u/StingNaqi

Player	Mat	Inns	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5
Usama Mir	5	5	19.2	0	163	16	8-Jun	10.18	8.43	7.2	1	1
Shahab Khan	6	6	21.3	0	151	15	25-May	10.06	7.02	8.6	1	1
Shadab Khan	6	6	20.3	0	142	11	10-Mar	12.9	6.92	11.1	0	0
Mohammad Umar	5	4	15	0	110	8	27-Mar	13.75	7.33	11.2	0	0
Shahnawaz Dahani	4	4	13.4	0	151	8	24-Apr	18.87	11.04	10.2	1	0
Mohammad Rizwan	4	4	10	0	100	7	Mar-39	14.28	10	8.5	0	0
Sufyan Moqim	5	5	19	0	166	7	Mar-37	23.71	8.73	16.2	0	0
Afaq Afridi	2	2	7.5	0	78	6	Apr-38	13	9.95	7.8	1	0
Arshad Iqbal	6	6	23	0	230	6	28-Mar	38.33	10	23	0	0
Jahandad Khan	4	4	15.3	0	157	6	25-Apr	26.16	10.12	15.5	1	0
Khalil Ahmed	4	4	14.4	0	135	6	27-Apr	22.5	9.2	14.6	1	0
Mohammad Ali	5	5	15.1	0	121	6	23-Feb	20.16	7.97	15.1	0	0
Mohammad Rameez jnr	4	3	10	0	59	6	21-Mar	9.83	5.9	10	0	0
Arafat Minhas	3	3	10.4	1	55	5	23-Feb	11	5.15	12.8	0	0
Zaman Khan	4	4	9.5	0	82	5	30-Mar	16.4	8.33	11.8	0	0

Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Kamran Ghulam	6	5	4	268	95*	268	145	184.82	0	2	0	22	16
Hasan Nawaz	5	5	1	227	80*	56.75	145	156.55	0	2	0	16	13
Shahzaib Khan	6	5	1	214	75	53.5	142	150.7	0	3	0	22	10
Abdullah Shafique	5	5	0	205	96	41	125	164	0	2	0	12	13
Abdullah Fazal	5	4	2	195	88	97.5	117	166.66	0	2	0	13	12
Atiq-ur-Rehman	4	4	0	185	94	46.25	109	169.72	0	2	0	29	1
Usman Khan	4	4	0	184	81	46	103	178.64	0	1	0	23	7
Ahsan Ali	4	4	0	176	67	44	106	166.03	0	2	0	18	10
Imam-ul-Haq	4	4	0	171	86	42.75	104	164.42	0	2	0	21	5
Muhammad Akhlaq	4	4	0	150	58	37.5	117	128.2	0	1	0	22	2
Farhan Yousaf	4	4	3	143	61*	143	76	188.15	0	1	0	15	6
Umar Siddiq	4	4	0	135	91	33.75	88	153.4	0	1	0	20	3
Bismillah Khan	4	4	0	129	45	32.25	88	146.59	0	0	0	13	4
Muhammad Shahzad	4	4	1	118	54*	39.33	82	143.9	0	2	0	7	8
Khawaja Arham	5	5	0	116	40	23.2	83	139.75	0	0	0	12	6
Faizan Zafar	3	3	0	113	49	37.66	82	137.8	0	0	0	11	5
Mohammad Faiq	4	4	0	113	63	28.25	67	168.65	0	1	1	9	7
Saad Baig	4	4	1	113	72*	37.66	76	148.68	0	1	0	10	6
Awais Zafar	4	4	1	112	81*	37.33	89	125.84	0	1	1	8	4

I took the performance data of all No. 3 and No. 4 batters from the top international teams since the 2023 World Cup. I calculated the Mean Average and Mean Strike Rate, along with their Standard Deviations, to find the Z-scores for both positions separately.

Because we are dealing with elite international athletes, the standard Z-score range of -2 to +2 is too wide. I narrowed the baseline to -1 to +1 for "Average" performance. Anyone scoring above +1 is exceptional, and anyone below -1 is underperforming.

Mohammad Rizwan (No. 4): His Z-scores for both batting average and strike rate put him firmly in the "Average" bracket. He is performing exactly where a top-tier international No. 4 is expected to.

Babar Azam (No. 3): Babar sits in the exact same frame of reference. His Z-scores place him in that identical "Average" bracket for global No. 3 batters.

So if Rizwan is considered below average by the selectors, then so is Babar Azam and should be dropped promptly. My personal belief is that both have been performing fine and should be persevered with, instead of rushing Ghazi Ghori in.

Also, KG stats look lovely, but we better ignore that because Aqib Javed says he is a horrible fielder.

My Analysis Worksheet is in the comments, for anyone interested.

Player	Mat	Inns	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR
Sufyan Moqim	11	11	44	0	317	22	Apr-32	14.4	7.2	12
Mohammad Ali	12	12	45.2	0	379	20	21-Mar	18.95	8.36	13.6
Hunain Shah	10	10	36.3	0	313	17	22-Apr	18.41	8.57	12.8
Shadab Khan	10	10	35	0	246	17	13-Mar	14.47	7.02	12.3
Shaheen Shah Afridi	10	10	37	0	291	16	18-Apr	18.18	7.86	13.8
Hasan Ali	9	9	34.5	0	323	15	27-Apr	21.53	9.27	13.9
Akif Javed	8	8	26	0	236	12	30-Mar	19.66	9.07	13
Haris Rauf	9	9	29.3	0	289	12	Mar-43	24.08	9.79	14.7
Iftikhar Ahmed	10	10	31.1	0	237	12	21-Apr	19.75	7.6	15.5
Imad Wasim	11	11	40.5	0	309	12	21-Mar	25.75	7.56	20.4
Mohammad Amir	10	10	37	0	326	12	21-Feb	27.16	8.81	18.5
Ali Raza	5	5	17.1	0	168	10	Apr-41	16.8	9.78	10.3
Mohammad Basit	6	6	22.1	0	172	10	26-Mar	17.2	7.75	13.3
Muhammad Ismail	7	7	17.3	0	195	10	Mar-41	19.5	11.14	10.5
Abrar Ahmed	10	10	39	0	331	9	23-Mar	36.77	8.48	26
Arafat Minhas	11	9	26	0	225	9	Mar-32	25	8.65	17.3
Faheem Ashraf	11	10	28.3	0	249	9	22-Feb	27.66	8.73	19
Usman Tariq	10	10	40	0	302	9	18-Mar	33.55	7.55	26.6
Abbas Afridi	8	8	22.2	0	251	8	22-Feb	31.37	11.23	16.7
Khushdil Shah	10	7	20.1	0	195	8	Mar-35	24.37	9.66	15.1
Ubaid Shah	8	8	25	1	228	8	Mar-41	28.5	9.12	18.7
Asif Afridi	8	8	26.1	1	214	7	20-Feb	30.57	8.17	22.4
Faisal Akram	6	6	19.2	0	180	7	Apr-31	25.71	9.31	16.5
Mohammad Wasim	10	10	33.2	0	366	7	Feb-37	52.28	10.98	28.5
Hassan Khan	13	12	34	0	291	6	Feb-30	48.5	8.55	34
Jahandad Khan	5	5	16.2	0	161	6	Mar-35	26.83	9.85	16.3
Mohammad Nawaz	10	9	20	0	233	6	30-Mar	38.83	11.65	20
Saad Masood	6	6	22	0	168	6	27-Feb	28	7.63	22
Saim Ayub	13	12	40	0	331	6	19-Feb	55.16	8.27	40
Salman Irshad	6	6	19.1	0	194	6	28-Feb	32.33	10.12	19.1
Ahmed Daniyal	4	3	11.2	0	91	5	Mar-36	18.2	8.02	13.6
Asif Mehmood	3	2	5	0	53	5	18-Apr	10.6	10.6	6
Saud Shakeel	10	7	12	0	99	5	4-Feb	19.8	8.25	14.4
Aamer Jamal	5	5	11.2	0	117	4	7-Jan	29.25	10.32	17
Momin Qamar	4	4	12	0	111	4	24-Mar	27.75	9.25	18

Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Babar Azam	11	11	3	588	103	73.5	403	145.9	2	3	1	60	15
Fakhar Zaman	8	8	1	401	103	57.28	264	151.89	1	4	0	48	12
Usman Khan	13	13	2	389	101	35.36	239	162.76	1	3	2	36	22
Sahibzada Farhan	10	10	1	380	106*	42.22	228	166.66	1	2	0	33	23
Shan Masood	11	11	3	367	69*	45.87	232	158.18	0	1	0	30	15
Sameer Minhas	11	11	2	349	82*	38.77	224	155.8	0	3	0	41	13
Hasan Nawaz	10	10	1	291	66*	32.33	217	134.1	0	2	1	24	13
Saud Shakeel	10	10	0	280	57	28	212	132.07	0	2	0	33	6
Maaz Sadaqat	12	12	1	260	64*	23.63	146	178.08	0	2	3	27	16
Saim Ayub	13	13	1	258	54	21.5	216	119.44	0	1	0	29	7
Abdullah Shafique	10	10	0	245	62	24.5	172	142.44	0	1	0	24	10
Azam Khan	9	8	1	236	74	33.71	162	145.67	0	1	0	18	15
Shamyl Hussain	9	9	0	215	54	23.88	147	146.25	0	3	2	16	13
Mohammad Haris	9	9	0	206	47	22.88	116	177.58	0	0	1	23	12
Yasir Khan	8	8	0	206	83	25.75	144	143.05	0	2	0	20	10
Mohammad Rizwan	10	10	0	204	45	20.4	175	116.57	0	0	1	28	3
Kamran Ghulam	6	6	0	174	50	29	126	138.09	0	1	1	18	8
Shadab Khan	10	8	3	173	69*	34.6	122	141.8	0	1	0	13	6
Irfan Khan	13	10	4	149	34*	24.83	119	125.21	0	0	1	10	7
Arafat Minhas	11	10	2	144	31	18	85	169.41	0	0	0	14	7
Saad Baig	7	6	0	143	53	23.83	112	127.67	0	1	0	23	0
Abdul Samad	11	8	3	132	48	26.4	70	188.57	0	0	1	8	12
Farhan Yousaf	11	7	2	128	58*	25.6	84	152.38	0	1	1	10	7
Haseebullah Khan	10	5	1	123	40*	30.75	125	98.4	0	0	0	10	2
Mohammad Naeem	7	7	0	118	60	16.85	73	161.64	0	1	1	10	7
Salman Agha	10	9	0	112	29	12.44	94	119.14	0	0	1	14	4
Khushdil Shah	10	9	2	109	44*	15.57	79	137.97	0	0	0	8	6
Haider Ali	11	7	1	103	31	17.16	78	132.05	0	0	0	7	6
Saad Masood	6	4	0	100	54	25	54	185.18	0	1	0	13	4