Mir jibran
First Class Captain
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Shan masood
2013-2021
Thank you for the memories
2013-2021
Thank you for the memories

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But but but he can speak English so make him captain
The reality is this. All players who are given enough chances will have the odd good match or odd decent series. The same is the case for Masood. However, in the end, you have recognise his domestic record where his batting average languishes in the low 30s - a batsman who is poor in Pakistani domestic cricket will, long term, be even poorer in international cricket. The decision to play and stick with Masood is a poor one and soon enough it will cause long term damage.
So Masood 2.0 finished the Test series with an average of 2.5.
What is the lowest average by a top order batsman in a Test series?
Iman ul Haq. 0 vs Australia
Sure sharjeel but omair need one more season with abdullah, haider, nasir and ali zaryabLet’s try Sharjeel Khan and Omair Yousuf.

No need to replace Shan with a domestic opener. Since all our top young batting prospects are middle order bats (Saud and Kamran mainly), Azhar can be a stopgap solution to opening while Omair, Haider, Zaryab, Shafique, Nawaz, Haq develop their game to take over in 1-2 years.
1. Azhar Ali
2. Abid Ali
3. Saud Shakeel
4. Babar Azam
5. Kamran Ghulam
6. Fawad Alam
7. Mohammad Rizwan (wk)
8. Zafar Gohar
9. Hassan Ali
10. Sajid Khan / Yasir Shah
11. Shaheen Afridi
This should be our lineup against South Africa with a spinning track prepared.
Omair yousaf, haider ali, abdullah shafiq, ali zaryab, nasir nawaz, sharjeel khan, fakhar zaman, ahmed shahzad, khurram manzoor, khalid latif, sami aslam, shazaib hassan, nasir jamshed, mussadiq ahmed, azeez ghumman, umair siddiq, imam ul haq and israrullah combined they played same matches as shan nearly.
Shan Masood has been around the international setup since 2013 and he has not looked convincing at any stage of his career Matches 25 Runs 1378 Avg 29.8 SR 46.8
No need to replace Shan with a domestic opener. Since all our top young batting prospects are middle order bats (Saud and Kamran mainly), Azhar can be a stopgap solution to opening while Omair, Haider, Zaryab, Shafique, Nawaz, Haq develop their game to take over in 1-2 years.
1. Azhar Ali
2. Abid Ali
3. Saud Shakeel
4. Babar Azam
5. Kamran Ghulam
6. Fawad Alam
7. Mohammad Rizwan (wk)
8. Zafar Gohar
9. Hassan Ali
10. Sajid Khan / Yasir Shah
11. Shaheen Afridi
This should be our lineup against South Africa with a spinning track prepared.
[MENTION=53290]Markhor[/MENTION], so no one in Pakistan can average more than 2 runs in a series? Shan needs to go. It’s really that simple.So Masood 2.0 finished the Test series with an average of 2.5.
What is the lowest average by a top order batsman in a Test series?
and what has zafar done to be selected?
He’s already in the setup, plus was best bowler and man of the tournament last year. I’m not really passing validation on his bowling, I just think our trump should be to employ spinning tracks against NZ with two spinners. Those 2 can be anyone between Sajid Khan, Zafar Gohar, Yasir Shah, Nauman Ali, and Zahid Mehmood. Take your pick, I went for Zafar because he’s younger than the rest and performed better than everyone last year too on flat tracks. Plus he can bat. But really the importance of that lineup is the combination - inducting two young middle order bats to be groomed both of whom are in red hot form, two young spinners, of whom Sajid Khan is in red hot form, and Hassan Ali, who is in red hot form.
I would have suggested 1 opener and 1 middle order bat instead of 2 middle orders, but there’s no opener in the trophy as deserving as Saud or Kamran. So Azhar opens as a stopgap.
If we want to develop a competent test team, we need to begin respecting first class cricket rather than fast tracking 17 year olds.
This might make more sense to some now, and many might label me as a fickle fan who worships the rising sun.
So to address all of these voices, I have had this opinion for a while; much before he permanently established himself in the test team.
Now that Shan has played a career defining innings, it makes sense to makes these calls louder.
This guy is not only one of the hardest working cricketers in the world, if not in Pakistan, but he is also the smartest Pakistani cricketer that you will ever see.
Pakistan cricket's landcape has been riddled with talented but not so bright cricketers, and the captains over the years have also shared the same problem.
They have been fearful, lacking in ideas, and downright ancient in their thinking.
In such a scenario, Shan is a Godsend for us.
He is someone who believes in modern methods, is a cultured cricketer who believes in the prestige of test cricket, who has a story of redemption and reconstruction of his cricketing make-up ala Imran and his bowling action change.
He may not be the most talented player you have ever seen, but all the other aforementioned qualities are pretty much a novelty for a Pakistani cricketer in the modern age.
I seriously believe, bringing him in as captain can change our rotten cricket culture akin to how Kohli has done with India.
Having personally interacted with him during one of his evening gym sessions during Ramadan (we share the same gym and he is in there at freakin 7am usuall), I have to tell you that he is the most articulate cricketer you will ever come across.
The only question is whether Shan Masood 10.0 be called Shan Masood 10.0 or Shan Masood X?

[MENTION=152972]Pacy with wisdom[/MENTION] defies all logic and wisdom in his posts.There is wisdom only in your username. Unfortunately, no such wisdom can be found in your posts. I hope you can still come across him in gym and give his some parting words.
You will be hard pressed to be find a more mediocre Test career that lasted over 8 years.
Thankfully PCB didn’t listen to you and didn’t appointed him as captain. That would have been a hilarious disaster.
He nicked twice in the last Test so now he is wary of his off-stump.
So now he is getting pinned on his feet. Now Mr. hard work will focus on not getting LBW and then he will forget where his off-stump is and start nicking again.
[MENTION=152972]Pacy with wisdom[/MENTION] defies all logic and wisdom in his posts.
No wonder he's the biggest supporter of Shan dads dream Masood.
But then, aren't you one of the biggest Misbah fans?
I wonder which is more potent? Being Misbah fan or being Shan Masood's fan?
And you know he actually did the same. In the second innings he nicked again.
Sack him
No need to replace Shan with a domestic opener. Since all our top young batting prospects are middle order bats (Saud and Kamran mainly), Azhar can be a stopgap solution to opening while Omair, Haider, Zaryab, Shafique, Nawaz, Haq develop their game to take over in 1-2 years.
1. Azhar Ali
2. Abid Ali
3. Saud Shakeel
4. Babar Azam
5. Kamran Ghulam
6. Fawad Alam
7. Mohammad Rizwan (wk)
8. Zafar Gohar
9. Hassan Ali
10. Sajid Khan / Yasir Shah
11. Shaheen Afridi
This should be our lineup against South Africa with a spinning track prepared.
That will be my team
1. Azhar Ali
2. Abid Ali/Imam (they can do handy 20, not more than that players)
3. Saud Shakeel (not sure his record but heard he is a good player )
4. Babar Azam
5. Kamran Ghulam
6. Fawad Alam
7. Mohammad Rizwan (wk)
8. Fahim/Abbas
9. Hassan Ali
10.Yasir Shah/Zafar/Tom/Dick/Harry
11. Shaheen Afridi
Rightfully dropped.
Shan Masood asked to go back to NHPC
Haris, Abbas and Shan will be invited to the High Performance Centre in Lahore so that they can work on their technical faults with the qualified coaches. Zafar who made his Test Debut in Christchurch remains part of selectors long term plans in both red and white ball cricket, and will also work with NHPC coaches on further improvement of his all-round skillset.
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Did PCB create these graphs and tables? If so that’s a huge step forward... finally basing selections on merit. Also professional.
Hopefully there will be no version 3.0
The worst Test opener in history of Pakistan cricket.
2nd chance? More like 4th or 5th chanceDoes he deserve a second chance? Or is he gone forever?
Could PSL 6 see the rise of Shan Masood again?
Could PSL 6 see the rise of Shan Masood again?
If we play New Zealand again next month in New Zealand, do you think he will show significant improvement? I mean obviously he cant do worse then scoring 3 ducks in a row but will he score a combined of 100 runs in 4 innings?He has a place in the test team. Especially when you have a specialist fielder like Imran Butt occupying one of the opening slots and an underachiever like Abid Ali occupying the other slot.
But I wouldn't want him anywhere near the T20 team regardless of how he does in the PSL.
If we play New Zealand again next month in New Zealand, do you think he will show significant improvement? I mean obviously he cant do worse then scoring 3 ducks in a row but will he score a combined of 100 runs in 4 innings?
Could PSL 6 see the rise of Shan Masood again?
Masood's been doing well in the KPL, scored 78 off 45 balls today.
Shan masood
2013-2021
Thank you for the memories![]()
Hate to say it . . but he's the best opening batsman in the country and definitely miles ahead of both Abid and Imran! and unfairly dropped after a series where our entire batting line up struggled . .
I'd have Shan and Imam open in the next match
Hate to say it . . but he's the best opening batsman in the country and definitely miles ahead of both Abid and Imran! and unfairly dropped after a series where our entire batting line up struggled . .
I'd have Shan and Imam open in the next match
Hate to say it . . but he's the best opening batsman in the country and definitely miles ahead of both Abid and Imran! and unfairly dropped after a series where our entire batting line up struggled . .
Based upon what? He averages 34 in FC cricket and 29 in test cricket. Guys like Ahmed Shehzad and even Mohammad Hafeez average higher than him in test cricket while Sharjeel Khan averages higher in FC cricket by a big margin (Was best opener in QAE last season) along with Imran Rafique, Israrullah, Umer Amin and Omair Yousuf (Maybe a few others as well).
There is nothing in his FC stats or test stats to prove that. Better than Butt and Abid? Arguably based upon bit better application.
Oh please.
Shan is a fraud.
Imam is a very limited ODI player who seems to have lost his mojo off late.
Even Shan Masood would have trouble believing you.��
Based upon what? He averages 34 in FC cricket and 29 in test cricket. Guys like Ahmed Shehzad and even Mohammad Hafeez average higher than him in test cricket while Sharjeel Khan averages higher in FC cricket by a big margin (Was best opener in QAE last season) along with Imran Rafique, Israrullah, Umer Amin and Omair Yousuf (Maybe a few others as well).
There is nothing in his FC stats or test stats to prove that. Better than Butt and Abid? Arguably based upon bit better application.
