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I think it has to be one of the worst innings in the history of ODI cricket regardless of the conditions. What the hell was he doing there? Playing against England D bowling lineup and this is how he plays chasing a mediocre total?
 
Pakistan cricket has been afflicted with this miserable defensive mindset for such a long time now it's become endemic. Fakhar was only ever any use as a legside slogger, he doesn't have the game to do anything else.
 
Disgusting innings but this kinda proves how suicidal it would be to pair him with a hack that is half the player he is.
 
Fakhar Zaman 10 off 45 balls. Strike-rate of only 22.22 - that's his lowest ever strike-rate in a ODI innings where he's reached double-figures
 
Awful knock . Nothing went right for him today but there is no doubting his quality . His record speaks for itself.
 
GreenKhan said:
Awful knock . Nothing went right for him today but there is no doubting his quality . His record speaks for itself.
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His record will have got worse the longer he's played as his limited range of shots becomes common knowledge to opponents. He's a good slogger if you land it in his slot, but today he couldn't even do that because he was trying to prove he's a proper batsman.

Here's a tip Fakhar: you don't have a proper batsman technique so learn to live with it and just do what you do best which is russian roulette slogging. When it comes off it can win games.
 
Even English commentors agree English bowlers did very well to tuck him up on his body and not give him any width. Those deliveries are bread and butter for Sharjeel
 
Cpt. Rishwat said:
His record will have got worse the longer he's played as his limited range of shots becomes common knowledge to opponents. He's a good slogger if you land it in his slot, but today he couldn't even do that because he was trying to prove he's a proper batsman.

Here's a tip Fakhar: you don't have a proper batsman technique so learn to live with it and just do what you do best which is russian roulette slogging. When it comes off it can win games.
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With an average of 49 I think his record has improved rather than got worse . He only averaged a 100 in the last one day series .
 
Cpt. Rishwat said:
His record will have got worse the longer he's played as his limited range of shots becomes common knowledge to opponents. He's a good slogger if you land it in his slot, but today he couldn't even do that because he was trying to prove he's a proper batsman.

Here's a tip Fakhar: you don't have a proper batsman technique so learn to live with it and just do what you do best which is russian roulette slogging. When it comes off it can win games.
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I disagree.

Fakhar is a solid batsman, averaging near 50.

If he was really as bad as people say, his average would be in the mid 30s, so clearly, he is doing something right.

Today wasn't his day, but it doesn't matter, because nobody else stood up so why hold only him accountable?
 
Warner scored 25 off 68 against a poor Pak bowling line up.
Dhoni scored 57 off 125 balls vs W.I
Willimason scored 8 off 21 balls in a t20.
Such type of innings are rare but they can happen. Fakhar is easily the best LO opener in Pakistan
 
UzmanBeast said:
I disagree.

Fakhar is a solid batsman, averaging near 50.

If he was really as bad as people say, his average would be in the mid 30s, so clearly, he is doing something right.

Today wasn't his day, but it doesn't matter, because nobody else stood up so why hold only him accountable?
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His game is about hitting in a certain arc. Others like Rizwan or Babar have the game to score in all areas of the pitch so harder to pin them down. If Fakhar isn't hitting, there really isn't any point in him being there. Might as well have someone who can nudge the ball around for singles like Fawad Alam.
 
Sarfraz seas robbed the biggest asset we have had for a long while in Sharjeel.

Fakhar and rizwan are a most go out of odi side
 
An even worse innings was Imam ul Haq’s.

An openers role in the team is to see of the new ball.

Imam failed to do so, Fakhar didn’t. One is called a hack and the other is known as a stabiliser, yet the hack lasted longer than the messiah stabiliser.

Imam should be kicked out the team, the stat padding minnow bashing parchi.
 
Cpt. Rishwat said:
His game is about hitting in a certain arc. Others like Rizwan or Babar have the game to score in all areas of the pitch so harder to pin them down. If Fakhar isn't hitting, there really isn't any point in him being there. Might as well have someone who can nudge the ball around for singles like Fawad Alam.
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Rizwan is averaging less than 30. His comparison with Fakhar makes no sense.

Fakhar needs to develop a shot to get him off strike. It will solve most problems. I'd suggest a dab to third man.
 
UzmanBeast said:
Rizwan is averaging less than 30. His comparison with Fakhar makes no sense.

Fakhar needs to develop a shot to get him off strike. It will solve most problems. I'd suggest a dab to third man.
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A dab to third man when bowlers are bowling into his body and tucking him up. He has got to work on his back foot and leg side play
 
Why you blaming it on him? Look at other batsmen and what they did and they were collapsing like a pack of cards
 
England did their homework on Fakhar who played well in the previous game and has been in good form.
 
UzmanBeast said:
Rizwan is averaging less than 30. His comparison with Fakhar makes no sense.

Fakhar needs to develop a shot to get him off strike. It will solve most problems. I'd suggest a dab to third man.
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you can fix a run of bad scores if you've got a decent basic technique. You can't fix a bad technique. Shakeel also played conservatively but because he has a decent basic technique he's currently on 35* from 52 balls. The only reason Fakhar got so bogged down is because he has no answer if bowlers don't bowl in his slot.
 
Cpt. Rishwat said:
you can fix a run of bad scores if you've got a decent basic technique. You can't fix a bad technique. Shakeel also played conservatively but because he has a decent basic technique he's currently on 35* from 52 balls. The only reason Fakhar got so bogged down is because he has no answer if bowlers don't bowl in his slot.
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1 inning can't define his career.

Rizwan has had 8 innings and hasn't amassed a quarter of the runs Fakhar has.

Techniques can't be fixed, but they can be worked around.
 
UzmanBeast said:
1 inning can't define his career.

Rizwan has had 8 innings and hasn't amassed a quarter of the runs Fakhar has.

Techniques can't be fixed, but they can be worked around.
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Not against good sides, at least not in games that matter.
 
Younis Khans knock against India during the Mohali semis was worse.
 
Not an easy wicket to bat opening the innings. England bowled well to him.
 
With Fakhar, you have to take the good with the bad.

He will have poor performances, he will have horror days. However, he is the only batsman in Pakistan who has the ability and the mentality to get a big hundred at a rapid SR when things are going his way.

On any given day, he can score a 130+ against India, England, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa etc. at a SR of 110+.

Is there anyone else in Pakistan who can do it? No.
 
He is only impactful player pakistan has. He was taking his time but things didn't go the way he thought.
 
Mamoon said:
With Fakhar, you have to take the good with the bad.

He will have poor performances, he will have horror days. However, he is the only batsman in Pakistan who has the ability and the mentality to get a big hundred at a rapid SR when things are going his way.

On any given day, he can score a 130+ against India, England, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa etc. at a SR of 110+.

Is there anyone else in Pakistan who can do it? No.
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Can't disagree with you here. But the guy has been playing international cricket for 4 years now. Teams know he struggles badly with the short pitched balls on his ribs and leg side and he still has not found a solution for it. Teams like England, New Zealand, Australia, India will not let him hack blindly and give him things on a platter
 
YousafTheBeast said:
An even worse innings was Imam ul Haq’s.

An openers role in the team is to see of the new ball.

Imam failed to do so, Fakhar didn’t. One is called a hack and the other is known as a stabiliser, yet the hack lasted longer than the messiah stabiliser.

Imam should be kicked out the team, the stat padding minnow bashing parchi.
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Preach! How can Fakhar play his role in the side when the stabiliser lasts less then an over.
 
Savak said:
Can't disagree with you here. But the guy has been playing international cricket for 4 years now. Teams know he struggles badly with the short pitched balls on his ribs and leg side and he still has not found a solution for it. Teams like England, New Zealand, Australia, India will not let him hack blindly and give him things on a platter
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He has awful technique and no B game. He is also in his mid 30s now and it is too late for him to go back to the drawing mode.

Over-coaching him at this point would destroy his A game as well.

Pakistan should leave him alone and hope that he can click once in 10 games, because no one else in the country can click like he can.
 
One of the most mindless innings I've ever seen.

It's fair if you can't time the ball on certain days, happens to all...but what is criminal is if you keep trying to do the same thing over and over again and not adjust. He never tried to rotate the strike, never played with soft hands, never tried to pick the gaps. He kept looking for a hit-me ball and kept going at everything with hard hands.

Very very dumb innings
 
Mamoon said:
He has awful technique and no B game. He is also in his mid 30s now and it is too late for him to go back to the drawing mode.

Over-coaching him at this point would destroy his A game as well.

Pakistan should leave him alone and hope that he can click once in 10 games, because no one else in the country can click like he can.
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I didn’t realise being 31 categorises you as being mid 30s!

He also clicks much more than 1/10. An average of 49 suggests that .

Afridi was your 1/10 not Fakhar .
 
GreenKhan said:
I didn’t realise being 31 categorises you as being mid 30s!

He also clicks much more than 1/10. An average of 49 suggests that .

Afridi was your 1/10 not Fakhar .
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You can add 3-4 years to every Pakistani player. 99.99% of them have take ages.

Fakhar since 2018 has not been very consistent. He was a complete disaster during the World Cup.

His numbers look good because he players a mammoth innings every now and then which covers up the failures, and that is why he should be in the team.

He is the least of our worries in ODI cricket.
 
Sure he could have played faster but in the context of the match, it was ok for him to survive if he couldn’t find his timing.

Its not as if Eng had put up a huge total. We know he can be devastating once he gets going but unfortunately got out at worst possible time.
 
Seemed confused as to what he should have been doing out there.

He's at his best when attacking not the poor defensive effort today.
 
Saj said:
Seemed confused as to what he should have been doing out there.

He's at his best when attacking not the poor defensive effort today.
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No excuse for the confused mindset today, but when you are losing partners consistently at the other end and you are struggling to survive due to your technique, not a surprise this meltdown happened.
 
Usman Chadda said:
No excuse for the confused mindset today, but when you are losing partners consistently at the other end and you are struggling to survive due to your technique, not a surprise this meltdown happened.
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Salt was losing wickets too. He had actually got in partnership with Saud too which was developing.
 
SangasCoverDrive said:
Salt was losing wickets too. He had actually got in partnership with Saud too which was developing.
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Fakhar was always going to struggle with the lateral movement on offer today, and they bowled impeccable lines to him. However he just didnt have the freedom to break the shackles by doing something different today.

Fakhar looked the best batsman by far in the first ODI, but the same issue Babar and Imam got out cheaply and we didnt see him unsettle Parkinson at all.
 
The key to Fakhar’s back to to back 100s in South Africa and even his 47 against England in the first match , was patience . He reigned himself in a bit till he was set and then began to play freely .

It’s a 50 over match and there is no need to berserk from ball one , and Fakhar has the ability to accelerate once fully set .

In fact his two 100s in South Africa were textbook knocks in that sense of pacing an innings .

I think Fakhar tried to do the same today as well, but unfortunately he never did and it ended up looking like a really bad innings which it was.

He did try and apply himself but ultimately it was not to be . But I still feel he still needs to adapt the same approach .

It probably won’t ever happen again in his career where he has a SR of 25 after facing overs 30 deliveries.
 
GreenKhan said:
The key to Fakhar’s back to to back 100s in South Africa and even his 47 against England in the first match , was patience . He reigned himself in a bit till he was set and then began to play freely .

It’s a 50 over match and there is no need to berserk from ball one , and Fakhar has the ability to accelerate once fully set .

In fact his two 100s in South Africa were textbook knocks in that sense of pacing an innings .

I think Fakhar tried to do the same today as well, but unfortunately he never did and it ended up looking like a really bad innings which it was.

He did try and apply himself but ultimately it was not to be . But I still feel he still needs to adapt the same approach .

It probably won’t ever happen again in his career where he has a SR of 25 after facing overs 30 deliveries.
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Patience does not equate to a blockathon. If you want to be patient, focus on consistent strike rotation and an odd boundary. In this day and age, playing dot ball after dot ball is criminal!
 
He knows that be can make up for it if he stays long enough

So it's not a big deal.
 
India would love to have Fakhar open with Rohit and Kohli coming at 3.

In last 5-6 yrs,

Rohit Avg 60, S/R 90
Kohli Avg 60, S/R 90

Alongside these two, we can have Fakhar averaging 45 but at a S/R of 100. However, Babar with a strike rate of 85 won't get into current Indian team.
 
If you watched this innings you would note that he tried many times to hit out but just couldn't do it

The discipline from England bowlers against him was phenomenonal
 
Ab Fan said:
India would love to have Fakhar open with Rohit and Kohli coming at 3.

In last 5-6 yrs,

Rohit Avg 60, S/R 90
Kohli Avg 60, S/R 90

Alongside these two, we can have Fakhar averaging 45 but at a S/R of 100. However, Babar with a strike rate of 85 won't get into current Indian team.
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You want to replace Dhawan with hack like fakhar? No way ,dhawan is way better than Him .
 
Devadwal said:
You want to replace Dhawan with hack like fakhar? No way ,dhawan is way better than Him .
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India would do better with an attacking batsman opening with Rohit.

Or else, Dhawan is fine if Rohit and Kohli play more aggressively and look to maintain a strike rate of 100 at 55 average instead of boosting their averages to 60 but striking at 90-92 only. Strike rate is an important part in this era of 320-340 matches.
 
He will come back strong.

Fakhar is vastly underrated by Pakistanis. He is an elite ODI opener and the best Pakistani ODI batsman right now. Yes his 48/95 is better than Babar's 55/88.
 
Ab Fan said:
India would love to have Fakhar open with Rohit and Kohli coming at 3.

In last 5-6 yrs,

Rohit Avg 60, S/R 90
Kohli Avg 60, S/R 90

Alongside these two, we can have Fakhar averaging 45 but at a S/R of 100. However, Babar with a strike rate of 85 won't get into current Indian team.
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No thanks.
Shikhar Dhawan is much better
 
Shikhar Dhawan is more attacking than Rohit Sharma. His problem is with conversion.

Whole Rohit can turn a 80 ball 50 to a 120 ball 150 or a 150 ball 200, Shikhar would get out at 50 ball 60
 
Ab Fan said:
Dhawan is very good but my point is different. Read Post #52.
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I read your point but you have got to be crazy to downplay Dhawan like this. He's a damn good white ball cricketer and actually our most aggressive batsmen within first 15 overs.

Dhawan outplays Hitman 8/10 times inside first 15 overs I have ever seen them open in white ball cricket.
 
This is where analysis, preparation etc come into it.

The England bowlers knew exactly how to bowl to him and where to bowl to him - and they stuck by that plan.
 
Saj said:
This is where analysis, preparation etc come into it.

The England bowlers knew exactly how to bowl to him and where to bowl to him - and they stuck by that plan.
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Who is responsible for the analysis, preperation in the Pak team management? Let me clue you in i.e. Misbah and Waqar
 
A decent innings in the conditions ended with a poor shot when he lost his nerve. Just had to look to bat the full innings.
 
There is a whole lot wrong with our LOI teams at the moment than Fakhar Zaman. He is pretty much the only match-winner we have at the moment.
 
Usman Chadda said:
There is a whole lot wrong with our LOI teams at the moment than Fakhar Zaman. He is pretty much the only match-winner we have at the moment.
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He's only a match winner against bowlers who pitch it in his arc. This innings was absolute trash. The only point to Fakhar Zaman is to smash bowlers out of the game. If we want tuk tuk scores of 10 from 44 balls there are far better equipped players to do it. Shakeel for example looked a different class, and he's hardly a match winner.
 
Cpt. Rishwat said:
He's only a match winner against bowlers who pitch it in his arc. This innings was absolute trash. The only point to Fakhar Zaman is to smash bowlers out of the game. If we want tuk tuk scores of 10 from 44 balls there are far better equipped players to do it. Shakeel for example looked a different class, and he's hardly a match winner.
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People are acting as if it’s a common occurrence, how many times has Fakhar been 10 off 44, it can’t be many especially when the guy has a career strike rate of 90+ compared to his counterpart who strikes it at 76 vs the Top 5.

Fakhar Zaman is not the problem, the problem is Imam up Haq. He’s been labelled as the “stabiliser”, but all he does is destabilise the Pakistan innings.
 
Savak said:
Who is responsible for the analysis, preperation in the Pak team management? Let me clue you in i.e. Misbah and Waqar
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The whole team management including the analysts too and the player(s) have to take responsibility also.
 
When we saw fakhar in his first few international games in CT17 against south africa, sri lanka he was a natural strokemaker both on off and leg side. But after that tournament he always looked to go for a big hieve on the leg side or else he blocks the ball or play for a single. Its the same old story of a pakistan player who just could not raise his game to next level after a good start to his career. Those natural off side drives and cuts have vanished now. But still he is the only player right now who can score a big hundred on his day and there is no other better option who can replace him.
 
Surely he can improve on the Lord's effort today?
 
Look at his footwork for today's dismissal.

Feet planted outside leg, wafting the bat outside off.

Clueless.
 
Things not going to plan for Fakhar in this series

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He seems to be in troll mode all the time. Can bat at a sr of 100+ very easily but he wants to do this pointless blocking
 
Rana said:
He seems to be in troll mode all the time. Can bat at a sr of 100+ very easily but he wants to do this pointless blocking
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Its because he is not ur usual strokemaking opener. He's a bit of a slogger. It's either block or a slog. His game is not suited to PP in ODI'S. Doesnt use his wrists to pick singles also cant play conventional drives ,cuts,pulls,flicks fluently to score boundaries
 
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