"Liking and disliking is there, it doesn't have to be stated, it's in front of everyone": Fawad Alam

[Abdullah719]

"Liking and disliking is there, it doesn't have to be stated, it's in front of everyone": Fawad Alam

Fawad Alam at a presser today:

Likes and dislikes are a part of life, whether you're a cricketer or even in your own home. Players should be positive and look ahead, we can't focus on this person's likes and that person's dislikes.

A player can't score in every innings, whether that's Bradman or Zaheer Abbas. Normal players try to give their best and percentage comes to 70-75 for the good players. As players, we try to perform whenever we can

It is difficult when you get ignored, something always comes up. As it is, there's a lot of u-turns happening nowadays. So many things come in the way, it's something for one player and something else for another player, it's not the same for everyone

Cricket is our bread and butter, our families depend on this, we don't have anything else, this gives us motivation. If we won't play, then how will we support our families? So personally for me that's a big motivation

Liking and disliking is there, it doesn't have to be stated, it's in front of everyone. All players are performers, it's a matter of 19/20... there are some exceptional players, I think in the world there's just Kohli right now. Everyone else who plays for their countries is at a similar level

As for me individually, it would be nice for me as well if I got the answer to this question. Every year, every month, every other month, there's a new reason that pops up and I try to fulfil the criterion, so let's see what happens

I'll try to keep performing, as long as that happens your name will remain in the picture but if that stops, no one will care about you. So I try to keep performing no matter what

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[Chief Destroyer]

There's no liking or disliking. It's your circus batting technique that's stopped you from getting selected. Instead of bullying nothing bowlers in domestic, you should have re-worked your technique for better chance of selection.

 

[KingKhan12]

There's no liking or disliking. It's your circus batting technique that's stopped you from getting selected. Instead of bullying nothing bowlers in domestic, you should have re-worked your technique for better chance of selection.

Lol are you serious. This guy has also made runs when given chance on international level. What technique does Smith and Chanderpaul have and look at their careers. And what has your technique guys from Pakistan done over the years. He would have had a much better career then the likes of Shafiq.

 

[Chief Destroyer]

Lol are you serious. This guy has also made runs when given chance on international level. What technique does Smith and Chanderpaul have and look at their careers. And what has your technique guys from Pakistan done over the years. He would have had a much better career then the likes of Shafiq.

Australia made him look like a little kid playing with adults for the first time in the last match he played for Pakistan. He hasn't been selected since. Even the commentators were embarrassed for him.

 

[PakPremi]

Australia made him look like a little kid playing with adults for the first time in the last match he played for Pakistan. He hasn't been selected since. Even the commentators were embarrassed for him.

And what about the matches before that. All batsmen including Kohli ,Ponting and Azhar Ali have been made to look like that in some innings.

 

[Chief Destroyer]

And what about the matches before that. All batsmen including Kohli ,Ponting and Azhar Ali have been made to look like that in some innings.

No, dude. You had to have watched that innings to understand. I'm just pointing out that's the reason he hasn't been selected since. I have nothing against the guy.

 

[Bewal Express]

His stance and body Posture destroyed his career, it was the same with Chris Read for England.

 

[coy0607]

He's spot on - obviously there is strong personal like/dislike element when it comes to selection in Pakistan cricket.

Fawad has consistently performed at every stage over the years, if the requirement is really that he has to score in every single innings than no batsmen in the world is good enough

 

[Usman Chadda]

And what about the matches before that. All batsmen including Kohli ,Ponting and Azhar Ali have been made to look like that in some innings.

When Irfan looks a better bat than you, you know you're not good enough for international cricket.

Pretty much everyone that day was done with Fawad Alam.

 

[hitthestump]

There's no liking or disliking. It's your circus batting technique that's stopped you from getting selected. Instead of bullying nothing bowlers in domestic, you should have re-worked your technique for better chance of selection.

Hahaha, he scored 168 on test debut with that circus technique.

Show me who else is bullying the nothing bowlers in domestic? You can only beat what is in front of you.

 

[The Viper]

There is no doubt that he was very unfortunate in his career.

Fawad would have scored loads of runs in UAE.

I don't think it is fair to say for certain he would fail because of his technique.

Yes, he should not be a LOI player for sure, but he knows how to score big in the longer format.

 

[azimiqbal]

There's no liking or disliking. It's your circus batting technique that's stopped you from getting selected. Instead of bullying nothing bowlers in domestic, you should have re-worked your technique for better chance of selection.

If his technique is so bad why has he got the highest average ever in Pakistan first class cricket ?

Also remember since he debuted these have been the worse Pitches in Pakistan domestic cricket history.

Everyone is entitled to his opinion , but fawad was dropped from the team based on his one day performances , he was never given a fair run in the test side which is his strongest format

 

[aloo paratha]

He's right. You can't argue with runs.

 

[Junaids]

He's right. You can't argue with runs.

Correct.

And Fawad Alam isn't scoring any runs now that he's in his mid-30's.

This week he finally got a ton......and followed it up with a duck.

Insolent and cheeky nonsense from a nothing cricketer. If Umar Akmal made these comments people would want him horse-whipped and banned for life.

And Umar Akmal illustrates this matter perfectly.

Compare the output of Umar Akmal and Fawad Alam this First Class season.

Umar Akmal has passed 50 in 4 of his 6 innings.

Fawad Alam has passed 50 in 3 of his 10 innings.

Fawad Alam has been doing this for years. He has 9 centuries in the last 6 First Class seasons.

He scores a fair number of runs once the elite cricketers are away on international duty, and he pads his average up by batting down the order and often being left not out.

He has a rubbish technique and since the age of 30 he has had a very mediocre output.

Consider this, from this year's QEA season:

Sami Aslam (aged 23) has 833 First Class runs from 7 matches at an average of 138.83.
Mohammad Rizwan (aged 27) has 323 First Class runs from 1 match at an average of 161.50.
Fawad Alam (aged 34) has 389 runs from 7 matches at an average of 48.63.

It is cheeky for Fawad Alam to whinge about his non-selection, but he is frankly delusional if he thinks that he should be selected now. In 2012 maybe. In 2019 definitely not.

 

[Xoib]

Australia made him look like a little kid playing with adults for the first time in the last match he played for Pakistan. He hasn't been selected since. Even the commentators were embarrassed for him.

Big deal he could not get the ball away on a slow track it can happen to anyone.

The guy averaged atleast 10 runs higher more than anyone on underprepared first class pitches for a decade. Style is not everything if you look at Steve Smith in isolation nobody can guess he is the best performing test batsman in last 70 years .Fawas only fault is he is not a pretty looking player and why should he change his technique which has served him well.for so long.

 

[SensiblePakFan]

Lots of idiots think they know about technique

 

[Chief Destroyer]

Big deal he could not get the ball away on a slow track it can happen to anyone.

The guy averaged atleast 10 runs higher more than anyone on underprepared first class pitches for a decade. Style is not everything if you look at Steve Smith in isolation nobody can guess he is the best performing test batsman in last 70 years .Fawas only fault is he is not a pretty looking player and why should he change his technique which has served him well.for so long.

No, it does not happen to anyone. He couldn't get it away for 20+ balls in an ODI. Australia cut off all his singles and forced him to hit outside the 30. It was embarrassing to watch.

 

[Chief Destroyer]

If his technique is so bad why has he got the highest average ever in Pakistan first class cricket ?

Also remember since he debuted these have been the worse Pitches in Pakistan domestic cricket history.

Everyone is entitled to his opinion , but fawad was dropped from the team based on his one day performances , he was never given a fair run in the test side which is his strongest format

He was dropped due to the manner his limitations were exposed. I'd assume they were thinking if a team can gameplan for him after one ODI, there's little to no chance he succeeds in tests.

 

[TeamPak95]

One of the biggest, if not the biggest, tragedies of Pakistan cricket in terms of national selection.

 

[Mamoon]

Australia made him look like a little kid playing with adults for the first time in the last match he played for Pakistan. He hasn't been selected since. Even the commentators were embarrassed for him.

No, dude. You had to have watched that innings to understand. I'm just pointing out that's the reason he hasn't been selected since. I have nothing against the guy.

Actually, the Australian series in November 2014 wasn’t his last one.

He was also picked for the Bangladesh series after the World Cup who also made him look completely helpless like the Australians. He scored less than 15 runs over 3 ODIs and was replaced by Malik.

Fawad has always chosen the worst time to not perform. He failed before the 2011 World Cup against South Africa and then failed either side of the 2015 World Cup.

 

[Professor]

Actually, the Australian series in November 2014 wasn’t his last one.

He was also picked for the Bangladesh series after the World Cup who also made him look completely helpless like the Australians. He scored less than 15 runs over 3 ODIs and was replaced by Malik.

Fawad has always chosen the worst time to not perform. He failed before the 2011 World Cup against South Africa and then failed either side of the 2015 World Cup.

Its clear he isn't suited for ODIs, What I don't get is why he wasn't tried in test cricket even though he averages over 40 in his limited chances. Its crazy that someone who averages over 55 in FC cricket has only played 3 Test matches.

 

[HasanA]

There's no liking or disliking. It's your circus batting technique that's stopped you from getting selected. Instead of bullying nothing bowlers in domestic, you should have re-worked your technique for better chance of selection.

Is performance better or technique.

 

[Usman Chadda]

Its clear he isn't suited for ODIs, What I don't get is why he wasn't tried in test cricket even though he averages over 40 in his limited chances. Its crazy that someone who averages over 55 in FC cricket has only played 3 Test matches.

Because he was exposed in the one test he played against New Zealand, where Bond bounced him out ruthlessly. He was exposed by Swann in England. He was exposed by Australia in UAE.

He is a fine batsman for our domestic cricket, but just does not have it in him to succeed at international level.

 

[Hawkeye]

Is performance better or technique.

Both are not mutually exclusive.

That's like asking, is water better or food?

 

[HasanA]

Both are not mutually exclusive.

That's like asking, is water better or food?

No, if the performance is consistently great, you ignore the technique

 

[Titan24]

His superhuman FC record aside, after scoring a century on debut while opening in Srilanka, he deserved more than 3 tests for sure.

However he was never suited for LOIs and probably never should have played as many ODIs as he did. Now he is past his best self and younger players should be invested in even in tests.

 

[Shazzam]

One of the biggest unjust done in our cricket.

 

[Hawkeye]

No, if the performance is consistently great, you ignore the technique

Consistently great at the top level doesn't come without technique. He was exposed in ODIs.

Can we say that he might have done better in Tests? Well, maybe. He should've been given chances in Tests as opposed to ODIs.

But, that ship has sailed now.

 

[Hasan123]

The way everyone talks about Smith succeeding with an unorthodox technique means everyone can. Firstly Smith has good balance, head position, super timing, and has a good shot range. Not even going to talk about his unreal mentality.

Fawad Alan does not have the shot range as we saw when he last played international cricket, furthermore he has weaknesses against pace.

Maybe he should have been given a chance In UAE and Asia, but doubt he would have had long term success in international cricket.

 

[ARK Rafay]

PP experts here rate technic over performance I see.

He should've gotten a proper run in Test Cricket.

 

[Chief Destroyer]

Is performance better or technique.

There's nothing wrong with an unorthodox technique. It's just that Fawad's is heavily flawed and can be easily game-planned for. I guarantee he would've gotten more chances if he had recreated himself.

 

[ZamanFan]

Actually, the Australian series in November 2014 wasn’t his last one.

He was also picked for the Bangladesh series after the World Cup who also made him look completely helpless like the Australians. He scored less than 15 runs over 3 ODIs and was replaced by Malik.

Fawad has always chosen the worst time to not perform. He failed before the 2011 World Cup against South Africa and then failed either side of the 2015 World Cup.

Usman Shinwari did'nt fail and performed why was he dropped for World Cup 2019?
Junaid Khan also performed really well before WC 2015, why he has yet to play a World Cup even though he is our mainstrike bowler for 7 years?
Both were replaced by well connected Wahab Riaz who was given a place in the ODI side even though he was not part of the odi squad for 2+ years.

There is one other poster who is talking about one inning in Australia as well as technique. Can someone ask him what is average of Misbah ul Haq or Azhar Ali their or in New Zealand? They average 12 and 9. How many shots they palyed outside the circle?
How about their technique?
Yet they continued to play.
This was same time Fawad Alam was averaging 50+ for 2 consecutive domestic seasons [for 2 years].

Btw Misbah and Azhar arenot visual treats either, they are pathetic and boring to watch. Same with mental midget Asad Shafiq who flops in first innings and then does well in 2nd when Pakistan is either losing or getting a draw. Have'nt heard since a long time he had chased a total to win.

Fawad Alam with his not very good looking technique chased 320+ against Bangladesh in ODI.

There has been worst kind of politics and interference from powerful corners in selections of Pakistan team, which has made us the worst in the world.

Still who don't want to admit and try to make excuses really can't hide the worsening situation.

 

[Professor]

Does anyone still believe that Fawad Alam isn’t good enough to be in this team? Does his unorthodox technique really make him an inferior batsman to someone like Iftikhar or Masood?

 

[Slog]

Does anyone still believe that Fawad Alam isn’t good enough to be in this team? Does his unorthodox technique really make him an inferior batsman to someone like Iftikhar or Masood?

Does anyone seriously believe he would have done better here?

Yes there has been injustice against him but pointing it out during an Australia or SA series is isnt the way to go

 

[Professor]

Does anyone seriously believe he would have done better here?

Yes there has been injustice against him but pointing it out during an Australia or SA series is isnt the way to go

I mean he couldn’t have done worse, could he? I am not saying he would have made a big difference but at least he would have deserved to be there and would have a higher chance of succeeding than Iftikhar. If we ever hope on improving we need to select players based on runs not how pretty they look while batting.

 

[Junaids]

Does anyone still believe that Fawad Alam isn’t good enough to be in this team? Does his unorthodox technique really make him an inferior batsman to someone like Iftikhar or Masood?

Me.

The problem is too many geriatrics.

The solution is not to add an extra one.

 

[charlie007]

Too late now, but he should have gotten more chances when he was younger. He had a good chance of getting some good runs in Pakistan and even UAE where pitches are slower and relatively batting friendlier. Esp give plenty of other mediocre players have been given a chance, there was no harm in trying him out for tests over a longer period.