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Pakistan Cricket news/views

andmark

andmark

International Captain
Is there any particular reason for Pakistan's strong tradition of leg spin, or is it just a happy coincidence?
 
Agent Nationaux

Agent Nationaux

International Coach
Sad to hear that Fawad Alam's contract has not been renewed by the PCB.

However, on the upside, Ukmal and Shehzad have been demoted to Category D and Afridi's contract has not been renewed.
 
SeamUp

SeamUp

International Coach
Any interesting talent coming through ?

I know Sami Aslam has looked horrible at times but I hope he gets backed still because he has also looked really good at times. I reckon Aslam, Babar, Amir have to be persevered with as you look at the rest of the team and they are 30 and older.

With Sri Lanka showing they producing some young individual talent but just still trying to formulate a successful or even decent team and they could go past Pakistan if no new talent is unearthed.

I know it is a favourite past time of Pakistan to keep going back to players but when you see the same names dominating domestic it is a bit concerning.
 
SeamUp

SeamUp

International Coach
Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur meets best domestic players in Lahore | Cricket | ESPN Cricinfo

Arthur hosted a domestic talent camp and from the camp added , fast bowlers Mohammad Abbas, Usman Khan and Amad Butt, allrounders Shadab Khan, Hussain Talat and Fahim Ashraf and batsmen Fakhar Zaman and Asif Zakir to the prelim squad below.

Pakistan recalled Kamran Akmal and Ahmed Shehzad in a preliminary squad for this month's tour of the West Indies, selectors said on Thursday.

The 35-year-old Kamran has been reminding selectors of his scoring abilities for well over a year scoring 1 035 in the premier first class tournament and another 361 in the National One-day Cup in the 2016-17 season.

Kamran, who played the last of his 154 one-day internationals in 2013 and his last Twenty20 in 2014, also finished as top run-getter with 353 runs in the Pakistan Super League, which finished on Sunday.

Also recalled in the 31-man squad is opener Ahmed Shehzad who was part of Pakistan's squad for last year's World Twenty20 held in India.

Shahzad was dropped after former head coach Waqar Younis described him as an undisciplined player following the event in India.

But Shahzad finished as top scorer in the National One-day Cup with 653 runs which earned him a recall.

The preliminary squad will train under head coach Mickey Arthur in a camp in Lahore from March 11-17 before leaving for the Caribbean three days later.

Pakistan play the first Twenty20 international in Barbados on March 26. That will be followed by three one-day internationals and as many tests.


PRELIMINARY SQUAD: Ahmed Shehzad, Mohammad Hafeez, Fakhar Zaman, Azhar Ali, Shan Masood, Babar Azam, Shoaib Malik, Umar Akmal, Asif Zakir, Saad Ali, Sarfraz Ahmed, Kamran Akmal, Fahim Ashraf, Hussain Talat, Ammad Butt, Mohammad Amir, Hasan Ali, Wahab Riaz, Rahat Ali, Rumman Raees, Sohail Khan, Junaid Khan, Sohail Tanveer, Mohammad Abbas, Usman Shinwari, Usama Mir, Imad Wasim, Mohammad Asghar, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Yasir Shah.
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Black_Warrior

Black_Warrior

Cricketer Of The Year
Every statement he makes is a political statement now directed at the Government/Ruling Party. So he has not uttered a single positive thing about PSL which in most Pakistani's eyes is the best thing to happen to Pakistan cricket since World T20 2009. He hasn't even showed up for the PSL final, a major event in Pakistan. So everything he says now should be taken as that - political point scoring against ruling party.
 
OverratedSanity

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Black_Warrior said:
Every statement he makes is a political statement now directed at the Government/Ruling Party. So he has not uttered a single positive thing about PSL which in most Pakistani's eyes is the best thing to happen to Pakistan cricket since World T20 2009. He hasn't even showed up for the PSL final, a major event in Pakistan. So everything he says now should be taken as that - political point scoring against ruling party.
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Yeah and the comment about the foreign players went beyond that into flat out racist territory imo. The tone in which he said "some players from Africa" and describing them as "fateechar". Really really poor stuff.
 
Grumpy

Grumpy

U19 Vice-Captain
OverratedSanity said:
Yeah and the comment about the foreign players went beyond that into flat out racist territory imo. The tone in which he said "some players from Africa" and describing them as "fateechar". Really really poor stuff.
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Not defending Imran here - his comments were in poor taste and unnecessary.

But how is calling players from Africa racist? Van Wyk was from South Africa and Sean Ervine from Zimbabwe.Quetta's foreign players for the final were of questionable quality. I hadn't even heard of most them. Who is Rayad Emrit?
 
indiaholic

indiaholic

International Captain
Meh you live here long enough you know why he threw in the Africa comment. We are incredibly racist countries.
 
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