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[VIDEOS] Talent Spotter : Zeeshan Malik

Zeeshan Malik is yet to play a game this season in either FC or List A. Sarmad Hameed has started ahead of him in all games who this season has scored (in reverse chronological order):

4, 10, 5, 0, 2, 7, 2

:facepalm:
 
Hasn’t played an F.C. or List A match in last 7 months and this makes no sense.


Zeeshan Malik & Nasir Nawaz along with Saif Badar are top three under 23 RHB in Pakistan domestic Cricket at the moment and need proper chances and grooming.
 
mak36 said:
Why aren't Rawalpindi playing him in QeA Trophy? He's not going to learn anything warming the bench.

He'll be better off moving at this rate.
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mak36 said:
Rawalpindi repeating this stupidity in the QeA One Day Cup now.

This is what happens when you don't have merit based selection. No wonder they have suffered heavy defeats (and batting collapses) so far this season.

The sooner he moves the better.
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mak36 said:
Zeeshan Malik is yet to play a game this season in either FC or List A. Sarmad Hameed has started ahead of him in all games who this season has scored (in reverse chronological order):

4, 10, 5, 0, 2, 7, 2

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I have been saying he should be playing since the start of the season and he finally gets his first game.

Played in QeA Cup vs WADPA and scores 145 out of 262 to help his side defeat WAPDA.

That is what I call taking your chance. Keep going Zeeshan, PSL around the corner.
 
mak36 said:


I have been saying he should be playing since the start of the season and he finally gets his first game.

Played in QeA Cup vs WADPA and scores 145 out of 262 to help his side defeat WAPDA.

That is what I call taking your chance. Keep going Zeeshan, PSL around the corner.
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Wow wow wow :raja Good job lad.
 
mak36 said:


I have been saying he should be playing since the start of the season and he finally gets his first game.

Played in QeA Cup vs WADPA and scores 145 out of 262 to help his side defeat WAPDA.

That is what I call taking your chance. Keep going Zeeshan, PSL around the corner.
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Glad you emphasized your post... I surely would have missed it otherwise.
 
mak36 said:


I have been saying he should be playing since the start of the season and he finally gets his first game.

Played in QeA Cup vs WADPA and scores 145 out of 262 to help his side defeat WAPDA.

That is what I call taking your chance. Keep going Zeeshan, PSL around the corner.
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When did that happen ?
 
Brilliant news! After being wrongly over looked he answered in the best possible way unlike others. I really hope he is the answer to our batting woes and announces himself at the PSL. Who knows he could have a brilliant PSL and be on the plane to UK next year.
Kamran Ghulam and Hammad Azam are also impressing.
 
Pindi cricket is riddled with corruption and favouritism.

It's disgraceful that this lad has not played a single match in domestic cricket this season before his innings of 145.
 
Saj said:
Pindi cricket is riddled with corruption and favouritism.

It's disgraceful that this lad has not played a single match in domestic cricket this season before his innings of 145.
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It's so sad given Pindi actually have some very good players. Nasir Nawaz isn't even in their squad!

Please do raise your voice for the likes of Zeeshan and Nasir; ideally they would move to a team where merit/youth is promoted. PTV/NBP are pretty good in that regard, as are Peshawar by the looks of it.
 
mak36 said:
It's so sad given Pindi actually have some very good players. Nasir Nawaz isn't even in their squad!

Please do raise your voice for the likes of Zeeshan and Nasir; ideally they would move to a team where merit/youth is promoted. PTV/NBP are pretty good in that regard, as are Peshawar by the looks of it.
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I think if players want a fair chance they'd be best advised to move away from playing for Pindi.
 
I asked Zeeshan why hasn't he been playing this season.

His answer "I have no idea".
 
Don't get me wrong, I'm a supporter of young talent and Zeeshan Malik seems to be the flavour of the month on PP at the moment, BUT if you need 145 balls to hit 145 runs despite hitting this many boundaries (15- 4s and 5-6s) then you have serious issues with strike rotation and struggle to find gaps.

Zeeshan's 90 runs came from just 20 balls through boundaries. In the rest of his innings he scored 55 runs in 125 balls at a SR of 44. Needs to fix this if he doesn't want to turn into another Shehzad.
 
Syed1 said:
Don't get me wrong, I'm a supporter of young talent and Zeeshan Malik seems to be the flavour of the month on PP at the moment, BUT if you need 145 balls to hit 145 runs despite hitting this many boundaries (15- 4s and 5-6s) then you have serious issues with strike rotation and struggle to find gaps.

Zeeshan's 90 runs came from just 20 balls through boundaries. In the rest of his innings he scored 55 runs in 125 balls at a SR of 44. Needs to fix this if he doesn't want to turn into another Shehzad.
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Did you check the scorecard?

His team mates and extras combined were 116 runs.
 
Syed1 said:
Don't get me wrong, I'm a supporter of young talent and Zeeshan Malik seems to be the flavour of the month on PP at the moment, BUT if you need 145 balls to hit 145 runs despite hitting this many boundaries (15- 4s and 5-6s) then you have serious issues with strike rotation and struggle to find gaps.

Zeeshan's 90 runs came from just 20 balls through boundaries. In the rest of his innings he scored 55 runs in 125 balls at a SR of 44. Needs to fix this if he doesn't want to turn into another Shehzad.
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Yeah, let's analyze stats blindly without knowing the conditions, game situation, quality of his team, quality of the opposition.
 
Chief Destroyer said:
Yeah, let's analyze stats blindly without knowing the conditions, game situation, quality of his team, quality of the opposition.
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Yeah let's also do bhangra on 145 off 145 after seeing a 2 minute video.


It is a two-way street :inti
 
Saj said:
I asked Zeeshan why hasn't he been playing this season.

His answer "I have no idea".
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This is absolutely ridiculous. What's worse is the person that has been playing ahead of him has been a complete failure.

The sooner Zeeshan moves, the better.
 
Syed1 said:
Yeah let's also do bhangra on 145 off 145 after seeing a 2 minute video.


It is a two-way street :inti
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You really don't have any idea, do you? People are happy for Zeeshan because of how difficult it's been for him to get a chance despite scoring heavily at any level he's played. That trend has continued here, Zeeshan grabbed his chance with both hands and carried his team to victory. That is definitely admirable from an upcoming prospect to be this hungry.
 
Saj said:
Did you check the scorecard?

His team mates and extras combined were 116 runs.
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To add to this WAPDA, with all their international experience, were bowled out for 162.
 
Chief Destroyer said:
You really don't have any idea, do you? People are happy for Zeeshan because of how difficult it's been for him to get a chance despite scoring heavily at any level he's played. That trend has continued here, Zeeshan grabbed his chance with both hands and carried his team to victory. That is definitely admirable from an upcoming prospect to be this hungry.
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To add to this, he was up against WAPDA, one of the strongest teams in the competition. Playing Irfan (who still troubles international batsmen) in the way Zeeshan Malik did is no small feat.
 
Abdullah719 said:
Wow wow wow :raja [MENTION=142670]mak36[/MENTION]

In before [MENTION=138254]Syed1[/MENTION] 'he was too slow' :srt
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:)) [MENTION=138254]Syed1[/MENTION] will come around.

So happy for Zeeshan, if he doesn't get picked for PSL now I give up.

Heads should roll over his mistreatment.
 
Timing his runs perfectly, PSL scouts are supposed to be very active now a days. Want him open with Fakhar for LQs.
 
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mak36 said:
Scoring two big match winning centuries is all well and good, but did he bat quick enough? :ashwin
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Perhaps read my post again and maybe on the second go you will be able to grasp the gist of it, which were the percentage of dot balls

Syed1 said:
Don't get me wrong, I'm a supporter of young talent and Zeeshan Malik seems to be the flavour of the month on PP at the moment, BUT if you need 145 balls to hit 145 runs despite hitting this many boundaries (15- 4s and 5-6s) then you have serious issues with strike rotation and struggle to find gaps.

Zeeshan's 90 runs came from just 20 balls through boundaries. In the rest of his innings he scored 55 runs in 125 balls at a SR of 44. Needs to fix this if he doesn't want to turn into another Shehzad.
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Syed1 said:
Perhaps read my post again and maybe on the second go you will be able to grasp the gist of it, which were the percentage of dot balls
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As was explained at the time, if you had looked at the scorecard you would have seen:

i) He scored more than his team mates and extras combined.
ii) The opposition was bowled out for 162, i.e. only 17 runs more than Zeeshan scored. This despite the fact that WAPDA are one of the strongest teams of the competition, and have a lot of their international experience. To be clear, the game he scored 145 in is the only game WAPDA have lost in the QeA Cup this year.

This is why you don't look at stats blindly.
 
More politics in Pindi cricket than there is at The United Nations.

Horrible setup.
 
2 daddy hundred in back to back week & scored more than 50% of innings total, both in winning effort. These are like real match winning innings in LO cricket. Should have been in A team for sure.
 
Saj said:
More politics in Pindi cricket than there is at The United Nations.

Horrible setup.
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Players just seem to disappear after a few games. There's little to no planning. Kashif Ali is another example.
 
mak36 said:
Players just seem to disappear after a few games. There's little to no planning. Kashif Ali is another example.
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But some players don't, they keep getting selected again and again over many years.
 
Saj said:
But some players don't, they keep getting selected again and again over many years.
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Must be Shakil Sheikh's doing, the Muchair who was let go by the PCB but still is leeching on to the Pindi cricket scene

As for Zeeshan Malik, he reminds me of an ex-U19 star batsman turned limited over opener for Pakistan...his style is exactly like that one and only Mr. Imran Nazir. What a wasted talent he was. When he first came on the scene, he looked like a million bucks and then he just never improved from his earlier glory days
 
Another hundred. 118 today against Multan. 3 in 4 innings. [MENTION=142670]mak36[/MENTION] [MENTION=141557]Chief Destroyer[/MENTION]
 
Abdullah719 said:
Another hundred. 118 today against Multan. 3 in 4 innings. [MENTION=142670]mak36[/MENTION] [MENTION=141557]Chief Destroyer[/MENTION]
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Thank you for sharing this good news.

How was his S/R?
 
He's going fantastic. Hope he catches eye of the selectors. Moreover he should definitely be in one of the PSL teams next Feb.
 
[MENTION=133760]Abdullah719[/MENTION] his strike rates are average to poor.
 
Brilliance said:
He's going fantastic. Hope he catches eye of the selectors. Moreover he should definitely be in one of the PSL teams next Feb.
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What if he is a batsman more suited to ODIs than T20s and fails in the PSL? Does that mean he won't make it to the side?


Only in Pakistan will selections be made for all formats based on performance in mickey mouse league.



Thank you Inzi the revolutionary :salute
 
Hamza_ said:
[MENTION=133760]Abdullah719[/MENTION] his strike rates are average to poor.
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In the 145, he scored at run-a-ball (against a strong WAPDA bowling attack). No one else in his team scored more than 37. WAPDA were bowled out for 162.

In the 149, his SR was 104. Next highest total from a teammate was 34. Comfortable 29-run win. Scored more than 50% of the runs easily in both these games.

It's only in this game that his SR was comparatively lower than the average for the match as it was a very high scoring game.
 
In light of recent performances my ODI team for WC 2019:

Fakhar
Zeeshan
Babar
Sarf
Saud
Malik
Shadab
Fahim
Hasan
Amir/Shaheen
Junaid
 
he needs to be in the islamabad team because the only team islamabad looks like giving the chances to youngsters
 
who is the other zeeshan, ashraf I think, he made an even bigger hundred after chasing. Was his second century on a trot.
 
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Considering today's match scorecard, I feel it was a match loosing effort!!! 118 of 116 is like 6.05 RR, when team score is 372 in 50 overs and still losing comprehensively :(

But, young man is batting exceptionally well indeed in List A - deserved a look for A team. These Abid Ali, Shan Masood, Iftekhar & Muhammad Saad are complete wastage of rare opportunity for PAK reserve players.
 
MMHS said:
Considering today's match scorecard, I feel it was a match loosing effort!!! 118 of 116 is like 6.05 RR, when team score is 372 in 50 overs and still losing comprehensively :(

But, young man is batting exceptionally well indeed in List A - deserved a look for A team. These Abid Ali, Shan Masood, Iftekhar & Muhammad Saad are complete wastage of rare opportunity for PAK reserve players.
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What do you think of Mukhtar Ahmed? Deserves a place in the PSL surely?
 
Rawalpindi have been knocked out of the QEA Cup by the way, so that's the end of the tournament for him.
 
Bullet Drive said:
What do you think of Mukhtar Ahmed? Deserves a place in the PSL surely?
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PSL may be, but not for longer format. His FC average tells that even in ODI, teams will get him out too quickly, but indeed he should get a PSL contract.

PSL is by day disappointing me, in a sense that after 2-3 years, it should have been the launching pad for PAK youngsters; but in reality it has been a free loading pad for obsolete PAK cricketers & once past International cricketers. More alarmingly, players are picked at PSL through contacts (OK, there is a mighty emerging quota as well), and then for LOs, PAK national/A team selections are done based on that!!!!
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Regarding Zeeshan, I actually am not too hopeful for his future, after looking the treatment Saud is getting. I posted 14-15 names for U23 Emerging Cup and unless these players make into National or A team within a year or max two, they'll be lost. Zeesahan & Saud are already bypassed by 1 & 2 U19 WC Squad.

Just yesterday, Shubman Gill scored 106* in a win by chasing, in same game Anmolprit opened - and these are games between IND A, B & C means including 13-14 players against WIN, top 50 players of 1.4 billion people (and they have at least 10-12 times player pool in IND), while Shaw & Pant already has made it to top level.

Where are PAK's youngsters? They are struggling to make even their FC teams (16 of them), and even if they can make it, most of them are played at wrong spot - least said about Ul Haq & his brigade for National, A team is better (his fans get upset, and will come back from another angle - I am just tired of explaining).

We have a MUCH smaller player pool, yet last week Minhaz & Basher put an A team for ZIM's practice - this is the squad:

Soumya Sarkar (capt), Mizanur Rahman, Fazle Mahmud, Mosaddek Hossain Saikat, Zakir Hossain, Ariful Haque, Afif Hossain, Mohammad Saifuddin, Yeasin Arafat, Ebadat Chowdhury, Mohor Sheikh, Nayeem Hasan.

Even I don't know half of these boys, because I haven't gone back home in one year and some of these kids actually have played their first season at FC & Dhaka PL this winter.

And, Ul Haq sent an A squad to give AUS practice -

Sami Aslam, Abid Ali, Iftekhar Ahmed, Asad Shafiq (capt), Usman Saluahuddin, Saad Ali, Agha Salman, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Wahab Riaz, Rahat Ali, Waqas Maqsood, Aamer Yamin, Umaid Asif, Saud Shakeel

The bold 3 missed out the XI while the underline one batted at 7.

You can sum up Zeeshan's chances here - considering that any change from the trusted bunch isn't expected in next 8 months before WC - which can be explainable somewhat, but they are making the average age of A squad close to 30 as well now :(.
 
[MENTION=79064]MMHS[/MENTION] based on your post which i hundred percent agree with,whom do you think should be Selector who can do ebtter job,,for me it should be Amir Sohail the guy did a good job back in 2003 and brought some players who were seriously good for few years like Danish kaneria,umar gul,shabir ahmad,M.Hafeez,Yasir Hameed,Kamran Akmal,Rana Naveedul Hassan.Asim Kamal.
 
DRsohail said:
[MENTION=79064]MMHS[/MENTION] based on your post which i hundred percent agree with,whom do you think should be Selector who can do ebtter job,,for me it should be Amir Sohail the guy did a good job back in 2003 and brought some players who were seriously good for few years like Danish kaneria,umar gul,shabir ahmad,M.Hafeez,Yasir Hameed,Kamran Akmal,Rana Naveedul Hassan.Asim Kamal.
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Don't know - as they say, whoever goes to Lanka, becomes Ravan.

Inzi was a blunder, which I knew from Day 1; only that CT win kept his mojo flowing for one extra year. He doesn't speak his mind, doesn't open his mind and he is influenced too much from off the field relationship (I don't want to use the word nepotism).

I won't have ever appointed him in any PCB role, because guy did something to me worse than spot fixing. He knew what exactly was ICL - still, just after retirement, he worked for them to hire PAK National players, despite knowing that the tournament was illegal, fixed & could end several players' International career for good. For PAK's fortune, BCCI was against ICL, so they decided to erase the chapter from history book as if it didn't exist; otherwise for that tournament, many of the PAK players would have been in trouble, had ICC opened the pandora box later. Inzi might pluck out some of his beard if someone asks him about the 2nd game between Lahore Badsha & Hyderabad Hero ..... I actually know lot, lot more than just the final, because those days I used to spend some times around Dhaka Mohammedan's club house.

Mashrafe was offered 16 crore INR for 2 seasons, with 50% upfront - to join & pick his BD squad for Dhaka Worrier; that time, BD players didn't have any central contract and his annual earning was less than 1 crore BDT - he declined. This guy Ul Haq took MoYo, Razzak, Mahmood, Sami, Nazir, Rana, Hamid .... when they were still PAK contracted players ................................ finally he is rewarded as CS!!!!!

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To answer your question - first thing I'll do is change the structure. This rubbish Chief Selector system is only possible in an obsolete game like cricket - authority without accountability. I'll make it like every other modern games - Team Director/Manager/Head Coach owns the teams (National, A, U23 & U19) and responsible for the results - Head Scout reports to him (may be appointed by him as well - in soccer they do that), with having a squad of 10-12 scouts to cover domestic cricket at every level from FC to U19, as much as possible with specialist scouts for different skill sets like batting, fast/spin bowling, Keeping.... You can still keep the worthless posh title "Chief Selector", but effectively he'll simply suggest players for a combination - Head Coach (& may be Captain) picks the final squad. Here, CS will earn his money by actually chasing players to keep his job - not other way (players chasing him for a little favor)

In current context, I'll pick one U50 guy as CS, and may be 4 deputies; with at least couple still active in domestic cricket. I hear Bazid's name, but not sure - at least he can't be worse than the previous three and young, hungry enough to actually watch games, track players, keep a dossier of upcoming talents. His father was one of the most polished gentleman of PAK cricket, who still holds some values, therefore why not? One of his team members can be Imran Farhat, still active in domestics, while other one Mushi, who looks after so many young players at NCA. Rest 2 can be recently retired cricketers - Kabir Khan one, and one WK, but I don't want Latif, Moin ... neither Bari. Last 4 hardly matters if first one on top is passionate, honest & genuinely willing to take the "responsibility" (remember the key word here - responsibility, not the "job")
 
There's plenty of style and skill in his batting and he seems to have time to play the ball,which is always a good sign.

I feel though he may need to move from Pindi to further his development as a batsman.
 
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