Hafeez apologises for poor performance against Windies
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DHAKA: Pakistan captain Mohammad Hafeez on Tuesday apologised to his team's fans for not doing better in the key game against West Indies which defeated them by 84 runs in Dhaka and reached semi finals of the World T20.
It was the first time that Pakistan, finalists in the inaugural World T20 in 2007 and champions in 2009, failed to reach the knock-out rounds in the five editions of the tournament.
“I must thank our fans for their support and apologise for letting them down,” he said.
“This was obviously not our best performance, but we had the game in control at the start.”
“All credit to the West Indies for taking the game away from us. Those four final overs cost us dearly and then we panicked at the start of our chase. It became a very difficult target to chase,” said the Pakistani captain.
“Our aim was to get to at least 135-140 with the start we got but the self-belief we had, the form and power that we have, the momentum (being) with us, there was chance to be positive and get 160.”
“In the last four overs, even our best bowlers Saeed Ajmal and Umar Gul did not get their basics right and conceded too many runs in the end... When our chase started, we did not get any momentum, playing shots which were not there,” said Hafeez.
Meanwhile, Dwayne Bravo, who was named man of the match, said he would have preferred to share it with Captain Darren Sammy and Samuel Badree.
“We have the bowling to defend any total, but I really did not expect the match to be so easy,” he said.
“Pakistan did have our top order in some bother, but then our batting runs deep and we showed that today.”
“I think Sammy and Badree were equally deserving of the award. We have the momentum going into the semi-finals and I am confident we will do well there too,” said the West Indian player.
“We had nothing to lose, we were under pressure,” he said, adding that, “I said to Sammy 'Don't worry about picking (Pakistani spinner Saeed) Ajmal or trying to rotate (strike) ... Keep your eyes on the ball. We are powerful enough. If we get close to the ball, we'll hit it over the ropes'.”
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Apr 01, 2014 11:26pm
I just filed my comments elsewhere on the same lines as what Hafeez admitted above. The late assault by the West Indians, followed by the shaky start in the run chase (even though the total was not so formidable) have all been alluded to in that comment of mine. So, Mr. Professor, go back to some more 'studying' and planning of strategy for playing against a volatile team like WI. Until you have learned the basics of the T20 requirements, please spare us more insults and disappointments.....for God's sake! Now, most of the Pakistani fans would like to see another face captaining Pakistan in the shorter format(s) alongwith a stable line-up with no signs of any politics or bias, for sure!!
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Apr 01, 2014 11:28pm
The Masses will pardon you if u give up now.
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Apr 01, 2014 11:32pm
What..??? The Pakistan captain apologizing to "fans"... ONLY ??? What about "apologizing to all Muslims" (like one of his famous predecessors Mr. Shoaib Malik did PUBLICLY) a few years back...??? Or has he forgotten just WHO he really is... ??? Really a massive let-down for all of us true believers... the man should be sacked for this sacrilege alone, and sent packing for good!
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Apr 01, 2014 11:42pm
The recent dramas at the PCB offices led to this embarrassment. The inclusion of Kamran Akmal and Shoaib Malik is fraught with suspicion.
The choice of Hafeez as captain is flawed as witnessed time and again. He is not mentally strong nor does his performances justify his place in the side, especially as a one-down batsman, a spot usually reserved for the team's best batsman.
The selectors and the PCB's selection system (if any) must be held accountable.
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Apr 01, 2014 11:49pm
let this over confident team do their own self introspection for their regular defeat,They really need a great gutsy and sharp captain who could lead from the front like MSD and ABD.They just happy of couple of show in Asia cup but of no use .They were defeated that time also.They just happy playing in dubai and not achieving any icc tournament or main stream competition.except 2-3 rest all should be dropped and new face should be inducted.
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Apr 01, 2014 11:51pm
It was game of nerves from the beginning and we must accept that Windies were much more stronger both mentally & physically which cost us such an unforgettable humiliation, now let us see which ones in the squad has guts to accept responsibility and resigns........Hafeez, the batting Coach, or the Selectors.
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Apr 01, 2014 11:57pm
Come on boys in green .. where is your fighting sprit.
its time to say goodbye to Afridi/Malik/Akamal/Gul once for all.
India did same to Sehvag/Ghamir/Pathan and many more.
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Apr 02, 2014 12:17am
Your apology won't get Pak a place in the semi final so keep that apology to your own self. We are too angry. This is not the first time that this has happened. So many times in the past we have let go the opportunities which clearly shows that we are not learning any lessons. And that is the most hurtful thing...refusing to learn lessons!
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Apr 02, 2014 12:21am
Well it correct to criticize Pakistanis for such a defeat....but i think criticism in going over-board a bit as such tendency of cynicism is undermining the guile and style of the CARIBBEAN CALYPSO which was at its best on display today....also the so called "SPIN KING's" got the taste of their own medicine....
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Apr 02, 2014 12:24am
FIRE AKMAL, MALIK, HAFEEZ & GUL
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Apr 02, 2014 12:28am
Sir,
Pakistan cricket team is losing crunch matches frequently because they become too predictable and lack plan B if their main plan fails.
For this debacle the blame should also go to selectors for shockingly picking Kamran Akmal and Shoeb Malik at the expense of more deserving players who could have made difference. There were too many bowlers and no back up middle order batsmen.
I think Pakistani bowling has suffered enough at the hands of incompetent Mohamed Akram and team Pakistan should now focus for next year World Cup in Australia and New Zealand with new bowling coach with the calibre of Wasim Akram or Waqar Yunus or even Mushtaq Ahmed would be better.
We have had enough of "Tum jeeto ya haro hamein tumse Pyar hey"
Regards
Hyder
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Apr 02, 2014 12:31am
Well done West Indies. They really outplayed Pakistan in all departments today and are deservedly the winners.
Best of luck for the semi's and the final.
From a Pakistani fan.
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Apr 02, 2014 12:51am
Yes High time for this Professor to retire now i urge all my fellow Pak cricket supporters to take a stand in unison and stop not until Hafeez and Malik are thrown out of the team permanently...Shame on yu Hafeez....
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Apr 02, 2014 01:02am
@a:
Pakistan needs a new captian, pick a young aggressive captain, let him lead from the front, afridi may be an aggressive player but some times sending wrong batting up under his captaincy also cost us the match.I dont see any young player replacing hafeez but PCB need to make this move as we have 2 years before 2016 t 20 world cup in india
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Apr 02, 2014 01:11am
#WewantAbdulRazzaq
Share it guys!
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Apr 02, 2014 01:14am
Message for Hafeez and Co, better to be bowled out for 80 in 10 overs than to score 80 in 19 overs as a) it saves time and reduces agony of all the fans and b) sends a stronger message to the opposition that we went down fighting and not surrendering.
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Apr 02, 2014 01:20am
All the boasting about its SPIN bowling abilities were put paid by the Sunil and other WI spinners (Badree ?), who showed Pakistan how it is to be done. Good control good length, tight bowling. Shame Pakistani batting could not even play spin bowling.
Lack of skills and over confidence does it. Pakistan did not seem to understand the nature of T-20s.
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Apr 02, 2014 01:23am
What's there to apologize? It's only a game and it is very common to have a good day and a bad day in sports. We all know how good Pakistan team is. Let's say WI were better than Pak today. That's it. I, being an ardent Indian fan, is a lover of cricket in the first place and to be honest, I like all teams except England (still like some English players) for their loud-mouth. While WI was struggling while batting, I wished some miracle would happen which would see WI post a good score. And it happened in the last 4 overs. Similarly, when Pakistan was struggling in the chase, I started wishing for a miracle to happen to see Afridi single handedly win the game for Pakistan but it never happened. However I just like (may be an understatement) the way Umar Akmal bats and Junaid Khan bowls, not to mention my superhero, Ajmal. Unfortunately, Pakistanis had a bad day today. That's it. Best of Luck Pakistan team. Please do not throw out Hafeez from captaincy. We all know that he has lot to offer to Pakistan cricket. I wish Pakistan team, all the best.
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Apr 02, 2014 01:24am
No team can win with 7 bowlers and 2 wicket keepers; anyways its not only the failure of Team, Captain and whole lot of coaches but also failure of Anchor-cum-journalist-cum-editor-cum Chairman. Who has the guts to resign from his post now? Also Misbah ul Haq was badly missed, even at the age of ca. 40, he still is the backbone of Pakistan batting lineup!
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Apr 02, 2014 01:32am
@ Talat. Don't mix up the cricket with your religion.
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Apr 02, 2014 01:51am
Instead he should resign as a Capitan for his failures
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Apr 02, 2014 01:57am
No apology needed, instead he with KAkmal and Malik should never play for Pakistan again.
Hafeez in 4 innings had 55 runs with a SR of 80. That calls for being dismissed from a team not an apology.
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Apr 02, 2014 01:58am
No apology needed, instead he with KAkmal and Malik should never play for Pakistan again.
Hafeez in 4 innings had 55 runs with a SR of 80. That calls for being dismissed from a team not an apology.
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Apr 02, 2014 02:04am
The PCB board are corrupt as they pick players who can afford to give them money to play for pakistan, it does not matter if the players are good or bad, the only thing that atters to the PCB is how much money they can get fromm players....It's about time players are picked on merit and not who they are or who they are connected to, Hafeez should never have been in the pakistan tean not along been the captain of the country as he is 2 face and a bad apple of the team.The whole pakistan squad needs to be sacked from coach to players...It's about time we brought in new talent that can bat and bowl, Players that can bat in the power-play to get us off to a good start, what is the point of having power-play when you can't make runs.
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Apr 02, 2014 02:08am
@cricketlover:
Absolutely...spare us any more insults and disappointments
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Apr 02, 2014 02:15am
Give them a break yaro... remember they won against Australia few days back...
Enjoy the remaining show... it will be a good fight!
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Apr 02, 2014 02:16am
"This was obviously not our best performance" quoted by Hafeez.
Mind you this is the regular pattern of your performance, you rarely perform good. The statistics of you performance shows that you win once & loose several times. As a non cricketer I bet I can perform like you in all the matches because you don't perform & I too will not perform so end to end I am better because I don't receive expensive coaching & payments from PCB as you do.
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Apr 02, 2014 02:25am
As-salamu alaykum
seeing your all comments. I think we should check the facts before comments.
last three chase went like between 75 to 85.
new zealand, aus, eng, and now pk. spinner dominated last innings when no dew.
our main reason for loss were over 17 to 20.
first very good ball to shehzad. he could not do anything with it. swinging yorker.
second kamran play spin better before. but shot was under pressure of good bowling. they try to cut the ball did not happen. then umer is aggressive but good against pace, not sppiners. we should have sent afridi or shoiab maqsod in umer place.
reason pk management not plan b is criticism of fans and media, why umer not sent at 3.
we should check umer record against spin, always try to cut or big shot.
my message to pak team supporter, it hurt but we should have patience nation.
we done these mircles like windies done today in batting last 3 overs and bowling.
and consider new zealand of 120 on the top . one silly run out of guptil change the whole game. it can happen to all teams. thank you all
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Apr 02, 2014 02:50am
As an Indian fan I would have liked Pakistan winning this and reaching the final. An India-Pakistan final would have been super exciting.
Somehow, the current generation of Pakistani players lacks the fight and killer instinct of the older players- Wasim Akram, Shoaib Akhtar, Miandad. The way Pakistan lost to India in the first game was very disappointing. Hopefully Pakistan will bounce back from here and we will have more exciting cricket matches. Good luck!
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Apr 02, 2014 03:04am
Though a serious tournament is lost, still ODI WC 2015 is ahead and Pakistan should keep themselves motivated with their 1993 memories. I think the biggest issue was as usual, unpredictability and another area to smaller extent was team selection. But, Pakistan cricket team in overall not doing bad so some tuning in the team should help them to keep doing well. Also, we all missed an express fast bowler from Pakistan, should be unearthed for the ODI world cup in Australia.
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Apr 02, 2014 03:07am
PURCHEE of the Century Shoaib Malik & Kamran Akmal
Hafeez is getting closer to them
We should investigate who selected Shoaib Malik & Kamran Akmal for national team? thier performances are miserable from years.
In big events Omar Akmal always scores against Australia only, rest he sucks
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Apr 02, 2014 03:09am
We want Fawad Alam, Sarfraz Ahmed, Khurrum Manzoor & Anwar Ali NOW
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Apr 02, 2014 03:11am
@Shariq:
your wrong, you need a smart captain. (not in looks but brains)
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Apr 02, 2014 03:14am
Hafeez can make me Happy by NOT coming back to Pakistan.Keep Kamran,Umer Gul,Shoaib Malik and Sohail Tanvir there too!
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Apr 02, 2014 03:16am
I will not put the blame on Hafeez. The balme lies on the selection team and the ex-OCB chairman Zaka Ashraf for such a bad selection. Everyone knows that Shoauib Malik is in the team courtesy Hamza Shareef/ Sania Mirza and Kamran Akmal is in the team due to backdoor effort by his father. T-20 specialists Abdul Razzak, Fawad Alam and Hammad Azam were not even considered. Both Hafeez and Misbah should be sacked and appoint Younus Khan captain till the ODI WC.
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Apr 02, 2014 03:37am
I am just wondering, what was Sahid Afridi telling his coach by moving his hands. He was removed in the same fashion. The biggest problem for Pakistani Cricket is that they have egon problems. Its high time Sahid Aridi should go away now...Pakistani cricket needs captain like temperament of Wasim Akram and Imran Khan(Cricketer)...
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Apr 02, 2014 03:41am
@Mujtaba:
Dude, you need Imran Khan, Wasim Akram, and good cricketers..
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Apr 02, 2014 03:50am
Really pathetic pitches for a t20 game. Win the toss, bat first score over 100 and you have won the game. Look india vs australia, netherlands vs england, sri lanka vs nz and latest windies vs pakistan. If windies had batted second samething would have happend.very very bad pitches for a t20 game.
Expect same in semis and quite possibly in final. The objective was to gift another tournament to india and they are on course for that . Hats off to ICC for preparing great t20 picthes (:-)
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Apr 02, 2014 04:00am
T20 is Not true cricket at all. Test cricket is the real cricket. Also please remember how many great innings Hafeez had played. So, do not criticize so much. I think the semifinal between WI and SL will be nice to watch.
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Apr 02, 2014 05:00am
Come On Hafeez. !!1 I am really surprised how the blame has gone over the whole time. M. Hafeez was never a good T20 cricketer. He plays slow and he gets in pressure quickly. He played slow in this match because he couldn't get his timing right and he was under so much pressure stress and nerves. It's been a while, 37 runs from 10 over, I don't see any future for such combination. Australia lost two wickets against Pakistan but they went for onslaught. Here we just played slow keeping almost all chances at stake. Where is Fawad Alam who always impressed. What would we call of Misbah who always kept cool and kept his innings together letting other people like Afridi play their shots openly. Hafeez, Shoaib and Kamran have to be positive and let go of national team. Afridi or Umar akmal should take over. We need fast bowlers and alrounders, otherwise we will keep dealing with such situations again and again.
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Apr 02, 2014 05:40am
@cricketlover:
This los hurts more because of inclusion of tried, tested and failed players. Malik, Akmal, Hafeez, Tanvir....While some talented players sit at home.. Fawad, Hammad....
Agree, the political appointees were apparent in this squad.
Shoaib Malik, well known Sialkot minister connections.
Kamran Akmal, club team in Lahore has connections to higher ups.
Sohail Tanvir, don't know where his parch comes from. But only in Pakistan will you choose a medium slow bowler with little movement over a young Junaid who can hit 143kph and some movement. Sure he is out of touch in Bangla wicket but if you lose then lose with a merit team.
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Apr 02, 2014 06:20am
He hasn't performed in any game, which performance is he apologizing for. He will have go back at-least 20 games.
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Apr 02, 2014 06:58am
As one Sir Lankan puts it: "Pakistani Team is un-predictable."
What got to them? Big Talk Little Substance.
It is time to remove all big wigs including Najam Sethi, the captain and others and bring in some predictable Professionals.
Nawaz Sharif Would you please remove your political servants from the game of cricket and let professionals take charge?
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Apr 02, 2014 07:23am
Many PAkistani fans termed India as 'Flat Track bully' in their comments. The way Pakistan lost yesterday suggests Pakistani team is bully of nowhere. Victory and Defeat are part of any game.
However fighting spirit was lacking the Pakistani team in the virtual QF.
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Apr 02, 2014 07:27am
This performance is not even the standard of our street cricket.
Apology request by Hafeez is a further insult to the sentiments of Pakistani cricket fans and sheer nonsense. These so called professionals( in reality they are SIFARSHI) must be held accountable and fired . There is no more love and tum jeeto ya haro and piyar factor please.
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Apr 02, 2014 07:34am
@Mujtaba:
I agree with Mujtaba here, Abdul Razzaq would have been much better then Shoaib Malik and Kamran Akmal if given proper opportunity. Please enough with K.Akmal and Malik. How long is PCB going to deny the fans and reality that both of them have lost their mojo. I think Fawad Alam would have been much better choice then K.Akmal and S. Malik. Enough PCB, don't punish us for supporting Team Pakistan.
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Apr 02, 2014 07:38am
There are few better option with potential such as Raza Hasan ( Any one knows what did he do to sit out after such a great performance in previous T20 world cup. Then we have Sharjeel Khan, and Fawad Alam. Of the oldies I would like to see Abdul Razzaq given an opportunity to show if he still got it but don't dwell on him for too long like Malik and K. Akmal
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Apr 02, 2014 07:39am
really Pathetic performance, don't understand why old horses in the team.Hafeez is less than average player and shouldn't be in the team as surprisingly he is a captain of the national side. Kamran Akmal is the main reason we keep losing all crunch matches , pathetic keeper that always dropped catches, miss stumps ,runouts. Shoaib Malik never perform in big matches, Gul has passed his prime time, Umar Akmal and Shahid Afridi perform in one game and then do nothing in next five games. Why cant selectors pick young guns and groom them.
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Apr 02, 2014 07:45am
One can't just put the blame on the batsmen only. Look at our much hypped spin bowling. Where as Saeed Ajmal (4 wkts) Afridi (4 wkts) Zulfikar (4 wkts) Hafeez ( 1 wkt) altogether failed to make any impact, Imran Tahir ( 11 wkts) Badree (10 wkts) Mishra (9 wkts) Ashwin (7 wkts) Herath ( 5 wkts in one match) are the real spin deals in as many matches. While Saeed Ajmal got blasted for 7,50 and non other had an economy under 6, Badree, Narine, Mishra, Herathetc all bowled with an economy of about 5. Actually, our spinners were not better than a single prominent spinner who played this tournament. Even Mendis, Jadeja and Shakib gave better performances than all the Pakistan spinners.
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Apr 02, 2014 07:51am
@Venkat: Thank you so much for your kind and inspiring words.
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Apr 02, 2014 08:09am
Hafeez-at least you keeping your friend Malik. If I knew safarashi Malik will not perform then why didnt the selection committee or hafeez
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Apr 02, 2014 08:10am
@Venkat:
they won't understand that mate...Just a few days before, the same guys showering pakistani players with praises which are out of the world and which the players don't deserve. Now that pakistan has lost, they are critisizing them to the core.
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Apr 02, 2014 08:10am
Certainly, immensely disappointing and a shattering loss but I love my Pakistan Cricket team that has brought immense joy and happiness to us over the years (and tremendous grief as well :) )
This team, in terms of win/loss ratio, is No 3 in One dayers, Fourth in tests and Second in T20s, no mean achievement!
Please do sincerely learn from and improve
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Apr 02, 2014 08:17am
Pakistan Eleven for ODI World cup 2015 in Austrlia/Newzelad
1.Shahzad. 2.Sharjeel 3.Azhar Ali 4.Umar Akmal 5.Misbah 6.Fawad Alam 7.Afridi 8.Ajmal 9.Juanid 10.Talha 11.Ahmad Jamal/Mohammad Irfan
Have to play with four specialist bowlers. No place for Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Kamran Akmal and Umar Gul
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Apr 02, 2014 09:02am
Don't apologize - please resign and take Shoaib, Kamran, Tanvir with u.
If you have any pride left, you will do the right thing and resign.
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Apr 02, 2014 09:34am
Hi,
I was dying to see INDIA PAK T20 final but sad pakistan lost the match with west indies.
Hard luck this time and I think they should encourage new solid technique batsman and keep Sachin tendulkar as your coach and we should have wasim akram as our bowling coach.
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Apr 02, 2014 09:46am
surprised to see good team like pak played very reckless shoots and went out of creease to go for big shoots without settling under spin attack.game was given without fighting
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Apr 02, 2014 09:54am
Who was the interim Team Selector who had announced the T20 Squad? Can someone remind me - it was a completely unknown name who had selected this T20 squad.
The guy needs to be caught and questioned - who did he take instructions or money from?
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Apr 02, 2014 10:01am
Honestly, it was not that Pak lost but the way dey lost.. 3 things emerge from this lose...
1) When ever it is a pressure situation Gul and Ajmal are good for nothing ( WC semifinal Mohali and twenty 20 semifinal in Westindies are Prime example)
2) When the goings get tough Hafeez let the game drift.. instead of talking to bowlers and slowing game a liitle bit he claps from dep midwicket.. disgusting..
3) There has to be a proper strategy of chasing totals.. our management let them play natural game and result is 80 all out...
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Apr 02, 2014 10:04am
Such a shame that he apologizes as if he can get away with performing like this by just saying sorry. It is simple, Hafeez doesn't have the makings of a great or good captain. He just simply lacks talent. I kid you not my fellow Pakistanis, i kid you not that except one or two players, our WHOLE team, our WHOLE team is a rip off. All of them are in the team using some whatever source in the PCB. Our cricket board is wrought with political figures, such a management is bound to fail.
Now to the performances, i would say, seriously, Hafeez, Akmal brothers, Shoaib Malik, Umer Gul must be excluded from the team and should not be allowed to come back until Pakistan cricket is cured from this disease of mediocrity. How shameless of PCB to include Kamran Akmal and Shoaib Malik in T20 World Cup, what gem of a performance they showed in their past that secured them a place in T20 WCup squad!?. I've said it before and i will say it again, Umer Gul is not and cannot be an attack bowler, his physique says it all, getting one or two wickets after every two or three games is not talent or attack bowler attributes. Our team will fail, it will fail rigorously on international events and charts with the kind of management they have.
Lastly i would say, never have i missed Saeed Anwar, Inzimam ul Haq, Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, Mohammad Yosuf, Moin Khan, Abdul Razzaq so much as i have missed them yesterday. Those players made us stand and walk tall everywhere. Five to ten years from now, everybody would be saying that the era of Misbah ul Haq and Mohammad Hafeez was perhaps the darkest era of Pakistan cricket in the history. Our current players, they're arrogant and shameless to retain their places in the team even after such deplorable performances, the downfall is imminent. The only player who ever showed some frustration in the pavilion and on ground on the team's performance was Shahid Afridi, the only man in my opinion, to now lead our team and become the Captain.
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Apr 02, 2014 10:10am
The professor tuned out to be a fake professor!
Time for him to quit captaincy!
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Apr 02, 2014 10:25am
"After a loss, such things come up," Hafeez said. "But you have to keep in mind that no team wins because of any one individual or loses because of any one individual. It was a good display overall, but in this match, we didn't play well. We take collective responsibility. It's not one person's responsibility. The entire management, all the players, are equally responsible."
What a brilliant analysis from the Professor. I disagree, the responsibility of success and failure lies at the feet of leadership. He is the captain he needs to take the responsibility. You lead by example, 55 runs SR 80 as a #3 batsman in 4 innings.
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Apr 02, 2014 10:30am
don't forget NAJAM SETHI, it's not the captain, it's chairman who choose captain. and the chairman choosen by NAWAZ SHARIF, i don't know who choose him. PEOPLE don't blame anybody but yourself, talk shows media everybody will not highlight these names. one mistake of VOTE give you many shame loosing everywhere. AND YOU WILL VOTE FOR THEM AGAIN
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Apr 02, 2014 10:32am
The incentives are significantly higher to lose so why win? I am surprised at the fans getting upset when it was almost expected that this would happen.
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Apr 02, 2014 10:33am
Akmal brothers are richer after this tournament.
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Apr 02, 2014 10:49am
I do not understand the logic of not including Fawad Alam who played superb innings in Asia Cup recently.
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Apr 02, 2014 10:56am
Kindly Sir, retire from cricket and lead a quiet life.
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Apr 02, 2014 11:50am
Apology after losing a game??? Pakistan is only country where players are supposed to apologize after losing a game.
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Apr 02, 2014 12:57pm
"When our chase started, we did not get any momentum, playing shots which were not there"
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Apr 02, 2014 01:13pm
Hafeez apology is just like, after failure in exam a child say sorry, I will do next time. He should be resigned on this shameful performance. Win or loss is a part of game but loosing without fighting is a bit idicolous. Time to say bye bye to Umer Gull, K Akmal & Sohaib Malik. It's strange that our real champions (Muhammad Yousaf, Abdul Razak) out from the team and so still playing. Selectors should do their job honestly or go home, if they can't do.
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Apr 02, 2014 01:25pm
only accept his apology if he, Kamran and Malik take retirement now.
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Apr 02, 2014 01:29pm
No shame on Hafeez's face as if nothing happened! He said with no regret "win or loose" part of the game, if this is true then why you apologize to the nation say it is part of the game and that's it. If he really regret he should resign by himself but sure he will not do.
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Apr 02, 2014 01:29pm
Rank long hops and over pitched deliveries after the 16 th over. Even my Grandma would ve been able to give the treatment as given by Bravo and Sammy. Clearly the Pakistani team let the windies off the hook. Suicidal tendencies while batting. Looks like the team was in a hurry to return to the hotel. Looks fishy. Very fishy indeed.
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Apr 02, 2014 01:31pm
It looked so much like a fixed game... I am a big fan of Sri Lankan team. I did not expect Pakistan to perform consistent. One moment they can do the unthinkable and a few seconds later they forget basics? Sounds like a very very bad excuse.
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Apr 02, 2014 01:39pm
Sir there is no need to be sorry, its just a game. We have a history of forgetting many serious incidents in our countries life and letting the criminals become Prime Minister or President.
Also If you feel sorry for any crime that you might have committed outside the ground then don't be because you have qualified to be President of our beloved country.
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Apr 02, 2014 02:12pm
In Pakistan, talented players do emerge as no where else. My belief is that over the years the root cause of not winning has been the lack of coordination and cooperation between the Board (controlled by the President of Pak) the selection committee, the captain and the players.
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Apr 02, 2014 02:16pm
Apology will not work. Just resign and go along with your buddies e.g. Shoaib Malik, Kamran Akmal, Umer Gul and Sohail Tanvir etc.
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Apr 02, 2014 02:40pm
It is time to end Parchi system and say goodbye to Hafeez, Kamran, Gul and Shoiab Malik. They didn't include fawad alam and adjust him with Malik. We should give this board a final chance and asked them to learn the word Planning and teach this to our cricketers and also teach them the word fight hard till last
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Apr 02, 2014 02:43pm
Word Panic is affiliated with Pakistan and Hafeez acknowledges that. They start the wars and than ask for ceasefire or surrender in panic.
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Apr 02, 2014 02:45pm
@Talat:
You certainly are not talking about the game of cricket. What has it got to do with the religion ? Does that mean that when other teams win it has a similar reference to their religion ? A strange ethos of a noble game !
No sir, leave religion and politics out of cricket. Let it remain the game for amusement and skill for the decent folks who applaud the opponants equally when they display skill and prowess.
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Apr 02, 2014 02:47pm
Its simple, Pakistan team had taken the west indian attack lightly, they had no plan as how to chase this target one Ahmad Shahzad left on the first ball. If Pakistan is unpredictable then west indies is unpredictable and unstoppable once they are on song ... Nevertheless, Lessons should be learnt and improvement efforts should be undertaken ...
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Apr 02, 2014 02:51pm
Agreed that Pakistan played badly but in the last three days quite a few very good teams have been bundled out for less than 100 while playing second. Australia against India, New Zealand against Sri Lanka, England against Netherlands and Pakistan against West Indies. There must have been something wrong in the pitch that made such great teams struggle while playing second. So Pakistan, please don't blame yourself! You have some really talented players!
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Apr 02, 2014 03:01pm
Wi won the game. It is not that Pakistan lost it. The sooner Pakistani fans start respecting the class that WI brought to the field, instead of ranting about their teams poor performance, the better for them and pakistan.
Not respecting the winners for being in the zone in yesterdays match is an insult to the current T20 World Champs, the Windies. Pakistan foolishly underestimated them and played the price of misjudging their heavy hitters and their spin. That is why WI won.
Let us give it up for WI and let Pak team quietly try and learn from this misplaced overconfidence. What else do you call the way 5 batsmen including Afridi were stumped out, playing as if they knew they could reach the crease before the ball, as if they were better at reading WI spin? Give the due to badree and narine please !
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Apr 02, 2014 03:18pm
He will definitely be pardoned as he used the word inshallah in his addressal....
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Apr 02, 2014 03:24pm
I am so annoyed, I am not in Pakistan but if I was I would have organised a protest outside PCB head office and would closed the main high ways. It's the game we love and they have no right to mess with our heads. I took days off work to watch few matches. It's unbelievable. Someone should explain the inclusion of Shoaib Malik and Kamran Akmal in the team. Are we that pathetic as a nation to let this happen to us on a day in day out basis. Ya some people might think, go easy it's only a game but if they were playing with their best 11 than I would understand. Umar Akmal was doing ok as a wicket keeper and if they really want someone to stay on the wicket than Misbah is much better option than Shoaib Malik. They are laughing at us, treating us like fools and we are fools to be honest. 180 million and can't find a bowler like Waqar Younis, wasim Akram or Shoaib Aktar and can't find an opener like Saeed Anwar. Oh man I miss those days.
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Apr 02, 2014 03:40pm
@Talat:
What's the concept of Muslim here? Fan may be in other religion. Even, Muslim may be supporting other country then Pakistan. For Example.... India have more muslim then Pakistan and they will be supporting India. In same way, Bangladeshi will support their team (not Pakistan). Why you are making Muslim only specialty of Pakistan?
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Apr 02, 2014 03:49pm
The gist of the 85 posts is simple. Most of the senior players Hafeez being the first should go & let youngsters play. No amount of training & brain washing can enhance their performance. The new chief selector has accepted that too much relying on senior players has led to this debacle.
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Apr 02, 2014 03:58pm
you don't need to apologize Professor! Pakistan was out of the tournament the day they announced team so I did not waste time in watching Pak matches. This result was due to come sooner or later!
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Apr 02, 2014 04:04pm
@Esther picton:@Talat was being satirical(i hope).He used pretty heavy duty language which would go over the head of most of the players especially so called professor.It was interesting to see Wasim Akram tweeting before the match that Pakistan is a nation of passion and belief.I guess these two things are pretty useless without action.
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Apr 02, 2014 04:10pm
@Ali:
Yes. We are that pathetic.
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Apr 02, 2014 04:23pm
I think it is unfair to blame any player in this team. After all, it is the same team which has given pleasure many times not only to Pakistani people but also other cricket lovers through their performances. The Pakistan people have to learn to take defeat as a part of game. This is a strange game where you may look invincible in one game and then disintegrate like pack of cards in the next game. The same Afridi , Hafiz Sayeed and Akmals brothers score centuries and syed Ajmal the foremost bowler of the team were all flops. They gave as many runs in the last four overs in this match which were more than the total runs scored by the whole team. So please spare the team and let the nation also introspect for expecting always moon from the team and always overestimating their talent visa-vis other teams.
BNA
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Apr 02, 2014 04:24pm
@Talat:
Is Pakistan cricket about being Muslims? Amazing!
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Apr 02, 2014 05:00pm
The performance of our cricket team reflects the performance of our Govt. How a corrupt and dishonest Govt produce an honest PCB and team consists of talented and deserving players. The Govt is formed the basis of relations and cronyism and corruption and so does Pakistan Cricket team. We should not expect any good from them.
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Apr 02, 2014 06:14pm
Pakistan is suffering due to lack of international exposure for then young players due to foreign teams not touring Pakistan.. The old players are not getting any younger and the newer ones have a huge gap to cover when moving from domestic to international cricket.. Plus in T20, the margin of error is nil.. In test matches and 50 over games you can still recover after a poor session or two, but in T20 , a few bad deliveries and a few fours and sixes are enough to turn the game.. Good luck nect time!
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Apr 02, 2014 06:32pm
Hafeez shoiab kamran should go.what hurts more is the way these guys spoil the name of my pakistan.just go.fed up with you.no apologies needed.get new players.if these three players come again I will boycott seeing Pakistan matches.it hurts too much
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Apr 02, 2014 06:36pm
To publicly apologize for losing the most crucial match of the 2014 T20 Cricket World Cup Tournament is good but unfortunately, irreparable damage has already been done in the ranks and columns of the green-shirts, which cannot be pulled back or retrieved in any way directly or indirectly, implicitly or explicitly, knowingly or unknowingly.
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Apr 02, 2014 06:46pm
@nazir
According to Hafeez, he felt that overall, he had done alright in the position. "From the last one and a half years, I have been doing this for the team, playing at No. 3 because the management want me to do this and I have been doing very well at this."
Not so according to his stats in 16 T20 innings: In 30% of his innings he has scored 30+ runs and in 70% of his innings he scored 19 runs or below. In 7 innings, nearly 50% of the time, his strike rate is below 86.
He's clearly he is not a No. 3 batsman and is not a captain that is capable of leading by example. He folded under pressure in this tournament like he has done all a along, which was expected.
As far as Malik and Akmal they had a poor T20 WC as well, making 52 and 48 runs respectively in four innings each BUT they failed with similar performance in the last T20 WC. So clearly these players were not selected on merit, performance and ability.
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Apr 02, 2014 06:56pm
Dear Pakistani Fans.. chilllllllll... Till 15th over Pakistan were on top... WI won the match does not mean Pakistan lost every thing... I still say Pakistan had got best balling tallent and I am fan of few of them... Why Indian were successful againt WI? They have learned from Dravid How to spend time on peach... We would love Pakistan bouncing Back ..
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Apr 02, 2014 07:35pm
We are sorry! plz. get retirement from cricket because no one can see u more in pak team.
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Apr 02, 2014 10:48pm
Well.. Do not bash at Pakistan team to that level. It happens in cricket. We Indian fans have seen our team performing well on one day and the reverse the very next day. We were habituated of it. And now somehow our Indian team was able to perform well in T20 World Cup (remember our performance in Asia cup). Pakistan did well in Asia cup and couldn't do in this T20 cup. That's it. After all they are also human beings, and they cannot show you miracles everyday. By this single performance of Pakistan team, how could you people judge and scold your team players. Many of us in India still love Pakistan team for their stupendous performance when they play against us. They are really true champions of cricket representing Pakistan.. Don't forget and don't easily give them up. They will come back strong.
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Apr 03, 2014 12:33am
@Venkat:
thanks Venkat! i guess the nation is just hurt because we keep repeating our mistakes. your comment proves that the love of the game knows no borders! thank you and all the best from the other side of the fence!
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Apr 03, 2014 08:02am
@Venkat:
Losing is one thing, make rediculous mistakes other. Can anyone explain me how 4 batesmen can be stumped in the same game. Didnt they just watched their partner getting stumped... Keep coming out to hit. Specially batesmen like Malik who is such a slow player, why would he come forward to hit when they were suppose to be in the defensive mode. Plus he dont have any power to hit the ball for boundery. Something doesnt add up here, almost look like they wanted to be out. And for God sake to PCB, parchi system bund karo, and recruit talent. They are all just sell outs. Pakistan biggest problem in any aspect is "parchi system". They are just so hungry for money. They dont realize that we have so much talent, if we promote talent, we can make more money in the future. Look at India, they are suceeding fast and booming in economy as well, because they promote talent, it took them a while, but now they are way better. Learn from them, abhi bhi time hai. Stop being greedy or bias
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Apr 03, 2014 11:09am
Why not call back Wasim Akram, shoaib Akhtar back in the team, they still will do better then current lot.
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Apr 03, 2014 11:34am
@asad: Finally someone who saw the sarcasm!
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Apr 04, 2014 10:32pm
Affluence and glitter of Dubai is spoiling our players. They have become mentally soft and cannot handle pressure.
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