"Half of my runs today were scored in what everyone thinks is my weak zone" : Fakhar Zaman

[MenInG]

Fakhar Zaman speaking to the media

"Yes, of course there is disappointment [ about missing 100] but the fact is that they have beaten us a few times so it was good to beat them and also very happy that we leveled the series"

"This is cricket and ups and downs are part of it, sometimes you make 100 and other times you dont"

"Obviously, when you do not score runs in 2-3 games at this level, then your confidence is effected"

"I didnt do too much different from how I usually play but our plan was to survive the first 6-7 overs, even if we didnt score that many runs"

"We didnt have any problems with bouncers today and as you saw we scored a lot of runs on pull shots"


"Half of my runs today were scored in what everyone thinks is my weak zone"

"The main issue was that I wasnt sticking around for long because when you stay on the crease for long, even the weak areas become your strong points"

"This victory has given a lot of confidence to our team and all the players are feeling very positive"

"It is our hope that we will win this series 2-1"

 

[pakistani pride]

You are a class act FZ. Take your time and runs will come.

 

[MenInG]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Question at the press conference. How come you are so down to earth compared to other players?<br><br>Fakhar Zaman. "I am not as down to earth as I appear to be"<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PAKvNZ?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PAKvNZ</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1060980164195168256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 9, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[babajee]

Can't keep a champion down.

 

[rhony]

Very well played today. Peppered the leg side boundary including one to mid wicket. It will be a great confidence booster for him

 

[CricketDon]

Instead of addressing his weakness he calls it “think”. As if it don’t exist. Problem with Pakistani batsman and their egos. Please kohli just spend half an hour with these hacks and teach them something.

 

[Syed1]

What happened to the "hack" getting "brutally exposed"?

 

[Badsha]

Instead of addressing his weakness he calls it “think”. As if it don’t exist. Problem with Pakistani batsman and their egos. Please kohli just spend half an hour with these hacks and teach them something.

It's called confidence. The coaches work on it but in the media you have to say I have no weakness.

 

[shaz619]

Instead of addressing his weakness he calls it “think”. As if it don’t exist. Problem with Pakistani batsman and their egos. Please kohli just spend half an hour with these hacks and teach them something.

What qualifications do you have over him to determine the extent of his weaknesses ? Premature conclusions should be avoided when it is very clear that he is no veteran so it is highly ignorant labelling him a hack or citing the help of Kohli, ironically it was Fakhar who won Pak the final in the 2017 CT final while Kohli failed.

 

[Hasan123]

Need him to keep this form up now.

 

[warcry]

half his runs came in that region because everyone was aiming for his pads every ball.

 

[Hawkeye]

Instead of addressing his weakness he calls it “think”. As if it don’t exist. Problem with Pakistani batsman and their egos. Please kohli just spend half an hour with these hacks and teach them something.

That is bitterly true.

Why is FZ coming out and attacking those who are pointing out the RIGHT thing and opposition is even targeting it?

A great batsman will work on getting that weak area fixed.

Not come to the press and chest thump that there's no weak area because he finally score.

I like FZ and want him to score fast, but he should also realize what's wrong.

 

[Snowflake]

Press conferences are not the occasion to talk about your technical deficiencies. Well done, FZ! This guys has a very strong temperament.

 

[ads101]

It's true, NZ bowlers attacked the same weaknesses today and didn't give him much width but Fakhar did a lot better today. Good stuff really.

 

[Eagle_Eye]

What happened to the "hack" getting "brutally exposed"?

Hospital visit .....

 

[mak36]

Form is temporary. Class is permanent.

 

[CricketDon]

What qualifications do you have over him to determine the extent of his weaknesses ? Premature conclusions should be avoided when it is very clear that he is no veteran so it is highly ignorant labelling him a hack or citing the help of Kohli, ironically it was Fakhar who won Pak the final in the 2017 CT final while Kohli failed.

Typical. Still banging on about the one innings. Kohli has a locker full of winning innings and records. Fakhar the one. One has gone on to break records in all formats and be in position to be called one of the greatest of all time. The other living off one innings and a handful of scores against minnows.

 

[Itachi]

One innings after a drought and suddenly he became a world beater.... Pak fans never stop to amuse me.

 

[Asif321]

Need to perform consistently not after 10 matches

 

[JibranAnsari]

Well played , I thought he had this glaring weakness but he has worked on it and he looked fine in the innings. Still needs to work hard on his game.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Fakhar , faheem and shadab are mentally very strong and we need more youngsters like them.

 

[Ahmed216]

Typical. Still banging on about the one innings. Kohli has a locker full of winning innings and records. Fakhar the one. One has gone on to break records in all formats and be in position to be called one of the greatest of all time. The other living off one innings and a handful of scores against minnows.

One has played 200 odd ODI's and the other only 25.
60+ test matches for Kohli and Fakhar only 1.

fakhar is no kohli but the fact is PAk doesnt need kohlis.
With their bowling all they need is couple more fakhars and babars

 

[IAJ]

I liked his last comment, winning the series 2-1.

Didn’t he also predict a 3-0 whitewash in T20s, either v Aus or Kiwis?

 

[Naim]

Instead of addressing his weakness he calls it “think”. As if it don’t exist. Problem with Pakistani batsman and their egos. Please kohli just spend half an hour with these hacks and teach them something.

His complete sentence was something like that. : I was not spending time on crease. today i scored half of my runs is that side to which they call weak zone. if you spend some time on wicket and get set then your weak zone will also become your strong area and I am Working on it InShaAllah will see same shots on New ball.
I don't think he said a single wrong here ..

 

[Naim]

That is bitterly true.

Why is FZ coming out and attacking those who are pointing out the RIGHT thing and opposition is even targeting it?

A great batsman will work on getting that weak area fixed.

Not come to the press and chest thump that there's no weak area because he finally score.

I like FZ and want him to score fast, but he should also realize what's wrong.

He said i am working on it. for details you can check post# 24.

 

[WhenSultansBowled]

One innings after a drought and suddenly he became a world beater.... Pak fans never stop to amuse me.

Well he did beat your trundlers and "magicians" and then some

Just sayin'...