Shoaib and Kaneria "earn" top contracts

Category A Shoaib Akhtar, Younis Khan, Danish Kaneria, Shahid Afridi, Kamran Akmal, Shoaib Malik, Misbah-ul-Haq, Salman Butt, Umar Gul

Category B Yasir Hameed, Faisal Iqbal, Mohammad Hafeez, Sohail Tanvir

Category C Rao Iftikhar Anjum, Abdur Rehman, Yasir Arafat, Fawad Alam, Khurram Manzoor, Saeed Ajmal, Sohail Khan, Wahab Riaz, Samiullah Khan Niazi, Sarfraz Ahmad, Nasir Jamshed, Umar Amin, Azhar Ali


very strange list but i sense an emphasis on tests over ODIs/T20 which is good to see. Having said that i certainly hope F Iqbal and M Hafeez are NOT selected for the upcoming test series vs SL.

Good to see Asif EXCLUDED.

Faisal Iqbal seems a bit lucky to get the contract as a) he is rubbish in tests b) doesn't play ODIs/T20 c) he averaged 14 in the recent domestic competition

PlanetPakistan wrote:Faisal Iqbal seems a bit lucky to get the contract as be Javed Miandad's Nephew as a) he is rubbish in tests b) doesn't play ODIs/T20 c) he averaged 14 in the recent domestic competition

Fixed.

^^
(d) He is Miandad's nephew; how many in that list are Miandad's nephews? None? Well then.

Damn! Beaten to the send button.

Henry wrote:

PlanetPakistan wrote:Faisal Iqbal seems a bit lucky to get the contract as be Javed Miandad's Nephew as a) he is rubbish in tests b) doesn't play ODIs/T20 c) he averaged 14 in the recent domestic competition

Fixed.

M Hafeez is quite lucky as well...unfortunately they didn't bother giving a contract to Aamer or M Talha(both capable of bowling at or around 90 mph)

Not sure whats going on with this guy

Asif isn't there in any list.

Shoaib played a grand total of 3 Twenty20s for Pak in '08 and still finds himself in category 'A'.

Strange are the ways of PCB's working.

out of that list only younis, misbah, gul and maybe malik would be in my category A. the rest are either has-beens or never-beens

furriner wrote:^^
(d) He is Miandad's nephew; how many in that list are Miandad's nephews? None? Well then.

the way Miandad played the game was truly exemplary.
In a way he was PAK's smith(as far as courage and determination is concerned) so for him to do things that will almost certainly hurt(and have been hurting) the team is quite disappointing.

Players like Asim Kamal, Saeed Bin Nasir, M Talha, M Aamer etc will be quite gutted to see this sifarish process.

The One wrote:out of that list only younis, misbah, gul and maybe malik would be in my category A. the rest are either has-beens or never-beens

TBH Malik is an average cricketer TO.

I would have given him and Afridi a C contract. Misbah('inexperienced') and Gul(way too injury prone) should have been in B along with Shoaib.


Only Younis deserved the A contract as in terms of performance and fitness he is the only A level player and this despite the fact that in terms of raw talent he is not even in the top 10.

but i am guessing they were trying to give some extra money to the players because the match fee has been almost zero.

PlanetPakistan wrote:

furriner wrote:^^
(d) He is Miandad's nephew; how many in that list are Miandad's nephews? None? Well then.

the way Miandad played the game was truly exemplary.

Is it a coincidence that Faisal gets a contract and Miandad is in charge of PCB operations?

PlanetPakistan wrote:

furriner wrote:^^
(d) He is Miandad's nephew; how many in that list are Miandad's nephews? None? Well then.

the way Miandad played the game was truly exemplary.

I am pretty sure that there are some here who would not agree with that statement.

I don't recognise all the names so are there any other spinners barring Kaneria in this list?

Kaneria is good, but he could be much better if his place in the test side wasnt a cert - he needs competition. Oh and a better keeper would help.

As for Shoaib, well no comment.

taipan wrote:

PlanetPakistan wrote:

furriner wrote:^^
(d) He is Miandad's nephew; how many in that list are Miandad's nephews? None? Well then.

the way Miandad played the game was truly exemplary.

I am pretty sure that there are some here who would not agree with that statement.

dont think many will disagree that he use to try as hard as any other cricketer of his time

rey wrote:I don't recognise all the names so are there any other spinners barring Kaneria in this list?

Kaneria is good, but he could be much better if his place in the test side wasnt a cert - he needs competition. Oh and a better keeper would help.

As for Shoaib, well no comment.

Ajmal is a doosra Saqi. He has had an excellent start to his ODI career in fact PAK have yet to lose a match with Ajmal in the side(5 games)

Sarfraz Ahmed is a young keeper, his footwork isn't as quick as Akmal's but he is still quite a safe keeper and the only reason why he isn't in the team is because of Kamran's at times extraordinary batting.

What's Kaneria's bowling average if you take away wickets against Bangladesh- About 40?

Batman wrote:

PlanetPakistan wrote:

furriner wrote:^^
(d) He is Miandad's nephew; how many in that list are Miandad's nephews? None? Well then.

the way Miandad played the game was truly exemplary.

Is it a coincidence that Faisal gets a contract and Miandad is in charge of PCB operations?

if i was Misbah ul Haq or even Asim Kamal i would be quite upset to see Faisal play ahead of me for YEARS...

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PAK don't play much(any) test cricket so i don't think they will take the risk of dropping Kaneria and play a new spinner(Ajmal) against Lanka

I personally will continue with Kaneria but give him a better keeper to work with.

what happened to mansoor amjad?

Another thing to remember is that the coach(Alam) and chief selector(A Qadir) are both leg spinners so they will be a bit biased....

in fact i recently heard that Alam wants Kaneria to play ODIs as well

The One wrote:what happened to mansoor amjad?

he did a Malik

He suffered a serious finger injury and decided to turn himself in to a batsman who can a bowl a bit.

So if there is no international cricket(like its been the case for the 7 out of the last 9 months) then even the top players will only be making $3,500 per month.

From a financial point of view alone i can imagine players being desperate to play some international cricket.

4/24 for Shoaib today....ripped through the reigning champ's batting lineup.

http://www.pcboard.com.pk/Pakistan/Scorecards/204/204133.html

BTW i was listening to Tauqeer Zia's(ex chairman) interview yesterday and guess what he was upset that his son didn't get a contract. I just can't believe how he can say such a thing openly when its quite clear that his son is lucky to even be playing DOMESTIC cricket...

Next year we might as well give the A contract to Faisal Iqbal, Junaid Zia, Salman Qadir, Usman Qadir,Miandad's controversial son and if there is still enough room then give to a few of the girls.