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I know Ramiz Raja is a bad commentator, but it seems he has deteriorated even further. I can't stand listening him in the 2nd ODI. Cliched commentary, reading the same script everytime, and making a fool out of himself to sound clever.

Some of the cringy things he said today:
- Why waste your breath bowling short to Imam coz he is the 3rd ranked batsman. - Bro haven't you ever seen Imam get out on a short ball?
- Fakhar has this ability to turn from a normal batsman to someone who plays French cricket :salute
- The usual one, Afghanistan should try another spinner in the PP. Just coz the opposition couldn't get a wicket, this is always his response to sound like a clever fellow.

How to get this man away from the Mic?
 
another one was during Pakistani innings. Pakistani spinners are a major concern now. they haven't taken any wicket in the last game aswell. Than corrects himself and says they only took one wicket.

Oh bhai, spinners took two wickets in the last game, plus the bulk of the wickets and over were bowled by the pacers.


The guy is an idiot.
 
True, noticed that. He was saying this would be a major concern in the dugout. I was just wondering why would it be. The pacers did all the job last game, and no one picked a wicket yet in the game, why would you assume such foolishly.

Probably he thinks the locals doesn't notice this much and he can get away only blabbering.
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another one was during Pakistani innings. Pakistani spinners are a major concern now. they haven't taken any wicket in the last game aswell. Than corrects himself and says they only took one wicket.

Oh bhai, spinners took two wickets in the last game, plus the bulk of the wickets and over were bowled by the pacers.


The guy is an idiot.
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Amir Sohail is the worst, followed by Wasim Akram . Rambo and Waqar are OK.
 
moghul said:
Amir Sohail is the worst, followed by Wasim Akram . Rambo and Waqar are OK.
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By Pakistani standards, Rambo isn’t too bad. But he is a very terrible commentator overall.

Sikander Bakht is a gold standard commentator.
 
By the high standards set by Bazid Khan, Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis, I can imagine how difficult it would be to listen to Ramiz Raja lol
 
We need better commentators from Pakistan

Bishop's "Remember the Name

Ian Smith's "By the bearest of all margins. Ecstasy for England, agony agony for New Zealand.

Harsha Bhogle's "Its a wide Nawaz. What have you done Nawaz. And
Its innings like these Virat, that take you from the present and put you into Legend

And most importantly Nasir Hussain's "not that important. He's gone the next ball. Pakistan cricket at it's best. One Minute down, the other minute up.

ARE FOREVER IMPRINTED IN MY MEMORY

Wasim, Waqar, Bazid Khan, Amir Sohail just read scoreboard. They are INCAPABLE of captivating the big moments of a match.

Ramiz is still better than them but MILES BEHIND commentators from other countries.

We need to get out of this mentality that only former cricketers should be allowed to do commentary. The best story tellers like Harsha Bhogle should do commentary. PCB can organize a commentary talent hunt
 
Ramiz is great, I don't know what you guys are talking about. You need to be good, and be cool (if you know, you know :raja).
 
I don't understand why people are saying, he is good. Unfortunately, we don't have a lot of good commentators in Pakistan and he hardly has any great competition which is why he was picked from Pakistan to do the commentary. Personally, I think Bazid Khan is a better commentator than him and he is improving all the time that isn't the case with Ramiz Raja.
 
saqib.rai said:
We need better commentators from Pakistan

Bishop's "Remember the Name

Ian Smith's "By the bearest of all margins. Ecstasy for England, agony agony for New Zealand.

Harsha Bhogle's "Its a wide Nawaz. What have you done Nawaz. And
Its innings like these Virat, that take you from the present and put you into Legend

And most importantly Nasir Hussain's "not that important. He's gone the next ball. Pakistan cricket at it's best. One Minute down, the other minute up.

ARE FOREVER IMPRINTED IN MY MEMORY

Wasim, Waqar, Bazid Khan, Amir Sohail just read scoreboard. They are INCAPABLE of captivating the big moments of a match.

Ramiz is still better than them but MILES BEHIND commentators from other countries.

We need to get out of this mentality that only former cricketers should be allowed to do commentary. The best story tellers like Harsha Bhogle should do commentary. PCB can organize a commentary talent hunt
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I would add “Shahid Afridi you beauty” to that list.
 
To be honest I put it on mute when Ramiz is commentating. I just find him irritating. As others have said he states the bleeding obvious and even his insights and anecdotes are quite rubbish and uninteresting. Plus honestly he really doesn't know much about Pakistan cricket.
 
He wasn't bad before. Decent commentator. But he has regressed since he returned to commentating and now some of his hatred comes out and some of his comments seem to be out of frustration to the board. He doesn't get as excited about Pakistan and their chances anymore. Pretty dull to listen to overall

I don't even know why he's in India commentating for the world cup. It's embarrassing for him. This is the same person that when he was the chairman of PCB, was making big statements that Pakistan won't play the world cup in India and now that he's not in the same position he took up this opportunity to work in the world cup. This shows that all his big words and fierceness would be for show.
 
hafizexpress said:
He wasn't bad before. Decent commentator. But he has regressed since he returned to commentating and now some of his hatred comes out and some of his comments seem to be out of frustration to the board. He doesn't get as excited about Pakistan and their chances anymore. Pretty dull to listen to overall

I don't even know why he's in India commentating for the world cup. It's embarrassing for him. This is the same person that when he was the chairman of PCB, was making big statements that Pakistan won't play the world cup in India and now that he's not in the same position he took up this opportunity to work in the world cup. This shows that all his big words and fierceness would be for show.
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Money and fame.
 
He cant be taken serious anymore. All the big talk when working for PCB. Look at him now. In India as soon as he got the chance to do so.
 
Was never a fan of his commentary , I honestly prefer Bazid Khan over him but in general Pakistani commentators are not all that. Hate him or love him but when it comes to Asian commies I like Shastri the best “that went like a tracer bullet!” , manjraker not bad either
 
Furthermore , As someone who is the “go to “ Pakistani commentator for sky sports and other broadcasting he has no knowledge on the local players or domestics etc, even the SENA commentators know more about pak players than him.
 
saqib.rai said:
We need better commentators from Pakistan

Bishop's "Remember the Name

Ian Smith's "By the bearest of all margins. Ecstasy for England, agony agony for New Zealand.

Harsha Bhogle's "Its a wide Nawaz. What have you done Nawaz. And
Its innings like these Virat, that take you from the present and put you into Legend

And most importantly Nasir Hussain's "not that important. He's gone the next ball. Pakistan cricket at it's best. One Minute down, the other minute up.

ARE FOREVER IMPRINTED IN MY MEMORY

Wasim, Waqar, Bazid Khan, Amir Sohail just read scoreboard. They are INCAPABLE of captivating the big moments of a match.

Ramiz is still better than them but MILES BEHIND commentators from other countries.

We need to get out of this mentality that only former cricketers should be allowed to do commentary. The best story tellers like Harsha Bhogle should do commentary. PCB can organize a commentary talent hunt
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You’re right on most of your points but I find Harsha very annoying - he’s a bit of a Rameez in that respect. They try too hard to please - Rameez and his cliches, Harsha with his cliches and stories
 
Nado_ said:
Was never a fan of his commentary , I honestly prefer Bazid Khan over him but in general Pakistani commentators are not all that. Hate him or love him but when it comes to Asian commies I like Shastri the best “that went like a tracer bullet!” , manjraker not bad either
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Bazid khan constructs the sentences better for sure. Ramiz Raja just tries to translate Urdu into ENglish i think. He has an experience of more than 20 years. Fact that he is still doing that means he has not made any progress as a commentator.
 
TheSultan said:
You’re right on most of your points but I find Harsha very annoying - he’s a bit of a Rameez in that respect. They try too hard to please - Rameez and his cliches, Harsha with his cliches and stories
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Harsha was a radi commentator for the best of his early career. Was also a columnist in the early 80s. His commentary is more like radio rather than TV commentary. Besides he is not a cricketer by profession. So he will rely on adjectives, anecdotes of players.
 
Rameez in the late 90s was a decent commentator. Instead of continuing in the vain he started, he tried to make a name for himself and turned in to a cliche machine
 
I am having a very difficult time during Pakistan matches listening to Waqar Younis. Both him and Wasim are terrible commentators
 
"I wish Pakistan played every ball as if it was a free-hit" after Mohammad Nawa six
 
Rambo has an entertaining voice. That is what commentary is about. He does talk a lot of nonsense but it is better listening to him than listening to people like Bazid.
 
Never been a fan of Rambo, but he's got better as he's aged.

I really like his comment at the end when our lower order didn't see out the 50 overs when he said Pakistan had consistently shown lack of match awareness. If they had just got singles and doubles they would have reached 300, instead they handed SA a lifeline.
 
I find Ramiz Raja and Athar Ali Khan two of the worst commentators. I know playing cricket is difficult, but I did not know that being commentators was just as difficult for the two of them.
 
Is Ramiz a member of Scientology? That’s got to be the most Ultra level Gas I’ve heard in my life
 
Ronaldo does use a recovery machine designed by NASA scientists. Looks like Ramiz got a bit confused.
 
Shame, Shastri ruined the WC Final presentation ceremony because of his bias towards India, at that time Shastri was not in right frame of mind after India lost, If Ramiz there the presentation would have been much better
 

I’ve got to be neutral during the India-Pakistan game: Ramiz​

Former Pakistan’s star batsman Ramiz Raja is a seasoned commentator and he made a place for himself in modern-day cricket through his mesmerizing voice in the commentary box. The former Pakistan Cricket Board chairman has recently made a return to commentary after completing his stint as an administrator. During an exclusive chat with The Daily Sun in the side-line of the ongoing Bangladesh Premier League, the 61-year-old talked about many aspects of commentary.

Here are the excerpts from the interview:

The Daily Sun: How do you get into commentary?

Ramiz Raja: It comes naturally to me. When I started as a commentator, I used to feel very nervous because I was pitted against the likes of Ian Chappell and some of the greats in the commentary box. The challenges were how to construct a sentence in a foreign language and make sense as a cricket expert. So it was challenging early on but again for being an ex-cricketer, it was much easier.

The Daily Sun: How important is it for a commentator to make a style of his own?

Ramiz Raja: It’s a very good question. What happens at times when you want to copy somebody and you don’t know what is best for you, the idea is to remain as natural as possible. Initially, I was told by a production company with whom I had the first gig that they couldn’t guarantee me work.

But as long as I made sense on the mic (microphone), I would get continuous gigs and that is exactly what I did later on. Suppose three commentators are here to describe a cover drive. If your description or your narration is better than the other two, you will get the next gig. If you were repetitive or you were not up to the mark and the others did well, you would not get a gig. It’s an open field where you have to excel.

The Daily Sun: For a commentator, how important is it to go over your own boundaries when you are in the commentary box doing an India-Pakistan game? Naturally, you will have some feelings for Pakistan. How important is it to be neutral then?

Ramiz Raja: You are always looking for moments where you can create an impact through commentary. In a T20, you get them more because every ball is an event. In an India-Pakistan contest, obviously, there are more eyeballs and you want to be your best because more people are listening to you. The fans or the listeners or the watchers are very clever and they will point out if you are sitting on the mic (microphone) with an agenda. If you are not honest with your observations, they will not respect you. It is not about backing Pakistan against India, it’s about being honest with you and it’s about describing what’s happening out there as honestly as possible. I tend to do that because I have got to detach myself completely from being a Pakistani and I have got to be neutral. I have got to appreciate the game and I have got to appreciate the fact that I am sitting out there as a neutral man.

The Daily Sun: Why did you choose commentary? You could have gone for coaching and other things.

Ramiz Raja: When I was asked to do commentary for the first time, my wife said you are not going to do commentary because old people do commentary. I was only then 35 and I thought of myself as 55 so I turned it down. My eldest brother had a chat with me and he told me that I was mad because nobody else was doing it for Pakistan. I listened to his advice and then I started as a commentator.

I think this profession also demands discipline because it can be hard like travelling and also coming back again and doing the same thing over and over again. You got to excel everyday and you got to make sure you outsmart yourself everyday and become the best in what you do.

SOURCE: https://www.daily-sun.com/post/736355​
 
‘Cricket in Bangladesh shouldn’t be Dhaka-centric’

Former Pakistan captain and popular commentator Ramiz Raja is currently in Dhaka, involved in his maiden commentary stint for the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL). In an interview with Mazhar Uddin of The Daily Star, the 61-year-old, who was instrumental in the revival of Pakistan Super League (PSL) as the then Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief, shared his views on the state of BPL and Bangladesh cricket and how things can improve here, and more. The excerpts of the interview are as follows:

The Daily Star (DS): When was the last time you came here in Bangladesh? How's the experience been so far?

Ramiz Raja (RR): I think it must have been four or five years back during a World Cup. My experience has been very nice as I have been welcomed nicely. This time it's different as I am doing [commentary for] the BPL. I always wanted to be here because of the fans and cricket has been special at times.

DS: Your take on BPL's standard?

RR: You see, the pitches have been very good. Even though there are high-scoring games at times, a mid-range total is, at times, more exciting to watch. The talent has been pretty decent but there's always room for improvement.

While PSL is considered to be a bowlers' league since the local bowlers have been pretty good. In BPL so far it's more like a left-armer's or a spinner's league. I think, from a batters' perspective you need to find players with better temperament; especially the young players, because they looked good for a 20 or a 30 and then they throw their wicket away. So, it's important for them to understand the value of a start and make it count.

But when you see Towhid Hridoy, Tanzid Hasan and then you have Tamim, Shakib, Mushfiqur and Mahmudullah, all these guys have been around for a long time. So, it's an excellent opportunity for the youngsters to learn in the dugout. The whole idea is to have a bridge between the international players and local cricketers, so BPL is a great source from that point of view.

DS: You were instrumental behind the revival of PSL when you were the PCB chairman. How do you think BPL can be improved?

RR: You got to continue with the effort and make it comfortable for the franchise owners also. In PSL, what we did, there's a fee for every franchise owner to pay to PCB and then everything else regarding the marketing is shared by the franchise owner. It sort of makes sense to them from a business point of view, so you need to encourage that from a business point of view. You get the best investors and I am not sure from a marketing perspective how much interest this league [BPL] holds for sponsorship companies.

I think this is one area where PSL prospered as there's a lot of interest among the sponsors within the multinational companies to invest in PSL, so they hold back the budget and wait for PSL to happen so we get a great deal and value. Look, the standard here will improve but you got to have a system to encourage the youngsters and it takes time. Whatever is happening here is also the reflection of your domestic cricket, and so as long as you follow a certain process here, I am sure you will get good talents.

DS: There had been plenty of talk surrounding the absence of a revenue-sharing model in BPL. Could you sum up the business model of PSL?

RR: At least 95 percent of what the board makes from the PSL goes to PSL franchise owners. The franchisees pay us [PCB] a sizable fee for whatever the marketing they do for the teams… and whatever marketing the PCB does, 95 percent goes to the franchise owners. So, the idea is for them to at least break even every season.

DS: How do you assess Bangladesh cricket's progress?

RR: I think this T20 format is instinctive to the Asian block and you feel this format is tailor made for us. But I think Bangladesh have not really produced results on the international level. They have been awesome at home but the whole idea is to prepare for the away battles because that is where you earn respect. It's tough but at least they are holding their own in Bangladesh which is good. I think one area Bangladesh can become competitive is by improving the pitches and there's a lot of talent in fast bowling also. So you got to encourage the talents with good conditions.

DS: What aspect did you prioritise the most to improve the domestic circuit while you were the PCB chairman?

RR: I built my chairmanship in three pillars: which are marketing excellence, administrative excellence and cricketing excellence. To achieve cricketing excellence, it was important to look at what is happening at the age-level cricket. Therefore, we started the Pakistan junior league to make it commercially viable to make them feel that cricket can be a breadwinner at an early stage and build it as a career in the game. It was an under-19 league and these guys were paid between 11 to 17 thousand dollars for ten or 15 days of cricket as we had legends like Viv Richards, Javed Miandad; all these guys were there. And it worked because the idea was to have a good under-19 as the pool of players will increase by that. The tournament wasn't followed through by the next regime, which was sad. The pitches were horrible at domestic circuits as there were a lot of matches being played in certain grounds. So we had Australian soil come through and now I think we have about four stadiums where we have at least one or two Australian pitches.

I had a couple of [English] county coaches to coach our first class teams, so we needed the view of an independent man to let us know what needs to be done. It means to provide players a different perspective of the game and it worked well.

Engro, which is a multinational company in Pakistan, invested in us by putting in a lot of money to train hundred kids in Pakistan. We looked after their equipment free of cost, so we wanted to create well-rounded players. It was a three-year term.

We revived the school cricket. About 5000 schools are going to play one school system because we felt that's our future. Talking about Pakistan, I think we are good in white-ball cricket compared to Test cricket. In Test cricket we need to improve a lot more, and unless we have pitches in control we won't be able to move forward. I think this is one area where we have struggled off late.

DS: Cricket in Bangladesh is mostly Dhaka-centric. What's the situation in Pakistan?

RR: No, it's not like that in Pakistan. We have provincial and regional tournaments and cricket is spread all around. For Bangladesh it shouldn't be Dhaka-centric. In Sri Lanka it used to be Colombo-centric but they are trying to get away from that. In Pakistan you find talent from back and beyond from a place like Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region. About 10-15 years ago you could hardly find a cricketer there but now 90 percent of the Pakistan side are from that region, and that could not have happened if it was Lahore or Karachi-centred. So you need to focus on spreading cricket throughout the country.

DS: As the PCB chief, did you try to rebuild relations with India?

RR: That's a government-level decision. But, you know, we speak the same language and culture is also similar and I always felt through cricket we can do a lot of things. Because it's a political issue one can do that much.

SOURCE: https://www.thedailystar.net/sports...-bangladesh-shouldnt-be-dhaka-centric-3553506
 
Never imagined I would say this, but this guy is a snake. Forget PCB chairmanship, he shouldn’t even be allowed to commentate on Pakistan’s matches. Tried his best to make Shan Masood say things a captain should never say. Asks if the team has psychological issues. Then proceeds to ask if the captain wants to see new faces in the team, in the middle of a series.

And he clearly has his favourites. I’m sure if it was Babar he would’ve said something like “Hard luck, Babar, you looked in great nick yesterday and all set to score a 1000, but unfortunately missed out. The whole world is waiting for you to be back in form, good luck!”
 
Listening to Ramiz on BBC radio during the lunch break, the man is absolutely clueless and I have no idea how he got the top job at PCB. He's an unashamed Babar fanboy.

His words were that 'Pakistan fans turn on to watch Babar bat and Shaheen Shah Afridi bowl, why would you want to watch Pakistan cricket without them?!!'

The entire mannerism of the man is deceptive, he's a text book egoistic know-it-all uncle that we've all come across in family gatherings. He should be nowhere near the PCB and confined to a commentary box.
 
shortbread said:
Listening to Ramiz on BBC radio during the lunch break, the man is absolutely clueless and I have no idea how he got the top job at PCB. He's an unashamed Babar fanboy.

His words were that 'Pakistan fans turn on to watch Babar bat and Shaheen Shah Afridi bowl, why would you want to watch Pakistan cricket without them?!!'

The entire mannerism of the man is deceptive, he's a text book egoistic know-it-all uncle that we've all come across in family gatherings. He should be nowhere near the PCB and confined to a commentary box.
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He has slowly lost the plot.
 
shortbread said:
Listening to Ramiz on BBC radio during the lunch break, the man is absolutely clueless and I have no idea how he got the top job at PCB. He's an unashamed Babar fanboy.

His words were that 'Pakistan fans turn on to watch Babar bat and Shaheen Shah Afridi bowl, why would you want to watch Pakistan cricket without them?!!'

The entire mannerism of the man is deceptive, he's a text book egoistic know-it-all uncle that we've all come across in family gatherings. He should be nowhere near the PCB and confined to a commentary box.
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Ramiz is the guy who ruined these bunch of players. He gave Babar absolute unaccountable powers and only promoted T20 Cricket to the players. He is the chairman who signed the FTP for Pakistan from 2023 to 2027 where Pakistan ended up with the lowest amount of ODI and Test Cricket compared to the other cricket boards.
 
This so called team should just bat till day 4 a draw will be equivalent to winning T20 World Cup !
 
Ramiz Raja on Sky Sports:

Quote: I think it should have been Babar's call, whether he wanted time out of playing XI or not. I think it was a knee jerk reaction. New selectors in. The general opinion was that he needed rest and he was taken out of the squad completely. Now we need to understand that this, you know, he sells cricket for Pakistan. And so there's always this debate that is happening right now in Pakistan, whether it's going to be another failure for Babar Azam, whether he's going to make a comeback and that keeps things interesting right now. I don't see any saleable commodity in this Pakistan team, you know, because sponsors are a little worried as well, because Pakistan had been on the losing sequence
 
zaidihusain said:
Ramiz Raja on Sky Sports:

Quote: I think it should have been Babar's call, whether he wanted time out of playing XI or not. I think it was a knee jerk reaction. New selectors in. The general opinion was that he needed rest and he was taken out of the squad completely. Now we need to understand that this, you know, he sells cricket for Pakistan. And so there's always this debate that is happening right now in Pakistan, whether it's going to be another failure for Babar Azam, whether he's going to make a comeback and that keeps things interesting right now. I don't see any saleable commodity in this Pakistan team, you know, because sponsors are a little worried as well, because Pakistan had been on the losing sequence
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I do understand that sponsors are very important for money, but they will start coming when the team will start competing and winning again. You cannot keep a non-performer for 3-4 years as he also significantly contributes to the defeat. Babar is someone who has always failed on big occasions. Babar, Shaheen, Rizwan got all hype in last 4-5 years but that doesn't mean they should get free ride forever. It's the responsibility of PCB / Team Management to introduce potential replacements at right time
 
Oi Ramiz chacha, it was Pakistan cricket that made Babar Azam, not the other way round!
 
What makes Ramiz's commentary so bad is that his understanding of the game seems to be very elementary and surface-level. He always talks in generalities and cliches. There is rarely ever any analysis or deep thought in anything he says. Infact any attempts he makes to sound analytical only make him sound dumber because its obvious that he has no clue what he is talking about. He's the prime example of a really dumb individual trying to sound smart. And listening him in this series next to some seriously quality commentators like Michael Atherton, Ian Ward, David Gower and Nasser Hussain has been eye-opening because it has exposed him like never before.
 
“Ramiz: Bohot arsay ke baad maza aaya aap ki bowling dekh ke

Noman: Last Test mene khela tha pichle saal July mein uss ki 2nd innings mein mene 7 out kiye the”

From Twitter
 
Rana said:
“Ramiz: Bohot arsay ke baad maza aaya aap ki bowling dekh ke

Noman: Last Test mene khela tha pichle saal July mein uss ki 2nd innings mein mene 7 out kiye the”

From Twitter
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Ramiz must be kept miles away from the stadium, enough of his verbal diarrhea. He should stop commentating and even making his cringe YouTube videos.
 
Ramiz enjoying the neighbors getting thrashed at the hands of Kiwis.

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Ramiz Raja:

"Michael Atherton told me that India were bowled out for 46 runs and I have made it my mobile ringtone"
 
Pretty uncalled for stuff. And for him to do it after he ran Pakistan into the ground as a chairman is quite ironic.

I don't know how these former players all turn out to be so spiteful and pathetic. Just enjoy the win and be happy.
 
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You can visibly see the jealously inside him and how much it’s burning him in the inside because he’s been exposed for his incompetence.

Just like Misbah, Ramiz is also dangerous for Pakistan cricket.
 
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Ramiz is a bitter old man, and if you wanted to make a point, this ain’t the time. Not a very smart operator
 
topspin said:
His cricketing acumen is a joke.
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Just another mediocre person in this world of Pakistan cricket, given too much power and influence because of connections and speaking English well unfortunately.
 
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I saw that clip on YouTube. Shan managed to keep his composure and didn't bite back. Ramiz was just longing to have Babar in the seat to commiserate on another home series Test defeat but well done scoring a 50 in a losing cause.

Hopefully Ramiz doesn't get another gig as a PCB home broadcaster as he is useless at that. Sikander Bakht is far better so move over bitter old man.
 
I don’t understand why Shan always has to be this nice, respectful, down to earth bloke who keeps taking rubbish? Sometimes, you gotta give it back. You earned it having preserved so much.

Put this clown in his place. Remind Ramiz about his own Test average and the fact he has 2 Test hundreds in how many ever games. Remind him about the humiliation Pakistan suffered around the world during his chairmanship. The crappy pitches being made under him. Go so hard that the broadcasters have to cut the live feed or don’t play it afterwards!
 
Rana said:
Just another mediocre person in this world of Pakistan cricket, given too much power and influence because of connections and speaking English well unfortunately.
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PTI fans won't like this but Ramiz only played for Pakistan because he was IK's friend.

It's an interesting point you make about connections but Shan has somewhat proven that he's not just a nepotistic pick for team. PCB have finally woken up and realised he's the only one capable of leading this side without abusing his leadership responsibilities.

If we go back to the first test, he scored a very well paced 150+ knock albeit on a very flat wicket. But in fairness to him, he did better than everyone else in his team and for his limited ability, he punched well above his weight. This isn't the first time where he's made Babar look toothless. He also outperformed him in the 2022 WT20 tournament as well.

Notice how all this noise about "Shan's connections" on here has died down.
 
topspin said:
PTI fans won't like this but Ramiz only played for Pakistan because he was IK's friend.

It's an interesting point you make about connections but Shan has somewhat proven that he's not just a nepotistic pick for team. PCB have finally woken up and realised he's the only one capable of leading this side without abusing his leadership responsibilities.

If we go back to the first test, he scored a very well paced 150+ knock albeit on a very flat wicket. But in fairness to him, he did better than everyone else in his team and for his limited ability, he punched well above his weight. This isn't the first time where he's made Babar look toothless. He also outperformed him in the 2022 WT20 tournament as well.

Notice how all this noise about "Shan's connections" on here has died down.
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Well he certainly didn’t have the worst tour as a Pakistani captain in Australia. He was alright, tried to give it his best.

He manned up trying to make seaming decks against BD. At least trying to be positive in making the right changes for home cricket.

I think his biggest mistake as captain was the first Test at Multan against England where he and the management panicked and laid out a road. That was the one time it felt as if he threw in the towel.
 
Rana said:
I don’t understand why Shan always has to be this nice, respectful, down to earth bloke who keeps taking rubbish? Sometimes, you gotta give it back. You earned it having preserved so much.

Put this clown in his place. Remind Ramiz about his own Test average and the fact he has 2 Test hundreds in how many ever games. Remind him about the humiliation Pakistan suffered around the world during his chairmanship. The crappy pitches being made under him. Go so hard that the broadcasters have to cut the live feed or don’t play it afterwards!
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Speaking of which, do you remember when MoYo tore Ramiz a new one? I remember at the time everyone was going on about how MoYo is toxic, which he might be, but fast forward to 2024, it's funny how the tables have turned.
 
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