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Former pace bowler Aaqib Javed has slammed Pakistan's defensive approach at the World Cup, warning the team of an early exit from the tournament if they did not change their approach.
Aaqib, who played a pivotal role in Pakistan winning the 1992 World Cup and is currently the head coach of UAE, expressed great bemusement at the way Misbah-ul-Haq's side had prepared for the big event.
"Pakistan invested in one bunch of players before the World Cup and took a completely different team to the tournament," Aaqib told BBC in an interview.
The 42-year-old Aaqib, who played 22 Tests and 163 ODIs for Pakistan, said he was particularly surprised at the decision to omit wicketkeeper Sarfraz Ahmed from the playing XI in the first two matches of the World Cup.
According to him, Sarfraz was good enough to start for any team at the World Cup.
"Through his performances in the last couple of series, he had finally resolved Pakistan's longstanding issue of finding a good wicketkeeper batsman. But his confidence would have been badly shaken by the treatment meted out to him," Aaqib said, adding that there was no room for the out-of-form Younis Khan in the team.
He was also of the view that the current Pakistan team lacked leaders and was afraid of losing.
In a thinly-veiled jab at coach Waqar Younis, Aaqib said such a job was the domain of professionals.
"You need to be a professional coach to manage a team. You cannot be commentating one day and decide the next to become a coach."
Pakistan has lost its two pool games against India and the West Indies, and plays Zimbabwe next on Sunday.
Pakistan's sorry World Cup campaign so far was further jolted on Tuesday when chief selector Moin Khan was ordered to return home immediately and explain his visit to a casino before the team's 150-run loss against the West Indies in the World Cup.
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Feb 24, 2015 06:54pm
Yes he was dropped because he is from Karachi ...
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Feb 24, 2015 06:58pm
It's Waqar's third stint and no improvement in sight.
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Feb 24, 2015 07:04pm
No other team would have picked Younis Khan for the WC!
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Feb 24, 2015 07:08pm
This is normal for PCB.
PCB let the young talented players sit on the bench for years, when they cross their peak time bring them into the team, after 3 years their cricket finish.
that is their strategy all the time, best example in front of you Ajmal, Babar, Misbh.
Allah Bless Pakistan !!!!!
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Feb 24, 2015 07:10pm
cricket is no more game of chance its highly calculated and professional event. just see aussies, NZ, SA. we lack behind in selection, technology, experience and motivation. need of the hour is to make the players perform , perform, perform, perform and perform.
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Feb 24, 2015 07:14pm
@maula jut
one reason Karachi, second reason he he didn't offer any bribe to the PCB official on 50/50
basis. a sad story !!!
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Feb 24, 2015 07:16pm
SHAHID AFRIDI must play as a CAPTAIN in rest matches of the WC2015. He is aggressive & surely Pak beat SOUTH AFRICA readily. Misbah & Yonus should omitted for forever from ODI.
Sarfraz is far better batsman than Misbah & Umar Akmal.
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Feb 24, 2015 07:23pm
There is no cricketing sense for dropping Sarfaraz. Chief Selector Moin is also from Karachi, so thats not the reason behind his drop. But its the power to include U.Akmal or YK thats the reason for Sarfaraz's drop. Totally mindless approach.
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Feb 24, 2015 07:24pm
World Cups:
1992- 1 Player from Karachi ----- Javaid Miandad, 1996-3 Players from Karachi--- Saeed Anwar, Javaid Miandad, Rashid Latif----1999- 1player from Karachi - saeed anwar------2003-1 Player from Karachi - saeed anwar---------2007-1 Player from Karachi -Sami ------2011----1 Player from Karachi -Asad Shafiq ---------2015---1 player from Karachi --- Sarfraz...
They never played in world cups with more than 1 player from Karachi in last 16 years... How they can change the history now.... Let it go......
[Definition from Karachi - Born, Live and play]
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Feb 24, 2015 07:26pm
Be careful Aaqib didn't blame India for the poor performance. H is talking waisely thats why he is coaching UAE not Pak team. Aaqib this team is not Pak team, it is Punjab vs. whole world. Afridi and few others arefrom NWFP and FATA. So it is doing well since Karachi doesn't producegood players.
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Feb 24, 2015 07:26pm
@Moshim Khan
Even if you have Imran Khan to lead the Pakistani team, you won't be able to beat South Africa with the current set of players. For that matter any great captain the the world leads the Pakistani team, with the set of current players you have; you won't be able to beat teams like SA, AUS and NZ...
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Feb 24, 2015 07:27pm
Only players who perform well "currently" are selected in any sport all around the world. Players' past performance is history and we need players only who can perform better "Today". And Aaqib is right.
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Feb 24, 2015 07:29pm
@maula jut Isn't karachi part of pakistan? If it is then we need to completely quash this idea of punjabi, sindhi and pashtun looking out for themselves. We are one nation and we need to appoint the best person for every job. It should not matter if that person is punjabi, sindhi, pashtun, kashmiri or hindu or muslim or qaadiyani. We can make this a Great country.
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Feb 24, 2015 07:51pm
@Moshim Khan - continous rant about Afridi is unbelievable. What has he done for the team recently-or is waiting to do so only when appointed as a captain? He should be dumped along with Irfan, Sohail, Younis.
Can we bring Sarfraz in now?
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Feb 24, 2015 08:03pm
@Moshim Khan: I'm sorry did u just say that Misbah who has the HIGHEST ODI average in the team is a poor batsman??? Sorry but I'd really like to see your proof
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Feb 24, 2015 08:05pm
Pakistani team is like a ship whose captain does not know where to anchor and at last it sinks. Now another funny blunder the guy Cheema who is there on a "parchi" basis promoted to the position of chief selector. Moin khan should not be asked to come back. It is a big humiliation to a hero. He could be inquired about his visit to casino after his return at the end of the world cup event. But this is Pakistan cricket management who has no comparison to any management of the world cricket. It is needed to be sacked the whole management who is sitting since years without any output. I am afraid they are not getting their share of gambling because Akmals are always there in the team being middle men.
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Feb 24, 2015 08:05pm
Pakistani team is more concerned with shopping and site seeing. They are getting their money for playing the matches, they care less what the outcome is.
Depending on the teams performance, PCB should make players for their trip and hotel stay. Maybe then they will put in a little more effort.
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Feb 24, 2015 08:09pm
Burewala and Faisalabad eleven lost two important matches
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Feb 24, 2015 08:09pm
Sorry folks but i fail to understand differnce between karachi and lahore.
In our india we have more than 25 states and all speak different languge but this kind of problem never erupt.
For example sturt binny dosent know hindi and aswin dosent understand Gujrati.
Anyways tell sarfraz not to lose heart as half of pakistan team is going to retaitre or kicked out.
I hope then fawad alam would also get chance.O:-)
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Feb 24, 2015 08:13pm
@Maula Jut: Then what is keeping Younis in the team? He is also from Karachi
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Feb 24, 2015 08:19pm
how different is karachi from rest of pakistan!! logic behind avoiding players from karachi is beyond my understanding logic and reasoning..... as an Indian view of course
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Feb 24, 2015 08:20pm
Pakistan team Invested in Sarfraz Ahmed, Sohail Tanvir, Fawad Alam, Zulfiqar babar & took none of them.
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Feb 24, 2015 08:21pm
@Ammar -- FYI Younis is from Mardan. If someone only play from Karachi that doesn't mean he is from Karachi. Recently Sohaib Maqsood palyed from Balochistan warrior, will you call him balochi?????????????
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Feb 24, 2015 08:24pm
@A Pakistani ...up to 1970 there was no player from Karachi, no one born in Karachi. So you want 50% in the team who born in Karachi and rest from whole Pakistan. In 1996 cup Basit Ali was also from Karachi...may be some more. For you Karachites means Urdu speaking?. Sohail Khan is from Karachi but he is not Urdu speaking.
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Feb 24, 2015 08:29pm
Sarfraz does not belong to Punjab nor did he have a parchi.
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Feb 24, 2015 08:36pm
@maula jut not a wise thing to say. Sohail Khan was picked who is from Karachi. Team management knows what's better for team and select the best possible XI.
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Feb 24, 2015 08:50pm
Pakistan bowling is perhaps the best in Today's cricket -- where other teams routinely hit 300+ against attacks like Steyn & Co., Pakistani bowlers do a great job. The problem is our batting and our approach towards general player fitness. In those departments (batting and fitness), we are stick stuck in the 1990s.
To progress, we need to curate better/competitive pitches in Pakistan as well as UAE and we need to bring fresh/young/qualified people to handle PCB as well as to coach and train our players.
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Feb 24, 2015 08:53pm
I totally agree on he's comment that Waqar is not coach material. Coaching is a different ball game compared to playing. As a matter of fact, almost 90% of the best coaches were never good players. Waqar should retire from coaching after the world cup. He never speaks positively, he is always negative and has no game plan.
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Feb 24, 2015 08:58pm
Stop this Karachi vs Punjab debate. Pakistan has produced some of the finest, all from Karachi.
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Feb 24, 2015 09:01pm
True, dropping Sarfraz is an absurd decision by incompetent management. He's by far a better wicketkeeper and also been our most inventive, aggressive batsmen in recent internationals. But when you have people with little knowledge of cricket or any competitive support running things, then there are bound to be disastrous decisions like this.
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Feb 24, 2015 09:03pm
Victim for belonging to Karachi.
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Feb 24, 2015 09:06pm
@Em Moosa Best and Correct comment on this page. Thanks.
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Feb 24, 2015 09:18pm
@Ali-Indian it is not all that different but all in the eyes of PCB that has a prejudice against players of Karachi. It is all well known. Just look at the comment for "A Pakistani" above.
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Feb 24, 2015 09:31pm
@Malik Sb ... Sohail Khan is from Malakand...again the example of sohaib... Is he balochi or selected from Balochistan as he played from their.
[Definition from means born, live and play from Karachi.]
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Feb 24, 2015 09:39pm
younis khan,sohail khan,shahid afridi and sarfaraz are all
from karachi.....
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Feb 24, 2015 09:43pm
@KHAN I agree with you we should looking for young players use good player from under 19 team
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Feb 24, 2015 09:49pm
@burmanu - FYI --------------Younis khan - Mardan, Shahid Afridi ---- Khyber Agency , Sohail Khan ---- Malakand........Only Sarfraz born in Karachi, live in Karachi and play from Karachi...... In Haier Pentangular Cup One Day 2014/15 Sohaib Maqsood was playing from Balochistan, Shoaib Malik was playing from KPK.....Do you think Sohaib is Balochi and Shoab Malik is Pathan?????????????
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Feb 24, 2015 09:53pm
Shahid Afridi Yonuis khan are both from karachi ! Also Sohail Khan is from karachi. Although Younis has background from Mardan most of his cricket has been in Karachi.
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Feb 24, 2015 10:09pm
@Ahmed ..His Odi total score is 26 in 4 innings..avg 6.5 in 2015.
will you still like to keep him in the team
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Feb 24, 2015 10:50pm
Thank God PCB has at last taken a good decision of calling back tainted Moin Khan. He had no business to be with the team in the first place. PCB should be immediately purged of all parasites like Najam Sethi , Intikhab Alam and the army of other joy riders.
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Feb 24, 2015 11:10pm
@PakistanFirst I think current Pakistani bowling attack is the weakest since WC started in 1979.
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Feb 24, 2015 11:11pm
@maula jut - there are many cities and only need 11 to play so please do not play the city card.
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Feb 24, 2015 11:12pm
@A Pakistani - Most pakhtun kids growing up in karachi have an ancestral home in a village in KP-but they are still karachites!! Having played in the streets of Karachi since a young age Shahid Afridi is as Karachi as you can get !!
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Feb 24, 2015 11:30pm
Fawad Alam, Sarfraz Ahmed, Asim kamal, Asif Mujtaba and many more ....... Story is same! (Talented but unlucky)
Hafeez, Shoiab Malik, Kamran Akmal, Sohail Tanveer and many more ....... Story is same! (Parchi)
PCB, PIA, WAPDA, Pak Steel and many more ...... Story is same! (Dis-functional, Nepotism …. List is endless)
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Feb 24, 2015 11:36pm
Aaqib is correct and I agree with all his comments. I commented in another post what has Safaraz got to do get in the Pakistan Team I am still none the wiser. Suppose still there is no sign of professionalism creeping into the mindset of the current set up.
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Feb 25, 2015 12:18am
Sarfraz is not Gilchrist. It would have not made any difference on the result of the two matches anyway.
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Feb 25, 2015 12:24am
@A Pakistani
Please don't be racist. Here are two more players in Pakistan team who played all their cricket in Karachi and are from Karachi. Afridi and Sohail Khan.
No doubt our best player is Sarfraz.
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Feb 25, 2015 12:44am
If Sarfraz qualifies then he should be in the team, period. Not because the management needs to accommodate him to show solidarity with Urdu Speaking community.
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Feb 25, 2015 01:07am
There is so much racism in Pakistani cricket, how come there are no more than 1 or 2 players from Karachi? When there are plenty of talent available, this racism has brought down this country to this lowest level and now you see that in cricket as well. What a great nation is Pakistan?
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Feb 25, 2015 01:26am
Its all because of unprofessional and biased approach by cricket managment as well as common people of the country. Shahid Afridi has hailed as a hero for what? The team needs news faces and all these sifarishi players out
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Feb 25, 2015 01:26am
So long as Mr. 35 punctures is sitting in the board with his cronies, the team will keep performing bad because all selection will be based on personal preferences and not on merit.
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Feb 25, 2015 01:27am
@Ahmed please check for your record how many matches misbah won with that average
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Feb 25, 2015 01:30am
@dawn Afridi has been in good form since last three months and scoring for Pakistan. We should not expect everything from afridi, on his day he wins single handedly for pakistan. How many matches misbah has won for pakistan or how many man of the matches under his belt. Check Afridi he is third in rank world wide and 1st from Pakistan for more man of the matches awards.
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Feb 25, 2015 01:31am
@Malik what are you talking about? are you real or living in a fantasy land?
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Feb 25, 2015 01:48am
Karachities keep bringing up that they were not selected because they belonged to Karachi. That is such a sad and ignorant statement to make. It just spoils the fun of commenting on cricket. Keep your politics away from cricket.
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Feb 25, 2015 01:49am
All these ex can criticise only! What is Aqib's achievement when he was the coach with Pakistan?? We lost badly in Australia.
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Feb 25, 2015 01:50am
This is why current the PCB should be sacked top-to-bottom.
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Feb 25, 2015 01:52am
@Ammar NO, he is from Mardan.
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Feb 25, 2015 01:54am
@Alam .. Basit Ali wasn't the part of squad in 1996 WC. Refer to cricinfo.
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Feb 25, 2015 02:14am
@maula jut
Fawad, Sarfaraz and Anwar Ali are club level cricketers they dont deserve to be in the team
*iam not from punjab*
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Feb 25, 2015 02:49am
@maula jut And Yunus Khan is retained because he is from Karachi?
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Feb 25, 2015 02:50am
@Moshim Khan What nonsense! Just take a look at Misbah's batting record.
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Feb 25, 2015 03:35am
@A Pakistani. Come on bro if Sohail is only born in Malakand but has played all his cricket from Karachi he is a Karachi player. Sohaib only played a single game or season from Baluchistan. I am sure Sarfraz will play all the next games. Best of luck to Sarfraz and team Pakistan.
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Feb 25, 2015 03:43am
While now is not the right time to have a debate on who is from where but its true and unfortunate that urdu speaking people from Karachi have been neglected not just in cricket but In all fields at the national level
I personally believe in merit only, regardless of ethnicity both Sarfaraz and Fawad Alam deserved to be in the playing 11 on merit.
Now whats done is done. We all are Pakistanis first. Lets get together and support our team. Always remember "Sab Se Pehle Pakistan"
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Feb 25, 2015 04:04am
@Moshim Khan : you must be kidding. Did you see Afridi's fielding? He can't damn move his body. You guys need to move forward not backward. We still love Sehwag, Sachin but does not mean we want them play now.
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Feb 25, 2015 04:36am
@A Pakistani Please leave the KHI vs Non KHI biase out. By your definition, Younis and Shahid are also Karachite. By the same token I call my self Lahorian although my family originated from KPK and we are Pakhtoon. But I was born, raised, educated and now working in Lahore. And if anyone calls me other than Lahori, I will be offended. But PLEASE for sake of ALLAH and PAKISTAN, get out of this us vs them mentality. This is not doing Pakistan any good. Whether in life in general or politics or sports!
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Feb 25, 2015 04:52am
@burmanu Thank you for the comment. It proves that if we put country first then there should not be any problem no dirty politics just pure cricket and lets play ball. Still some hope left hope what they are doing will get them to next level if they are focus.
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Feb 25, 2015 04:59am
@Khan Younus Khan and Bilawal Bhatti, Nasir Jamshed, Ehsan Adil. The list is too long. They left behind Mohammad Sami, Fawad Alam, Anwar Ali, Asad Shafiq, Azhar Ali, Shoaib Malik, Sohail tanvir, Abdul Razzak, Rizwan. Again the list is too long.
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Feb 25, 2015 05:47am
Rationale and logic are considered as alien traits within PCB and it has been like this for decades.
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Feb 25, 2015 05:57am
Pak playing best 15member squad for WC2015 must include following players...
01. Sahazib Hasan
02. Sami Aslam
03. Babar Azam
04. Fawad Alam
05. Abdul Razzaq(captain)
06. Hammad Azam
7. Md. Rizwan(wicketkeeper)
08. Raza Hasan
09. Yasir Arafat
10. Sohail Tanveer
11. Md. Talha
12. Azhar Mehmood
13. Imran Nazeer
14. Md. Zia
15. Imran Khan
May I remind you that Razzaq, Nazeer & Mehmood didn't quite their international career. So their experience is bonus.
This squad is far better than Aussies, NZ, India & SA. Please replace Misbah parchi with it.
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Feb 25, 2015 07:08am
@A Pakistani: Dude, Chief Selector is from Karachi so I wonder why he has an issue with Fawad? You are taking this a bit too far. Last I checked Younis is also from Karachi, if he is a pathan they I guess you can disown him... I guess you don't care if Pakistan loses because to you Karachi is not represented. You also conveniently left out Moin Khan from your list. The only deserving player from Karachi that is not getting a chance is Fawad Alam. His father was a coach of half Pakistani players produced in the last two decades and I can imagine what the chap must be going through.
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Feb 25, 2015 07:26am
@maula jut where is chief selector from? Karachi::::::::
btw I am not defending the decision of dropping him. He was prepared for this tournament and he should have been kept in the playing 11.
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Feb 25, 2015 08:04am
@Ali Ideally you are right but ground reality is different, Its sad not everybody think of unity as one nation! Discrimination against Karachi is not new?
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Feb 25, 2015 08:08am
@Alam Mohammed brothers were from Karachi, in case you don't know who they are, Haneef Mohammed is a legend.
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Feb 25, 2015 08:42am
@A Pakistani i did not check the records but shahid afridi's name is missing from your list.
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Feb 25, 2015 08:51am
@PakistanFirst "Pakistan bowling is perhaps the best in Today's cricket -- where other teams routinely hit 300+ against attacks like Steyn & Co., Pakistani bowlers do a great job."
Uhhhhhhhh!!!!!! Ummm did you not watch Pakistan's first two games in the world cup??? Not only did the "best bowling attack" in the world give away 300+ in both matches but also failed to pick up all 10 wickets. In fact India, which is considered as a weak bowling attack defended it's total twice by bowling out the opposition for less than 250 in one instance and less than 200 in the other
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Feb 25, 2015 09:29am
Can't understand what Pakistanis are agitated about. The team is performing as expected. So many people posted that they have no expectations from this team so why are you so agitated? Is it because Indian team is performing better? Just calm down now and hope that India too loses. We Indians are hoping to lose to Ireland of course. LOL.
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Feb 25, 2015 09:31am
Karachi is not getting justice in Pakistan surely. Its time for Sindh to form its own team.
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Feb 25, 2015 09:48am
Looks like everybody wants the coach/manager/captain/chief selector/PCB chairman's job. The show of hands has started early before the team has exited from the WC.
Let these people finish their jobs first and don't be in a hurry boys.
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Feb 25, 2015 09:53am
@Moshim Khan
Disagree! Misbah is the only consistent performer..........! Far far better than Afridi.
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Feb 25, 2015 10:05am
@maula jut There have been so many players from Karachi in Pakistan team so to bring out the karachi card every time is dishonest and out right divisive....
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Feb 25, 2015 10:06am
@maula jut
So the chief selector is from Karachi and still we expect that it is a regional Bias?
I think it is a personal Bias.
Maybe he was from Rashid Latif academy instead of Moin Khan academy?
It is very unfortunate but we are deliberately denying opportunity to the best players that come up.
Fawad, Sarfraz, Raza Hassan etc. were all required in this squad.
Even Hammad Azam should have been played 3-5 series on the trot to ensure that we have a fast bowling all rounder prepared before World Cup.
We deliberately play with the new players and give them the one thing that we need to give...Confidence!
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Feb 25, 2015 10:18am
@optimist
I agree that Fawad, Sarfraz should be playing in the team as they are the step forward.
But Sami?
Razzak?
For Gods sake man, Sami never even became 10% of the bowler we all expected and wanted him to become.
And Razzak is not fit enough to play now as a Fast Bowling All rounder anymore.
Instead Hammad Azam should have been groomed as fast bowling allrounder instead of wasting him like we wasted Yasir.
Also we needed to groom the Left arm spinner Raza Hassan to make our attack diverse enough to take on different batting lineups in the world cup.
We need to stop looking backwards and give the young guns the only thing they need...CONFIDENCE!
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Feb 25, 2015 10:42am
I fully agree with the writer
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Feb 25, 2015 10:56am
@saad also add india to that list along with aus nz & sa
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Feb 25, 2015 11:47am
@A Pakistani An in that too that one player is in the squad but sometimes not picked up in the playing eleven, like Sarfaraz in 2015.
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Feb 25, 2015 12:53pm
@maula jut No you are wrong. Moeen Khan, the chief selector, is also tour selector and he is from Karachi. Then why Moeen did not include Sarfaraz?
The real issue is, there is a group (Sethi, Waqar, Moeen), who are just minting money, enjoying free foreign trips and are least concerned about team's performance.
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Feb 25, 2015 01:02pm
i wonder how quickly younis khan left the crease right after getting out in both matches, it reflects his fear in subconscious that he can get out any moment.. my sympathies with a great test cricketer.. we love u younis khan as a good test bats man.
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Feb 25, 2015 01:28pm
@Hassan , chief selector is from Rawalpindi.
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Feb 25, 2015 01:31pm
@salman748@gmail.com .... check the list again. Afridi name is there.
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Feb 25, 2015 01:39pm
@Moshim Khan dream on.
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Feb 25, 2015 02:20pm
@Ali (CA) --- why you don't apply your many city theory to lahore. When 8 out of 11 players were only selected from lahore. Spot fixing match 2010. I never see any match where Pakistani team was playing with less than 4 players only from lahore. Is punjab only lahore???? When did you apply your city theory here??????
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Feb 25, 2015 02:36pm
@A Pakistani Afridi lives in Lahore?
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Feb 25, 2015 03:02pm
Even if there is substance in what Aaquib says, it is most inappropriate for him to comment on Pak team when he is donning UAE cap as Head coach of UAE team. PAK team can sort out their problem. They don't need the advice of other teams' coaches.
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Feb 26, 2015 01:14am
He is 100 percent right?
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Feb 26, 2015 07:22am
PCB need overseas management with Foreign coach and no Pakistani coaches needed.First Younis Khan and Nasir Jamshed need to be out of ODI squad.There ODI career is over.Simply team cannot afford to play with 9 players as both have been playing known to every one that they cannot score more than 0.
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Feb 26, 2015 01:05pm
@maula jut
Moin khan is also from karachi
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Feb 26, 2015 03:03pm
You are missing when Zulqarnain Haider was threatened by who all of you know and poor wicketkeeper had to runaway. Same brothers have so much Iinfluence to keep Sarfraz away as wicketkeeper. Despite poor performance missing catches and deliberately missing runouts. We have no national pride we accept corruption.
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Feb 26, 2015 05:04pm
@Shekhar you're either plain dumb or sheer stupid.. choose any.. karachi has produced the best players ever.. had they been given a proper chance then not a single player from elsewhere would've made it to the squad, if one would truly select them based on merit. the greatest have been from karachi. the most corrupt and useless kind belongs to punjab.. always politking.. even imran khan.. he is the one who really started the rot .. instigating players to revolt against anyone else besides himself.. javed miandad was the best captain we could ever have had..but imran couldn't bear it.. he couldn't let anyone else become as famous as himself..
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Feb 26, 2015 08:36pm
Fawad Alam, also from Karachi, does not get picked, although his average of ODI is over 45. There is only 1 other batsman in the CURRENT team who has an average of 40+, but still lower at 42 (Misbah). This is a personal loss for each such individual, which many may not care about. But it is affecting the team, and that is hurting the whole nation. So it should!
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Mar 02, 2015 07:44am
@anupam patiently waiting for the next crop of talent. Current players are well past their prime.
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