Mohammad Rizwan "The criticism seems to be dying down a bit, so I must be doing something right"

[Cover Drive Six]

Playing 16 overs as an opener with SR 110 is unacceptable.
First time I am criticizing Rizwan, he destroyed Asia cup single handedly.

He needs to stop thinking that he is the only batsman available in team.
It took 47 balls. And 15.4 overs for Rizwan to show his first sign of intent. Absolutely ridiculous innings from him.

 

[Kroll]

Badly missing Mickey Arthur. No way would he have tolerated these out dated tactics

Thing is, its only 20 overs, teams are still going hell for leather even when they have lost early wickets. We preserved them while the other team lost early wickets and we still lost. LOL

 

[Cover Drive Six]

Mohammad Rizwan ends Asia Cup 2022 as the highest run-scorer with SR 118

In white ball cricket he's turning into one of the biggest stat padders of all time.

 

[ali_ed2006]

More than Rizwan I would blame Babar and think tank. Right throughout the tournament this strategy of conserving wickets and then expecting hacks like khushdil Asif etc to make a big finish. Absolutely poor planning from the clueless captain

Exactly, this is the problem. Hoping and praying that the likes of Khushdil and Asif will win us games. Laying the platform for the hacks.

 

[PakEngFan]

Enough for his fans Saj

They will use this 50 in his overall stats to tell us why he is a better opener than Sharjeel

Awful innings by rizwan by let’s not get ahead of ourselves rizwan is miles better. But you run away when presented with facts.

 

[Rana]

Great comments by Rizwan at end of game, owning up to mistakes.

Mohammad Rizwan: (Toss) I think if any team thinks about toss, then they are not a champion team. Sri Lanka were that today, they didn't think of toss. And then they hurt us for our mistakes. They deserved to be champions. (SL 67/5 after ten overs, after that what happened?) We made mistakes. We are human. We also played well through the tournament, but we lost the momentum in the first innings. In T20 cricket, whichever team has better momentum at the change of innings has the advantage."

Great

Now retire from this format too. At international level

 

[Rana]

Mohammad Rizwan ends Asia Cup 2022 as the highest run-scorer with SR 118

In white ball cricket he's turning into one of the biggest stat padders of all time.

But not for his worshippers

 

[shah_1]

Overrated cricketer

NO impact at all

 

[PakEngFan]

Great

Now retire from this format too. At international level

Eid has come early for you. Still miles better then fakhar and sharjeel. Hopefully fakhar is dropped. He’s getting a free run for a while. More innings like this rizwan should be thrown out.

 

[daytrader]

Sanjay Manjrekar "I think this anchoring role in T20 cricket is over-rated as you have 10 wickets and just 20 overs. You can't have Mohammad Rizwan batting on a strike-rate of 104 in the 16th over when you are chasing 170"

 

[ask_analyse_act]

Mohammad Rizwan ends Asia Cup 2022 as the highest run-scorer with SR 118

In white ball cricket he's turning into one of the biggest stat padders of all time.

Exactly and he thinks he is the best in business...

 

[ask_analyse_act]

Sanjay Manjrekar "I think this anchoring role in T20 cricket is over-rated as you have 10 wickets and just 20 overs. You can't have Mohammad Rizwan batting on a strike-rate of 104 in the 16th over when you are chasing 170"

Nailed it on the forehead

 

[Kroll]

Its funny how he played for his 50 and to become tournaments highest scorer but where it mattered most to help Pak win, he failed miserably, dude is either very selfish or has no higher gears or both.

 

[Cric1234]

Rizwan and Babar are both playing for their rankings and averages in T20 instead of the team.

It will happen again in Australia after that there must be changes hopefully before but this is Pakistan cricket it’s guaranteed they will open at the World Cup we can only hope for low scoring matches.

 

[Raja Ishtiaq]

Well you simply can't be a match winner in every game!

Pakistan will actually benefit from making Rizwan the captain.

 

[Rana]

Well you simply can't be a match winner in every game!

Pakistan will actually benefit from making Rizwan the captain.

How?

With the further promotion of useless KPK players? Rizwan views Khushdil as the best all rounder in Pakistan

 

[shamaan]

That was the poorest innings I have seen from a batesman in a long time not good enough.

 

[Saj]

I rate Rizwan as a very good cricketer but that innings yesterday against Sri Lanka was painful to watch.

He never increased the tempo at all. Blocked and blocked in the powerplay, then scored at a run a ball during the rest of the innings with the occasional boundary.

Even when the required run rate went up to 12 an over he was struggling.

55 off 49 balls at a strike-rate of 112.24 was absolutely terrible.

 

[PakEngFan]

I rate Rizwan as a very good cricketer but that innings yesterday against Sri Lanka was painful to watch.

He never increased the tempo at all. Blocked and blocked in the powerplay, then scored at a run a ball during the rest of the innings with the occasional boundary.

Even when the required run rate went up to 12 an over he was struggling.

55 off 49 balls at a strike-rate of 112.24 was absolutely terrible.

It was beyond awful.

 

[Concerned]

Playing 16 overs as an opener with SR 110 is unacceptable.
First time I am criticizing Rizwan, he destroyed Asia cup single handedly.

He needs to stop thinking that he is the only batsman available in team.
It took 47 balls. And 15.4 overs for Rizwan to show his first sign of intent. Absolutely ridiculous innings from him.

Bang on.

I still think that either Babar or Rizwan should always tactically retire if they reach the 12 over stage together.

 

[Kroll]

After the dust has settled and in the cold light of day reflecting on the final, I'm absolutely seething! What the hell was he doing? I know Iftikhar is just as much to blame but he's a mediocre batsman in the first place.

Rizwan as an opener carried his bat all the way to the 16th over and leaving 15 rrr left to get, that is unacceptable. What is even more galling is the way he's running about like a happy chappy at the end of the match, grinning like a school girl, do these players have no shame?

I'm raging!

 

[CricLegend]

After the dust has settled and in the cold light of day reflecting on the final, I'm absolutely seething! What the hell was he doing? I know Iftikhar is just as much to blame but he's a mediocre batsman in the first place.

Rizwan as an opener carried his bat all the way to the 16th over and leaving 15 rrr left to get, that is unacceptable. What is even more galling is the way he's running about like a happy chappy at the end of the match, grinning like a school girl, do these players have no shame?

I'm raging!

Totally agree with your comments. Rizwan and Babar don’t have personality or drive to make Pakistan a better team. They are both stats padders and only care about their own rankings / averages.

Even though Khushdil and Asif are poor cricketers and should not be in the team place, Rizwans innings has basically shot the other two out of the team as changes will be made before England series and T20 World Cup. Kushdil and Asif had no chance of chasing 18 runs per over. If Pakistan ever wants to be a very good side, the management / PCB needs to be ruthless, this means that Rizwan is either out of the team or demoted to bat at 7, with the simple reason that the team wants to try a different approach with aggressive batsman at the top.

England have become a very good limited over side due to being ruthless, heck even Joe Root who is 10 times of the batsman Rizwan is, can’t get in to the T20 team.

 

[Rana]

Totally agree with your comments. Rizwan and Babar don’t have personality or drive to make Pakistan a better team. They are both stats padders and only care about their own rankings / averages.

Even though Khushdil and Asif are poor cricketers and should not be in the team place, Rizwans innings has basically shot the other two out of the team as changes will be made before England series and T20 World Cup. Kushdil and Asif had no chance of chasing 18 runs per over. If Pakistan ever wants to be a very good side, the management / PCB needs to be ruthless, this means that Rizwan is either out of the team or demoted to bat at 7, with the simple reason that the team wants to try a different approach with aggressive batsman at the top.

England have become a very good limited over side due to being ruthless, heck even Joe Root who is 10 times of the batsman Rizwan is, can’t get in to the T20 team.

The management and the coach don’t want to be ruthless. You should know this when they sacked Mickey and brought in Misbah/Waqar, and have stuck with Saqlain who has zero influence on the side

 

[CricLegend]

The management and the coach don’t want to be ruthless. You should know this when they sacked Mickey and brought in Misbah/Waqar, and have stuck with Saqlain who has zero influence on the side

Rizwan as player/batsman reminds me of Misbah, the true cancer to Pak team in limited overs cricket. Saqlain should be fired and a new foreign coach who understand modern cricket needs to implemented. I get the feeling player power culture is at a high again with Babar and Rizwan the main culprits.

 

[Rana]

Rizwan as player/batsman reminds me of Misbah, the true cancer to Pak team in limited overs cricket. Saqlain should be fired and a new foreign coach who understand modern cricket needs to implemented. I get the feeling player power culture is at a high again with Babar and Rizwan the main culprits.

The only foreign player coach PCB would go for is Andy Flower, and he loves Rizwan. I can gaurentee you the man has conned all the potential foreign coaches into believing he is some kind of Jason Roy of T20. The only person who I think may have the courage to deal with the situation like a man is Ricky Ponting. He always sees through B.S in such players and approaches, but I feel he will never set foot in Pakistan even if we can afford his services

 

[Rana]

[MENTION=141768]GudduBadmash[/MENTION] Why are KPK players not playing the way they do at domestic level when it comes to international cricket?

 

[Kroll]

I rate Rizwan as a very good cricketer but that innings yesterday against Sri Lanka was painful to watch.

He never increased the tempo at all. Blocked and blocked in the powerplay, then scored at a run a ball during the rest of the innings with the occasional boundary.

Even when the required run rate went up to 12 an over he was struggling.

55 off 49 balls at a strike-rate of 112.24 was absolutely terrible.

Horrendous, he should have put the foot down after 10 overs at least. There were plenty of wickets in hand, are the other batters there just for a holiday? So he can take a risk at that point as even then the rrr was piling up.

But he leaves the the other batters to get 15-18 rpo in the last few overs. This is way too much, might be successful in the odd occasion but more prone to failure.

The score was only 170, not like a mammoth total or anything and they got a 10 run boost at the start as well. At least got for it, better to go down fighting than surrendering meekly.

 

[Asif321]

After the dust has settled and in the cold light of day reflecting on the final, I'm absolutely seething! What the hell was he doing? I know Iftikhar is just as much to blame but he's a mediocre batsman in the first place.

Rizwan as an opener carried his bat all the way to the 16th over and leaving 15 rrr left to get, that is unacceptable. What is even more galling is the way he's running about like a happy chappy at the end of the match, grinning like a school girl, do these players have no shame?

I'm raging!

His attitude is quite irritating . Kohli Hamara apna hi hai . Then having fun with opposition team players . Hugging hardik during the game . Dawah for Islam to forgeiners. He is too soft a person . Hopefully he won’t be captain of Pakistan .

 

[PakEngFan]

[MENTION=141768]GudduBadmash[/MENTION] Why are KPK players not playing the way they do at domestic level when it comes to international cricket?

Because international is completely different to domestics and they are not good enough. Same can be said about the other regions. What’s your point?

 

[shamaan]

Thiers no question about it that the Innings Rizwan played was shocking and totally unacceptable

 

[Saj]

Horrendous, he should have put the foot down after 10 overs at least. There were plenty of wickets in hand, are the other batters there just for a holiday? So he can take a risk at that point as even then the rrr was piling up.

But he leaves the the other batters to get 15-18 rpo in the last few overs. This is way too much, might be successful in the odd occasion but more prone to failure.

The score was only 170, not like a mammoth total or anything and they got a 10 run boost at the start as well. At least got for it, better to go down fighting than surrendering meekly.

High risk tactics relying on miracles like the Naseem Shah one.

Flawed approach.

 

[Kroll]

Thiers no question about it that the Innings Rizwan played was shocking and totally unacceptable

He got his "fifteee" though and distinction as tournament's highest run scorer.

 

[volcyz]

That is Rizwan’s ‘Mohali’ moment I guess.
People would have complained less if he got out for a duck with a huge swipe like Shahid Afridi did.

 

[Concerned]

I still believe both Babar and Rizwan should not bat beyond 12 overs, they need to tactically retire especially when setting a score.

 

[MRSN]

It looks like team management is so content with this approach. It is amazing each time he is set for big shots but plays tuk tuk and puts pressure on newcomer batsmen.

 

[MRSN]

I still believe both Babar and Rizwan should not bat beyond 12 overs, they need to tactically retire especially when setting a score.

This is where they become big liability. You can't hide after PP overs. You will get exposed if you don't have big shots.

 

[ezhil]

Rizwan favourite score is 60 off 45-50 balls ...but atleast he is consistent not like our indian openers

 

[The_KING]

Started well but got slow towards the end.

 

[MRSN]

Rizwan favourite score is 60 off 45-50 balls ...but atleast he is consistent not like our indian openers

You guys can afford a player like him but we simply can't as we have one of the worst t20 middle orders.

 

[Saj]

Best batter once again today.

Look at what the others have managed to do.

 

[ezhil]

If we could exchange,i will take rizwan to India and happily give u any of these even 2-rahul,sk,dk,Ashwin,chahal.i can give pandya also for late order hitting...
With rizwan at least we can have a humble loss not a humiliating one like last world cup clash

 

[MenInG]

 

[MRSN]

Match winning innings==0

Statspadder.

 

[MRSN]

Best batter once again today.

Look at what the others have managed to do.

Did you watch the game in the middle overs though? You could clearly see his inability to hit big shots so he was once again relying on ones and twos when Pak were 70 odd in 8 overs.

 

[Hextro]

In his last 35 T20I innings Rizwan has scored 1787 runs.

 

[J-Essence]

Talk about the rest brother.

 

[MRSN]

We should definitely define what is more important the no. Of runs being scored or in the manner they are being scored. If first is the case then Rizwan definitely is a champion batter and others are missing on piling up stats charts but if we talk about match impact then I don't give these runs any value whatsoever. It's modern day t20I game these days 180 can be chased with ease but there is excuse for someone batting at 100 strike rate in middle overs unless he is really really out of form.


We need to change our mentality. Every batsman has to develop modern t20i skills. You can't let one take 1s and 2s and play odd dot balls in the middle overs and ask new batters to launch from first ball. This may work in ODIs but not in T20s.

 

[Hextro]

We should definitely define what is more important the no. Of runs being scored or in the manner they are being scored. If first is the case then Rizwan definitely is a champion batter and others are missing on piling up stats charts but if we talk about match impact then I don't give these runs any value whatsoever. It's modern day t20I game these days 180 can be chased with ease but there is excuse for someone batting at 100 strike rate in middle overs unless he is really really out of form.


We need to change our mentality. Every batsman has to develop modern t20i skills. You can't let one take 1s and 2s and play odd dot balls in the middle overs and ask new batters to launch from first ball. This may work in ODIs but not in T20s.

Which batsman do you want to replace Rizwan with?

 

[Saj]

Did you watch the game in the middle overs though? You could clearly see his inability to hit big shots so he was once again relying on ones and twos when Pak were 70 odd in 8 overs.

Mohammad Rizwan - 68 off 46 balls
The rest of the Pakistani batters - 86 off 74 balls
Extras 4

 

[J-Essence]

I would love nothing more than a middle order batter prove their worth to dismantle baber and Rizwan as opening pair. Unfortunately no one..there is no one worthy at this point. Domestic, PSL, current middle order... no one.

 

[Asif321]

Bring some swag . Bored of watching him as opener

 

[Rana]

Unfair to criticise him only

Babar needs to go too!

 

[Saj]

Mohammad Rizwan last 3 T20I scores:

88*
68
55

 

[hitthestump]

Unfair to criticise him only

Babar needs to go too!

There's only one voice who needs to go and that's those who don't understand how crucial Babar and Rizwan are in a team which has zero middle order.

But i give you credit for still being here. Most people who'd taken this many L's would have logged out a long time ago.

 

[GudduBadmash]

The best T20 batsman in this team once again proved his worth. Extremely selfless innings today at a massive strike rate.

Will go unnoticed as his partner scored a 100 but his innings was far superior

 

[Ashmal]

He's easily one of the best T20 batsman in the world atm.

 

[Saj]

That was a top innings that today.

When Babar struggled at the start, he was the one who got Pakistan off to a flyer and kept the momentum going before Babar found his form.

He's such a fantastic cricketer.

 

[CricketingMinds]

That was a top innings that today.

When Babar struggled at the start, he was the one who got Pakistan off to a flyer and kept the momentum going before Babar found his form.

He's such a fantastic cricketer.

Only in Pakistan would you have so called "fans" who would want to replace Rizi and Babar with an unfit Sharjeel

 

[Rana]

Only in Pakistan would you have so called "fans" who would want to replace Rizi and Babar with an unfit Sharjeel

Yes. 99% of Pakistan cricket fans outside of this forum would like Sharjeel over Rizwan.

 

[PakEngFan]

Awful innings by rizwan today.

 

[Rana]

Why does this guy not understand that he should get himself out when he is on a high! 50 off 30 odd is good.


Just smash the ball out and don’t worry about getting out! You’ve done your job! Staying in long enough for guys like him will only make him the villain, not hero.

People will continue to question why you didn’t have the ability to score boundaries at ease if you have been there at the crease for 11 out of 20 overs!

 

[CricketingMinds]

Yes. 99% of Pakistan cricket fans outside of this forum would like Sharjeel over Rizwan.

Can you provide proof for your stats around 99%?

 

[CricketingMinds]

Why does this guy not understand that he should get himself out when he is on a high! 50 off 30 odd is good.


Just smash the ball out and don’t worry about getting out! You’ve done your job! Staying in long enough for guys like him will only make him the villain, not hero.

People will continue to question why you didn’t have the ability to score boundaries at ease if you have been there at the crease for 11 out of 20 overs!

Excellent cricketer rizi Boi. Should be a captain

 

[MenInG]

Highlights

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[jnaveen1980]

Very consistent. Did not waste any bad balls. His percentage of cricket reminds me of Young Dhoni. I have not seen many of their innings. Judging by the comments it seems like he has acceleration issues. That issue is with a lot of world-class players. Dhawan often had similar issues. He cannot explode like Rohit sharma once set.

 

[Concerned]

As good as Rizwan is, he does need to work on his acceleration. Nearly all openers in world cricket are able to capitalise once they are set.

When setting a score, Babar, Rizwan and Shan should never be batting together after 12 overs.

 

[MenInG]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Mohammad Rizwan and his pillow head to Lahore for the remaining T20Is <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PAKvENG?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PAKvENG</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a> <a href="https://t.co/6OlypA3qqG">pic.twitter.com/6OlypA3qqG</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@SajSadiqCricket) <a href="https://twitter.com/SajSadiqCricket/status/1574377166829133826?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 26, 2022</a></blockquote>
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[Kroll]

As good as Rizwan is, he does need to work on his acceleration. Nearly all openers in world cricket are able to capitalise once they are set.

When setting a score, Babar, Rizwan and Shan should never be batting together after 12 overs.

Don't think he has the shots or the power for that. He's not a natural batsman. Though he still can manage a really good SR on occasions.

 

[Rana]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Mohammad Rizwan and his pillow head to Lahore for the remaining T20Is <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PAKvENG?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PAKvENG</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a> <a href="https://t.co/6OlypA3qqG">pic.twitter.com/6OlypA3qqG</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@SajSadiqCricket) <a href="https://twitter.com/SajSadiqCricket/status/1574377166829133826?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 26, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Khushdil always tagging along with him

 

[NeVerMind]

Don't think he has the shots or the power for that. He's not a natural batsman. Though he still can manage a really good SR on occasions.

The pattern has always been that Babar gives his wicket away trying to hit out. This is usually after a decent start meaning the batsman that comes in needs to take the pressure off from Riz so he can switch to anchor mode but this never happens, due to to limited hitting ability of the incoming batsman (Shaan yesterday, Haider before that and Chacha/Happy Heart in the Asia Cup). Everytime those guys have come in, they start taking dingy little singles, just putting on more pressure on Riz.

It worked only once and that against India in the second match when sending in Nawaz who actually clicked, taking pressure off Riz and allowed him to also finish off strongly.

Yesterday was an ideal time to send someone like Asif Ali to smash a quick 30 odd and continue the momentum but the management is scared to lose him early as we do not have anyone else who can smash it at the end.

 

[Kroll]

The pattern has always been that Babar gives his wicket away trying to hit out. This is usually after a decent start meaning the batsman that comes in needs to take the pressure off from Riz so he can switch to anchor mode but this never happens, due to to limited hitting ability of the incoming batsman (Shaan yesterday, Haider before that and Chacha/Happy Heart in the Asia Cup). Everytime those guys have come in, they start taking dingy little singles, just putting on more pressure on Riz.

It worked only once and that against India in the second match when sending in Nawaz who actually clicked, taking pressure off Riz and allowed him to also finish off strongly.

Yesterday was an ideal time to send someone like Asif Ali to smash a quick 30 odd and continue the momentum but the management is scared to lose him early as we do not have anyone else who can smash it at the end.

I think cos we were batting first and setting a target, Ali was definitely the best choice to send after Babar, but for some reason they chickened out.

 

[GreenKhan]

The pattern has always been that Babar gives his wicket away trying to hit out. This is usually after a decent start meaning the batsman that comes in needs to take the pressure off from Riz so he can switch to anchor mode but this never happens, due to to limited hitting ability of the incoming batsman (Shaan yesterday, Haider before that and Chacha/Happy Heart in the Asia Cup). Everytime those guys have come in, they start taking dingy little singles, just putting on more pressure on Riz.

It worked only once and that against India in the second match when sending in Nawaz who actually clicked, taking pressure off Riz and allowed him to also finish off strongly.

Yesterday was an ideal time to send someone like Asif Ali to smash a quick 30 odd and continue the momentum but the management is scared to lose him early as we do not have anyone else who can smash it at the end.

There is no need for anchor mode . Rizwan needs to take initiative once Babar is out to allow the other batsman a few balls to get settled and to take the pressure of them a bit.

There is no point batting till 17-18th over at a SR of 130 or less . It’s becoming a common factor now for Rizwan and whilst it’s good for ICC rankings it’s getting to a situation now where the longer he is there it’s beginning to benefit the opposition.

Asia cup final was one example , and yesterday’s game was another but we managed to win but that was down to a bit of impetus from Asif.

 

[Saj]

Rizwan wasn't at his best in the 4th T20I against England.

It was a patchy innings and not one of his best knocks.

He seems to be carrying a few injuries of late - might not be a bad idea to rest him for a couple of games.

 

[Kroll]

There is no need for anchor mode . Rizwan needs to take initiative once Babar is out to allow the other batsman a few balls to get settled and to take the pressure of them a bit.

There is no point batting till 17-18th over at a SR of 130 or less . It’s becoming a common factor now for Rizwan and whilst it’s good for ICC rankings it’s getting to a situation now where the longer he is there it’s beginning to benefit the opposition.

Asia cup final was one example , and yesterday’s game was another but we managed to win but that was down to a bit of impetus from Asif.

Yes don't need anchors in T20, most other teams don't play with one, there isn't enough enough overs for this type of tactic.

 

[Rana]

Yes don't need anchors in T20, most other teams don't play with one, there isn't enough enough overs for this type of tactic.

We need a couple more I recon before the 15th deadline

 

[Kroll]

We need a couple more I recon before the 15th deadline

What are they feeding these guys in the canteen? Sabzi and daal? Get some ghosht into these lads and get some power into their bodies!

 

[Rana]

What are they feeding these guys in the canteen? Sabzi and daal? Get some ghosht into these lads and get some power into their bodies!

Sardi
Garmi
Daal
Chaawal

Sab cricket ka Hissa hai

 

[NeVerMind]

What are they feeding these guys in the canteen? Sabzi and daal? Get some ghosht into these lads and get some power into their bodies!

I just don't think Rizwan is built that way that he can smash all the way through the innings and keep as well. He has improved a lot and maybe he will be able to do that in the future but for now, he does need someone to shoulder some responsibility. From the matches where he was able to get someone in to share the burden once Babar is gone, he finishes strongly like against Hong Kong when Fakhar clicked, or against India when Nawaz did as well.

In this series, he's had no support unlike the England openers. I even recall him having a go at Haider who came in and was just looking for singles. Hales has scored with the same S//R as Riz but he's always had support from the other end.

 

[Zaz]

Fantastic player doing a fantastic job for pakistan

Itd be good for him to be rested now We need him fresh for the world cup

 

[Zaz]

Average of 84 strike rate of 142 this series