Bazid Khan

[Shaka]

I think this guy is growing on me. Although he failed in his first test match, he looked well collected and seems to play his shots according to the ball. Plays without much foot movement like his dad, but that can be a strength as well as a weakness. It means he has plenty of time to play the ball late for example. I have become quite fed up of watching Yasir Hameed flailing wildly outside the off stump to perfectly good length balls instead of waiting for the bad deliveries and would like to see more players with Asim Kamal's temperament introduced to the test team. Hasan Raza has already been mentioned and I think Bazid should be given further chances as well.

[Zainub]

To be honest with you Shaka, I've finally run out of patience for Yasir, and I'm right now in that position where I'd take anyone but Yasir Hameed in my team. I didn't see Bazid Khan my self in the first test, but I'm really positive about it, I've heard a lot of people say that they "liked the look of him". So, I'm all for giving him more chances in the future. However bad he might be, at least he'll be better then Yasir.

In case any one might be interested his personal website can be accessed as follows:

http://www.thehotspotonline.com/bazid/

Not only am I sick of Yasir Hameed repeating the same old mistake again and again Shaka (and not learning from them) but I'm also utterly irritated of the fact that our on-tour selectors have soo much faith in him to pick him ahead of Salman Butt. Just bafling how we are treating a young man who made a splendid hundred against the best bowling attack in the world on their turfs, and has consistently done the buisness of us in the one-days. Just out right madness if you ask me, I can't think of any single team who would treat a 20 year old who proved to be your most successful batsmen in the toughest tour in world cricket like this (he got dropped in India too after a couple of failures in the first test, and didn't play in the next two, same story here).

Why isn't this sort of short term selection policy being applied on Yasir Hameed - when was the last time he scored some decent runs against a decent opposition? A fifty against Australia I think in Sydney, but since then he's made no runs of note what so ever, and on top of that run out at least half a dozen people while he's playing. His actually speed of running between the wickets is not that bad, but his judgment and calling is as bad as I have seen anyone at highlest level to have. He's ball watching half the time.

Add to that the fact that he isn't a particularly reliable fielder - I just don't understand why he, or anyone of the younger players for that matter have to stand at slip. Inzi and Younis Khan fill the numbers against the quicks, but when it comes to spinners, Yasir Hameed stands at first slip. It's not like Inzi or Younis Khan are really sub-standard slip fielders (whatever standard they are, at least they'll be better than Yasir) and it's not even that they're short of confidence or anything, they're pretty good slippers if you ask me. Even if you're counting out Younis Khan because he stands at silly point for the spinners, you should have Inzi there at first slip, not Mr. Really Butter Fingers Yasir Hameed. He simply isn't good enough.

I given this a really long thought. But I can't recall Yasir Hameed having done anything really very impressive throughout his test career - has basically played just two or three innings of note since that grand debut of his against B'desh. A 90 odd against India in Multan (in lost cause), and then that 60 something against Australia (also obviously in lost cause). He still has an inflated average though, because of that debut of his. But test career has been all about flashy drives attempted, outside edge caught behind or at 1st, 2nd, 3rd slip or gully.

Really poor in otherwords. He should be dropped with immediate affect, and sent back home to work on his technique, especially his footwark. He has no idea where his off stump is, and consequentially plays far too many shots of balls he should be leaving well alone. Basic flaws there, and you can't succeed at test level unless you get them right, and the test arena it self is not the place to get them right. Domestic cricket is.

Go back home lad, and work on your self, and don't come back untill you've sorted all this out. Sweet dreams. Bazid Khan, Hasan Raza or just anyone in his place Bob, please.

[Shaka]

Zainub, it's not the first time I have said it, but Yasir is so careless outside the off stump he is capable of getting out at any time. The art of opening is to leave the ball outside the off stump but he flails blindly at it whether it is a good length or not. There's no doubt he has some great shots in his drawer but like too many younger Pakistani batsmen his shot selection is poor.

Bazid looks like a test player to me, and I don't want to see him start any more ODI's. For the longer version of the game we need to harness playes of his type. Asim Kamal was ignored for too long because he wasn't a dasher but now we are seeing what we missed out on and we have wasted players of this type before like Hasan Raza and mohammed Wasim before that.

[Mr Cricket]

DEAR SHAKA The reson why BAZID KHAN dosnt play for Pakistan is because theres not enough space on the team

1. Salman Butt ok
2. Shaid Afridi perfect
3. Shoiab Malik great
4. Inzmam-Ul-Haq greatest of all time
5. Yosuf Yohana great talented stylish
6. Younis Khan talent vice captin
7.Kamran Akmal Keeper
8 .Abdul Razzaq big hitter
9.Mohammad Sami bowler
10.Rana-Naved-Ul-Hasan bowler
11.Some kind of spinner ? which one maybe Danish or Arshad or evan Mushtaq Ahmed Saqlain Mushtaq

[Captain]

you know in Pakistans lineup maybe its time for Inzi to retire and make way for Asim Kamal to be the guy to build an innings around that would open up the lineup to make room for others, because believe it or not htis team is built around inzi, and we run out of spaces pretty quickly. Thses are not my view in detail nor do i want to say i don't like inzi, i am a great fan of his but this is merely a suggestion.

[Zainub]

When Inzi retires it will leave a big hole in the side...a hole (given the kind of batsmen we have as back up now-a-days) we might almost find impossible to fill. Its so scary I don't even want to think about it :eeks:

[Mr Cricket]

Dear Captain


If the greatest player in the world right now Inzmam-ul-Haq leaves Pakistan then all the winning hopes are over for Pakistan. I mean come on do we want to see youngsters like Asim Kamal play and lose. Or do we want to see the big fellow play and win. The reson I support INZI so much is because he rocks and keeps on wining. I think INZI should retire after he wins the 2007 world cup...





That will be the day

[Captain]

Originally Posted by uham

Dear Captain
.......... I mean come on do we want to see youngsters like Asim Kamal play and lose. Or do we want to see the big fellow play and win.

wat i mean is not that he retire now, by no way am i saying that, i am perhaps his greatest supporter. however, i also believe players like Asim Kamal and M.Yousuf and Salman butt can step up and win, not just inzi alone.

I think you will agree with me that it is better to have a batting lineup that depends on each mamber rather than on one person and one alone. right?