If what M Wasim said is true, this is insane.

If this has been happening for years, why did nothing happen? Guys like KG and Haseebullah grind for years and still get questioned over discipline for nothing and only asking why they not playing, while Imam stays untouchable.

If this is true, that's a massive double standard in Pakistan cricket and our cricket is dead and players like imam should be banned for life for playing with emotions

- Misbah-ul-Haq has resigned from Pakistan's selection committee.

- PCB did not consult him while selecting the seven new players. (ARY News)

Like, when tf are they gonna leave the team? Please get tf out; no one likes you.

I would genuinely sacrifice one of my limbs so these 2 can leave Pakistan cricket for good😭😭😭

https://www.geosuper.tv/latest/59242-babar-azam-suffers-fever-ahead-of-third-test-against-england

https://www.geosuper.tv/latest/59236-pcb-seeks-explanation-over-rizwan-imams-selection-for-england-west-indies-tests

Seeing the troubling news coming out of PCB everyday, i have this itch to do something. 2022 Shaheen injury was like the last time i felt deeply emotional about the team and since then kind of gone numb caz of mess after mess after mess.

Tut i feel PCB has no limit to how low it can get. they are the masters of taking in raw talent and ruining it. this whole circus now has made us a laughing stock. i haven't ever seen cricinfo writing be this openly calling out PCB's bullshit..

same for other media cells too. and the people who will be most effected by this circus are young talents like Azan etc. PCB is effectively crushing the next 15 years of our cricket by these decisions. but i wonder, what, practically can be done? anybody got any ideas?

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On 2nd September 2023, 11 Pakistanis took the field against India in their Asia Cup clash.

But after the rain came, only eight returned.

Three were missing.

Shaheen. Naseem. Rauf.

They eventually returned, but they were never quite the same.

And maybe that was the moment Pakistan’s cricket changed.

The pace attack that once looked almost unfair began to fracture.

Naseem’s shoulder injury ruled him out of the World Cup, while Rauf’s side issue and Shaheen’s own battles with fitness and form showed just how fragile that trio had become.

Fast forward to 2026.

Pakistan still have Shaheen. They still have Naseem. But the frightening three-man attack we once imagined feels like a memory long gone.

And right now, Pakistan cricket isn't just fighting the opposition.

It's fighting itself.

Seven players have just been sent home. The Test coach has been sacked. The selection committee is in turmoil. Pakistan have lost the series to England 2–0, and haven't even passed 200 in an innings.

The team that once looked like it had the foundations of something special now looks like it's constantly starting again.

Different captain.

Different coach.

Different selectors.

Different combinations.

Same problems.

And that's the saddest part.

Because Pakistan don't lack talent.

They lack stability.

The talent is still there.

The jerseys are still green.

The fast bowlers are still running in.

But somewhere between that rainy night in Colombo and where Pakistan stand today...

something went missing.

The eight-team DP World Women’s Asia Cup is set to be played from 28 August to 13 September at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium with all 15 matches beginning at 7.30pm PKT. Pakistan are placed in Group A alongside Hong Kong – China, India and Thailand. Group B consists of Bangladesh, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and United Arab Emirates. 

Pakistan will face Thailand on 1 September, India on 5 September and Hong Kong, China on 7 September, while the semi-finals will take place on 10 and 11 September. The final is scheduled on Sunday, 13 September. 

Pakistan women’s squad for ACC women’s Asia Cup 

Fatima Sana (captain), Ayesha Zafar, Eman Naseer, Eyman Fatima, Gull Feroza, Momina Riasat, Muneeba Ali Siddiqui (wk), Najiha Alvi, Nashra Sundhu, Sadia Iqbal, Saira Jabeen, Shawaal Zulfiqar, Tuba Hassan, Umm-e-Hani, Waheeda Akhtar.

Reserves – Tasmia Rubab, Humna Bilal, Maham Anees, Sadaf Shamas 

Support Staff

Wahab Riaz (coach/mentor), Ayesha Ashar (team manager), Abdur Rehman (spin bowling coach), Umaid Asif (fast bowling coach), Abdul Majeed (fielding coach), Imran Farhat (batting coach), Waleed Ahmed (performance analyst), Moeen (strength & conditioning coach), Dur Samand (Physiotherapist) and Raza Rashid Kitchlew (media manager) 

Heard that PCB asked for explanation for Rizwan’s selection (and axed him anyway)

I always thought he was decently consistent with the runs, good scores, partnerships, cares about performing and winning and other than appealing incessantly, he seems to be playing his part well.

Why was he also in cross hairs?

Misbah has resigned, but somehow the person at the centre of Pakistan cricket’s problems, Aqib Javed is still there.
For far too long, blame has been shifted, excuses have been made and accountability avoided.
How much longer can this continue?
Enough is enough.
Pakistan cricket needs accountability, competence and results not hacks burning it to the ground!!!

Absolutely savage article that cuts PCB to ribbons. The fury dripping from every word you can almost feel

I can't wrap my head around how a team just releases 7 players and 2 coaches in the middle of a series. It's unprecedented, it's unheard of. Yes, I know Pakistan is known for doing the unheard of within the cricket world, but this is another level of absurd.

Dropping Khurram Agha Imam and Riz from the XI for poor performance is understandable, even releasing them from the squad can be understood. But what strikes as extremely suspicious is the release of Ali Usman, Awais Zafar, Aamer Jamal, Sarfraz and Umar Gul. I haven't seen coaches be sidelined in this fashion with the white ball coach being called in but not officially as the new red ball coach. Additionally, Ali Usman took a fifer and showed great resilience with the bat in the 4th innings while Aamer Jamal and Awais Zafar didn't even get to play a game but were released....

the replacements are odd as well, dragging saim back from the CPL after he was at the national cup to play a single dead rubber match??

lastly, it was very odd to me that:

1. Imam didnt come out to bat at all

2. rizwan throwing his wicket in the trash as well as his overally body language in the match as if he didnt care

I think it could have to do with certain players within the team and coaching staff pushing back against the PCB threatening to boycott that test just becuase Sky Sports aired the interview with imran khan's sons. something isnt adding up its very fishy

Here’s to looking forward to better times and some hope. I used to be the biggest Babar Azam fan, and found these posts on my IG Archive. Took some time to dwell over the lords test loss and realized it’s not the end of the world. We will bounce back💪💪, not with these players Ofc, but deep down I’ve realised I’ll always keep supporting Pakistan cricket no matter what.

The light at the end of the tunnel for Pakistan is not a train but success and accolades to come!!

All these young players have been thrown into the ring of fire in Birmingham. Most are new faces who have never played for Pak, and everyone knows they are bound to fail.

Failing is fine with new faces then those same tried and tested old faces. But here’s the other part of the script.

They’ll fail in alien conditions, go home, disappear for 5 to 6 months as we don't play tests often, everyone forgets or play some odi t20 in pindi flat decks, and then PCB brings back the same old faces, saying, "We tried the youngsters, but they didn’t perform." Even now most of them are out of no where like saim hasn't played any domestic tests after being dropped till today just cpl 100 recently and boom back

This is exact same surgery happened in same fashion after 2023 WC, 2024 T20 WC (Check squad that went to Zim, Aus) no one knows what happened to players from that squad.

We’ve seen this movie for years.