by meninblue » Wed Dec 05, 2018 5:57 pm
Professor has retired. Very selfish . PCB selectors have to take blame as they made a mistake of selecting him for series against Australia and NZ in UAE. Even if he had scored on these roads he would have been dismissed cheaply in SA. Dropped for third test as he flopped even at home in majority of innings and retires mid-way series probably getting hint that he will be dropped for next series again. Steyn must be very disappointed now.
Pak openers have been very pathetic recently. Hafeez choking at home and chief selector Inzamam-Ul_Haq's nephew Imam-Ul-Haq showing severe weakness while driving off-stump balls and against short ball even on dead wickets of UAE. Selectors could have used couple of home tests to develop batsmen who have done well in domestic season like Fakhar Zaman and Abid Ali. Shoaib Akhtar took all the credit after Professor scored a ton last time on comeback as he advised him not to retire. Where is he hiding now.
Shan Masood is playing England Lions but he did not live upto international test standards in his short stint before.. Will selectors go back to him considering he is in A squad or pick Abid Ali who has a good domestic season?
Personally i feel Azhar Ali should open. He is their best batsman even though Babar Azam gets all the hype which he never manages to live up to. Let Azhar Ali and Fakhar Zaman open. Fakhar played against Aussies in October but knee injury kept him away from being selected. Babar Azam has flopped as one down and at 4th place so find some other one down. Try Haris Sohail at one down. He showed he can play the long innings in last test with a grinding knock.
Test FL's - 8 , ODI and Tests Combo FL's - 1, ODI World Cup - 1, ODI FL's - 7, ODI and T20i combo FL's - 1 ,
T20 Franchisee FL's - 7, T20i Cup FL's- 1, T20 FL's- 5 , 50 Overs Domestic FL's - 1, 40 Overs Domestic FL's- 1