Pakistan’s Worst Test Squad to England Ever?

This article makes quite a few valid points which i agree with. but i donot think its the worst test squad. last year in srilanka and australlia we had all the big name players but what hhappened? we lost repeatidly!!

so big names isn't everything in my opinion. its the junoon, jazba, aur himmat!
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Pakistan’s Worst Test Squad to England Ever?

Pakistan cricket continues to plunge further into darkness as the Test and T20 squad’s were announced by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) during the Asia Cup in Sri Lanka. But a look at the side suggests that those who selected the squad had either forgotten their thinking caps at home or wanted to have an agenda that they don’t want to disclose.

During the 80’s and the 90’s, Pakistan hardly lost a series against England in England because captains Imran Khan, Javed Miandad and Wasim Akram took the best available squad from Pakistan. The scenario changed in 2002 when Waqar Younis drew the series, but in 2006, the team lost its first 3 Test matches and forfeited the fourth one after umpire Darrell Hair from Australia penalized Pakistan for allegedly tampering with the ball. The test squad under Inzamam Ul Haq did not return to play after the session ended and the match went down as a forfeit, the game’s first such result. Yet, when the chief selector named the squad for Pakistan’s first tour since the Oval incident, his act of saying yes to the chairman Ijaz Butt’s selection, and not consulting his fellow selectors have thrown Pakistan back in time, where they had hit rock bottom a few years back under Inzamam. The chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board Ijaz Butt has done nothing right since taking over a couple of years back. He has appointed ‘Yes Men’ like manager Yawar Saeed, Associate Manager Shafqat Rana and Chief Operating Officer Wasim Bari while chairman of selectors Mohsin Khan has also joined the bandwagon which saw Shahid Afridi get inducted as the skipper in the recent past. Whenever they meet to discuss the team, they come out with illogical selections, and the current Test and T20 bound for England is no different.

No one in his right mind would leave out Younis Khan from the squad, yet the PCB did. It is rumoured that the former captain from Karachi doesn’t have a good rapport with manager Yawar Saeed who is a close aide of Ijaz Butt, hence Younis misses out. Although skipper Shahid Afridi wanted Younis in the side since he knows the local conditions like the back of his hand, the chairman wanted him to apologise first for doing … nothing. Ijaz Butt has made it clear that he would only give a green signal to Younis’s inclusion if he says sorry for what they deem as his mistakes during the horrible tour of Australia. But Younis isn’t a ‘Yes Man’ or one with political connections like Shoaib Malik, Shoaib Akhtar, Kamran and Umar Akmal or Shahid Afridi, who are back in the side for making their allegiance known to the PCB, despite being either banned or penalised.

Although fast bowler Mohammad Sami did nothing to warrant a place in the side, he has been to England twice, and his inclusion could have helped the bowling attack. Also misses out from the side is the consistent Khurram Manzoor who braved against the Aussie attack in Pakistan’s last test to score 80 odd runs while Yasir Hameed, who never would have believed had he been told before the announcement that he would be in the side, is in the side.

No one is likely to miss Mohammad Yousuf who has been the destroyer in chief of Pakistan cricket team - off the field. He is the one who is labelled as the man who made various players from the Pakistan team to take an oath on The Holy Quran against Younis’s attitude; hence he stays out for good. But the side has no senior batsmen in his and Younis’s absence. The two most senior partners have their own backing. While Imran Farhat’s father-in-law Mohammad Ilyas is a national selector, Shoaib Malik knows the right people in Pakistan’s government, at least the ones who matter. The two have played 33 and 29 Test matches without once cementing their places, making the batting look fragile on paper.


Injury prone left-armer Wahab Riaz will support the fit-again Umar Gul, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer while newcomer Tanvir Ahmed gets a nod after a string of good performances in first-class matches at home. The two spots for spinners went to Danish Kaneria and Saeed Ajmal. While Ajmal is more of a limited overs specialist, it would have been better had Abdur Rehman been named in his place. As for the leg-spinning Kaneria, naming him in the Test squad despite being under investigation for match-fixing allegations shows PCB‘s seriousness towards the issue. Kaneria may not be guilty but the board should have asked for a clearance first from their English counterparts.

As for the wicket keeping duties, the man who donned the gloves in the last test Pakistan played who excelled in the match - Sarfaraz Ahmed is not part of the squad. Kamran Akmal gets another chance showing the selectors don’t watch matches on TV or in the stadium; otherwise he would have been axed long time ago. Zulqarnain Haider, who played one T20 for Pakistan three years back gets the nod as Akmal’s understudy, although he himself should be someone else’s understudy.

Pakistan will play four Tests against England during the tour after the T20 matches against the hosts and Australia. But from the looks of the side, it seems they will need the special attention of God to survive being thrashed in the five-day matches.

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Lol!! The worst pakistani test squad to england have just beaten australia for the first time in 15 years!! Goes to show that you should never write off any pakistani team!

BUt it still the worst. in this squad pakistan doesn't have a back up batsman.

The worst Paksitani squad ever to visit England was in 1978 when top 6-7 players were banned because of kerry Packer. We lost two test and saved by the rain in the third test match.
Pakistan in England, 1978

1st Test lost by an Innings and 57 runs
1st Test: England v Pakistan at Birmingham, Jun 1-5, 1978 | Cricket Scorecard | Cricinfo.com

2nd Test lost by an Innings and 120 runs
2nd Test: England v Pakistan at Lord's, Jun 15-19, 1978 | Cricket Scorecard | Cricinfo.com

During that tour, Pakistan could only win one county/side match out of 11 matches. The win agains Surrey was thanks to 3 declared innings;
Surrey v Pakistanis at The Oval, 24-27 Jun 1978


Then in 1962, we lost 5-test series by 4-0. Again, rain made sure that one test was drawn and saved us the humiliation of whitewash.
Pakistan in England, 1962

kerry packer who was he and wat did he do

Kerry Packer was an Australian businessman.
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He started World Series Cricket after a TV right deal for his cricket channel (Channel - 9) went sour with ACB (Australian Cricket Board).
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He started night cricket and introduced color clothing in cricket.

Players who signed with Kerry Packer and got banned by respective cricket boards;
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Interestingly no Indian cricket player was considered "good enough" to get signed by Kerry Packer.

oh thx i dint know. so he was the guy who introduce colour clothing and day nite matchs cool

Pakistan have shown again that they are the most consistently inconsistent team

Well Azhar Ali was always the best young talent after Umar Akmal in the batting dept. Umar Amin was looking good in the domestic but looks like he needs couple of more years at international level. Shoaib Malik is not a test cricketer's boot-lace. Imran Farhat has been forming good partnerships with salman butt and others.

So you hate Malik too? )
Just wait a second before you get Malik-hater label! Since, you hate Malik, you'll be labeled Afridi-lover by default!


Merc ... can you please change the the forum name from Cricistan - The Territory of Pakistan Cricket to www.malik-lovers-vs-afridi-lovers.com or www.malik-haters-vs-afridi-haters.com?

lol husker fan well i dont hate malik i actually see him as a limited overs specialist..he is very good in one days and t20s not very good in tests cus he doesn't have a technique to survive in tests just like yuvraj singh. in limited overs cricket, shoaib malik is some player ...i specially love the way he dances down the track to spinner and hit them for sixes more specifically against Harbhajan. I will never forget his Champions Trophy inns and hsi 4 fifties in 7 one-days on india tour 05

No, you have automatically become Malik-hater because you said "Shoaib Malik is not a test cricketer's boot-lace".
This has happened to all of us who have even not shown any of infatuation for Malik ... and as I said, if we not infatuated with Malik then we are Afridi-lovers by default.

Nice try to recover but unfortunately won't work. You are already labeled!

He was the Bogeyman, Lalit Modi of 70s