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Mohammad Hafeez : "I am blessed to be very good in all three facets of the game"

:facepalm: that was an easy single if didn't stop. Always criminal running out your teammate. (Unless it boycott :botham)
 
Mohammad Hafeez "I am blessed to be very good in all three facets of the game"

Professor my foot
 
I dont understand this stupid batting order, why the hell is Umar Akmal being kept hidden?
 
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Pakistani answer to Rob Nicol. Very poor player and has an unhealthy overinflated opinion of himself.
 
He is a man racked with self-doubt and full of insecurity.

It doesn't take a psychologist to work that out. Very odd character, but worse than that he's gone from odd to downright dangerous in trying to protect his batting career. His career was over after Steyn, and he knows it.
 
This guy is a total selfish joker.
He could have sacrificed his wicket for Nasir if he was such a team player.
 
He has established his place in the team for next 2 years.

Congratulations.
 
Unless Shezad scores in the next match he'll be back opening the innings in my view. He might not have been able to handle Steyn but he still plays the short ball well.
 
Looked very impressive after the resumption, that innings contributed very nicely to the win
 
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Pete Rose said:
Mixed feelings about his performance today
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Why?

He did excellently. ... but that doesn't change the fact that it's one in a blue moon and in a flat flat track.

He should bat at 7.
 
More and more evidence pointing to the view Hafeez should be at 7. Today the role he played was basically that of a finisher and he did it very well. He played similarly well in that t20 against India.
 
MR__KHAN__JI said:
Why?

He did excellently. ... but that doesn't change the fact that it's one in a blue moon and in a flat flat track.

He should bat at 7.
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Because I don't see him as a long term answer to anything in this team.
I mean Pakistan has had it's fair share of 'lion at home and sheep abroad' players, but hafeez takes it a new level.
 
I would be a lot more concerned about Afridi than Hafeez. The professor punished the bouncers from Holder with two big 6's. Afridi like the previous game was caught flat on the front foot to the short ball and got out in the same way again. Hafeez's bowling is usually tighter as well.
 
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Pete Rose said:
Because I don't see him as a long term answer to anything in this team.
I mean Pakistan has had it's fair share of 'lion at home and sheep abroad' players, but hafeez takes it a new level.
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Long term 7. Bowls 10 tight overs and picks up lefties for fun.

Good for a 20-30 whilst batting.

We have four other "useless" slots that need sorting first.
 
Unfortunately this knock will give him the illusion he is a number 3. We are taken out of jail by the rain.
 
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pakistanigoneaussie said:
Unfortunately this knock will give him the illusion he is a number 3. We are taken out of jail by the rain.
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True.

You could feel him thinking that as he was nodding his head when he got to 50.

Also when he was Brown nosing Dav.

But either way he is our 4th best batter despite his mediocrity so can't begrudge him too much.
 
Performed really well today, but i still feel he should never be exposed to the new ball. If they are not willing to drop him in ODI's/Tests bat him at 7
 
So, the 50 here and then probably a hundred on Zimbabwe tour will establish him as a permanent Pakistani number 3 for at least an year or so.

But it is also true that his 2 sixes off Holder paved the way for Pakistani win today. Windies lost their belief after watching their best bowler of the series being belted for 2 sixes in an over.
 
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Series averages to date
 

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Blessed in all facets literally guided the ball into Simmon's gloves.

How lucky can one get.

Should make it count now. A hundred is on offer for him.
 
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What the hell was that!?
 
Does anyone know what language the interview in the OP was carried out in.

Maybe the laughable quote is down to lack of fluency in English. Which should then make it ok i guess.
 
:facepalm:


One of the most gutless cricketers i have seen coming from Pakistan.
 
:))), Hafeez in proper cricket dictionary these are called bits and Pieces cricketers. Specialists are >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> so called "complete packages" unless they are genuine all rounders.
 
Mamoon_ said:
The true definition of bits n pieces cricketer.
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What are u talking about he is an al-round cricketer he drops catches, runs out his teamates ,scores slowly and sends Afridi up the order. A real match winner just bot for Pakistan.
 
Maybe he is one of those terrible Professors that actually don't know what they are talking about.
 
He reminds me of my Accounting professor in college. Never taught us more than general journal and that fellow used to sleep in Staff room :23:
 
He reminds me of a University professory who did not know the difference between a scientific calculator and a programmable one. He did not let us scientific calculator during an "engineering exam"
 
Indeed Sir, if anything it is us fans who are blessed to have witnessed such a legendary sportsman as your honourable self in our lifetimes. For the world knows that the sport of cricket would be less popular around the globe , if you had not graced this gentleman's game with your most wonderful presence.

On this very day when one Little Master is calling it a day, it is time for the world to acknowledge that another one is here to take on the mantle.

Blessed in all facets, of course you are Sir.. you are the complete package, that cricket has not seen since the days of one Garfield Sobers. You are the ultimate cricketer, a batsman of exceptional calibre who scores 100s at will (okay, that you only will to do so v Zimbabwe or Ireland is only a matter of choice!), you take bags of wickets with your off-spin and you are fielder as good as any.

Someday, I will be telling me grandchildren stories about the day our Professor broke the world record of most consecutive 100s in one-day cricket, I will tell them I was there that fine sunny afternoon at Hong Kong cricket stadium in the year 2026, when the Professor scored his 11th consecutive ODI 100 , having scored 5 in the earlier 5 match ODI series v France, followed up with 5 more v Argentina a month later, and 11th against one of the world's best teams, Hong Kong.. facing none other than Hong Kong's fastest bowler Deilxing Cheng Steyn
 
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Talking about Hong Kong in my previous post, just looking at our last outing against the mighty Hong Kong , with a full strength Pakistan team (apart from The Professor not playing, so maybe I'm wrong - not quite full strength).. see this scorecard Pak V Hong Kong, Asia Cup 2008 :

http://www.espncricinfo.com/asiacup/engine/match/335347.html

Even against Hong Kong, only 1 out of the top 5 batsmen managed to score past 50 runs !! and an opener was out for a duck (Butt)... what a fantastic batting line up we have!

Of course if the Professor was there, I have no doubt both Afridi and Saeed Anwar's batting record were in danger that day.
 
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Majid Khan said:
Indeed Sir, if anything it is us fans who are blessed to have witnessed such a legendary sportsman as your honourable self in our lifetimes. For the world knows that the sport of cricket would be less popular around the globe , if you had not graced this gentleman's game with your most wonderful presence.

On this very day when one Little Master is calling it a day, it is time for the world to acknowledge that another one is here to take on the mantle.

Blessed in all facets, of course you are Sir.. you are the complete package, that cricket has not seen since the days of one Garfield Sobers. You are the ultimate cricketer, a batsman of exceptional calibre who scores 100s at will (okay, that you only will to do so v Zimbabwe or Ireland is only a matter of choice!), you take bags of wickets with your off-spin and you are fielder as good as any.

Someday, I will be telling me grandchildren stories about the day our Professor broke the world record of most consecutive 100s in one-day cricket, I will tell them I was there that fine sunny afternoon at Hong Kong cricket stadium in the year 2026, when the Professor scored his 11th consecutive ODI 100 , having scored 5 in the earlier 5 match ODI series v France, followed up with 5 more v Argentina a month later, and 11th against one of the world's best teams, Hong Kong.. facing none other than Hong Kong's fastest bowler Deilxing Cheng Steyn
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Hafeez's grandchildren will think this was such a nice romantic history story, only to realize its actually an extremely scary horror one once they read the last word. they'll start having night-mares with DCS throwing vicsous outswingers at 145k+.
 
look at photo on cricinfo, steyn vs hafeez, guess who won, steyn feeling embarrassed by getting him again
 
PCB need to arrange a series with Zimbabwe on urgent basis -- in fact, I propose we arrange a tri-angular series between Pakistan, Zimbabwe and Ireland.

The Professor is certainly low on confidence at the moment , but he's a senior player and has been through such phases many times before where critics write him off, its nothing new, at the end of the day he always bounces back and shows he's a class act -- just ask any of the Zimbabwean bowlers , they hold him in higher regard than Sachin or Lara!
 
Just noticed on CricInfo today, Italy is playing v Uganda --- can't wait for the day these teams are given ODI and test cricket status, our Professor can break all batting records against opposition of this 'calibre'.
 
Dale Steyn is blessed to face such a mediocre batsmen like him
 
Lol at the professor, just did not have any idea about D/L requirement while batting.

He said that he thought before the start that 160-165 would be a good total to chase. :))
 
waqar goraya said:
Lol at the professor, just did not have any idea about D/L requirement while batting.

He said that he thought before the start that 160-165 would be a good total to chase. :))
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I don't think any captain or even umpire can do the D/L in their head. Unless he was supposed to memorize the D/L scores after each over at every loss of a wicket before he went in to bat?
 
The rain was sudden stop complaining guys, anyways that 4 off steyn was bradman esque so blessed is our hafeez proud to be pakistani today :))
 
RickyG said:
I don't think any captain or even umpire can do the D/L in their head. Unless he was supposed to memorize the D/L scores after each over at every loss of a wicket before he went in to bat?
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It is usually there on the big board.

Some times I have also seen batsmen taking help from a piece of paper they have in their pockets.

And team management can also update players between overs.
 
May these blessings continue , in three consecutive innings he has blessed us with duck, duck and this time duckworth.. next time it will be another worthy duck I suspect.

As captain of the team and being reputed to be a 'thinking' cricketer (therefore the nick name Profesor), you would think with the match being delayed starting due to rain .. and chasing a target, the one thing you would keep an eye on is the D/L requirement.! Maybe the excitement of having survived 10 balls against the South African bowlers got to him, after all its once in a blue moon occurrence.
 
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Majid if he got out being too aggresive things would be even worse in terms of D/L, and the rain was also sudden, easy for us to say these things when we are not out there in the middle
 
waqar goraya said:
It is usually there on the big board.

Some times I have also seen batsmen taking help from a piece of paper they have in their pockets.

And team management can also update players between overs.
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Ya the big scoreboard said 69, it was showing the par score at the end of the 10th over. It did not say 64 and the commentators didn't even mention it. So he was supposed to predict the rain would come after 9.1 overs with 2 wickets down and take the piece of paper?

It wasn't even like it had been drizzling before it was a sudden downpour. Some people just want to blame Hafeez for no reason at all. It's like they are so blinded by their hatred for him that they refrain from using their brains.
 
RickyG said:
Ya the big scoreboard said 69, it was showing the par score at the end of the 10th over. It did not say 64 and the commentators didn't even mention it. So he was supposed to predict the rain would come after 9.1 overs with 2 wickets down and take the piece of paper?

It wasn't even like it had been drizzling before it was a sudden downpour. Some people just want to blame Hafeez for no reason at all. It's like they are so blinded by their hatred for him that they refrain from using their brains.
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The match started late because of rain, and then weather forecast was never satisfactory since past couple of days. It should have been enough for any one to be aware of the situation that it could rain any time.
So, you mean to say that before rain , first a breeze should blow to make your Professor aware, then some lightning, then it must also drizzle and well before the rain some children should also get into the ground to rejoice themselves in anticipation of rain as it gets moderate or heavy..??

It had been raining in and around Johannesburg well before the game begun.

Hafeez himself likes to think about the game and gives the impression that he cares about subtle things, but when it mattered the most he was found wanting.

And his strike rate below 100 hardly shows that he was taking D/L into consideration at all. Contrarily, it shows that he was not looking for short term D/L requirement.

Leaving your lame excuses aside I only see one reason that he is not actually good enough.

Perhaps he was only looking for his own survival at that stage and not thinking about win or loss.
 
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The match started late because of rain, and then weather forecast was never satisfactory since past couple of days. It should have been enough for any one to be aware of the situation that it could rain any time.
So, you mean to say that before rain , first a breeze should blow to make your Professor aware, then some lightning, then it must also drizzle and well before the rain some children should also get into the ground to rejoice themselves in anticipation of rain as it gets moderate or heavy..??

It had been raining in and around Johannesburg well before the game begun.

Hafeez himself likes to think about the game and gives the impression that he cares about subtle things, but when it mattered the most he was found wanting.

And his strike rate below 100 hardly shows that he was taking D/L into consideration at all. Contrarily, it shows that he was not looking for short term D/L requirement.

Leaving your lame excuses aside I only see one reason that he is not actually good enough.

Perhaps he was only looking for his own survival at that stage and not thinking about win or loss.
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Okay I see your point now, Hafeez should also be a meteorologist if he wants to captain Pakistan. I definitely agree now.

It was a sudden downpour and you can't plan for sudden downpours.
 
I was wondering the other day, when you look at the Professor's batting record at test, ODI and T20 levels , even first class level, his average with the bat ranges from about 20 to about 34 in these different forms of the game... but folks, one important thing we overlook is he has played as a batsman in an era where batsmen have dominated the game, there have been more high scoring games in ODI and tests due to better batting conditions and of course, the standard of bowling around has gone from bad to worse. How many world class bowlers are there around in the game today apart from Steyn, Morkel , Anderson maybe ?

Now here's my question -- how many runs would Hafeez be averaging with the bat if he played in the 80s against those attacks from West Indies, Australia, Kapil Dev from India, Hadlee from NZ, even Botham and Willis ..

Or in the 90s, -- imagine him up against Donald and Pollock, McGrath, Brett Lee and Gillespie, Walsh and Ambrose , Danny Morrison, Javagal Srinath , Darren Gough / Caddick ... the mind boggles.

I honestly could not see him averaging no more than 15 in any form of the game at international level against bowlers of that calibre.

But then maybe its unfair to single one player out, it just shows how pathetic our current batting line up is --- we are in an era where bowling standards in international cricket are at an all time low and batsmen who 10-15 yrs ago would have averaged 40 odd in test cricket are now averaging 50+. And here we are, our batsmen are struggling to score a 50 in a dozen innings.. averaging in the 20s/30s.

Sadly I think if bowlers of the calibre of the previous eras were here today, what happened to Pakistan against Australia at Sharjah some years ago -- 52 all out and 53 all out in the same test match.. this would be happening very regularly, I dare to say.
 
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This is a 3 year old thread.... Hafeez was refering to his performance at that time, not based on current... this thread needs to be locked..
 
I was going to create a new thread for the last post -- titled "Back to the Future Part V -- Professor playing in the 80s / 90s" .. but I suspected it would probably get merged with one of the dozen ongoing threads discussing the talents of Professor.
 
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This is a 3 year old thread.... Hafeez was refering to his performance at that time, not based on current... this thread needs to be locked..
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A 3 year old thread with the same blessed attitude.

Everyone was laughing then too.

Wasn't like he was smashing centuries for fun.

Deserves to keep going.
 
RickyG said:
Okay I see your point now, Hafeez should also be a meteorologist if he wants to captain Pakistan. I definitely agree now.

It was a sudden downpour and you can't plan for sudden downpours.
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The match got delayed because of rain and forecast was not good either. Neither they were playing in Sharjah. So it was not a sudden downpour.

Definitely , he has fulfilled all the requirements of a champion cricketer and now only meteorological skill needs to be polished.
 
Mohammed Hafeez - selfish and stubborn or stupid?

What will it take for this guy to realise he should not be batting in the top order unless its a T20. 10 years of failure in the longer formats and still he won't move down the order. If he bats at 6 he should more often than not be coming to bat in a T20 scenario - a format he is brilliant in. Yet we still see this guy opening or at 3.

It is either the height of selfishness and stubbornness or plain stupidity.

Or denial - which seems most likely given he thinks he is blessed in all facets :hafeez
 
Mohammed Hafeez - selfish and stubborn or stupid?

He needs to be dropped for good. Had enough of watching this guy 'bat'.
 
Osman said:
What will it take for this guy to realise he should not be batting in the top order unless its a T20. 10 years of failure in the longer formats and still he won't move down the order. If he bats at 6 he should more often than not be coming to bat in a T20 scenario - a format he is brilliant in. Yet we still see this guy opening or at 3.

It is either the height of selfishness and stubbornness or plain stupidity.

Or denial - which seems most likely given he thinks he is blessed in all facets :hafeez
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Point 1: T20 has nothing to do with real cricket.
Point 2: he is none of what you said. he is a average cricketer whose batting will ALWAYS unravel against a world class bowler.
 
i think steyn is the one blessed - for having a dead certain wicket to his name every time he comes on to bowl against Pak :hafeez
 
Osman said:
What will it take for this guy to realise he should not be batting in the top order unless its a T20. 10 years of failure in the longer formats and still he won't move down the order. If he bats at 6 he should more often than not be coming to bat in a T20 scenario - a format he is brilliant in. Yet we still see this guy opening or at 3.

It is either the height of selfishness and stubbornness or plain stupidity.

Or denial - which seems most likely given he thinks he is blessed in all facets :hafeez
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A bit harsh me thinks.
he may not be the best player but he aint a bad player. He just needs to adjust his spot. I would take him over afridi anyday.
 
PATHETIC team management decision to stick to hafeez as a batsman.

HE IS NOT TOP ORDER BATSMAN!!! PLEASE for god's sake!!!

We now lost a golden chance to win a series against South Africa.
 
Shame as no. 3 a place where the world has seen the likes of POnting Kohli Sangakarra and we have this mediocrity
 
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