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Fawad Alam's 3911 day wait to play a Test match has come to an end

Grunge101 said:
he might still be good enough, needs to be given a series of chances instead of a single match.If he doesnt capitalise in 12 odd innings then its fair to say hes not good enough.
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Not gonna happen.

The only reason why he was playing today was because harris Sohail is not in the squad. Haris is the first preference.

Lets see what Fawad has to offer in second innings and lets see whether he plays 3rd test or not.

After this series, Harris would be back for the future series.
 
Fawad Alam must be given the entire series, plus the next one.

Azhar, Asad did nothing in last 2 years. They should be dropped before Fawad or Abid who are relatively new in the team.
 
To not feel for Fawad would make one heartless in my opinion.

Fawad scored a century on debut on the road in Sri Lanka. That isn’t to say it was particularly difficult conditions but how many players have scored a test on debut? As an impartial judge, his home scoring and off technique proved that he can at least in Asian conditions score runs.

Had a few mediocre innings, true, but he was young and was still scoring runs in oodles against the same bowlers we trot out there on a daily basis against international competition. He isn’t a world beater but he decided to get a chance.

Now more than a decade later he returns for duck in English conditions where our so called seniors with hundreds of combined innings score ducks and single digits and they will constantly get backing and chances because of their “technique”.

Give him a legitimate chance.

He also had a solid start to his ODI career and that too having scores in England, in Australia and had some solid scores against South Africa.

What exactly is our criteria now?

“He only scored in Asian conditions”

Well in ODIs he’s scored in conditions our best batsmen with incredible technique have struggled.

“He has poor technique and will get figured out”

Those with “spectacular” technique are scoring ducks left right and centre, I feel more comfortable with the ugly technique who scores in bunches at home.

“Who cares about at home record”

Are we not trotting our these bowlers against international competition? Why is it that the same players who are scoring our beautiful technique 0s are not scoring like this in domestic?

“He’s too old”

I agree here but it’s not like this goes against the norm in Pakistan. Misbah came into the squad around the same time. Fawad has paid his dues and at worst deserves a couple of series to get comfortable.

“He failed today, that’s it, he’s a failure”

Let me posit a scenario for you, you have not played international cricket for a decade, your dream, you have been constantly told your technique is flawed despite the fact that you have been the highest domestic scorer in your nations history, other players have “elite technique” and score ducks on ducks and are even named captain and still constantly get chances, and you finally get an opportunity and know if you fail that this is likely the end of your dream to come true.

How much pressure is that player under? In all likelihood more pressure than almost any player in the history of Pakistan cricket or at the very least, right up there.

It’s sad that players left right and centre have gotten ample opportunities to play without the pressure of losing their spot where seemingly failure has no impact on their spot, whereas Fawad is playing from behind where it’s do or die from the go.

It must be hard to watch your contemporaries score little to no runs and have their position not in jeopardy and seemingly having a different standard for yourself because you have an unorthodox stance.

Maybe Fawad would fail at the international level of given a proper run, no one is denying that, but he never really got that and all he has seen is hypocrisy and cronyism left and right.

He has never complained and just been happy with any opportunity given.

I know this will be his first and last test and it will be the knives out I told you so’s and not thought that maybe, just maybe, if we gave him 2-3 series, his unorthodox technique and his ability to put runs on the board as he has done for 15 years in Pakistan, would translate to the international scene.

Given how many players have gotten opportunities and failed since his debut, we definitely could have easily given him a run and would have definitively known instead of the what if? 1 test match and that too with the ridiculous pressure of this is your only opportunity and if you fail this is it, how fair is that?

Again, Fawad could easily be a bust, but we’ve given plenty of busts a lot more rope, given them captaincy and vice captaincy, and never put them under this pressure of you must perform or your career is over.

If this is your last match Fawad, don’t be disappointed in yourself, the cards were stacked against you from the start. You should be proud of your domestic accomplishments. It’s no small feat and no matter what anyone says, they can never take that away from you.
 
Major said:
Not gonna happen.

The only reason why he was playing today was because harris Sohail is not in the squad. Haris is the first preference.

Lets see what Fawad has to offer in second innings and lets see whether he plays 3rd test or not.

After this series, Harris would be back for the future series.
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Harris failed in uae and Pakistan too. And always conveniently skips the tough away tours
 
Ilan Bluestone said:
To not feel for Fawad would make one heartless in my opinion.

Fawad scored a century on debut on the road in Sri Lanka. That isn’t to say it was particularly difficult conditions but how many players have scored a test on debut? As an impartial judge, his home scoring and off technique proved that he can at least in Asian conditions score runs.

Had a few mediocre innings, true, but he was young and was still scoring runs in oodles against the same bowlers we trot out there on a daily basis against international competition. He isn’t a world beater but he decided to get a chance.

Now more than a decade later he returns for duck in English conditions where our so called seniors with hundreds of combined innings score ducks and single digits and they will constantly get backing and chances because of their “technique”.

Give him a legitimate chance.

He also had a solid start to his ODI career and that too having scores in England, in Australia and had some solid scores against South Africa.

What exactly is our criteria now?

“He only scored in Asian conditions”

Well in ODIs he’s scored in conditions our best batsmen with incredible technique have struggled.

“He has poor technique and will get figured out”

Those with “spectacular” technique are scoring ducks left right and centre, I feel more comfortable with the ugly technique who scores in bunches at home.

“Who cares about at home record”

Are we not trotting our these bowlers against international competition? Why is it that the same players who are scoring our beautiful technique 0s are not scoring like this in domestic?

“He’s too old”

I agree here but it’s not like this goes against the norm in Pakistan. Misbah came into the squad around the same time. Fawad has paid his dues and at worst deserves a couple of series to get comfortable.

“He failed today, that’s it, he’s a failure”

Let me posit a scenario for you, you have not played international cricket for a decade, your dream, you have been constantly told your technique is flawed despite the fact that you have been the highest domestic scorer in your nations history, other players have “elite technique” and score ducks on ducks and are even named captain and still constantly get chances, and you finally get an opportunity and know if you fail that this is likely the end of your dream to come true.

How much pressure is that player under? In all likelihood more pressure than almost any player in the history of Pakistan cricket or at the very least, right up there.

It’s sad that players left right and centre have gotten ample opportunities to play without the pressure of losing their spot where seemingly failure has no impact on their spot, whereas Fawad is playing from behind where it’s do or die from the go.

It must be hard to watch your contemporaries score little to no runs and have their position not in jeopardy and seemingly having a different standard for yourself because you have an unorthodox stance.

Maybe Fawad would fail at the international level of given a proper run, no one is denying that, but he never really got that and all he has seen is hypocrisy and cronyism left and right.

He has never complained and just been happy with any opportunity given.

I know this will be his first and last test and it will be the knives out I told you so’s and not thought that maybe, just maybe, if we gave him 2-3 series, his unorthodox technique and his ability to put runs on the board as he has done for 15 years in Pakistan, would translate to the international scene.

Given how many players have gotten opportunities and failed since his debut, we definitely could have easily given him a run and would have definitively known instead of the what if? 1 test match and that too with the ridiculous pressure of this is your only opportunity and if you fail this is it, how fair is that?

Again, Fawad could easily be a bust, but we’ve given plenty of busts a lot more rope, given them captaincy and vice captaincy, and never put them under this pressure of you must perform or your career is over.

If this is your last match Fawad, don’t be disappointed in yourself, the cards were stacked against you from the start. You should be proud of your domestic accomplishments. It’s no small feat and no matter what anyone says, they can never take that away from you.
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Hockey full back got shown his place.



Serious what even is our middle order comprising of Azhar, Asad and Fawad. Just check the average age. I'm sure it is closer to 40 than 30.


Babar be like "Raziya gundoon mein phans gayi". :babar
 
Major said:
Not gonna happen.

The only reason why he was playing today was because harris Sohail is not in the squad. Haris is the first preference.

Lets see what Fawad has to offer in second innings and lets see whether he plays 3rd test or not.

After this series, Harris would be back for the future series.
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Sadly, thats how i see it going down too. Im not a big Fawad supporter or fan but its plan to see hes been wronged greatly for the last 10 years. If you're going to give him a chance after all this while, atleast give him a string of series instead of one match.
Not a huge fan of Haris playing Test cricket either. His scores in tests outside of UAE are 8,1,8,28,39,39,7,31.
 
Ilan Bluestone said:
“He’s too old”

I agree here but it’s not like this goes against the norm in Pakistan. Misbah came into the squad around the same time. Fawad has paid his dues and at worst deserves a couple of series to get comfortable.
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As said in the thread I feel for Fawad because he was hard done.

Coming to your point; Misbah was an anomaly not even in Pakistan rather in the world cricket as a whole. There is not a single player in last 3 decades who played 65 out of his 75 tests post 34 years of age. So definitely isnt a norm in Pakistan cricket or anywhere else in the world.

Fawad is 34, unless he can perform straight away its better to play a youngster like Saud Shakeel or anybody else as that would be an investment that can produce return in the long run. I want Fawad to do well but he will have to keep on continuously delivering at this age as he doesnt have much future.

No team in the world can afford to develop a 34 year old player at test level. Its a shame that we wasted a decent talent but no point in making more mistakes in trying to correct a previous one.
 
A bit of a shock to see Fawad scored a duck, as clearly in his 11 year absence this has not happened very often by his replacements in the Pakistan batting line up and most certainly not on tours to places like England, Australia and South Africa as we all know where our batsmen are renowned for showcasing their best batting.
 
Titan24 said:
As said in the thread I feel for Fawad because he was hard done.

Coming to your point; Misbah was an anomaly not even in Pakistan rather in the world cricket as a whole. There is not a single player in last 3 decades who played 65 out of his 75 tests post 34 years of age. So definitely isnt a norm in Pakistan cricket or anywhere else in the world.

Fawad is 34, unless he can perform straight away its better to play a youngster like Saud Shakeel or anybody else as that would be an investment that can produce return in the long run. I want Fawad to do well but he will have to keep on continuously delivering at this age as he doesnt have much future.

No team in the world can afford to develop a 34 year old player at test level. Its a shame that we wasted a decent talent but no point in making more mistakes in trying to correct a previous one.
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I agree with you there. I thought it was comical they brought him in at this age to be honest but now that he’s here, may as well give him some rope.

Azhar and Asad should be out, maybe Fawad can give you 5 good years (obviously this is hoping) and bring in two younger guys.

I’m heading there are a few good players ready for the middle order as well as youngsters.

I would rather have a 22 year old scoring 0 so he can learn than Azhar Ali who I know never will.
 
This picture is heart-breaking.

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Titan24 said:
As said in the thread I feel for Fawad because he was hard done.

Coming to your point; Misbah was an anomaly not even in Pakistan rather in the world cricket as a whole. There is not a single player in last 3 decades who played 65 out of his 75 tests post 34 years of age. So definitely isnt a norm in Pakistan cricket or anywhere else in the world.

Fawad is 34, unless he can perform straight away its better to play a youngster like Saud Shakeel or anybody else as that would be an investment that can produce return in the long run. I want Fawad to do well but he will have to keep on continuously delivering at this age as he doesnt have much future.

No team in the world can afford to develop a 34 year old player at test level. Its a shame that we wasted a decent talent but no point in making more mistakes in trying to correct a previous one.
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I agree wholeheartedly and have been saying the same for the past year or so. It's too late now, it may be a tragedy but it is what it is.
 
Inzi speaking on Fawad Alam:

"Fawad Alam had some bad luck today as he scored 0, but I say this as a former cricketer myself that when a cricketer is making a comeback after 10 years with so much hype about injustices to him in the past, then there is so much pressure on him; Its not easy for him to score runs"

"So lets not look at one innings from Fawad - if we have given him an opportunity then even if another one or more innings is not good then this is not a problem and we should give him more opportunities; This is because he has scored a lot of runs in our domestic cricket"

"I was looking at Fawad Alam today and he had no feet movement, his hands were not moving, he had a worried look on his face and this is a normal sort of a thing"

"My advice to Fawad Alam is that this is a tough time but he must believe in himself; When he scores then I will be very happy"
 
Fawad seemed to get out on a straight ball which was disappointing.

Nonetheless we need to back him to come good, there's got to be no way his innings today is a true reflection of his ability.
 
MenInG said:
This picture is heart-breaking.

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Since they have considered Fawad, the least he is owed is a decent run. I find it shocking how a bloke who has scored so heavily in domestic cricket was avoided for so long, unfortunate dismissal but if the likes of Athers and Inzi are defending him then what others say means little, hopefully he can bounce back.
 
hitthestump said:
Fawad seemed to get out on a straight ball which was disappointing.

Nonetheless we need to back him to come good, there's got to be no way his innings today is a true reflection of his ability.
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Pure nerves and that doesn't bode well.
 
I'm no fan of Fawad not in the slightest. Given a lot of posts in this thread have used the word "heart broken" / "sad", I felt I needed to post something on this topic too.

On Fawad, its glaringly clear that he does not have it in him to succeed at international level. Not going to say a lot about the "technique" as a lot has been said about it over the years.

Yes, it is injustice given his stats he should have been given the chance 3-5 years back to make a comeback. However, pushing his selection now is wrong as well and 2 wrongs don't make a right. Misbah has done a dramatic own goal by selecting Fawad for tour of England something similar he did with selections of Akmal and Shahzad against Sri Lanka. Given the recent history of selections something is really wrong with Misbah's thought process and a lot of blame should be directed at Misbah.

The reason I say Misbah has done an own goal is that the selection of Fawad is wrong as he would not yield any decent international results however Misbah would now be forced to carry Fawad in the team simply because when it comes to chop Azhar and Asad are comfortably ahead of Fawad in the queue. One can even argue that Abid might be on chopping table too.

I highly doubt Misbah would drop 3 middle over bats, at best he would drop Azhar and even Asad for next tour given media pressure but same media would push for Fawad to be retained. Fawad would be retained and explanations would be given "experience" / "too many changes already". One thing that would not change in next tour is that Fawad would fail again and it is no mystery as anyone with slight knowledge of game can predict that.

Not selecting Fawad 3-5 years back was wrong and selecting him now is wrong and on both occasions its Pakistan cricket that will suffer.
 
Abdullah said:
Said it on another thread. Shadab has more upside
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I agree. shadab has performed well every now and then and younis khan should work on his technique he will come out as a much better batsmen.. The Fawad doing bhangra on the pitch.
 
He'll fail this series and be dropped forever I think. It's unfair when other batsmen were given multiple series and chances in Asia. Fawad's not even in his prime anymore. In fact probably a bad move to even select him this series, I would have even gone with Imam over him who's younger, recent experience in England. If he debuted really he should have done so in asia. And scoring in Asia is more important than scoring outside of asia. He'll never tour England again most likely even if he becomes a regular, but he will plays lots of matches in UAE if he cements his place.

It made far more sense to go with the likes of saad ali or usman who have also dominated domestic and are younger/in their prime with better technique. Neither are even in the squad. I do think Fawad might have turned out well, better than Asad but he didn't give him chances until too late.
 
On Thursday, Pakistan cricketer Fawad Alam returned to the Test fold after 11 years. He had scored a hundred on debut in 2009 against Sri Lanka in Colombo but his red-ball career did not take off. He continued playing limited-overs cricket.

After two Tests against the Islanders and one against New Zealand a decade ago, the left-handed batsman made the final XI for the second Test against England in Southampton in August 2020.

He isn’t the only cricketer to have waited this long.

John Traicos had made his Test debut representing South Africa in 1970. He was part of the three-Test series against Australia but thereafter, South Africa was banned from international cricket due to apartheid.

The off-spinner moved to Zimbabwe and was even part of the 1983 World Cup. On return to Test cricket, he picked up a five-for against India in Harare; his victims were Sachin Tendulkar, Mohammad Azharuddin, Kapil Dev, Venkatapathy Raju and Manoj Prabhakar.

Nottinghamshire legend George Gunn played all his 15 Tests outside England till 1911-12. World War I paused sporting activities in between and he fell out of favour. The right-hander, who scored 35,208 first-class runs, returned in the 1929-30 season to tour the West Indies.

In the recent years, England all-rounder Gareth Batty had made a Test comeback after 11 years. His last appearance was against India in Mohali in 2016.

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https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cric...et-fawad-alam-test-career/article32346380.ece
 
ads101 said:
He'll fail this series and be dropped forever I think. It's unfair when other batsmen were given multiple series and chances in Asia. Fawad's not even in his prime anymore. In fact probably a bad move to even select him this series, I would have even gone with Imam over him who's younger, recent experience in England. If he debuted really he should have done so in asia. And scoring in Asia is more important than scoring outside of asia. He'll never tour England again most likely even if he becomes a regular, but he will plays lots of matches in UAE if he cements his place.

It made far more sense to go with the likes of saad ali or usman who have also dominated domestic and are younger/in their prime with better technique. Neither are even in the squad. I do think Fawad might have turned out well, better than Asad but he didn't give him chances until too late.
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It was completely intentional. He was thrown in the deep end while people like Azhar can coast despite averaging 12 in England, Australia, and South Africa over the last few years. Now they can say that Fawad is a lousy domestic bully while Azhar and Shafiq can stick on being terrible while scoring the occasional hundred in Pakistan/UAE.
 
If you expected more from Fawad overseas against quality pace bowling then you’re insane.

Yes he has been treated unfairly in the past, but don’t let your sympathy cloud your judgement of him purely as a batsman.

Ofc though, now that he has been selected he deserves to play at least 3 tests in a row to show what he’s made of. Makes no sense to play someone for one game and then dropped for eternity.
 
leatherface58 said:
It was completely intentional. He was thrown in the deep end while people like Azhar can coast despite averaging 12 in England, Australia, and South Africa over the last few years. Now they can say that Fawad is a lousy domestic bully while Azhar and Shafiq can stick on being terrible while scoring the occasional hundred in Pakistan/UAE.
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I don't agree it was intentional. If Haris Sohail was in the squad, I guarantee Fawad would still be on the bench.

It's unfortunate timing for Fawad. The team management has always preferred Haris over Fawad because of Haris's performance in the subcontinent & his superior bowling.

Asad Shafiq...that's a whole different story...he has always been given golden boy treatment & if Fawad was given as many lifelines as him....Fawad would have been miles ahead today.
 
Suleiman said:
If you expected more from Fawad overseas against quality pace bowling then you’re insane.

Yes he has been treated unfairly in the past, but don’t let your sympathy cloud your judgement of him purely as a batsman.

Ofc though, now that he has been selected he deserves to play at least 3 tests in a row to show what he’s made of. Makes no sense to play someone for one game and then dropped for eternity.
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Look at his FC record.

How can we judge him on an overseas record when he last played 10 years ago?
 
Zaz said:
True Players with good techniques dont get out so cheaply like Asad shafique or azhar
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This isn't a slinging match. That level of shuffling in the crease on an english wicket only ever results in a dismissal. He exposed his pads in line, just playground stuff.

Needs to reduce the movement or time it better. He is experienced enough to know this.
 
MenInG said:
On Thursday, Pakistan cricketer Fawad Alam returned to the Test fold after 11 years. He had scored a hundred on debut in 2009 against Sri Lanka in Colombo but his red-ball career did not take off. He continued playing limited-overs cricket.

After two Tests against the Islanders and one against New Zealand a decade ago, the left-handed batsman made the final XI for the second Test against England in Southampton in August 2020.

He isn’t the only cricketer to have waited this long.

John Traicos had made his Test debut representing South Africa in 1970. He was part of the three-Test series against Australia but thereafter, South Africa was banned from international cricket due to apartheid.

The off-spinner moved to Zimbabwe and was even part of the 1983 World Cup. On return to Test cricket, he picked up a five-for against India in Harare; his victims were Sachin Tendulkar, Mohammad Azharuddin, Kapil Dev, Venkatapathy Raju and Manoj Prabhakar.

Nottinghamshire legend George Gunn played all his 15 Tests outside England till 1911-12. World War I paused sporting activities in between and he fell out of favour. The right-hander, who scored 35,208 first-class runs, returned in the 1929-30 season to tour the West Indies.

In the recent years, England all-rounder Gareth Batty had made a Test comeback after 11 years. His last appearance was against India in Mohali in 2016.

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Lol, oh deary me, majority of the names on there are before WW2.
 
MenInG said:
Look at his FC record.

How can we judge him on an overseas record when he last played 10 years ago?
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Miggy Bhai, be completely honest, of what you’ve seen of him in international cricket as a batsman, do you really have faith in him to do well abroad? (I’m not talking about this dismissal only, also vs Australia few years ago)

As far as domestics, a Pakistani batsman’s performance there is a good measuring scale to a certain extent- and by that extent I mean purely getting selected to play at the national level, nothing more. Because there is a huge gulf of quality between what he faced at home and out here against elite teams.

I just don’t have faith in him as a reliable bat overseas.
 
Feel sorry for Alam, denied for so long then hung out to dry.
 
Hopefully he'll perform in the 2nd innings.

If not, it might be another 3000 or more days wait for his next Test chance.
 
No bigger eye sore to see a Chanderpaul clone.
 
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Unlikely we will get much play today on Day 5, and it will almost certainly not involve Pakistan's #6 getting to bat.

So after a wait of 3911 days, Fawad Alam's comeback test will end with a score of 0 (4) and the second innings washed out.

How many more days before his next Test then?
 
Should have bowled instead of Shan - Fawad more of a regular bowler.
 
Michael Vaughan has been a big critic of Fawad in recent days. He was very vocal about his dismay for playing Fawad over Shadab, criticised his technique and has now said that the only change he would make for the 3rd Test is to drop Fawad for Shadab. Agree?
 
Firebat said:
Michael Vaughan has been a big critic of Fawad in recent days. He was very vocal about his dismay for playing Fawad over Shadab, criticised his technique and has now said that the only change he would make for the 3rd Test is to drop Fawad for Shadab. Agree?
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Absolutely.

What a backwards step that was. Ridiculous selection.
 
So, do we play Fawad Alam in 3rd Test, or not?
 
I hope he gets another chance in the 3rd Test. It would be a real shame if he's dropped again after just 1 innings and after such a long wait.
 
Only time I saw Fawad perform was against Sri Lanka in the Asia Cup when Lala turned the match in our favour. With that terrible stance at the crease I always feel he'll lose his wicket any time. Doesn't ever seem comfortable or settled at the crease to play a big one. With Azhar, Fawad and Shafiq we will always struggle to get 300. Ek dum bakwas:inti
 
Fawad's technique may not be good enough in England. He would've done better in Asia probably.
 
So will Fawad get another chance? or Pakistan will go for Shadab?
 
I congratulate Pakistan and their fans for giving Fawad, another deserved chance to showcase his talent and present his khidmaat to cricket.

Justice prevails.

#SatyamevJayate
Truth alone triumphs

- Mahatama Gandhi
 
Fawad bowled today so hope that gives him some confidence.
 
Given the match situation - I am guessing Fawad will go into go slow and see how many he can get to keep a place in next Test series!
 
If nothing else, Fawad will walk away from this series with his 1st Test wicket!
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Fawad Alam made his Test debut 11 years, 1 month and 11 days ago - Jos Buttler was his first Test wicket <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ENGvPAK?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ENGvPAK</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1297212299216924673?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 22, 2020</a></blockquote>
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You'd think he has to score a few runs and remain not out by the end of the day to retain his place in the side. Surely the #5 Asad position is up for grabs in the next series.
 
Firebat said:
You'd think he has to score a few runs and remain not out by the end of the day to retain his place in the side. Surely the #5 Asad position is up for grabs in the next series.
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Spoke too soon. His 3911 day wait to play Test cricket finishes with scores of 0, 21, 0*. How are you supposed to judge that :)
 
As I stated in the match thread, Fawad’s career has been a story of not only harsh treatment but also mistimed performances.

In other words, he has performed at the wrong times and failed at the wrong times. The timing of your performance is very important in international cricket.

His first failure in Test cricket came in New Zealand in 2009. That ensured that he didn’t get a game in Australia the following month and was then dropped by the time we played Test cricket again.

In ODIs, he cost Pakistan two runs chases against South Africa few months before the 2011 World Cup, effectively ensuring that he was ruled out for the World Cup squad.

In 2014, he made a grand return to ODI cricket in the Asia Cup. However, in November 2014, he had a nightmare series against Australia which effectively ruled him out of the 2015 World Cup squad.

After the 2015 World Cup, with Misbah and Younis retiring, Fawad was given a chance in Bangladesh and he failed spectacularly. That paved the way for Malik to return to the team and he grabbed the opportunity with both hands.

Now, he was giving a chance against England in this series and he failed big time. Even one meaningful half-century would have guaranteed a further chance which now looks considerably bleak.

If Fawad doesn’t get picked again, perhaps he should also look in the mirror and lament how he has always found a way to fail when performing was most crucial in terms of keeping his place in the team.
 
Mamoon said:
As I stated in the match thread, Fawad’s career has been a story of not only harsh treatment but also mistimed performances.

In other words, he has performed at the wrong times and failed at the wrong times. The timing of your performance is very important in international cricket.

His first failure in Test cricket came in New Zealand in 2009. That ensured that he didn’t get a game in Australia the following month and was then dropped by the time we played Test cricket again.

In ODIs, he cost Pakistan two runs chases against South Africa few months before the 2011 World Cup, effectively ensuring that he was ruled out for the World Cup squad.

In 2014, he made a grand return to ODI cricket in the Asia Cup. However, in November 2014, he had a nightmare series against Australia which effectively ruled him out of the 2015 World Cup squad.

After the 2015 World Cup, with Misbah and Younis retiring, Fawad was given a chance in Bangladesh and he failed spectacularly. That paved the way for Malik to return to the team and he grabbed the opportunity with both hands.

Now, he was giving a chance against England in this series and he failed big time. Even one meaningful half-century would have guaranteed a further chance which now looks considerably bleak.

If Fawad doesn’t get picked again, perhaps he should also look in the mirror and lament how he has always found a way to fail when performing was most crucial in terms of keeping his place in the team.
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He's "inexperienced" at international level (!)

International experience is only gained at international level (!)

You need give him a long run and he will come good because he has potential (!)
 
Kenpachi said:
He's "inexperienced" at international level (!)

International experience is only gained at international level (!)

You need give him a long run and he will come good because he has potential (!)
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Once you go above the 30s you dont warrant yourself long runs. The experience yo uhave should help by your second innings.

Guys like adam voges, chris rogers, bailey they had to prove themselves in the first few games.
 
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