Rashid Latif Challenges Pakistani Team To Beat His Selected Players.

[kamranO]

http://www.jang.com.pk/jang/jun2010-daily/23-06-2010/sports.htm

[sakss]

shazaib hassan
khalid latif
faisal iqbal :))) :)))

for the test team???rashid has gone crazy

[Ryankhan]

WOW what a team. Except for s.hassan i liked this team. if this is a test team then im all in for it. this team looks more stronger then the team pak chose. but this team bowling is a worry ffor me....I hope pcb excepts and we can have a match between rashid 11 agaisnt pak11/ should be fun if they played 2 test series n 3 odi series.

[kkmix]

That won't be such a bad team, atleast they will play as a unit. And it's basically Sindh vs Punjab team.

Younis, Yousuf, and Asim kamal would make a good middle order. I would support this team rather than pakistan team.

[sakss]

WOW what a team. Except for s.hassan i liked this team. if this is a test team then im all in for it. this team looks more stronger then the team pak chose. but this team bowling is a worry ffor me....I hope pcb excepts and we can have a match between rashid 11 agaisnt pak11/ should be fun if they played 2 test series n 3 odi series.


so u think khalid latif and faisal iqbal should be in the test team and can challenge umer akmal and kami even????no way

[sakss]

mohammad sami and sohail khan would get clobbered

[kkmix]

mohammad sami and sohail khan would get clobbered
No.

they will be used properly.

[ali2220]

http://www.jang.com.pk/jang/jun2010-daily/23-06-2010/sports.htm

ON what basis is he selecting Sami,Faisal,Asim Kamal(have rarely been making headlines since long) shahzaib,Khalid and Sohail?

Very dissapointing stuff from Lateef.

[siccric]

Didn't expect something like this from Rashid Latif, of all people. That team is rubbish, except for Yousuf and YK. Anyway, Yousuf has madei t clear he doesn't want to play again, so there's no need to be giving out these pointless challenges.

[AZ]

Butt sahab alone will beat the crap out of Rashid's team.

[IAJ]

His problem is that he wants only Karachi players representing Pakistan and that is wrong and just to take some attention away from this factor he has picked Younis Khan and Yousuf, even a 6 year old boy know that they can walk straight in any team.
Asim Kamal was good but didn't get proper opportunities but he has had some terrible seasons of late.

Rest of the players are ok, some of them already in the pakistani squad but Sami, iqbal, khalid latif don't deserve to play at the moment.

[dhump]

Butt sahab alone will beat the crap out of Rashid's team.

shyad kuch ziada ho gaye par ab keh hi diya hay to bring it on butt sahab dekh lengay :afridi .

[sharaf katawazi]

rashid team is way ahead of afridi team

[Xoib]

Umer Akmal will have a field day against Sohail Khan and Sami.Shazaib and Latif opening against Asif and Amer will be comical.

[Blitz]

Is this just another way of Latif saying he would make a better coach then Waqar?

[samiakh]

still no room for fawad Alam!

[Hamza78]

Wat happen if his team lose.will he shut his mouth cheater y he don't wait and see first I now yk Should be in team but he have to show respect to butt because he,s boss.

[IAJ]

Wat happen if his team lose.will he shut his mouth cheater y he don't wait and see first I now yk Should be in team but he have to show respect to butt because he,s boss.

Do you like :ibutt ?

[sunnykhan]

he selected shahzaib cox he scored wwell in the past two seasons of our domestic seasons! as he has played only two seasons! this year his QEA average was about 46! so he is capable of being selected their! no surprise for me!

[Desi]

still no room for fawad Alam!
Yeah I thought the same thing. Nobody wants the poor chap. Other countries would have turned him into a star by now...

[Hamza78]

Do you like :ibutt ?
It's not abt like or not no body like him but he,s boss right now.u don't need to mess with him right now

[IAJ]

It's not abt like or not no body like him but he,s boss right now.u don't need to mess with him right now

Izzat aur Asool jaise chizein bhi houti hain brother. No doubt he is the boss, but he is a terrible boss aur sare " jii sir jii" nahi houte. I am sure Younis has his reasons.

[cric_crazy]

Butt sahab alone will beat the crap out of Rashid's team.

hahaha..........why do u like to embarrass yr self.... and there is reason why sindh and karachi teams apart from t20 RBS wins every other tournament. The players rashid has selected may not be very stylish and good looking to the eyes but they play wid heart and play together very well and hold on to every opportunity they r provided with. which players like kamran *******, butt ******** and farhat damaad have not been able to do since they have joined the pakistani team. Each time three of them play Pakistan looses a test match because of pathetic display of fielding from each one of them. The garbage mentioned above and passengers like malik sahab representing the team are not worthy of selection in club team even.

[Hamza78]

Ok i agree with u but one question u play for Pakistan or ur respect if butt get fire because of yk I will be Soooo happy but if not who lost Pakistan.some time need to be relax

[muhammad saad]

Huh? Half of his selected team is complete dud.

[Afridi_Fan]

From the above mentioned squad, I would only like to have :yk and :moyo in our TEST side only.

[jattafridi]

From the above mentioned squad, I would only like to have :yk and :moyo in our TEST side only.


I agree :)

[azlotia]

and which stadium exactly are they going to play ....hmmm....maybe nishter park or chakiwara?

[SOSami]

Sami would run through the side.

[IAJ]

Sami would run through the side.

Yeah and before that Faisal Iqbal will samsh a tripple century

[Afridi_Fan]

Yeah and before that Faisal Iqbal will samsh a tripple century


:))) :))) :))) :)))

[AZ]

could someone write down the whole team? the font is really small and my Urdu reading skills are quite below average :(

[Afridi_Fan]

could someone write down the whole team? the font is really small and my Urdu reading skills are quite below average :(
01- Khalid Lateef.

02- Shahzaib Hassan.

03- Younis Khan.

04- Mohammad Yousaf.

05- Asad Shafique.

06- Asim Kamal.

07- Faisal Iqbal.

08- Sarfaraz Ahmed.

09- Mohammad Sami.

10- Sohaiol Khan.

11- Anwar Ali.

12- Azam Hussain.

13- Danish Kaneria.

[dhump]

01- Khalid Lateef.

02- Shahzaib Hassan.

03- Younis Khan.

04- Mohammad Yousaf.

05- Asad Shafique.

06- Asim Kamal.

07- Faisal Iqbal.

08- Sarfaraz Ahmed.

09- Mohammad Sami.

10- Sohaiol Khan.

11- Anwar Ali.

12- Azam Hussain.

13- Danish Kaneria.

All of them are from Karachi ???

[Ismailtoca]

Fawad Alam?

[azlotia]

MOYO is not from khi....

[*sallu*]

Don't think of me as some anti Karachi person but its very clear Rashid Latif has shown a huge bias towards Karachi

[Friend786]

All of them are from Karachi ???

:moyo is not from karachi

[muhammad saad]

I feel racism in his squad :P

[azlotia]

Don't think of me as some anti Karachi person but its very clear Rashid Latif has shown a huge bias towards Karachi

over the years, it has been very evident that the bias for the pakistan team has been towards punjab (apart from a few exclusions like rashid latif, miandad, moin khan). But overall it has all been punjab. Maybe thats the reason for Rashid Latifs bias as he thinks that there are players in khi who are not selected in the national team because they are from khi.

[Waseem]

01- Khalid Lateef.

02- Shahzaib Hassan.

03- Younis Khan.

04- Mohammad Yousaf.

05- Asad Shafique.

06- Asim Kamal.

07- Faisal Iqbal.

08- Sarfaraz Ahmed.

09- Mohammad Sami.

10- Sohaiol Khan.

11- Anwar Ali.

12- Azam Hussain.

13- Danish Kaneria.

Thatnk GOD he is running an academy and not our chief selector. That's quite pathetic stuff from Latif. He is basically saying that he wants only karachi players in the team. Yousuf has retired so no point of including him in the team just make sure there is ONE non Karachiite in the team.

I hate this kind of mentality, there is no doubt that some players ae harshly dealt with but Fawad's name should be on top of the list but he isnt good enough according to Latif.

Poor stuff from Rashid Latif.

[*sallu*]

over the years, it has been very evident that the bias for the pakistan team has been towards punjab (apart from a few exclusions like rashid latif, miandad, moin khan). But overall it has all been punjab. Maybe thats the reason for Rashid Latifs bias as he thinks that there are players in khi who are not selected in the national team because they are from khi.

Oh c'mon

Faisal Iqbal, Khurram Manzoor, Mohammad Sami, Danish Kaneria have all gotten fair chances

Yes Fawad Alam has been hard done by, but thats one weird case that has nothing to do with the city

And plus, Karachi is one city, and Punjab cricketing circuit is made up of Lahore, Islamabad, Pindi, Sialkot, Faisalabad, Multan

If its 6 cities vs the 1, you know from where the majority of the players are going to be picked

[Black Zero]

Thanks God this time its not about usual match fixing allegations from Rahid.
He is a loyal son of Karachi.

Plus kaneria is picked for Pakistan already.

[zainul_abedin]

It will remain a deam. And the sooner Mr Latif gets rid of his fantasies ghe better for everybody. He should put some positive proposals forward which should attractive the attention of people that he is trying to reach ie the board who will probably laughing right now. If the board starts to listen to every selector including me there will be over 160 millions voices shouting for their choices. We still wont be winning anything. We simply dont know how to win. In the match dagainst Bangladesh Messrs Waheed and Moin Khan were pointing out the short-comings of Bangladeshis withtheir expert knowledge and their predictions (which by he way is called sitting on he fence.) and calling for BD team heads, what were our team and particulaly the captain doing to win the match. They had posted a good total and that was that.No urgency to make things happen. If it was any other team than BD (I challenge Rashid Latif) we would have lost that math. That is the bigest weakness of our team. They should be told dthe old adage "It is not over until the fat lady has sung". Rashid Latif should do better pointing the weaknesses of Pakistan team and ways to eliminate these, instead of singing the praises of his non-existant band of men.

[AZ]

Khalid Lateef.
Shahzaib Hassan.
Younis Khan.
Mohammad Yousaf.
Asad Shafique.
Asim Kamal.
Faisal Iqbal.
Sarfaraz Ahmed.
Mohammad Sami.
Sohail Khan.
Anwar Ali.

Azam Hussain.
Danish Kaneria.


thanks AF :19:

and LOL, a Rest of Pakistan XI would beat the crap out of that team, easily.

imagine this team:

Salman Butt
Kamran Akmal (wk)
Shoaib Malik
Umar Akmal
Umar Amin
Shahid Afridi
Abdul Razzaq
Umar Gul
Saeed Ajmal
Mohd. Aamer
Shoaib Akhtar

Mohd. Asif
Hammad Azam


innings defeat, I tell you.

[muhammad saad]

Well there is no doubt that Karachi players do get harshly treated the prime example is Fawad Alam and the upcoming eg will be Asad Shafiq.

[AZ]

Well there is no doubt that Karachi players do get harshly treated the prime example is Fawad Alam and the upcoming eg will be Asad Shafiq.

where's the Pakistan captain from? Karachi.

where's the chief selector from? Karachi.

why do all pro-Karachi PPers have to raise this issue as an argument? really sickening.

[kamranO]

where's the Pakistan captain from? Karachi.

where's the chief selector from? Karachi.

why do all pro-Karachi PPers have to raise this issue as an argument? really sickening.






Captain is from Khyber agency mind you that mean pathan he just grew up there thats all his origin not karachi...man...just check your facts

[AZ]

Captain is from Khyber agency mind you that mean pathan he just grew up there thats all his origin not karachi...man...just check your facts

his 'cricketing' upbringing is in Karachi, right?

[Afridi_Fan]

Captain is from Khyber agency mind you that mean pathan he just grew up there thats all his origin not karachi...man...just check your facts


Afridi has played his entire cricket from Karachi. Check your facts. :afridi

[siccric]

Who the hell cares where the players are from, as long as the best available team is being fielded?


It's time to end this regional idiocy - it's a thing of the past, really.

[kamranO]

his 'cricketing' upbringing is in Karachi, right?



do you know who select him it was salauddin sallu


so that means karachi people are not biased

[COMEBACKID]

Thatnk GOD he is running an academy and not our chief selector. That's quite pathetic stuff from Latif. He is basically saying that he wants only karachi players in the team. Yousuf has retired so no point of including him in the team just make sure there is ONE non Karachiite in the team.

I hate this kind of mentality, there is no doubt that some players ae harshly dealt with but Fawad's name should be on top of the list but he isnt good enough according to Latif.

Poor stuff from Rashid Latif.

Half of the player are comming on siparish ijaz butt is a joke the whole Pcb is a joke pakistan is looking very weak for england and australia did you guys watch the match yesterday. :ibutt

[the Great Khan]

Karachi Karachi!!! Same old whngeing!! Sometimes I wonder whether that dump is a part of Pakistan at all?? Glad I left when I did!!

[kamranO]

Afridi has played his entire cricket from Karachi. Check your facts. :afridi


Full name Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi

Born March 1, 1980, Khyber Agency

I am not asking about where he plays or not play .

[T20_Cricket]

http://www.jang.com.pk/jang/jun2010-daily/23-06-2010/sports.htm
Karachi 11http://forum.thescubasite.com/animated/anim_65.gif (http://www.thescubasite.com)

[AZ]

Who the hell cares where the players are from, as long as the best available team is being fielded?


It's time to end this regional idiocy - it's a thing of the past, really.

there is only one section of Pakistan cricket fans who constantly bring up this retarded argument.

[kamranO]

Many pper are asking usman Khawaja to play for pakistan because he born in pakistan and many idiots are saying him traitor and etc....


its my assumption that to play for any team your origin is considered moresally in asian countries.In uk .afric, australia its not that considered as you see the emergegence morgan,k.pietersen,h.amla now usman khwaja...

[COMEBACKID]

Many pper are asking usman Khawaja to play for pakistan because he born in pakistan and many idiots are saying him traitor and etc....


its my assumption that to play for any team your origin is considered moresally in asian countries.In uk .afric, australia its not that considered as you see the emergegence morgan,k.pietersen,h.amla now usman khwaja...


well thats true but if he did play for pakistan ijazz butt probly ruin his career so he should just play for australia and have a great career look what the pcb did to a great like mohammad yousaf

[Prince_Pathan]

that would be a good match...i think it should go ahead lol...pity theres never many players from KP or baluchistan etc selected but i guess...anwar ali and shahzaib hasan khan can keep flyring the flag high :P

[fawad_wellwisher]

Butt sahab alone will beat the crap out of Rashid's team.

Well Ejaz Butt has already beaten the crap out of most of the players in the team.

[fawad_wellwisher]

Thatnk GOD he is running an academy and not our chief selector. That's quite pathetic stuff from Latif. He is basically saying that he wants only karachi players in the team. Yousuf has retired so no point of including him in the team just make sure there is ONE non Karachiite in the team.

I hate this kind of mentality, there is no doubt that some players ae harshly dealt with but Fawad's name should be on top of the list but he isnt good enough according to Latif.

Poor stuff from Rashid Latif.

Yes it is interesting to note he doesn't think too highly of Fawad Alam. Even Faisal Iqbal makes his team which is a shocker in my view.

[azfar wali]

Karachi Karachi!!! Same old whngeing!! Sometimes I wonder whether that dump is a part of Pakistan at all?? Glad I left when I did!!

*** are you talking about. its only latif that made these stupid comments not the whole city of karachi and the city you are calling a dump is the financial and commercial capital of Pakistan and is a extremely important part of Pakistan.

the team Latif made is ridiculous but comments here by some posters blaming all of Karachi citizen and stating that they all think like Latif thats just plain stupid as well.

[shane]

still no room for fawad Alam!

In a different thread someone said they wished Eoin Morgan was Pakistani. Of course if Eoin Morgan was Pakistani then that would be a loss to world cricket since he would doubtless suffer the same fate as Fawad Alam who, I am convinced, is at least as good as Morgan.

[kamranO]

*** are you talking about. its only latif that made these stupid comments not the whole city of karachi and the city you are calling a dump is the financial and commercial capital of Pakistan and is a extremely important part of Pakistan.

the team Latif made is ridiculous but comments here by some posters blaming all of Karachi citizen and stating that they all think like Latif thats just plain stupid as well.



spot on mate

but there is problem why karachi batsmen are drop without reasons .

[Cricket_MN]

Wat happen if his team lose.will he shut his mouth cheater y he don't wait and see first I now yk Should be in team but he have to show respect to butt because he,s boss.

Are you related to Butt?

[*syed59*]

I think the fact that Rashid has selected all 11 players from karachi is more to do with, I believe, which is his furiousness over the current test squad for england.

He thinks YK should have been there, Fawad, Khalid Latif, Iqbal etc etc. Hence imo, in his mind he thought that it IS a matter where the squad selected is basically a punjab XI. And therefore in anger he gave them this challenge of words.

[COMEBACKID]

Are you related to Butt?



Loool probly another of his rishtadaar on Pakpassion :ibutt

[Cricket_MN]

Karachi Karachi!!! Same old whngeing!! Sometimes I wonder whether that dump is a part of Pakistan at all?? Glad I left when I did!!

It is nice to see such people leaving the city who consider Karachi dump which by the way is the "the financial capital of the country" .

[Cricket_MN]

I am unable to see Rashid's list of player. For some reason it is not openning up. Can someone please post the name here.

[Cricket_MN]

Yes Fawad Alam has been hard done by, but thats one weird case that has nothing to do with the city Yes no question about it.

And plus, Karachi is one city, and Punjab cricketing circuit is made up of Lahore, Islamabad, Pindi, Sialkot, Faisalabad, Multan

If its 6 cities vs the 1, you know from where the majority of the players are going to be picked

Very good point. PLus, Lahore has produced some of the best cricketer for Paksitan. Does anyone remember Imran Khan, Wasim Raja, Mudassar Nazar, Wasim Akram?

And who can forget Zaheer Abbas, the asian Bradman. He was from Sialkot.

[Inswinger]

Rashid Latif is quickly losing any credibility he had. He should spend less time talking about cricket and should become a full time MQM member. He'd do them proud......

[waqar_ahmad]

I have a lot of respect for Rashid Latif. Very honest guy.

But if he is using regional bias as a criteria for selections, he should be ashamed of himself. Poor stuff.

[azfar wali]

Yes Fawad Alam has been hard done by, but thats one weird case that has nothing to do with the city Yes no question about it.

And plus, Karachi is one city, and Punjab cricketing circuit is made up of Lahore, Islamabad, Pindi, Sialkot, Faisalabad, Multan

If its 6 cities vs the 1, you know from where the majority of the players are going to be picked

Very good point. PLus, Lahore has produced some of the best cricketer for Paksitan. Does anyone remember Imran Khan, Wasim Raja, Mudassar Nazar, Wasim Akram?

And who can forget Zaheer Abbas, the asian Bradman. He was from Sialkot.


Yeah Zaheer was born in Sialkot but he lived in Karachi most of his life and Karachi has also produce great players like maindad,,Saeed Anwar,Rashid Latif,Younis Khan ,Shahid Afridi,the Mohammed brothers and the list goes on so every part of Pakistan has produce equally great cricketers including Karachi.

[Cricket_MN]

01- Khalid Lateef.

02- Shahzaib Hassan.

03- Younis Khan.

04- Mohammad Yousaf.

05- Asad Shafique.

06- Asim Kamal.

07- Faisal Iqbal.

08- Sarfaraz Ahmed.

09- Mohammad Sami.

10- Sohaiol Khan.

11- Anwar Ali.

12- Azam Hussain.

13- Danish Kaneria.

Is it really Rashid Latiff's list?

I guarantee you all that Rashid may not be a rocket scientist but he is not that stupid either who wold make this list which looks like a team from Karachi rathar then Pakistan.

May be he is trying to convey a message here.......

[Cricket_MN]

Yeah Zaheer was born in Sialkot but he lived in Karachi most of his life and Karachi has also produce great players like maindad,,Saeed Anwar,Rashid Latif,Younis Khan ,Shahid Afridi,the Mohammed brothers and the list goes on so every part of Pakistan has produce equally great cricketers including Karachi.


I totally agree with you. No one is denying the fact that Karachi also has produced many great players.

I was just trying to make a point that the team has to be picked from all parts of Pakistan and not just from one city or province.

[azfar wali]

01- Khalid Lateef.

02- Shahzaib Hassan.

03- Younis Khan.

04- Mohammad Yousaf.

05- Asad Shafique.

06- Asim Kamal.

07- Faisal Iqbal.

08- Sarfaraz Ahmed.

09- Mohammad Sami.

10- Sohaiol Khan.

11- Anwar Ali.

12- Azam Hussain.

13- Danish Kaneria.

Ridiculous team by latif they will get smashed by the real Pakistani team

[AZ]

spot on mate

but there is problem why karachi batsmen are drop without reasons .

because, apart from Fawad, all are pathetic batsmen..

[azfar wali]

I totally agree with you. No one is denying the fact that Karachi also has produced many great players.

I was just trying to make a point that the team has to be picked from all parts of Pakistan and not just from one city or province.

Exactly a team should be picked on merit and the players who are best for PAKISTAN should be selected even if they are from waziristan

[azfar wali]

because, apart from Fawad, all are pathetic batsmen..

asim Kamal was a pathetic batsman?(he was dropped for no reason)
Manzoor's fighting innings against the Aussies was pathetic in your opinion

[Waseem]

I think the fact that Rashid has selected all 11 players from karachi is more to do with, I believe, which is his furiousness over the current test squad for england.

He thinks YK should have been there, Fawad, Khalid Latif, Iqbal etc etc. Hence imo, in his mind he thought that it IS a matter where the squad selected is basically a punjab XI. And therefore in anger he gave them this challenge of words.

That's exactly what i thought as well.
I agree that players like Fawad Alam recieved harsh treatment but is it ONLY because they are from Karachi????We have had MANY captains, coaches, slectors, head of PCB from Karachi so were they all under pressure to treat their fellow Karachiites harshly????
We have a bowler who averages 50 after playing about 50 tests(????) and batsman who averages 25 after about 25 tests and they still complain about harsh treatment. There are a lot of people like Rashid who spread these rumours and result is that a LOT of people believe them (quite a few on this thread as well).

[kamranO]

because, apart from Fawad, all are pathetic batsmen..



r u here going nuts how can you say that...K.Manzoor is muuch better then pathetic farhat,

I know faisal iqbal the ******** making all karachi batsmen look bad...and what about free ride of misbah who had captured the middle order without any reason...

[Inswinger]

r u here going nuts how can you say that...K.Manzoor is muuch better then pathetic farhat,

I know faisal iqbal the ******** making all karachi batsmen look bad...and what about free ride of misbah who had captured the middle order without any reason...
:)))

[Alam_dar]

Dears,

Please leave this regional issues aside.

Rashid Latif is perhaps not watching cricket in all over Pakistan and therefore it may be he came up with this line up.

What we should do is to include those players in this team which we think deserve it.

I could make the following changes in Rashid Latif's team:


01- Khalid Lateef >>> I will take Nasir Jamshed as substitute Opener (in ODIs format).

02- Shahzaib Hassan >>>> I will take Khurram Manzoor for Tests (although Khurram is also from Karachi, but for me he deserve more than Shahzaib in Test Format)

03- Younis Khan.

04- Mohammad Yousaf.

05- Asad Shafique.

06- Asim Kamal. >>> For me he is already old guy. He must be replaced. May be by Naved Yasin.

07- Faisal Iqbal. >>> He must get competition, but don't know which other Guy we have who can give him hard time.

08- Sarfaraz Ahmed.

09- Mohammad Sami.

10- Sohaiol Khan.

11- Anwar Ali.

12- Azam Hussain. >>>> I will take Raza Hassan instead of Azam Hussain



Therefore, my team will have following more players:

1. Raza Hassan (spinner)

2. Yasir Arafat (All Rounder)

3. Nasir Jamshed (for ODIs and T20 format)

4. Khurram Manzoor for Tests

5. Naved Yasin.



13- Danish Kaneria.

[azfar wali]

:)))

Did you watch his innings in Hobart he was only player who gave Aussies a fight and made a fighting 76. His technique might not be as good as Farhat but his mental toughness is superior to farhat. BTW who would rather have in your team a proven failure with a good technique but the mental strength of a snail. Or a young new comer whose technique isn't the best but has mental toughness which he has proven against Australia in his innings of 76.

[kamranO]

That's exactly what i thought as well.
I agree that players like Fawad Alam recieved harsh treatment but is it ONLY because they are from Karachi????We have had MANY captains, coaches, slectors, head of PCB from Karachi so were they all under pressure to treat their fellow Karachiites harshly????
We have a bowler who averages 50 after playing about 50 tests(????) and batsman who averages 25 after about 25 tests and they still complain about harsh treatment. There are a lot of people like Rashid who spread these rumours and result is that a LOT of people believe them (quite a few on this thread as well).



ok yo are highlighting karachites player waht about Kamran akmal pathetic keeping what about farhat horror runs and don,t forget the pathetic M.hafeez

[Inswinger]

Did you watch his innings in Hobart he was only player who gave Aussies a fight and made a fighting 76. His technique might not be as good as Farhat but his mental toughness is superior to farhat. BTW who would rather have in your team a proven failure with a good technique but the mental strength of a snail. Or a young new comer whose technique isn't the best but has mental toughness which he has proven against Australia in his innings of 76.
I think you misunderstood. I was laughing because saying someone is better than Farhat isn't really saying much at all.

[azfar wali]

I think you misunderstood. I was laughing because saying someone is better than Farhat isn't really saying much at all.

oh ok sorry man i thought who were saying farhat is better than Manzoor :))

[fawad_wellwisher]

I think you misunderstood. I was laughing because saying someone is better than Farhat isn't really saying much at all.
:))) :)))

What a reference --- I Farhat :)))

He is the joker of Pak cricket. Sub par batting, habitually drops catches and is a confirmed ********.

[ali110]

lol @ ppl criticizing latif's team cuz he has selected most of the Khi players in his team. I don't see the same rubbish from posters here when Pakistan TEAM is selected mostly from Punjab and don't tell me Butt, Farhat, Malik, Kamran (as a keeper) deserves to be in the team. Just like Latif has YK and MOYO as token players from other parts of a country for a side show, Pakistan Team has Afridi and some 3rd rate Khi players as a token.

[Waseem]

ok yo are highlighting karachites player waht about Kamran akmal pathetic keeping what about farhat horror runs and don,t forget the pathetic M.hafeez

Unlike you, i am not here to defend crap players just because they are Punjbis, Lahoris or Faisalabadis. Check my posts and see how mcuh i rate Farhat. I don't think i have ever hated any Pakistani players but Farhat, Hafeez and Sami are exceptions. Kamran Akmal is a different case, i hate him for his keeping but still think we can't afford to drop him with this kind of battin lineup.

[Waseem]

lol @ ppl criticizing latif's team cuz he has selected most of the Khi players in his team. I don't see the same rubbish from posters here when Pakistan TEAM is selected mostly from Punjab and don't tell me Butt, Farhat, Malik, Kamran (as a keeper) deserves to be in the team. Just like Latif has YK and MOYO as token players from other parts of a country for a side show, Pakistan Team has Afridi and some 3rd rate Khi players as a token.

^^^ Prime example here.

[waqar_ahmad]

lol @ ppl criticizing latif's team cuz he has selected most of the Khi players in his team. I don't see the same rubbish from posters here when Pakistan TEAM is selected mostly from Punjab and don't tell me Butt, Farhat, Malik, Kamran (as a keeper) deserves to be in the team. Just like Latif has YK and MOYO as token players from other parts of a country for a side show, Pakistan Team has Afridi and some 3rd rate Khi players as a token.
Rubbish post

[sunnykhan]

because, apart from Fawad, all are pathetic batsmen..

how can u say that??? what about asim kamal?? basit ali was dropped suddenly in his and there are many more! watch your comments before submiiting them! u have shere negativity in your mind! u can't be fair!

[azfar wali]

lol @ ppl criticizing latif's team cuz he has selected most of the Khi players in his team. I don't see the same rubbish from posters here when Pakistan TEAM is selected mostly from Punjab and don't tell me Butt, Farhat, Malik, Kamran (as a keeper) deserves to be in the team. Just like Latif has YK and MOYO as token players from other parts of a country for a side show, Pakistan Team has Afridi and some 3rd rate Khi players as a token.

a really stupid post

[Desire]

after listening his interview i can say that faisal iqbal is a looser.

[AZ]

how can u say that??? what about asim kamal?? basit ali was dropped suddenly in his and there are many more! watch your comments before submiiting them! u have shere negativity in your mind! u can't be fair!


we're talking about the ones who have played recently for Pakistan, not the ones in Rashid XI...Asim was a brilliant batsman, but the last time he played for Pakistan was 5 years ago.

[ali110]

Rubbish post
yeah easy to call it rubbish rather than face the truth.

[azfar wali]

we're talking about the ones who have played recently for Pakistan, not the ones in Rashid XI...Asim was a brilliant batsman, but the last time he played for Pakistan was 5 years ago.

What about Manzoor? he is he rubbish as well according to you ?

[AZ]

What about Manzoor? he is he rubbish as well according to you ?

yes...admirable temperament, but he needs to tighten up his technique.

[azfar wali]

yes...admirable temperament, but he needs to tighten up his technique.

So just one question would you rather have Farhat than manzoor in your team?

[Cheguvera]

This is not a all or none squad...it's clearly a squad put together to show that a number of them, like Younis, Yousuf, Sarfaraz, Shazaib and etc. deserve to be in the squad over the numbnuts who've replace them for the England tour...

[AZ]

So just one question would you rather have Farhat than manzoor in your team?

I'd rather see Azeem Ghumman ahead of both of them, to be honest...but if came down to these 2, then I'd take Farhat.

[sunnykhan]

we're talking about the ones who have played recently for Pakistan, not the ones in Rashid XI...Asim was a brilliant batsman, but the last time he played for Pakistan was 5 years ago.


so????? he was victimised??? did u know that???? why players like misbah get so many chances without performing?????? and players like asim are victimised??? just accept the truth! punjab is dominating! i agree with the current sqaud pf pak there are more talented players! but it happened in past and and it will happen in the future! punjab is dominating by fair and unfair means!!!!

[sunnykhan]

I'd rather see Azeem Ghumman ahead of both of them, to be honest...but if came down to these 2, then I'd take Farhat.

keep supporting the '******'

[waqar_ahmad]

keep supporting the '******'
SO if someone doesnt like Manzoor who you like, he is supporting ******.

Manzoor is a horrible horrible batter. Shahzaib Hassan and Mznoor have the worse techniques I have ever seen in world cricket. I would not have him in my 2nd eleven, let alone playing eleven

[AZ]

so????? he was victimised??? did u know that???? why players like misbah get so many chances without performing?????? and players like asim are victimised??? just accept the truth! punjab is dominating! i agree with the current sqaud pf pak there are more talented players! but it happened in past and and it will happen in the future! punjab is dominating by fair and unfair means!!!!

Misbah can say same thing, he did not get his opportunity when he was younger, only got a full run in the squaf after Inzamam retired...is he not from Punjab? Asim lost his place in the side to Shahid Afridi, a fellow Karachi-based batsman...and well all know about Faisal Iqbal, God knows how many players were not picked ahead of this clown.

So please, keep your useless argument to yourself, especially when the likes of Manzoor, Shahzaib, Shafiq and Latif are being picked to represent Pakistan.

[sunnykhan]

Misbah can say same thing, he did not get his opportunity when he was younger, only got a full run in the squaf after Inzamam retired...is he not from Punjab? Asim lost his place in the side to Shahid Afridi, a fellow Karachi-based batsman...and well all know about Faisal Iqbal, God knows how many players were not picked ahead of this clown.

So please, keep your useless argument to yourself, especially when the likes of Manzoor, Shahzaib, Shafiq and Latif are being picked to represent Pakistan.

how can u compare asim kamal and afridi??? when did afridi replace asim???? tell me!

[sunnykhan]

SO if someone doesnt like Manzoor who you like, he is supporting ******.

Manzoor is a horrible horrible batter. Shahzaib Hassan and Mznoor have the worse techniques I have ever seen in world cricket. I would not have him in my 2nd eleven, let alone playing eleven


i clearly dont like the ppl who come in the team by unfair means! and i also dont like the ppl who support them! its not that he doesn't like khurram or shahzaib! its like he is defending undeserving player! and hope u get it now????

[amar1212]

lateef is on drugs. His team wont even win a test against Bangladesh (even w/ Yunis and Yusuf)

[AZ]

how can u compare asim kamal and afridi??? when did afridi replace asim???? tell me!

Asim's last appearance for Pakistan was in the 2005/6 series vs England...since then this was the batting lineup:

http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/232615.html

http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/233797.html

http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/234783.html


so please, check something before you talk.

[azfar wali]

SO if someone doesnt like Manzoor who you like, he is supporting ******.

Manzoor is a horrible horrible batter. Shahzaib Hassan and Mznoor have the worse techniques I have ever seen in world cricket. I would not have him in my 2nd eleven, let alone playing eleven

even with his horrible technique Manzoor was the only batsman that didn't bow down to the Aust bowlers in the horbat test, Technique only means so much when you have no mental toughness and temperament. Manzoor showed great mental toughness in his last test and than was dropped for no good reason.

[waqar_ahmad]

i clearly dont like the ppl who come in the team by unfair means! and i also dont like the ppl who support them! its not that he doesn't like khurram or shahzaib! its like he is defending undeserving player! and hope u get it now????
He is not defending an undeserving player. He is saying that the player you are supporting, is more undeserving than Imran Farhat, and he is right.

I dont care how Khurram Manzoor came into the team, fair or unfair. He is not good enough to play test cricket, period. He has a horrible technique, no footwork whatsoever. And that one inning doesnt change anything.

[srh]

Basically this team is almost like Sindh Dolphins which are the domestic champions except of seniors Younus Khan and Mohammad Yousuf.

I think Rashid Latif is suggesting that the domestic champs with some experienced players (Younus Khan and Mohammad Yousuf) can beat Pakistan national team.

His logic is flawed and I think the Pakistan national team will kill the Sindh Dolphins.

People who think Rashid Latif is biased are mistaken. Remember he called Mohammad Salman Pakistan's best wicket keeper and Mohammad Salman is from Faisalabad.

Lets not judge Rashid Latif based on his ethnicity.

He may be also trying to highlight the alleged injustice treatment of Karachi players. In some cases I agree (e.g. Asim Kamal, Anwar Ali), in some cases I dont agree (e.g. Faisal Iqbal, Sohail Khan).

[Friend786]

khurram manzoor is not good enough for tests

[azfar wali]

khurram manzoor is not good enough for tests

and losers like Farhat and Misbah are?

[Friend786]

anderson would have destroy khurram manzoor with his swing bowling

[*syed59*]

tbh Latif is very right here when he creates this team and shows the loop holes in selection of our original squad to england.

Yes he has selected 99% karachi players, but then again, whether he has selected them to show his anger over imo what he believes(the dominance of punjab thing) or whether to simply differentiate how undeserving players like farhat,malik,akmal,zulqarnain haider have been preferred over more deserving players such as Yousuf, YK sarfaraz ahmed or asad shafiq etc, he is NOT WRONG.

Because dominance of punjab has been a real issue in the past and still remains a real issue. On the other hand, the issue of deserving and non deserving player, irregardless of where they come from, is also an issue.

[Friend786]

and losers like Farhat and Misbah are?

first of all misbah is not in the team ! farhat has a better technique then khurram manzoor

[azfar wali]

first of all misbah is not in the team ! farhat has a better technique then khurram manzoor

Misbah got dozens of chances before he was dropped and Like i said before technique is only good when you have mental toughness and temperament.

[Friend786]

azhar ali is a good batsman

[azfar wali]

azhar ali is a good batsman

what does that have to do with anything? :))

[Friend786]

what does that have to do with anything? :))

maybe you forgot that he is in the squad and he may get a chance ahead of farhat

[azfar wali]

maybe you forgot that he is in the squad and he may get a chance ahead of farhat

I really hope that happens but we all know that Damaad will play all of the matches and Azhar won't get a chance.

[srh]

Why some of you guys always look at things from the race spectrum? The race is ****ing nothing. You did not even choose it. Allah choose it for you when he was creating you. Why be ****ing proud of something of which you have no control? Did Allah said that people of this race will get in heaven before any other race? Grow up.

[so123]

Pakistan is Pakistan, we are all the same. Man think about India they have 1.2 billion people, do they have all this regional politics?

[*syed59*]

Why some of you guys always look at things from the race spectrum? The race is ****ing nothing. You did not even choose it. Allah choose it for you when he was creating you. Why be ****ing proud of something of which you have no control? Did Allah said that people of this race will get in heaven before any other race? Grow up.


Pakistan is Pakistan, we are all the same. Man think about India they have 1.2 billion people, do they have all this regional politics?

WE are not looking at things from the race spectrum. WE the people sitting here are NOT the ones who are responsible of creating this disease of ethnicity in Pakistan.

But it DOES happen in our couuntry, and it IS responsible for causing a lot of harm to all our institutions and the whole unity of ours.

So what OUR role here is to pick out these instances, try to judge if it is in the event concerned to us(in this case Current squad selected for England and Rashid Latif's challenge to PCB. Both matters apparently have traces of this disease found).

And then praise,condemn, discuss, throw arguments, understand. In order for our minds to be more mature and clear regarding this unfortunate cancer of ethnicity.

[Down2Earth]

latif really has to stop his karachi victimisation nonsense

[so123]

Why some of you guys always look at things from the race spectrum? The race is ****ing nothing. You did not even choose it. Allah choose it for you when he was creating you. Why be ****ing proud of something of which you have no control? Did Allah said that people of this race will get in heaven before any other race? Grow up.

Agree but it's not really a race issue as the various ethnicities are distributed and mixed inexticabllt throughout pakistan. Pakistanis are genetically very close to each other. We are not a race either. The broad race is caucasian which is split into further groups and pakistanis are a mix of the turkic, arab(semitic), iranid, indic peoples. So really we are all mixed.

[AZ]

The only one which apparently might have this disease is the Rashid XI, not the squad selected by PCB.

[so123]

WE are not looking at things from the race spectrum. WE the people sitting here are NOT the ones who are responsible of creating this disease of ethnicity in Pakistan.

But it DOES happen in our couuntry, and it IS responsible for causing a lot of harm to all our institutions and the whole unity of ours.

So what OUR role here is to pick out these instances, try to judge if it is in the event concerned to us(in this case Current squad selected for England and Rashid Latif's challenge to PCB. Both matters apparently have traces of this disease found).

And then praise,condemn, discuss, throw arguments, understand. In order for our minds to be more mature and clear regarding this unfortunate cancer of ethnicity.

I know pakistan is diverse and we arent really a race but a broad mix of many populations.

[Gollum]

Rashid's team has some promise. Doesn't mean its the best we have to offer. I would like to see some guys given another look like Anwar Ali, Sohail Khan, Sarfraz Ahmad and Asad Shafiq.

[*syed59*]

The only one which apparently might have this disease is the Rashid XI, not the squad selected by PCB.

Can't agree with the bold part.

[srh]

What if Rashid selected this team to show people that the domestic champions "Sindh Dolphins" with a few experienced players (Yousuf & Younus) can beat the national test team? And as you know the players on "Sindh Dolphins" are from Sindh province. :inzi

May be this is the reasoning behind his team selection? The only person who can answer it is Rashid Latif.

Meanwhile people who are speculating that he did it because of bias, can be wrong.

[kkmix]

over the years, it has been very evident that the bias for the pakistan team has been towards punjab (apart from a few exclusions like rashid latif, miandad, moin khan). But overall it has all been punjab. Maybe thats the reason for Rashid Latifs bias as he thinks that there are players in khi who are not selected in the national team because they are from khi.
Agree with you, Examples are, Asim Kamal and Fawad Alam.

It's crazy how after seeing Rashid's eleven, you'r all whinning that it's a Karachi team and he is biased. What is a Pakistan team, isn't the Punjab team, isn't thattt biased, there's just 2 guys from karachi out of 17, Talk about being baised, And I feel sorry for Balouchistan, I know how they feel.

[Down2Earth]

Agree with you, Examples are, Asim Kamal and Fawad Alam.

It's crazy how after seeing Rashid's eleven, you'r all whinning that it's a Karachi team and he is biased. What is a Pakistan team, isn't the Punjab team, isn't thattt biased, there's just 2 guys from karachi out of 17, Talk about being baised, And I feel sorry for Balouchistan, I know how they feel.
it's not like there are imran khans' waiting to break into the pakistan team from balochistan. from the current squad of players, only malik doesn't deserve to be there.

[sunnykhan]

Asim's last appearance for Pakistan was in the 2005/6 series vs England...since then this was the batting lineup:

http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/232615.html

http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/233797.html

http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/234783.html


so please, check something before you talk.


its not afridi who cut the place of asim kamal... lol! what a thinking u r having! a proper middle order batsman and an all rounder! no comparison! the team selection is another matter but the playing eleven selection is a different maater dude! u should have some lessons abt it!

[Cheguvera]

lol @ ppl criticizing latif's team cuz he has selected most of the Khi players in his team. I don't see the same rubbish from posters here when Pakistan TEAM is selected mostly from Punjab and don't tell me Butt, Farhat, Malik, Kamran (as a keeper) deserves to be in the team. Just like Latif has YK and MOYO as token players from other parts of a country for a side show, Pakistan Team has Afridi and some 3rd rate Khi players as a token.

Qaulity post...those dismissing it as rubbish have no merits to argue against it...

[Abdullah22]

Sometime people fail to use common sense, Latif selected Sami,faisal etc not cause they are from Karachi rather he had no other choice, he can't pick asif/Umar akmal since they are in the national team.

[fawad_wellwisher]

I really hope that happens but we all know that Damaad will play all of the matches and Azhar won't get a chance.

Damaad and Malik and confirmed sifarshis. From that perspective R Latif and F Iqbal have a right to complain.

Only a country like Pakistan can select undeserving players destined to participate in an international competition. :ibutt

[AZ]

its not afridi who cut the place of asim kamal... lol! what a thinking u r having! a proper middle order batsman and an all rounder! no comparison! the team selection is another matter but the playing eleven selection is a different maater dude! u should have some lessons abt it!

:41: keep talking, I give up.

[hashmist]

over the years, it has been very evident that the bias for the pakistan team has been towards punjab (apart from a few exclusions like rashid latif, miandad, moin khan). But overall it has all been punjab. Maybe thats the reason for Rashid Latifs bias as he thinks that there are players in khi who are not selected in the national team because they are from khi.
How about two of the last three captains being from Karachi? And also the current captain of all formats being from Karachi.

[Easa]

Damaad and Malik and confirmed sifarshis. From that perspective R Latif and F Iqbal have a right to complain.

Only a country like Pakistan can select undeserving players destined to participate in an international competition. :ibutt
Malik is a sifrashi? Are you on crack?

He comes from an extremely poor family with very little social influence and has batted in just about every position for Pakistan. If he had any influence over his selection, or where he was meant to bat, he wouldn't have been yo-yo'd around for the last 10 years.

[Easa]

and lol at the team.

I'm sure Asif, Aamer, and Kaneria are shitting their pants thinking of bowling to batsmen like Manzoor and Iqbal. Our batsmen will probably have similar organ failures at the very thought of facing up to Sohail Khan and Sami.

[fawad_wellwisher]

Malik is a sifrashi? Are you on crack?

He comes from an extremely poor family with very little social influence and has batted in just about every position for Pakistan. If he had any influence over his selection, or where he was meant to bat, he wouldn't have been yo-yo'd around for the last 10 years.

No I am not.

But that's not important.

That now Malik finds himself in the team after being banned for 1year is because of political influence asserted on PCB to end his ban. That much should be very clear to anyone who follows the Pak cricket scene closely. Comprendez!

[Easa]

No I am not.

But that's not important.

That now Malik finds himself in the team after being banned for 1year is because of political influence asserted on PCB to end his ban. That much should be very clear to anyone who follows the Pak cricket scene closely. Comprendez!
He finds himself in the team after being banned for 1 year because he appealed and apologized like Afridi and the Akmal brothers. He didn't threaten to dismantle the PCB like Younis. While there's a certain merit to what Younis Khan tried and is trying to do, that in no way implicates that Malik is a ******** with any sort of political influence. It's Shoaib Malik for God's sake - not Shahid Afridi.

[Cheguvera]

Malik is a sifrashi? Are you on crack?

He comes from an extremely poor family with very little social influence and has batted in just about every position for Pakistan. If he had any influence over his selection, or where he was meant to bat, he wouldn't have been yo-yo'd around for the last 10 years.

How long has it been since he was poor...he has been playing for the national side for over 10 years and has amassed considerable wealth, influence and connections...e.g. the biggest cow in Sialkot and a ruling Party stalwart "banda maar" Dr. Firdous Ashiq-e-Malik...

If it wasn't for this sifarsh from his cow of an ashiq there is no way malik would have made it back from his ban after his insidious machinations and pathetic performances, for which he sould have been banned for life...

[fawad_wellwisher]

He finds himself in the team after being banned for 1 year because he appealed and apologized like Afridi and the Akmal brothers. He didn't threaten to dismantle the PCB like Younis. While there's a certain merit to what Younis Khan tried and is trying to do, that in no way implicates that Malik is a ******** with any sort of political influence. It's Shoaib Malik for God's sake - not Shahid Afridi.

It's common knowledge that Malik used political influence to get his ban overturned.

LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) arbitrator’s decision to overturn former skipper Shoaib Malik’s one-year ban and reduce his two million rupee fine, apparently under some political pressure, has earned him criticism from all quarters, particularly from former players. Former Test opener Aamer Sohail called Irfan Qadir’s decision as ‘hasty’ and said that the ban was lifted under pressure. “To hide its own incompetence, the PCB targeted the players and, after pressures from outside, they abruptly lifted the ban,” The Daily Times quoted Sohail, as saying. Former fast bowler Sarfraz Nawaz blasted the PCB for first banning the players and then suddenly lifting the ban, and described the decision to revoke Malik’s ban as ‘a coward’s stance’. “It’s a decision taken under political pressure and will damage Pakistan cricket in the future. The PCB took a decision against discipline breaches but couldn’t stand the pressure from political forces,” Nawaz said. “I also question the authority of the arbitrator as well who doesn’t have the credibility and authority to take such a decision,” he added. (ANI)

Of course no one is come to your house and admit such a thing ever took place!

Here is your chance to learn the ability to connect the dots. ;-)

[fawad_wellwisher]

How long has it been since he was poor...he has been playing for the national side for over 10 years and has amassed considerable wealth, influence and connections...e.g. the biggest cow in Sialkot and a ruling Party stalwart "banda maar" Dr. Firdous Ashiq-e-Malik...

If it wasn't for this sifarsh from his cow of an ashiq there is no way malik would have made it back from his ban after his insidious machinations and pathetic performances, for which he sould have been banned for life...

:)))

Thanks for pointing out the political connection Malik relied upon.

[Dare2Dream]

Not a bad idea, this will give up and coming talent another opportunity to make their mark, since the selecors just can't get enough of tried and tested garbage like Malik, Farhat, Misbah, Hafeez etc.

[Karachi]

All players from Karachi are pathetic, they are weak, don't have body and physical strength to be an international level cricket players, nor they have technique, temperament, mental toughness and no sifarish to be in the team.







If you lie a thousand times it doesn't become a truth!

[hashmist]

Malik is a sifrashi? Are you on crack?

He comes from an extremely poor family with very little social influence and has batted in just about every position for Pakistan. If he had any influence over his selection, or where he was meant to bat, he wouldn't have been yo-yo'd around for the last 10 years.
Have you not followed anything in the past six months? Of course Malik is a ********. Just bc he comes from a poor family doesn't mean he doesn't have connections NOW. Our esteemed PM Yousuf Raza Gillani's son is best buddies with Malik, and he even punched some poor guy out at Malik's Valima in Lahore. How else do you think Malik got his banned removed and fast tracked back into the side so fast? Based on his hard work and excellent form?

[kkmix]

it's not like there are imran khans' waiting to break into the pakistan team from balochistan. from the current squad of players, only malik doesn't deserve to be there.
Imran Farhat, Azhar Ali, Kamran Akmal, Yasir Hameed, Zulqarnain, Wahab Riaz don't deserve to be there, I'm sure there is better talent than them out there.

[abdulraheemsiddiqui]

altaf bhai will be the coach i guess

[sunnykhan]

:41: keep talking, I give up.



when people run out of logics and reasons they r expected to say something like this only :))) :))) :)))

[AZ]

Imran Farhat, Azhar Ali, Kamran Akmal, Yasir Hameed, Zulqarnain, Wahab Riaz don't deserve to be there, I'm sure there is better talent than them out there.

Azhar and Wahab should have been in the team a year ago! They were the big performers on the same Australia A tour from which Umar Akmal was selected!

Imran Farhat was the highest rungetter in the domestic season before he became disheartened and left for ICL, and was then barred from selection.

Yasir and Zulqarnain are the questionable selections.

[sunnykhan]

Imran Farhat, Azhar Ali, Kamran Akmal, Yasir Hameed, Zulqarnain, Wahab Riaz don't deserve to be there, I'm sure there is better talent than them out there.


imran farhat. kamran akmal, yasir hameed, zulqarnain haider does not deserve! but azhar ali and wahab riaz has performed well!

[AZ]

when people run out of logics and reasons they r expected to say something like this only :))) :))) :)))

No, you're too dense to see the obvious...from that period onwards Afridi played as the number 6 batsman in the lineup, until the tour of England, that is why Asim was discarded.

[sunnykhan]

Azhar and Wahab should have been in the team a year ago! They were the big performers on the same Australia A tour from which Umar Akmal was selected!

Imran Farhat was the highest rungetter in the domestic season before he became disheartened and left for ICL, and was then barred from selection.

Yasir and Zulqarnain are the questionable selections.

and when he returned from ICL only one century takes him to pakistan team! what a joke!! and the rest people who were scoring runs like azhar ali and many more were ignored!!! shame on him!

[Shezada]

01- Khalid Lateef.

02- Shahzaib Hassan.

03- Younis Khan.

04- Mohammad Yousaf.

05- Asad Shafique.

06- Asim Kamal.

07- Faisal Iqbal.

08- Sarfaraz Ahmed.

09- Mohammad Sami.

10- Sohaiol Khan.

11- Anwar Ali.

12- Azam Hussain.

13- Danish Kaneria.

things wrong with this squad:

1.sami is sh*t.

2. no umar akmal

3. no salman butt, he is still one of our highest run scorers atm

4. over half of the players mentioned have pretty much no experience internationally, so a crap load of them will fail.

5. faisal iqbal is sh*t

6. no mohammad asif, whos the 4th best bowler in the world for tests

7. no aamer. remember his 5fer vs australia?

[AZ]

and when he returned from ICL only one century takes him to pakistan team! what a joke!! and the rest people who were scoring runs like azhar ali and many more were ignored!!! shame on him!

and what of his domestic performances then? Did they go up in smoke?

Farhat has always been a good player, but mentally weak...since his comeback he has done well, scored a Test 100 and formed a good partnership with Butt so he deserves to be there.

Azhar should have certainly been there earlier, but Farhat's experience may have given the nudge in his favour.

[sunnykhan]

No, you're too dense to see the obvious...from that period onwards Afridi played as the number 6 batsman in the lineup, until the tour of England, that is why Asim was discarded.


lol. dude asim exclusion was selection blunders not afridi playing at no. 6! asim was victimised.

[sunnykhan]

and what of his domestic performances then? Did they go up in smoke?

Farhat has always been a good player, but mentally weak...since his comeback he has done well, scored a Test 100 and formed a good partnership with Butt so he deserves to be there.

Azhar should have certainly been there earlier, but Farhat's experience may have given the nudge in his favour.


they do end up in smoke coz u can't pick players on past domestic performances! only the current form makes a player eligible for selection. and farhat had sufficient chances at international level but he didnt performed well in past! thats why he was out of the team! since his comeback he is ordinary! nothing special! he does not deserve to be there coz he is a ********! his inclusion in the team is not based on merit!

[qaiser]

shazaib hassan
khalid latif
faisal iqbal :))) :)))

for the test team???rashid has gone crazy

where did he say test cricket

[Wised up]

What a pathetic pathetic thing to say.
So, according to him a playing XI should only be selected from Karachi(apart from Yousuf) and whole life he has been whining about Lahore Karachi thingy.
Very very disappointed.

[srh]

What a pathetic pathetic thing to say.
So, according to him a playing XI should only be selected from Karachi(apart from Yousuf) and whole life he has been whining about Lahore Karachi thingy.
Very very disappointed.
Dont judge him. May be most of his players are from Karachi because they play in the Sindh Dolphins team who are domestic champions.

[Wised up]

Dont judge him. May be most of his players are from Karachi because they play in the Sindh Dolphins team who are domestic champions.
That doesn't matter. What matters is, he think a Karachi/Sindh based team is better than the national side. He did not bother to include players from rest of the Pakistan.

[srh]

What matters is, he think a Karachi/Sindh based team is better than the national side
He thinks the domestic champion team is better than the national side. Dont need to bring region into it.

He did not bother to include players from rest of the Pakistan.
Again he selected Sindh Dolphin team which has players only from Sindh. :inzi
Btw he did select Younus and Yousuf who dont play for Sindh Dolphin team. Here I think his logic is to have some experienced players also.

[*syed59*]

That doesn't matter. What matters is, he think a Karachi/Sindh based team is better than the national side, which is Punjab based. He did not bother to include players from rest of the Pakistan.


As srh above said, dont judge him with whatever you think.

And, your post is fixed as well. :)

[AZ]

As srh above said, dont judge him with whatever you think.

And, your post is fixed as well. :)

56% of your country's population is "Punjab-based", it is no surprise that that is reflected in the cricket team as well.

[Wised up]

He thinks the domestic champion team is better than the national side. Dont need to bring region into it.


Again he selected Sindh Dolphin team which has players only from Sindh. :inzi
Btw he did select Younus and Yousuf who dont play for Sindh Dolphin team. Here I think his logic is to have some experienced players also.
Dude, his team brought the region into it not my post. If you wanna ignore it your choice not mine, "sky is not less blue if a blind man can't see it"

and yousuf and Younis are brands.

[Wised up]

As srh above said, dont judge him with whatever you think.

And, your post is fixed as well. :)
and Your captain is from Karachi...

[cric_crazy]

Thatnk GOD he is running an academy and not our chief selector. That's quite pathetic stuff from Latif. He is basically saying that he wants only karachi players in the team. Yousuf has retired so no point of including him in the team just make sure there is ONE non Karachiite in the team.

I hate this kind of mentality, there is no doubt that some players ae harshly dealt with but Fawad's name should be on top of the list but he isnt good enough according to Latif.

Poor stuff from Rashid Latif.

and how many players are from pahtun khua, karachi, balochistan or sindh in our national pakistani team. Just think about it.

[srh]

Dude, his team brought the region into it not my post. If you wanna ignore it your choice not mine, "sky is not less blue if a blind man can't see it"

and yousuf and Younis are brands.
I just think we have to give him a bit of space.

1) Its entirely possible that he made this statement to show that a domestice champion team with the help of 2 seniors (Yousuf and Younus) can beat the national Pakistan team.

2) Its also possible that he made this statement to show that injustice is being done to players from Sindh.

These are the only 2 views possible. The 3rd view that he is biased IMO is not true as he himself said that Mohammad Salman of Faisalabad is the best WK in Pakistan.

I am taking the first view. Btw I dont agree with him that his team can beat the national Pakistan team. The national Pakistan team still has more good players (Afridi, Umar Akmal, Asif etc.) than bad players (IDamaad, Malik etc.) to be beaten by the domestic champion team although the inclusion of :yk and :moyo defnitely will make it a good contest.

[*syed59*]

56% of your country's population is "Punjab-based", it is no surprise that that is reflected in the cricket team as well.

I thought "talent" and "skill" was the criteria for getting into any sports ?

Not ?

So Malik,Farhat, Akmal, Misbah, Hafeez, are in the team since 56% of our population is reflecting on our cricket team ?

And not because we didn't give fair chances to Asim Kamal, Hasan Raza, Fawad Alam, Sarfraz Ahmed, Asad Shafiq ?

[*syed59*]

and Your captain is from Karachi...

Wow... just because our captain is from karachi, its a sin for all of us to even think about any victimization ?

[AZ]

I thought "talent" and "skill" was the criteria for getting into any sports ?

Not ?

So Malik,Farhat, Akmal, Misbah, Hafeez, are in the team since 56% of our population is reflecting on our cricket team ?

And not because we didn't give fair chances to Asim Kamal, Hasan Raza, Fawad Alam, Sarfraz Ahmed, Asad Shafiq ?

it certainly is the criteria, and both sets have that...you are the one that is making it anything but, not me.

[cric_crazy]

lol @ ppl criticizing latif's team cuz he has selected most of the Khi players in his team. I don't see the same rubbish from posters here when Pakistan TEAM is selected mostly from Punjab and don't tell me Butt, Farhat, Malik, Kamran (as a keeper) deserves to be in the team. Just like Latif has YK and MOYO as token players from other parts of a country for a side show, Pakistan Team has Afridi and some 3rd rate Khi players as a token.

one of the best post in this thread........thats exactly wt I have been trying to explain ppl here. And tbh I watched the interview of rashid latif where he discussed about making a separate team but there wasn't any mention of a list of players that is been published by Jang news paper. Only jang news trying to act smart over here. But even then jang team will demolish current pakistani side. yousaf and yunis would bat the whole day as there won't be fielders to catch the ball any way. and danish will be able to run through the mediocre batting line consisting of damaad and butt sahab because there won't be a keeper of kamran pathetic *******'s standard. Only two umers in current pakistani side can make the side on basis of pure merit.

[Omar Malik]

Rashid Latif and Javed Miandad are the same person but 2 different names! :P :))

[Wised up]

Wow... just because our captain is from karachi, its a sin for all of us to even think about any victimization ?
And saying a sindh based team is better than rest of the Pakistan is correct, right?

[Black Zero]

and what of his domestic performances then? Did they go up in smoke?

Farhat has always been a good player, but mentally weak...since his comeback he has done well, scored a Test 100 and formed a good partnership with Butt so he deserves to be there.

Azhar should have certainly been there earlier, but Farhat's experience may have given the nudge in his favour.

Oh yea, that miracle 100.

[*syed59*]

it certainly is the criteria, and both sets have that...you are the one that is making it anything but, not me.

Ummmm.......how exactly am I making it anything but ?

I agree both sets have talent and skill. Point being ?

And saying a sindh based team is better than rest of the Pakistan is correct, right?

No. When did I ever agree to something like this ?

[AZ]

Oh yea, that miracle 100.

I'll take more miracles like that then, thank you very much.

since his comeback, he's made 394 runs at an avg. of 39.4, up 6 runs from his career average.

not bad at all really.

[farsiddiqui]

I just think we have to give him a bit of space.

1) Its entirely possible that he made this statement to show that a domestice champion team with the help of 2 seniors (Yousuf and Younus) can beat the national Pakistan team.

2) Its also possible that he made this statement to show that injustice is being done to players from Sindh.

These are the only 2 views possible. The 3rd view that he is biased IMO is not true as he himself said that Mohammad Salman of Faisalabad is the best WK in Pakistan.

I am taking the first view. Btw I dont agree with him that his team can beat the national Pakistan team. The national Pakistan team still has more good players (Afridi, Umar Akmal, Asif etc.) than bad players (IDamaad, Malik etc.) to be beaten by the domestic champion team although the inclusion of :yk and :moyo defnitely will make it a good contest.

I agree. I don't think he is saying that the team he selected is what should be going to England. Instead he is just trying to show that the current team selected is not the best possible one; and that the collection of the non-selected players and his local guys can compete with them.

He has in the past praised and supported players from Punjab and Sarhad, but obviously he is going to best know the players he interacts with the most. This is the same thing you see when you talk to players or coaches from other regions; they always point out someone from their team to watch out for.

One beef I have with Rashid though is that he didn't pick Fawad either! :pissed:

[kkmix]

56% of your country's population is "Punjab-based", it is no surprise that that is reflected in the cricket team as well.
going by this, half the team should be from punjab, but is it?

[Gollum]

56% of your country's population is "Punjab-based", it is no surprise that that is reflected in the cricket team as well.

bhai this is not the 'quota team', if 11 best players reside in a small village near kohat, you pick them...i don't care just pick the best damn talent you can find regardless of where they live...

My observation is people who have lived very little in Pakistan seem to have the largest ethnic biases - which is very very sad to see. You won't ever see people living in Pakistan or have lived most of their lives in Pakistan with such narrow minded thinking.

[kkmix]

bhai this is not the 'quota team', if 11 best players reside in a small village near kohat, you pick them...i don't care just pick the best damn talent you can find regardless of where they live...

My observation is people who have lived very little in Pakistan seem to have the largest ethnic biases - which is very very sad to see. You won't ever see people living in Pakistan or have lived most of their lives in Pakistan with such narrow minded thinking.
it's simple guy, if only 2 out of 17 players were chosen from Punjab and all the rest were from Sindh, you'd have a so called "narrow minded thinking" too. Don't even deny this.

[farsiddiqui]

By the way, didn't Inzy say the same thing about his ICL team once? I think Rashid is doing the same: pointing out the weak overall selection done based on criteria other than merit.

[Cricket_MN]

He finds himself in the team after being banned for 1 year because he appealed and apologized like Afridi and the Akmal brothers. .
So according to you who ever applogize to pcb will get them in the team, even if they deserve to be in the team or not.

You are making a very intelligent argument.

[AZ]

going by this, half the team should be from punjab, but is it?




bhai this is not the 'quota team', if 11 best players reside in a small village near kohat, you pick them...i don't care just pick the best damn talent you can find regardless of where they live...

My observation is people who have lived very little in Pakistan seem to have the largest ethnic biases - which is very very sad to see. You won't ever see people living in Pakistan or have lived most of their lives in Pakistan with such narrow minded thinking.

I'm just saying that it is hardly surprising that there are a lot of Punjab-based players in the team, and it is not a conspiracy as some posters would lead you to believe.

[*syed59*]

I'm just saying that it is hardly surprising that there are a lot of Punjab-based players in the team, and it is not a conspiracy as some posters would lead you to believe.

And it IS surprising as I had given you an example in an above post.

Moreover cricket requires talent and skill, and if 56% of population at this point in time is not producing quality batsmen like it used to sometime ago, that does not mean we keep searching and digging and keep trying our luck from that side of our country along with sticking with unbelievably pathetic batsmen and giving them an unfairly long run in the side merely HOPING that they would come good, just because they come more in numbers as compared to other parts. We are basically doing a quantity over quality here, if what 56% theory is right.

And all this when we should know that historically, we have also been able to produce great batsmen from other parts of the country. Batsmen who are of the nature we need right now.

My question remains.

Are not the careers of Asim Kamal, Hasan Raza, Sarfraz Ahmed, Fawad Alam, Asad Shafiq(just starting), being spoiled ? or have been spolied ?

And why were Misbah, Hafeez, Akmal(as a keeper), Farhat, Malik prefered over these other guys ?

Is this, as you said, due to the fact that 56% of our population is punjab based ? Does this sound logical ?

[AZ]

historically yes, Karachi has produced many great batsmen...but what about the current batch?

Khurram Manzoor
Khalid Latif
Faisal Iqbal
Shahzaib Hassan
Asad Shafiq
Shehryar Ghani

ALL of them are in and around the Pakistan team...many players, from both regions can say they were not given enough opportunities, but that is a call that's made be the selectors, and their decisions are bound to be unpopular and cannot please everyone...you could say they were given a raw deal, but when you make it about 'because he's from Karachi, he's Punjabi' or whatever, that goes into a much uglier and not necessarily more truthful scenario.

[sunnykhan]

historically yes, Karachi has produced many great batsmen...but what about the current batch?

Khurram Manzoor
Khalid Latif
Faisal Iqbal
Shahzaib Hassan
Asad Shafiq
Shehryar Ghani

ALL of them are in and around the Pakistan team...many players, from both regions can say they were not given enough opportunities, but that is a call that's made be the selectors, and their decisions are bound to be unpopular and cannot please everyone...you could say they were given a raw deal, but when you make it about 'because he's from Karachi, he's Punjabi' or whatever, that goes into a much uglier and not necessarily more truthful scenario.



in the current batch u mentioned no one have been given sufficient chances except faisal....... and shehryar is yet to be selected! just look at the old batches! the unjustice done to them??/ what will u called that??? punjab is dominating cox of politics not becoz of the skills! the scenario u r talking looks uglier but it is the fact! a karachi based batsmen have to fight more for his place! he has to struggle more!

[Waseem]

and how many players are from pahtun khua, karachi, balochistan or sindh in our national pakistani team. Just think about it.

I am sorry but that's for LOSERS to think how many players belong to certain provinces.
I ALWAYS think about players performance, dedication, attitude etc.
Maybe you can search for my posts about Fawad Alam who i believe is one of the best players in Pakistan and deserves to be selected in all 3 squads. If he hasn't been selected, why don't you ask Afridi (who admitted that he dropped Fawad despite of being his favourite player???), why don't you asked Mohsin Khan??? I believe last chief selector was Iqbal Qasim who dropped fawad Alam from Champions Trophy squad because he didn't think he was part of team plans.

I can bring a lot of stats to shut some people up but it's quite sad that i am actually discussing all this crap otherwise i can surely shut few people up here (quite disappointed by some stupid ignorant posts on this thread).

Rashid has surely lost some respect and so has some blind ignorant supporters.

[fawad_wellwisher]

I agree. I don't think he is saying that the team he selected is what should be going to England. Instead he is just trying to show that the current team selected is not the best possible one; and that the collection of the non-selected players and his local guys can compete with them.

He has in the past praised and supported players from Punjab and Sarhad, but obviously he is going to best know the players he interacts with the most. This is the same thing you see when you talk to players or coaches from other regions; they always point out someone from their team to watch out for.

One beef I have with Rashid though is that he didn't pick Fawad either! :pissed:

I think he picked only players that have not been selected by PCB. Fawad is part if the T20 team. That's the only reason I can think of but then Shahzaib's name is there.........

[srh]

^He picked the players from Sindh Dolphins team which became domestic champions. Fawad was not a member of Sindh Dolphins.

You guys just need to look at Sindh Dolphins team to realize that Rashid Latif has picked every one of them and then include 2 seniors Yousuf and Younus. So I am 100% sure that he is trying to show that a domestic champion team with 2 seniors can beat the national team.

Those who think Rashid Latif is biased should be ashamed of their thinking.

[cryptkeeper*]

No Asif in this team?

Rubbish team by Rashid.

[sunnykhan]

No Asif in this team?

Rubbish team by Rashid.

asif is in the pak squad..... rashid has selected the palyers who are not selected! and there was a time when asif was not in pak side??? so this means at that time pak team was rubbish???? stupidity at its peak!!!!

[Inswinger]

asif is in the pak squad..... rashid has selected the palyers who are not selected! and there was a time when asif was not in pak side??? so this means at that time pak team was rubbish???? stupidity at its peak!!!!
So Danish Kaneria isn't in the Pak squad? How come Rashid selected him?

[hur rizvi]

Looks like a karachi XI rather than Pakistan XI


I am amazed these people still think sami is a good bowler ...

Wat the hell is he saying asif , Umar gul , Aamer dont deserve to be in the team

I didnt expect that from rashid

[sunnykhan]

So Danish Kaneria isn't in the Pak squad? How come Rashid selected him?

asif is a permanent member of our pak team.... and danish is not. he has only there for tests. rashid has selected him cox i think he didnt have any options left! thats it!

[hur rizvi]

One can easily make a team that can disgrace rashids XI on the field

These are not the best players in Pakistan by any stretch of imagination barring younis and yousuf


Mohammad sami : Is he still a good bowler?
Faisal Iqbal: Can he play T20?(I think its a T20 team given by rashid)
Kaneria:can he play T20s?
Even
Yousuf:Is he a T20 Player?
Azam Hussain:is he the best spinner in Pakistan?Why he didnt select raza hassan or zulfiqar babar
Khalid latif:????
Younis:he is also not the best t20 player?

[hur rizvi]

asif is a permanent member of our pak team.... and danish is not. he has only there for tests. rashid has selected him cox i think he didnt have any options left! thats it!


According to posters it is a t20 team


So can danish play t20s ???

[kkmix]

One can easily make a team that can disgrace rashids XI on the field

These are not the best players in Pakistan by any stretch of imagination barring younis and yousuf


Mohammad sami : Is he still a good bowler?
Faisal Iqbal: Can he play T20?(I think its a T20 team given by rashid)
Kaneria:can he play T20s?
Even
Yousuf:Is he a T20 Player?
Azam Hussain:is he the best spinner in Pakistan?Why he didnt select raza hassan or zulfiqar babar
Khalid latif:????
Younis:he is also not the best t20 player?
It's not all about Individual talents, if you play as a unit, if you feel comfortable playing with each other, and if you don't have the fear of being dropped after one bad performance then it bring alot out of a player, Example is the Indian bowling, they don't have one good bowler but when they play as a unit they perform good.

[Ismailtoca]

I'll take more miracles like that then, thank you very much.

since his comeback, he's made 394 runs at an avg. of 39.4, up 6 runs from his career average.

not bad at all really.

THAT was the biggest FLUKEY 100 I've ever seen!!!!!

Even the commentators and even cricinfo said that

[taaveez]

MoYo is retired. So the team is invalid. Case closed. Let's move on, ppl.

[sunnykhan]

According to posters it is a t20 team


So can danish play t20s ???


lol... u should read rashid's statement first.!!! why r u believing on poster???? its a test team selected by rashid! not T20! dude read the 1st post first then come and comment!

[sunnykhan]

One can easily make a team that can disgrace rashids XI on the field

These are not the best players in Pakistan by any stretch of imagination barring younis and yousuf


Mohammad sami : Is he still a good bowler?
Faisal Iqbal: Can he play T20?(I think its a T20 team given by rashid)
Kaneria:can he play T20s?
Even
Yousuf:Is he a T20 Player?
Azam Hussain:is he the best spinner in Pakistan?Why he didnt select raza hassan or zulfiqar babar
Khalid latif:????
Younis:he is also not the best t20 player?



who told u to think???? its a test team selected not T20! read the first post then try to think :P

[Omer Aftab]

rashid latif and his LAME LOSERS!
For sure an innings defeat for them!

[workkey]

Expect more blunders from kamran akmal in test matches like sydney test...sarfraz is better with gloves and if the team needs kamrans batting then just play him as a batsman only..
Sami was good in the test series against australia and i think faisal did well at no 3 in absence of younis khan..
khalid latif is lot better then imran farhat..just b ready to see more dropped catches from farhat in slips and i think khurram also deserved a place after scoring 88 in hobart test.he was improving with every series

[workkey]

i think the team should have been

Butt..(very poor at catching)
Khuram manzoor..(safe hands at close with kaneria and ajmal)
Younis or yasir hameed..(both good slip fielders)
shoaib malik..(safe in slips)
umar akmal..(lets hope he catches some in gully)
afridi..(safe at mid off or in covers)
sarfraz..(very safe hands behind stumps)
Amer...(poor with catching)
asif or gul..(poor with catching)
kaneria..(poor with catching)
ajmal..(poor with catching)

so out of 11 we have 5 very bad fielders still...they will drop catches and we will loose matches..
so just dont expect a lot from them because of very poor fielding and catching

[Inswinger]

So many people here are trying to defend Rashid's obvious bias!!

[hur rizvi]

who told u to think???? its a test team selected not T20! read the first post then try to think :P


If this is a test team this team is even more disgusting apart from younis , yousuf and kaneria no one deserves selection


Shahzaib:Test cricket material????
Khalid latif:Test cricket material???
Azam hussain:Test cricket material???
Faisal iqbal:Averages 28 in 28 tests??
Sami :Averages above 50 wid the ball and has a S/R of 83???

Please talk sense this cant be a test team

[hur rizvi]

lol... u should read rashid's statement first.!!! why r u believing on poster???? its a test team selected by rashid! not T20! dude read the 1st post first then come and comment!


It can be a average t20 team but but for tests The team couldnt have been more bad?

[hur rizvi]

Those posters who still think sami is a good bowler need to take a close look at his test stats???

[Cheguvera]

Those posters who still think sami is a good bowler need to take a close look at his test stats???

Try the next wasim akram, Mohammad Aamir's test stats...they are nothing to write home about either...

[siccric]

Khuram manzoor..(safe hands at close with kaneria and ajmal)




:))) :))) :))) No

[hur rizvi]

Try the next wasim akram, Mohammad Aamir's test stats...they are nothing to write home about either...


They are still better than samis

[FastBowler]

They are still better than samis


at that stage in Sami's career...

I hope Aamer keeps improving though and I still think Sami has more to offer Pakistan cricket, particularly in ODIs, as well as in Tests after Akhtar leaves and before Aamer's ready.

[hur rizvi]

at that stage in Sami's career...

I hope Aamer keeps improving though and I still think Sami has more to offer Pakistan cricket, particularly in ODIs, as well as in Tests after Akhtar leaves and before Aamer's ready.


Sami has never been a good test bowler apart from a good performance on debut you can check his stats out for first 8-9 tests no performance apart from debut against fragile batting line up of newzealand


We are not struggling in fast bowling department

Sohail khan , Wahab Riaz , Asad ali ,Mohammad Aamer,junaid khan all of them deserve more chances than Sami


Sami has got enough chances to prove his talent I think 34 tests are enough and when you have an average of 50.73 and a S/R of 85.4 you dont deserve any chance


Sami also averaged above 40 after 9 tests

And Aamer has age on his side he deserves more chances....

Sami is a waste of space

[selector]

no wonder i always prefered Moin over him. The players selected should never be given a chance to play for pakistan.

[selector]

please keep aamer sohail and rashid llatif away from selection panel.

[sunnykhan]

If this is a T20 team this team is even more disgusting apart from younis , yousuf and kaneria no one deserves selection


Shahzaib:Test cricket material????
Khalid latif:Test cricket material???
Azam hussain:Test cricket material???
Faisal iqbal:Averages 28 in 28 tests??
Sami :Averages above 50 wid the ball and has a S/R of 83???

Please talk sense this cant be a test team


u r talking senseless dude...... cox rashid has challenged for a test match not a T20 match! so it is beyond ur thinking that its a test team or T20.

apart from that... shahzaib and khalid had a great domestic record this year. check their stats!

sami might not have a decent average! but still his pace is capable of taking wickets of some players in our team!

faisal is a average batsmen! might need a another go... thats why rashid selected him!


so i think its a decent team that can cope with our team!


i am still with national team except twoor three players! who deosn't deserve to be their!

but by challenging rashid has an intention to point out the irregularities done in the selction! thats it!

[sunnykhan]

no wonder i always prefered Moin over him. The players selected should never be given a chance to play for pakistan.


rashid was a way ahead than moin in keeping! anyone can tell that! he also selected younis and yousuf?? so u want to say that they also dont deserve to be in our national team?? lmao

[sunnykhan]

Sami has never been a good test bowler apart from a good performance on debut you can check his stats out for first 8-9 tests no performance apart from debut against fragile batting line up of newzealand


We are not struggling in fast bowling department

Sohail khan , Wahab Riaz , Asad ali ,Mohammad Aamer,junaid khan all of them deserve more chances than Sami


Sami has got enough chances to prove his talent I think 34 tests are enough and when you have an average of 50.73 and a S/R of 85.4 you dont deserve any chance


Sami also averaged above 40 after 9 tests

And Aamer has age on his side he deserves more chances....

Sami is a waste of space



apart from aamir and wahab! no one is as the calibre of sami or more than sami!

[FastBowler]

apart from aamir and wahab! no one is as the calibre of sami or more than sami!


:14:

[asimmatloob]

http://www.jang.com.pk/jang/jun2010-daily/23-06-2010/sports.htm

Khalid Latif, Shazaib Hasan, Faisal Iqbal and Sarfraz Ahmed are not the right choice. Instead of these four players I would like to see Salman Butt, Kamran Akmal, Umer Akmal and Abdul Razaq in the test side.

If My team is selected they can defeat both International side and Rashid Latif's side as well.

[hur rizvi]

apart from aamir and wahab! no one is as the calibre of sami or more than sami!


What ever sami has got enough chances to prove himself he is the worst fast bowler in the history of Pakistan cricket

[hur rizvi]

u r talking senseless dude...... cox rashid has challenged for a test match not a T20 match! so it is beyond ur thinking that its a test team or T20.

apart from that... shahzaib and khalid had a great domestic record this year. check their stats!

sami might not have a decent average! but still his pace is capable of taking wickets of some players in our team!

faisal is a average batsmen! might need a another go... thats why rashid selected him!


so i think its a decent team that can cope with our team!


i am still with national team except twoor three players! who deosn't deserve to be their!

but by challenging rashid has an intention to point out the irregularities done in the selction! thats it!

Sami might be quick but he is a useless bowler all the bowlers i have mentioned above are better option than sami at this point of time

[sunnykhan]

Khalid Latif, Shazaib Hasan, Faisal Iqbal and Sarfraz Ahmed are not the right choice. Instead of these four players I would like to see Salman Butt, Kamran Akmal, Umer Akmal and Abdul Razaq in the test side.

If My team is selected they can defeat both International side and Rashid Latif's side as well.


razzaq??? and kamran??? razzaq is not quite fit test matches i guess! he is lazy in the field! and with kamran akmal keeping u can rarely beat any international team! stop day dreaming dude!

[sunnykhan]

Sami might be quick but he is a useless bowler all the bowlers i have mentioned above are better option than sami at this point of time

sami didnt bowled well in T20 but he really bowled well on his return in australia... showing that he is still in the contention! so he also deserves another chance! so rashid selected him! its simple!

[Inswinger]

sami didnt bowled well in T20 but he really bowled well on his return in australia... showing that he is still in the contention! so he also deserves another chance! so rashid selected him! its simple!
What happened to :Sami in the 2nd innings?

[azfar wali]

What happened to :Sami in the 2nd innings?

Same thing that happened to all of our bowlers they bowled well but Kamran dropped every catch that came his way

[FastBowler]

What happened to :Sami in the 2nd innings?



Kamran dropped a catch off his bowling (plus four off Kaneria of course).

[hur rizvi]

sami didnt bowled well in T20 but he really bowled well on his return in australia... showing that he is still in the contention! so he also deserves another chance! so rashid selected him! its simple!


Why should he be selected he even didnt do well in Australia he bowled well for the first hour of the first day and was back to his normal after the first hour was gone

Whatever u say sami is the worst bowler ever wid 50+ average S/R 85.4
And he should never be selected for Pakistan again

[hur rizvi]

Kamran dropped a catch off his bowling (plus four off Kaneria of course).


That catch was of siddle ...

He is a tailender ....

Still sami was the worst bowler for Pakistan in that test

U can check the scorecard

[mamoo gogo]

so who else thinks this Rashid Latif's XI can beat the current Pakistani team?

[umerz]

I guess after this controversy the team left would be the the team that Rashid Latif suggested

[Sohail Khan]

We should play this team as pakistan team. If this corrupt P eleven can represent pak team this team aleast would not sell their country.

[mamoo gogo]

We should play this team as pakistan team. If this corrupt P eleven can represent pak team this team aleast would not sell their country.

agreed...its not that the current team has broken any records....actually, i take that back...they just broke the record for the biggest defeat...:yk

[cric_crazy]

No wonder lhr and khi players don't get along very well........Today I realized that why khi players are most of the time so pissed of about captains frm lhr and their guys in management.......Rashid was always right about these buffoons........He always maintained the fact that sum of the guys who r selected are not on merit and always expressed his suspicion about match fixing but every1 laughed on him at that time.........