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Who should be Pakistan's next Chief Selector?

I have a bad feeling they will go back to someone like a Moin Khan, honestly I'd take a foreign coach at least they'd take the job seriously and professionally and foreigners are usually better at identifying talent. Someone like Micheal Clarke wouldn't be bad. But that won't happen. Just hope we don't give it to some buzurg who knows nothing about cricket.
 
topspin said:
Bazid Khan is probably the best choice.

But what worries me the most is that 5 posters on here want Misbah as the Chief Selector/Selection Committee like seriously :))

Have we not learnt our lesson? - especially after his ODI captaincy tenure...

The delusions on here are real.
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Just insane. Misbah is pretty clueless those Indian analysts on those ESPN reviews for the WC made Misbah sound like a street cricketer. His analysis were so poor, I was ripping my hair out at some of his comments and people on here want him as CS.

I guess it just shows the lack of cricketing minds in our nation, just look at the past selectors we have had. For all the hate Inzi gets he was probably our best selector in a while. People in our nation just have such a bad knack for identifying talent, and then on top of that add politics and favorites to the horrible eye for talent and you got a recipe for disaster. No wonder we have been in a "transition" phase for most of the past 15-17 years.

Hell I'd say [MENTION=138980]TalentSpotterPk[/MENTION] would make a better selector than anyone of the our former cricketers.

Also I know it sounds a bit outlandish but if by any chance we could get a foreign selector I think that would help our team a lot. At the very least we would see seniors get kicked out and players selected on merit rather than connections and friendships.
 
The best possible selector would be me but that's not happening so Shoaib Akhtar, I guess as he would pick all the players with Jazba and Junoon.

Jokes aside Bazid Khan maybe. To be honest the person should not be some high profile individual just someone with an eye for talent and yeah hard work too.
 
QalandarFan said:
Just insane. Misbah is pretty clueless those Indian analysts on those ESPN reviews for the WC made Misbah sound like a street cricketer. His analysis were so poor, I was ripping my hair out at some of his comments and people on here want him as CS.

I guess it just shows the lack of cricketing minds in our nation, just look at the past selectors we have had. For all the hate Inzi gets he was probably our best selector in a while. People in our nation just have such a bad knack for identifying talent, and then on top of that add politics and favorites to the horrible eye for talent and you got a recipe for disaster. No wonder we have been in a "transition" phase for most of the past 15-17 years.

Hell I'd say [MENTION=138980]TalentSpotterPk[/MENTION] would make a better selector than anyone of the our former cricketers.

Also I know it sounds a bit outlandish but if by any chance we could get a foreign selector I think that would help our team a lot. At the very least we would see seniors get kicked out and players selected on merit rather than connections and friendships.
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Misbah's insight can be epitomised by his earlier criticism of Shaheen, eventually common sense prevailed and he had to admit he was wrong about him. Now imagine if he was the Chief Selector, I doubt he would have even included the youngster into this squad.

Although some of our ex-players were fine players, they indeed all have bad knack for identifying talent. The reason for this is because playing cricket and contributing to the growth of our talent pool require two different skill sets. The former is a technical skill, in which some of our ex-players shone through in flying colours during their playing careers, whereas identifying talent is an analytical skill. This is where as a cricketing nation we are deficient and it is no wonder why the quality of our captains and coaches (at domestic and international level) have been so substandard.

I don't know if this deficiency could be attributed to a lack of education or the lack of research in terms of cricketing data analytics. Having said that Misbah is a well educated man, as I believe he holds an MBA. But despite his academic accomplishments, his tactical awareness and ability to spot talent leaves much to be desired.

A foreign selector is not "outlandish" at all, in fact this is something I suggested earlier this year, much to the anger of certain posters here. If they are committed to watching Pakistan domestic cricket (not just PSL), then I don't see why this cannot be a viable solution to all the incompetent ex-Pakistani cricketers, who all seem to lack the ability to think objectively or carry their home region based agenda wherever they go.
 
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How about Zaheer Abbas or Saeed Anwar? Both come across as extremely intelligent, mature and level-headed in their interviews. Maybe they'll make good selectors?
 
gani999 said:
How about Zaheer Abbas or Saeed Anwar? Both come across as extremely intelligent, mature and level-headed in their interviews. Maybe they'll make good selectors?
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Saeed Anwar is so narrow minded, he has that typical desi mentality.
 
Afhan Ali said:
Recycling is going to be start again
New Selector will Moin or Mohsin

Another disaster for our weak team

Guys let's pick your favorite cricket team for upcoming years
I will support England ( the world champions)
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Moin is not a bad choice, he is the one who wanted younis to sit in WC 2015. He always backed young players.
 
Bazid Khan in my opinion he keeps the knowledge about domestic players and also takes interest in our domestic and he seems like a hard working guy too.. We don't have much options so why not try someone like Bazid Khan
 
Khan12 said:
I suggest bring some foreigner, who i am sure will give chances to the right people.
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OMG, I am lost for words, how can you even suggest this. I can understand a foreign coach but not a selector. That would be a suh a stupid move but I can assure you this will never happen.
 
Rellu_Katta said:
one name that rings right note is Mudassir Nazar... he has done an excellent job as head of NCA and we have seen some amazing talent coming out of u-19 level ... but the question is should he continue to do that or take the Cheif Selector role... if he does, who should head NCA...

people with fake egos like Yousaf, Younis, Razzak, qadir, should be kicked away far and far and far from the setup .. they wont contribute anything other than crying out all the time .... not interested in cry-babies...
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Good post, Mudassir is the one who can assess the talent & potential bcz of his cricketing brain, not many in Pkaistan ATM who has the cricketing brain. Honestly the 90s lot is duffer in many ways. They are only good at blah blah & hanky panky on TV.
 
Shoaib Akhtar would be my choice. But I will be happy as long at its not a tried and tested failure.
 
HGhazanfar said:
Who ever comes I hope we work towards the below lineup

Ahmed Shehzad
Sharjeel
Babar Azam C
M Rizwan WK
Ammad Butt
Kamran Ghulam
Khusdil Shah
Shadab Khan
Haris Rauf
Shaheen Afridi
Naseem Shah

Bench
Zafar Gohar
Backup Opener
Saud Shakeel
M Musa
M Hasnain
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Anyone who recommends selecting Ahmed Shehzad should automatically be excluded!

It should be the first question of the interview... "Do you rate Ahmed Shehzad?" If they answer yes, then they are shown the door and told never to come back!
 
HGhazanfar said:
Who ever comes I hope we work towards the below lineup

Ahmed Shehzad
Sharjeel
Babar Azam C
M Rizwan WK
Ammad Butt
Kamran Ghulam
Khusdil Shah
Shadab Khan
Haris Rauf
Shaheen Afridi
Naseem Shah

Bench
Zafar Gohar
Backup Opener
Saud Shakeel
M Musa
M Hasnain
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i am just trying to think if you are serious or this is a sarcastic comment .... i hope for sanity this is sarcasm
Not sure how we will survive with Ammad Butt, Khushdil Shah, Kamran Ghullam, Harris Rauf, Naseem Shah all together in the team.... they all should be in the XI ... and apart from Kamran ghullam , i really like them all but all together in 1 team straight away? not going to happen .. and should not happen

and dropping your best batsmen? Harris Sohail... your most performing opener for a long long time Imam? Man of crisis ( i dont like him but he has performed way above his skin and way above many other professors) imad wasim? Aamir? ... lol .. thank God tyou are not in PCB lol
 
Bring back the legend that is Mohsin Khan.

It won't be a quiet affair if he's brought back :)
 
Rashid Latif
Imran Farhat
Muhammad Akram
Arshad Khan
We need highly qualified data and video analysts to help these guys out

My selection team

Lol Bazid Khan will be never considered, a nothing cricketer.
 
1. Rashid Latif -chief selector (Sind)
2. Saeed Ajmal (punjab)
3. Umar Gul (KPK)
4. Shoaib khan jr. (Balaochistan)
5. Shoaib Akhtar (Federal)

We need modern day cricketers not 70s thinking people.
 
Rumours are misbah is strong candidate for chief selector post .Personally won.t mind him he can lift the current test side where it was in 2015/16
 
saeed5646 said:
Rumours are misbah is strong candidate for chief selector post .Personally won.t mind him he can lift the current test side where it was in 2015/16
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I think the newspaper mentioned Misbah, Moin and Shoaib Akhtar.
 
Why bother? He doesn't like young players at all. He can only coach the veteran retired players age over 40+
 
saeed5646 said:
Rumours are misbah is strong candidate for chief selector post .Personally won.t mind him he can lift the current test side where it was in 2015/16
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Our ODI and T20 team will be finished so as the career of our young players like Imam, Shaheen, Nasim Shah, Hasnain, Afridi..... Oldies like Gul, Kamran, M Sami .... will return
 
Theo_14 said:
I think the newspaper mentioned Misbah, Moin and Shoaib Akhtar.
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That channel on youtube highlighted PCB wants misbah to take the job while one member of standing committee(probably wasim akram) is keen to go for moin khan if sarfraz is retain as captain
 
Shafi said:
Our ODI and T20 team will be finished so as the career of our young players like Imam, Shaheen, Nasim Shah, Hasnain, Afridi..... Oldies like Gul, Kamran, M Sami .... will return
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Remember Misbah have also given pak a youngster like asif ali ,shadab khan ,hussain talat ,ammad butt to psl franchise islu .He is better than moin khan who is worse cheif selector we ever have
 
saeed5646 said:
That channel on youtube highlighted PCB wants misbah to take the job while one member of standing committee(probably wasim akram) is keen to go for moin khan if sarfraz is retain as captain
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Its better for us to retain Misbah as a player than selector. At least we waste 1 spot rather than 10 -12 spots.
 
saeed5646 said:
Remember Misbah have also given pak a youngster like asif ali ,shadab khan ,hussain talat ,ammad butt to psl franchise islu .He is better than moin khan who is worse cheif selector we ever have
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Don't like Moin either!!!!
We need someone who is honest and wants to give opportunity to good younger players.
 
Misbah being selector would be great.

Because he understands compromise when selecting and dealing with seleciton with captain.
 
Another thing most of the players selected were alredy the players Misbah was crying for, but Iqbal Qasim and co had there problems.

Infact, Misbah was even the one who wanted AYub Dogar for South Africa as he had a performance and was on merit
 
Major said:
Misbah being selector would be great.

Because he understands compromise when selecting and dealing with seleciton with captain.
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Yes he will bring expired Azhar Ali as a ODI and Test captain & Hafeez as T20 captain. Also he will get rid of young players.
 
Major said:
Another thing most of the players selected were alredy the players Misbah was crying for, but Iqbal Qasim and co had there problems.

Infact, Misbah was even the one who wanted AYub Dogar for South Africa as he had a performance and was on merit
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He is only 39 years old. Misbah can replace Babar and he can play for another 10 years. Not a bad idea to bring 44 years old Sajid Ali in LOI. He can add vast experience in our team.
 
Major said:
Misbah being selector would be great.

Because he understands compromise when selecting and dealing with seleciton with captain.
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Major said:
Another thing most of the players selected were alredy the players Misbah was crying for, but Iqbal Qasim and co had there problems.

Infact, Misbah was even the one who wanted AYub Dogar for South Africa as he had a performance and was on merit
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i have my view about misbah international career as a batsmen but misbah is one of the best tactician we ever have .Him as a selector can solve our woes in test format
 
saeed5646 said:
i have my view about misbah international career as a batsmen but misbah is one of the best tactician we ever have .Him as a selector can solve our woes in test format
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How? By persisting with useless Azhar and Shafiq and bring 35+ year old players.
 
saeed5646 said:
i have my view about misbah international career as a batsmen but misbah is one of the best tactician we ever have .Him as a selector can solve our woes in test format
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exactly

it boiled my blood when inzi and arthur selected 1 damn spiinner for UAE.

Atleast this guy looks at conditions.

One thing i want from Misbah is that he atleast watches doemstic cricket or plays in it to keepknowledge of the top performers
 
saeed5646 said:
i have my view about misbah international career as a batsmen but misbah is one of the best tactician we ever have .Him as a selector can solve our woes in test format
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How? By persisting with useless Azhar and Shafiq and bring 35+ year old players. Cricket is not that so as it used to be in 20 years ago. Older players cannot cope with high pressure games these days.
 
So far 5 names
S Afridi, Ramiz Raja, Shoaib Akhtar, Misbah ul Haq and Shoaib Akhtar.
 
Believe me appointing Misbah as CS won’t be a bad idea.

He is a wonderful tactician and he knows the domestic setup pretty well.
 
Misbah fan boys need to understand that this trash benched Umer amin and Babar azam our of all the people. Azhar, shafiq etc will be making a comeback soon.
 
Disappointing to see Misbah with his negative mindset still not leaving Pakistan cricket alone, hope he will be hired by Indian team , that's the only way we can beat them.
 
Just when you thought Pakistan cricket couldn't get any worse, they go ahead and consider oldie lover Misbah for a selector's position. Fully expect Azhar and Asad to make comebacks to the LOI sides. Folks like Umar Gul, Rao Iftikhar, Imran Farhat and Taufiq Umar should also dust off their boots, their call up to the side is just round the corner.
 
Are PCB becoming insane? If the 5 names listed here are their last option, it’s scary - may be apart from Misbah & Moin.

These two are at least connected to local cricket & Misbah probably still active player. On contrary this guy Afridi probably left PAK domestics (FC, don’t bother about other formats) 15 years back and Rambo Raza is as clueless as it can be regarding PAK domestic cricket. And, Shoaib isn’t mentally stable for such a role. CS role requires lots of passionate homework, in-depth analysis, lots of open minded discussions and vision - Shoaib’s range is up to creating comic reliefs for Indian TV😩

Among the list, I actually don’t mind Misbah as CS - a dignified, polished guy with hard work ethics, strong sense of discipline & someone with a functional brain to put a strategic plan into action. And, Misbah is honest - if he takes this job, he’ll commit his time & effort to justify his salary.
 
MMHS said:
Are PCB becoming insane? If the 5 names listed here are their last option, it’s scary - may be apart from Misbah & Moin.

These two are at least connected to local cricket & Misbah probably still active player. On contrary this guy Afridi probably left PAK domestics (FC, don’t bother about other formats) 15 years back and Rambo Raza is as clueless as it can be regarding PAK domestic cricket. And, Shoaib isn’t mentally stable for such a role. CS role requires lots of passionate homework, in-depth analysis, lots of open minded discussions and vision - Shoaib’s range is up to creating comic reliefs for Indian TV��

Among the list, I actually don’t mind Misbah as CS - a dignified, polished guy with hard work ethics, strong sense of discipline & someone with a functional brain to put a strategic plan into action. And, Misbah is honest - if he takes this job, he’ll commit his time & effort to justify his salary.
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Hope none of these clowns are made the CS, this is an atrociuos list, misbah, shoaib, moin, afridi. Has the board lost it's sense though they never had much anyway.
 
Syed1 said:
Just when you thought Pakistan cricket couldn't get any worse, they go ahead and consider oldie lover Misbah for a selector's position. Fully expect Azhar and Asad to make comebacks to the LOI sides. Folks like Umar Gul, Rao Iftikhar, Imran Farhat and Taufiq Umar should also dust off their boots, their call up to the side is just round the corner.
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Lets not forget asad ali, rifat etc.
 
Misbah wouldn't bad - he's smart and tactical. [MENTION=79064]MMHS[/MENTION] made a good point the other day that can be a good selector if someone like Mickey develops a plan on type of players should be selected - give Misbah a good plan to follow and he will follow it well.
 
Here are Misbah;s plan for 2023 WC,

fast bowling spearhead : Rahat Ali, pace team includs Mohammad Talha , Aizaz Cheema , Mohammad Sami and Akbar Ali.
Captain : Mohammad Hafeez
All rounder : Faheem Asharf
Batsmen: Faisal IQbal,
Wicketkeeper : sarfraz
 
moghul said:
Here are Misbah;s plan for 2023 WC,

fast bowling spearhead : Rahat Ali, pace team includs Mohammad Talha , Aizaz Cheema , Mohammad Sami and Akbar Ali.
Captain : Mohammad Hafeez
All rounder : Faheem Asharf
Batsmen: Faisal IQbal,
Wicketkeeper : sarfraz
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You forgot his young protege Azhar Ali
 
Please retain Inzi. At least this guy is 100 times better than Afridi, Ramiz, Misbah, Shoaib and Moin.
 
He would be far better than many options. I know how his team played in LOI, but maybe with Mickey to work with, he. Plus do the business. He clearly has the brains.
 
Misbah as a cs will be degrade on inzi.
Misbah is the same guy who was bashing SSA throughout the wc untill he proved him wrong. I can only see hafeez playing for another 4 years as a captain in his regime .GOD it will be appalling
 
I don't get it why people are critical of Misbah as a selector. He has never took a coach/selector/manager role before. He has only played as a Cricketer thus far.

It's good that we aren't looking at oldies rather the trend is changing. If he becomes the Chief selector, only then we can know how good or bad he is.
 
Misbah is probably the best cricketing brain in the country, chief selector role would be perfect for him.

Mickey has been doing blunders especially in our Test team, hope he can control him there and we do not perform like minnows in the Test championship.

Let's see how his stint goes.
 
Hawkeye said:
Misbah is probably the best cricketing brain in the country, chief selector role would be perfect for him.

Mickey has been doing blunders especially in our Test team, hope he can control him there and we do not perform like minnows in the Test championship.

Let's see how his stint goes.
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June 23 - Misbah on Shaheen: I don't know why he's there

July 4 - Shaheen could be leading Pakistan's attack in the next World Cup.
 
ARK Rafay said:
I don't get it why people are critical of Misbah as a selector. He has never took a coach/selector/manager role before. He has only played as a Cricketer thus far.

It's good that we aren't looking at oldies rather the trend is changing. If he becomes the Chief selector, only then we can know how good or bad he is.
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By then we may not be playing International cricket.
 
Can anyone find who are the 35+ batsmen, bowler, All rounder in our domestic Cricket. So we can pass it to Misbah to select a experience XI for our LOI and Test team.

So far I can find
Wicket keeper::: 40 years old Shakil Ansari can replace Sarfraz Ahmed.
Spinner::: 40+ old ever green Zulfiqar Babar can replace Shadab Khan.
Fast Bowler::: 38+ year old Mohammad Sami who can replace S Afridi.
 
Shafi said:
Please retain Inzi. At least this guy is 100 times better than Afridi, Ramiz, Misbah, Shoaib and Moin.
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You were bashing Inzy nonstop before !

Now you are his supporter. I did warn people that they should be careful what they wish for.
 
Markhor said:
You were bashing Inzy nonstop before !

Now you are his supporter. I did warn people that they should be careful what they wish for.
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Yes but if Misbah/Afridi/Moin are possible replacement than Inzi should be retained for another 10 years but PCB should be firm with him for certain selection.
At least Inzi gave opportunities to some young players and get rid of Kamran, Gul Malik, Azhar, Shafiq, Zulfi, Ajmal... where under Misbah they will retain and replace our current young players which is destroy our cricket.
 
HappyWarsFan said:
Misbah wouldn't bad - he's smart and tactical. [MENTION=79064]MMHS[/MENTION] made a good point the other day that can be a good selector if someone like Mickey develops a plan on type of players should be selected - give Misbah a good plan to follow and he will follow it well.
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Any system needs a check & balance. I put it this way - if CS is left with a role that has enormous power, but very little accountability, then probably Misbah is a wrong (read horrible) choice. Because, he is not a entrepreneurial guy - often plays safe, often stays in his comfort zone. PCB has to change the status co of CS - it should be more of a Chief Scout, rather than Chief Selector - that is, CS will work as a functional Manager, rather than planning Manager - more of an executioner than a strategist.

I won't like to post Misbah at a position where he takes the final call, rather I am damn sure he'll do a very good job if he (with his team) works under a strict frame work. Director Cricket/Head Coach & Captain will set the criteria/scope - Misbah (his team) will search, analyze, research to find the best fit for consideration by the team management and I am sure he should be very good at this - for his education, for his capability to execute the method of searching, analyzing and put a strategy into action.
 
Former Pakistan Cricket Great, Rashid Latif as Chief Selector?

Former Pakistan cricket legend Rashid Latif is being considered for the role of chief selector by the Pakistan Cricket Board. Latif stated in an interview with Dr. Niazi that if he was chosen he would work for free which is truly commendable and very patriotic of him. It’s a well-known fact that Latif has a great love for Pakistan and at the same time is not greedy for material wealth. Let’s hope the PCB selection committee gives him this opportunity which he truly deserves.
 
Rashid Latif is the same guy who picked the KK side in the PSL and it was utterly pathetic. His pick for the emerging player was Jahid Ali who had a List A SR of 70, yes 70. That is the guy Rashid Latif in his supreme opinion thought would be a good pick for a T20 tournament.


After picking a very mediocre side he then left so that he doesn't face any criticism.
 
Nope. Has a massive bias for Karachi-based players. Keep such characters away from important positions.
 
Mudassar Nazar, Bazid Khan, Saqlain. I know Aqib Javed is grilled for his coaching, but his selections for LQ haven't been that bad. Umar Gul and Aizaz Cheema could make a decent selectors as well once they retire.
 
Media sources are reporting that pcb has decided to make shoaib akhtar the new cheif selector.A very good decision by the pcb if this is true.
 
szundercover said:
Media sources are reporting that pcb has decided to make shoaib akhtar the new cheif selector.A very good decision by the pcb if this is true.
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He is too fickle to be honest. He could be on the selection panel as an advisor at the most but not as the chief selector. I think they should make someone like Saeed Anwar as the chief selector if he has kept up with the game.
 
Madplayer said:
He is too fickle to be honest. He could be on the selection panel as an advisor at the most but not as the chief selector. I think they should make someone like Saeed Anwar as the chief selector if he has kept up with the game.
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His analysis on ptv were quite impressive and he knows the players needed to build strong teams in every format.He knows the requirements needed to excel in modern cricket so I think he will be an excellent choice as chief selector.Saeed anwar has distanced him self from sports and is inclined towards religion is a tablegii hence I dont think he is interested in cricket anymore otherwise I would love saeed anwar to be involved in Pakistan cricket.
 
Shoaib akhtar being considered as the next chief selector

Accord to reports, there is a big chance thatvpcb goes for him...

Your views?
 
Good to see a fresh face been considered. Also hopefully he wont be selecting an of his relatives into the team.
 
Shoaib is too fragile to hold a senior position in any department. I don't have a good feeling about this possible appointmnet. He's a loudmouth imo
 
What do you look at in a chief selector?

1. Deep analysis on requirements of the game and vision for the future
2. Deep understanding of domestic cricket, it's faults, its deep-rooted issues, pitches, quality of players, etc.
3. Deep understanding of prospectives' temperament, guts, ability to counter tough situations, etc.
4. Ability to promote players who rise in light of the above and display skill, talent and temperament across all corners of the country . .

Shoaib Akhtar, in my opinion, can do none of the above!

Bear in mind, Shoaib remains one of my favorite fast bowlers to have played the game and I remain a great fan (still watch videos on youtube) . . but his analysis of the game doesn't inspire any confidence . . I saw him in the world cup transmission . . I see him on his youtube channel . . I see him on other people's youtube channels . . I saw him speak when he was hired as a mentor for LQ where everything was about me, myself and I . . so yeah! Bad choice if it's true!
 
Glad he mentioned Fawad Alam when mentioning giving chance to a player regardless of age.

Would be an interesting selection if happens. Would be a huge upgrade on Inzi, Rashid Khan, Moin Khan, Mohsin, Iqbal Qasim, etc...
 
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