"Sarfaraz Ahmed is not a good wicket-keeper" : Ramiz Raja

[dashing_man]

Ramiz was mad at Sarfraz because he bet on that delivery.

Bet sometimes brings out your true nature and that what happened here with Rameez

source: express

 

[aukhan]

it okay he is batting like bradman now a days

i tried of Rameez and his analysis he needs to go now. Some one needs to bring Amir Sohail back in the commentary box.

 

[Big Mac]

Called Fawad Alam selfish, publicly. And now this.

When has he ever said in public that Kamran Akmal is not a good keeper, when he's in fact the worst keeper ever?

When did he say that Adnan Akmal cost us that test match against SA when he dropped AB?

The crap cricketer that Ramiz was himself, he's not stupid enough to publicly slam the crap cricketers from his cities.

Within one month he's publicly scathed Fawad and now Sarfraz, both rare Karachi cricketers who were ignored and mistreated for parchee players from Punjab for many years and now have owned all the bigots with their performances, which, I can tell, doesn't sit well with some people.

Wait, wait, hold on, wait, are you saying he's never said a bad word about Kamran Akmal's keeping when he's been commentating on a match?

 

[Kianig89]

Umar is a fan of Akmal brothers no surprises there :kami

 

[Silly Point]

Wait, wait, hold on, wait, are you saying he's never said a bad word about Kamran Akmal's keeping when he's been commentating on a match?

Please list the cricketers he's publicly called selfish or that they're not good keeper etc.

Yes when has he publicly called Kamran/Adnan "not good keepers"?

Within a month he's attacked two Karachi players publicly. Poor guy is running out now, because the most populated city in the world never gets more than two spots in the XI anyway. Quick replace Sarfraz with Adnan and other Lahori fixers so it can ease Ramiz' verbal diarrhea.

 

[Silly Point]

I would love to be in a press conference with Ramiz. Is there someone with balls who can ask Ramiz why he uses his commentator's position to target Karachi cricketers? he probably thinks he's very clever and nobody notices.

 

[90MPH]

And here comes the first local bigot.

And yes, of course it is. Adnan in UAE, Safraz in SA, then Adnan in Zimbabwe...It was designed for Sarfraz to keep failing and Adnan was given flat tracks and minnows to secure his spot, but still didn't work. Still the determination and the GREAT TALENT of Sarfraz prevailed, which obviously is irking you. If it wasn't for his superb century that Adnan could only dream of, we wouldn't have won this test match.

Fawad was kept out for years even after being the king of domestic scene when crap players like Farhat, Malik, Amin and others kept making returns for no reason. Has anyone ever explained why he was kept out, and why he was dropped from tests in the first place?

Lol @ "Bigot". I have cousins living in Karachi.

Pakistans greatest batsman came from Karachi.
Paks best entertainer came from Karachi.

And no I dont want Sarfraz out of the team even if he has missed some dollies. He's clearly not a natural WK so he needs to keep working hard on it because his batting has been FAB in the last few months.

Sorry to say it's only a very small minority of Karachi based fans that keep showing this victim mentality if their local heroes are criticised or not selected.

 

[Asif khan]

I don't know why anyone even takes Ramiz seriously. I've never seen or heard a commentator with such poor knowledge of his own nation's domestic cricketers. The opposition commentator has more insight about Pakistani cricket than he has.

If that isn't enough, having to listen to the most dour cliches is a punishment in itself. Luckily, mute on the remote comes handy when he's on air.

 

[Big Mac]

Please list the cricketers he's publicly called selfish or that they're not good keeper etc.

Yes when has he publicly called Kamran/Adnan "not good keepers"?

Within a month he's attacked two Karachi players publicly. Poor guy is running out now, because the most populated city in the world never gets more than two spots in the XI anyway. Quick replace Sarfraz with Adnan and other Lahori fixers so it can ease Ramiz' verbal diarrhea.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/video_audio/504882.html

"Time has come, possibly, to make way for someone. Pakistan cannot afford to have someone miss those straightforward catches behind the stumps"

"[Kamran Akmal] is hurting Pakistan big time...he's never been confident, in fact his keeping has gone down since last couple of years"

Took literally 5 seconds to find on google

 

[Hawkeye]

Ramiz has nothing to do with Karachi players. He speaks what's on his mind and is never biased towards any particular region.

Please get over this conspiracy.

 

[Silly Point]

http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/video_audio/504882.html

"Time has come, possibly, to make way for someone. Pakistan cannot afford to have someone miss those straightforward catches behind the stumps"

"[Kamran Akmal] is hurting Pakistan big time...he's never been confident, in fact his keeping has gone down since last couple of years"

Took literally 5 seconds to find on google

And that after dropping 1000s of catches, the world cup match against NZ, ending careers of Kaneria and Akhtar, Sydney test, possibly fixing everywhere.

Yet Sarfraz scores a match winning century and misses a stumping and the parallels are drawn.

Bad analogy in my opinion. Kami deserved far more than criticism. Sarfraz didn't even deserve that, but trust Ramiz to leave to Karachi player in his criticism.

 

[Big Mac]

And that after dropping 1000s of catches, the world cup match against NZ, ending careers of Kaneria and Akhtar, Sydney test, possibly fixing everywhere.

Yet Sarfraz scores a match winning century and misses a stumping and the parallels are drawn.

Bad analogy in my opinion. Kami deserved far more than criticism. Sarfraz didn't even deserve that, but trust Ramiz to leave to Karachi player in his criticism.

Did Ramiz say Sarfraz was a liability to the team during this game? Did he say it might be time to drop him today?

If not, stop embarrassing yourself.

 

[90MPH]

Wh...Whaat..?

Ramiz clearly attacks to Karachi players.
I question Ramiz.
You show up and say "Yes It's a conspiracy against the great talent of Karachi."

Only regionally biased people defend regionally biased people. You should buy Ramiz' posters for your room.

I said that sarcastic line because you are showing exactly the victim mentality I was talking about in my last post.

As for Ramiz raja I couldn't stand watching his batting 20 years ago and I close my ears when listening to his cringeworthy commentary. His knowledge on IPL is better than Pak cricket these days

And no he shouldn't be criticising anyone in public but he always does. Just ignore him.

As for regional bias I will have all 11 players from Karachi if they are good enough.

 

[Silly Point]

Ramiz has nothing to do with Karachi players. He speaks what's on his mind and is never biased towards any particular region.

Please get over this conspiracy.

No one said it's a "conspiracy". I'm well aware of the fact that nobody cares what this tool has to say.

I just made a remark that he has publicly blasted two Karachi players in less than a month, and people got in their defensive mode. Anyone who defends Ramiz over this is also regionally biased.

 

[Fastandfurious]

[MENTION=135846]Silly Point[/MENTION] Ramiz is the same guy who called Sarfaraz's form "Bradman like".

 

[sabre1486]

ramiz's commentary always seems like a nagging, whinging, monotonic piece of irritation. bazid seems more insightful.

not that ramiz is wrong. sarfaraz is not a good keeper at the moment, but if he works at it he can be much much better.

 

[Silly Point]

[MENTION=135846]Silly Point[/MENTION] Ramiz is the same guy who called Sarfaraz's form "Bradman like".

Which wouldn't be far from the truth because he's scoring centuries after centuries.

Just because he stated a truth doesn't mean his habit of blasting Karachi players doesn't exist.

 

[fahadshah]

Rameez goes with the flow and turns panic mode on very quickly. I am personally a big fan of his commentary and analysis and don't think he has regional bias or anything along those lines, just a little knee-jerky at times.

He is been found out of being a biased in terms of the players from particular reason ! Sarfraz and asad are the examples of it if you see his comments a year ago.


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[sabre1486]

Which wouldn't be far from the truth because he's scoring centuries after centuries.

Just because he stated a truth doesn't mean his habit of blasting Karachi players doesn't exist.

then how do you explain his positive opinion of someone like asad shafiq?

and before you accuse me of being a bigot.....there is absolutely no way you are more 'karachi' than I am.

 

[Silly Point]

Rameez goes with the flow and turns panic mode on very quickly. I am personally a big fan of his commentary and analysis and don't think he has regional bias or anything along those lines, just a little knee-jerky at times.

No wonder you're a fail cricket analyst.

 

[Mamoon]

Still waiting for Fawad-e-Alam to prove me wrong.

 

[fahadshah]

Ramiz has nothing to do with Karachi players. He speaks what's on his mind and is never biased towards any particular region.

Please get over this conspiracy.

Rameez has a history of bashing karachi boys ! Check his previous years comments on sami, asad, sarfraz etc ! He speaks with a purpose of givng people the knowledge of how bad a player they are ! That has led us to make a debate a make of this ! Misguiding is in him from alot of type !


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[London_Lahori]

Ramiz came across as just being very nervous today, really seemed like he wanted Pakistan to win badly.

 

[fahadshah]

Wh...Whaat..?

Ramiz clearly attacks two Karachi players.
I question Ramiz.
You show up and say "Yes It's a conspiracy against the great talent of Karachi."

Only regionally biased people defend regionally biased people. You should buy Ramiz' posters for your room.

Yea true ! Sarfraz is natural in terms of wicketkeeping ! The top keepers in pakistan rate him as the best glovemen in the country


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[Silly Point]

then how do you explain his positive opinion of someone like asad shafiq?

and before you accuse me of being a bigot.....there is absolutely no way you are more 'karachi' than I am.

I don't know his position on Asad Shafiq. But I'm not going to congratulate him for not blasting one Karachi player. You just have to look at percentages. What percentage of players from Punjab does he blast? Because 2 of 3 main Karachi players have felt his wrath within last month.

 

[fahadshah]

I would love to be in a press conference with Ramiz. Is there someone with balls who can ask Ramiz why he uses his commentator's position to target Karachi cricketers? he probably thinks he's very clever and nobody notices.

Yea ! Specially he keeps pointing out sarfraz's keeping although he hasnt done much harm to his reputation IMO ! He is a natural keeper with alot of talent !


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[London_Lahori]

Except ideally his Pakistan team wouldn't even include a token Karachi player. More crap players like him and the fixers. #ModelTownXI

Whatcha talking about?

 

[fahadshah]

He was actually caught napping. Saw Johnson's foot VERY late, what if batsman brought his foot inside during that gap?

Johnson kept his foot still, Sarfraz got lucky not to get punished for his late stumping.

Buddy if u see it clearly safraz kept the ball late to see if its foot was on the line or not ! This is a very good stump and probably a Game Changer ! Sharp stumping


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[Kianig89]

Still waiting for Fawad-e-Alam to prove me wrong.

Yes because as far as Shehzad n Sarfraz are concerned this is an epic ownage :chummi:

 

[Asif321]

Buddy if u see it clearly safraz kept the ball late to see if its foot was on the line or not ! This is a very good stump and probably a Game Changer ! Sharp stumping


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if Adnan would have done this , their would have been thread on him , he is Greatest WK he won us a match , and pwould have been praised endless, he was made to look a Legend here and Sarfraz a loser

 

[fahadshah]

if Adnan would have done this , their would have been thread on him , he is Greatest WK he won us a match , and pwould have been praised endless, he was made to look a Legend here and Sarfraz a loser

People who has agenda against sarfraz for whatever reasons can have their issues fix for a while because we have finally found a keeper who will serve us for a decade at least


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[yadunoe]

Ramiz is possibly the most clueless commentator going around, in particular he seems to have zero knowledge of new/upcoming Pakistani cricketers. Ramiz would probably be more at home commentating on an Indian or IPLmatch.

Ya lol I never respect rambo's opinion

 

[proud_pakistani]

Sarfraz is a fantastic keeper, I never understood why people are so critical of him. He's made several crucial stumpings, one I remember clearly was Sangakarra's in one ODI. He misses some catches from time to time tho.

 

[Hamza_]

Calm down guys. Ramiz bhai Ki baaton ko dil per nahin Lena. We all know Sarfraz is best we have.

 

[Kianig89]

Chumma after firing?

Chumma for the poster boy your favourite aka CLH

 

[Hamza_]

Sarfraz is a good keeper. Has some good takes and catches in career. Should work on fitness a little though.

 

[Hamza_]

Gilly admired and praised Sarfraz's batting and keeping. Who cares for Barbie Doll Rambo.

 

[Mamoon]

Chumma for the poster boy your favourite aka CLH

Not my favorite. Just think he's being underutilized.

 

[Silly Point]

Baseless allegations by Silly Points as usual. Nothing new.

Attack nationality of other posters or blame people for regional bias. The only way you can be a true son of Pakistan is if you worship Karachi players. I can also say that I haven't see you openly criticize any Karachi cricketer so can we say that you regional bias as well?

And now personal attacks on Arsal_AK and Big Mac for taking you to the cleaners.

The fact that you use Altaf's emoticon in this post shows your own regional bias.

Karachi is the most populated city in the world and very diverse, were millions of your pathan brothers also live. I'm a Sindhi myself. Some of you ignorant people keep tagging this terrorist's face to any post having to do with Karachi.

I criticize Shan Masood, Afridi and Shafiq all the time, except Shafiq has shut me up recently.

How many Karachi players are there anyway? Fawad, Afridi, Shafiq, Sarfraz and Masood? I rate two of them. That's 40%.

Most importantly, I don't side with someone who looks for reasons to criticize players from a particular region, unlike some of these posters here.

 

[sabre1486]

I don't know his position on Asad Shafiq. But I'm not going to congratulate him for not blasting one Karachi player. You just have to look at percentages. What percentage of players from Punjab does he blast? Because 2 of 3 main Karachi players have felt his wrath within last month.

he was very harsh on kamran, he's been harsh on umar amin, he has been sometimes unreasonably harsh on umar akmal in my opinion. his criticism on fawad for his 20 off 39 was merited. fawad at the best of times is an acquired taste and this comes from a huge fan of his. his position on asad is very favorable. his position on sarfaraz's batting is also very favorable.

 

[Hamza_]

This Karachi player argument is baseless. We have Anwar Ali , Shan and Afridi from Karachi who are pure passengers.

 

[Silly Point]

This Karachi player argument is baseless. We have Anwar Ali , Shan and Afridi from Karachi who are pure passengers.

Right, and none of them are playing. Shan is the biggest purchee in the squad and PCB loves purchees.

Ramiz, however, is always on the mission of vilifying Karachi players. Fawad is selfish? Who could be more selfish than Misbah?

In any case, I'm done here. 2 Karachi players are obviously too many for Ramiz and his followers. Enjoy your Adnans and Kamrans.

 

[Big Mac]

In fact, forget one whole post.

Find one sentence in any of my posts that proves I have any regional bias.

 

[Big Mac]

when you defend someone who comes across regionally biased, you associate with his ideologies.

Except that this is quite clearly not true. Every one of my posts is a few clicks away, they are a matter of public record. If I am a bigot, racist, biased or anything else you wish to accuse me of then the proof is right there waiting to be shown to the world.

So go on.

Prove it.

 

[farazaidi]

utter nonsense from Rambo. He goes overboard with his praises and likewise in the criticism too. Sarfraz may not be the safest but his glove work is better than all 3 Akmals, yes better than Adnan too.

Please check the first test of Adnan Akmal, he dropped 5 catches in his debut test

 

[Silly Point]

Except that this is quite clearly not true. Every one of my posts is a few clicks away, they are a matter of public record. If I am a bigot, racist, biased or anything else you wish to accuse me of then the proof is right there waiting to be shown to the world.

So go on.

Prove it.

when you defend someone who comes across regionally biased, you associate with his ideologies.
+
You defended him in post # 96.
=
...?
You do the math

 

[Silly Point]

utter nonsense from Rambo. He goes overboard with his praises and likewise in the criticism too. Sarfraz may not be the safest but his glove work is better than all 3 Akmals, yes better than Adnan too.

Please check the first test of Adnan Akmal, he dropped 5 catches in his debut test

You're wrong sir. Sarfraz is a crap keeper and Fawad is selfish. We need XI Lahoris who are selfless (and not match fixers at all) and GOATs like Akmals.

Team should be:

Farhat
Shehzad
Nasir Jamshed
Azhar Ali
Kamran Akmal
Umar Akmal
Adnan Akmal
Adnan Rasool
Wahab Riaz
Cheema
Junaid Zia

Model Town XI = Happy

 

[Big Mac]

when you defend someone who comes across regionally biased, you associate with his ideologies.

If someone like Savak says Dravid was a great batsman and I agree does that mean I think Misbah is the cause of all problems in Pakistani cricket?

If I agree with Mohammad Yousuf when he says Umar Akmal is an idiot does that mean that I also want Afridi to be captain?

 

[Mamoon]

This is an embarrassing argument. What will Indians think of us?

We need to carry ourselves with more dignity.

 

[Pete Rose]

Called Fawad Alam selfish, publicly. And now this.

When has he ever said in public that Kamran Akmal is not a good keeper, when he's in fact the worst keeper ever?

When did he say that Adnan Akmal cost us that test match against SA when he dropped AB?

The crap cricketer that Ramiz was himself, he's not stupid enough to publicly slam the crap cricketers from his cities.

Within one month he's publicly scathed Fawad and now Sarfraz, both rare Karachi cricketers who were ignored and mistreated for parchee players from Punjab for many years and now have owned all the bigots with their performances, which, I can tell, doesn't sit well with some people.

Was right about fawad.

 

[srh]

To make Sarfraz Ahmed realize he missed chances as a WK which could have cost Pakistan the match, I would give him a notice to make his WK skills better or else be out of the team.

Infact if there was a 2nd WK in the test team squad, I would have drop Sarfraz for 2nd test to make him realize his true potential and make him work harder on his WK skills.

 

[Silly Point]

If someone like Savak says Dravid was a great batsman and I agree does that mean I think Misbah is the cause of all problems in Pakistani cricket?

If I agree with Mohammad Yousuf when he says Umar Akmal is an idiot does that mean that I also want Afridi to be captain?

No, but when you defend Ramiz right in the middle of a discussion about his bias, that he has publicly blasted Fawad and Sarfraz within last month, then yes you come across regionally biased too. What other motivation would have to defend Ramiz? Nobody likes Ramiz. If it was Inzi, I could give you the benefit of the doubt that he's a great batsman and you must've been a fan, hence you feel a need to defend him. There's no way anyone is a Ramiz fan. Obviously you have no problem with that paindu idiot commentator with unprofessional hairstyle and everything having a go at Karachi players in public.

 

[farazaidi]

You're wrong sir. Sarfraz is a crap keeper and Fawad is selfish. We need XI Lahoris who are selfless (and not match fixers at all) and GOATs like Akmals.

Team should be:

Farhat
Shehzad
Nasir Jamshed
Azhar Ali
Kamran Akmal
Umar Akmal
Adnan Akmal
Adnan Rasool
Wahab Riaz
Cheema
Junaid Zia

Model Town XI = Happy

haha, calm down dear. Lets just pass that as another silly point by Rambo, another one among the millions

Oh btw, you missed Shoaib Malik

 

[Silly Point]

To make Sarfraz Ahmed realize he missed chances as a WK which could have cost Pakistan the match, I would give him a notice to make his WK skills better or else be out of the team.

Infact if there was a 2nd WK in the test team squad, I would have drop Sarfraz for 2nd test to make him realize his true potential and make him work harder on his WK skills.

Lol. You must be running many successful teams then.

 

[sabre1486]

Just put an end to this madness, please.

i was disagreeing with mr point.

 

[Mamoon]

i was disagreeing with mr point.

I know, I just found his McDonald's remark hilarious.

 

[Big Mac]

No, but when you defend Ramiz right in the middle of a discussion about his bias, that he has publicly blasted Fawad and Sarfraz within last month, then yes you come across regionally biased too. What other motivation would have to defend Ramiz? Nobody likes Ramiz. If it was Inzi, I could give you the benefit of the doubt that he's a great batsman and you must've been a fan, hence you feel a need to defend him. There's no way anyone is a Ramiz fan. Obviously you have no problem with that paindu idiot commentator with unprofessional hairstyle and everything having a go at Karachi players in public.

Except if you looked at my post history you'd know I criticise Ramiz on a regular basis.

So does that make me pro-Karachi?

Of course, the easiest way to settle this and for you to win the argument and stop embarrassing yourself would be to show a single bit of proof that I have a regional bias.

So yeah, we're still waiting.

 

[Silly Point]

Your rebuttals in this thread have been extremely ordinary. Your accusation was baseless and when asked for proof, you started going off on a tangent. Just call it a day now.

Yeah? No Altaf smileys in this post? Is that why you hate Fawad and Sarfraz yourself, because they remind you of ?

 

[Mamoon]

I don't hate them and nor do I have a regional bias.

My criticism is highly objective and constructive.

 

[Silly Point]

Except if you looked at my post history you'd know I criticise Ramiz on a regular basis.

So does that make me pro-Karachi?

Of course, the easiest way to settle this and for you to win the argument and stop embarrassing yourself would be to show a single bit of proof that I have a regional bias.

So yeah, we're still waiting.

I have already broken it down for you, bolded the words, spelled it out and given you a simple formula with a + and = sign with a premise and your post number 96. So......you're just slow.

I hope in real life you're not so quick to defend a regionally biased person and then play innocent, because nobody will buy it no matter what your intentions were.

 

[Silly Point]

I don't hate them and nor do I have a regional bias.

My criticism is highly objective and constructive.

And your throwing in of Altaf's smiley in posts related to Karachi? Is that highly objective and constructive or would it be fair to call it regional bias?

 

[Mamoon]

I used it for the expression, not the person behind it.

 

[srh]

Lol. You must be running many successful teams then.

Imran Khan made a pretty good batsman out of Salim Malik by employing the same logic. Go read up about it and you will see my point.

Right now Sarfraz may be thinking he is done extremely well in this test scoring a 100 and a great stumping of MJ. And he has a very good test no doubt. But as Ramiz pointed out he made some mistakes as a WK which could have cost Pakistan this test match. So he definitely needs to get a lesson NOW so that he continue to work on his game and evolve in a wonderful WK for Pakistan.

 

[samiakh]

I really can't say whether it's regional bias or not. But Rameez does seem a bit harsher on players from Karachi. Not just Fawad or Sarfaraz, but his attitude towards Asad Shafiq especially when compared to Azhar Ali, even in the past he has made comments about guys like Asim Kamal, Khurram Manzoor that have been less than flaterring.

 

[Silly Point]

I really can't say whether it's regional bias or not. But Rameez does seem a bit harsher on players from Karachi. Not just Fawad or Sarfaraz, but his attitude towards Asad Shafiq especially when compared to Azhar Ali, even in the past he has made comments about guys like Asim Kamal, Khurram Manzoor that have been less than flaterring.

Thank you! Finally we have a witness.

 

[Silly Point]

I used it for the expression, not the person behind it.

And what expression would that be?

 

[Silly Point]

Imran Khan made a pretty good batsman out of Salim Malik by employing the same logic. Go read up about it and you will see my point.

Right now Sarfraz may be thinking he is done extremely well in this test scoring a 100 and a great stumping of MJ. And he has a very good test no doubt. But as Ramiz pointed out he made some mistakes as a WK which could have cost Pakistan this test match. So he definitely needs to get a lesson NOW so that he continue to work on his game and evolve in a wonderful WK for Pakistan.

Misbah is no Imran.
And Sarfraz is so many miles ahead of other keepers that...and this is a fact...he doesn't have to improve an inch to occupy this position forever. In fact, he averages 87.40 in his last 7 innings. If he drops an odd catch and just keeps this up, he would still be our most valued player in the test team.

 

[srh]

Misbah is no Imran.
And Sarfraz is so many miles ahead of other keepers that...and this is a fact...he doesn't have to improve an inch to occupy this position forever. In fact, he averages 87.40 in his last 7 innings. If he drops an odd catch and just keeps this up, he would still be our most valued player in the test team.

So you are ok with him making mistakes in wicket keeping even if it cost Pakistan the match eventually, since he would still be better WK than any other WK of Pakistan ? Does this attitude make sense for a Pakistan fan?

 

[filthyfulltoss]

I've seen Mark Boucher drop sitters as well, doesn't mean he wasn't an amazing WK.

Adnan is no Boucher or Healy, but he's the best WK in Pakistan and seems a complete natural. The likes of Sarfraz, Kamran, Rizwan etc look like batsmen who took up keeping at a young age to improve their chances for selection while Adnan seems to be born for it. His agility and body frame are perfect for keeping.

Definitely the most natural WK we've produced since Rashid. However his batting is simply not good enough so he's no genuine threat to Sarfraz. Don't make Sarfraz a better keeper than he is because of his amazing batting form.

so you're saying adnan is a "natural tailunt" and that should cover up for the fact that he drops plenty of sitters, probably more than Sarfraz himself, just because Sarfraz doesn't look as agile doing it?

Okay, thanks for you opinion.

 

[Savak]

When he drops the 100 catches, stumpings Kami has missed, then we will bump this thread. For now as a batsman he has delivered and can't be kept out of the side.

 

[filthyfulltoss]

The thing with Sarfraz is, he's never looked a convincing bat on away pitches. Maybe he has improved, maybe he has not but from what I have seen he is an absolute tailender on pacy wickets. I don't think it's a great idea to have a not so convincing keeper and an average keeper going down under for the world cup.

I'd much rather prefer Umar Akmal don the gloves. He is at least good on fast wickets.

 

[NA]

To make Sarfraz Ahmed realize he missed chances as a WK which could have cost Pakistan the match, I would give him a notice to make his WK skills better or else be out of the team.

Infact if there was a 2nd WK in the test team squad, I would have drop Sarfraz for 2nd test to make him realize his true potential and make him work harder on his WK skills.

The only way, this post makes any sense, is if you have a long history of calling Sarfraz timid and an utter failure. So, "keeping petty grudges" is unfortunately the best way out for you after this gem of a post.

Coming back to topic, Ramiz' comments often lack context and are purely based on the moment, but he phrases them in a way, where they appear to mean something else. He also goes overboard when enforcing an earlier point. For instance, when talking about Sarfraz's decent performances in Aus ODIs, he said that it was how Sarfraz found the test spot in this series. Having commented in the Pak SL series, he should know first hand that Sarfraz booked the test spot right then, but in his eagerness he said something else. It also doesn't help that he has very little knowledge of the Pakistan domestic performers.

Sarfraz can definitely improve a lot, but already he is about par with Adnan Akmal. Adnan started on a very good note but then in the last few series got progressively worse. Sarfraz is somewhere in the middle of that range, and hopefully will follow the opposite trajectory.

 

[sabre1486]

I know, I just found his McDonald's remark hilarious.

its also wrong...about as accurate as mo sami this mr point guy.....without the pace of course

 

[aukhan]

I really can't say whether it's regional bias or not. But Rameez does seem a bit harsher on players from Karachi. Not just Fawad or Sarfaraz, but his attitude towards Asad Shafiq especially when compared to Azhar Ali, even in the past he has made comments about guys like Asim Kamal, Khurram Manzoor that have been less than flaterring.

When did that happen? and what did he say?

 

[justarslan]

Latif, Moin Khan and Bari have said Sarfaraz is the best keeper in Pakistan. I would think those three would know a little more kkeeping than "Rambo".

This.

 

[DawoodChaudhry]

he is good keeper overall and give the confidence to him bcos if the boys play together then he can become the keeper great like the moin bahi or rashid bahi

 

[Blistering Barnacle]

Rameez can be entertaining and an ok commentator at times, but mostly he's really quite simple and idiotic. This is just another example.

 

[GreenKnightRises]

His habit of dropping catches is worrying

 

[Saj]

Looking at the alternatives in Tests :-

Adnan Akmal - Good keeper, however prone to the occasional error, but his batting hasn't been as good as it should have been.

Kamran Akmal - Still a pretty good batsman but his keeping is not of international standard.

Zulqarnain Haider - Still a very good keeper and not bad with the bat.....but........

 

[Mamoon]

Looking at the alternatives in Tests :-

Adnan Akmal - Good keeper, however prone to the occasional error, but his batting hasn't been as good as it should have been.

Kamran Akmal - Still a pretty good batsman but his keeping is not of international standard.

Zulqarnain Haider - Still a very good keeper and not bad with the bat.....but........

You can add Rizwan to this list, who is supposedly a good batsman but shambolic with the gloves.

As long as we don't unearth a WK batsman who is flawless both behind and in front of the stumps, Sarfraz will have no competition so he can get away with mediocre WK as long as he remains productive with the bat.