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Speaking in an interview:

"If I am lucky, I will play for Pakistan again. A comeback for Pakistan has not been made a matter of life and death for me"

"Gabba's innings in Australia is the most memorable but also the most regrettable. People still remember my GABA test century. It would have been a matter of pride for me if Pakistan had won the Gabba Test"

"The year Muhammad Yusuf set a record in Test cricket saw every innings of him."

"People criticize Misbah-ul-Haq for having a defensive style, but every captain has a different plan. He believed that we should wait for the opposition to make a mistake"

"Never seen Shahid Afridi under pressure as he used to lead in a very cool mood"
 
MenInG said:
Speaking in an interview:

"If I am lucky, I will play for Pakistan again. A comeback for Pakistan has not been made a matter of life and death for me"

"Gabba's innings in Australia is the most memorable but also the most regrettable. People still remember my GABA test century. It would have been a matter of pride for me if Pakistan had won the Gabba Test"

"The year Muhammad Yusuf set a record in Test cricket saw every innings of him."

"People criticize Misbah-ul-Haq for having a defensive style, but every captain has a different plan. He believed that we should wait for the opposition to make a mistake"

"Never seen Shahid Afridi under pressure as he used to lead in a very cool mood"
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Won't be lucky for Pakistan, give opportunity to someone new. No point in going back to a 36 yr old, who was given 77 test matches. Time to retire grace fully.
 
4 hundreds in wins, 2 against bang, one when younis khan was the man of the match. asad has one stand out match winning hundred in an 80 test career, no thanks, stick to being medioocre for sindh.

dravidthewall said:
At present asadshafiq is better than Agha.
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pretty sure if u let agha play nearly 80 tests hell have more match-winning hundreds than asad did.
 
Would take him any day over Salman Agha and even Fawad Alam in this form
 
Time to give Kamran Ghulam and Saud Shakeel a go at no.3 and no.5.

Invest in players who have 10+ years to offer rather than 2.
 
Really summed up Misbah's captaincy there in one sentence. "He believed he should wait for the opposition to make a mistake" :)))

No wonder Misbah was the worst limited overs captain we've ever had
 
Snowflake said:
Really summed up Misbah's captaincy there in one sentence. "He believed he should wait for the opposition to make a mistake" :)))

No wonder Misbah was the worst limited overs captain we've ever had
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And also the worst captain to have captained in tests played in Australia.

His cricketing IQ was beyond awful but to move on completely from him, we need to discard Azhar Ali for good otherwise the Misbah-Waqar-Shafiq-Azhar Ali nexus is still hurting Pakistan cricket.

Also Misbah’s fans are the most delusional. They would take Kane Williamson over Joe Root and act all smug about how Azhar Ali is still good enough to play for Pakistan. Not to forget they prefer their hero to Wasim Akram :))
 
Snowflake said:
Really summed up Misbah's captaincy there in one sentence. "He believed he should wait for the opposition to make a mistake" :)))

No wonder Misbah was the worst limited overs captain we've ever had
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Yeah, I noticed that as well and he was probably being diplomatic.
 
Or how about Asif Mujtaba? He can still play I am sure.

These old cricketers are like leeches.
 
Despite a lot of chances in Asia and playing 45 of his 77 tests in UAE and Asia he could only average 38 at a strike in the 40s it’s just what the team needs a past it Shafiq who couldn’t do anything in his prime to make a comeback.
 
Rana said:
Would take him any day over Salman Agha and even Fawad Alam in this form
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You know what? You are so right.

If Azhar can play then so can Shafiq on the experience card.
 
Asad Shafiq scored a well-crafted 70 for the Karachi Region Whites against Peshawar Region
 
This lad can still play. He should've played more international cricket for Pakistan with the kind of class and talent he always had.

 
PCB wasted around 3 to 4 years of Asad Shafiq's career otherwise he could have continued to play more Test matches.

He was one of the finest Test batsmen but never received the trust of Babar Azam.
 
Cricket Warrior said:
PCB wasted around 3 to 4 years of Asad Shafiq's career otherwise he could have continued to play more Test matches.

He was one of the finest Test batsmen but never received the trust of Babar Azam.
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The only regret about Asad Shafiq's career is that he wasn't cut off sooner.

Never in Pakistan's test history was a batsman invested on and given a longer rope than Asad Shafiq. He also got to spend a significant chunk of his career playing second fiddle to MisYou thus reducing the pressure on him. You could almost say he had it relatively easy.

All he did with that faith was continiously underwhelm.

While Asad isn't completely hopeless ultimately he just didn't have what it takes at international level. Really it should have been identified before he was able to play 77 tests.
 
Someone of Asads experience ie 77 test matches, should have been topping domestic charts in 2021, 2022 and should have been putting pressure on the selection committee to select him.

He did not do that. There is not a single match winning innings, man of the match effort from him. Even Azhar Ali has won a few games for Pakistan with the bat.

If it's one thing the PCB did right, it was making the call that Asad Shafiq is not worth investing in any more.
 
Test record is still okayish but how did he end up playing 60 ODIs with a 24 average and a 67 strike rate????
Wasn't there any media or accountability when this was happening?
 
YousafTheBeast said:
Misbah ul Haq.

Still can’t believe we took him to CT13 ahead of Afridi🤣
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That was the dark phase in our ODI history

When Misbah took over and Azhar Ali after him

The only thing that kept cricket alive in Pakistan was that we were doing decent in test and t20 cricket
 
hitthestump said:
The only regret about Asad Shafiq's career is that he wasn't cut off sooner.

Never in Pakistan's test history was a batsman invested on and given a longer rope than Asad Shafiq. He also got to spend a significant chunk of his career playing second fiddle to MisYou thus reducing the pressure on him. You could almost say he had it relatively easy.

All he did with that faith was continiously underwhelm.

While Asad isn't completely hopeless ultimately he just didn't have what it takes at international level. Really it should have been identified before he was able to play 77 tests.
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Invested in?

He was always thrown around the batting order, sometimes at 6 sometimes at 3, and never given the chance to settle in to a real position. He had scored clutch runs all over the world and by 2020 he was slowly starting to get into some grove but then was forced out of the team due to a few poor innings

If he was really invested in the way your exaggerating it than he would be still playing for us right now and if he was he would easily be up there with Saud and Sarfraz as our best batsmen. The stats of the QAE trophy tell it all
 
CerebralPatriot said:
Another victim of the Babar-Rizwan nexus
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Bro, asad shafiq played 60 games for Pakistan at no 3 and was a regular? He averaged 24 and a strike rate of 60?

In test he wasn't anything special either, he often needed hand holding from azhar or sarfraz for establish himself.

Fawad alam came and was much better, after fawad came saud shakeel who's even superior.
 
CerebralPatriot said:
Invested in?

He was always thrown around the batting order, sometimes at 6 sometimes at 3, and never given the chance to settle in to a real position. He had scored clutch runs all over the world and by 2020 he was slowly starting to get into some grove but then was forced out of the team due to a few poor innings

If he was really invested in the way your exaggerating it than he would be still playing for us right now and if he was he would easily be up there with Saud and Sarfraz as our best batsmen. The stats of the QAE trophy tell it all
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He wasn't thrown around the batting order. No 6 was his test position for years, no 3 was his odi position for years.

Fawad at 6 performed better then he did lol.
 
mominsaigol said:
Bro, asad shafiq played 60 games for Pakistan at no 3 and was a regular? He averaged 24 and a strike rate of 60?

In test he wasn't anything special either, he often needed hand holding from azhar or sarfraz for establish himself.

Fawad alam came and was much better, after fawad came saud shakeel who's even superior.
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This was at the time we were playing on the slow tracks of the UAE were 250 was a good score so naturally his average would have deviated to the lower side

As I said in tests he was not given a proper chance in one position and when he was at 6 he dominated it and scored runs all over the world in testing conditions (London, the Oval, Lords etc)

I wouldn't say Fawad was much better, I'd say they were both equal in ability and both should still be in the team
 
mominsaigol said:
He wasn't thrown around the batting order. No 6 was his test position for years, no 3 was his odi position for years.

Fawad at 6 performed better then he did lol.
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At 6 Shafiq averaged 41.81, Fawad averaged 31. In what world is that better
 
Savak said:
Someone of Asads experience ie 77 test matches, should have been topping domestic charts in 2021, 2022 and should have been putting pressure on the selection committee to select him.

He did not do that. There is not a single match winning innings, man of the match effort from him. Even Azhar Ali has won a few games for Pakistan with the bat.

If it's one thing the PCB did right, it was making the call that Asad Shafiq is not worth investing in any more.
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Azhar Ali was a good player bro, he was a hasbeen at the end of his career, but he was actually a solid bat. I rate his higher then imam ul haq.

Imam is more consistent and better at accumulation but azhar could actually strike and when he got going he was a genuine match winner. He was a bad captain but a solid opener for Pakistan.

Asad shafiq though is a failure by all means.
 
CerebralPatriot said:
At 6 Shafiq averaged 41.81, Fawad averaged 31. In what world is that better
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Huh? They average quite literally the same? What are you talking about? In international their the same, but in domestic and international odi fawad blows shafiq out of the water.

Regardless both aren't good players. They'd never survive the likes of bumrah, Stark, Hazlewood, kudleep etc.

But fawad was slightly superior. But bro does it even matter? Saud has blown the 2 of them out of the water. Theirs no universe where they make it in the team now.

Asad shafiq got the longest rope possible at no 3 for odi pakistan lol, he wasn't done injustice towards. Fawad got injustice in odi because he averaged 40, however both players aren't ones you want in the team.

Max their test players, they were never odi players lol.
 
It's a pity Asad Shafiq was persisted with for so long.

Seemed like a nice guy but was pretty fragile when it came to crunch situations and held the spot of Fawad Alam at his peak.

If I recall, his highest score of 130 + came against South Africa when the match was pretty much already lost hence he was playing with no pressure. Once we got close enough to the total Asad Shafiq bottled the game. That was his career in a nutshell.
 
Ali T said:
It's a pity Asad Shafiq was persisted with for so long.

Seemed like a nice guy but was pretty fragile when it came to crunch situations and held the spot of Fawad Alam at his peak.

If I recall, his highest score of 130 + came against South Africa when the match was pretty much already lost hence he was playing with no pressure. Once we got close enough to the total Asad Shafiq bottled the game. That was his career in a nutshell.
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Brother I hate the whole we should feel pity because their nice people.

Everyone is nice irl bro if you're a stranger to someone. No is going to be rude in normal cases if you approach someone on the street or even someone famous for that matter. True kindness is doing something for others with no benefit to yourself lol. Regardless back to topic

We should not feel sympathy for someone because their nice. Cricket is an extremely extremely competitive profession. In proper boards like England, you gotta be the best period. How many cricketers are in ecb County or domestic? 100's to 1000's to even more. How many get selected? 15? And how many get dropped including established players like Jason Roy? Or shikhar dhawan in bcci's case. These lads knew what they signed up for when they entered this profession.

Either be the best, or just leave and stop making excuses. Asad is ironically lucky that he's from Pakistan because in PCB unfair networking normally gets you an extended run such as shan having his dad, Asad himself being favoured by misbah(The Destroyer of odi cricket) etc.

If anything he's lucky cause a player like him wouldn't ever get into any other team besides minnow. If he was networked his way to the top then he should have repayed the faith like imam did or shaheen did.
 
mominsaigol said:
Huh? They average quite literally the same? What are you talking about? In international their the same, but in domestic and international odi fawad blows shafiq out of the water.

Regardless both aren't good players. They'd never survive the likes of bumrah, Stark, Hazlewood, kudleep etc.

But fawad was slightly superior. But bro does it even matter? Saud has blown the 2 of them out of the water. Theirs no universe where they make it in the team now.

Asad shafiq got the longest rope possible at no 3 for odi pakistan lol, he wasn't done injustice towards. Fawad got injustice in odi because he averaged 40, however both players aren't ones you want in the team.

Max their test players, they were never odi players lol.
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You said Fawad performed better @6 compared to Shafiq. Look at both their stats at 6 and tell me I'm wrong

Disagree with you saying they aren't good players. Fawad scored multiple brilliant centuries on his comeback, 1 in NZ vs Boult, Southee, Jamieson and Wagner on a green top and one vs Nortje, Rabada and Ngidi. Both those attacks would be classified as world class. In Shafiques case he has multiple 100s against peak Aus and Eng teams in both home and away conditions. Now if you don't class that as a "good" batsmen than I can't really say much

Your point on Saud is correct however both Shafiq and Fawad can slot into the test team to with Shafiq back to 6 and Fawad at 5 or as 12th man in case of injuries

Again regarding ODIs, both played in an era where we were mainly in the UAE and as such their stats don't reflect their calibre
 
mominsaigol said:
Brother I hate the whole we should feel pity because their nice people.

Everyone is nice irl bro if you're a stranger to someone. No is going to be rude in normal cases if you approach someone on the street or even someone famous for that matter. True kindness is doing something for others with no benefit to yourself lol. Regardless back to topic

We should not feel sympathy for someone because their nice. Cricket is an extremely extremely competitive profession. In proper boards like England, you gotta be the best period. How many cricketers are in ecb County or domestic? 100's to 1000's to even more. How many get selected? 15? And how many get dropped including established players like Jason Roy? Or shikhar dhawan in bcci's case. These lads knew what they signed up for when they entered this profession.

Either be the best, or just leave and stop making excuses. Asad is ironically lucky that he's from Pakistan because in PCB unfair networking normally gets you an extended run such as shan having his dad, Asad himself being favoured by misbah(The Destroyer of odi cricket) etc.

If anything he's lucky cause a player like him wouldn't ever get into any other team besides minnow. If he was networked his way to the top then he should have repayed the faith like imam did or shaheen did.
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I agree with you - wasn't saying he should have been persisted in the team for being nice.

I do feel bad for him just because he struck me as a meek character, but that doesn't mean I don't think he shouldn't have been dropped.

It's frustrating because PCB (or Misbah) put faith in him to come good but he never grew as a player. Just can't believe it them them 77 matches to figure out the investment in Asad Shafiq was a sunk cost.

A huge huge pain points when it comes to the PCB was not playing Fawad Alam at his peak. And literally Asad Shafiq held his spot way longer than he should have.
 
CerebralPatriot said:
You said Fawad performed better @6 compared to Shafiq. Look at both their stats at 6 and tell me I'm wrong

Disagree with you saying they aren't good players. Fawad scored multiple brilliant centuries on his comeback, 1 in NZ vs Boult, Southee, Jamieson and Wagner on a green top and one vs Nortje, Rabada and Ngidi. Both those attacks would be classified as world class. In Shafiques case he has multiple 100s against peak Aus and Eng teams in both home and away conditions. Now if you don't class that as a "good" batsmen than I can't really say much

Your point on Saud is correct however both Shafiq and Fawad can slot into the test team to with Shafiq back to 6 and Fawad at 5 or as 12th man in case of injuries

Again regarding ODIs, both played in an era where we were mainly in the UAE and as such their stats don't reflect their calibre
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About the no 6 aspect I will agree, I was wrong so fair enough. No need to show an ego from my end, so point proven.

Broskie my point on odi stands. Asad played at no 3 in multiple countries not just uae. He was a complete failure at no 3 in ct 2017 as well. He didn't play all 60 matches in uae lol, broskie don't be biased. You know damn well he ain't an odi player lol. Fawad alam should have given a longer rope but he got dropped due to poor performances in test same with shafiq, their forms were dipping and they were losing touch. Regardless misbah should have taken fawad rather then younis for the world cup.

Saud and Abdullah have already surpassed the 2 of them in test scoring 200 runs something those 2 can't ever dream of achieving not with that abysmal strike rate of theirs lol and with players like omair bin aziz waiting in the ranks and upcoming these 37 year old ain't needed anymore.
 
Ali T said:
I agree with you - wasn't saying he should have been persisted in the team for being nice.

I do feel bad for him just because he struck me as a meek character, but that doesn't mean I don't think he shouldn't have been dropped.

It's frustrating because PCB (or Misbah) put faith in him to come good but he never grew as a player. Just can't believe it them them 77 matches to figure out the investment in Asad Shafiq was a sunk cost.

A huge huge pain points when it comes to the PCB was not playing Fawad Alam at his peak. And literally Asad Shafiq held his spot way longer than he should have.
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Fawad should have been given a longer rope. An average of 40 in odi's and the 2nd highest run scorer in 2014 should have meant he'd be an automatic induction in the 2015 world cup squad but we chose younis khan a proven failure at odi to take his place. Nepotism at its finest.

However fawad had a terrible run recently and saud is superior to fawad in his prime. A prime fawad could never ever score a 200 in test. Saud is genuinely superior in all categories so much so that he played overseas conditions as if it was his home turf.

As for odi, saud hasn't performed in odi so we have yet to see if saud becomes an odi great or if he'll fall under the same rope as younis aka atg test player but horrible odi player.

Regardless Injustice against fawad alam, not against shafiq though. He had his rope
 
mominsaigol said:
Fawad should have been given a longer rope. An average of 40 in odi's and the 2nd highest run scorer in 2014 should have meant he'd be an automatic induction in the 2015 world cup squad but we chose younis khan a proven failure at odi to take his place. Nepotism at its finest.

However fawad had a terrible run recently and saud is superior to fawad in his prime. A prime fawad could never ever score a 200 in test. Saud is genuinely superior in all categories so much so that he played overseas conditions as if it was his home turf.

As for odi, saud hasn't performed in odi so we have yet to see if saud becomes an odi great or if he'll fall under the same rope as younis aka atg test player but horrible odi player.

Regardless Injustice against fawad alam, not against shafiq though. He had his rope
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Younis Khan in ODI's was just a disaster.

Regarding Fawad Alam not being able to score a 200 in test at his prime - we don't know that and sadly we never will😢

But yes for sure Saud Shakeel deserves his spot more than Fawad Alam today. Saud looks top class and also a nice guy (joking). In fact SS should have been in the team way earlier.

One could also argue that Usman Salahuddin should have replaced Azhar Ali a while ago as well. But that's a sperate topic
 
Ali T said:
Younis Khan in ODI's was just a disaster.

Regarding Fawad Alam not being able to score a 200 in test at his prime - we don't know that and sadly we never will😢

But yes for sure Saud Shakeel deserves his spot more than Fawad Alam today. Saud looks top class and also a nice guy (joking). In fact SS should have been in the team way earlier.

One could also argue that Usman Salahuddin should have replaced Azhar Ali a while ago as well. But that's a sperate topic
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I don't know who usman salahuddin is, I watch psl and international only so my knowledge is kinda poor on that aspect.

But I am being harsh on fawad, however I have seen the guy play, he would have struggled in Australian conditions and England pitches. With his stances, he's a good player against spin but he is extremely limited in playing pace and in the final 10 overs.

Saud is superior, and yes said should have come earlier, but as I said, we'll see if he becomes a test atg and a younis khan odi loser or if he establishes himself in both formats.
 
CerebralPatriot said:
You said Fawad performed better @6 compared to Shafiq. Look at both their stats at 6 and tell me I'm wrong

Disagree with you saying they aren't good players. Fawad scored multiple brilliant centuries on his comeback, 1 in NZ vs Boult, Southee, Jamieson and Wagner on a green top and one vs Nortje, Rabada and Ngidi. Both those attacks would be classified as world class. In Shafiques case he has multiple 100s against peak Aus and Eng teams in both home and away conditions. Now if you don't class that as a "good" batsmen than I can't really say much

Your point on Saud is correct however both Shafiq and Fawad can slot into the test team to with Shafiq back to 6 and Fawad at 5 or as 12th man in case of injuries

Again regarding ODIs, both played in an era where we were mainly in the UAE and as such their stats don't reflect their calibre
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Most 100s at no.6 in tests:

9 Asad Shafiq
8 Sobers
8 Stokes

#ShafiqIsTheGOAT
 
30th First Class hundred for Asad Shafiq. Another excellent knock by the experienced batsman, his second century of the season.
 
Runs pilling up for Shafiq.

Him, Saud and Sarfraz would make an outstanding middle order. Hoping against hope the selectors bring him back
 
CerebralPatriot said:
Runs pilling up for Shafiq.

Him, Saud and Sarfraz would make an outstanding middle order. Hoping against hope the selectors bring him back
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I love how you’re not even trying to hide the Karachi bias..

Come on now, should we bring back Javed Miandad too for the middle order?

No place for Shafiq or Sarfraz.
 
Hawkeye said:
I love how you’re not even trying to hide the Karachi bias..

Come on now, should we bring back Javed Miandad too for the middle order?

No place for Shafiq or Sarfraz.
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No bias only facts

Sarfraz has become our default keeper in tests after throwing out Rizwan so you are wrong about that and if selections are based on performances (doubt it but who knows) than Shafiq's will easily get a call up.
 
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Congrats to Asad Shafiq on his 30th first class century.

 
He has at least 3 more years of cricket in him and Pakistan middle order need him down under latter this year.Is Agha going to play in tests against Australia this year...u may be kidding..Hilarious selections are being done in Pak cricket these days and it clearly seems merit is not being promoted.England whitewashed Pakistan on their soil this year,and people say he isn't needed.Pakistan need him for at least next 3 years and potential batters like Saud can play around him and learn.
My test 15 for Australia shall be in batting order shall be
Abdullah Shafiq
Shaan masood
Babar
Saud
Asad Shafiq
Sarfaraz
Zaffar gowhar
Hassan ali
Osama
Shaheen
Naseem
Remaining 4 shall be
12)ihsanullah(fast bowler)
13)Ruhail Nazir(reserve wicket keeper and cushion as middle order batter)
14)imam ul haq(3rd opener)
15)Amir Jamal
 
Asad Shafiq put on an unbeaten 177-run partnership with Shan Masood and remained unbeaten on 86*, leading Karachi Whites to a victory over Lahore Whites.

 
He also took two wickets with the ball yesterday haha
 
Asad Shafiq, captain of Karachi Whites hit 59 (36 balls) today with a sr of 164. Why could he not play innings like this when he played for Pakistan.

 
Should have been in the Test squad he has the experience in Australian conditions PCB wastes another player , yes bad patch comes in player career but in Pakistan they are discarded.forever
 
2nd match and 2nd fifty for the Captain of Karachi Whites Asad Shafiq against the Dera Murad Jamali region in the National T20 cup. he is currently batting at 54 runs of 30 balls chasing a target of 183.
 
BouncerGuy said:
2nd match and 2nd fifty for the Captain of Karachi Whites Asad Shafiq against the Dera Murad Jamali region in the National T20 cup. he is currently batting at 54 runs of 30 balls chasing a target of 183.
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Asad Shafiq struck his second fifty on the trot with an undefeated 62 off 38 balls against Dera Murad Jamali.

 
Kianig89 said:
Should have been in the Test squad he has the experience in Australian conditions PCB wastes another player , yes bad patch comes in player career but in Pakistan they are discarded.forever
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Yes 80 games weren't enough for him. Let's give him another 50.
 
The new domestic structure has watered down talent so much that even Asad Shafiq is hitting t20 fifties
 
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