Why did Junaid Khan not get a look in ahead of Wahab Riaz?

[Savak]

Junaid got early wickets in the WI series in the ODI and late wickets as well.

Wahab clearly has a powerful source to keep getting picked again and again inspite of having done nothing in ODI's and T-20's for like forever.

 

[Abdullah719]

I am finding it very hard to come to a conclusion as to which of them is worse.

 

[justfaisal]

they all poor, if they were any good PCB would ban them and ruin their carreer like they did with Asif, Saeed, Naveed, etc. I've lost all hope that pak will ever have a good fast bowler who can swing the ball.

 

[Rafay Shafiq]

Wahab is mirage

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

Junaid is rubbish as well, that's why. Although I would have picked him ahead of Riaz if only because he can bowl with the new ball. But then Sarfraz would probably have replaced him with Imad anyway.

 

[Hawkeye]

What is Junaid? He would've gone for 2 times more runs than Wahab. The hopping trundler's fan club needs to let go of the meltdown [MENTION=138254]Syed1[/MENTION] . Shows your hypocrisy when you call for Junaid's selection.

His fans need to give it a rest - the only BETTER option is Sohail Khan, who Mickey/Azhar don't like for some reason.

Junaid and Wahab are the worst bowlers in the country - very slight difference.

 

[Savak]

What is Junaid? He would've gone for 2 times more runs than Wahab.

His fans need to give it a rest - the only BETTER option is Sohail Khan, who Mickey/Azhar don't like for some reason.

Junaid and Wahab are the worst bowlers in the country - very slight difference.

Has Junaid ever conceeded 100 runs in an ODI?

 

[Fast Bowler]

What is Junaid? He would've gone for 2 times more runs than Wahab. The hopping trundler's fan club needs to let go of the meltdown [MENTION=138254]Syed1[/MENTION] . Shows your hypocrisy when you call for Junaid's selection.

His fans need to give it a rest - the only BETTER option is Sohail Khan, who Mickey/Azhar don't like for some reason.

Junaid and Wahab are the worst bowlers in the country - very slight difference.

I won't disagree that Sohail Khan has been effective at times but his fitness levels are extremely poor for a fast bowler. The guy looks broken after 3-4 overs.

Between Junaid and Wahab - there should be absolutely no question as to who deserves that spot more.

 

[fawad_wellwisher]

Fahim Ashraf should have played. Atleast he showed that he can be a match winner.

 

[Savak]

Junaid picked up 4 wickets in the practice game. It is scandalous for him to be dropped. He picked up early wickets against the WI as well and was picking up early wickets against Aus as well. He gets hated for no god damn reason. Surely he is a much better selection than Wahab.

 

[Sports_Psychologist]

And some preferred Wahab over Junaid..

The award for most stupid bowler goes to freakin Wahab Riaz..!!!
Junaid is miles better than this stupid freakin Wahab...

(Stupid is just euphemism, Roza and PP rules)

 

[Adil_94]

because Wahab is PHAAST and he will have the Indian batsmans legs shaking. Junaid isnt much better but Wahab is brainless and just leaks runs if he doesnt get conditions that suit him.

 

[Ultimate]

I would have preferred Fahim over both Wahab and Junaid.

 

[Rafay Shafiq]

Where are wahab supporters

 

[TalentSpotterPk]

Doesn't matter much.


Junaid's fitness is borderline and He might have got injured in such a pressure game.

He averages around 60 with the ball in last 3-4 years.

 

[Mamoon]

The most hilarious outcome of today's match is that Junaid's stock has somehow risen.

 

[Specialisttailender]

How did Junaid went from looking like next Wasim to this level ? It is very hard to imagine someone could fall like this. This is depressing.

 

[TalentSpotterPk]

Junaid got early wickets in the WI series in the ODI and late wickets as well.

Wahab clearly has a powerful source to keep getting picked again and again inspite of having done nothing in ODI's and T-20's for like forever.

I am finding it very hard to come to a conclusion as to which of them is worse.

The most hilarious outcome of today's match is that Junaid's stock has somehow risen.

We must not fool ourselves and we must face reality. Wahab was preferred for those extra 7kph plus he was much fitter. That's it.

Both have been terrible in last 10 matches they have played.


Junaid vs Wahab

 

[Billy1999]

Because they don't want to get kohli out

 

[PakLFC]

I can only think that Wahab being the better batsman was the reason for his inclusion.

 

[HinderTheJinder]

Another reason was that Junaid probably chucks and might have been called out after the match

 

[HinderTheJinder]

I have already said it in some other thread that Junaid has been poor in every recent tournament and was lucky enough to get selected for WI series

 

[TeymurBlake]

It really is a surprise that they went with Wahab. Its showed today why that was a terrible mistake. In fact there were quite a few bad mistakes bad made in today's match, but the PCB will never learn.

 

[lolpakistan]

All of our bowlers, barring Amir (who escapes the hammer only because he's more economical), are useless. No Junaid Khan over Wahab Riaz could have saved our day.

 

[big_gamer007]

We must not fool ourselves and we must face reality. Wahab was preferred for those extra 7kph plus he was much fitter. That's it.

Both have been terrible in last 10 matches they have played.


Junaid vs Wahab

That's atrocious records for both of them how on earth did of them get selected in the squad? Are there no other good inform pacers in Pakistan domestics? Abbas, Sohail Khan, someone else??

Anyways I still think junaid would have been slightly better than Wahab he might have went for 75 off his 8 overs and not 87..

 

[HinderTheJinder]

That's atrocious records for both of them how on earth did of them get selected in the squad? Are there no other good inform pacers in Pakistan domestics? Abbas, Sohail Khan, someone else??

Anyways I still think junaid would have been slightly better than Wahab he might have went for 75 off his 8 overs and not 87..

75 wouldn't have made any difference tbh.Pak lost the match when they decided to bowl first.There are some good performers in domestic and mind you Junaid was one of the worst bowler in the recently concluded tournament

 

[TalentSpotterPk]

That's atrocious records for both of them how on earth did of them get selected in the squad? Are there no other good inform pacers in Pakistan domestics? Abbas, Sohail Khan, someone else??

Anyways I still think junaid would have been slightly better than Wahab he might have went for 75 off his 8 overs and not 87..

Sohail should have been picked ahead of Junaid.

Abass is not Odi material.


Atif Jabbar couldn't have been picked straightaway for CT.


WAHAB got picked since he us fastest under 34 pacer in Pak and has reputation of performing well in ICC tournaments. Otherwise on current form and performances he did not merit selection.


We have failed to give Ahmad Bashir & Atif Jabbar chances on time.

 

[big_gamer007]

75 wouldn't have made any difference tbh.Pak lost the match when they decided to bowl first.There are some good performers in domestic and mind you Junaid was one of the worst bowler in the recently concluded tournament

Yes ofcourse it would not have made a difference but still you play your best options and not your worst option..

If that's the case then why are you guys not holding Inzi and selectors accountable? If you guys keep selecting players for past performances of years ago and not select on current form then how can you expect to win?

 

[DRsohail]

I think every Tom and hurry can be better than both of them

 

[big_gamer007]

Sohail should have been picked ahead of Junaid.

Abass is not Odi material.


Atif Jabbar couldn't have been picked straightaway for CT.


WAHAB got picked since he us fastest under 34 pacer in Pak and has reputation of performing well in ICC tournaments. Otherwise on current form and performances he did not merit selection.


We have failed to give Ahmad Bashir & Atif Jabbar chances on time.

West Indies series was perfect opportunity to give young kids a chance before CT.. Oh well too late now.. I want to ask you something be honest mate, do you see Pakistan cricket improving in the next 5-7 years and reach the glory days of old?

 

[DRsohail]

Sohail should have been picked ahead of Junaid.

Abass is not Odi material.


Atif Jabbar couldn't have been picked straightaway for CT.


WAHAB got picked since he us fastest under 34 pacer in Pak and has reputation of performing well in ICC tournaments. Otherwise on current form and performances he did not merit selection.


We have failed to give Ahmad Bashir & Atif Jabbar chances on time.

The fata bowler right arm medium is the one to invest in...means play him early and he can be given chances..samin gul....rest of the tge takent u know better.. but I can say he can be good odi bowler..

 

[Sarfarazian92]

Junaid serves pies too, but at least he bowls with a brain unlike Wahab.

 

[HinderTheJinder]

Yes ofcourse it would not have made a difference but still you play your best options and not your worst option..

If that's the case then why are you guys not holding Inzi and selectors accountable? If you guys keep selecting players for past performances of years ago and not select on current form then how can you expect to win?

Because most of us have inferiority complex and we would only blame a foreigner in the setup.Even if you watch Pak news channels you would see them saying that **** blah blah BS etc and Inzi somehow escapes from criticism

 

[TalentSpotterPk]

The fata bowler right arm medium is the one to invest in...means play him early and he can be given chances..samin gul....rest of the tge takent u know better.. but I can say he can be good odi bowler..

Both Fata bowler Irfanullah Shah & Sameen Gul can make Pak team in future but Currently

Atif Jabbar & Ahmad Bashir should be ahead of them in pecking order. Even Shinwari.


Sohail Khan should have been preferred over Junaid. New ball outswing at 133 to 142 kph was missed today.

 

[big_gamer007]

Because most of us have inferiority complex and we would only blame a foreigner in the setup.Even if you watch Pak news channels you would see them saying that **** blah blah BS etc and Inzi somehow escapes from criticism

I think inzi escapes criticism on your news channels because the experts on all the channels are players who have played with inzi and respect him as a player and or are his friends.. Shoaib Akhtar, Wasim, Yousuf, Rashid, Saqlain, Umar Gul, kaneria.. People like Mohammad wasim or Javed Miandad can criticise him wonder why don't they speak up..

 

[BunnyRabbit]

What is Junaid? He would've gone for 2 times more runs than Wahab. The hopping trundler's fan club needs to let go of the meltdown [MENTION=138254]Syed1[/MENTION] . Shows your hypocrisy when you call for Junaid's selection.

His fans need to give it a rest - the only BETTER option is Sohail Khan, who Mickey/Azhar don't like for some reason.

Junaid and Wahab are the worst bowlers in the country - very slight difference.

Pretty damn sure, Junaid wouldn't have gone for 87 runs in 8.4 overs without a wicket.

 

[TalentSpotterPk]

West Indies series was perfect opportunity to give young kids a chance before CT.. Oh well too late now.. I want to ask you something be honest mate, do you see Pakistan cricket improving in the next 5-7 years and reach the glory days of old?

Not in current setup :-/


If Gov changes and our national institutes improve after reforms than naturally Cricket as an Institute will improve aswell. Otherwise we will remain at same level or decline further.

 

[big_gamer007]

Not in current setup :-/


If Gov changes and our national institutes improve after reforms than naturally Cricket as an Institute will improve aswell. Otherwise we will remain at same level or decline further.

That's sad mate I think mamoon said the best thing to improve cricket you need to privatise PCB..

 

[Hasan123]

Wouldn't have made a difference anyway.

 

[Syed1]

Couldn't possibly have done worse than phasst Wahab and I like how Wahab defenders are saying it wouldn't have made a difference despite the fact that Junaid seemed to be in form and had picked up 4 wickets in the warm up in the same match Wahab picked up zero.

 

[Pete Rose]

As the figures show, the choice is between being shot or hung.

 

[boomboom6]

Because Arthur is blind to reality that Wahab is awful.

 

[ExplicitAI]

Going to echo what someone said before and say that the PCB needs to be privatised and should be run by foreign administration.

 

[Usman Chadda]

Blunder to not play Junaid. Opening with Imad was a direct consequence of this nonsense decision.

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[uberkoen]

Wahab was atrocious and Junaid may have done marginally better than Wahab on the day but Junaid is not the answer. I really don't think either of them should be in the squad to begin with.

 

[hisham_ashraf]

Because he isn't the same Junaid Khan that we saw in 2012.Having said that he would have performed slightly better than THE FASTEST BOWLER ON THE PLANET

 

[MK7Z]

But Wahab bowled that spell vs Watson.........

One of the worst things to happen to Pakistan Cricket in recent times...that spell.

Wahab is called a match winner. I cant remember any matches he's won. Please help me?

His best performances have come when we have lost.

Maybe they mean match winner for the opposition team? That would make more sense