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Sarfaraz Ahmed's performance watch after international comeback in 2022

Asad T said:
I'm glad he did well and he would make a good captain. But at 36, isn't it better if we try to groom someone younger who will be around for the next WC?
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Give some clown the reigns for 4 years?

There is no ODI cricket anyways next year. You have enough time to identify an ODI captain
 
Asad T said:
I'm glad he did well and he would make a good captain. But at 36, isn't it better if we try to groom someone younger who will be around for the next WC?
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In tests he can continue to represent Pakistan for at least 2-3 year minimum

We have a T20 world cup just next year so he'd be the perfect middle order batsmen plus his captaincy is invaluable

It's better to have an old but competent captain rather than just giving that title to any Tom Dick or Harry
 
Looks like Sarfraz Ahmed will be the first choice to be the man behind the wickets. We might see both Rizwan and Sarfraz play together but will it benefit the team?

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Pakistan Test Captain Shan Masood during a press conference ahead of the Australia Tour:

“Sarfaraz Ahmed has been the captain of Pakistan and has been quite successful. You can include him among the best wicketkeeper-batter. I have been playing cricket with him quite well. His presence is a big deal for us. He also toured Australia in 2016, and his performance there was quite good. In my view, Sarfaraz Ahmed is the player who changed the batting in test cricket. With the slightly aggressive style of play that he brought back to the team in 2013, I have taken a lot of inspiration from him personally, both as a batsman and as a team man. The thing is, whether it’s Sarfaraz Ahmed, Rizwan, or Babar, we can use their experience in these conditions.”

“In the last home series, Sarfaraz Ahmed was the man of the series against New Zealand; he had a very good performance. After that, when the tour of Sri Lanka took place, Rizwan had only one inning in which he was a victim of a concussion. When Sarfaraz Ahmed came into the playing 11, he performed and made that place his own. So I think at this time he is a settled wicketkeeper in this team. As I said before, we may need Rizwan as a batsman, and his track record is also good in Australia, and he was one of the highest scorers for the Pakistan test squad the last time we went there. But I would say that we will get a clear picture of our playing 11 when we go to Australia; it’s not easy to make a decision sitting here right now.”​
 
Sarfraz dropped 3 catches today. How are we ever going to win a Test match in Australia with the wicket keeper dropping so many catches?
 
Sarfaraz the keeper is unreliable. He dropped around 4-5 catches against NZ last year which hurt us very badly in the test series.
 
Savak said:
Sarfaraz the keeper is unreliable. He dropped around 4-5 catches against NZ last year which hurt us very badly in the test series.
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The_KING said:
I don’t care if Rizwan doesn’t score any runs. I would play him for his wicketkeeping ability alone. Sarfraz is a pathetic cricketer. You have no hope of even drawing a match in a SENA country if your wicketkeeper is dropping catches for fun.
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Yeah, we literally produce so few chances on these pitches. We can’t have those small number of chances dropped by the wicket keeper.
 
To be honest there is a bit of concern about his fitness which has reduced his agility as a keeper.

He is competing with rizwan right now so he has to be on his toes all the time.
 
Cricket Warrior said:
To be honest there is a bit of concern about his fitness which has reduced his agility as a keeper.

He is competing with rizwan right now so he has to be on his toes all the time.
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He’s been pretty bad at wicket keeping for a while now. I think Rizwan has had some drops in recent times, but people forget about how good Rizwan’s wicket keeping skills are. He’s in the top tier of wicket keeping skills in the world right now.

Even in the New Zealand series, Sarfraz dropped multiple catches and missed a stumping when Williamson scored 200.
 
He only dropped three catches today, and the game is drawn... So it's not the worst day has had this year, If you consider the impact of his inabilities to keep wickets has had on Pakistan game results.
 
Sarfraz was your man of the series against New Zealand. Sarfraz is not good than Rizwan in term of wicket-keeping skills, but he surely is better in terms of batting form.
 
Sarfraz Ahmed has been named in the team as Pakistan has announced its playing 11 for the 1st test match at Perth against Australia. He was the MOT against New Zealand so it was the right call IMO to play him instead of Rizwan.
 
Sarfaraz needs to score a hundred in every innings of his life now to keep Rizwan out of the side
 
Rana said:
Sarfaraz needs to score a hundred in every innings of his life now to keep Rizwan out of the side
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You first hope that he does not drop any catches on this tour .I think this is going to be last series of sarfraz career .
 
A Sarfraz who is trim and off the Qorma Biryani is a dangerous dangerous man.

It is better to drop catches in practice then a Test.

Against the red Kookaburra which softens, I’d ask my captain to give someone else the ball.

Sarfraz is a better hitter then Riswan and it will be dreamy when he also joins the likes of Umar Akmal and maybe Sharjeel? to join a small but exclusive list of Pakistani players who can say they hit a Chukka in Australia.
 
Rana said:
Sarfaraz needs to score a hundred in every innings of his life now to keep Rizwan out of the side
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Forget a century, he should probably start by not dropping 3 catches every innings if he wants to keep his spot.
 
Sarfaraz missed a stumping chance. Not the easiest take as the ball spat out. But should have still been taken.

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Clear chance most decent keepers would have easily got the stumping done.

His reflexes at 35 are catching up to him.

Should have retired when he lost the captaincy.
 
Stumping chance was hardly a 50/50 chance. Even the most agile keeper could have missed that as that was the only ball from agha that turned and bounced like that
 
He kept well. Think people are being unfair. If he can keep up this standard of keeping and outperform Rizwan with the bat then he deserves to keep his spot.
 
That ball came in big time as Sarfraz fails in his first outing in Australia after his comeback.

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BouncerGuy said:
That ball came in big time as Sarfraz fails in his first outing in Australia after his comeback.

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Starc dismissed Sarfaraz in the exact same manner twice in the 2016 tour. Talk about not learning from your mistakes and experience, he should have known what Starc would do. Poor game awareness from a Pakistani player yet again.
 
It was an unplayable delivery. Starc knows that Sarfraz has a faulty technique with inswingers so he used it.
 
Savak said:
Starc dismissed Sarfaraz in the exact same manner twice in the 2016 tour. Talk about not learning from your mistakes and experience, he should have known what Starc would do. Poor game awareness from a Pakistani player yet again.
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There's a massive gap between bat and pad, Starc just ensure he slots it between them. It was an incoming over pitched ball, the likes of which most quality international batsmen would drive off their front foot. He was stuck at the crease with that gap. It's not an unplayable ball. He knows better with all the experience he has + way too early to judge him simply based on one innings.
 
Bring back Rizwan. It’s no fun having to constantly defend guys who have earned their place with these fans
 
This could be the last sunset for Sarfaraz Ahmed's international career.

I'd be surprised if he's picked again after this series.
 
Guys need to stop this debate Rizwan played for 3 years failed at home series vs England , Sarfraz replaced him did well earned his place and if he fails here . Rizwan will come back . This will happen . Rizwan would have been bowled out similar fashion like Sarfraz was .Both have weak techniques . But Rizwan is just too bad with quality spin and Sarfraz is superior vs spin. One fails other will come . This will continue .
 
FearlessRoar said:
As a senior in the squad, what did he do today?
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He failed. No sugarcoating it.

But what did the man with 50 Tests and is supposed to be holding it together for us do? Babar has played continuously since his Test Debut. Still to this day he hasn’t stepped up for us when it really matters!
 
Sarfraz has become obsolete as a cricketer now, he doesn't have any thing to offer at this age & stage of his career. He was recalled because of sympathy card when Rizwan failed and yes he scored some runs in home series but considering his fitness & age he should now retire gracefully
 
As long as Riz and Safaraz are battling each other for the WK spot, PK cricket will remain in a good place as far as the WK spot is concerned. I would let Safaraz play this series and then move forward. Changing after one failure won't move the team forward
 
Sarfaraz at his peak couldn't score a 50 in SENA iirc. At 36 years of age he should not be playing in a Perth test match
 
Last 10 years WIcket keepers that played there showed aggression except a few. India infact won because of that. QDK was also very aggressive at Perth in challenging conditions

Batsmen designated as keepers in AUstralia in the last 10 years

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Bewal Express said:
As long as Riz and Safaraz are battling each other for the WK spot, PK cricket will remain in a good place as far as the WK spot is concerned. I would let Safaraz play this series and then move forward. Changing after one failure won't move the team forward
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Pakistan don’t have any test wicketkeeper ready . After these two so I expect these two competing each other for next 3 years atleast
 
Asif321 said:
Pakistan don’t have any test wicketkeeper ready . After these two so I expect these two competing each other for next 3 years atleast
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Haris is very average at this stage, hardly an FC cricket and his WK is also pretty average from what I saw recently
 
Sarfaraz proving what everybody already knew:

Mohammad Rizwan is the greatest wicketkeeper ever produced by this nation.

It is ridiculous that Sarfaraz is being picked ahead of our GOAT keeper because of the Karachi lobby.

Management need to show some guts and stand up to this injustice.
 
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He got a good ball and got out. I think he still doesn’t deserve being dropped.

Sarfraz’s biggest issue is 4 years of underperformance in tests in a row. Even if he performs maybe you get 1 more year out of him. Sarfraz was fantastic early on in his career but he isn’t that player anymore that was like a decade ago.

Rizwan on the other hand has been dropped from tests after 1 bad year. It was probably never worth dropping him in the first place.

Honestly I think part of the reason Rizwan is out of the side is to give him rest, and because we prioritise Loi formats.

When it actually mattered for Sarfraz to perform (especially as captain) he got fat and did poor with the gloves and bat. Now it doesn’t matter as much, he’s old and we can always bring Rizwan back.

I don’t see any rush to bring Rizwan back. If we can get maybe some great performances out of Sarfraz before he retires that’s fine. If not, we bring back Rizwan.
 
Sarfaraz is the bunny of Starc and he got him again in the second innings as well.
 
Rizwan thanking management for dropping him from this debacle.

Wont be surprised if he comes back as Skipper.
 
hitthestump said:
Sarfaraz proving what everybody already knew:

Mohammad Rizwan is the greatest wicketkeeper ever produced by this nation.

It is ridiculous that Sarfaraz is being picked ahead of our GOAT keeper because of the Karachi lobby.

Management need to show some guts and stand up to this injustice.
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Riz deserved to get dropped when he did. He got complacent and there was too many soft dismissals.
 
Good keeping by Sarfraz. Am just disappointed I’ve not seen any Chukkaz yet, maybe next Test inshaAllah
 
Mohammad Hafeez during Pakistan vs Australia 1st Test post-match Presser:

"Sarfaraz has given a lot of performances for Pakistan. In the New Zealand series in Pakistan, he was excellent. Yes, 5-6 months have passed but you give first priority to your best performers from recent series. Unfortunately, this match didn't go well for Sarfaraz according to our expectations. However, we can't start thinking something totally different after one match. Sarfaraz isn't new - he has toured Australia, South Africa, England before. He's not new to these conditions that we can say that he'll struggle to adjust. Yes, he didn't perform up to expectations as a batsman and keeper. But this doesn't mean that we should start doubting someone's skill and saying they can only play in certain conditions."
 
Sarfaraz will damage his test average if he continue to play. I think he should call time.
 
Sarfraz will play the second test and If he doesn't perform in that game then he Will most likely get dropped in the third match.
 
As Sarfaraz Ahmed is not being selected for the Pakistan team in the Melbourne Test, I noticed a somewhat unique aspect in his scoring rate ability.

Sarfaraz has bating Strike Rate of 70.65 in last 10 years which is the 3rd best in the World (Min 2000 runs)

What grabs my attention is that despite his impressive strike rate, Sarfaraz managed to score 58% of his runs without relying on boundaries!

He surpassed players such as Warner, Stokes, Head, Tamim, and several other in strike rate without even relying on boundaries.

Even in ODIs; he maintained the same thing.

During the same period, Sarfaraz scored his ODI runs with an almost 90 SR, and remarkably 66% of these runs were non-boundary.

His ball-per-boundary ratio is 13.37, the worst among all batters with an 85+ strike rate (Minimum 2,000 runs).

In the last 10 years, players like Babar, KL Rahul, Shakib, and Finch all have a better ball-per-boundary ratio than Sarfaraz. However, they still couldn't surpass Sarfaraz's batting strike rate in ODIs.
 
Cricket Warrior said:
As Sarfaraz Ahmed is not being selected for the Pakistan team in the Melbourne Test, I noticed a somewhat unique aspect in his scoring rate ability.

Sarfaraz has bating Strike Rate of 70.65 in last 10 years which is the 3rd best in the World (Min 2000 runs)

What grabs my attention is that despite his impressive strike rate, Sarfaraz managed to score 58% of his runs without relying on boundaries!

He surpassed players such as Warner, Stokes, Head, Tamim, and several other in strike rate without even relying on boundaries.

Even in ODIs; he maintained the same thing.

During the same period, Sarfaraz scored his ODI runs with an almost 90 SR, and remarkably 66% of these runs were non-boundary.

His ball-per-boundary ratio is 13.37, the worst among all batters with an 85+ strike rate (Minimum 2,000 runs).

In the last 10 years, players like Babar, KL Rahul, Shakib, and Finch all have a better ball-per-boundary ratio than Sarfaraz. However, they still couldn't surpass Sarfaraz's batting strike rate in ODIs.
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Is why partly his form went when he got fat as captain. If he can’t run as well it limits him. He used to be known as a guy who was good and getting singles and not reliant on boundary hitting. I remember people actually criticising his ability to hit boundaries. Ironically just like Rizwan.

Kind of confused me why there are Sarfraz fans who are so anti Rizwan. In a lot of ways they are similar players. Just Rizwan kept his fitness, better numbers and better keeping. Sarfraz is probably a better talent too, had he put the same effort as Rizwan maybe he’d have kept his spot all these years.
 
Usman Chadda said:
He is not good enough to play in Australia. Starc has a habit of showing up washed-up mediocre cricketers, he did it to Fawad Alam and did the same to Sarfraz just now.
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Rizwan Gilchrist/Sangakara/Dhoni all in one will play now. Let’s see
 
Usman Chadda said:
He is not good enough to play in Australia. Starc has a habit of showing up washed-up mediocre cricketers, he did it to Fawad Alam and did the same to Sarfraz just now.
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Don't make it sound like playing in Australia is the issue for him, even on his home ground in Karachi he would be just as awful.
 
LegendAli said:
Don't make it sound like playing in Australia is the issue for him, even on his home ground in Karachi he would be just as awful.
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Yes, he will be found wanting against quality pace.

Rizwan is not any better, his lack of performance at home was the reason Sarfraz got a look-in.
 
His technique is pathetic to play fast bowlers specially on bouncy tracks

He always try to play with slanted bat face towrds gully region but he needs to understand that its test cricket not ODI, u cant get any single out there but the chances of getting caught at the slip region will increase.
 
If Rizwan scores some decent runs in the two test matches against Australia then it is very likely that we don't see Sarfaraz plays another test match for Pakistan.
 
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