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On This Day: 13th July, 2009 - Fawad Alam makes a hundred on Test debut, finishing with 168

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Fawad Alam's 168 on Test debut against Sri-Lanka

Played at P Sara Oval, Colombo 12-14 July 2009

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200 Partnership between Younis & Fawad, followed by a collapse by Misbah, Malik, Kamran & Yousef with 18 runs between them, Sri-Lanka won by 7 wickets.

This was Alams first debut test match, he was dropped 2 matches later and Misbah was recalled for in the middle or NZ series for reasons unknown to man.

Fawad should be recalled to Sri Lanka test squad to put on another few two ton partnerships with Younis.

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He never got picked for Sri Lanka, even though of the above accomplishment, Malik comes out of no where and gets picked for everything, Farhat is just trash and gets picked for everything. Im not liking this. INJUSTICE
 
Only in Pakistan will a player get dropped after scoring 168, 2 innings ago.
 
kkmix said:
Only in Pakistan will a player get dropped after scoring 168, 2 innings ago.
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Do you know what... theres something really dodgy about it...

Heres a breakdown of how it happened

So Fawad comes in the 2nd test in Sri Lanka when Salman butt gets dropped for being trash, Possibly Younis realised the 'dodgyness' of Butt and did not want him in the XI, Younis wants Fawad to open and says he knows he will get a ton on his first match and writes that on a ball the night before and gives it to Fawad, he was backing him all the way, in the two innings, he gets 16, 168, in a 200 partnership with Younis.

In the 3rd test against Sri Lanka he opens, get (16,16)

Then comes the NZ test tour in NZ, by this time Younis was out of the team after some major sh1te happened in the NZ ODI tour in UAE, all sorts of underperforming and god knows what fixing went on, Younis couldnt handle and put up with that sh1te, and not have the power to stop it and he quit went for a fishing break. Yousef was made captain last minute for NZ test tour, Fawad was in the NZ test squad, Misbah was not.

1st test Fawad gets (29,5) no king pair by any means. Khurram Manzoor gets (6,4) Farhat gets (22,1) Malik gets (2,32) Pak lose the test.

But what happened next is strange... middle of tour after this 1st test, Fawad gets sent home and Misbah gets flown in, he was not in the squad.. no injury illness or nothing. Correct me someone if I am wrong here, but this is what happened as far as I can remember.

Possible explantions are, Yousef does not rate Fawad as a test player due to his technique, as has been mentioned by someone on PP who questioned Yousef regarding Fawad regardless of the big ton he got on debut, And flew Misbah in as emergency replacement in the middle or a series ?? How can that be done so easily, to get replacement one has to be injured? No?

Or maybe Misbah facilitated their fixing agendas more then a upcoming lad trying to score as many runs as possile?

Allah swt knows best. But the biggest Injustice nevertheless.

I cant get over this just like I cant get over Misbahs dodgy innings in Mohalli. :-(
 
kkmix said:
Only in Pakistan will a player get dropped after scoring 168, 2 innings ago.
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On top of that now we might see players like Shoaib Malik (a proven failure) might make a come back into the test squad.

We have already included one pathetic batsman :farhat.

This guy :farhat has to be one of the most useless batsman everrrrr to have played so many matches at the international level.
 
amazing grit and patience

but even here you can say that his technique s just not solid enough and you feel he can give his wicket anhy moment
 
pakcricketfan said:
here's some trivia about his innings on his debut..Have a look:

* He is the First Pakistani Batsman To Score A Century On Debut OVERSEAS.

* His 168 runs is the Highest Individual Score By A Pakistani Batsman in Sri Lanka.

* His 168 runs is the 2nd Highest Score By A Pakistani Debutante.

* He is the 10th Pakistani Batsman To Score a Century On Test Debut.

* He is the 4th Pakistani Batsman To Score 150 (or above) On Test Debut.

* The partnership between Fawad and Younus is the Highest 2nd Wicket Partnership For Pakistan Against Sri Lanka.
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thanks
 
I think to be honest!!!!

Misbah and Yousuf both feared for their own places hence they dropped him
 
Mian Hassan said:
I think to be honest!!!!

Misbah and Yousuf both feared for their own places hence they dropped him
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that could very well be the truth; after the 'quran' testing incident against younus; many ppl lost respect in my eyes including yousuf and afridi...
 
Great performance, and treated unjustly after that. I dont see how he will make it in the test team, but should be recalled for Bangladesh tour.
 
On this day in 2009: Fawad Alam scored 168 vs Sri Lanka

On this day in 2009 Fawad Alam made 168 vs Sri Lanka. 2 Tests later he was dropped & hasn't played a Test since then.
 
Firebreaker said:
Why was he dropped?
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such a shame..utmost consistent batsman scores a century n gets dropped!!! I think he got chance in place of i think Misbah or Younis who were not part of that match due to injury/suspension (dont remember), when they came back he was dropped eventually...
 
He was dropped because he is very one dimensional and really ugly to watch.

Also, can't hit sixes and very susceptible against short-pitched bowling.
 
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Mamoon said:
He was dropped because he is very one dimensional and really ugly to watch.

Also, can't hit sixes and very susceptible against short-pitched bowling.
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I admit that hitting sixes should be the benchmark of a test batsman, but why do you find him ugly to watch? Not cute enough like de Kock?
 
Mamoon said:
He was dropped because he is very one dimensional and really ugly to watch.

Also, can't hit sixes and very susceptible against short-pitched bowling.
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Whats the got to do with Test Matches??

Yes he is ugly to watch so is Trott , Chanderpaul , Smith and Cook but as long a player is getting runs dont give a crap to how ugly to watch they may be
 
His batting stance is quite dreadful and so are his shots. As far as looks are concerned, he can be pretty decent if he gets rid of the caveman facial hair and the unibrow.
 
Test Avg 42

Odi Avg 47

List A Avg 49

First Class Avg 56

Conclusion : Dropped from the squad #PCB :uakmal
 
Mamoon said:
He's not half the batsman those four are.
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I kind of disagree with you...if looking ugly is an issue than u mean Chanderpaul must not hv represented West Indies? or Fawad Alam should not be playing for Pakistan even in a batting line up with full of inconsistent batsman just coz they look good on eyes? how would it benefit the team than?
 
Chanderpaul is a much better batsman. Fawad is nothing special and he isn't aesthetically pleasing either.

You can get away with the latter if you are a great player. For example Steve Waugh.
 
And plus he has only played 3 Tests how can you judge how good or bad/ugly he is?? You're not a selector nor an ex cricketer and im sure haven't played enough cricket yourself.
 
Judging from what I've seen and an ugly player will remain ugly forever and so will a beautiful player. It's natural.

I don't value the opinion of selectors and ex cricketers, especially in Pakistan and they don't seem to rate him much either. He isn't the worst player in the world, but he is not the messiah of Pakistan batting either.
 
Mamoon said:
Chanderpaul is a much better batsman. Fawad is nothing special and he isn't aesthetically pleasing either.

You can get away with the latter if you are a great player. For example Steve Waugh.
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U claim Chanderpaul is better just coz he has played soo much of cricket!! u can not predict the same for Fawad...plus Chanderpaul is as ugly as any one
 
Chanderpaul is better because he is. Nothing to do with how much cricket he has played. Yes he's terribly ugly too.
 
Mamoon said:
Judging from what I've seen and an ugly player will remain ugly forever and so will a beautiful player. It's natural.

I don't value the opinion of selectors and ex cricketers, especially in Pakistan and they don't seem to rate him much either. He isn't the worst player in the world, but he is not the messiah of Pakistan batting either.
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No one is claiming he is a messiah !!! but he is better than many in Pakistan
 
only player in the history of cricket to
- score a 150+ on debut
- away from home
- in the second innings of a test match after the team had been bowled out for 90 in the 1st innings.
- batting as an opener, not his natural position.

Sent to bat at 1 down in NZ which is not his natural position against the likes of Shane Bond and then dropped immediately after on the pretext of having a dubious technique.

Puts a price on his wicket and plays the game according to the situation. He should be playing at the number 6 spot ahead of Shafiq if the criterion for selection is the number of runs scored and not how pretty one looks at the crease.
 
Does he deserve it?
That should not even be a question. The question, why is he still out of the test team.
What is the matter with our selection? I do not like to say it, but sometimes, these guys do not make sense at all.
Apart from him, I always wondered why they dropped Asim Kamal.
 
Analyst said:
such a shame..utmost consistent batsman scores a century n gets dropped!!! I think he got chance in place of i think Misbah or Younis who were not part of that match due to injury/suspension (dont remember), when they came back he was dropped eventually...
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but we have so many disposable players, i am sure we could have found a player to kick out for his worse performances. and he played as an opener, i doubt he was replacing younis or misbah.
 
Silly Point said:
I admit that hitting sixes should be the benchmark of a test batsman, but why do you find him ugly to watch? Not cute enough like de Kock?
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I think what the hijacker of all threads is thinking and attempting to say is that Fawad has a glaring flaw in his technique which has been pointed out by many an observer and commentator. This is the shuffle from leg stump to off stump for the off side shots ala Katich. He starts off with a middle or leg side guard and then suffles across to off as a trigger movement. This looks ungainly and invites the swinging in/seaming full delivery for an LBW or inside edge. But some players manage to prosper despite flaws but not Fawad. This was highlighted in faster tracks of New Zealand when he played after the Srilanka knock which was on a slow track against strictly Medium bowlers. The New Zealand series i think was a two test series so he couldnt have played more. Then he was just unlucky that bearing this flaw in mind we went off to play in Australia and he wasn't selected and I certainly wouldn't have fancied him in Brisbane or Perth. Then the infamous Tour of england in 2010. I mean, even though I am a fan of his I cant imagine him lasting long against Anderson and co on a seaming Trent Bridge wicket. But then the rest of the batters didn't exactly set the world alight. Coupled with the fact that half the team were cheats or banned and all kinds of shenanigans were going on i can see why he wasn't selected back then. One just didnt know who to trust and all sorts of names were being thrown about and disciplinary issues being highlighted.

Now though he looks a completely different sort of batsman. Mature, calculating, hungry for runs all over the park and less fidgety at the crease and most of our assignments are in the UAE and packed with ODI's leading up to the world up. Given his mental strength i would say he should be a key player in the squad. Like a Pakistani Bevan or at least a Collingwood.

Would never be sponsored by Gillette though!
 
I guess management are not trying to overload Fawad at this stage. Ease him in ODI and get himself established. Then they will unleash him in tests.

He is pound for pound the best batsman in the country, his stats are fantastic and his mental fortitude is second to none.

If he has a couple of good ODI series we will see him in tests and hopefully good riddance to Shafiq.
 
^ Not sure what the selection committee and management are thinking but this would be a more balanced batting line up in tests

A Shehzad
A Ali
Y Khan
Misbah
F Alam
U Akmal
Sarfaraz

We also need a left handed batsman in our team. There is no one right now except Fawad.
 
fawad_wellwisher said:
^ Not sure what the selection committee and management are thinking but this would be a more balanced batting line up in tests

A Shehzad
A Ali
Y Khan
Misbah
F Alam
U Akmal
Sarfaraz

We also need a left handed batsman in our team. There is no one right now except Fawad.
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not to mention fawad gives you the 6th bowler option, decent part timer, i hop mushtaq ahmed also works a bit with him
 
Mamoon said:
Chanderpaul is a much better batsman. Fawad is nothing special and he isn't aesthetically pleasing either.

You can get away with the latter if you are a great player. For example Steve Waugh.
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Plz explain to us HOW Chanderpaul is better batsmen than Fawad or else obviously you lose the argument.
 
fawad_wellwisher said:
only player in the history of cricket to
- score a 150+ on debut
- away from home
- in the second innings of a test match after the team had been bowled out for 90 in the 1st innings.
- batting as an opener, not his natural position.

Sent to bat at 1 down in NZ which is not his natural position against the likes of Shane Bond and then dropped immediately after on the pretext of having a dubious technique.

Puts a price on his wicket and plays the game according to the situation. He should be playing at the number 6 spot ahead of Shafiq if the criterion for selection is the number of runs scored and not how pretty one looks at the crease.
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Agree with other things apart from this. SA Jacques Rudolph scored a double century in his debut test away from home against Bangladesh.
 
I can't believe you are asking this question.

- Although their techniques presumably seem similar, they are different in many ways and Chanderpaul has the better and more solid technique.

- He is better against both pace and spin.

- He has a greater range of shots and more conviction

- He plays the short ball better and has superior balance.

The only thing Fawad might be better at is strike rotation but I will wait for a bigger sample. Don't think he can maintain a strike rate of 85+ in ODIs in the long run. Mid 70s at best.
 
starbuck said:
Agree with other things apart from this. SA Jacques Rudolph scored a double century in his debut test away from home against Bangladesh.
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^OK fine eventhough it was against minnows, did he score it in the 2nd innings of a test match and out of his natural position? Imagine having to face the new ball on debut when you normally bat at 4-5.
 
Shiv has a pretty ordinary S/R in ODIs yet managed to play in more than 250+ games simply because he has been able to maintain a healthy batting ave. of 40+.

Fawad has a unorthodox technique but given his penchant to stay at the wicket for longer periods the management needs to give him a prolonged run to see if he can adapt his game to compete against the world's best bowlers.
 
What the hell is this pleasing on the eye and good looking nonsense??What has that got to do with the game??Either you are good or you are don't.I could care less if Umar Amin is good looking or not when he can't seem to string two runs together.
 
Chanderpaul wouldn't have played 250+ ODIs for a better batting team. A really poor ODI batsman.
 
fawad_wellwisher said:
^OK fine eventhough it was against minnows, did he score it in the 2nd innings of a test match and out of his natural position? Imagine having to face the new ball on debut when you normally bat at 4-5.
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didnt clarke score a 150 too on his debut against india?
 
Mamoon said:
I can't believe you are asking this question.

- Although their techniques presumably seem similar, they are different in many ways and Chanderpaul has the better and more solid technique.

- He is better against both pace and spin.

- He has a greater range of shots and more conviction

- He plays the short ball better and has superior balance.

The only thing Fawad might be better at is strike rotation but I will wait for a bigger sample. Don't think he can maintain a strike rate of 85+ in ODIs in the long run. Mid 70s at best.
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Mamoon said:
Chanderpaul wouldn't have played 250+ ODIs for a better batting team. A really poor ODI batsman.
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You mean a technically superior but poor ODI batsman who doesn't score runs quickly enough?
 
Well fawad has been our domestic performer and international performer so he should be in the squad. Infact i was for his test comeback before an ODI comeback. Sad to see he still wont be in the test squad as i believe he can be very useful against australia. If you wont give your domestic performers chances then who will you give them too? the likes of umar,fawad and haris deserve to get a run in tests.
 
Mamoon said:
I can't believe you are asking this question.

- Although their techniques presumably seem similar, they are different in many ways and Chanderpaul has the better and more solid technique.

- He is better against both pace and spin.

- He has a greater range of shots and more conviction

- He plays the short ball better and has superior balance.

The only thing Fawad might be better at is strike rotation but I will wait for a bigger sample. Don't think he can maintain a strike rate of 85+ in ODIs in the long run. Mid 70s at best.
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And the Paul has played more since he got the chances? I am sure if Fawad got the chances he would be the same as Paul.
 
Fawad deserves a chance in Tests. We can judge him after 5-8 consecutive Tests.

Though he's not an ideal ODI player but again deserves more chances after the recent performances.
 
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On This Day: 13th July, 2009 - Fawad Alam makes a hundred on Test debut

Pakistan won the toss and opted to bat at Colombo with Fawad batting at an unfamiliar opening position but they were bowled out for just 90 in the first innings with Kulasekara taking four wickets.

In reply, Sri Lanka were going strong at 177/3 but Gul and Ajmal took four wickets apiece to help bowl out the home side for 240, giving Pakistan a glimmer of hope.

On Day 2 in their second innings, Fawad and Manzoor put on an 85-run opening partnership until the latter fell for 38. However, Younis and Fawad put on a big partnership with Fawad reaching his maiden Test hundred off 151 balls in the closing stages of Day 2 as Sri Lanka's lead was wiped out with just one wicket down.

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Fawad would go on to make 168 as he amassed a 200-run partnership with Younis but Pakistan somehow lost their last 9 wickets for 35 on Day 3, setting Sri Lanka a mediocre target of 171 which the home side ultimately chased down with ease, winning by 7 wickets.
 
he should've been a Pakistan great

Unfortunately he played at a time when Pakistan management was more interested in having mediocre players rather than the greatest statistical batsmen in Pakistan domestic history
 
Should have been a permanent fix in the test side (odi's debatable). I am often surprised as to why the likes of younis khans and the misbahs dont stand up for kids like him...
 
If only his 'Place of Birth' column listed some pind in Punjab
 
Such a shame his career has gone the way it has, would have been one of our greatest batsman.
 
hadi123 said:
Such a shame his career has gone the way it has, would have been one of our greatest batsman.
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Only if he had not danced on the wicket just like he always does. And only if he had any talent to play decent fast bowlers of world cricket.
 
should have got a much longer run in Tests. A failure in New Zealand and he was discarded straight away. But dont think he would have become a great can be a misbah type batsman. But would still give him a chance in the post misbah yk era could do well in uae conditions.
 
Can't believe it was so long ago, felt like it was yesterday; it was an exceptional knock, I remember fawad alam saying that before the game Younis gave him a ball or something which said he would get a hundred. It was an epic performance and back then felt he would be a regular member of the team but it wasn't to be
 
Despite what people have said about his technique, making a 168 is no fluke and against a good bowling attack no less. At the time the performance was there and, technique or not, should have been given a longer run in the test team.
 
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