the wicket by the right hander.

In fact in the dismissals he has in his horrific record vs Anderson, the vast majority are wafting his bat outside the off stump and nicking off, in years gone by. He hasn't done that once this series.

While I agree his series has been average, he hasn't been making the same mistakes nor getting out to the same delivery all the time. He has proven he can work on and rectify areas of weakness, so should be persisted with in my opinion.
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This is fair. Azhar has got out the same way, time and again. Babar has also fallen to the same trap — either nicking off to the outswinger or being set up to be trapped by the in-swinger. Unfair to single out Shan
 
coy0607 said:
Pakistan haven't had a proper Test opener since Saeed Anwar. We've had Hafeez, Farhat, Butt, Taufeeq, Shehzad, Khurram Manzoor, Sami Aslam and now Masood. All pathetic, just about all averaging somewhere in the 30's

If Azhar is going to continue, he should just open - he's basically an opener already.
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Taufeeq averaged close to 40.
Ahmed Shehzad averages 40 in 13 tests.
 
Does Shan ever look in complete control in an innings? If so then when and how frequently.

Shan is a good guy and a good professional but he's not good enough to play test cricket. By that I mean he's never shown an ability to be consistent both at international level or domestic. He also isn't confident enough to stamp his authority on a game.

Is it Shan's fault? No!!! It's a failure of a system that doesn't improve players because it doesnt understand them both as humans or athletes. The decision by the board to force feed Shan and Imam has been a major detriment to the test side's growth.

We all know why they're being force fed. Shan represents an opportunity to push an educated well spoken as the face of Pakistan Cricket. Imam although talented was purely a nepotism play unfair to simply better test cricketers.
 
Saj said:
Expectations being surpassed. You gotta be kidding me.

The guy has struggled for large parts of this tour. In his century he was dropped a few times and has been dropped several more times in subsequent innings.

I'm yet to be convinced by him.
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The fact that Shan Masood is the side's best opener shows what a sorry state Pakistan cricket really is in. We can't have the same expectations when the likes of Sami, Imam and etc are far inferior to him.

He did surpass expectations because I had little to no hope of him doing much during this tour because I felt Anderson was going to be all over him. There have been many world class players, who are far superior, but have also struggled to Anderson. In some of these cases they had also become his bunny as well.

You won't find another Pakistan opener who can average 35+ in England, Australia and South Africa (individually or cumulatively).

I didn't see this sort of criticism with Misbah, who was only able to muster an average of 16.89 in Australia and 22.50 in South Africa in spite of having the privilege of batting against the older ball at no.5. This is where Pakistan has gone wrong with its cricket over the last 10 years, instead of moving on from him we have rewarded the non-performing UAE specialist with 75 test matches.
 
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shan masood is a hardworking cricketer , talentwise he is not there. Even with his limited talent he applied himself and scored a big hundred in the first test match. Guys like shafiq should be cruicified for making same mistakes again and again.
 
Shan Masood stats at the end of ENG series -

3rd highest run scorer for Pakistan - 5th highest with PAK-ENG combined.

Shan scored more runs alone than both England openers runs tally combined together.

Shan's batting average in the series is higher than both English openers combined batting average.

Shan finished with more runs & higher batting average in the series than Joe Root.

But but but...let's replace him with Sami Aslam or Imam Ul Haq :)
 
Should be replaced by Sami Aslam or Imam who can be very good if they gel with Younis.

A poor team like Pakistan cannot afford Shan’s gutsy and hardworking single digit scores.

That 150 certainly proved to be a fluke. He has technically all over the place and he was not convincing at all.

We have heard a lot about his hard work and work ethic but those are not substitutes for ability which he clearly lacks in abundance.
 
Mamoon said:
Should be replaced by Sami Aslam or Imam who can be very good if they gel with Younis.

A poor team like Pakistan cannot afford Shan’s gutsy and hardworking single digit scores.

That 150 certainly proved to be a fluke. He has technically all over the place and he was not convincing at all.

We have heard a lot about his hard work and work ethic but those are not substitutes for ability which he clearly lacks in abundance.
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Can someone actually score fluke runs against an England attack ?
 
Nervesofsteel said:
Shan Masood stats at the end of ENG series -

3rd highest run scorer for Pakistan - 5th highest with PAK-ENG combined.

Shan scored more runs alone than both England openers runs tally combined together.

Shan's batting average in the series is higher than both English openers combined batting average.

Shan finished with more runs & higher batting average in the series than Joe Root.

But but but...let's replace him with Sami Aslam or Imam Ul Haq :)
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You know what's funny these guys can't play the short ball to save their life. It's the reason why they both had disastrous tours of Australia. Sami Aslam has an embarrassing sub-40 strike rate after having played 13 tests, simply because he doesn't have the back foot game. I don't think I've ever seen anyone look so overwhelmed out in the middle, as we saw in Australia 2016/17.

Shan Masood is average at best but far superior to any other opener in Pakistan.
 
shamaan said:
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He'll mention the dropped chances but what he won't mention is that nearly all hundreds were aided by one or more dropped catches in the innings.
 
He averaged 38, 39 and 36 in SA, Aus and Eng. That's good for an opener. Easily the 3rd best test batsman in the side.
 
The fact that Shan Masood is the side's best opener shows what a sorry state Pakistan cricket really is in.
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Glad you said it, because it's true.

The harsh reality.
 
Nothing against shan but I am pretty sure if sami aslam was given the same amount of opportunities his output would have been better.
 
shamaan said:
They both should be in the team
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I disagree even though shan is doing a decent job at the moment I don't think both him and abid are the future. Need to give some youngsters a go with the likes of zeeshan malik, Imran butt, sami aslam.
 
Khan12 said:
I disagree even though shan is doing a decent job at the moment I don't think both him and abid are the future. Need to give some youngsters a go with the likes of zeeshan malik, Imran butt, sami aslam.
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Imran butt and zeeshan malik defo have the potentional but right now shan and and sami should be given the opening spots in couple years imran butt and zeeshan malik will defo be in the team they are good
 
shamaan said:
Imran butt and zeeshan malik defo have the potentional but right now shan and and sami should be given the opening spots in couple years imran butt and zeeshan malik will defo be in the team they are good
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I agree about zeeshan malik he needs a season more but Imran butt should be with the squad.
 
RyanRyan10 said:
He averaged 38, 39 and 36 in SA, Aus and Eng. That's good for an opener. Easily the 3rd best test batsman in the side.
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Thank you. When was the last time Pakistan had an opener with these kind of numbers overseas? Openers before Shan couldn't even average that on roads in UAE. Give Shan a couple series in UAE & watch how that boosts his career batting average.
 
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Has been released from the Pakistan squad as per PCB announcement.
 
Khan12 said:
I agree about zeeshan malik he needs a season more but Imran butt should be with the squad.
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But our management is not capable of dropping players so we should not expect any of them to be in the squad for atleast 2 years
 
Except for Shan's hundreds, his scores remind me of Ramiz Raja. Just 20s and 30s that what their averages are
 
Shan Masood b Usman Qadir 51 (32) Southern Punjab: 101-2 (10.4 ov)

Good start for him in the Nat T20.
 
MenInG said:
Shan Masood b Usman Qadir 51 (32) Southern Punjab: 101-2 (10.4 ov)

Good start for him in the Nat T20.
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Some shots by him today

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Leading from the front - Captain Shan Masood with 72 off 42 against Balochistan in a high scoring game at the Nat T20
 
What an innings by Shan:

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Shan Masood 50 (38) - better from the captain today but really needs a better strike rate than that - surely!?
 
50* in a crucial game - doing well - I am sure wants to stay to end to take side to win.
 
I feel he is best suited for ODI cricket. Either him or Imam should open for the Odi team with Haider. Fakhar should be restricted to T20s.
 
Captain's knock today to lead his side to win

78* off 58

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MenInG said:
Captain's knock today to lead his side to win

78* off 58

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We’re lucky to have someone line him in Pakistan cricket. He might never be an elite player or an ATG, but he’s such a refreshing change from the crap like the Akmals.

Best captain in Pakistan right now.
 
Outstanding match-winning innings. The fact that he took a team like Southern Punjab to the final (a team which has such a limited bowling attack) is a testament to his captaincy.
 
I really enjoy watching Shan bat these days, just looks a tad bit more stylish and composed at the crease even in limited overs. Granted, I don’t think there’s a place for him in the national team with the emergence of Haider Ali, but I think Shan will find a lot of success both domestically as well as in his remaining stint in Test cricket.

He’s very fit too, and as long as he maintains his performances can serve for at least 3-4 more years (after the age of 34 or so, he should be replaced with a youngster in Test cricket).
 
Never doubted him for a second. He needs a long rope in the national squad that’s all.
 
Forum363 said:
We’re lucky to have someone line him in Pakistan cricket. He might never be an elite player or an ATG, but he’s such a refreshing change from the crap like the Akmals.

Best captain in Pakistan right now.
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Definitely atleast hes trying to improve and work on his games something that pakistan players dont do baring a few
 
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