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

[kingusama92]

Comes into the match with one six.

Hit two already in his debut.

 

[Rayyman]

Should send Fahim up the order if required.

Naa man send Saifi

 

[Hadi Rizvi]

Whattay Shot Imam

 

[ExpressPacer]

Danny just said debutt....

 

[srh]

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

 

[Watsupdoc]

Come on Imam! Get your fifty. You have already hit more sizes than your entire list A career

 

[Doosara]

Should send Fahim up the order if required.

That type of adventurism shall not be exhibited, it'll be the usual order of batsmen coming and going.

 

[Doosara]

The longer Imam bats, the more ********** Shehzad fans become ... what a six!

 

[Amjid Javed]

Good to see both openers showing good aggresion even if fakhar threw it away with a brain fade.

 

[mak36]

Naa man send Saifi

Sarfi at four, Fahim at five. Deal?

 

[Watsupdoc]

No idea what Danny Morrison is on

 

[Pakpak]

Sick of Lankans appealing every single thing.

 

[Rayyman]

Sarfi at four, Fahim at five. Deal?

Hafeez at 4, Malik at 5.

 

[DRsohail]

no one is mentioning BABAr.

 

[Watsupdoc]

50 fornth nephew! Will done boy!

 

[Langau]

fakhar is too good against the spin.

Nazar laga diya na

 

[Arham_PakFan]

50 for Imam

 

[Rayyman]

 

[Doosara]

No idea what Danny Morrison is on

The worst aspect is when Danny is saying such things during test-match commentary.

 

[Hadi Rizvi]

Bye Bye Shezzy

Let's say hello to another Ul-Haq who's here to stay

 

[Mamoon]

He has a great opportunity to score a hundred. Dead bowling attack, pitch is not bad apart from the odd delivery spinning.

 

[Langau]

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?

 

[Enigma_]

Two new aggressive competent openers for Pakistan

 

[ARK Rafay]

Lets see if Imam can get to his hundred. Since he got his 50 he should be batting with a better S/R now.

 

[Mamoon]

Danny Morrison is so annoying and cringeworthy. Terrible commentator.

 

[babajee]

Confidence on point for Babar.

 

[Mamoon]

Sarfraz is in dire need of some sleep.

 

[JibranAnsari]

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.

 

[Langau]

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

 

[Syed1]

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.

 

[Arham_PakFan]

Danny Morrison is so annoying and cringeworthy. Terrible commentator.

I like him.You need entertaining commentators like him when you have the Ramiz’s and Ranjit Fernando’s in the comm box.

 

[shaaik]

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.

 

[mak36]

Hafeez at 4, Malik at 5.

Nooooooooooooooooo.....

 

[Mamoon]

Imam needs laser eye surgery.

 

[Mamoon]

I like him.You need entertaining commentators like him when you have the Ramiz’s and Ranjit Fernando’s in the comm box.

You can be entertaining without being a clown.

 

[Arham_PakFan]

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..

 

[Markhor]

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.

 

[shaaik]

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 .

 

[Amjid Javed]

Imam needs to just bat through inns here and there is a 100 for the taking

 

[Doosara]

Who here thinks Imam putter is most likely to make a century on debut ?

 

[shaaik]

Imam needs laser eye surgery.

It doesn’t work on everyone with eye sight issues. We wanted to get it done Someone however the doctor advised against it.

 

[JibranAnsari]

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.

 

[babajee]

Babar looking great

 

[Syed1]

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.

 

[babajee]

What will happen to Azhar Ali if Imam scores a century here

 

[shaaik]

Danny Morrison is so annoying and cringeworthy. Terrible commentator.

I will take dinno over him any day of the week.

 

[Mamoon]

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.

 

[shaaik]

What will happen to Azhar Ali if Imam scores a century here

He will soon partner him in tests In sha Allah

 

[Rayyman]

Lol Hasan Shadab Mickey and Faheem.

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

 

[Kashmirilion]

It doesn’t work on everyone with eye sight issues. We wanted to get it done Someone however the doctor advised against it.

I have had laser eye surgery done, and man was the best thing ever.

 

[Watsupdoc]

Imam is looking very good MA

 

[Markhor]

Shadab and Hasan Ali taking the mickey out of Imam who's down on the floor.

 

[shaaik]

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

Yeh agreed

 

[Syed1]

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.

 

[shaaik]

I have had laser eye surgery done, and man was the best thing ever.

Where did u get that done from if I may ask ?

 

[ManFan]

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.

 

[Mir jibran]

classical drive

 

[CricFan2012]

Don't remember the last time 2 batsmen have played without helmets at the same time

 

[Mamoon]

Weird to see both batsmen bat without helmets. Not something you see every day.

 

[Rayyman]

Kohli-esque shot

 

[RobinJay]

Babar's confidence is at an all time high right now lol

 

[Doosara]

He will soon partner him in tests In sha Allah

Exactly, how I was going to respond!

 

[Syed1]

Don't remember the last time 2 batsmen have played without helmets at the same time

In the first match.. Malko and Bobby.

 

[Mamoon]

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.

 

[CricFan2012]

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

 

[babajee]

Imam seems to be a solid upgrade over Sami

 

[asadee]

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

All sane Pak supporters will

 

[Doosara]

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

Proud moment for Inzi !

 

[wasimjunior]

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

 

[Misia]

join the list

100 on debut, come on son, you can do it

 

[darksher]

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.

 

[Abdul]

What will happen to Azhar Ali if Imam scores a century here

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.

 

[CricFan2012]

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.

 

[ManFan]

Both rotating the strike extremely well. Solid to see.

 

[shaaik]

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.

 

[Sirris]

Yes, but batting with glasses is far from convenient, especially if you sweat a lot which Imam does.

Common sense suggests he should at least wear contact lenses.

 

[shaz619]

Imam needs laser eye surgery.

There are some potential side effects which could affect his eye sight in the long run, bit risky and could affect his career

 

[CricFan2012]

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.

 

[babajee]

Great intent by Babar

 

[ExpressPacer]

I love how both these boys have their helmets off.