Hafeez out, Nasir Jamshed in

Dawn.com Reuters AP Published February 8, 2015

Pakistan allrounder Mohammad Hafeez has been ruled out of the World Cup with a calf muscle injury, an official of the country's cricket board told Reuters on Sunday.

“He has been advised two to three weeks rest by the doctors so he is out of the World Cup,” Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) spokesman Raza Kitchlew said.

The tour selection committee has replaced Hafeez with 25-year-old opener Nasir Jamshed who has played 45 ODIs.

The ICC has confirmed that the Event Technical Committee of the World Cup has approved Nasir Jamshed as a replacement player for Mohammad Hafeez in Pakistan’s squad for the tournament.

Hafeez, 34, has been one of Pakistan's key player, having scored 4542 runs and taken 122 wickets in 155 One-day internationals.

He became the second Pakistan player to miss the World Cup through injury after left-arm paceman Junaid Khan pulled out with a hamstring injury and was replaced by Rahat Ali.

Hafeez, who is not allowed to bowl because of his illegal action, was due to undergo an official bowling assessment on Feb 16 in Brisbane but another PCB official said it was unlikely that the player would undergo the test on that day.

Pakistan begin their World Cup campaign against arch-rivals India next Sunday at Adelaide.

Ajmal may play

Pakistan off-spinner Saeed Ajmal may be in line for a late World Cup call-up after the International Cricket Council approved his return to international cricket, ending his suspension for an illegal bowling action.

The 37-year-old Ajmal can only be added to Pakistan's squad if an ICC technical committee rules that an incumbent squad member must be replaced because of a legitimate injury.

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amad

Feb 08, 2015 01:26pm

Why they are still reluctant to include Saeed Ajmal?

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Kamran

Feb 08, 2015 01:27pm

Please please include Fawad Alam in his place and not some parchi player.

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Khan

Feb 08, 2015 01:27pm

a blessing in disguise. As its mentioned in the Quran "Allah is the best planner"

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Majid Ahmed

Feb 08, 2015 01:30pm

They all know they are going to lose badly this world cup that's why they have so many injuries

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Sohail Khan

Feb 08, 2015 01:31pm

Well I'm actually a fan of Nasir jamshed. Hope he performs well. Btw Nasir Jamshed has an amazing record against India too.

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Feb 08, 2015 01:34pm

Fawad Alam anytime soon getting into the WC 2015 squad, or we have to really get thrashed in the group stages and then realize what a mistake we made. We have bowling problems. Injured players left and right, and Younis Khan with all due respect is not an ODI player and wont be able to score much. Even if he does, we will have a strike rate of 55-60. Do that and the match is ending up in the defeat column. Fawad Alam, you were born in the wrong country where no one recognizes true talent. I wish you were born in Australia or SA. They would have converted you into the likes of Glen Maxwell.

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asad

Feb 08, 2015 01:41pm

I guess God has taken sympathy over the plight of Pakistan cricket after all. This is the best news in ages. Hope he gets well soon, but we need to play the world cup with our best 11 so that atlease we can reach the quarters.

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Parvez

Feb 08, 2015 01:45pm

Nature is doing what our PCB should have done........some time ago.

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anees zaidvi

Feb 08, 2015 01:52pm

Sad for his injury.. Glad for his exclusion..

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ksch

Feb 08, 2015 01:55pm

Ajmal needs to play some domestic cricket and should be on standby. quarter finals will start in mid march so still more than 1 month available. today hafeez has been ruled out. that means pak missing 3 of their top bowlers in last few yeara. junaid, ajmal were among leading wicket takers and hafeez was one of most economical bowlers during that time. thats 30 good overs. it keeps getting worse for pak. as per media , nasir will go as hafeez's replacement. good choice as a batsman. i think they should also consider fawad or malik . both would have been better as pak will need some one to bowl some overs. they cant play with 4 bowlers. junaid should also be on standby after 2 weeks time. doctors gave him 2 weeks which and if he is fit by the end of feb then he still can make it by quarter finals. this type of format means the real tournament will start in mid march. They got 2 chances to cover up their selection mistakes but they are making it more confusing for themsves. Now if nasir is hafeez's replacement and in playing 11, with sarfraz as keeper, then it means they are going in with 4 bowlers? Against india this will back fire . It wont work. They should have included malik or alam to get some overs or make umar akmal keepet to get 5 th bowlers in. Maqsood already cant make it in playing 11 because of younas.

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Farooq

Feb 08, 2015 02:01pm

Chalo...Hafeez has secured his poistion after the WC

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dubaimachines.comnes.com

Feb 08, 2015 02:01pm

good. replace all the players and when everyone is injured then think of fawad alam....btw i am being sarcastic

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Husain Jan

Feb 08, 2015 02:03pm

Yes for Fawwad Alam no for any other player in place of Hafeez.

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Feb 08, 2015 02:07pm

Yes, yes, yes , yes !!!!! In comes Ajmal.

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Sab Se Pehle Pakistan

Feb 08, 2015 02:07pm

Send Fawad Alam. He can open the innings. He can bowl as well. Why he is not getting selecred? Whats the problem. On merit and performance he deserves a spot. Then what is it?

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siki

Feb 08, 2015 02:09pm

Has anyone noticed that after the two physical training camps conducted by waqar n mhd akram almost all of players are getting injured left and right...who was incharge and what did they actually do during that camp our team was injury free before that ( im talking about the fitness camp before the aus tour)

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Ali

Feb 08, 2015 02:10pm

blessing in disguise indeed

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Rogers Evans

Feb 08, 2015 02:10pm

Another untimely blow ?????

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Qasim

Feb 08, 2015 02:13pm

Pakistan Scoreboard: Nasir Jamshed 5 (13) Caught Dhoni B Ishant A Shahzad 11 (8) Caught Kohli B Bhavesnar Heavens help - Mr Khan comes in next and you can work out the rest of the scoreboard with Afride highest scorer with 25 runs followed by Misbah's 23 off 56 balls !!! FAWAD FAWAD FAWAD

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Feb 08, 2015 02:15pm

Nasir Jamshed ? Shoaib Malik would have a better selection than him. He scores at least 20 runs, can take a wicket or two and field quite well. Other than him, sarfaraz should be boosted up as opener. We all saw his partnerships with Ahmed Shehzad. It is mind boggling that they are not playing together. Incompetence of management. Someone should sue them.

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Ahsan

Feb 08, 2015 02:27pm

make sarfraz ahmed an opener and fly fawad alam to the world cup!!! nasir jamsheed whenever i see him keeps gaining the pounds doesn't look like a sportsman!

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Saad

Feb 08, 2015 02:32pm

@Qasim you need to fix your score board cuz Ishant Sharma is out of the world Cup!

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Shoaib

Feb 08, 2015 02:40pm

This is a good omen for our world cup chances !

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Feb 08, 2015 02:46pm

Why so many fitness problem only in Pakistani players?

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Waj

Feb 08, 2015 02:53pm

I hope younis gets injured too. That will also pave the way for Fawad Alam :)

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fact

Feb 08, 2015 02:57pm

worst possible squad for pakistan

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Soomro qamar

Feb 08, 2015 03:12pm

Why every person talk about fawad....he can't perform at australia.we have need of malik and razzaq

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Laeeq Ahmed

Feb 08, 2015 03:12pm

Good for Hafeez. Now he can captain Pakistan after WC.

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wahab

Feb 08, 2015 03:26pm

Fawad Alam or Kamran Akmal.....please

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abdulla

Feb 08, 2015 03:28pm

Alhamdulillah! !! Allah SWAT is just...

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Faiz Khilji

Feb 08, 2015 03:29pm

When will Younis Khan be injured so that Fawad Alam can get in...

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faisal

Feb 08, 2015 03:31pm

He didnt deserve a place anyway

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THE GREAT VINIE

Feb 08, 2015 03:40pm

Ohhh how he injured?he is out from worldcup just because of pcb..

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Mudassar

Feb 08, 2015 03:40pm

The fans of Fawad Alam would like him to be in the team may it be a replacement of a fast bowler or a spinner. Enough is enough. PLEASE try to understand that he is well below the par. He is definitely not a limited over player.

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M.M.Sherazi

Feb 08, 2015 03:41pm

Pakistan has got the strength in batting line up...Jamshed has been very instrumental in building opening partnerships... let us stay positive... we have very good batting line up, starting that includes the experience of Shahid Afridi, Younus, Misbah and Umar Akmal.... our team is not that feeble as it is being deemed and projected.....All the best green shirts......

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shezad

Feb 08, 2015 03:55pm

Even if all Pakistani players get injured Fawad won't be selected. Get it through your head guys. PCB is a lot of things but merit is not of them.

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Taimoor

Feb 08, 2015 03:58pm

Some of you people are really stupid. Why are you so happy that Hafeez in injured? He is a much better player than Nasir, who plays too many dots. Hafeez in the No.2 highest scorer in ODI for Pakistan in the last 5 years, coming second to only Misbah. He made 80+ runs against NZ in the last match, but people still hate him, why? Just because he has a bad record with Steyn, people think he can't play fast bowlers, but don't NZ have fast bowlers? How did he score 80+ runs against them?

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Raju

Feb 08, 2015 04:19pm

Plot twist: Nasir Out, Ajmal In

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Alaia Haqqee

Feb 08, 2015 04:21pm

@Kamran Fawad Alam will never get included because he is from Karachi. Thats the way it has been and will always be. We have lost big games cause of this and we will continue to do so. I m so happy that Imran Farhat has finally been kicked out. What a disgrace it was to have him in the squad just cause he was a relative...

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Ali N Zaidi

Feb 08, 2015 04:33pm

Icredible! Maybe three more injuries and then Fawad gets a chance! Open with Sarfaraz, put Fawad in the middle order and it solves the current batting bowling and opening conundrum. Or take a risk - open with Akmal. You can only make bad lemonade from bad lemons! YK needs to go - his ego is drowning any hopes we had. Moin Mushi and Waqar are destroying the team. Waqar should never be allowed to coach. Hopefully he gets injured and we can send Mohsin Khan with all his Kala Kola!

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Hashim

Feb 08, 2015 04:38pm

Worst decision to have Jamshed as a replacement. He cant even field! And thats one of the so-called selection criteria of this biased selection committee. The lad cant even run properly between the wickets. Run outs are on the card. It was an ideal scenario for Pakistan to bring in Malik or Fawad by promoting Sarfraz up the order. Or even Ajmal for that matter. Nepotism has killed every department in Pakistan. With PCB, it has taken nepotism beyond justification. Highly incompetent decision making. Sue PCB.

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H.H.Shah

Feb 08, 2015 04:39pm

Nasir Jamshed, are you guys kidding me ? I really prefer if they include ajmal in place of hafeez.

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Farhan

Feb 08, 2015 04:47pm

I think PCB is going mad by taking wrong decision by including Rahat, Bilwal Bhatti, Ehasan Adil and now Jamshed, all these players are useless.. please remove these players and get in some major key players.. like Malik, Fawad Alam and Razaaq..

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Feb 08, 2015 04:56pm

They go on to include the failed ones. Nasir Jamshed is another failure like umar Amin. Tried a hundred times and failed. Why not select Azhar Ali, who is in the form of his life and is a decent bowler too? Hafeez was cleaver to save himself. Had he been a failure in the world cup, his cricket would have finished.

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Lyra

Feb 08, 2015 05:05pm

Guys... this time dont murder anyone after first round exit, like in 2003.

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Habib

Feb 08, 2015 05:13pm

Because saeed ajmal only give test of his off spin and seam up delivery not of his dosra.he is useless without dosra

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Feb 08, 2015 05:39pm

Sharjeel Khan might have been a better choice. We should have left right combination in the opening pair ( still missing great Saeed Anwar and Amir Sohail days).

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Asad Umar

Feb 08, 2015 05:42pm

Now people will know that Hafeez was a much better option. The PCB workings are worst than the government. Can some one tell me how Ehsan Adil got selected for the team? With no first class wonders, no speed and no movement of the ball, what made him a world cup prospect. Who in the world will select an attack of world cup team comprising of 4 bowlers who have no experience of ODIs at all. Ehsan (4 matches), Sohail Khan (5 matches), Yasir Shah (1 match) and Rahat Ali (1 match) make up our bowling attack. Can a sane person do this? I doubt. Then you needed at least two or three part timer to bowl the quota of the 5th bowler. If they had taken Fawad Alam and Azhar Ali, both of them are decent bowlers - at least better than Haris Sohail - and could have been an option together with Haris Sohail to do the job. Saeed Ajmal, even if bowls with a broken arm, is a much much better option than Ehsan Adil but the chairman who know nothing at all about cricket, wants him to play domestic cricket while their is no domestic cricket until next winter. Why it all happens to Pakistan, whenever there is a world cup. Have the bookies approached a bit higher this time?

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Ali (CA)

Feb 08, 2015 05:48pm

Please remove differences and brig Razaq in next

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Shahid

Feb 08, 2015 05:53pm

Isn't it disgusting when Misbah says, Ajmal has been away from international cricket for a while thats why it won't be easy to select him. He says so while 4 of his bowler have no experienced of ODIs at all.

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Shahid

Feb 08, 2015 05:55pm

Hafeez has made a very calculated and cleaver decision. He knew, he would fail and the team will fail too. And he knew that it will be end of his cricket.

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goyakekhan

Feb 08, 2015 06:04pm

@Mudassar grow up

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Rizwan

Feb 08, 2015 06:06pm

This is Politics at its best Haffez knows already the outcome of this world cup to secure his position after the world cup this is all a drama.

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goyakekhan

Feb 08, 2015 06:06pm

@Mudassar It seems only you understand who is better. Everyone wants him and statistics and merits too. Stop dreaming

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Kadir Khan

Feb 08, 2015 06:07pm

I see deep planning behind Hafeez's exclusion. PCB chors were waiting to get clearance for Ajmals action, soon they got the word from ICC gave them a strong business case to remove Hafeez who is already banned for illegal bowling.

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Googlie

Feb 08, 2015 06:22pm

@amad Because Sathi is serving somebody Else's interest!

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khurram

Feb 08, 2015 06:28pm

@habib Ajmal has passed the test with all deliveries means 3 existing, offspin, doosra and straighter one plus 2 new balls Carom ball and seam up ball...

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Hemani

Feb 08, 2015 06:31pm

common younus, common. we are counting on you to follow hafeez and junaid and make way for fawad alam.. common now you can do it!

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Imtiaz hamid

Feb 08, 2015 06:41pm

Jamshed has good record against India . Now replace Younus with fawad alam and Umar akmal as w.c bring a top leg spinner or two . You may have chance to win a match or two.

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Daud

Feb 08, 2015 06:41pm

@Saad well said ...

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Naveed USA

Feb 08, 2015 06:50pm

@ksch Malik should have been sent there in place of Hafeez.Fawad Alam has no technique,he can play in domestic cricket or on sub continent pitches.

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Naveed USA

Feb 08, 2015 06:54pm

@amad he has changed his action it will take some time to settle him with this new action and to be effective. And ICC is not our "Khala g ka Ghar" that they give you approval immediately while your WC squad is already complete and you can not change a player without any legitimate injury/reason.

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Naveed USA

Feb 08, 2015 06:58pm

@Kamran Fawad Alam???????????????? i think you want to finish his cricket,he can not play on AUS and NZ pitches because he hasn't got technique,he may play well in domestic cricket and on sub continent pitches where his shots hardly cross boundaries while in Australia they longer boundaries than sub continents. He is not a reliable bowler.

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Naveed USA

Feb 08, 2015 07:13pm

@Majid Ahmed Be positive,nobody knows future. In 1987 Australia was low ranked team(new players) at the start of WC. Aus beat Pakistan the then giant at Lahore(their home ground and conditions). When WI beat Pakistan in their last pool match,Viv Richards said,"Pakistan is going to be world champion of 1987 WC and we have beaten the champion in this WC". This team beat Aus recently in test series after 20 years with new and inexperince spin attack We should back our team and wish them good luck. This team beat SA in ODIs and won the series for the first time while we had a lot better teams which included many stars(world class players) who couldn't beat Aus and SA. After 2010 I have observed our team played against SA a lot i had a fear that it would get beaten badly in every series but our team competed against them well and against SL and ENG, as well.On the whole this teams performance was not very bad considering new players or less experienced players.

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Khan-Haqiqi

Feb 08, 2015 07:19pm

@PK Fawad alam was born in wrong city, Karachi, that's his and other talented players of karachi and Hyderabad fault. The team is of Lahore club hence Fawad cannot be selected

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Khan-Haqiqi

Feb 08, 2015 07:21pm

@Sab Se Pehle Pakistan open your eyes look around you, read history specially quota system, its historical bias against Karachities , there is no other reason

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Javed Khan

Feb 08, 2015 07:39pm

@PK I am shocked to see as if Fawad alam is superman and will solve all issues of Pakistan batting. He is an average player , only good for docile pitches of UAE, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

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Noman

Feb 08, 2015 07:42pm

He ran away from World Cup as he knew that he would be failed badly

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nam

Feb 08, 2015 07:47pm

where is replacement of Younus Khan?

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Shahram Khan

Feb 08, 2015 07:49pm

Let me predict Nasir Jamshed Score in the WC .... 12 , 18, 2, 25, 0

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Omer

Feb 08, 2015 08:00pm

People commenting here dont have cricketing sense, Saeed Ajmal is spinner and we need good fast bowlers on Australian pitches.

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Nasir

Feb 08, 2015 08:07pm

@Khan Do you have to bring religion over here also?

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pakfan

Feb 08, 2015 08:31pm

@Shahram Khan Agree with your predictions, but Nasir Jamshed Score in the WC .... 120 , 18, 2, 25, 0 That's why he got the chance...

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Fawad Alam

Feb 08, 2015 08:41pm

My name is Fawad Alam. I am from Pakistan. I have the highest batting average in domestic cricket and also I am a very good fielder. I promise to my fan that I will perform for my country to best of my abilities, without any politics or nepotism. Just get me in the team! And last but not the least I am from Karachi.

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venuBangalore

Feb 08, 2015 08:51pm

Is really hafeez injured? Or pcb doing this? Because hafeez cant bowl. Dal mein kuch kala hai.

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Nadulal

Feb 08, 2015 09:17pm

chickened out!!!

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Azam Jamil

Feb 08, 2015 09:41pm

If Papu cant dance and Hafeez cant bowl, whats left?

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Rabiya

Feb 08, 2015 11:28pm

Alhomdolilah Its better.

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Naveed USA

Feb 08, 2015 11:32pm

@Omer Yes,moreover Saeed has changed his bowling action ,he himself doesn't know how effective he is with this new bowling action and what he needs to improve and adjust further to be effective as before. He hasn't played cricket after re-modelling his action. I really surprise to see people's sense,we also need a good right arm fast bowler,I think Umer Gul or Razzak could have been selected as they are experienced,Razzak could score some quick runs batting late in the order as we don't have depth in our batting-our tale is very weak as compared to other teams.

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Dr.T Padri

Feb 08, 2015 11:39pm

I love Canada

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Naveed USA

Feb 08, 2015 11:44pm

@kp Ask him to correct his footwork first,in domestic cricket he may hit six but not in international cricket as they are quality bowlers play who read batman's weakness quickly and get him. Just look at his international records and watch his clips,he doesn't learn from his mistake as many others in Pakistan.

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Khan

Feb 09, 2015 12:35am

@Nasir YES! Religion is a big part of my personality. If you don't like it, ignore the comment.

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Mumtazar bashir

Feb 09, 2015 12:54am

Hmm.... too many last minute exclusions/inclusions, that they lost to New Zealand does not bode well. The veterans are bowing out, cos they don't want to take the fall. Don't blame them cos when Pakistan loses, the cricket fans are apt to blame a few players rather than blame the whole team.

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A Pakistani

Feb 09, 2015 01:38am

@Fawad Alam ...We all miss you. ALLAH jo bhi kerta hai behter hi karta hai.... it is better that you aren't playing otherwise all the loosers blamed you for their own failure. Let them play alone and let them exposed....Nation will never forgive PCB, Coaches and captain.

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Feb 09, 2015 02:10am

@Javed Khan I am not saying that Fawad Alan is our panacea to problems. By that token more than half of our team has not proven itself. If they can get selected why not fawad Alam.

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Hakim

Feb 09, 2015 04:21am

Why not replace an "allrounder" with another allrounder -> Fawad Alam who is a way much better batsman and can also bowl?? Our problems are with consistency of our batsmen and the obvious choice seems to be Fawad Alam. I am not sure about Jamshed's form and experience on Aus/NZ wickets? Anyone has info on this?

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loudspeaker

Feb 09, 2015 05:00am

Nasser jamsheed has always played well against india. Ahmed shehzad and nasser jamsheed are capable of giving a good start for Pakistan in the opening match on Feb 15, 2015. Good luck to you all green shirts

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Iqbal

Feb 09, 2015 05:03am

@venuBangalore - To be honest, ICC technical committee needs a medical report on injury before accepting the replacement. If they did it for that reason he cant bowl, then they would have called on someone who can bowl. Nasir Jamshed cant bowl - so that's not the reason Hafeez is returning.

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iqbal

Feb 09, 2015 05:25am

what is areas slams record in the last 5 limited over matches

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Hassan Naqvi

Feb 09, 2015 05:51am

It's not bad actually, both for Hafeez and Pakistan. Younis should be replaced by Fawad Alam in the team. Why Fawad is not in the team it is a big mystery, but why Younis is in the team its an even bigger mystery.

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Narendra

Feb 09, 2015 06:43am

@A Pakistani , Dude don't worry I think Pakistan have a very high chances to make to last 4, As except for Aus, SA and NZ rest all teams are are just not as that strong or playing bad cricket. With Pakistan even if the team is average atleast they have the hunger to perform. They have gone with a intent to perform.

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STRAIGHTFORWARD

Feb 09, 2015 07:27am

@Mudassar Mudassar Siddique your name sake and one of Pakistan's learned cricket fans has the same opinion about Fawad Alam. I really don't know why you guys has so much grudge against Fawad Alam. You know very well February 7, 2015 was the deadline for making any replacements in Pakistan's WC squad, that date has already passed and you are still busy in writing negative comments about Fawad.

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STRAIGHTFORWARD

Feb 09, 2015 10:35am

@PK I fully agree with you. England's Moeen Ali is the best example while Imran Taher made the right decission to seek his fortune in SA. Undoubtedly Imran Tahir is the best leg spin and googlie bowler in International Cricket today.

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STRAIGHTFORWARD

Feb 09, 2015 10:44am

@ksch Drop Younus and bring in Maqsood.

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mohsin raza

Feb 09, 2015 11:10am

Well, I absolutely agree with your experienced thought. What would be result of these all opinions on 15th Feb. You all have also invited to go through on these Latest Updates

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A Pakistani

Feb 09, 2015 05:48pm

@Javed Khan ... If someone given a chance to score on asian wickets only then he will score there..As the team management wants to keep their favorites on foreign tours so Fawad alam including other deserving players never get a chance. Tell me about when hafeez, umar akmal, Younis, wahab riaz performed on pitches other than Asians????????. BTW selectors & captain's favorite Umar Akmal scored only 126 runs in last 11 one day internationals... What would you say about his performance???? Please don't say that he is a match winner... Without a performance no one can be a match winner.

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mohsin

Feb 10, 2015 06:25pm

Pakistan have won match inshallah

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hasan

Feb 11, 2015 11:20am

Well PCB wasnt left with any options...was it. Even though the fans are complaining but Nasir unfortunately is the only logical choice. Opener can only be replaced with an opener, not with a mid order batsman (Fawad Alam) or an untested spinner with a remodeled action (Saeed Ajmal). Nasir has international experience of opening. Sending a new boy to debut (Sami Aslam) in a world cup in Aus against India will be like giving a death sentence to his career. PCB went with the only rational option they had. Despite the fact that Nasir's one day average in first class in recent times is pretty low. But i think this is a bitter pill PCB would have to swallow.

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hasan

Feb 11, 2015 11:21am

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