I am not sure. I don’t follow cricket as closely as I used to. I was only pointing to an obvious observation.
But I do know one Karachi player who did represent Pakistan once. HASAN RAZA.
He has more experience in domestic cricket than many of the present batsmen in the current team. And keeping in view how fragile Pakistan’s batting line-up is, I wonder why Hasan Raza’s experience is not being utilized.
I gathered this info from cricinfo:
HASAN RAZA:
first class matches: 177
average: 49.41.
Now compare this with current batsmen in Pakistan team.
IMRAN FARHAT:
first class matches: 131
average: 41.9.
UMAR AMIN:
first class matches: 32
average: 39.73.
SALMAN BUTT:
first class matches: 86
average: 42.38.
UMAR AKMAL:
first class matches: 38
average: 48.76.
AZHAR ALI:
first class matches: 52
average: 40.10.
Except for Imran Farhat, none of the other three come even close to the number of matches Hasan has played. One more point is that Hasan not only has played most matches than any of them, but he has also averaged better. Keeping one’s average after playing this many games itself shows how consistent he has been in his career.
No wonder Pakistan’s batting line-up is fragile. We don’t seem to pick the best talent available in the country.