Saby, highlighted comments weren’t mine about Elahi, Man
Correct!
Yes, Kamran is nowhere near when it comes to Moin or Rashid. Though, he has shown some great progress but we don’t have to chose players because of their great inning in a certain match.
we need kamran instead of moin/rashid
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n fasal who iz eht last guy?
My 15 players for Pakistan WC bet.
Batsmen:
- Saeed Anwar
- Imran Nazir
- Younus Khan
- Yousuf Youhana
- Inzemam Ul Haq
- Faisal Iqbal
All Rounders:
- Azher Mahmood
- Abdul Razzaq
- Shahid Afridi
Wicket Keeper:
- Rashid Latif
Bowlers:
- Wasim Akram
- Waqar Younus
- Saqlain Mushtaq
- M. Sami
- M. Zahid
yeah yeah Shoaib is not in my first 15. I rather have a player who can play all matches of the worldcup than to have a player who you dont know if he will play next game or not.
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*Originally posted by UMAIR316: *
Got this from another cricket board.
I agree what the guy has to say.
Pakistan is about to lay bare their batting against South Africans for two test matches.
Though on Papers the opposition seemed bit scrawny against brawny Pakistanis, nevertheless it will not be anymore a foregone conclusion unless the series is observed. At the moment the selectors are teetering on verge of indecisiveness, when one sees incomprehensible inclusion of Saleem Illahi in the squad. What are they up to? It is not time to chop and change before world cup. Saleem
Illahi is always dangerously jittery against high class display of seam and swing movement. How can selectors be so confident, they cannot affirm the place of any player who have been given with a fair crack of the whip previously but strived to make place in the team.
For heaven's sake you cannot ratify the batsman in the team if he performs well against ineffectual opponents i.e. Zimbabweans, and cannot disturb his station if he performs badly against worlds most ruinous
bowling attack. I imply to say, Imran Nazir was bit tentative while facing the feisty Aussies. Class is always permanent and form remains momentary. Unluckily the spanking youngster, who played many invaluable knocks, could not even make for ODI's squad. Why are the selectors disconcerting a player, who always seemed to be a rightful prospective for February encounters.
Imran Nazir, a natural stroke maker is sadly disregarded over Saleem Illahi. He has some genuine technical chink in his armor, which will take larger time to get fixed. As opposed to Imran Nazir's class, Saleem Illahi is not a natural stroke maker, generally plays inside out drives; leaving for bowlers fair bit of a chance to get him out through scattered slip's cordon. This is obvious when he was highly susceptible facing Andy Blignaut and Henry Olanga's onslaught in
both innings of First Test respectively and too spineless against the Drastic Seam movement of Shaun Pollock. Even Saleem Illahi's 135 knock was extremely self-doubting where he lived on by courtesy of Lance Klusners dropped catched It is irksome, when one cannot have a handle on the selection criterion of any batsman. If at the outset Saleem Illahi was selected for considering
his domestic level performance then Saeed Anwar would have been a most appropriate option besides Imran Nazir because both Saleem and Saeed couldn't score a half century in their decisive local games before the commencement of Zimbabwe and South Africa sightsee. The board has obliquely evinced the inkling of Saeed's retirement. Though the great has lost some of his panache yet he can be differential factor any time. Now, when it was a time to put these players into right grooves by utilizing these in forthcoming four tests and ten ODIs, the selectors have
opted for batsmen with likes of Saleem Illahi. Faisal Iqbal's exclusion is understandable as Yousuf Youhana & Inzimam are more experienced & solid players but Salim Illahi has never
awed more than Imran Nazir. If the selector cannot take the next breath without outfoxing Imran Nazir, then elegance and technique permit Imran Farhat and Shahid Afridi over Salim Illahi.
The exclusion of Imran Farhat is just ridiculous; this youngster truly at times presents the class of young Saeed Anwar, especially in shorter version of game. Again, Imran Farhat was evaluated on basis of one series and that too against Aussies and then thrown out of the team. Salim Illahi in contrast is blessed with mammoth amount of opportunities especially in
Netwest Series in England where he pathetically put us down in Finals against Australians. On the other hand Shahid Afridi has made for both the teams but bizarrely not inducted in the final eleven against Zimbabeans. If the selectors are happy with 10 to 15 runs contribution of Saleem
Illahi then why not to have Imran Nazir and Afridi for atleast quick unleash display of batting and effective input with the ball as well. Lets be farsighted and keep our fingers cross for Democratic system.
It could turn out to be an avant-garde step where the best eleven shall be prepared with consent of all the members of board as oppose to current prevailing system. Performance based remuneration method; where player is examined closely in each department, ranging from fitness level to ultimate contribution in specific match, has already started paying dividends when one sees comparatively more bodily agile and athletic Inzimam and Shoaib Akhter.
It is pleasant watching once chubby and stout player turned fit, had contributed with an unassailable knock of 112 of just 107 balls. He purely showed that he might be bit lethargic in the field but this inning of some expeditious hitting not only incorporated him with some of the worlds great players like Sir DG Bradman and Viv Richards, who scored century before the lunch break, but also clogged the mouth of many of his detractors. Pakistan is always been notorious of getting killed by own self. When the going gets tough for us, Pakistan team unduly exacerbate the toughness of the going, specifically enlightening the performance in 3rd ODI against South Africans. For Selectors, don't be so recklessly ignorant and don't get duped by few and far between offerings by players like Saleem Illahi.
That will not be a bad idea if the selectors try one extra batsman with likes of Imran Nazir or Saeed Anwar, considering the former was a captain and forerunner in Mobile Zonal Matches. Pakistan can afford to have a less bowler, especially in South African bouncy tracks, where batting will turn out to be differential factor for most of fragile batting line-ups of the world. Select the players on their techniques, technically incorrect players put the team down in definitive encounters no matter if from time to time they perform well, however technically sound players are long-term asset for the team.
Why not our selectors get the nails of sapience; select the talented eleven and work on them till World cup at least.
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Excellent article Umair, Thanks for posting it...I also agree with whoever wrote this!
The fact of the matter is Rashid Latif can not bat, he plays one good innings out of every 10 times to the crease, while Kamran has continued to bat well.
He doesn't have to open but he is alot more aggressive then Latif and can be very handy in the last 5 or 6 overs.
Rashid Latif is very weak against quality bowling, the last time I remember him playing a good inning was in England in the Natwest Series in 2001, since then he has failed miserably with the bat.
This would be my final 15 for the world cup :
And this would be my final 11 for the first World Cup Match :
Saeed Anwar - No doubt he must play for us to have any chance of winning the world cup.
Shahid Afridi - He is better off playing in the middle, so he has time to settle in, plus he playes much better and aggresivley against the spinners. But we should always have a sixth bowler, we need to open with him.
Yousef Youhana - Plays his best at no.3
Inzamam - Ul - Haq - No need to say why he should be included
Younis Khan - He has to perform more consistently and not throw away his wicket.
Abdul Razzaq - All Rounder, send him in the last 10 overs, as he smahses the fast bowlers all over the ground.
Rashid Latif - Moin hasn’t played any match on the international level recently so it is too late to bring him back and Kamran Akmal is too inexperienced. So out best choice is to go with Rashid Latif
Wasim Akram - World Class Bowler. Can smash bowlers, but recently he has shown he can’t bat the way he used to.
Saqlain Mushtaq - World Class Spinner.
Waqar Younis - Bowler. Has shown his batting skills recently 
Shoaib Akhtar - World Class Fast Bowler. Can rip a team apart, only if he plays. When he is not fit, Mohammad Sami should play in place of him.
12th Man - Imran Nazir. He should be brought in to open, if Saeed Anwar fails miserably.
I don't care if it's Akmal or Akmal's baap, but we need Moin Khan back ASAP! :p
I agree wid Waqas Khan and iv been sayin 4 ages WAQAR is PAST IT!!!! He is a liability who goes 4 2 many runs. In the fourth 1dayer wen we HAD 2 win he returned figure of 8-47-0. Easily our most xpensive bowler even though he bowled well in the pointless final game. Over the last few years hes been pathetic, hes a clown in the field. Dont 4get the 96 WC wen we he got slaughtered by india n he lost us da WC! He'l do da same now blv me!
MY 15 4 da WC is:
Pak xi in 1st game
what about the second ODI in which he bowled some unbelivable delievers when it needed the most? 
well i guess you will ignore that. Thats what negative critics do. Go ahead 
HE surely has past his best but he is the best new ball bowler for Pakistan after ofourse Wasim. You have a right to disagree and i m sure you will.
I hav a right 2 disagree my dear bro bcoz unlike u i want Pak 2 do well and 4 dat 2 happen Waqar shud NOT b in da side. In the second 1dayer we got a massive score, our best bowlers wer Sami n Afridi. Even then he was getin slayed. He is no threat 2 a batsman nemore, he only gets wickets by the batsmen makin a mistake n even by then they plunder loads of runs of him. U like him coz hes ur favourite n u wont accept hes finished coz of ur ego my bro. But da truth his u know nothin abt cricket otherwise why did Wasim drop him? Dont say he hada grudge against him. NO, u remember the world series in OZ, Waz gave him another chance n he was awful. NOw hes older n worse! He has no pace n hes the worst fielder in dat pak side by a mile!!!
I hav a right 2 disagree my dear bro bcoz unlike u i want Pak 2 do well and 4 dat 2 happen Waqar shud NOT b in da side. In the second 1dayer we got a massive score, our best bowlers wer Sami n Afridi. Even then he was getin slayed. He is no threat 2 a batsman nemore, he only gets wickets by the batsmen makin a mistake n even by then they plunder loads of runs of him. U like him coz hes ur favourite n u wont accept hes finished coz of ur ego my bro. But da truth his u know nothin abt cricket otherwise why did Wasim drop him? Dont say he hada grudge against him. NO, u remember the world series in OZ, Waz gave him another chance n he was awful. NOw hes older n worse! He has no pace n hes the worst fielder in dat pak side by a mile!!!
Final 15 by Asif Iqbal…
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*Originally posted by asifkm: *
I hav a right 2 disagree my dear bro bcoz unlike u i want Pak 2 do well and 4 dat 2 happen Waqar shud NOT b in da side. In the second 1dayer we got a massive score, our best bowlers wer Sami n Afridi. Even then he was getin slayed. He is no threat 2 a batsman nemore, he only gets wickets by the batsmen makin a mistake n even by then they plunder loads of runs of him. U like him coz hes ur favourite n u wont accept hes finished coz of ur ego my bro. But da truth his u know nothin abt cricket otherwise why did Wasim drop him? Dont say he hada grudge against him. NO, u remember the world series in OZ, Waz gave him another chance n he was awful. NOw hes older n worse! He has no pace n hes the worst fielder in dat pak side by a mile!!!
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excuse me mister but you can judge Waqar bnut dont be judgemental on me mr. oh-i-know-all. :). Well its because you dont like him doesnt mean he is no good. I one again repeat, he is past his best for sure, but he handles the new ball much better then others apart from Wasim. He has given new ball to Shoaib, Sami to try them out but coud they make any impression?? Nopes. Revise your cricketing knowledge a little bit and then speak :)