Naseem Shah will be released from Pakistan's senior side in Australia for him to prepare for the Under-19 World Cup early next year

[Ankit_sharma03]

Naseem Shah, the 16-year-old Pakistan fast bowler who made heads turn during the recent senior-team tour of Australia, is expected to return to the national Under-19 ranks and link up with the rest of the squad as they prepare for the Under-19 World Cup early next year in South Africa.

"He is my main weapon and I need him there at the World Cup," Ijaz Ahmed, the head coach of the Pakistan Under-19 team, told ESPNcricinfo. "He now has a taste of international cricket and now, at the home [Test] series against Sri Lanka, we are mainly banking on spinners. Pakistan have [Mohammad] Abbas and Shaheen [Afridi] to lead the fast-bowling attack according to the conditions.

"I feel he [Shah] for now should only be used in conditions like in New Zealand, England, etc, when needed. For now, we have a very important event coming up in South Africa and he is very handy for me and I will ask Misbah [ul-Haq, the chief coach and selector] to release him."

Shah was named in the original World Cup squad, and ESPNcricinfo understands that he will be released to prepare and take part in the tournament.

Shah, who has just seven first-class matches under his belt, made an impact during Pakistan's two-Test series in Australia. He had been all the talk even before he landed in Australia, with footage of his exploits in a short domestic career going viral. He didn't bowl in the first innings of the Pakistanis' tour game against Australia A following the death of his mother, but impressed during an eight-over burst in the second innings, bowling with pace and picking up the wicket of Marcus Harris.

He made his Test debut in the first game, in Brisbane, and sent back David Warner with a brute of a short ball that the batsman, then on 154, could only edge through to the wicketkeeper. Shah had found Warner's edge earlier too, but was denied the wicket as he had overstepped. He was dropped for the second Test, in Adelaide.

 

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/28216310/naseem-shah-join-pakistan-19-squad-prepare-world-cup?sf225157765=1

 

 

 

 

[sandeep]

They better be sure he meets the requirements, is all I'm going to say.

[sergio04]

Yashaswi jaiswal vs Naseem shah will be a good contest.

 

Edited December 3, 2019 by sergio04

[Ankit_sharma03]

He looks 22-23, His own country men are saying he is not 16.....this shud be enquired by ICC as its unfair to other players

Say watever in international cricket waha batsman naani yaad dila dega 

[Laaloo]

Forever young

[ganeshran]

They are ruining a promising prospect. I dont think he is 21 or 22 but he is definitely not 16. Most probably 19. Should be in the Pakistan A team instead of U19, and play more FC to get ready for international cricket

[velu]

ICC should do dental test to guesstimate his age 

 

[sandeep]

2 hours ago, Shaz1 said:

This is embarrassing. We are gonna use a man in a teens World Cup.

They are desperate, they know that if Pak team does badly in the u-19 WC, on the back of this horrible Aus tour, heads will have to roll.  

 

PCB needs some positive results and fast.  

 

I do feel sorry for Naseem though.  At this point, he's in a no-win situation.  If he does badly, he'll pay for it personally.  If he does well, he'll still get criticized for playing the u19 after making a test debut.  

 

This sort of decision is something you expect from a minnow team, not a test country with decent historical track record.  

[sandeep]

1 hour ago, ganeshran said:

They are ruining a promising prospect. I dont think he is 21 or 22 but he is definitely not 16. Most probably 19. Should be in the Pakistan A team instead of U19, and play more FC to get ready for international cricket

He's being used for PCB benefit, when he and the team would benefit from exactly what you suggest.  

[ShoonyaSifar]

Not too far back, he played vs Ind u-19 team and could not do much damage. Intensity goes down and that affects performance.

 

Wonder if we have similar examples of any international cricketers playing u-19 WC.

[Austin 3:!6]

I hope we select MS to play in this tournament.

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[velu]

16 minutes ago, Austin 3:!6 said:

I hope we select MS to play in this tournament.

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dhoni's 4th standard ka group pic

 

[The Realist]

He won't get much success against the Ind top three of Dhawan, Sharma and Kohli (cause they have to play every format/block young talent)...

[First class]

Ridiculous, its like sending a person back to elementary school after awarding a bachelor degree to him. 

[speedheat]

  As they say he is aging backwards. 

[Nikhil_cric]

He plays for an outrageously gifted country where Aqib Javed made his first class debut at the age of 12, waqar Younis test debut at 17, razzaq debut at 17 and Hasan raza at 14. Youngsta beauties !

[Gollum]

Part 2

[express bowling]

Naseem Shah bowling after 13 years.

 

 

 

 

[R!TTER]

10 hours ago, velu said:

 

dhoni's 4th standard ka group pic

 

Did he repeat that class for 30 years 

[Bigg Brother]

Nothing wrong..They have history of this.Even Fake Kohli-Shehzad played Wt20 2009 in England and then went on to play U-19 WC in 2010. And this Naseem guy looks really young, If not 16 then he surely belongs to U-19 group.