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

What three facets? Making stupid comments pre and post game, not turning up in important games and running to the bowler after each ball to give useless advice?
 
"I will blow kisses to all my followers and show them how good I am at all manner of facets"
 
Is he a Damn diplomat giving good luck to the semi finalist.

Good luck being kicked out of Pakistan cricket.
 
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Mohammad Hafeez "I am blessed to be very good in all three facets of the game"

His form was ordinary but geez the rest of the team didn't play much better eh.


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Stats aside, the miserable look on his face in big matches is just embarrassing.
 
He is not just a pathetic batsman, He is terribly egoistic selfish person. If he had ounce of dignity, he would have resigned after WT20
 
Shame we didn't see much of the talent on this occasion
 
Pakistan's most chickenhearted player in pressure. In that world could he be considered for captaincy, i don't know, definitely not in my intelligent and non-blind world.


My 3 captaincy candidates -

1. Afridi (aggressive, proven, big match playa)
2. Misbah - (defensive, but stable and its too late too make massive changes)
3. Malik (totally out of the box thinking, but its getting late with every passing day as he stays out of contention firstly as a squad member, he is the chosen one but,a captain you should have never dropped)
 
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Aman said:
Gives Watson a run for his money when it comes to his talent of wasting reviews.
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Watson is Australia's Hafeez. Of course Watson is a much better player but so is Australia compared to Pakistan.
 
Will remain a vital part of the ODI/T20 team for a year or two more I reckon.
 
Mamoon said:
Will remain a vital part of the ODI/T20 team for a year or two more I reckon.
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Willing to take bets that he is out of the odi set up right after the World Cup or before it if Pakistan tour South Africa in place of West Indies.
 
freelance_cricketer said:
Pakistan's most chickenhearted player in pressure. In that world could he be considered for captaincy, i don't know, definitely not in my intelligent and non-blind world.


My 3 captaincy candidates -

1. Afridi (aggressive, proven, big match playa)
2. Misbah - (defensive, but stable and its too late too make massive changes)
3. Malik (totally out of the box thinking, but its getting late with every passing day as he stays out of contention firstly as a squad member, he is the chosen one but,a captain you should have never dropped)
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Afridi-Does NOT play test plus has attitude problems
Misbah-40 plus so...
Malik-lobbying and other problems and was one of the main reasons why younis khan was removed

So the so called chicken hearted player is the option i would choose over these so called heroes of yours
 
And the knives are out!

Start appreciating his contributions people, we would be far worse off without him.
 
Doesn't deserve to have been selected in this test, terrible decision
 
Hafeez would be a better player for Pakistan if he plays at No.6 batting position in all formats.
 
That ball from Johnson was a cracker, anyone would have been clueless against that one, i think we should spare Hafeez for that one. Let's see what he does in the second innings, knowing his batting frailties, i find it bizzare that the guy is constantly exposed to the best in history i.e. Steyn and now Johnson.
 
If this is blessing then i dont know what is curse the guy has been ridiculed in Test cricket from last two years yet he is the first name on team sheet :133:
 
time to another bump..

After he was reported for a suspect action, Mohammad Hafeez had said that he did not rate himself as a bowler and was focused on his career as an international batsman
 
Hafeez fans having a field day.

But they've earned it, so enjoy your day folks. :P

His Bangla bashing was needed in this match.
 
well done hafeez, but when we play england in the uae you'll just like a tailender
 
saeedhk said:
Let's stick to the topic at hand.Hafeez is a very fine player against weak bowling attacks on phattas.
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So?
U should be happy because according to your logic Imran Nazir a minnows basher wss the best !niw when Hafeez does the same its a problem!
 
Did I hear correctly that he now has the highest test runs aggregate of Pakistani batsmen against Bangladesh?
 
Khizr96 said:
So?
U should be happy because according to your logic Imran Nazir a minnows basher wss the best !niw when Hafeez does the same its a problem!
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Did I say its a good thing or a bad thing?
I just stating the obvious.

I was surprised when he didn't perform against Bangladesh in the ODIs.He was playing against one of his
favorite teams.

Anyway, now he has joined the party which I had expected.
 
Khizr96 said:
So?
U should be happy because according to your logic Imran Nazir a minnows basher wss the best !niw when Hafeez does the same its a problem!
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you don't debate with someone with Imran Nazir a favorite. What cricketing knowledge can you expect from someone like that :yk
 
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What a talent...took crucial wickets with the ball on a flat deck and took the opposition apart to kill any advantage they had
 
Syed1 said:
We are playing Bangladesh not South Africa :facepalm:
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The same bangladesh made a mockery of your team in ODIs. So credit should be given where it is due. This bangla bashing is needed, and hafeez did it.
 
Enforcer said:
The same bangladesh made a mockery of your team in ODIs. So credit should be given where it is due. This bangla bashing is needed, and hafeez did it.
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Last time I checked tests and ODIs are different formats, and we are very good in test whereas very bad in ODIs as reflected in the rankings.
 
Syed1 said:
Last time I checked tests and ODIs are different formats, and we are very good in test whereas very bad in ODIs as reflected in the rankings.
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Im sure the same wouldve been said about him even if runs were made by him in odis

The bottom line is Some people need an excuse to bash him whether he does well or not
 
I am blessed to be very good in all three facets of the game

Bit big headed comment in my eyes to be honest,... id appreciate something like that from a Brian Lara ,,, but truly great players don't get off on there own hype. And seldom tell you that they are " Very Good"
 
Lets face it, if Hafeez gets more than 25, you can be sure its a reasonably good batting wicket , if he gets past the 50 mark its a very good batting wicket, if he gets anything over than a 100 -- make no mistake, you are not just talking about a batting paradise but you must also have a very very ordinary bowling attack in front of you.

People called the likes of Jayasuriya or Ijaz Ahmed FTB (Flat Track Bully) ---- I would say Hafeez is a special breed of FTB, he is what I call an MBA-FTB (Mediocre Bowling Attack Flat Track Bully).
 
Majid Khan said:
Lets face it, if Hafeez gets more than 25, you can be sure its a reasonably good batting wicket , if he gets past the 50 mark its a very good batting wicket, if he gets anything over than a 100 -- make no mistake, you are not just talking about a batting paradise but you must also have a very very ordinary bowling attack in front of you.

People called the likes of Jayasuriya or Ijaz Ahmed FTB (Flat Track Bully) ---- I would say Hafeez is a special breed of FTB, he is what I call an MBA-FTB (Mediocre Bowling Attack Flat Track Bully).
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He was the leading run scorer in the Natwest series his comeback series. He scored a century in tough conditions of NZ and WI. He scored hundreds on pitches where Indian batsmen fell like house of cards because pitch was greenish. Scored important runs on Irish pitches. so your theory has some flaws mate.
 
Majid Khan said:
Lets face it, if Hafeez gets more than 25, you can be sure its a reasonably good batting wicket , if he gets past the 50 mark its a very good batting wicket, if he gets anything over than a 100 -- make no mistake, you are not just talking about a batting paradise but you must also have a very very ordinary bowling attack in front of you.

People called the likes of Jayasuriya or Ijaz Ahmed FTB (Flat Track Bully) ---- I would say Hafeez is a special breed of FTB, he is what I call an MBA-FTB (Mediocre Bowling Attack Flat Track Bully).
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Is the NZ attack an MBA?
 
farook2015 said:
Imrul Kayes got a 150 lol hafeez score of 224 puts everything into perspective.
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And all of our other batsman scored less than 150. Does that make Imrul a great batsman, or does it make all our batsmen rubbish?

Your logic, your call.
 
Hafeez is quite unlucky tbh, no matter what he does he is not going to get credit for it, because the flatness of the pitch is determined by how many runs he scores.

It has been true for the better part of his career, but not always.
 
Mamoon said:
Hafeez is quite unlucky tbh, no matter what he does he is not going to get credit for it, because the flatness of the pitch is determined by how many runs he scores.

It has been true for the better part of his career, but not always.
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"Flatness of pitch is directly proportional to runs scored by Mohammad Hafeez" :))
 
Ahson Afzal said:
"Flatness of pitch is directly proportional to runs scored by Mohammad Hafeez" :))
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Yeah lol. Flat or not, he has been a reincarnate of Sehwag since the start of the NZ Test series. Can't see anyone else in the country score 190 and 200 at 60+ SR.
 
Hawkeye said:
Hafeez fans having a field day.

But they've earned it, so enjoy your day folks. :P

His Bangla bashing was needed in this match.
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Majid Khan said:
Lets face it, if Hafeez gets more than 25, you can be sure its a reasonably good batting wicket , if he gets past the 50 mark its a very good batting wicket, if he gets anything over than a 100 -- make no mistake, you are not just talking about a batting paradise but you must also have a very very ordinary bowling attack in front of you.

People called the likes of Jayasuriya or Ijaz Ahmed FTB (Flat Track Bully) ---- I would say Hafeez is a special breed of FTB, he is what I call an MBA-FTB (Mediocre Bowling Attack Flat Track Bully).
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Is the bowling attack of Boult and Southee and Vettori mediocre?
Such an idiotic post as expected from a stupid poster like you!
Scored 89 runs in NZ where England Australia and Sri Lanka got murdered by NZ bowlers!
Scored 196 runs vs this same bowling line up NZ
Even Imran thinks Hafeez is special keyboard experts like you are unbearable!
 
Statsman said:
Hope you know now why.
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MRSN said:
He was the leading run scorer in the Natwest series his comeback series. He scored a century in tough conditions of NZ and WI. He scored hundreds on pitches where Indian batsmen fell like house of cards because pitch was greenish. Scored important runs on Irish pitches. so your theory has some flaws mate.
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Khizr96 said:
Bangladesh in their homeground are still minnows?you need glasses!
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Lol Tamim n Kayes just showed that scoring a double ton on this wicket was by no means a herculean task, it just proved my signature
 
Hafeez had so many times made hafeez haters lick their own spit...but some morons will never understand his worth...if he scores he is FTB if he doesnt he should bat at 10...or leave the team to make way for a talented player..
Fed up of this nonsense...
 
Its not about hafeez haters if he was to average above 40 plus like an opener should then it wouldn't be a problem. His bowling is his saving grace.also no other opener has stepped up to the plate.
 
Okay like Altaf Hussain does, I am happy take my words back :) instead I will say Hafeez is a very fine opening batsman who has scored runs all around the world even in difficult conditions against some of the world's best bowling attacks....howzat?

May all you loyal fans be blessed with watching and admiring such a gifted and consistent batsman in the Pakistan team for many years to come.
 
Tamim scores a double century, comparisons with the best in the world appear.

Hafeez scores a double century on the same track, meh.
 
Majid Khan said:
Okay like Altaf Hussain does, I am happy take my words back :) instead I will say Hafeez is a very fine opening batsman who has scored runs all around the world even in difficult conditions against some of the world's best bowling attacks....howzat?

May all you loyal fans be blessed with watching and admiring such a gifted and consistent batsman in the Pakistan team for many years to come.
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Honestly, its really naive to act like we have the best batsmen in the world waiting in the wings for Hafeez to relinquish his spot. Hafeez may not be a world beater as a batsman, but he is a brilliant allrounder who is the first name on our teamsheet.

Do you really care about beating Australia on their turf right now, when we just got whitewashed by Bangladesh? All the batsmen in our team are hit-and-miss, but you need batsmen like Hafeez to atleast make UAE a fort for us. We can worry about acheiving higher later. When the time comes, a full of confidence Hafeez will step up to the plate. If he doesn't, we know for a fact that his bowling is more than good enough to justify his place in the side.
 
I think Hafeez gets a bit too much flak tbh.

Yes, he is pretty bad on seaming tracks where the ball moves a bit, but in Asia I think he's a pretty solid opening batsman and he scores runs at a reasonable rate. He can also bowl some valuable overs too.

Plus at least he doesnt cry to the media all the time and resigned from the t20 captaincy when he failed, which indicates he holds himself to some level of performance, more than can be said for others.

Is he a great player. No way, is he the worst player of all time? No.

He's just an average opening batsman (in Asia) who is also a decent enough bowler. Plenty worse options out there I can assure you.
 
It's a fact that people will not forget MoHa's failures v Steyn, no matter how many runs he scores in UAE and the subcontinent.

For him to make up for his horror show in South Africa, he will have to perform on one of our overseas tours next year.

If he can get a hundred in Australia or England, people will forget the South African tour because other than that, he has been very good in Tests by Pakistani standards.
 
Donal Cozzie said:
I think Hafeez gets a bit too much flak tbh.

Is he a great player. No way, is he the worst player of all time? No.
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Worst batsman/opener of all time outside Asia? Probably yes. Read below. The flak he gets is because he wants to be known as a specialist batsman, and wants to open, but he's clearly not a proper batsman.

Mamoon said:
It's a fact that people will not forget MoHa's failures v Steyn, no matter how many runs he scores in UAE and the subcontinent.


If he can get a hundred in Australia or England, people will forget the South African tour because other than that, he has been very good in Tests by Pakistani standards.
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Lol, it's not about Steyn. Specially in Tests. He has a miserable, hopeless record against Test nations outside Asia. I think, it's the worst in history, or at least worst in Pakistani history of specialist openers/batsmen?

A mighty average of 16 away from Asia. To compare, Tamim averages 45 in exactly the same number of innings.

This is not good even by Pakistani standards lol. He's the same in Asia if the opposition is moving the ball even ONE centimeter! As [MENTION=452]Majid Khan[/MENTION] said, MBA-FTB (Mediocre Bowling Attack FTB) :P


Here is the complete picture!:

Hawkeye said:
OK, WOW.

Just filtered the stats. They show AWAY batting average outside the subcontinent.

South Africa
New Zealand
England
Australia (Tamim hasn't played in AUS)

The difference is gigantic... huge!.

Here is Tamim Iqbal:

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And..

Here comes our professor Hafeez!:

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^ Yes he has been bad overseas but he has done well in the Asia. He's averaging around 40, and you won't find many Pakistani openers averaging 45-50 which makes him good by Pakistani standards.

Everyone knows Hafeez is a mediocre player, anyone who says otherwise is living in denial, but the thing is that for Pakistan, he's good enough as a batsman. He's better than Farhat, Manzoor, Taufeeq, Shehzad, Masood, Jamshed etc., and guys like Sami or Babar are pure hype at the moment, which is the criticism of Hafeez's batting in the last 5 years has been over the top, because he isn't as bad as we think he is, and we have manage to delude ourselves that we have far better options which again, we don't.

Forget overseas Tests, we can't even win in Bangladesh.

I know this 'fact' annoys a lot of people, but Hafeez the batsman is good enough for Pakistan in all three formats, and I agree that this clearly reflects how miserable our batting is, because he's a genuinely mediocre batsman.

If you look at some of them criticism he has to face, you'd think that we are blessed with a plethora of top class batters until you realize that you really don't.

Name one Pakistani batsman who can score you a 190 and 220 against New Zealand and Bangladesh at 60+ SR? Yes, no one, but I assure you that most of them will not average more than 20 in places like Australia, England, South Africa etc.

Till you find such players, make peace with the fact that he's among the best we have got.
 
It's naive to say that Hafeez adds great balance to the side and we should accept such mediocrity, hindsight. It hurts us in the long term, like it has been hurting us. Let me elaborate.

All of our Test batsmen average in the 40s. None of them are as hopeless as Hafeez, and you assuming that others are worse than Hafeez in mediocrity is wrong. He's the epitome, and the leader.

As much as I dislike Shehzad, you can put him in place of Hafeez and he'll do 4x better than him in Asia in terms of consistency and scoring big. Shehzad will also be average outside Asia, but will he be as bad as Hafeez? No, because Hafeez is the worst, and his excellent average of 16 indicates that.

Manzoor is also one of those who can score fast and big, and he can replicate what Hafeez does against poor attacks on flat roads. He has done it even against Steyn, albeit a fluke.

Then there's Taufeeq, he's finished but will he be bad as bad Hafeez outside Asia? I don't think so.

The biggest problem with Hafeez bashing minnows or mediocre attacks on flat decks is, he becomes undroppable. PCB will have to select him, even if we're playing against good attacks or are touring overseas.

What does it mean? We'll always have a poor batting for Tests and will never win Tests particularly overseas as long as such mediocrity is present in the side.
 
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I'm talking about openers here, not rest of that batting. Fact is that for Pakistan, regardless of his overseas record, a 40 averaging opener is good enough. It's a hyperbolic claim that Shehzad will do four times better. He had a free run in ODIs for two years, what did he do? It's a myth that Shehzad is better.

And no, Manzoor can't replicate Hafeez's performance and Taufeeq in his peak scored runs in SA and was very solid, he's finished now, so all things considered, Hafeez is the best we have until/when/if Sami or Babar translate their potential into performance.

Hafeez makes our Test XI on merit at the moment, even if you ignore the fact that he's probably our most useful spinner as well.
 
Hafeez has 15 centuries in the past 5 years. Fifteen. Zimbabwe, Bangladesh, Ireland or UAE, I couldn't care less right now.

If all of our batsman had that kind of output, we would be ranked a solid 4/5 across all formats.

Most economical bowler in the world to boot.
 
The Elephant Keeps Walking as the Dogs Keep Barking.....
Go Hafeez Go...hit another double..
 
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