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Do I just feel this or does everyone think Sarfraz seems overweight ? What's your perception?
 
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he looks fitter then before.. its just he has lot of face fat same like what i have :(( its really hard to get rid of it
 
He has never been the fittest looking cricketer tbh.

If you saw him on the street you would never guess that he is a professional sportsman.
 
he geting overweight plus his place in t20 n one day international at his customary 6 number not justified...he is not a big striker.he need to bat up a order ...
 
Sarfi is always on the edges and doesnt seem like a guy who maintains his fitness in the off season. Must have had plenty of mithai biryani jalebi after the CT win.

Could do with losing 10 lbs
 
Kami would destroy him in arm wrestling not to mention batting and wicket keeping.
 
Suleiman said:
Kami would destroy him in arm wrestling not to mention batting and wicket keeping.
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Nah.... Sarfraz would beat him easily in batting if you award negative runs for dropped catches.... like in double wicket cricket.
 
Has been one of the most energetic keepers we've ever had. Yes, his fitness did go down post Haj period two years ago, but he seems to have worked on it now and looks as fit as he was during 2014-15, when he had that beastly record as a keeper and especially as a batsman, rightly termed "oxygen" by Misbah then :)
 
Lol ppl can't get over sarfraz's weight. Allow the guy. He is the best captain we've had in the last decade!
 
not really but he is very unathletic and his physique is not of a cricketer

cricket is the only sport where he could have become a professional
 
It's funny he doesn't look too athletic, but he doesn't exactly seem slow running, if anything he picks up singles more than the rest in our team.

Guess he doesn't need to run in the field much being wicketkeeper.

I'd like him to be fitter, I don't like how he became unfit while he became a mainstay in international cricket. He does look slightly better than he did a little while ago.
 
Fat people sometimes can be deceptively quick. Like a Hippo or Elephant. You think you can easily outrun them. But they will easily chase us down.

I have seen plenty of fat people who run really fast. At least in short bursts.

Cricket does not need super athletic frame and ripped bodies. Its good to have it. But not a requirement. Plenty of chubby cricketers have become greats in Cricket.
 
Sarfraz is our non playing Captain in LOIs, as a batsman he cannot justify his place...He bats at position of power striker, the skill he does not have, his keeping is OK, not great by any means...Pakistan is low bally keeping role, which is important role for team to progress...

As a batsman, his main skill is strike rotation against spinners, but for that he has to bat up the order, but he is not better than Malik in that role either, nor he is as well rounded batsman to take place of Babar. Can he open? - Well he is not that great against pace, as I said, his main skill is improvising against spinners and medium pacers...Top teams through their tier 1 bowlers in first 10, he is not best we got to deal with them, we don't want to make same mistake as we did with Hafeez or Shezad(Yes, Shezad is not an opener, who can go after tier 1 bowlers in first 10, there is no point of investing in him)...

At the end, his position in the team is very dicey, he does not fit in top, middle or lower order of LOI...In Test, he that's a whole different story, but in test Azhar is our best batsman, who is finding it very difficult to have a place in LOIs...This is the dilemma we have right now, we have no senior batsman who can play all three formats without compromise :((
 
yasir said:
Sarfraz is our non playing Captain in LOIs, as a batsman he cannot justify his place...He bats at position of power striker, the skill he does not have, his keeping is OK, not great by any means...Pakistan is low bally keeping role, which is important role for team to progress...

As a batsman, his main skill is strike rotation against spinners, but for that he has to bat up the order, but he is not better than Malik in that role either, nor he is as well rounded batsman to take place of Babar. Can he open? - Well he is not that great against pace, as I said, his main skill is improvising against spinners and medium pacers...Top teams through their tier 1 bowlers in first 10, he is not best we got to deal with them, we don't want to make same mistake as we did with Hafeez or Shezad(Yes, Shezad is not an opener, who can go after tier 1 bowlers in first 10, there is no point of investing in him)...

At the end, his position in the team is very dicey, he does not fit in top, middle or lower order of LOI...In Test, he that's a whole different story, but in test Azhar is our best batsman, who is finding it very difficult to have a place in LOIs...This is the dilemma we have right now, we have no senior batsman who can play all three formats without compromise :((
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That's the biggest loss in Misbah era. Since MoYo, from mid of 2010 Misbah has categorically ousted each & every player that had the stroke making ability to play both formats. Umar, Nasir, Maqsood, Haris comes to mind instantly, while he tried his buddies to fit in LO as well - Azhar, YK, Asad ... and he made MoHa MVP of PAK cricket. At the end, I have to say, it was entirely Salman Butt's fault - at 25, he had 10 of his best years coming for 3 formats & he was quite decent as Captain. Misbah wasn't even among top 5 choices for leadership - after the fixing issues, PCB got scared and wanted someone like him to keep the house in shape; so one by one people ahead of him missed out - MoYo, YK, MoHa, Malik, Afridi .... may be even Gul. Had that fixing issues not been there, still probably Butt would have been Captain now & Amir his deputy, with Misbah retiring/playing his last Test in 2012-13.

From a team perspective, Misbah era wasn't bad, in fact great considering the mess it had to clean; but the trade off was a generation - players like Maqsood, Umar or Nasir might not ever play for PAK, but they were the genuine potential for what is required in these days' of kungfu cricket. And, there could be few more, who wasn't even given a proper chance for PAK - Sharjeel, Fakhar, Amin & Fawad comes to mind.
 
troodon said:
Fat people sometimes can be deceptively quick. Like a Hippo or Elephant. You think you can easily outrun them. But they will easily chase us down.

I have seen plenty of fat people who run really fast. At least in short bursts.

Cricket does not need super athletic frame and ripped bodies. Its good to have it. But not a requirement. Plenty of chubby cricketers have become greats in Cricket.
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They run fast because they have athletic bodies underneath that fat. Sarfaraz doesn't. He's an average body, short-limbed who happens to have decent enough hand-eye to play cricket.

Ripped body =/= athletic. It's what's inside that muscle that matters. You can't determine who's an athlete until he starts moving. There are plenty of ripped "athletes" that have below average athleticism.
 
MMHS said:
That's the biggest loss in Misbah era. Since MoYo, from mid of 2010 Misbah has categorically ousted each & every player that had the stroke making ability to play both formats. Umar, Nasir, Maqsood, Haris comes to mind instantly, while he tried his buddies to fit in LO as well - Azhar, YK, Asad ... and he made MoHa MVP of PAK cricket. At the end, I have to say, it was entirely Salman Butt's fault - at 25, he had 10 of his best years coming for 3 formats & he was quite decent as Captain. Misbah wasn't even among top 5 choices for leadership - after the fixing issues, PCB got scared and wanted someone like him to keep the house in shape; so one by one people ahead of him missed out - MoYo, YK, MoHa, Malik, Afridi .... may be even Gul. Had that fixing issues not been there, still probably Butt would have been Captain now & Amir his deputy, with Misbah retiring/playing his last Test in 2012-13.

From a team perspective, Misbah era wasn't bad, in fact great considering the mess it had to clean; but the trade off was a generation - players like Maqsood, Umar or Nasir might not ever play for PAK, but they were the genuine potential for what is required in these days' of kungfu cricket. And, there could be few more, who wasn't even given a proper chance for PAK - Sharjeel, Fakhar, Amin & Fawad comes to mind.
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The problem has been more complex and not just for Pakistan but for most nations. How many AUSes can play all three formats? - Smith and Warner, How many Indians, may be Kohli...Same goes for ENG, its only Root, Johny maybe...KW is only Kiwis...

Number of batsmen who can play all three formats on merit are very few in every team...That was not the case when we had two formats(Test and ODI). Gap between test and T20 is far greater and these two formats continue to diverge...In future we may not have single batsman who can play test and T20 with great success...

My point is teams have to think through this strategy of one Captain for all formats, that's a bad planning. Some teams are developing T20 as nursery for ODI and ODI as stepping stone to Test...Pakistan is less enterprising when it comes to leadership, Misah era did not helped in this changing world, he was ultra conservative, the test players we got Azhar/Shafiq are too conservative and one dimensional to be pulled into other formats and handle the leadership, Sarfraz is the only choice for now...In 1/2 years of time, Hasan/Babar/Shadab should be prepared for T20 Captaincy, its important to diversify and pro-active...Sarfraz already is weak on skills side, developing a team plus his skills is too much burden on him...
 
At the toss he looked like someone who had enjoyed a few too many samosas and kebabs lately :)
 
Well if he can do splits with such frequency and play well even after that his fitness is ok imo
 
Theres a martial artist by the name of Samo Hung. Was in enter the dragon with bruce lee, starred with jackie chan, and was the kung fu master in yip man 2. He is visibly overweight, fat and looks slow. He does all the kicks, all the jumps and somersaults just as fast as jackie chan or anybody else.

The point is, some people are genetically fat, however it doesnt affect their athleticism.
 
How does Sarfaraz get away with being this flabby?

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Especially with the new fitness criteria in place under Mickey.
 
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His catching was wonderful. I don't see an issue here.

I am big on fitness too. But if someone is naturally that way, there is nothing you can do about that.
 
Yes, not the fittest in the team but he’s wearing a hoodie in this picture so he will obviously look bigger. We’ve learnt over the past few months that Mickey is a no nonsense coach and he wouldn’t make an exception even for the captain. As long as Sarfraz meets fitness standards, I’m fine. His keeping has also been brilliant. Some experts can judge a persons fitness by looking at them it seems. Does need to find some form with the bat though.
 
Bottom heavy structure, but he is not helping either. His structure isn't suitable for WKeeping, over weight is just complicating matter. At this age, don't think he can reduce much either without damaging his game. Just being a safe keeper will do for him.
 
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