Fawad Alam "I have never blamed anybody for the years I lost in international cricket"

[cricketfan11]

Terrific knock under pressure and on an difficult track. Ironically, he has made batting look easier on this wicket than it is actually, despite his odd stance.

The likes of Inzamam and Ramiz Raja should be investigated for opposing his selection openly all these years even when he was a top run scorer in domestic cricket.

 

[Rana]

Very good numbers, he would have been a 7000+ runs player for Pakistan had he not been discarded the way he was

 

[Zaz]

Someone should ask misbah this question Why fawad wasnt selected for the last 10yrs He was the captain for most of these after all

 

[boomboom6]

This is Fawad just being magnanimous else the culprits deserve a roasting for keeping him out for over a decade!

 

[Ayubhbaloch]

Pls Recall Fawad Alam For Afghan Series ( if happens) and continue with him we should keep him in our 2023 world cup plans

 

[Shoaibbtt]

Pls Recall Fawad Alam For Afghan Series ( if happens) and continue with him we should keep him in our 2023 world cup plans

I would be up for that but I’d like him to play QeA instead, I think he’s looking for a rest as well after this series.

 

[Ayubhbaloch]

babar, fawad, maqsood and Shakeel good middle order for sure

 

[Lahorijat]

Fawad Alam - ‘man with a big heart’ deserves his moment.

 

[MenInG]

Fawad Alam

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"I had spoken to my mother before the start of the game and she said you will score a century in this match - also my father also wanted me to score a century in the West Indies - I suppose with your mother's prayers, every difficulty becomes easier" : Fawad Alam

 

[Executioner]

I know there are a lot of people that truly wants Pakistan Cricket to fail (some Pakistanis themselves), but I can't think of anyone who can't help but respect the grit from Fawad Alam. Making a return at the age of 34 and carrying off from where he left off so many years ago.

People make fun of his technique, he makes fun of people's lack of mental prowess. And in the highest level, you need mental prowess

 

[AMSS]

Ab bas kar fawad, rulayega kya?

 

[sam_ahm]

Fawad is the fastest to score 5 test centuries for Pakistan. Surprisingly Afridi is 5th on this list with 5 centuries in 39 innings.

That's quite impressive from Afridi considering his style of batting. Although I have seen Afridi right from the beginning of his career, this stat came as a surprise to me.

 

[MenInG]

Fawad Alam, whose 124 not out rescued Pakistan after they had slipped to 2-3 inside three overs, has rocketed 34 places to sit just outside the top-20 in 21st position in the ICC Men’s Test Batting Rankings.

 

[Rana]

Fawad is the fastest to score 5 test centuries for Pakistan. Surprisingly Afridi is 5th on this list with 5 centuries in 39 innings.

That's quite impressive from Afridi considering his style of batting. Although I have seen Afridi right from the beginning of his career, this stat came as a surprise to me.

Afridi was a brilliant Test cricketer

He retired too early

 

[MenInG]

West Indies captain Kraigg Brathwaite speaking on PCB podcast about Fawad Alam:

“He is truly amazing and obviously he has his own style, he is a very disciplined player as we can see in his innings where he batted a lot of balls. He is an example for me and lot of batsmen to see. I think he is world-class"

 

[gazza619]

West Indies captain Kraigg Brathwaite speaking on PCB podcast about Fawad Alam:

“He is truly amazing and obviously he has his own style, he is a very disciplined player as we can see in his innings where he batted a lot of balls. He is an example for me and lot of batsmen to see. I think he is world-class"

High praise. Fawad Alam surely has his mother’s prayers behind him.

 

[Shoaibbtt]

High praise. Fawad Alam surely has his mother’s prayers behind him.

All I hope is InshAllah he stays on the right path and doesn’t get complacent. Always remain humble and that goes not just for him but all of our cricketers.

 

[Shoaibbtt]

West Indies captain Kraigg Brathwaite speaking on PCB podcast about Fawad Alam:

“He is truly amazing and obviously he has his own style, he is a very disciplined player as we can see in his innings where he batted a lot of balls. He is an example for me and lot of batsmen to see. I think he is world-class"

That’s very nice of Kraigg to say and well appreciated.

 

[MenInG]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Fawad Alam & Shaheen Shah Afridi named in the Wisden Cricket Monthly Test Team of the Year. Interviewed Fawad recently where he told me "As long as the candle of hope burns brightly nothing can stop you" <a href="https://t.co/1w1CTbBbuw">https://t.co/1w1CTbBbuw</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a> <a href="https://t.co/4JOx5Vifnf">pic.twitter.com/4JOx5Vifnf</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@SajSadiqCricket) <a href="https://twitter.com/SajSadiqCricket/status/1484224001807466508?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2022</a></blockquote>
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[MenInG]

Veteran batter Fawad Alam has said that he is ready to make One-day internationals (ODI) return if the team management picks him in the limited-overs squad.

The left-hander’s last white-ball outing came against Bangladesh in 2015 where he managed to score just four runs.

The 36-year-old said that he is not considering anything out of the box and just focusing on the task ahead of him.

“First thing, no player can say no to the management,” he said in a lighter note while speaking to media in Karachi. “I’m not thinking anything else at the moment except for the Australia tour. But if the opportunity arrives in ODIs, I’m ready for the challenge.”

“Personally I believe that if something is written in my destiny, I will get it. If it is not there then I can’t,” he added.

He recalled the time when he watched the match from the stands between Pakistan and Australia.

“I watched them play in Pakistan from the stands back in 1998, when they [Australia] last toured,” he said. “It was a fine memory and now I am very excited to play against the same team in my home.”

The Karachi-born cricketer also praised Pakistan all-format captain Babar Azam and start wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan for their consistent performances in all formats.

“We can’t imagine reaching the level of Babar and Rizwan,” Fawad said. “They are performing consistently in all formats for the past couple of years. The chemistry they have, when they are out in the middle, is amazing.”


https://www.samaaenglish.tv/sports/cricket/2022/02/fawad-alam-says-ready-for-odi-comeback/

 

[Cric1234]

Fawad is a test specialist he doesn’t have the power game for limited overs batting nowadays demands batsmen to score quickly there are already too many anchor type batsmen in the team.

There is no benefit to recall Fawad to the ODI team even if he was younger more aggressive power hitting batsmen are needed.

 

[Villager6964]

LOL this guy scores once in a series exactly like his predecessor Asad useless Shafiq.
He only scores useless runs which have no impact on a match.

 

[Mainul]

I know there are a lot of people that truly wants Pakistan Cricket to fail (some Pakistanis themselves), but I can't think of anyone who can't help but respect the grit from Fawad Alam. Making a return at the age of 34 and carrying off from where he left off so many years ago.

People make fun of his technique, he makes fun of people's lack of mental prowess. And in the highest level, you need mental prowess

Fawad has a life ideology which everybody should learn to follow- work hard , focus , wait, don't blame anyone and if reward is written in your fate/taqdir one day it would come. I have read his every interview and this is the summery of his ideology. Just amazing , how a man can hold his focus on his game, have confidence on his own ability for more than a decade despite being consistently ignored and bullied by his own countrymen. Just a big salute to this guy. I have learnt something from this guy

 

[MenInG]

Was he not expecting this?

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[Mamoon]

His ODI career was ended by Australia and InshAllah his Test career will be ended by Australia as well.

A nothing player against proper fast bowling.

 

[Sycamore]

That was his first ball of the series, after 8 days. Facing a 145 kph reverse swing delivery from starc, i will give him a pass, not sure if the keyboard warriors will.

 

[Bilal Ahmad15]

Fawad got out to a brilliant ball.

So everyone stop saying he is awful, no technique, no game.

 

[Saj]

Superb yorker that at any time of the innings, even harder for a batter facing his first ball.

 

[Kaddy]

His ODI career was ended by Australia and InshAllah his Test career will be ended by Australia as well.

A nothing player against proper fast bowling.

He was dropped after that Australian series but I think it was his failure in the series against Bangladesh (soon after WC15), which ended his ODi career.

 

[Savak]

Superb yorker that at any time of the innings, even harder for a batter facing his first ball.

This is where such an experienced player with loads of runs in domestic cricket and on the same pitch has to show game awareness. He knows the ball is reversing, he knows Starc with his slingy action can bowl at 145-148 km/hr and can naturally reverse swing the ball into the left hander and he still plays across the line knowing full well that Starc will bowl a full blooded yorker first ball.

Forgive me, I can excuse a young debutant or even a tail ender but the bar should be higher for a highly experienced batsman

 

[Mamoon]

He was dropped after that Australian series but I think it was his failure in the series against Bangladesh (soon after WC15), which ended his ODi career.

That’s correct, but it was the Australian series that cost him a place in the World Cup squad and undid all the goodwill that he generated among PCB and the fans after the grand comeback in the Asia Cup earlier that year.

He was selected for the Bangladesh series but it always felt like the selectors were waiting for him to fall so that they can get rid of him again.

I think if Fawad fails in the second innings and the next Test, he could be in trouble.

Rameez isn’t very patient and he is not a big fan of his technique, having criticized him on numerous occasions on air.

If he is exposed by Australian pacers in this series, PCB could decide to move on from him because he is not getting any younger.

You have a very fine margin of error when you make a comeback at this stage of your career. You don’t get a long rope and one bad series is usually sufficient for the team to move on.

That is what happened with Adam Voges who averaged 60+ but one lean series was all it took for Australia to discard him.

Fawad averaged 10 against England but he got away with it because it was his comeback series, but a flop show against Australia at home nearly 2 years into his comeback could prove to be fatal for his career.

 

[ask_analyse_act]

That’s correct, but it was the Australian series that cost him a place in the World Cup squad and undid all the goodwill that he generated among PCB and the fans after the grand comeback in the Asia Cup earlier that year.

He was selected for the Bangladesh series but it always felt like the selectors were waiting for him to fall so that they can get rid of him again.

I think if Fawad fails in the second innings and the next Test, he could be in trouble.

Rameez isn’t very patient and he is not a big fan of his technique, having criticized him on numerous occasions on air.

If he is exposed by Australian pacers in this series, PCB could decide to move on from him because he is not getting any younger.

You have a very fine margin of error when you make a comeback at this stage of your career. You don’t get a long rope and one bad series is usually sufficient for the team to move on.

That is what happened with Adam Voges who averaged 60+ but one lean series was all it took for Australia to discard him.

Fawad averaged 10 against England but he got away with it because it was his comeback series, but a flop show against Australia at home nearly 2 years into his comeback could prove to be fatal for his career.

I hope both Azhar ali and Fawad alam both fail in the 2nd inns which i bet they will , the pitch and the ball gonna do the talking more in 2nd inns..

These so called experience batsmen already looked like crying in first inns..

Azhar ali will already be back to his SHELL that Misbah gave him decades ago..

Fawad being his home ground will try to do something but wont last long i reckon...

 

[Amjid Javed]

Always defended fawad as a test bastmen, but its time to move on from him and Azhar now. Get Saud and Ghulam in and use the next 8 tests to blood this guys into team going forward.

 

[ssuhaide]

Got to saw thats a ripper from Mitchel Sarc, would have seen off most batsman. I'm no fan of Fawad Alam however sadly he and Azhar Ali have long ropes and I cannot see either of them being dropped in the near future.

 

[MesonK]

Always defended fawad as a test bastmen, but its time to move on from him and Azhar now. Get Saud and Ghulam in and use the next 8 tests to blood this guys into team going forward.

Just like how Imran "Jos Buttler" Butt went forward?

 

[Hectic]

Can’t believe people are making excuses for this guy yet again! Anyone who has watched an ounce of cricket over the last decade would know what to expect from Starc first up to a new batsman.

A mediocre cricketer who was hyped to mythical heights every time he wasn’t picked. You would think he was the second coming of Bradman the way our fans have been talking about him for 15 years.

 

[GreenKhan]

People need to calm down. It was his first knock of the series ( never batted in the first test ) and he got a bit of a ripper.

He gets so much unnecessary stick from some people on this forum that you would think he stole there school lunches .

 

[Amjid Javed]

Just like how Imran "Jos Buttler" Butt went forward?

Imran butt should have never been selected in 1st place, 1 good domestic season in his entire career so far should have been a warning sign enough.

Also saud and kamran are middle order players who have performed for more than 1 season and also done well for pakistan "A" team. big difference.

 

[Local.Dada]

His weird stance makes it look worse when it doesn’t come off but I think he has great temperament.

He will never be a Dravid,Kallis type player but in the Samaraweera,Misbah Azhar Ali and other such scratchy batsmen who fight it out and produce decent numbers but will not give you those flashy wins or produce these memorable knocks. Just an overall context. I am sure Samaraweera and Azhar Ali have played good knocks but speaking in context here.

 

[sweep_shot]

Fawad seems finished.

To be honest, his technique is not very good. Against a decent Aussie attack, he probably would always struggle.

 

[Officer Barbrady]

Amazing how the haters start circling so quickly after one failure

 

[shamaan]

I am expecting a big innings come the 2nd Innings

 

[Saj]

This is where such an experienced player with loads of runs in domestic cricket and on the same pitch has to show game awareness. He knows the ball is reversing, he knows Starc with his slingy action can bowl at 145-148 km/hr and can naturally reverse swing the ball into the left hander and he still plays across the line knowing full well that Starc will bowl a full blooded yorker first ball.

Forgive me, I can excuse a young debutant or even a tail ender but the bar should be higher for a highly experienced batsman

Starc pinned him with a beauty.

It beat him for pace, was almost the perfect yorker and it left Fawad's head too far over to the off side.

I'd give the bowler a lot credit for that wicket.

 

[PakPremi]

Fawad still is very reliable. Pakistan got it wrong last match by not allowing Fawad some batting practise against Aussies last match and trusting a nobody like Iftikhar over a gun batsman like Fawad. Fawad only plays one format for Pakistan and Pakistan play few tests too.

 

[Mainul]

Fawad will come back inshaAllah. One innings failure isnt the end of the world.

 

[gazza619]

Lol one failure and the keyboard warriors are out. Fawad must be the most hated cricketer alongside Misbah and Rizwan.

When he scores they call it luck or fluke.

 

[asifp]

What an idiotic comment clearly coming from someone who has never played cricket

145km/h, swinging so late a Staarc special. Would get most batsman in the world

 

[TheSultan]

I think Fawad proved his point that he was unjustly treated. He’s done a decent job since his comeback. But it’s time now.

 

[iniqbal223]

Starc pinned him with a beauty.

It beat him for pace, was almost the perfect yorker and it left Fawad's head too far over to the off side.

I'd give the bowler a lot credit for that wicket.

Agreed with you!

One failure can not put blame on Fawad when all the other batsmen (Azhar, Babar, Imam) played for so long without any performances in previous years

 

[daytrader]

A test at his home ground against the number one side with the team in trouble, the stage couldn't be any bigger for Fawad. He got this

 

[TheSultan]

A home test against the number one side with the team in trouble, the stage couldn't be any bigger for Fawad

The stage is set for this whole generation of tuk tukkers. Let’s see what they do. (Probably nothing)

 

[shamaan]

Fawad alam greatest test coming up in the second Innings.

 

[as-95]

Hope Saud Shakeel replaces this sorry bloke in the third test. Too old and passed it. Time to pass on the torch.

 

[Villager6964]

Hopefully this will be end of this guy.
He was never good enough for international cricket with his tailenderesque technique.

 

[Junaids]

The problem is that Fawad Alam keeps making centuries on flat wickets, but his failure rate is completely unacceptable for a Test batsman.

He has played 12 Tests since his recall.

He has played 19 Innings, in which he was dismissed 15 times (2 not outs after scoring 50 and 124, but also 2 not outs after scoring 0 and 4.)

In those 15 completed innings:

- he has been dismissed for less than 25 in TEN OUT OF FIFTEEN completed innings.
- he has been dismissed in single figures in SEVEN OUT OF FIFTEEN INNINGS (0, 9, 2, 5, 0, 8 and 0) and made 12 in a further innings.

That is a catastrophic failure rate for any Test batsman - let alone one who is the second oldest batsman in Test cricket (after Azhar Ali).

 

[Junaids]

This is what a typical 3 match series looks like for Fawad Alam since his recall:

0 and 6
120 not out and 10 not out
4 and 25

Not outs are bloating his average to a completely misleading level.

But 50% of the time that he comes to the crease, let's say at 180-4, he gets out again within a few minutes at 185-5.

Fawad Alam is a Walking Collapse.

 

[Arsal_AK]

Everything is set for him to bat. The pitch is not horrible and it's a ground perhaps nobody knows better than him. He has to come through.

 

[Hectic]

Seriously it’s time to get rid. No more excuses now.

 

[adzzy786]

Lol what a pathetic batsman. Should never have been brought back. Walking wicket

 

[Ahmed216]

He's done. Must be around 38-39

 

[Amjid Javed]

The problem is that Fawad Alam keeps making centuries on flat wickets, but his failure rate is completely unacceptable for a Test batsman.

He has played 12 Tests since his recall.

He has played 19 Innings, in which he was dismissed 15 times (2 not outs after scoring 50 and 124, but also 2 not outs after scoring 0 and 4.)

In those 15 completed innings:

- he has been dismissed for less than 25 in TEN OUT OF FIFTEEN completed innings.
- he has been dismissed in single figures in SEVEN OUT OF FIFTEEN INNINGS (0, 9, 2, 5, 0, 8 and 0) and made 12 in a further innings.

That is a catastrophic failure rate for any Test batsman - let alone one who is the second oldest batsman in Test cricket (after Azhar Ali).

That batting output is no different to Azhar Alis per series. Time to move on from both players.

 

[Energy]

Irrespective of the result in this test, Fawad needs to be shown the door and replaced (not by Asad Shafiq). Can't have a fragile middle order.

 

[mazkhan]

Although I want azhar to get to a 100 tests

I believe plans should be made to retire azhar and fawad.

I think shan masood can be fitted in as a number 3 .

 

[Villager6964]

It's all due to media pressure this guy has been brought back to the side.
I m glad he wasn't brought back earlier.He is even worse than Asad Shafiq and Asad Shafiq is probably the worst test batsman ever who has played over 70 tests.

 

[uberkoen]

Saud Shakeel should replace him.

 

[Major]

As usual, the fans want to replace a player with someone on the bench who they think is the best batsmen....

Fawad had a bad test, critisize the performance, dont start asking for him to be dropped. Ridiculous and immature post by the usual suspects

 

[MenInG]

Poor game for Fawad

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[iniqbal223]

problem with Fawad is : this is his technique on low bouncy slow wickets

 

[Villager6964]

Inshallah this will be end of this awful player.
Enough of this garbage player.

 

[Arsal_AK]

Everything is set for him to bat. The pitch is not horrible and it's a ground perhaps nobody knows better than him. He has to come through.

He had to show more here. This is the reason he is in the team, the situation and ground were tailor made for someone like him.

He has earned his place in the team but we need to have replacements ready. The next dip in form will be his last and it can come at anytime. And at his age Fawad shouldn't and won't get a long rope. It's unfair on him maybe, given how long he had to wait, but that is how it is.

 

[YousafTheBeast]

Can’t blame a player that’s being played 5-6 years after his peak. Fawad is at the twilight of his career and people are expecting him to perform the way he was doing in prime.

 

[TheSultan]

Although I want azhar to get to a 100 tests

I believe plans should be made to retire azhar and fawad.

I think shan masood can be fitted in as a number 3 .

Why do you want Azhar to get to 100 tests? What does it even prove? It’s an absolutely pointless stat

 

[Kroll]

Can’t blame a player that’s being played 5-6 years after his peak. Fawad is at the twilight of his career and people are expecting him to perform the way he was doing in prime.

Pakistan thinks developing players is by bringing them in well past their prime.

 

[hitthestump]

problem with Fawad is : this is his technique on low bouncy slow wickets

The same problem that gave him a 55+ average in FC cricket over a decade? Not a bad problem to have really.

 

[Energy]

Fighter Fawad needs to take a break from cricket and apply for Jeeto Pakistan for Ramzan. Please.

 

[The_KING]

Fawad needs to focus full time on his acting career. He isn’t good enough to play international cricket.

 

[Markhor]

As usual, the fans want to replace a player with someone on the bench who they think is the best batsmen....

Fawad had a bad test, critisize the performance, dont start asking for him to be dropped. Ridiculous and immature post by the usual suspects

One bad match and knives are out. Then we wonder why our batsmen are often reluctant to take risks and play for their place.

 

[Junaids]

Sixteen dismissals since his recall to Test cricket.

And eight of those times he failed to reach double figures!

Truly pathetic.

 

[shamaan]

He will come good in the third test.1 Innings and the knives are out !

 

[shaz619]

Sixteen dismissals since his recall to Test cricket.

And eight of those times he failed to reach double figures!

Truly pathetic.

How old is he Junaids and how tall is he?