2nd Test: Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Dubai, January 8-12, 2014

Re: 2nd Test: Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Dubai, January 8-12, 2014

yea aap kah rahay hou yea Tasub. :slight_smile:

It is really sad that Pakistani management is full of tasub as well as people. One can see that tasub even here on this forum, as for some, performance is irrelevant but tasub is. Some would show their tasub criticizing technique and some would like to hide behind lies.

Cricket team of any country gets selected from their performance in domestic cricket, that determines test team selection, but not in Pakistan.

For instance, Sarfaraz has better batting records than most players playing cricket for Pakistan as batsmen (Shoaib, Azhar Ali, Asad Shafiq, Hafiz, Umar Amin, Khurram Manzoor … all have first class average less than 40 …. When Sarfaraz first class average is above 40 … and Sarfaraz has more 50s per inning then all of them), and Sarfaraz has similar wicket keeping records as Adnan Akmal.

Still, leave playing as wicket keeper, why these players whose batting performance are worse than Sarfaraz play for Pakistan as Batsmen and not Sarfaraz?

But than we are talking about Pakistan where player like Fawad Alam, first Pakistani player (of two) who made hundred in his test debut outside Pakistan and saved Pakistan from defeat was dropped next test, and was given two test matches after that record making test match (both far apart, without any assurance of test place) … even though his first class batting record is better than any Pakistani test players playing cricket today or in past.

For instance, Fawad Alam first class average is over 55 and he has more 50s per inning then any Pakistani test player. In comparison, first class averages of all Pakistani test players are less than 40 except few, and all have average less than 50 except Misbah whose average is 50, still less than Fawad. Even in test matches, only two Pakistani players have average above 40 (Yunus and Misbah), but Fawad whose average is also above 40 in test (though that is irrelevant, as he did not play much test cricket), is dropped from test.