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Pakistan vs Sri Lanka | 3rd ODI | Abu Dhabi | Oct 18, 2017 | Pakistan Innings

Yes, Imam has been playing the senior partner role on debut.

thats not good for Pakistan; Pakistan need its aggressive opener Fakhar to bat more balls in first overs; was it because Imam could not rotate the strike? not watching the game
 
Come on Imam! Get your fifty. You have already hit more sizes than your entire list A career :))
 
Good to see both openers showing good aggresion even if fakhar threw it away with a brain fade.
 
He has a great opportunity to score a hundred. Dead bowling attack, pitch is not bad apart from the odd delivery spinning.
 
Exactly my assessment of him. Can't see him surviving past a couple of series at most. He needs to go back and work on the basics to become a viable option in the long term. Its safe to say Shehzad is a more safe option in the duo and should rightly be selected until a better replacement is available.

Can you please share the runs which shehzad scored in last 5 games?
 
Lets see if Imam can get to his hundred. Since he got his 50 he should be batting with a better S/R now.
 
Danny Morrison is so annoying and cringeworthy. Terrible commentator.
 
Maybe he needs a few matches before a judgement call is made?

I have seen him bat in domestics as well.

He has all the time in the world to prove me wrong


His bat comes down at an angle , his wrists arent particularly good , his front stride is a lot shorter than it should be and his hand eye coordination is not good for the one who doesnt come too much forward. Just my two cents.
 
Imam is 10x better then shezy.
Shezy should be kicked out of the team asap
 
Pakistan is going to walk this from here on out.. Sad that Fakhar missed out on a start. Expect Pakistani fans to start labeling him a hack right about now.
 
thats not good for Pakistan; Pakistan need its aggressive opener Fakhar to bat more balls in first overs; was it because Imam could not rotate the strike? not watching the game

Imam has probably been the best so far among all the payers we have featured in last 10 yrs when it comes to strike roatation. Having followed him since under17 days I ain’t surprised one bit. Though there were those early jitters which u expect from any debutant and he’s looked million dollars since.
 
Pakistan is going to walk this from here on out.. Sad that Fakhar missed out on a start. Expect Pakistani fans to start labeling him a hack right about now.

Yeah it’s just like writing players off ,calling them a failure even before they got the chance to play..
 
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Imam seems to have borrowed my glasses :)) Good to see a fellow spectacled brother do well.

Sri Lanka again not posting a competitive enough total with the bat as we've seen countless times from them in ODIs this year.
 
thats not good for Pakistan; Pakistan need its aggressive opener Fakhar to bat more balls in first overs; was it because Imam could not rotate the strike? not watching the game

Imam is 10x better then shezy.
Shezy should be kicked out of the team asap

With each run being scored here by Imam He’s pushing shazad a mile away from the selection .
 
Imam needs to just bat through inns here and there is a 100 for the taking
 
Good thing is that the top three are all new , now we need to make room for haris at number 4. Sarfraz at 5 and hafeez at 6.
 
Imam and Sami were U19 openers and Bobby was the one down. This is a reunion of sorts for these lads.


Muhammad Nawaz was also in the same u19 side.
 
It doesn’t work on everyone with eye sight issues. We wanted to get it done Someone however the doctor advised against it.

Yes it doesn't. Also, a lot of people don't think it is worth it especially when they are used to wearing glasses.
 
Lol Hasan Shadab Mickey and Faheem.

Sarfraz meanwhile looks like a 45 year old struggling with his bills
 
Shadab and Hasan Ali taking the mickey out of Imam who's down on the floor.
 
Yes it doesn't. Also, a lot of people don't think it is worth it especially when they are used to wearing glasses.

My brother got it... his eyesight was -6 before lasik but after it he has theoretically perfect vision but gets halos around lights at night and has to wear glasses while driving. Eyes are a batsmen's biggest asset. I wouldn't recommend any batsman taking that risk.
 
Lol Hasan Shadab Mickey and Faheem.

Sarfraz meanwhile looks like a 45 year old struggling with his bills

Stress of being captain in all 3 formats and knowing a batting collapse is on the cards whenever Pakistan bat does not help either. :misbah3
 
Weird to see both batsmen bat without helmets. Not something you see every day.
 
My brother got it... his eyesight was -6 before lasik but after it he has theoretically perfect vision but gets halos around lights at night and has to wear glasses while driving. Eyes are a batsmen's biggest asset. I wouldn't recommend any batsman taking that risk.

Yes, but batting with glasses is far from convenient, especially if you sweat a lot which Imam does.
 
With each run being scored here by Imam He’s pushing shazad a mile away from the selection .

Yep, especially considering Inzi is his uncle. He will favour his nephew over shehzad, whether intentionally or not
 
Yep, especially considering Inzi is his uncle. He will favour his nephew over shehzad, whether intentionally or not

Lol inzy doesn't care. Imam had amazing numbers last year and inzy said he's not
Ready.

Imam is a quality player that's all it is
 
Glasses makes him look like a nerd. Awkward to see professional sportsmen wearing glasses.
Don't wanna be a devil's advocate but its highly unlikely that he'll make it to century on debut, the closer he gets the more nerves will kick in and making him vulnerable to dismissal. If he did reach the milestone, it'll be nothing short of a miracle for him.
 
What will happen to Azhar Ali if Imam scores a century here :yk2

Don't know.

This is the reason why most of our players never decide to rest even against weaker opponents. Insecurity that a new player will come in and score runs.
 
Lol inzy doesn't care. Imam had amazing numbers last year and inzy said he's not
Ready.

Imam is a quality player that's all it is

He may be, what I'm saying is if both Shehzad and Imam averaged 50 in domestics with the same strike rate he will always choose Imam because of the bias, which I dont care, Imam looks like to have a better attitude.
 
Two batsmen on the show who played a lot of junior cricket together. They must know each other’s game so well. Imam really seems to have a lot of promise and if his under 19 performances are anything to go by I am sure he will go a long way.
Sami Aslam who’s from the same batch also showed a lot of promise early on however we seem to have not handled him well as we have done with so many other talented youngsters before but for once he’s someone we should show a lot faith in and give him a long rope at least in longer version of the game.
 
Babar is a beast, the best looking batsman to play for Pakistan ever, is so still at the crease and his shot making is supreme, if he can top score in a world cup and win it for Pakistan he might even push Miandad from number 1.
 
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