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[VIDEOS] "Azhar Ali isn't good enough"

Should have been dropped 3 years ago and never picked again, the sad fact hes been allowed to limp towards the 100 Test Mark is pathetic and just holding a batting spot in side hostage, while other more deserving players sit out and wait.
 
This 30+ score gets him another test. And if he scores a 100, he will get another 2 series and that means in practical terms all the way to 2024
 
Bewal Express said:
This 30+ score gets him another test. And if he scores a 100, he will get another 2 series and that means in practical terms all the way to 2024
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Hes going to play no matter what, the fact they dropped him for 1 test and then recalled him shows how protected a TTF he is.
 
paks only hope is he shows some mercy on the team and walks away after 100 tests. no one even brings this up with him, all other pak players used to get questions abt retirement all the time.
 
ElRaja said:
paks only hope is he shows some mercy on the team and walks away after 100 tests. no one even brings this up with him, all other pak players used to get questions abt retirement all the time.
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On test match special commentary this morning they referred to Azhar Ali’s review against his plumb lbw decision (three reds) as a “seniority review”, and mentioned how nobody in the question room would question that he burned it.
 
James said:
On test match special commentary this morning they referred to Azhar Ali’s review against his plumb lbw decision (three reds) as a “seniority review”, and mentioned how nobody in the question room would question that he burned it.
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this kinda culture is a cancer to Pakistan, like zahid getting a go cos "he was next in line", altho abrar kept him out of the domestic xi. its not just the cricket, its Pakistani society as a whole, the team simply reflects that.
 
James said:
On test match special commentary this morning they referred to Azhar Ali’s review against his plumb lbw decision (three reds) as a “seniority review”, and mentioned how nobody in the question room would question that he burned it.
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This is absolutely pathetic stuff from Azhar. Reminded of Afridi & Sehwag who also used to take needles reviews
 
As with Hafeez and Malik, another very average player gets a decade + career when his talent and stats deserved 3-4 years. Its an issue that wont go away because the selectors are scared of making decisions.
 
His time has come and gone Hes unfortunately relic of the past now

Hes been left behind by the new kids He was great for pakistan but in the last 2-3 years hes added nothing to the team and is holding young lads back

Its sad to see someone hanging around well past their retirement date
 
Dropping him during Sri lanka series and then 1 test later recalling him makes zero sense, just goes to show Captain and selectors dont have the guts to make tough decisions and move on.
 
If he gets to 100 test matches, he will be the worst player to reach that milestone. He can’t even score on flat roads, that is how bad he is.
 
Abid Ali is not in this for some reason, despite averaging just under 50. Did I miss something? Why can't he bat at #3 over Azhar Ali until we find a longterm prospect for that position?
 
Azhar Ali needs to go. His patience was important a few years ago when after Misbah, another patient player was needed. At this time Pakistan has many anchors and it seems his average will continue to sink to his FC average of 40 before he retires.
 
What a useless cricketer he has turned out to be, on flat beds he looks as useless as he is on spicy pitches. Get out of the team you tuk tuk virus
 
Runs away when we need him the most lol. Watch his fans on SNS defend him vehemently by stating he was too injured to save us. A 120kph ball on a pancake by Ollie Robinson and Azhar runs away :ht

Mr. 25 average in 4th innings, he wanted every reason to go and if he underperforms PCB's golden child will have a reprieve in such an excuse of injury
 
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Sangakkara: Azhar Ali needs time in the middle

Not only did Pakistan lose two wickets, including their captain, but they lost Azhar Ali after he was hit on the finger by Robinson.

It's not clear how serious his injury is by Butcher thinks he is "now an insurance policy for Pakistan".

Sangakkara added: "The only thing is at what time, someone like Ali needs time in the middle to bat long. If there is something serious, he could come in to see it off and bat out time."
 
Im not one to make fun of someones injury but azhar is an ongoing problem now

I mean to get hit on the hand on pitches like these wheres theres no extra bounce and the pitch is so slow is saying something

For any half decent batter there should be plenty of time to see the ball and line it up on the bat
 
Absoloute Bottle job, should have shown some guts and stayed out, he should simply get the boot after this test match.
 
Hoping this is his last series. Kamran Ghulam should come in. But the Powerpoint Selector will pull a rabbit out of his hat and probably pick Muhammad Saad or Haider Ali or Muhammad Haris.
 
This could turn out very well for everyone involved. Azhar can come in and play through his injury to secure Pakistan a memorable win and then sit out the next two games and give someone else a chance at #3.
 
Can Azhar justify the trust put in him by Pakistan?

Big day for him.
 
Azhar plays every pitch like a minefield. How has this guy played almost 100 tests is beyond me. Watching him bat annoys me, I'd rather he gets out than to give me the stress of watching him bat. He cannot contribute in any meaningful way towards a victory.
 
67.3 - Azhar comes down the track, Anderson goes wide in response. Azhar leaves... can still play those mind games this guy
 
Bottle job under pressure. Should be dumped forever
 
What an amateurish dismissal. He perfectly fell into England’s trap. What a joke of a senior batsman.
 
Falling for the old poison cup routine (the leg slip catch) in this match situation is not a great effort from a senior player.
 
Always carries the body language of someone who just doesn't want to be there in pressure situations.
 
He is the worst cricketer ever to play for more than 90 test matches.
He is really terrible. He is the reason Pakistan has lost so many matches.
 
He is the last batsman in the world who could have taken Pakistan home in this situation. That sums up his sorry career.
 
Don't blame Azhar, it's not like he's gonna willingly turn down another Test cap.

This is on Babar who kisses the backsides of senior players and never holds them accountable, whereas he breathes fire against juniors (admonishing Mohammad Haris on camera for not finishing the game in T20 WC).

The double standards is disgusting. Not saying Fawad's numbers this year didn't merit a drop but he was axed after 3-4 bad innings whereas Azhar gets chance after chance after chance.
 
Unfortunately, Azhar will haunt Pakistan test team until his 100th test.

Hafeez, Azhar and Asad Shafiq were always a liability.
 
Give him a break, 4 more tests for his 100th. Then he can decide what to do. He is a true gentleman.
 
Asad Shafiq could atleast score 50's and 60's at a decent rate with positive intent even if he was the king of soft dismissal. Asad performed decently on the SA tour of 2019 even if he under achieved as a senior player whereas Azhar Ali only scored 50 runs in total in that series. Azhar also went missing in the Australian tour of 2019 where Asad scored 2 half centuries at a decent rate.

However Asad was benched for good after one bad series in England in 2020 whereas Azhar Ali whose had much worse series than Asad Shafiq where he flopped badly in 2 series has never been dropped.

I say both players deserved to be dropped and moved on for good. But i wonder if this step motherly treatment to Asad Shafiq and the biased favouritism being shown to Azhar Ali has to do with the Karachi Lahore thingie.
 
Kamran Ghulam is unjustifiably being kept out

Him and Saud belong at this level
 
Savak said:
Asad Shafiq could atleast score 50's and 60's at a decent rate with positive intent even if he was the king of soft dismissal. Asad performed decently on the SA tour of 2019 even if he under achieved as a senior player whereas Azhar Ali only scored 50 runs in total in that series. Azhar also went missing in the Australian tour of 2019 where Asad scored 2 half centuries at a decent rate.

However Asad was benched for good after one bad series in England in 2020 whereas Azhar Ali whose had much worse series than Asad Shafiq where he flopped badly in 2 series has never been dropped.

I say both players deserved to be dropped and moved on for good. But i wonder if this step motherly treatment to Asad Shafiq and the biased favouritism being shown to Azhar Ali has to do with the Karachi Lahore thingie.
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Nothing to do with Karachi & Lahore factor. Azhar had a purple patch in 2016-17 where he scored a triple century in the UAE & a double century at the MCG.

That bought him more time & elevated his status in Pakistan cricket in comparison to Shafiq who never experienced such a purple patch in his career.
 
Mamoon said:
Nothing to do with Karachi & Lahore factor. Azhar had a purple patch in 2016-17 where he scored a triple century in the UAE & a double century at the MCG.

That bought him more time & elevated his status in Pakistan cricket in comparison to Shafiq who never experienced such a purple patch in his career.
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Azhar is the king of slow non impactful runs. His form in 2018 and 2019 was way worse than Shafiq.

Shafiq could actually score his runs at a decent clip and atleast he didn't suck the air out of the innings. I would prefer someone who scores their runs at a quick clip and gets out vs someone who indulges in a blockathon and gets our cheaply anyways.
 
Savak said:
Azhar is the king of slow non impactful runs. His form in 2018 and 2019 was way worse than Shafiq.

Shafiq could actually score his runs at a decent clip and atleast he didn't suck the air out of the innings. I would prefer someone who scores their runs at a quick clip and gets out vs someone who indulges in a blockathon and gets our cheaply anyways.
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Shafiq was doing better than Azhar when he was dropped, but Azhar had more credit in the bank because of his 2016-17 patch & also because he was an ex-captain.

Nonetheless, both were horribly exposed once they were promoted to senior batsman status. Azhar will go down as the worst specialist batsman with 100 Test caps.
 
Savak said:
Asad Shafiq could atleast score 50's and 60's at a decent rate with positive intent even if he was the king of soft dismissal. Asad performed decently on the SA tour of 2019 even if he under achieved as a senior player whereas Azhar Ali only scored 50 runs in total in that series. Azhar also went missing in the Australian tour of 2019 where Asad scored 2 half centuries at a decent rate.

However Asad was benched for good after one bad series in England in 2020 whereas Azhar Ali whose had much worse series than Asad Shafiq where he flopped badly in 2 series has never been dropped.

I say both players deserved to be dropped and moved on for good. But i wonder if this step motherly treatment to Asad Shafiq and the biased favouritism being shown to Azhar Ali has to do with the Karachi Lahore thingie.
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Nah you're reaching bro.

Azhar Ali has scored multiple big hundreds i.e. 150+ scores so he was given more time to find his form. Asad Shafiq has failed do that even once at international level.

Having said all that, Azhar should've been dropped a long time ago but the management along with the PCB are desperate for him to reach 100 tests. If he does accomplish this, he'll be by far the worst ever test player to reach this milestone.
 
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You can always trust deadwood to come up with such a thread :))
 
As a traditionalist and keen follower of the game, particularly test cricket , for me it will be a sad day when Azhar Ali will ( hopefully not ) play his 100th test. 100 test club belongs to an elite group of cricketers and AA will devalue it.

But looks like PCB is more interested in producing another 100 test cricketer than doing well in tests .
 
He can not even do this job and block out the remaining overs and after playing 90 tests he still looks mentally weak and timid.Should be dropped for not saying the test.
 
Mamoon said:
Shafiq was doing better than Azhar when he was dropped, but Azhar had more credit in the bank because of his 2016-17 patch & also because he was an ex-captain.

Nonetheless, both were horribly exposed once they were promoted to senior batsman status. Azhar will go down as the worst specialist batsman with 100 Test caps.
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It's not often I agree with you but the last sentence is a 100% correct. Shocking that someone that should at best played 30-40 tests has played this much
 
You can't blame Azhar Ali entirely. Blame has to go to the corrupt selectors, coaches and captain who play him.

But yeah watching Azar bat is torturous, whereas you see these new English batting jobbers laying flay, Azhar is spending his time trying to survive on a pancake top.
 
Rana said:
Kamran Ghulam is unjustifiably being kept out

Him and Saud belong at this level
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Sadly the culture of our team is to be a spineless wimp who dead bats the ball even on the flattest pitch on earth vs 3 specialist bowlers.

They have to follow along what the seniors are doing- bat timidly or they will be looked at the wrong way by Babar the Brave and co.

Have heard Saud is a stroke maker in domestics, unfortunately if he played like that Vs England they would’ve dropped him as his batting wouldn’t fit the team’s ideology.

Babar and the cheerleader Saqlain have to lose captaincy, coach role, respectively.
 
One question What good is all his experience doing to the team and its results?

Let me also flip the question and ask what is azhar adding to the team that a young decent fc batter cant?
 
Always been poor. I Still remember saying this from 2010. He is a Misbah product.
 
Pakistan is the only country in the world which will allow someone like Azhar Ali Charity just so that he can play 100 test matches.
 
Savak said:
Pakistan is the only country in the world which will allow someone like Azhar Ali Charity just so that he can play 100 test matches.
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I'm sure there'll be a cake cutting ceremony to go with it. I just hope the PCB won't forget to cut 100 slices to mark each cap. If this is too difficult to sort out, they can always call up the master himself, Misbah who came up with this idea.
 
Needed him to see the team home in either winning the match or saving it.

He was the most experienced Pakistani batter and the guy who they needed to stabilise things.

40s weren't going to hurt England!
 
Popping a catch to leg slip off an 80MPH delivery when the game was on the line… his eyes have gone and he’s done in my opinion.

Pakistan should look at a younger batter to replace him longer term.
 
James said:
Popping a catch to leg slip off an 80MPH delivery when the game was on the line… his eyes have gone and he’s done in my opinion.

Pakistan should look at a younger batter to replace him longer term.
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He was done 4 years ago, all hes done since is score 1 good knock a series to keep his place. Both him and fawad should have been dropped for Aussie series.
 
The PcB have been selling this fraud as a necessity due to his “experience”. We have been sold that Azhar is our “insurance policy” to prevent defeats due to his dogged nature of batting.

I have lost count of the number of matches in the last year where Pakistan have batted in the 4th innings. The perfect opportunity for this defensive master to show his experience and if not win the match, then draw it due to his doggedness.

Failed Vs Australia 2nd test. Pak saved the match but nothing to do with him

Failed Vs Australia 3rd test. Pak lost the match

Failed Vs Sri Lanka, Pakistan won the match due to Abdullah Shafique

Failed Vs England, Pakistan lost the match.

So if he can’t even do what he his supposedly good at, what is the point of him?
 
[MENTION=147292]RedwoodOriginal[/MENTION] has abandoned his own thread. You know your time is up when even your hardcore loyalists give up on you.
 
The problem is pakistans mindset ,they wont let the experience go and they wont play enough risk cricket. Azhar Ali was kind of their insure policy to avoid the loss , to win you have to take risks but pakistan keep losing trying to avoid the loss. Pakistan will not be able to compete with england if england keep batting like this and we keep batting like we do. Technically too ,our batsmen are shot againt short ball, babar azam cant play sweep shot and its a shame. We can thank the dull pitches in pakistan for the inability to counter the short stuff.

Pakistan should play the new guys but at the same time the PCB and the fans must be ready for 3-0 for now and not be mad about the results. All we need to see a better approach. Usually our coaches just plan for the moment , we need to see an approach which can bear fruit in the future. Sacrifice a few wins to see a better winning team tomorrow.
 
Azhar's chasing mentality was exposed in that game against NZ where he tried to take 12 singles in 12 overs with no.11 at other end.

If anyone was expecting Azhar to lead Pak to victory against Eng then clearly the fault is with them and not Azhar.
 
he was an improved tailender from day one, nothing natural about his batting style or talent.

The guy is done and dusted and should be released from this misery.

Pakistan is visiting Australia in Dec 23, i certainly don't want to pay to watch this fraudster..
 
Azhar Ali has played 96 test matches and I don't remember even a single test in which he tried to put opposition under pressure by playing exceptional inning. He can only score in 1st innings when there is no pressure. He has always choked in 2nd innings, never ever saved a test match or won a test match by scoring in 2nd innings.

He celebrates his hundreds in domestic cricket in a big way as he has scored against potent bowling attack of Marshall, Holding, Garner. Must be dropped forever for the sake of Pakistan Cricket
 
Savak said:
Pakistan is the only country in the world which will allow someone like Azhar Ali Charity just so that he can play 100 test matches.
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Soon he’ll become the most impactless batsman to have played 100 games in history
 
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