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*Official* Pakistan tour of Ireland, England and Scotland 2018
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AndyZaltzHair
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Is this the guyOh yeah agree on all that, its not nepotism whatsoever, that would be the lad who is opening with Azhar.
There was an other blatant example last year with some horrid opener whose father was a very important person in Pakistan whose name escapes me.
Shan Masood | Cricket Players and Officials | ESPNcricinfo
Not from last year though. I clearly remember Rameez Raza saying about his connections to ministry level
Firebreaker
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His father is pargt of PCB's Board of Directors
Firebreaker
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His average in FC was in late 10s but he got it to respectable 30 by milking on the Associate bowling attacks
SillyCowCorner1
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Milking on associate bowling attacks whilst playing for an associate nation/team.
AndyZaltzHair
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Lets face the reality here. Imam clearly was selected because of Inzamam. Now if he can convert this golden opportunity and become a substantial player then good for him and Pakistan. Otherwise he's always going to be labelled like that. Tamim Iqbal comes to my mind. Tamim was fast tracked because Akram Khan, his uncle, was at the selection panel that time.
Firebreaker
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As I have mentioned even Imran Khan was a nepotic selection and went on to become greatest player of Pakistan
Mr Miyagi
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Well there's an exception to every rule whether something is typically a good, fair and meritocrous thing to do before even assessing if its even reasonable! Especially with these guys pursuing global riches at intl level and the selectors choosing people to represent their country via a public interest board that probably gets tax breaks as a result.
Most people don't like nepotism as a general rule - and find it rather unfair. For rep cricket - ppl want the best players picked.
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SillyCowCorner1
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Is Imam-ul-haq an Imam?
Firebreaker
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Inzimam and his relatives have really similar names like Ibtisam, Intizar, Ihthisham, Imam etc
SillyCowCorner1
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But Inzi is now an Imam
Coz, in all his interviews post matc, he always starts with 'Bismillah rakman Raheem'
Just curious
AndyZaltzHair
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Its up to the individuals whether they will go on to become something or not but does not take away the fact that they were favoured in the first place
cnerd123
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I like how Inzy's nephew can average 27 (career average 35) but have his selection justified because he was third leading run scorer in one competition, meanwhile Fawad Alam is now not good enough because his average has dropped from 58 to 55 - only 20 more than Imam averages.
Then again Firebreaker did confess he isn't very good at math
Then again Firebreaker did confess he isn't very good at math
Mr Miyagi
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I'm not disagreeing with you at all because I really don't know enough about these players, but if Imam keeps making runs on this tour, 61 Kent, 11, 59* and now this test, his selection doesn't look as bad.
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