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[VIDEOS/PICTURES] Salman Ali Agha - Will he succeed at the international level?

He reminds me of Saad Nasim. Gritty player who tries to push above his weight, but is perhaps not International quality.
 
Kroll said:
Still played better than all the other batsmen. Why is he a poor selection? Major step up from Azhar imo, at least he can attack!
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Played better it looks like he got 100 hasn't he ? Poor selection becouse he isn't good enough to bat in the top 6.of course he's a step up bearing in mind Azhar age.
 
Mohammad Wasim on Salman's selection:

“Salman Ali Agha has been recalled to the ODI side after he performed well in the past two Pakistan Cup tournaments, averaging 40.33 and 48.8, respectively. He also gives Babar Azam an additional bowling option.”
 
Pakistan desperate to find a suitable replacement to Shoaib Malik and Hafeez
 
Rana said:
Pakistan desperate to find a suitable replacement to Shoaib Malik and Hafeez
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Shan Masood? Why not?

But to be honest, the shorter format is more suitable for Salman
 
MenInG said:
Shan Masood? Why not?

But to be honest, the shorter format is more suitable for Salman
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They want a middle order batsman who can also bowl overs in the middle and maybe start with the new ball against left handers.

I think the ship has sailed for Shan Masood. He won’t displace Pakistan’s top 3 and Fakhar will not bat at 4 so Masood and Imam can open.
 
Pakistan persisted with mediocre cricketers like malik and hafeez for 20 years, now we have this mediocre bits and pieces cricketer getting selected in all squad. simply not good enough as a batsmen in any format.
 
Rana said:
They want a middle order batsman who can also bowl overs in the middle and maybe start with the new ball against left handers.

I think the ship has sailed for Shan Masood. He won’t displace Pakistan’s top 3 and Fakhar will not bat at 4 so Masood and Imam can open.
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You have to be a batsmen in 1st place to fulfil your theory and Salman is a mediocre player. Yet another bits and pieces player as thats the fascination and trend with selection with Mo wasim.
 
Amjid Javed said:
You have to be a batsmen in 1st place to fulfil your theory and Salman is a mediocre player. Yet another bits and pieces player as thats the fascination and trend with selection with Mo wasim.
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He hasn't even made his ODI debut and he is already being called mediocre. What is wrong with people here.

He has performed well domestically with a good SR and plays in the middle order as well. Bowls handy off-spin too. What's wrong with giving him a shot? He's certainly earned it. It may not work out but its ridiculous people come on here crapping on these dudes while pining for whatever is flavour of that month that likely won't work out.
 
I think this is the format we're he can be a permanent member of the team/squad.

Should be batting at 5.
 
shamaan said:
I think this is the format we're he can be a permanent member of the team/squad.

Should be batting at 5.
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I have doubts about his big hitting ability once he gets set.
Temprament wise he looks good to me
 
Will make his debut today. Wish him the best, although I don't understand the logic for another spin all rounder when you have Shadab and Nawaz.
 
daytrader said:
Will make his debut today. Wish him the best, although I don't understand the logic for another spin all rounder when you have Shadab and Nawaz.
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He's more of a batsmen who can bowl but not really an allrounder and his track record in List A has been pretty good.

It's pretty clear Pakistan have missed Hafeez in LOI & Tests.
 
Salman Ali Agha and Naseem Shah receive their ODI caps from Mohammad Yousuf and Shaheen Afridi

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looks like he will be the new symbol of mediocrity to replace mediocre players like malik and Hafeez in previous teams.
 
Officer Barbrady said:
Or perhaps you are passing judgment too soon
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Seen enough in his domestic performances, test vs SL and here today to know hes a mediocre player in the mould of a malik/Hafeez. Watch this guy now keep out better and more deserving players in team in all formats going forward.
 
Amjid Javed said:
Seen enough in his domestic performances, test vs SL and here today to know hes a mediocre player in the mould of a malik/Hafeez. Watch this guy now keep out better and more deserving players in team in all formats going forward.
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Why do people act like Hafeez didn’t have a solid career for Pakistan?

You don’t need to be a star to be a good player. Just a good player who had some good moments.

If you injected a 25 year old Hafeez into most teams, that’s a solid cricketer.
 
Not his fault he’s getting selected and in the playing XI. Don’t blame the player.
 
Amjid Javed said:
Seen enough in his domestic performances, test vs SL and here today to know hes a mediocre player in the mould of a malik/Hafeez. Watch this guy now keep out better and more deserving players in team in all formats going forward.
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Maybe they didn't live up to their full potential but they weren't mediocre. Both were pretty solid players, particularly Hafeez in his prime who was very handy with the ball and good with the bat when he wasn't an opener in swinging conditions.

For a lot of their careers, they weren't utilized correctly and in the correct roles. Especially Malik who basically played every batting order position. They're solid supporting players to round out the team instead of relying on them to be the main guys which is what Pakistan often did.

Salman turning into a prime Hafeez right now would be a fantastic outcome.
 
Amjid Javed said:
Seen enough in his domestic performances, test vs SL and here today to know hes a mediocre player in the mould of a malik/Hafeez. Watch this guy now keep out better and more deserving players in team in all formats going forward.
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More deserving players like who.
 
He needs to bat at 4 or 5 if he's coming lower than 5 then no point in selecting him.
 
MenInG said:
Guess decent innings by Agha Salman, 34*
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50*

We need to give the players a proper run. Any player can have a few bad games. We need to give them at least 10/15 games without pressure to see what they are made of. 1-2 games isn’t enough.
 
adzzy786 said:
50*

We need to give the players a proper run. Any player can have a few bad games. We need to give them at least 10/15 games without pressure to see what they are made of. 1-2 games isn’t enough.
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Pretty much. Players irrespective of how good your domestic structure is take time to develop at international level.
 
50*(35), 5x4s, 2x6s,

Salman Ali Agha finishes the match with a mighty SIX to get to his maiden ODI half-century

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He didn't bowl a single over today. I just don't get Hafeez comparisons.

Also not sure of his role. If specialist batsman, he should be better than the likes of Kamran Ghulam and Saud Shakeel.

If all rounder, he should be bowling.
 
He needs to work on his bowling. If he is an allrounder then he should be reliable in both facets of the game.
 
Decent batting in the ODIs so far but bowling is quite weak to be considered anything more than part time. Basically if he is picked, he should be picked on the basis of batting and not because he can bowl.

Don't really know what to make of it.
The problem is no4-6. We can't bridge that gap by picking up players who bat in the lower middle order (Shadab, Nawaz, Khushdil are doing fine atm) Need to pick proper batters for no.4-5.

The downside here is if you perform against a weak opposition, it gets dismissed as being against minnows while if you fail, you get lambasted.
 
Corridor of Uncertainty said:
He didn't bowl a single over today. I just don't get Hafeez comparisons.

Also not sure of his role. If specialist batsman, he should be better than the likes of Kamran Ghulam and Saud Shakeel.

If all rounder, he should be bowling.
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His bowling will depend on matchups, which is when lefties are on. There was also no need today when Pakistani bowlers were bowling so well and taking wickets.

Either way, he's a batsmen who can bowl than a true allrounder. Not quite Hafeez but more like Malik/Iftikhar in the sense they are bat first batsmen who can bowl but the bowling isn't quite as strong.

Looks good early on. Certainly has some power and the ability to hit big and play aggressively. Looks very good vs spinners especially and can be someone who ups the tempo in the middle order. Saud & Ghulman are accumulators which is not what this team needs at all.
 
adzzy786 said:
50*

We need to give the players a proper run. Any player can have a few bad games. We need to give them at least 10/15 games without pressure to see what they are made of. 1-2 games isn’t enough.
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I already said Agha Salman should be given a longer run and he's more suited to odis than tests.He should also bat at 4 or 5 no higher or lower.
 
Corridor of Uncertainty said:
He didn't bowl a single over today. I just don't get Hafeez comparisons.

Also not sure of his role. If specialist batsman, he should be better than the likes of Kamran Ghulam and Saud Shakeel.

If all rounder, he should be bowling.
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Saud Shakeel and Kamran are better batters but not for batting at 5.
 
Officer Barbrady said:
Performs yet again but will be criticized nonetheless since he’s not on the favorite list of many fans!
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I have no problem with Agha and I hope he is really successful.

However I do question his selection with an average of just 36 and 37 in List A and First Class respectively. These are terrible stats, and when you consider that most players will average around 5+ runs less in international cricket than they do in domestic cricket, Agha’s selection is truly baffling.

This 50 against the Netherlands is great. But the Netherlands is a terrible team and any batsman in the Pakistani domestic scene is capable of scoring good runs against them. I just fear that picking a player with such mediocre stats will really come back to haunt us, at the exact moment we need a big innings from Agha against a good team.
 
Usman said:
I have no problem with Agha and I hope he is really successful.

However I do question his selection with an average of just 36 and 37 in List A and First Class respectively. These are terrible stats, and when you consider that most players will average around 5+ runs less in international cricket than they do in domestic cricket, Agha’s selection is truly baffling.

This 50 against the Netherlands is great. But the Netherlands is a terrible team and any batsman in the Pakistani domestic scene is capable of scoring good runs against them. I just fear that picking a player with such mediocre stats will really come back to haunt us, at the exact moment we need a big innings from Agha against a good team.
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Agha Salman has better strike rate than all three off Kamran Ghullam,Saud Shakeel and Iftikhar. When batting at 5 strike should take more importance than average.
 
Chance for Agha Salman to score big as he has come in early
 
I think he needs to be given a long run.

If you look at his batting, he is playing those difficult shots in an excellent manner - granted this is holland.


1) Off drive/inside out while advnacing
2) Front foot pull

Lofted sweep

These were all played with excellent timing on a somewhat difficult pitch

i know its netherland, but this lad should be persisted with at # 4 and learn from Babar.

He looks a lot more balanced than rizwan and a proper # 4
 
unlucky way to get out, tried to be aggressive and didnt get the elevation

atleast tried to increase the rate...
 
Tbf the dutch applied pressure early on and haven’t bowled badly. They’ve bowled very well actually. They deserve to have Pakistan strangled like this
 
Rana said:
Tbf the dutch applied pressure early on and haven’t bowled badly. They’ve bowled very well actually. They deserve to have Pakistan strangled like this
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Pakistan did this to themselves in all 3 games nothing special about it.
 
Honestly speaking, he seems to be a very confident player. He looks very busy at the crease and wants to keep the scoreboard ticking. Easily the most impressive batsman for Pakistan on this tour after Babar Azam (bread and butter regular performer of Pakistan)

Naseem Shah and Salman Agha are two very good inductions into ODI cricket for Pakistan after a long long time. I really cannot remember two debuts that have looked like they belong at this level.
 
Rana said:
Honestly speaking, he seems to be a very confident player. He looks very busy at the crease and wants to keep the scoreboard ticking. Easily the most impressive batsman for Pakistan on this tour after Babar Azam (bread and butter regular performer of Pakistan)

Naseem Shah and Salman Agha are two very good inductions into ODI cricket for Pakistan after a long long time. I really cannot remember two debuts that have looked like they belong at this level.
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I think you're being too premature on both of them. Any decent side could expose them very quickly.
 
shariqnoor said:
I think you're being too premature on both of them. Any decent side could expose them very quickly.
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I’m speaking about what I saw in this series. Naseem looked much more impressive and threatening to take wickets with high quality balls in comparison to Rauf, Wasim jr and Dahani.

Salman batted with a lot of confidence, whereas Imam contributed nothing, Fakhar struggled to get in terms with the wicket, Rizwan was sluggish, Khushdil etc did nothing much either.

Decent opposition can do well against anyone, but these two didn’t show hesitation and performed very well.

Naseem will be a handful against most teams if he bowls like this with the new ball. Especially against WI, SL, BD. And he will bowl decent spells against the big sides too.

Pakistan have developed Rauf into a reliable 2nd seamer. There is nothing to suggest that a natural gifted bowler like Naseem will not emulate him and become a proper white ball wicket taker for Pakistan as well
 
Salman Agha should definitely be given more chances he's shown enough on this tour and he is an excellent fielder however he needs to work on his bowling.
 
Batting is promising but wont last long at 5-6 unless he can show striking ability vs pace.

Offspin is serviceable, but in today's ODI cricket part time offies won't really bowl more than 3-4 overs on avg per match that too when situation and matchup in their favour
 
He remains an iffy selection - more of an inspired choice type thing rather than one based upon big scores.
 
He cant buy a run in domestic t20 at the moment. Does not augur well for Pakistan.
 
shah_1 said:
Shan Masood should be playing WC23 as the middle order batsman
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That desperate desire to have an off spinner in the playing XI is there especially considering the conditions in sub continent. Iftikhar and Agha are the two options currently in the radar as of now.

Shan should still have a chance. I wont be surprised if Shan gets a call vs Eng in T20Is.
 
Titan24 said:
That desperate desire to have an off spinner in the playing XI is there especially considering the conditions in sub continent. Iftikhar and Agha are the two options currently in the radar as of now.

Shan should still have a chance. I wont be surprised if Shan gets a call vs Eng in T20Is.
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He averages 6 with the bat in NT20 2022.

The guy is a tail ender with the bat, some fluke performances against 13th ranked team in the world is never going to convince me. When you are batting in top 6,then team priority should be batting, not part time off spin.
 
shah_1 said:
He averages 6 with the bat in NT20 2022.

The guy is a tail ender with the bat, some fluke performances against 13th ranked team in the world is never going to convince me. When you are batting in top 6,then team priority should be batting, not part time off spin.
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How on earth has he made it to Tests ahead of Kamran Ghulam and Saud and even ahead of Haider. I have stated the sooner we get rid of him the better he’s an awful bat. Babar Azam off spin is more threatening then him too.
 
Huge test for him now to eek out another 50-100 runs from the tail.

Seems competent enough but needs to play intelligently
 
This guy is awful. I really don’t know he’s doing in test cricket. He’s lucky he’s playing on the flattest of pitches so will get some runs but by know means is he a middle order batsman
 
Mediocre selection, his bowling is non existant and hes no way near a better batsmen then Kamran Ghulam or Usman Salluddin.

Seems like a poor Mans Hafeez/Malik.
 
He is not international quality neither is that said shakeel guy.
They should be nowhere near the team.
 
He shouldnt be playing if hes only gonna bowl a handful of overs

Now lets see if hes worth his place in the team We need a 50 from him tomorrow to help us draw this
 
Salute to PCB for selecting such low quality players, Shan Masood is ready-made for Test cricket yet for some unknown reasons he is selected in T20 format sickening indeed
 
The guy is mediocre through and through.

If he isn't going to bowl, then what is he doing in the team?

He is certainly not a better batsman than Shan, Ghulam, Salahuddin or Huairara.

Better to play Nawaz.
 
He actually looks like a nice lower order batter but his role really should be filled by a bowling allrounder. If he cant be a useful bowler then we should have picked Nawaz or Nauman.
 
Doing a good job at the moment for Pakistan - farming the strike and scoring runs.
 
Barragan said:
The guy is mediocre through and through.

If he isn't going to bowl, then what is he doing in the team?

He is certainly not a better batsman than Shan, Ghulam, Salahuddin or Huairara.

Better to play Nawaz.
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He is not in competition with huraira and shan as he plays at 6. At 6 he is better than ghulam and salahuddin as he plays with far better strike rate.
 
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