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Chief Selector Inzamam-ul-Haq on Saturday expressed hope that the national team would play well in the future.
"The issue with the Pakistani team is that there were no regular tours for the last six to eight years," said Inzamam while addressing a press conference.
However, he was confident that the team would perform well in the coming days.
the chief selector was of the view that people shed their hopes in their super stars too early, and that it should not be the case.
"Each and every team always play well in their own zone and conditions," he said, adding that the side had whitewashed Australia in the United Arab Emirates.
The Pakistan team had suffered a whitewash in the series against New Zealand, where the batting line had showed shallow play, where as the Pakistani batting line once again failed in the first day and night match against Aussies.
Australia had faced defeat recently, in a home series against South Africa where the guest team won the first two consecutive matches.
The first day and night Test, of a three matches series, between Pakistan and Australia was being played where Australia has set Pakistan 420 to win.
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Dec 17, 2016 11:32pm
somebody needs to get rid of him because he has proven to be worthless when it comes to doing anything for the country and just sitting there and playing politics. Remind you, we need someone with intellect and we all know where he stands when it comes to that. The best person who can serve in this role would be either Aamir Sohail or Rashid Latif since they are straight and knows how to cut to the chase.
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Dec 17, 2016 11:46pm
I am sorry for the negative comment but PCB is not performing and with it the team too is failing. Structural changes needed in PCB
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Dec 17, 2016 11:50pm
What about the tour of England recently, does it count as a "regular" tour? He is good in finding excuses.
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Dec 18, 2016 12:34am
Wow, that is really earth shattering Inzi. Wonder why that excuse didn't work for previous selectors.
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Dec 18, 2016 01:05am
Inzimam is a total hypocrite. He selected on sifarish players from a preferred area. He ha no imagination as all batsmen are the same type and style and the bowlers are the same left hand medium pace.
Why he picks Rizwan and Sharjeel all the time and leave behind some top performers of domestic cricket like Imad Wasim, Sadaf, Fawad Alam and Junaid Khan.
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Dec 18, 2016 01:53am
Hope is what we always have to rely on rather than the facts!!!
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Dec 18, 2016 02:41am
"the first two consecutive matches."
If they are first two...........is there any need to say "Consecutive"?????
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Dec 18, 2016 04:57am
Mr.Inzi keep living in the fools paradise,we have heard this from numerous selectors before you that the boys are going to perform better in the coming days and so forth.
And the notion that we whitewashed them in UAE sounds like a broken record,fact is we have always had difficulty in Australia as far as batting is concerned even in the past when we had a strong batting lineup but keep up the good work of selecting your so called "talented bunch"!
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Dec 18, 2016 05:20am
Expecting better result from the lot that has not performed in the past is pretty naive. Just accept that your selection was not merit based and move on. Select players who perform in domestic games and drop players who don't perform and get selected based on previous performances. At least four players in the team right now don't deserve to be in the team. As a matter of fact, the selection committee should resign after this tour. Final result will be 3-0 and 2-0 in Australia and New Zealand. You still think selection was right?
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Dec 18, 2016 05:18am
I agree with Inzimam. Have no complaints. Misbah and his team made us proud in the past. These conditions are not easy for us.
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Dec 18, 2016 05:31am
Inzi - Given the poor status of our batting, not much hope is left. We need to make sporting wickets at home and in UAE. Otherwise we will continue to lose away series.
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Dec 18, 2016 05:38am
I have been waiting for that improvement since 2003
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Dec 18, 2016 08:25am
Inzi is just fooling self and others alike by saying that Pakistan will perform very good in future meaning by the present failure should not discourage us because the future is bright. He was touching the roof saying my selected team is the best and it will be proved in Australia. Let me quote what Captain Misbah said before this match that Pakistan will create history by beating Australia on their home grounds which no Asian team could do so till today but he just boasted without any substance and just see what type of history we are creating ever since we are put on ventilator to keep us alive otherwise we are dead. Shame on PCB, Selector, Coach, Captain and team for such poor performance. Why the hell we pay so much to our players when they cannot win a match? shouldn't we introduce a policy to pay just 25% as subsistence allowance and rest 75% will be paid as per the performance? Try this litmus test if we want to survive. Iqbal Hadi Zaidi / Kuwait / zaidi4merdiplomat@hotmail.com
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Dec 18, 2016 08:31am
To the pessimists.
Younis is going to make 200+, Misbah & sarfaraz centuries & Pakistan wins.Miracles do happen, believe in them.
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Dec 18, 2016 08:43am
Valid argument by Inzamam but then why caption was giving BIG TALKS of sweeping out Australia. Pakistan team should have first shown the performance with modesty and consistency to achieve victory in the tour before giving statements like our politicians.
We are all Pakistani and would like our team to give at least give good fight and performance; and if we loss after making efforts and tough competition then that is acceptable as an outcome of professional cricket but not the poor and below standard performance of the present time.
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Dec 18, 2016 12:35pm
He will be hopeful in 2020 too after losing 10000 matches.
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Dec 18, 2016 12:57pm
@Baysola . Younus gone. Pakistan staring get defeat.
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Dec 18, 2016 01:20pm
@Philosopher(from Japan) ..what can they say ? Look at your under-19 team who were also beaten by Afghanistan.... there is no good replacement in near future.
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