Will Azhar Ali resign as Test captain?

[Relic]

It's becoming more clear as the test match is advancing that Azhar can't captain a test side to save his life. I've honestly never seen a worse bowling performance except when india conceded 700 vs england.

Will he be sacked/resign as a captain after this series?

 

[Shoaib88]

As much we all hope he does, he definitely won't.

 

[Sunny_majoka]

I will rather question will misbah resign

 

[Amjid Javed]

Azhar wont resign or retire, past their sell by date seniors never do in pakistan cricket.

 

[Boi]

Neither Azhar or Misbah will resign. They’re all shameless.

 

[Shoaib88]

I will rather question will misbah resign

Why would he? He is earning some good money and has a big enough shameless and stupid fanbase who will keep supporting him no matter what.

 

[sshakir411]

Azhar is a pawn of Misbah and Waqar. It was obvious after he was made captain in 2016. LOL. Rinse and friggin repeat.

 

[MenInG]

Rubbish.

You dont resign after one series or let go like that. He should be given 2 more series atleast and work should be put into learn his craft etc.

 

[Cuts_and_cuts_hard]

There is no point in making him the scapgoat even though he is a poor captain. We are a poor team, and have been embarassing ourselves in Australia for decades now. The only thing I want from here is that they show some spine in the batting and make a big score to atleast try and draw the match. Not even a drawn test in australia for 25 years is truly unbelievable.

 

[AFM]

Rubbish.

You dont resign after one series or let go like that. He should be given 2 more series atleast and work should be put into learn his craft etc.

He doesn’t even deserve a spot on the team. Should have retired.

 

[Boi]

Rubbish.

You dont resign after one series or let go like that. He should be given 2 more series atleast and work should be put into learn his craft etc.

Yes you do if you have any shame and know that you don’t even deserve your spot in the team on merit in the first place.

 

[Asif321]

PCB will become a laughing stock if he does that

 

[Hawkeye]

For losing in Aus?

Hmmm... wonder what the folks are doing since 1995 then.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Rubbish.

You dont resign after one series or let go like that. He should be given 2 more series atleast and work should be put into learn his craft etc.

Learn his craft? Hes been a failure as captain before.

His batting has regressed so much he shouldnt even be in the side anymore.

A defeat at home to SL and he should get the boot.

Aussie series was always going to end in defeat.

 

[Asif321]

Is not Azhar but Misbah should give up post of head and batting coach first
And Waqar should go back in commentary box

 

[adil79]

Dont worry, our modern day bradman will shine again. Just wait and watch

 

[Savak]

Rubbish.

You dont resign after one series or let go like that. He should be given 2 more series atleast and work should be put into learn his craft etc.

The guy is just not captaincy material. He just does not come across as the type of player who will put his hand up, take charge of things, we have seen his previous captaincy stint where he was content to go along with things as they were

Pakistan needs to give the captaincy to someone else who has never been given the responsibility before

 

[Junaids]

No.

Misbah will sack him to save himself.

 

[adil79]

The guy is just not captaincy material. He just does not come across as the type of player who will put his hand up, take charge of things, we have seen his previous captaincy stint where he was content to go along with things as they were

Pakistan needs to give the captaincy to someone else who has never been given the responsibility before

Should be given to Yasir Shah. Even with wicketless, he looks positive about his situation.

 

[Junaids]

Rubbish.

You dont resign after one series or let go like that. He should be given 2 more series atleast and work should be put into learn his craft etc.

He’s about to be 35 years old.

You don’t get to learn on the job at that age, surely?

 

[King_Kohli]

What he will do when players are not performing.

 

[RyanRyan10]

He will lead his team to win in the next two series at home & then in Eng. Pakistan will be among top 3-4 sides in WTC

 

[Relic]

For losing in Aus?

Hmmm... wonder what the folks are doing since 1995 then.

He's not a good captain
He can't score runs. He's near his retirement
Why's he our captain?

 

[big_gamer007]

Won't resign.

 

[MenInG]

He’s about to be 35 years old.

You don’t get to learn on the job at that age, surely?

if your point is that he shouldnt have been captain, then thats a valid argument - but to remove him after one series will be a joke.

 

[RainStopsPlay]

Buhaha! Joke of a thread! The bowlers can't buy a wicket to save their lives and batsmen have no clue how to play a productive long innings, and fielders play soccer at the boundary line, but but but captain is at fault all the time!!!

 

[Relic]

if your point is that he shouldnt have been captain, then thats a valid argument - but to remove him after one series will be a joke.

He has 2 easy series ahead.
So he'll get easy wins and remain our captain till the England series. What'd be the point then?

 

[Shazzam]

Not yet. Let him make us lose few more series before we decide.

 

[Chief Destroyer]

if your point is that he shouldnt have been captain, then thats a valid argument - but to remove him after one series will be a joke.

Pakistan playing under him look like a bunch of jokers.

 

[Saj]

After only 2 Tests?

Highly unlikely, but never say never in Pakistan cricket.

 

[Abdullah719]

For losing in Aus?

Hmmm... wonder what the folks are doing since 1995 then.

He averages 25 over the last two years.

I thought you didn't like specialist captains?

 

[mgtow]

If Azhar and Misbah don’t resign after this humiliation, then they will fast become the humiliated in a way that has never been before. This is embarrassingly beyond repair.

 

[Hawkeye]

Buhaha! Joke of a thread! The bowlers can't buy a wicket to save their lives and batsmen have no clue how to play a productive long innings, and fielders play soccer at the boundary line, but but but captain is at fault all the time!!!

Don't take these threads seriously. You will see a lot of wrist slitting and a meltdown. People love knee jerk reactions, this is only natural as our awaam is the most emotional you will ever find.

To be honest, even BD fans wouldn't be this dumb, judging a team and asking for resignations after their first series. )

He averages 25 over the last two years.

I thought you didn't like specialist captains?

Was our best batsman in Aus last tour.

Who averages over 40 in the last 2 years?

If he cannot score in the next ~3 series, then we need to start looking for someone else. We don't have anyone else right now who is performing in Tests and can be made captain too.

 

[Slim]

He averages 25 over the last two years.

I thought you didn't like specialist captains?

That criteria changes if you belong to Misbah/Waqar group.

 

[Slim]

Misbah Waqar Azhar is the axis of incompetence.

 

[Junaids]

Who averages over 40 in the last 2 years?.

The answer is not Azhar Ali - he averages 27.59 since MisYou retired.

The answer is Babar Azam, with Asad Shafiq second and Shadab Khan third.

Yes, you heard me. Shadab Khan.

 

[andy0204]

Do you think is there any option to replace him as a captain?
I don't think so.

 

[Subhan999]

Can someone please post stats from azhar's captaincy tenure in Odis? If previous results show that we can't take wickets across different formats under his captaincy, then that's a big big big problem. We need to kill this disease now and stop the sickness from spreading.

 

[Sunny_majoka]

Rubbish.

You dont resign after one series or let go like that. He should be given 2 more series atleast and work should be put into learn his craft etc.

But you could be dropped after series of bad performances.

 

[Mamoon]

A shame OP’s dig at India for conceding 700 against England didn’t garner the reaction he had hoped.

On topic: I wonder what did PCB see in Azhar’s stint as captain in ODIs to conclude that he has capacity to lead in Tests?

I will once again blame the one man who is responsible for creating this circus. The extremely incompetent administrator that we found in England.

All of this is his doing.

 

[Relic]

A shame OP’s dig at India for conceding 700 against England didn’t garner the reaction he had hoped.

On topic: I wonder what did PCB see in Azhar’s stint as captain in ODIs to conclude that he has capacity to lead in Tests?

I will once again blame the one man who is responsible for creating this circus. The extremely incompetent administrator that we found in England.

All of this is his doing.

Wasn't my intention. That innings was extremely similar to this one. Both bowling sides looked hopeless. The only reason I consider that as worse is because they conceded 700. This wasn't a "dig " at anyone persay. I'm not that thirsty to troll India lol

 

[Abdullah719]

Azhar's average of 24 over the last two years drops to 12 outside UAE.

 

[Mamoon]

Only in Pakistan would you appoint a captain when he is past his prime. It seems as if PCB doesn’t realize how poor he has been since 2017 and how old he is.

Misbah has ruined the perception of our players with respect to age. Every 35 year old feels like he can play till 45 like Misbah.

35-37 is retirement are for every player regardless of how he great he is. Only in Pakistan do we fail to understand this concept.

Our cricket culture is rotten to the core.

 

[Fahdi]

Azhar's average of 24 over the last two years drops to 12 outside UAE.

Came here to mention that it's questionable whether he even merits a place in the team. The guy is a walking wicket outside subcontinent style pitches.

 

[Markhor]

Just leaving out Azhar's batting for a moment - the captaincy appointment process was as shambolic as the process from which we appointed Misbah as coach.

In any job interview you are always asked "when have you demonstrated X in the past ?"

If PCB's interviewing process was actually serious, they would've looked at Azhar's ODI captaincy tenure which had us languishing in 9th in the rankings. They would've asked him about the 3-0 Banglawash he masterminded in 2015 and what he learned from it. And yes, they would've asked him about his appalling batting form since the retirement of MisYou and his abdication of responsibility as a senior batsman.

Of course, it wasn't a serious process but a foregone conclusion just like Misbah's appointment as coach. PCB wanted their acha bacha who'll say all the right things in press conferences and not rock the boat.

 

[ZamanFan]

Sorry stooges don't have character. Azhar Ali is a stooge. When the rest of the team does'nt respect the skipper we've seen personalities like Younis Khan and Miandad resign.
Azhar Ali is just a puppet of Misbah and Waqar does'nt have an opinion even youngsters in field are not listening to him. Whenever Azhar captains Pakistan side we look like a pathetic unit worst than an ICC associate team. Every player is panicking and playing for himself nobody cares for the team, the opposition makes merry. When Azhar captained against England in 2016 odis. They made their highest total 444, now Warner utilized this dumb Azhar captaincy to make a Bradmanesque record of 335, where those greats Mark Taylor and Bradman played against a better opposition.

 

[Shafi]

Nothing will happen for sure but under Misbah's good boy tag he may get an extension as a test captain.

 

[PerfectionPersonified]

Azhar as a captain was never going to work.
He is a timid guy with no personality/character or game plan

 

[Prince of Pakistan]

If he resigns he will have to be dropped from the team as well. He is finished and showed the signs in the beginning of 2018.

He won't resign in order to save his own place.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Misbah overstayed and will his disciple

 

[Abdullah]

Rubbish.

You dont resign after one series or let go like that. He should be given 2 more series atleast and work should be put into learn his craft etc.

Bhai Saab . Still learning at 35? He's coming up to 100 games
He's just a freaking puppet show

 

[dhump]

The only thing that is common between Misbah school of thought and Afridi school of thought (that actually ruined our cricket) is that they don't quit but shamelessly hang by the thread until they are humiliated and thrown away.

So no he will not.

 

[Napa]

It's becoming more clear as the test match is advancing that Azhar can't captain a test side to save his life. I've honestly never seen a worse bowling performance except when india conceded 700 vs england.

Will he be sacked/resign as a captain after this series?

You really feel a need to drag India into this to feel better

If you understand how the English language works, then the phrase "worse bowling performance except when india conceded 700 vs england" implies that the Indian performance was worse than Pakistan's performance. I would say the bowling for 710/7 is definitely better than 302/1 or 589/3 for that matter.

Also, the English bowling performance which led to India scoring 759/7 Dec 2016 was definitely worse.

I understand you are seeking comfort wherever you can find it, but being obsessed about India will not help your country get better.

 

[dhump]

Rubbish.

You dont resign after one series or let go like that. He should be given 2 more series atleast and work should be put into learn his craft etc.

Accept it MIGi you just like "Shareef bachas" of cricket otherwise he was appointed wrongly and best if he quits and we move ahead.

 

[Captain caveman]

Pakistanis dont resign, this is a western concept.
Pakistanis have to be thrown out, even then they are screaming and kicking, trying to hold on.

 

[Shoaibbtt]

Rubbish.

You dont resign after one series or let go like that. He should be given 2 more series atleast and work should be put into learn his craft etc.

He was one of the worst Odi captains ever after WC 2015. On what basis he became captain i don't know because his performance has declined since 2016.

2016 ave- 54
2017 ave- 42
2018 ave- 30

The person who appointed him captain needs to answer some questions but they won't

 

[ask_analyse_act]

Neither Azhar or Misbah will resign. They’re all shameless.

And yes more greedy, will try to find 1000 excuses for their performances...


Sick of these idiots

 

[Rayyman]

Not sure about his captaincy, but he is an awful batsman.

 

[Captain caveman]

Not sure about his captaincy, but he is an awful batsman.

He was a real good grafter, a old fashioned test batsman but hes too old now and past his best.

 

[Rayyman]

He was a real good grafter, a old fashioned test batsman but hes too old now and past his best.

Pakistan have plenty of batsmen like him.

Imam ul-Haq or Sami Aslam can blunt the new ball as openers.

While Saad Ali and Usman Salahuddin are good options to bat at #3 in a Dravid/Pujara style role.

 

[The_Odd_One]

Azhar’s legacy as captain

Whitewashed by Bangladesh
Demolished by Australia

 

[MMHS]

He needs to be sacked, but not sure what/who are alternatives. At this point, I don’t want Babar to be over burdened - at 25, he has already enough on shoulders to carry a shambolic batting line-up almost alone. Making him Captain is injustice and PAK’s cricket media still haven’t updated their CPU with reality - they’ll slice him to pieces.

Really felt hopeless in this situation with Haris’s form - he was my man to lead Test side, bat at 6 and bowl 25 overs/Test. But, looks like he also was born as 5-6 years old - signs are ominous, now can’t rely on him.

May be, may, may be Shan Masood is the last resort - I know he averages 26 (should go down after Adelaide scores are updated), but still he should be an automatic choice for PAK Test side.

Babar is a no go for me - PAK can’t milk one cow thrice a day.

 

[Slim]

Azhar’s legacy as captain

Whitewashed by Bangladesh
Demolished by Australia

Getting whitewashed against Bangladesh should have alone resulted in permanent ban against Azhar having any captaincy role and Waqar being part of any team management but we got beghariats and fools at the helm.

 

[GreenKhan]

It’s very to early to get rid of Azhar Ali . Azhar’s actual test begins from the next series onwards. We never have competed in Australia for the last 20 years barring a test or two . So judging him on that is unfair .

However we lose SL at home and Bangladesh then that’s where the patience will run thin as these are series we have usually excelled at in the past . No captain would have made much difference to the result in Australia .

His batting is a concern however which will only add to the pressure for him .

Australia away is probably the toughest test assignment out there to debut with as a captain . I’m not saying he will turn is into world beaters or anything but he defo needs to be given a few series .

 

[Pete Rose]

It’s very to early to get rid of Azhar Ali . Azhar’s actual test begins from the next series onwards. We never have competed in Australia for the last 20 years barring a test or two . So judging him on that is unfair .

However we lose SL at home and Bangladesh then that’s where the patience will run thin as these are series we have usually excelled at in the past . No captain would have made much difference to the result in Australia .

His batting is a concern however which will only add to the pressure for him .

Australia away is probably the toughest test assignment out there to debut with as a captain . I’m not saying he will turn is into world beaters or anything but he defo needs to be given a few series .

This seems like the kind of comment that someone in a coma for 20 years would say about Pakistan. Sri Lanka and Bangladesh have helped to save the careers of some the most mediocre cricketers in Pakistan: Hafeez, Malik, Afridi etc etc

 

[sshakir411]

Not sure how much longer he can last...seems like a downgrade from Sarfraz which wasn’t anywhere being good.

 

[DrSchultz]

Never seen a Pakistani resign so probably won't.

 

[Savak]

Azhar Ali's career needs to be terminated with immediate effect

The guy has proven to be a total fraud once Younis and Misbah retired. Any other country in the world would have given him marching orders ages ago. India did not waste time in order to get rid of Sehwag, Gambhir, Yuvraj once they stopped performing

Another legendary feather in Misbah ul Haqs cap for investing in such a garbage player, for recommending this player as captain in 2015 and as captain in 2019 as well

 

[Junaids]

The guy has proven to be a total fraud once Younis and Misbah retired. Any other country in the world would have given him marching orders ages ago. India did not waste time in order to get rid of Sehwag, Gambhir, Yuvraj once they stopped performing

Another legendary feather in Misbah ul Haqs cap for investing in such a garbage player, for recommending this player as captain in 2015 and as captain in 2019 as well

England’s skipper Mike Denness dropped himself when he was in a similar situation.

That is the decent, honourable thing to do.

If Azhar continues to select himself ahead of the likes of Sami Aslam then it tells a clear story of selfishness ahead of honour.

 

[GreenKhan]

This seems like the kind of comment that someone in a coma for 20 years would say about Pakistan. Sri Lanka and Bangladesh have helped to save the careers of some the most mediocre cricketers in Pakistan: Hafeez, Malik, Afridi etc etc

I don’t think he is mediocre. He has had a decent career, and it’s clear now at this stage he is past gs best .
Azhar Ali never lobbied to be captain . He was given the captaincy for a series in which our previous captains have also failed .

Let’s just say he is sacked , who will take over the captaincy? Can’t see anyone within the team.
Then it will just become musical chairs .
Who ever took the captaincy I would have said they need a few series .
We are in a mess let’s just show patience. As I said earlier if we begin to lose our home series then that’s where the change could happen , not after a series loss away in a series we have never won .

 

[MRSN]

in Pakistan when players are past their best become captain and milk Pak cricket for another 3-4 years

 

[Bleedgreen4ever]

It's becoming more clear as the test match is advancing that Azhar can't captain a test side to save his life. I've honestly never seen a worse bowling performance except when india conceded 700 vs england.

Will he be sacked/resign as a captain after this series?

He is a part of the Misbah brigade

These shameless people never resign until they are kicked out. Reminds me of when Nawaz was PM and wasn't resigning

 

[Bleedgreen4ever]

I don’t think he is mediocre. He has had a decent career, and it’s clear now at this stage he is past gs best .
Azhar Ali never lobbied to be captain . He was given the captaincy for a series in which our previous captains have also failed .

Let’s just say he is sacked , who will take over the captaincy? Can’t see anyone within the team.
Then it will just become musical chairs .
Who ever took the captaincy I would have said they need a few series .
We are in a mess let’s just show patience. As I said earlier if we begin to lose our home series then that’s where the change could happen , not after a series loss away in a series we have never won .

Qzhar was never successful as captaincy miserably failed against Bangladesh 3-0 and almost got us to the point where we couldn't qualify for the CT

This guy needs to be booted out along with Mosbah

I have had enough of this 'nice man' attitude from Pakistan

Where is the aggression and passion we are known for?

Sarfraz was million times better than these jokers

 

[MRSN]

England’s skipper Mike Denness dropped himself when he was in a similar situation.

That is the decent, honourable thing to do.

If Azhar continues to select himself ahead of the likes of Sami Aslam then it tells a clear story of selfishness ahead of honour.

This was a trend set by Misbah who despite being failure continued to play and captain after 2013. I still remember when chief selector requested Misbah to rest along with S Ajmal and YK on Zim tour. and Misbah was so furious that he gave a special interview mentioning worth of seniors after beating poor Zim team. Ironically Zim beat the ego out of this selfish man in the next match by beating his so called seniors teams.

Sarfraz also followed the pattern set by Misbah and was clinge on to the captaincy and would never ever rest even low quality teams because it was in his mind the replacements could perform and make him irrelevant. That's reason he was also against the idea of a back up keepr. In fact his mentor Rashid Latif openly admitted him advising against backup keeper because it would put pressure on him. lol

 

[Jabo]

After 1 series?

You wish

The truth is he and shafiq should have gone a long time ago
But both were protected by Misbah

 

[MRSN]

Qzhar was never successful as captaincy miserably failed against Bangladesh 3-0 and almost got us to the point where we couldn't qualify for the CT

This guy needs to be booted out along with Mosbah

I have had enough of this 'nice man' attitude from Pakistan

Where is the aggression and passion we are known for?

Sarfraz was million times better than these jokers

Why Pak cricket can't move forward? Why do you guys are so in love with con artists like Sarfraz and Misbah? It's not even funny anymore.

few days back I was listening to an old guy who said there is intellectual deficiency in Pakistan and my word he has got this so right.

 

[Shazzam]

Azhar Ali never lobbied to be captain . He was given the captaincy for a series in which our previous captains have also failed .

Getting sick of hearing this. So just cause our previous captains have failed did we send this team to lose?

 

[MRSN]

anyone who wants Azhar to be sacked and want Sarfraz to be back shouldn't be taken seriously. It's like brining Nawaz Sharif back because IK is also failing. move forward please..

 

[Amjid Javed]

Should be batting 11 the way hes playing right now.

 

[PerfectionPersonified]

He should but he won’t, however he will be a scapegoat and eventually dropped