Babar Azam breaks Javed Miandad's record for most runs by a Pakistani at a World Cup

[Abdullah719]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Babar Azam has broken Javed Miandad's record for the most runs by a Pakistani at a World Cup <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CWC19?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CWC19</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1147100427881725952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 5, 2019</a></blockquote>
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[dhump]

Awesome with good average but look at Anwar AVG of 82 and SR of 95 back in 1996 it explains something about someone being a impact player which Babur is not yet.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Special player

 

[Hasan123]

What a tournament he has had.

 

[bujhee kom]

Very good player. Will have other WCs.

 

[Madplayer]

Incredible tournament for a tournament debutant. He is already one of the best batsmen ever for Pakistan in world cups lol and thats after 1 world cup.

 

[AAli98]

Sub continent teams obsessed with useless records.. look at the state of the team!!

 

[Hawkeye]

Gifted.

Marvelous batsman.

Going to be Pakistan's best ever, and top 4 in the world soon.

Though for me personally, it'd remain Saeed Anwar because of his elegance.

 

[Arsal_AK]

He looked so good today especially after he passed 60. This is how he should play.

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

This guy can surely emulate kohli.
He has shown that he is an impact player and already amongst top 3 pak odi bats ever.

 

[topspin]

Great showing from Babar. We've had endure Misbah in the last 2 x WCs with his 70-75 SR batting, this is a welcome change for us as a batting unit.

 

[Abdullah719]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Babar Azam at the World Cup:<br><br>22, 63, 30, 48, 69, 101*, 45 and 96<br><br>Innings 8<br>Runs 474<br>Hundreds 1<br>Fifties 3<br>Average 67.71<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CWC19?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CWC19</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1147109322062802944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 5, 2019</a></blockquote>
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[aukhan]

MASHALLAH

Babar Azam is The King.

 

[Smudger]

I think tournament will but put Amla comparisons to bed. Babar is certainly not chicken hearted

 

[Khan12]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Babar Azam at the World Cup:<br><br>22, 63, 30, 48, 69, 101*, 45 and 96<br><br>Innings 8<br>Runs 474<br>Hundreds 1<br>Fifties 3<br>Average 67.71<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CWC19?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CWC19</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1147109322062802944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 5, 2019</a></blockquote>
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But but Khalid latif, usama Bloch etc are better then him. I am embarrassed.

 

[topspin]

Even with 4 fielders outside the circle from overs 10 - 50, Misbah could only accomplish a grand strike rate of 75.10 in the 2015 WC. But no, he's our "hero", "saviour", "man of crisis" et al.

 

[Savak]

One of the few pak players who can hold his head high after the tournament

 

[Green Patriot]

Could have crossed 500 had he gone longer today or gotten the match vs SL.
Nevertheless brilliant player MashaAllah and i hope he delivers for Pakistan in the long run.Top of the list for our WC positives.

 

[The_KING]

Broke my heart when he missed out on a hundred. He is special player and mustn’t be burdened with captaincy.

 

[GLORY OF '92]

Only played one meaningful knock. Rest were selfish innings. Mental midget.

 

[saeed5646]

Sub continent teams obsessed with useless records.. look at the state of the team!!

What happen to your Afghanistan better than Pakistan.?

 

[NoBallZombie]

Only played one meaningful knock. Rest were selfish innings. Mental midget.

 

[London_Lahori]

World Class

 

[aukhan]

Broke my heart when he missed out on a hundred. He is special player and mustn’t be burdened with captaincy.

Other teams burden their best players. We on the other hand prefer mediocre players leading our side and expect the team standards to improve. Imagine Indian side captained by Vijay Shankar or Karthik. Your Captain should be the MVP.

 

[Tapeballcricket]

An absolute treat to watch. There is a video ICC uploaded titled cover drives at WC.

You will see Indian commenters lauding Babar Azam's cover drives and rating it above Kohli's.

That video shows his true class!

 

[Mercurial]

Even Saleem Malik had a better S/R than him, that too in 1987, compared to Babar's S/R in 2019, lol.

I am just not convinced about him, to be honest. I find him boring to watch, despite his good stats. He just doesn't have that killer instinct with the bat. He probably may have the best ODI record for us, but Javed Miandad will always be our best ever ODI batsman, until and unless he wins a WC.

 

[Gullycricket]

Best batsman to come out of Pak in last decade.May he reach new heights Inshallah.

 

[AAli98]

What happen to your Afghanistan better than Pakistan.?

Last 3 games 2-1 to pak 3 of the games went to 49th over. Afghan better spinners than pak . For a team that doesn’t have 1 stadium (meeting standards) they're doing ok.

I watch/observe the game of cricket don’t watch snakes & ladders like u!!

 

[saeed5646]

Last 3 games 2-1 to pak 3 of the games went to 49th over. Afghan better spinners than pak . For a team that doesn’t have 1 stadium (meeting standards) they're doing ok.

I watch/observe the game of cricket don’t watch snakes & ladders like u!!

In which universe Afghanistan have beaten pakistan
Hahahahahahahahahahhahahah i would like more to come .

You still did not answer me the side who is last at points table is better than pak

 

[AAli98]

In which universe Afghanistan have beaten pakistan
Hahahahahahahahahahhahahah i would like more to come .

You still did not answer me the side who is last at points table is better than pak

Didn’t afghans chase 260 odd last month v pak?

Like it or not best teams in asia are

Ind
Bang
Afgh
Lanka
Pak
Nepal

 

[Arsal_AK]

In which universe Afghanistan have beaten pakistan
Hahahahahahahahahahhahahah i would like more to come .

You still did not answer me the side who is last at points table is better than pak

Just two months ago.

There is nothing funny here. If we keep going like this, these close calls will turn the other way around pretty soon.

 

[saeed5646]

Just two months ago.

There is nothing funny here. If we keep going like this, these close calls will turn the other way around pretty soon.

Just 2 month in what a warm up where we have beaten india in the past .These matches have less relevance wake up buddy

Alot of ifs and buts .We beat them end of story

 

[Dead Ball]

Excellent batsmen.

He is the most attractive shot maker I have seen from Pakistan since Mohammad Yousuf. And he has been very consistent so far.

Looking forward to seeing more of him.

 

[Arsal_AK]

Just 2 month in what a warm up where we have beaten india in the past .These matches have less relevance wake up buddy

Alot of ifs and buts .We beat them end of story

They did beat us, whichever way you like to spin it.

Yeah we beat them, have fun living in that bubble.

 

[Hitman]

Didn’t afghans chase 260 odd last month v pak?

Like it or not best teams in asia are

Ind
Bang
Afgh
Lanka
Pak
Nepal

Afghanistan better than Pakistan?

 

[saeed5646]

They did beat us, whichever way you like to spin it.

Yeah we beat them, have fun living in that bubble.

Stating the obvious is not living in bubble .No body is forcing you to tag me so just ignore me

 

[Khan12]

Even with 4 fielders outside the circle from overs 10 - 50, Misbah could only accomplish a grand strike rate of 75.10 in the 2015 WC. But no, he's our "hero", "saviour", "man of crisis" et al.

Comfortably one of our worst odi bat ever and some of his fans wants to criticize Babar out of all the people.

 

[rhony]

Those gorgeous cover drives against AUS!!! Will be the best in the world by 2023

 

[PCTPost2019]

Afghanistan better than Pakistan?

Some deluded anti pak fans. Pak are above bd.

 

[SensiblePakFan]

About time

 

[hafizexpress]

Didn’t afghans chase 260 odd last month v pak?

Like it or not best teams in asia are

Ind
Bang
Afgh
Lanka
Pak
Nepal

It's either you're extremely deluded, or this post was just spurred from your hatred/bias against Pakistan.

 

[Abdullah]

An absolute treat to watch. There is a video ICC uploaded titled cover drives at WC.

You will see Indian commenters lauding Babar Azam's cover drives and rating it above Kohli's.

That video shows his true class!

Can you post please. I still remember the Cummins drives. Uff

 

[GLORY OF '92]

Can you post please. I still remember the Cummins drives. Uff

Yes very nice but who won?

 

[Abdullah]

Yes very nice but who won?

Australia because of poor team selection, wrong decision at the toss and poor bowling up front and some SOFT dismissals.
What's your point.

 

[Usman Chadda]

Last 3 games 2-1 to pak 3 of the games went to 49th over. Afghan better spinners than pak . For a team that doesn’t have 1 stadium (meeting standards) they're doing ok.

I watch/observe the game of cricket don’t watch snakes & ladders like u!!

Your observations are hilarious and invalid, while I have serious concerns over your eyesight. Get well soon man

 

[xbronze]

Babar Azam = All time great material

Babar Azam = Better than Javed Miandad

 

[AdamM97]

Babar Azam looked like an improved and more confident player by the end of Pakistan’s WC campaign. Looking forward to watch an improved Babar Azam in 1-2 years time.

 

[GLORY OF '92]

Australia because of poor team selection, wrong decision at the toss and poor bowling up front and some SOFT dismissals.
What's your point.

Point is nice cover drives win nothing. Babar had to win that match as our best batsman. Cost us the semis.

 

[HamzaSaeen]

Yes our other legends in the team totally didn't cost us in the semis... Instead it was the one batsman making runs

 

[sharmaji]

Terrific batsman. Has bright future ahead. Pak better take good care of him.

 

[The_KING]

Point is nice cover drives win nothing. Babar had to win that match as our best batsman. Cost us the semis.

Yes, the best batsman in the team cost us the SF. But non performers like Fakhar, Hafeez, Malik, Sarfraz, Haris, Iman (before the BD game), Hasan, Shadab didn’t?

 

[Khan12]

Yes, the best batsman in the team cost us the SF. But non performers like Fakhar, Hafeez, Malik, Sarfraz, Haris, Iman (before the BD game), Hasan, Shadab didn’t?

Harris? What are you smoking?

 

[Abdullah]

Harris? What are you smoking?

Haris and shadab non performing because they didn't PLAY! LOL

 

[ElRaja]

ramiz raja 700 runs at 54 in world cups, no wonder imran favoured him so much.

 

[Justcrazy]

Awesome with good average but look at Anwar AVG of 82 and SR of 95 back in 1996 it explains something about someone being a impact player which Babur is not yet.

Saeed Anwar was a high impact player The kind of strokes he played Babaar cannot. Absolutely absolute.

 

[The_KING]

Harris? What are you smoking?

I meant to say Asif Ali. I don't know why I wrote Haris lol.

 

[Chief Destroyer]

Awesome with good average but look at Anwar AVG of 82 and SR of 95 back in 1996 it explains something about someone being a impact player which Babur is not yet.

What happened to high impact in 99?

 

[Pakhs]

It's either you're extremely deluded, or this post was just spurred from your hatred/bias against Pakistan.

Bangladesh finish 8th and Afghanistan 10th. Srilanka also finished below Pakistan.

 

[Slog]

Didn’t afghans chase 260 odd last month v pak?

Like it or not best teams in asia are

Ind
Bang
Afgh
Lanka
Pak
Nepal

That match is not even an official match and will have no place in history books

 

[Mamoon]

He had a very good World Cup but should have shown more resolve against West Indies, India and Australia - three matches that cost us a place in the semi-final. Even one significant innings in either of these three matches and we would have been in the semi-finals.

 

[Captain caveman]

Congratulations to babar!
I had doubts about babar's ability and mental toughness, but i am proud that babar proved me wrong!
Babar and haris both had a wonderful tournament with the bat. If haris played all the games, i am sure he would have been on the list too!
Congratulations to babar and haris, you both are stars!!

 

[Syed1]

I love Bobby but you have to be seriously deluded if you don't realize that he needs to develop a power game to be a truly world class batsman.

 

[sweep_shot]

Congratulations, Babar. Well deserved.

 

[Roaring40s]

Best young/emerging batsman in the world cricket considering all formats. Period.

 

[AAli98]

Trouble with babar is he doesnt know how to rotate strike. Likes to look elegant driving and even defending but ones and twose are crucial to keep opposition on back foot. He needs fakhar/sharjeel batting above him & Haris at 4, then ul get the best out of him.

 

[AdamM97]

Trouble with babar is he doesnt know how to rotate strike. Likes to look elegant driving and even defending but ones and twose are crucial to keep opposition on back foot. He needs fakhar/sharjeel batting above him & Haris at 4, then ul get the best out of him.

But Babar did rotate the strike against Bangladesh.
I was impressed at how hard he was running and there were a lot of instances where he got 3 runs, I still remember when he got angry at Imam for not taking a 2nd run.

 

[FreePalestine]

Pleasure to watch live vs Bangladesh. One short arm pull for four was particularly memorable! Class to watch. Consistency in this wc and in his career so far has been impressive.

 

[fitCricFan]

Not taking anything away from Babar as he has obviously outscored one of my favorite batsman, Miandad, Congrats, but in the overall scheme of things, his performance looks fairly ordinary.

 

[Titan24]

Didn’t afghans chase 260 odd last month v pak?

Like it or not best teams in asia are

Ind
Bang
Afgh
Lanka
Pak
Nepal

According to your theory Afgh=Ind as they were able to draw an international match vs them let alone a warm up match which is irrelevant in any context.

So you are in a situation where you either have to admit your theory is wrong or you have to try hard to come up with some other factually incorrect statements. Its your decision to make though.

On a side note I am not even going on to touch the aspect that international aspect has three formats and... thats a story for another time (As you are factually incorrect for any format).

 

[coy0607]

Its easy to forget just how pathetic the Pakistan batting was up until the 2015 world cup - forget 300, even 250 was a rare score for Pakistan.

Babar has single handily changed that - not Imam, not Haris, not Fakhar. Babar is the backbone of the Pakistani batting

Lets hope he stays hungry and goes the Kohli route, not the Umar Akmal way

 

[Titan24]

Not taking anything away from Babar as he has obviously outscored one of my favorite batsman, Miandad, Congrats, but in the overall scheme of things, his performance looks fairly ordinary.

Ordinary? In comparison to 28-33 year old players with much more experience?

 

[fitCricFan]

Ordinary? In comparison to 28-33 year old players with much more experience?

Sorry, didn't realize that age was one of the metrics for claiming the honors. If that's the case then he is probably the forerunner for man of the tournament

 

[mastermind_quad]

I still can't believe Pakistan found such a good batsman. I hope he stays fit and breaks all the records by Pakistani batsman ...

He is a treat to watch. Saw in another thread he is 3rd in Ranking. He is definitely going in right direction.

Congratulation Babar.

 

[Titan24]

Sorry, didn't realize that age was one of the metrics for claiming the honors. If that's the case then he is probably the forerunner for man of the tournament

The comparison you are trying to make in the top scorer list isnt that straightforward along with everything else kept constant. A 33 year old performing in the same way might not be rated as highly for the future as there is a little roam for him to improve.

You are comparing him with with the players with more than 150 ODI matches. Good players get better with experience.

Just to give some more insight Babar has outperformed everyone above him when they were 24 years of age. That doesnt mean Babar will leave everyone behind but just shows with such little experience and at an age with isnt considered the peak of a batsman, this performance cant be said ordinary by any means.

 

[Maliq_Mudasir]

I love Bobby but you have to be seriously deluded if you don't realize that he needs to develop a power game to be a truly world class batsman.

He is not so dumb that he doesn't know about working on power game. But one thing I would like to mention that he is a Williamson kind of player who like to bat throughout the inning. Players like Kohli, Williamson, Smit and Root have leverage to bat through without taking risks as they some world class finishers in late middle order.

However, the case is totally opposite in Pakistan team. Once Babar and Imam gets out, wickets start falling untill Imad comes.

 

[Afhan Ali]

He had a very good World Cup but should have shown more resolve against West Indies, India and Australia - three matches that cost us a place in the semi-final. Even one significant innings in either of these three matches and we would have been in the semi-finals.

You are right
But he was also instrumental is our wins against Eng, Nz, Ban, SA, Afg by scoring 66, 100, 96, 70, 45 respectively ( He was 1st/2nd highest runs scorer in all these matches )

I hope with more experience he will become more consistent and match Winner

 

[Pakistanian]

Babar Azam >>>>>>>>> Miandad

 

[Titan24]

Babar Azam >>>>>>>>> Miandad

Needs to prove a lot in tests. Miandad averaged 50+ and made 23 centuries though I am hopeful Babar will surely improve.

 

[soulhunter]

Needs to improve against spinners and his strike rotation. He is comfortably our best bat. But doesnt seems to be a leadership material so should stay clear from any captaincy burden.

 

[Ab Fan]

A good tournament for him but nothing exceptional. He needs to be dominant over a course of next few years to hit the league of Rohit and Kohli or else will have to satisfy the level of Joe Root or Kane Williamson, which actually what his level is in LOs format.