Where was Haris Sohail all this while? Huge injustice to suppress this talent

[Itachi]

I believe people should wait before calling him the next Pakistani great.

 

[junaidji]

Haris Sohail is unfit and has an issue with his knee. Although he deserves to be in the XI, we have to find a replacement asap since he is prone to injuries.

Do you think he can give us at least 4-5 years?

 

[Grunge101]

One reason is that today's innings is not what you'd normally expect from him.. His usual strike rate hovers around in the 70s at the start of his innings which he gradually improves as he gets settled( Career strike rate of 85). With people like Azam, Sarfraz, Malik, Hafeez occupying the middle order, the team management seemed to prefer a hack like Asif Ali instead who can potentially score at a greater SR.

Malik having a permanent place in the side has been a roadblock as well. Sohail's been swapped around with Asif while Shoaib and Hafeez being the apparent untouchables. With Malik finally dropped, hes found a place a again.

On his end, being overweight and a mediocre fielder certainly doesnt help. Tho with Malik finally gone for good (hopefully) and Hafeez retiring as well, he should get a good long run in the team now.

 

[Titan24]

Story of Pak cricket for last 2 decades where favouritism aka seniority prevails over merit

 

[warcry]

people seemed to have forgotten that haris sohail was part of the pakistan team that was bowled out for 105 against west indies.

His selection was seen as controversial, alot of "experts" (including myself) clamoured for the introduction of asif ali in the team, and he was dropped for the next few games.

 

[mak36]

[MENTION=143023]SarfiBabarHaris[/MENTION], [MENTION=133760]Abdullah719[/MENTION] and I (et al.) have been saying this for years. Repeated it to death. Management have finally woken up.

 

[PakHammer]

His non selection was bonkers even by Pakistan standards. He hit ODI centuries in the Australia series and looked ok in the England ODI series. But he was benched after the whole batting failed against the Windies??

 

[Maher96]

So unfortunate at times that our Pakistani commies were calling him youngster. He has had his fair share of Injuries which has cut his playing time short. Nevertheless the guy is a Asset to PCB for a long time.

May he long continue with such success and hunger as rightly pointed out by sarfraz. I feel he is best suited for number 5 for the moment. Sarfraz at 4 and Imad at 6 like today. Allows space for either Hassan or Asif.

 

[Mehndi155]

Haris sohail innings today,realease of frustration?

Imo haris actually wanted to prove a point that he is good enough.
He wanted to impress.
And wanted to realease the frustration of getting dropped to accomadate seniors.
On of the greatest knocks from pakistani in a worldcup.

 

[PakWarrior]

Imo haris actually wanted to prove a point that he is good enough.
He wanted to impress.
And wanted to realease the frustration of getting dropped to accomadate seniors.
On of the greatest knocks from pakistani in a worldcup.

Completely agree.

I'll repeat again that Haris Sohail could become one of the greatest Pakistani batsmen of all time if he's looked after carefully.

There was a Viv Richards about him today.

 

[Mehndi155]

Completely agree.

I'll repeat again that Haris Sohail could become one of the greatest Pakistani batsmen of all time if he's looked after carefully.

There was a Viv Richards about him today.

Some of his shots raced to fence in blink of a eye. That happens when u have geniune shot maker instead of railu kattas

 

[Mehndi155]

My only concern about him is that he is not a good player of short bowling.

 

[Syed1]

Excellent innings today.... imagine what a batsman he could have been if he had amazing fitness.

 

[Markhor]

We missed Haris in South Africa. He plays seam bowling so well. His biggest enemy is his long term knee condition and lack of fitness. But he has a lazy elegance about him, hope he plays with this intent more often.

As for why Shoaib Malik was picked over him - seniority zindabad. His whole comeback has been built on a house of sand. Thanks to the usual short sightedness of Pakistani selectors who recalled him in time for easy series against Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka in 2015, he feasted on weak bowling attacks prompting his fans to start screaming about a "new and improved" Malik even though his weakness vs quality seam persisted.

So instead of ending his career after the 2013 Champions Trophy, his career was extended by four years and we failed to groom a young batsman in his position which has come back to bite us predictably.

However he set an attacking field vs SAF in Joburg once so apparently that was enough to make him captain for life according to some.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

[MENTION=143023]SarfiBabarHaris[/MENTION], [MENTION=133760]Abdullah719[/MENTION] and I (et al.) have been saying this for years. Repeated it to death. Management have finally woken up.

I’ve been saying it longer than those 2

 

[Zaz]

Yes hit fitness is poor but hes arguably one of the best bats for pakistan

Just seems like hes a soft target and doesnt have the backing that someone like malik has otherwise in terms of batsmanship theres no contest between him and malik

Pakistani politics for u

 

[PakWarrior]

Yes hit fitness is poor but hes arguably one of the best bats for pakistan

Just seems like hes a soft target and doesnt have the backing that someone like malik has otherwise in terms of batsmanship theres no contest between him and malik

Pakistani politics for u

Completely agree.

 

[Amjid Javed]

My only concern about him is that he is not a good player of short bowling.

Which pakistani players do play short ball well?

 

[Prince of Pakistan]

My only concern about him is that he is not a good player of short bowling.

Better than Fakhar and Imam yet they always play.

Haris oozes class against quality fast bowling. Plays the moving ball very well.

 

[Majid Khan]

Just like the inquiry commission the PM of Pakistan is planning to set up to investigate how the national debt has multiplied by an alarming rate under the last two governments - perhaps the Honorable PM and former World Cup winning captain should also set up an inquiry commission to investigate this conspiracy against Pakistan cricket and get the reasons how batsmen averaging 30 odd in first class cricket and domestic limited overs games have managed to get assured places in the Pakistan team in all formats and have repeatedly been selected despite failures and being exposed against top quality bowlers like Dale Steyn time and time again, and yet meanwhile batsmen like Harris Sohail and Fawad Alam who average 50 in first class cricket, have been denied a place in the team and when even they are selected the ‘powers’ in charge are looking for every opportunity to get them dropped for one reason or another as soon as they fail, so their favourite TTFs can come back ?? Clearly there can’t be cricketing reasons for preferring certain mediocre players , what else could be the motive?

 

[jnaveen1980]

Shoaib Malik being the back up keeper was never a good idea. It means oak board considers him as an important entity

 

[Executioner]

How does Pakistan have the luxury to keep a 47 averaging batsman in the sidelines?

Yes I am referring to Haris Sohail. His average was 45 before yesterdays's game and he has been very consistent. Has played very few matches mainly due to injury but still he should have played in the tournament ahead of mediocrity like Asif.

Can someone tell me why Haris could not get into Pakistan's weak middle order with those stats or are you folks telling me its not about Stats which is why guys like Afridi is worshipped with an average of 23.

 

[zain41]

think tank is trash...

 

[Danyaalr01]

Seniority Culture.

This culture in the Pakistan team will not go away until these players from the late 90s to mid 2000s have no involvement with the PCB, whether it is coaching staff, selection committee, advisors or players.

They would rather let a failed senior play his last world cup than pick Haris Sohail, who is 10 times the player Malik ever was.

Obviously winning is not their top priority, but a farewell is.

 

[Captain caveman]

I have been a fan of haris since i saw him debut for pak in 2014.
he was talked about for a few years before that, but didn't his chance til 2014!
he has technically been paks best batsman since his debut.
Unfortunately, he had knee problems and surgery which didn't go as planned and missed 2/3 years of cricket.
Some of us thought we would never see him play for pak again!
Thankfully, he made a return after his long injury!

Now, this is what people have to understand - haris is in the mode of inzi!
He didn't take care of his weight and fitness before his injury and after his injury, its even harder. There are rumours that he is a smoker, i don't know if this is true! No pak player should smoke!
Haris like inzi will do some dozy things, which will anoy the heck out of fans, like not even diving when taking a run and getting out(though i know this may be due to his bad knees)!

Haris when available should always play for pak as he is technically our best bat, BUT todays knock is NOT how he normally plays!
Haris will score pretty 40s with a strike rate between 85 - 90.
Todays knock was something special - DO NOT EXPECT HIM TO REPEAT IT!
Nevertheless, haris should be a permanent fixture in this pak team, and should play every game in this wc.
We have already lost 2 points by not playing him against the aussies and electing for malik and asif!
Malik and asif should NEVER play for pak again!
Asif was given a fair chance and unfortunately, he is not good enough!
Malik should have played til the 2011 wc, which he was not selected for.
If malik and M. yousuf had been selected for the 2011 wc instead of younis and shafiq, i have no doubt we would have won that wc!
But malik has no place in the pak team now!
Pak selectors and management never select the best pak players, due to nepotism, political, regional, personal favouritism. This makes me so MAD!
Even today, when wasim was asked by mark nicholas why haris hadn't played before, wasim just blanked the queston!
Remember, this is the same wasim who not long ago, said that -
I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING SPECIAL IN HARIS SOHAIL!
All a part of the malik brigade!

My cousins in lahore keep going on about a guy called saud shakeel, for the last 2/3 years! They insist hes better than babar azam! I don't know, i have never seen him play. But when you think of the injustice to sadaf hussain and fawad alam, i can believe it!
Will saud ever play for pak, who knows, if he doesn't have the right contacts, then unfortunately , maybe not!
And how many other pak possible greats have been denied playing for pak by the powers that be!
Pak cricket is just a reflection of pakistan as a whole, a unfair and self damaging country!

 

[Executioner]

It seems in Pakistan you need to be friends with the right guy.

Nepotism i feel is a catalyst in Pakistan's demise

 

[Mercurial]

Back in 2011, I thought if we had invested in Haris and Fawad, instead of Azhar Ali and Asad Shafiq, things would have been quite different.

Haris Sohail, along with Fakhar (for his entertainment of course), is the only batsman I can watch bat all day long, even if he is blocking, such a classy batsman he is.

 

[proud_pakistani]

Potentially always thought he is as good as Babar Azam but Babar really took his position by the scruff and has been very consistent whereas Haris has not been as consistent. Again his problem time and again has been his position where he has been required to bat at a higher SR. At the same time Pakistan has always had this urgence to somehow fit in Shoaib Malik and Mohd Hafeez which has also harmed his chances. Any how it is one innings against a mediocre attack. He still deserves to play ahead of Malik which is why he needs to play the other games this World Cup.

 

[MRSN]

Some of his shots raced to fence in blink of a eye. That happens when u have geniune shot maker instead of railu kattas

You know someone can bat when they make beautiful sound of the bat and put the shots in gaps. He was really seeing the ball like a football from ball 1 where Hafeez was having difficulty even facing Makraam.

 

[proud_pakistani]

Yes I am referring to Haris Sohail. His average was 45 before yesterdays's game and he has been very consistent. Has played very few matches mainly due to injury but still he should have played in the tournament ahead of mediocrity like Asif.

Can someone tell me why Haris could not get into Pakistan's weak middle order with those stats or are you folks telling me its not about Stats which is why guys like Afridi is worshipped with an average of 23.

Because they always want to accomodate Malik. Malik really has friends in the right places.

 

[Kianig89]

Pakistan thick tank has tried to its fullest to waste a player like Haris but he is too good a player to be left in wilderness whatever half chances they present to him he scores run

 

[Arsalan Pro]

Haris Sohail is actually the only player in our squad who can dominate both pacers and spinners easily, I for one especially love how he makes good fast bowlers look like mediocre ones with his majestic cover and straight drives, which fly off like a bullet train from its terminal.( James Anderson last year during tour to England, Trent Boult in the Pak-NZ series, almost all the Aussie quicks that bowled against him, Kagiso Rabada yesterday).

 

[Arsalan Pro]

Also, let's see his benching in other way.

Imagine other teams not playing their second best batsmen for most part of the tournament:

India without Rohit Sharma
England without Joss Buttler
Australia without Steve Smith
New Zealand without Ross Taylor
South Africa without Faf Du Plessis

 

[sindhiboy]

Why didn't he tour safrica? Was it because of black magic or something?

 

[the Great Khan]

Why didn't he tour safrica? Was it because of black magic or something?

i think he was injured. His fitness is a real issue and he needs to improve it to prolong his career!!

 

[Hasan123]

Also, let's see his benching in other way.

Imagine other teams not playing their second best batsmen for most part of the tournament:

India without Rohit Sharma
England without Joss Buttler
Australia without Steve Smith
New Zealand without Ross Taylor
South Africa without Faf Du Plessis

Calm down. Not having Jos Buttler and Rohit Sharma is a much much bigger blow than not having Haris Sohail.

 

[Jsaleem123]

I personally think he should be batting at No. 4 with Captain In at 5. 'Senior' Hafeez doesn't want to bat below 6 so his place is hacked In at 4 at the expense of others. I think Sarfraz took one for the team and batted below. Only so much you can do when nepotism is still rife within our management. Why does it have to take humiliation to knock some sense Into the selectors.

They should give Hasnain a chance against Afghanistan, I mean he was supposedly meant to be an 'X-factor' In the side yet they've been scared to use him, why bring him into the WC in the first place? Shinwari was clearly looking good and certainly would have been a solid alternative to Hasan Ali. Certainly can't do worse than Shaheen at this point who I think lapses under pressure when batters target him. All this nonesense about him taking the game away from us. Yet he's been the highest wicket taker of any ODI bowler for Pakistan since the last year or so. He's in form, use him whilst his form lasts, rotate him when his form dips. PCB need to learn something called consistent squad rotation. Cycle players based on form for a set amount of time. Say for a year or two rather than looking at averages going back to the prehistoric ages like Malik.

Brilliant knock by Harris. From the moment they dropped Malik and Sarfraz chose to finally bat first, I was reassured of a strong performance. It's just so obvious to us, the fans. You'd think the selectors would know better since they're with the players...

/Rant

 

[Hawkeye]

Also, let's see his benching in other way.

Imagine other teams not playing their second best batsmen for most part of the tournament:

India without Rohit Sharma
England without Joss Buttler
Australia without Steve Smith
New Zealand without Ross Taylor
South Africa without Faf Du Plessis

Yep, this is actually very true.

In Pak team, Babar is the most gifted batsman and that shows in the kind of shots he plays.

However, Haris is the most reliable and consistent batter. He doesn't have as beautiful looking shots, but he's still a proper batsman, stroke maker with shots all around the ground.

Calm down. Not having Jos Buttler and Rohit Sharma is a much much bigger blow than not having Haris Sohail.

How about you try to understand a good poster's logic first? Can learn a few things from brother Arsalan here.

Haris is our 2nd best batsman. As is Rohit for IND.

 

[TamiL_GarvaM!]

That six over point vs Rabada

that was steriod cat walk....ooohhhhh haarry...

 

[Hasan123]

Yep, this is actually very true.

In Pak team, Babar is the most gifted batsman and that shows in the kind of shots he plays.

However, Haris is the most reliable and consistent batter. He doesn't have as beautiful looking shots, but he's still a proper batsman, stroke maker with shots all around the ground.



How about you try to understand a good poster's logic first? Can learn a few things from brother Arsalan here.

Haris is our 2nd best batsman. As is Rohit for IND.

Yes he probably is our 2nd best batter. But Rohit and Buttler not playing is a much bigger blow. We are still a average team with Haris .

But Arslan does have a fair point. We should not have been leaving Haris out especially for Malik.

 

[Fahdi]

Yes he probably is our 2nd best batter. But Rohit and Buttler not playing is a much bigger blow. We are still a average team with Haris .

But Arslan does have a fair point. We should not have been leaving Haris out especially for Malik.

Yes because they are better batsmen but it's still the same principle. Leaving out Harris is in principle the same as India leaving out Rohit.

Speaking if which It may be too late now but I really wanted Harris as opener in ODIs. Would have been perfect for that role.

 

[Hasan123]

Yes because they are better batsmen but it's still the same principle. Leaving out Harris is in principle the same as India leaving out Rohit.

Speaking if which It may be too late now but I really wanted Harris as opener in ODIs. Would have been perfect for that role.

Yea it's a fair point.

He could have a good job as a opener. Ideal role for him is batting in the top 3. But don't see the current top 3 being changed.

 

[OmaIR1]

Hindsight is 20/20.

FYI, he scored 8 runs in our embarrassing loss to WI in the first game. For all we know he could have failed against India and Australia too.

 

[Chokli]

Hindsight is 20/20.

FYI, he scored 8 runs in our embarrassing loss to WI in the first game. For all we know he could have failed against India and Australia too.

Hindsight is 20/20.

But a player of his calibre should not have been dropped for someone who has an embarrassing average of 13 after 28 innings in England

 

[Arsalan Pro]

Calm down. Not having Jos Buttler and Rohit Sharma is a much much bigger blow than not having Haris Sohail.

I am not comparing Rohit Sharma/Jos Buttler to Haris Sohail, rather telling importance of 2nd best bat here, ofcourse they are better teams than Pakistan and hence have better players. What I said was, Haris Sohail has been same sort of miss for us in a weaker batting lineup that those 2 guys would have been in their respective teams with stronger batting lineups.

 

[OmaIR1]

Hindsight is 20/20.

But a player of his calibre should not have been dropped for someone who has an embarrassing average of 13 after 28 innings in England

You may feel that way but our fans are fickle. Haris could scored single digits against Australia and India and our fans would have been calling for the inclusion of Malik in the team.

Malik didn't score (although he performed with the ball) but they just need someone to blame.

 

[Zaz]

Hindsight is 20/20.

FYI, he scored 8 runs in our embarrassing loss to WI in the first game. For all we know he could have failed against India and Australia too.

The whole team failed U dont drop one of your best bats because he fails in one innings And its ended up costing us a potential win against aus

 

[Chokli]

You may feel that way but our fans are fickle. Haris could scored single digits against Australia and India and our fans would have been calling for the inclusion of Malik in the team.

Malik didn't score (although he performed with the ball) but they just need someone to blame.

I agree that our fans are fickle.

Malik was never going to perform with the bat but I do give him credit for getting one of the key wickets in the England match where he bowled 3 overs.

 

[JellyBro]

i can see why he was left out. The team were setting standards for fitness and discipline. Umar Akmal was kicked out because of it and so was Haris Sohail. But the sad reality is that Pakistan doesn't have the luxury to make these bold moves. We have to work with what we have.
As far as injustice is concerned, his performance wasn't that great vs Eng so i could see why he was dropped. He started playing cricket in 2007 / 2008 and made his international debut in 2013. That is not bad at all IMO. Maybe the team should have groomed him, maybe there were better options available in the middle order. I don't remember exactly but we at least had Yunis, Misbah and Umar Akmal in the middle order during that time.
Bottom line: he wasn't unfairly treated, there were just better options available when he came to the scene. He has now been given an opportunity. It is up to him to capitalize on it.

 

[OmaIR1]

The whole team failed U dont drop one of your best bats because he fails in one innings And its ended up costing us a potential win against aus

"Could have, should have, would have"

He has another 3 matches to score heavy, all the power to him if he can get good scores.

 

[zee-za-man]

Haris plays slow usually and has a knee problem which is excuse for his poor fitness. Still he got selected consistently when selectors have ignored domestic talents so that their relatives are not removed from the team.


He was selected and kept with the team in South Africa which haris refused to play citing his knee issue. His refusal was intended to help Shan Masood get into playing XI.

Didn't do any wonders in the game v Windies, threw his wicket away.

Earlier on Proteas fed him deliveries in his strong areas later on they corrected their length and he could'nt put them away something kiwis will notice. He mite not come good again we need Asif back.

 

[Khan12]

Haris plays slow usually and has a knee problem which is excuse for his poor fitness. Still he got selected consistently when selectors have ignored domestic talents so that their relatives are not removed from the team.


He was selected and kept with the team in South Africa which haris refused to play citing his knee issue. His refusal was intended to help Shan Masood get into playing XI.

Didn't do any wonders in the game v Windies, threw his wicket away.

Earlier on Proteas fed him deliveries in his strong areas later on they corrected their length and he could'nt put them away something kiwis will notice. He mite not come good again we need Asif back.

The most clueless post of the week award goes to you sir. It takes a special effect to write rubbish like this. Well deserved award i say.

 

[Chokli]

Haris plays slow usually and has a knee problem which is excuse for his poor fitness. Still he got selected consistently when selectors have ignored domestic talents so that their relatives are not removed from the team.


He was selected and kept with the team in South Africa which haris refused to play citing his knee issue. His refusal was intended to help Shan Masood get into playing XI.

Didn't do any wonders in the game v Windies, threw his wicket away.

Earlier on Proteas fed him deliveries in his strong areas later on they corrected their length and he could'nt put them away something kiwis will notice. He mite not come good again we need Asif back.

The most clueless post of the week award goes to you sir. It takes a special effect to write rubbish like this. Well deserved award i say.

Agreed

The punch line of that awful post was "we need Asif back".

 

[Khan12]

Agreed

The punch line of that awful post was "we need Asif back".

Could this be asif ali or malik posting?

 

[Chokli]

Could this be asif ali or malik posting?

I'm pretty sure we have some ex players or somebody in the team management that regularly post here.

It's no surprise why some of the posts from some posters align with the horrible mentality of our team management.

 

[Khan12]

I'm pretty sure we have some ex players or somebody in the team management that regularly post here.

It's no surprise why some of the posts from some posters align with the horrible mentality of our team management.

yes, true i am sure some of them do. Plus harris if i am not wrong has got 4 consecutive 50s against new zealnd and this guy telling us he's been found out.

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

Yes I am referring to Haris Sohail. His average was 45 before yesterdays's game and he has been very consistent. Has played very few matches mainly due to injury but still he should have played in the tournament ahead of mediocrity like Asif.

Can someone tell me why Haris could not get into Pakistan's weak middle order with those stats or are you folks telling me its not about Stats which is why guys like Afridi is worshipped with an average of 23.

If you read Majid Khan's post a couple of places up from yours, you might get an insight. I have never really given too much thought to the rumours of nepotism and political groupings in Pakistan, they can easily be over-exaggerated in my opinion, but you can't really argue with the facts.

Too many players with good averages in domestic cricket are disregarded, with emphasis placed on 'talent' and 'promise'. This used to be Imran's way, and with his success it was hard to argue, but the chickens are coming home to roost as it were.

There needs to be an overhaul in the PCB where selectors are accountable for ignoring players who are performing in the domestic leagues in favour of someone's favourite nephew or son. Pakistan simply cannot afford to put personal choices above national interest any more.

 

[The_Odd_One]

In my opinion, Malik was preferred over Haris for two reasons:

1. Malik's ability to hit 6s against spinners
2. Malik's right hand off-spin

Playing Malik was the right move initially but he should have been dropped after the Australian game.

 

[zee-za-man]

The most clueless post of the week award goes to you sir. It takes a special effect to write rubbish like this. Well deserved award i say.

Once Haris returns to his show game in next match there will be plenty of rubbish posts here for this player.

 

[zee-za-man]

Agreed

The punch line of that awful post was "we need Asif back".

Asif Ali will do well than haris if he comes up the order.

 

[sivanand82]

Haris plays slow usually and has a knee problem which is excuse for his poor fitness. Still he got selected consistently when selectors have ignored domestic talents so that their relatives are not removed from the team.


He was selected and kept with the team in South Africa which haris refused to play citing his knee issue. His refusal was intended to help Shan Masood get into playing XI.

Didn't do any wonders in the game v Windies, threw his wicket away.

Earlier on Proteas fed him deliveries in his strong areas later on they corrected their length and he could'nt put them away something kiwis will notice. He mite not come good again we need Asif back.

Even after they corrected length he ended up scoring 89 of 59.I cannot see Asif lasting more than 10 balls with this SA pace attack.

 

[zee-za-man]

Even after they corrected length he ended up scoring 89 of 59.I cannot see Asif lasting more than 10 balls with this SA pace attack.

At the end of 46overs Haris Sohail was 79 off 50. He scored last 10 runs in 9 balls. Rabada and Ngidi bowled slow into the wicket or full wide of off stump to him. Pakistan only managed 21 runs in last 3 overs.

 

[Syed1]

These are Haris's 15 innings BEFORE the South Africa match. Only a Pakistani THICK TANK can bench a player of his quality for duds like Malik.





Harry's career has been marred by injustice and injuries. First Misbah the saviour, the promoter of talent used to bat him at number 7 and only when his talent shone through ONE series before the 2015 WC he was made to bat at 3. Then after the WC Haris was getting regular chances and had excellent stats, he got so badly injured that he was out of the game for 2.5 years. Then even after returning he picked back up right from he left off now this time Sarf and Mickey prefer to Malik in his place. I did read somewhere that Sarf hinted at the press conference after the match that he wanted to play Haris before as well but his hand was forced by you know who

 

[zulfiqar]

I would hardly call it injustice. He's been playing most games up till now, they only dropped him because the coach had to hit the panic button after the dismal team performance against the Windies and make a change. And of course, after we lost to India we had to hit the panic button again, hence he was back in the side. It came full circle

I don't blame them though - something had to be done and at that time with games coming up against SL-AUS-IND, they might have thought they wanted to give Asif Ali a chance (instead of Imad) and so had to bring in someone who could reliably share overs with Hafeez (and so they trusted Malik ahead of Harris) - along with other team combination factors (i.e. you will hear a lot of posters say Babar/Hafeez/Harris looks too one-dimensional, and the coach hinted at Harris' fitness/fielding,etc.).

 

[miandadrules]

Also, one thing that I´ve known about Haris is, and it´s a frustrating fact, that he gets his eye in, plays such pleasing strokes, promises much and then gets out in the mid-30s or 40s. So I hope that this innings gives him the platform to improve on that.

Also, he has put on a lot of weight recently, hasn´t he? He wasn´t this "healthy" the last time I saw him. The tummy worries me a little for an international sportsman - as does Sarfraz´s. However, I seek pardon in advance if both have any medical issues behind all this, as you never know.



What did he say?

What did he say?

Rameez asked him why Haris had been left out. It was obvious that he didn’t have a suitable answer and seemed like a deer in headlights.

He just started mumbling, searching for words. It has nothing to do with comprehension or the English language.

His explanation was basically. “Before we tried one combination and now we are trying another”.

Maybe I’m reading too much in to it but it certainly seems selection isn’t based entirely on merit.

 

[miandadrules]

Also, one thing that I´ve known about Haris is, and it´s a frustrating fact, that he gets his eye in, plays such pleasing strokes, promises much and then gets out in the mid-30s or 40s. So I hope that this innings gives him the platform to improve on that.

Also, he has put on a lot of weight recently, hasn´t he? He wasn´t this "healthy" the last time I saw him. The tummy worries me a little for an international sportsman - as does Sarfraz´s. However, I seek pardon in advance if both have any medical issues behind all this, as you never know.



What did he say?

These are Haris's 15 innings BEFORE the South Africa match. Only a Pakistani THICK TANK can bench a player of his quality for duds like Malik.

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Harry's career has been marred by injustice and injuries. First Misbah the saviour, the promoter of talent used to bat him at number 7 and only when his talent shone through ONE series before the 2015 WC he was made to bat at 3. Then after the WC Haris was getting regular chances and had excellent stats, he got so badly injured that he was out of the game for 2.5 years. Then even after returning he picked back up right from he left off now this time Sarf and Mickey prefer to Malik in his place. I did read somewhere that Sarf hinted at the press conference after the match that he wanted to play Haris before as well but his hand was forced by you know who

But he was competing with Malik for one spot, so those stats aren’t that impressive when you compare them.

 

[TeymurBlake]

He should have been picked for every game. He is a great player of pace bowling. The innings against South Africa was brilliant and it showed how important that type of innings is for use. He accelerated and played with a 100+ SR which is needed for a No.5 batsman.

 

[SarfiBabarHaris]

[MENTION=143023]SarfiBabarHaris[/MENTION], [MENTION=133760]Abdullah719[/MENTION] and I (et al.) have been saying this for years. Repeated it to death. Management have finally woken up.

Hey bro, thanks for remembering me <3

yep Haris is a must heard Sarfaraz had a fight with Inzi and Mickey as they wanted Malik against India and enforced their decision.

 

[Hawkeye]

We could've won the Aus match, probably IND too with Haris in the team.

 

[MRSN]

But just one innings? Right guys?

 

[the_game]

So, where was he, Mr damaad-loving chief selector sahab?

Shameless Malik should announce his retirement midway through the tournament.

 

[mosh101]

Top stuff from Haris, babar-haris partnership has been the key.

 

[MRSN]

But it's only two innings guys? )

 

[shah_1]

Those who said its only one innings should he ashamed themselves

 

[MRSN]

Those who said its only one innings should he ashamed themselves

They have IQ level of 10 yo. Simply don't have eye for talent.

 

[Bewal Express]

Haris played excellently​ today, he proved me wrong today, Well done Haris

 

[shockbound]

This guy is batting in a different dimension these days.

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

This guy is batting in a different dimension these days.

He's a proper batsman, like Babar, that always helps.

 

[The_Odd_One]

Finally doing justice to his ability.

 

[AdamM97]

Too bad he has knee problems, otherwise he would’ve been in top 10 batsmen in ODI cricket.