Is he?
Raza Hassan, Ahmed Shahzad, Sharjeel Khan, Umar Amin, Awais Zia, that keeper from rawalpindi, Lal Kumar.
I bet you have never heard these names before in your life?
Yasir araft's best years were ruined by Pakistani management's love of seniority which kept making them select Razaak after 2004 where he does produce at least one or two inning in a season (or lets say 25 games) where he gets Pak out of trouble by scoring 27 ball 50, But what he also does is in rest of the 24 games(where he gets to play because of that one or two prior innings), a part from not contributing enough with bat,
- leaks runs left and right and destroys any pressure that is getting build from bowling at other end
- 9 times out of ten ******es the ball (Usually a defensive push by batsman for a single) to the boundry.
Is getting all the above worth keeping him side for 20+ games after one/two good games?
I have believed and said it multiple times that Pak should have given more chances to Yasir specially since 2006, unfortunately now for last 18 or so months we are seeing another player who is getting the same treatment than Yasir got from seniority loving Pak management and captain, this guy is Hammad.
1) Nasir Jamshed is a deserving candidate who has been ignored. I never compared him with the more deserving.
2) So do you really think Yasir Arafat could compete Abdur Razzaq of the mid 2000's? Interesting. Abdur Razzaq was more than a useful bowler at that time, a match-winner and had more fans than he has now. Yasir Arafat was given a consistent run with Inzi but always failed to impress.
3) You seem to be following Pakpassions hype too much. Calm down, they hype every single performer and consider him to be the next Viv or Wasim. Hammad Azam was a total flop in his early games [75-80 KM/H] and had been a poor performer through out the faysal bank t20 tournament (excluding the final where he was okayish) although I believe he should be in the squad.
Sharjeel Khan flopped in the tournament as well, Ahmed Shahzad was just banned recently for his rude behavior in the match (I think against Umpire), Awais Zia? Fine bring him in T20 if you really want, Hasan Raza? He needs a bit more time, its not wise always to bring a teenager to the team but yes he should be given a chance at T20. Umar Amin? Haven't got place, sorry. Kick Younis and Misbah before talking about the next classy tuk tuk.
Jamal anwar is the keeper your talking about. I know he performed good in the faysal bank t20 but that does not mean an automatic selection for him ahead of the candidates who have been waiting forever i.e Sarfaraz, Adnan.
Lal Kumar? Hehe. come on, I feel like arguing with a PP'er. He did not even perform in Faysal Bank T20, I know he has impressive stats but we have got better bowlers who need to be given a consistent run before they are judged.
So you see, I know about them too
. I followed Maldive Islands tournament as well as the whole domestic tournament.
I know what I am talking about and I have been through the PakPassion hype process as well. fortunately I understood that Forum before it took over my thoughts.
