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Ive never seen such a blatant case of nepotism in cricket

Is his dad gonna pick him in every team he coaches?
 
Zaz said:
Ive never seen such a blatant case of nepotism in cricket

Is his dad gonna pick him in every team he coaches?
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Why not though? Would you not do the same for your kids?
 
Zaz said:
Ive never seen such a blatant case of nepotism in cricket

Is his dad gonna pick him in every team he coaches?
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its not a national or regional team tho. the owner bought the team, and if hes ok with the coach picking his son then its fine.
 
Rana said:
Why not though? Would you not do the same for your kids?
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Never! I would try to make it very tough for my kids and in the process, I would make sure that they understand why I am doing this.
 
Zaz said:
Ive never seen such a blatant case of nepotism in cricket

Is his dad gonna pick him in every team he coaches?
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I have seen worse. Marsh senior picked both of his sons multiple times for his teams.
 
Zaz said:
Ive never seen such a blatant case of nepotism in cricket

Is his dad gonna pick him in every team he coaches?
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Could Rizwan or Sarfraz have played the innings he just played? No. So he deserves to be playing high level T20 cricket.
 
Zaz said:
Then why arent other teams / coaches picking him apart from his dads?
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This is silly. Have you seen him bat?

Rashid Latif asked Moin to send Azam Khan to him so it would stop people like you chattering unnecessarily. But MK chose to keep him in his own side. Azam Khan also plays domestic T20 cricket, and is in the 2nd xi in fc cricket, in teams where his dad is not the coach... Many former cricketers (including Rashid) have touted him as a definite future talent for Pakistan. Do you have any cricketing reasons for questioning the merit of his selection?

Really, just look at his talent. Why do you always have to cry nepotism? I know there is a lot of nepotism in our society but leave these talented young players alone and look for the real cases of UNJUSTIFIED selections.
 
FreePalestine said:
This is silly. Have you seen him bat?

Rashid Latif asked Moin to send Azam Khan to him so it would stop people like you chattering unnecessarily. But MK chose to keep him in his own side. Azam Khan also plays domestic T20 cricket, and is in the 2nd xi in fc cricket, in teams where his dad is not the coach... Many former cricketers (including Rashid) have touted him as a definite future talent for Pakistan. Do you have any cricketing reasons for questioning the merit of his selection?

Really, just look at his talent. Why do you always have to cry nepotism? I know there is a lot of nepotism in our society but leave these talented young players alone and look for the real cases of UNJUSTIFIED selections.
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In addition to Karachi Kings like you mentioned under Rashid, Multan Sultans like Azam too.

They just already have two keepers in the playing XI in Zeeshan and Rohail.
 
Azam Khan is clearly a more talented batsman than Rizwan and Sarfraz. I think he is worth giving a chance in T20I cricket.

But I don’t see how can keep with his body structure. He might be a safe catcher, probably safer than his dad who had butter-fingers, but he is going to cost a lot of byes.

You would also need to have a first slip at all times because he is not going to move quickly enough for diving catches.
 
Mamoon said:
Azam Khan is clearly a more talented batsman than Rizwan and Sarfraz. I think he is worth giving a chance in T20I cricket.

But I don’t see how can keep with his body structure. He might be a safe catcher, probably safer than his dad who had butter-fingers, but he is going to cost a lot of byes.

You would also need to have a first slip at all times because he is not going to move quickly enough for diving catches.
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He is outrageously gifted.
The gift of timing and core co-ordinated power that he has is right up there with the best I have seen. He also has good composure, and is not bad at strike rotation.
However, his defense and cricketing discipline needs a lot of improvement.

He probably himself doesn't know how good he is. Once he realises that, he can potentially become a monster, no pun intended.
What is good is that he looks upto Rohit Sharma which in his case is a very good guy to follow.
 
Madplayer said:
He will gas out in international cricket where the pressure is constant. Fitness is extremely important now and he simply isnt fit. Whether it is genetic for him or not doesnt matter. He should consider it a disability if he cant lose weight despite all his efforts.
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He can play T20 if he has skills. Being a keeper he doesnt need to run in the field too
 
Thunderbolt14 said:
You make good points [MENTION=152972]Pacy with wisdom[/MENTION] and yes, ideally he’d be playing first class cricket, but I don’t think that’s happening anyways. It seems as if Basit Ali at Sindh is more than happy to bench him in favor of Sarfaraz and now someone like Shezar Mohammad - if we wait another two years, I have a nagging feeling he’ll have the exact same number of first class matches to his record.
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Maybe needs to play in the second xi and if he performs thier he will be brought up in the first xi the process is correct
 
He needs to lose weight before being selected. Such level of fitness should not accepted
 
Pacy with wisdom said:
Look, you guys are getting excited looking at him and it is understandable. But this is still not even an ounce of what he is capable of. I really want him to find that.
Right now, he has the following issues;

1) His fitness needs improvement, in the way that while he is naturally agile, he is still carrying extra weight. This can only come down with more off season work, so once again a long term thing.

2) His defensive technique is still not good enough and he gets squared up easily. This will only improve if he plays a good amount of long format cricket, which he isnt doing at the moment.

3) His shot selection and innings building skills are still a work in progress. He is a smart guy, let me tell you that and has very good composure under pressure.
However, this game awareness only comes with time, and it has only been a year since he has had exposure to high profile cricket.

For the moment, we can make do with other options in the middle order and use rizwan as a specialist wicket keeper, coming later down the order.
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Good points sindh rather have sarfraz so i think azam khan has to be play in second xi do you see him playing in domestic over overseas t20 competition proberly no.i rather have rohail or anyone over rizwan in t20s
 
Thunderbolt14 said:
Serious question - how high do people rate his keeping? In a hypothetical scenario, would you rather make Imam ul Haq a part time keeper in ODI cricket or give Azam Khan the gloves?
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I would give azam khan the gloves even from only a few clips i have seen
 
Azam khan is a real talent couple levels above rizwan and sarfraz in t20s his wrists have steel in them .good to see he is working on his fitness if he can improve thst he is must
 
FreePalestine said:
This is silly. Have you seen him bat?

Rashid Latif asked Moin to send Azam Khan to him so it would stop people like you chattering unnecessarily. But MK chose to keep him in his own side. Azam Khan also plays domestic T20 cricket, and is in the 2nd xi in fc cricket, in teams where his dad is not the coach... Many former cricketers (including Rashid) have touted him as a definite future talent for Pakistan. Do you have any cricketing reasons for questioning the merit of his selection?

Really, just look at his talent. Why do you always have to cry nepotism? I know there is a lot of nepotism in our society but leave these talented young players alone and look for the real cases of UNJUSTIFIED selections.
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Ive seen him bat Like saj says hes shown nothing to merit playing for the national team yet

Forget the runs he scores or doesnt Its not a good look when your papa is always picking you in his teams Its a blatant conflict of interest
 
Zaz said:
Ive seen him bat Like saj says hes shown nothing to merit playing for the national team yet

Forget the runs he scores or doesnt Its not a good look when your papa is always picking you in his teams Its a blatant conflict of interest
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LPL is a foreign domestic league , I am sure there are other people too there other than his papa who can see that he deserves to play.
 
Zaz said:
Ive seen him bat Like saj says hes shown nothing to merit playing for the national team yet

Forget the runs he scores or doesnt Its not a good look when your papa is always picking you in his teams Its a blatant conflict of interest
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The reason people even mention him for the national team is that our incumbent WK/Bats cant bat for toffee in the shorter formats. They are worse than bad. Whether its him or someone else, we need a keeper that can score quickly and hit 6s
 
Bewal Express said:
The reason people even mention him for the national team is that our incumbent WK/Bats cant bat for toffee in the shorter formats. They are worse than bad. Whether its him or someone else, we need a keeper that can score quickly and hit 6s
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Yup there is where millions being spent on NPHC need to justified. Work on fitness and wicket keeping skills of Azam with a six months program.
 
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JibranAnsari said:
LPL is a foreign domestic league , I am sure there are other people too there other than his papa who can see that he deserves to play.
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Its the teams his papa coaches that always seem to pick him

He really needs to do the hard yards and start to stand on his own 2 feet
 
Zaz said:
Its the teams his papa coaches that always seem to pick him

He really needs to do the hard yards and start to stand on his own 2 feet
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Really easy to make comments behind a keyboard. From what I have seen and heard he has lost 35 kg this year. And losing that kind of weight is no mean task. Whether he is good enough or not, we will eventually find out. Right now, however, we can only comment on what we see. Ad as for me he has shown enough ability to be invited in. Whether the management thinks so too or not is another matter entirely.
 
KoyoAli said:
Really easy to make comments behind a keyboard. From what I have seen and heard he has lost 35 kg this year. And losing that kind of weight is no mean task. Whether he is good enough or not, we will eventually find out. Right now, however, we can only comment on what we see. Ad as for me he has shown enough ability to be invited in. Whether the management thinks so too or not is another matter entirely.
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He has lost weight But he shouldnt have been that big in the first place if he really wanted to play cricket at a high level

So its not a achievement in my book
Its tha bare minimum to maintain a decent standard of fitness and weight you expect from all players

As far as his batting is concerned lets see how he develops Its too early to make judgements on how good he is

Ideally he should be playing first class and list A cricket to improve his game management skills but for some bizarre reason he or his papa doesnt want him to play it and just wants to concentrate on t20s
 
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You don't understand what it is like to lose weight. You can write it off as "bare minimum" but it isn't that simple. Gaining weight can come easy to some people.
And you were the one passing judgements to begin with. I don't think he is a finished product by any means but when I look at the current WK lot in t20s, desperation sets in.
 
KoyoAli said:
You don't understand what it is like to lose weight. You can write it off as "bare minimum" but it isn't that simple. Gaining weight can come easy to some people.
And you were the one passing judgements to begin with. I don't think he is a finished product by any means but when I look at the current WK lot in t20s, desperation sets in.
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In fact I know how hard it is to lose weight , i lost more than 30 kgs in 2015-16. It takes hard yards and especially when you need to keep your muscle tone as well reduce body fat percentage. A lot of people lose weight but become skinny fat.

Hopefully he loses some more without losing his muscle.
 
What's surprising that Moin Khan as a batsman was a great athlete and one of the fastest runner between wickets. I remember Moin khan coming in at the tail end and getting ones and twos easily. Back then Pakistani team used to be more athletic than some of the mid table sides. And I am honestly surprised how someone like that let this happen to his kid who he wanted to play as a cricketer.

I have seen alot of people becoming fitter after gaining so much weight, but before we talk about his inclusion in the national side, we have to give him a couple of years to actually be comfortable with the immense changes his body is going through, and be certain he can perform at the highest level.
 
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Good talent & great potential, but for now let him play domestic Cricket & leagues, no need to rush him into the National Team. He admitted it himself during NT20 cup that he's not fit enough to play at international level so let him work on his fitness, play some more competitive cricket in domestics and get some runs under his belt before thinking about getting him into the team
 
Rizwan and Sarfraz can only dream of playing at the SR he does. Oozes talent and power. I don't like his attitude though in terms of ignoring first class cricket.
 
[MENTION=21715]Zaz[/MENTION] talks as if we have Buttler and KL rahul in domestic circuit. He is the best WK batsman for T20 cricket in Pakistan. Just need to lose another 10 kgs
 
Another dominating little knock. There is definitely something about him.
 
Rana said:
Another dominating little knock. There is definitely something about him.
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An indian mate of mine was trolling me saying how dearly he wishes India could donate a few WK batsmen to us and he believes Sanju is more explosive than anyone in Pak. Can't wait for Azam to prove him wrong as a WK batsman. Haider is more explosive as well.
 
He can give you those game breaking 20 run overs vs spin in the middle ordee in t20 cricket.
Just needs to learn how to construct an innings more and tighten that defence.
Very powerful striker.
 
ethan hunt said:
He can give you those game breaking 20 run overs vs spin in the middle ordee in t20 cricket.
Just needs to learn how to construct an innings more and tighten that defence.
Very powerful striker.
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He can only learn those two qualities in first class cricket.
 
TrentDevil said:
Good talent & great potential, but for now let him play domestic Cricket & leagues, no need to rush him into the National Team. He admitted it himself during NT20 cup that he's not fit enough to play at international level so let him work on his fitness, play some more competitive cricket in domestics and get some runs under his belt before thinking about getting him into the team
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If he was serious about that, should he not be playing domestic right now?

Regardless, looks a terrific striker of the ball. Hope he can bring his fitness up to international standards soon.
 
Firebat said:
If he was serious about that, should he not be playing domestic right now?

Regardless, looks a terrific striker of the ball. Hope he can bring his fitness up to international standards soon.
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The age old question about fitness.

The current players with that international fitness standard are not half as good as he is right now
 
Rana said:
The age old question about fitness.

The current players with that international fitness standard are not half as good as he is right now
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Are you comparing to Pakistan's current players, and not to England, Australia, NZ, SA, India etc? Pant scored a ton last time in Australia, he can't make an India team anymore partly due to this issue. And there's no other obvious example in those other teams because any of those players wouldn't have made it close to their national team with bad fitness.

Like I said, he's a terrific player, but it's not unreasonable to request a good fitness standard to play international cricket.
 
Firebat said:
Are you comparing to Pakistan's current players, and not to England, Australia, NZ, SA, India, etc? Pant scored a ton last time in Australia, he can't make an India team anymore partly due to this issue. And there's no other obvious example in those other teams because any of those players wouldn't have made it close to their national team with bad fitness.

As I said, he's a terrific player, but it's not unreasonable to request a good fitness standard to play international cricket.
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He is going to be selected for the Pakistan team if he does. Why are you comparing him to the Aussies and such? In Pakistan, we have Muhammad Rizwan and Sarfraz as our first choice Wks in T20s. This is a dire state. Basically, we are playing a specialist keeper in the t20s in the era where most teams don't play specialist keepers in Test cricket.

We need a WK that bats in the middle to late order and plays above 140 strike rate. World Cup is next year. If we want to win then we need to take this seriously. We are not winning the World Cup by playing Rizwan and Sarfraz in t20s.
 
Firebat said:
Are you comparing to Pakistan's current players, and not to England, Australia, NZ, SA, India etc? Pant scored a ton last time in Australia, he can't make an India team anymore partly due to this issue. And there's no other obvious example in those other teams because any of those players wouldn't have made it close to their national team with bad fitness.

Like I said, he's a terrific player, but it's not unreasonable to request a good fitness standard to play international cricket.
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I definitely mean the Pakistan side for which he will be competing for. Yes, globally he doesn't look the part at all, but he definitely does fall into the category of players that can and should be given leeway due to their ability as either batsmen or bowlers (mainly spinners). He is also quite an exciting player to look forward to when his name is announced in a team sheet. I would not rush him into the side, but from what i have seen and how much of a talent drought I have seen with the current lot available, this guy should actually walk into the national T20 side.
 
Regarding fitness, I agree that players should strive to be naturally fit and he is making good progress towards that goal by already losing a lot of weight. He has extremely big arms too which he’s clearly been working on and help him leverage that power.

However, I would say he is already a better runner than many people in our team right now, in terms of quick singles etc and if he’s behind the stumps then his fielding does not matter.

At that point, it’s simply a question of whether he can keep decently enough to justify placing him in the team, and the answer is yes, he is actually more than decent. Compare that with how much his batting eclipses Sarfaraz and Rizwan, and he’s a natural pick for me for the upcoming world cup.

I would say in match terms that Azam is even fitter than Zeeshan Ashraf or Sharjeel Khan. The only real reason to hold Azam back would be to give him time to work on his game further at the domestic level, especially in first class cricket.

However if you put a gun to my head and told me I had to win the 2021 T20 world cup or lose my job (ironically this is very similar to the situation Misbah is in right now), I would select Azam immediately as my final Hail Mary.
 
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Firebat said:
If he was serious about that, should he not be playing domestic right now?

Regardless, looks a terrific striker of the ball. Hope he can bring his fitness up to international standards soon.
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If you ask me, I don't think he has a future in the 4-day or Test Cricket for now, though he's still very young and with time might improve as a longer format player but it's better that he focuses more on white ball cricket. Pakistan Cup(OD) will be very important for him & we will also get an idea about his fitness as he'll have to field/keep wickets for 50 overs and then bat long as well and not just quick 20s or 30s which is his primarily role in T20s.
 
Zaz said:
Ive never seen such a blatant case of nepotism in cricket

Is his dad gonna pick him in every team he coaches?
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He packs a punch but he's getting serious help along the way and plenty of chances. I guess you could say someone else would not have been this lucky
 
KoyoAli said:
He is going to be selected for the Pakistan team if he does. Why are you comparing him to the Aussies and such? In Pakistan, we have Muhammad Rizwan and Sarfraz as our first choice Wks in T20s. This is a dire state. Basically, we are playing a specialist keeper in the t20s in the era where most teams don't play specialist keepers in Test cricket.

We need a WK that bats in the middle to late order and plays above 140 strike rate. World Cup is next year. If we want to win then we need to take this seriously. We are not winning the World Cup by playing Rizwan and Sarfraz in t20s.
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If we win a WC, we have to beat other countries. Then you're asking me why I'd compare our players to other team's players?

He is of course a far better batsman than Sarf and Rizwan. I would love to see him on the team sheet, he is far more exciting than the ones we have.

But you can't just bring him in and stick down at fine leg, he's the wicket-keeper. Does the WK not need to have some semblance of fitness or athleticism to take every stumping or catching chance? We saw the difference a brilliant WK makes against the top teams in the summer vs England. Especially in a high pressure T20 against a top team, one chance missed and the game's over.

Once again, he's a great batsman, but it's not unreasonable to ask him to work on his fitness.
 
Mamoon said:
Azam Khan is clearly a more talented batsman than Rizwan and Sarfraz. I think he is worth giving a chance in T20I cricket.

But I don’t see how can keep with his body structure. He might be a safe catcher, probably safer than his dad who had butter-fingers, but he is going to cost a lot of byes.

You would also need to have a first slip at all times because he is not going to move quickly enough for diving catches.
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More talented than Rizwan because he can hit sixes? You think Azam would have played those innings against that unreal Aussie and English pace attack in tests on their own tracks? By your logic Afridi is the most talented batman of all time
 
Sorry to say but there should no leeway for any player, you set a wrong example. He looks a lot slimmer but more work needs to be done by him
 
Good that now everyone is seeing how talented he is.
But he hasn't even scratched the surface yet.
Both him and Haider have tremendous potential, but while I am confident about Haider realising it, I am still not certain about Azam because his focus on t20 cricket is not what his career needs at the moment.

This guy can easily become an elite LOI batsman but for that he still needs to play first class cricket for 2 seasons before being brought into the international fold.
 
shah_1 said:
Sorry to say but there should no leeway for any player, you set a wrong example. He looks a lot slimmer but more work needs to be done by him
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Yeah keep telling yourself that when he scores a 40 ball 100 in a franchise T20 game whilst your current lot are giving you 25 ball 30s against Sri Lanka and West Indies.
 
GudduBadmash said:
More talented than Rizwan because he can hit sixes? You think Azam would have played those innings against that unreal Aussie and English pace attack in tests on their own tracks? By your logic Afridi is the most talented batman of all time
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Talent, technique and ticker are all different things.

Afridi indeed was extremely talented, but he didnt have the technique or the ticker.

Rizwan has decent technique and character, but he pales in front of Azam when it comes to natural shot msking ability.

This is why I want Azam to play first class cricket and go through the grind so that he can develop the orher two facets which are equally important.

If he does that, which I doubt, then his ceiling is remarkably high compared to Rizwan.
 
Pacy with wisdom said:
Talent, technique and ticker are all different things.

Afridi indeed was extremely talented, but he didnt have the technique or the ticker.

Rizwan has decent technique and character, but he pales in front of Azam when it comes to natural shot msking ability.

This is why I want Azam to play first class cricket and go through the grind so that he can develop the orher two facets which are equally important.

If he does that, which I doubt, then his ceiling is remarkably high compared to Rizwan.
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You doubt that he will play first class cricket?
 
Pacy with wisdom said:
Good that now everyone is seeing how talented he is.
But he hasn't even scratched the surface yet.
Both him and Haider have tremendous potential, but while I am confident about Haider realising it, I am still not certain about Azam because his focus on t20 cricket is not what his career needs at the moment.

This guy can easily become an elite LOI batsman but for that he still needs to play first class cricket for 2 seasons before being brought into the international fold.
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Pakistan need a proper T20 WK NOW, we cant afford to wait.
 
FreePalestine said:
You doubt that he will play first class cricket?
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His inclusion in Sindh's first xi is very difficult in the presence of Sarfaraz, which is why he was featuring in the 2nd xi this season.

Going forwards I find it difficult to see how he will replace Sarfaraz there given that the latter is trying for a comeback.

He had an opportunity this season, with Sarfaraz off to New Zealand, but he instead chose to go to Sri Lanka and his dad backed him with it.
Therefore this casts doubts for me on what his priorities are.
 
Ahson8 said:
Pakistan need a proper T20 WK NOW, we cant afford to wait.
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Pakistan needs to develop world class players to compete in all formats. This cant happen with a myopic mindset, and the fans more than everyone else need to realize this.
 
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Rana said:
Yeah keep telling yourself that when he scores a 40 ball 100 in a franchise T20 game whilst your current lot are giving you 25 ball 30s against Sri Lanka and West Indies.
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Believe in the process bro, don't look at short term goals. Azam can achieve the target in six months if he is motivated
 
Firebat said:
If we win a WC, we have to beat other countries. Then you're asking me why I'd compare our players to other team's players?

He is of course a far better batsman than Sarf and Rizwan. I would love to see him on the team sheet, he is far more exciting than the ones we have.

But you can't just bring him in and stick down at fine leg, he's the wicket-keeper. Does the WK not need to have some semblance of fitness or athleticism to take every stumping or catching chance? We saw the difference a brilliant WK makes against the top teams in the summer vs England. Especially in a high pressure T20 against a top team, one chance missed and the game's over.

Once again, he's a great batsman, but it's not unreasonable to ask him to work on his fitness.
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Please actually take a look at his keeping. He has been keeping in LPL and has made some diving saves, not to mention I haven't seen him make a single mistake behind the stumps yet. This is t20 cricket, you have to keep for an hour and a half.

I don't care how he "looks". If he is performing then that all I need, and so does the team. Why do you keep bringing up other teams' Wicket keepers? Do we have such keepers in Domestic cricket? If we did they would be playing. We can only work with what we have, and Azam looks million Dollars when you compare him to Sarfraz and Rizwan. Heck, I would take Imam in from of Rizwan and Sarfraz but we already have the likes of Babar, Abdullah, and Hafeez in the top order.
 
shah_1 said:
Believe in the process bro, don't look at short term goals. Azam can achieve the target in six months if he is motivated
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Im still hoping Azam Khan has a break away PSL 6. He will have to deal with some very good bowling attacks and proper boundary sizes in comparison to some of the garbage on display here in the LPL. But even if we take this current tournament into account, his stats currently are:

6 matches, 158 runs @39.50. Strike rate 188.

Compare this to Andre Russell in the same tournament who has: 137 runs @34.25 at a strike rate of 204.5

Azam Khan also has the 3rd highest strike rate out of all the batsmen who have scored more than 100 runs in the tournament. We cant just ignore this talent, it just doesnt seem right.
 
I'm convinced that he has to play the world cup. Even if he fails every innings it'll be no different to having Sarfraz or Rizwan.
 
Pacy with wisdom said:
Pakistan needs to develop world class players to compete in all formats. This cant happen with a myopic mindset, and the fans more than everyone else need to realize this.
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Id agree if the alternatives right now were even somewhat decent but they are not.

Azam's time is now.
 
Pacy with wisdom said:
His inclusion in Sindh's first xi is very difficult in the presence of Sarfaraz, which is why he was featuring in the 2nd xi this season.

Going forwards I find it difficult to see how he will replace Sarfaraz there given that the latter is trying for a comeback.

He had an opportunity this season, with Sarfaraz off to New Zealand, but he instead chose to go to Sri Lanka and his dad backed him with it.
Therefore this casts doubts for me on what his priorities are.
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I think his priority at the moment is T20 cricket — the only format where he has a shot at national selection if he proves his keeping abilities and has a good PSL with the bat. In no other format is he anywhere near contention, so it makes sense for him to play LPL.

I don’t think his success in T20 cricket necessarily means he has to completely sacrifice other formats. The fact that he is still playing 2nd XI FC cricket suggests it is still in his plans. I don’t at all blame him for skipping part of the season for LPL. It was the right move for his immediate development goals.
 
When did he play second XI cricket? He didn’t play any this year. And I’m browsing through last year’s scorecards right now, no three day cricket last year either from what I can see.
 
It will be interesting to see how QG lines up this year

Tbh, they either need to drop Sarfaraz or release Azam Khan so that he can play as a keeper batsman elsewhere. This is crucial for Pakistan IMO because I don’t think Big AZZman gets into our national T20 side simply as a batsman.

It Sarfaraz is old news, and Rizwan is just a temporary option, then Azam Khan needs to play mainly as a keeper batsman for any franchise that he is involved in.
 
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When did he play second XI cricket? He didn’t play any this year. And I’m browsing through last year’s scorecards right now, no three day cricket last year either from what I can see.
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Really? Then that is terrible news. I thought he featured in the 2nd xi this season. Are you sure?
 
HappyWarsFan said:
Performances in the Lankan Pensioner's League mean nothing.
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Its a diabolical level of cricket And the size of the boundaries are laughable

Yes pakistan doesnt have a great t20 keeper batter hence why a few people are getting carried away here
 
He needs to play red ball cricket. Lankan Pensioner's League will not help him develop.
 
Thunderbolt14 said:
Yep, 2nd XI 3-day cricket only started on November 30, he’s been in SL the entire time.

Here’s the scorecard for reference:
https://www.espncricinfo.com/series...d-match-quaid-e-azam-second-xi-trophy-2020-21
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Apologies, he played earlier in the tournament. Grand total of 2 matches.

https://www.pcb.com.pk/quaideazam-trophy-2nd-xi-202021/match/33152.html
https://www.pcb.com.pk/quaideazam-trophy-2nd-xi-202021/match/33176.html

Scores of 12, 75, 9, and 12.
 
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