Re: One chief selection stands out heads and shoulders amongst the rest
The reason Imran Farhat was persisted for so long (repeatedly) is that he also showed same potentials (alongwith some actual showings) of giving a flying start, atleast a good decent start if not a flying-jetting start. Mohammed Hafeez is known for builder-opener and was supposed to support Farhat, but things do not always turn out the way you think they will.
Imran Nazir was dropped for loooong time for same reason as any other opener (or player) getting dropped i.e. good showing in early games then fading out... some fade quickly some slowly. We can hope and pray that Imran Nazir doesn't fade away again, but that would be against the odds.
We had Taufeeq Umar recalled, he blasted in a few innings, then faded away, then Imran Farhat, Salman Butt..... now Imran Nazir is back... It is sorta good that players who are performing in domestic are being recalled for their performance, but at the same time it also shows that our domestic structure doesn't groom a player as much as we would want it to, but England, Australia, South Africa's domestic do not churn out best of the players as well, rather they pull 'matured' talent unlike Pakistan who throws 16-19 year old rookies.
Lets not go all praise for one inning and then bring out sword after next games (God forbid).