Did Fawad Alam's inept batting display cost Balochistan the title in the Pakistan Cup?

[MenInG]

48 off 61 in a situation where the match was for the taking.

Did Fawad Alam cost Balochistan the title?

Has he blown away any chances he ever had of redemption or did he play selfishly?

 

[BakuGM]

Wrong format, he should play only in the test format if selected.

 

[Cric1234]

Yes should have hit out earlier given other batsmen more time to settle in wasted time then got out poor game awareness from Fawad his lack of hitting ability exposed again one format player.

 

[Chokli]

Nobody in Pakistan knows how to get the best out of their players.

Fawad should not have been batting at 5, he should have been at 4.

Not sure why Umar was randomly promoted to 4 today.

 

[Cric1234]

Nobody in Pakistan knows how to get the best out of their players.

Fawad should not have been batting at 5, he should have been at 4.

Not sure why Umar was randomly promoted to 4 today.

A player no matter what position he bats has to be able to play the big shots in limited overs or he's a one trick pony and will lose his team matches.
Fawad did just that today put too much pressure on his partners and the innings became a mess towards the end when the game should've been won.

 

[MenInG]

Fawad I felt plays with a huge chip on his shoulder and that's not helping him.

 

[Ronaldo7]

Nobody in Pakistan knows how to get the best out of their players.

Fawad should not have been batting at 5, he should have been at 4.

Not sure why Umar was randomly promoted to 4 today.

Umar has been playing at no.4 for the whole tournament except the first match.

 

[unemployedgm]

A player no matter what position he bats has to be able to play the big shots in limited overs or he's a one trick pony and will lose his team matches.
Fawad did just that today put too much pressure on his partners and the innings became a mess towards the end when the game should've been won.

Good point. But I hope you apply this same reasoning to all Pakistani Cricketers, because apart from 1 or 2 there is no difference between Fawad's method and theirs.

 

[Cric1234]

Good point. But I hope you apply this same reasoning to all Pakistani Cricketers, because apart from 1 or 2 there is no difference between Fawad's method and theirs.

There's too many anchor type batsmen in the Pakistan team who play more for personal milestones than team wins more selfless and aggressive batsmen are required for success to happen consistently.

 

[Chokli]

A player no matter what position he bats has to be able to play the big shots in limited overs or he's a one trick pony and will lose his team matches.
Fawad did just that today put too much pressure on his partners and the innings became a mess towards the end when the game should've been won.

when the team doesn't have better options the sensible thing to do would be to use what you have to it's full potential.

fawad type players need to be used properly, no surprise the match was lost when they sent him at 5 and umar at 4.

 

[Sher Khan]

It’s true. He did cost his team the final. Batting lower down the order in s chase of 308 and making 48 of 61, is inexcusable. 24 of 30 would have been better, if he was to play this slowly. Baluchistan would have won had he got out earlier.

 

[Suleiman]

And some people said he deserved an extended run in our ODI team because of his "average".... looool.

Took Australia 1-2 games to figure him out. Jig was up.

 

[Justcrazy]

He is finished as a batsman. I do not see he has any motivation left. Inzamam made a big mistake of not giving him a 3 - 4 test match run at International level.

End is very near now. Really disappointing to see Fawad fade away the way he is.

 

[Sher Khan]

His acting was quite bad in his first drama serial too. But he did have some on screen presence. Perhaps, if he works more there, he can improve. He does have the look and name. A wadera role would really suit him.