South Africa vs Pakistan | 3rd ODI | Centurion | Jan 25, 2019 | Pakistan Innings Thread

[MMHS]

What drop was he facing? He was good in New Zealand when everyone else was falling like a pack of cards.

Without that famous ZIM series, he was history after Asia Cup.

 

[PerfectionPersonified]

I don't understand the hate against Imam, he looks pretty decent and is young.. He is working on his fitness and taking quick singles which will reduce the dot ball percentage drastically..

Give him some time he will be a decent opener for Pakistan.

for ODI , Yes...need to stick with him

 

[PerfectionPersonified]

Imam plays atleast with some confidence

 

[PerfectionPersonified]

can we get some stats on Fakher without the Legend ZIM series ?

 

[Titan24]

Fakhar had a decent NZ UAE series and is just coming after an injury but still cant justify the way he is being dismissed

 

[Rana]

Jamshed’s technical deficiencies were exposed by South Africa, and he never recovered. Fakhar is treading on the same path.

Jamshed by then had decided that he was going to prolong his career by accumulating his way through each innings whereas Fakhar really doesn't want to hang around to nudge singles and doubles. You cant compare the two.

Jamshed v Imam would be a better comparison

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Imam )

 

[MMHS]

This is another reason mature teams don't appoint WK as Captain, unless it becomes a crisis - WK has to be on field for every ball.

 

[Kohli The King of Chase]

Embarrassing from the openers.

Both swinging it blindly.

 

[Sirris]

4 overs 9-1

Why is Grant Flower still our batting coach??????

Valid question! To often the captain, head coach and selectors are thrown under the bus while the batting coach is rarely called out.

 

[m.shah]

Imam is new dot ball king.

 

[Hbomb00]

Imam 9(22) nice

 

[Rana]

9 off 21 on a batting pitch as an opener.

Im sorry id rather you get out just like Fakhar did

 

[Pete Rose]

What’s a good score here over the last few years.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Pakistan's issue has been looking for too many shots all the time rather than looking to dab and run for ones and two's.

 

[Baigel]

See what I mean? Charging down and missing after playing continuous dots. Just give Babar the strike if you can't score

 

[shah_1]

Slow so far

 

[Omer2002]

well i have come to the conclusion that we can only chase....which is a miracle itself..they dont have a clue how to set a target

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Every over they can get 4-5 in ones or two's and keep the score ticking. In between they can hit a bad ball for 4 too.

 

[PerfectionPersonified]

imam should rotate rather slog

 

[Rana]

Babar needs to take control here the way Kohli would. He needs to carry these bodies!

 

[shah_1]

Dropped

 

[AAli98]

Paks top 4 should be imam azhar shan asad (as the saying goes on this forum pak fans deserve this humiliation)..

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Dropped!

Babar gets a life.

 

[Titan24]

Jamshed by then had decided that he was going to prolong his career by accumulating his way through each innings whereas Fakhar really doesn't want to hang around to nudge singles and doubles. You cant compare the two.

Jamshed v Imam would be a better comparison

Imam technique wise is atleast 10 times a player Jamshed was and is mentally more stronger though Jamshed had more strokes and I am pretty sure Imam will improve with time

 

[Rana]

What’s a good score here over the last few years.

270 average score. 300 is par today according to commies

 

[Hbomb00]

haha babar against short ball

 

[Titan24]

Babar better make use of this chance

 

[Kohli The King of Chase]

Embarrassing from the openers.

Both swinging it blindly.

Even Babar started swinging his bat blindly.

 

[Fahdi]

Missed out on a boundary

 

[Pete Rose]

Dented Pakistan’s psyche.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Hendricks bowling quicker already than most of our bowlers.
At 142kph.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Not looking good for pakistan so far.

 

[big_gamer007]

Hendricks putting in so good effort.

 

[shah_1]

Nothing start so far

 

[ask_analyse_act]

Masood needs to come in for Malik. His the only guy that's been able to play the short ball.

Pak think tank always have other ideas that are abnormal

 

[RyanRyan10]

Excluding the Zim series

Fakhar has scored 813 runs in 24 matches @35 & SR of 88

 

[Deewana Mastana]

270 average score. 300 is par today according to commies

Pakistan don't have the batting for more than 250 anything more than that will be a bonus.

 

[PerfectionPersonified]

babar lucky

 

[Titan24]

Hendricks bowling quicker already than most of our bowlers.
At 142kph.

Shaheen and Hassan both were consistently in 140s in last match and Shaheen recently clicked 147kph in NZ series but just like every other thing we are not even pacy enough consistently.

 

[Pakpak]

Excluding the Zim series

Fakhar has scored 813 runs in 24 matches @35 & SR of 88

For us that's Bradman-esque opener stats after Anwar.

 

[ask_analyse_act]

Every over they can get 4-5 in ones or two's and keep the score ticking. In between they can hit a bad ball for 4 too.

That is how modern cricket is played but pak still plays the 90s with imam, hafeez n Malik sticking in

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Excluding the Zim series

Fakhar has scored 813 runs in 24 matches @35 & SR of 88

Decent for Pakistani standards

 

[shah_1]

They look so scared

 

[PerfectionPersonified]

Excluding the Zim series

Fakhar has scored 813 runs in 24 matches @35 & SR of 88

that is not too bad actually

 

[Pakhs]

He was hit on the helmet in England thrice, and got a life in the final.

He will fail against good bowling in any conditions 8/10 times.

Champions Trophy was his moment in the sun, where everything went his and the team’s win.

Thats not how it works, You have to have some kind of game that works to be able to play the innings he did. Otherwise anybody could do it. Also who is to say things wont go his way again? Targeting anyone with short bowls in England is risky due to shorter grounds and lower bounce.

 

[Rana]

Pakistan have played a few good shots straight to the fielders

 

[Pete Rose]

Rameez is just babbling

 

[shah_1]

Isn't that six

 

[Fahdi]

Saved a six!

Terrific fielding!

 

[Titan24]

Excellent save

 

[Arham_PakFan]

Good save by Hendricks at the boundary.

 

[Hbomb00]

Debutant saves a six

 

[Pete Rose]

Awesome fielding

 

[PerfectionPersonified]

come on guy ..show some guts

 

[yasir]

Fakhar was never good gains pace, far from it. His real skill was hacking his way out of first 10 and then go after spinners, that’s how he made that

Where as Sharjeel was much better at pull and cut of 145 clicks and was special from our standards....

Fakhar days are numbered, Mickey is keep play for hope not substance, he will be dropped in next match.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

That is how modern cricket is played but pak still plays the 90s with imam, hafeez n Malik sticking in

That's how most teams play but Pakistan can't even run let alone anything else as they don't have the stamina and fitness for running quick.

 

[m.shah]

What a save

 

[Rana]

Once again, bad luck!

 

[shah_1]

Wth how is that not a six?


The ball crossed the boundary? Didn't the rule change?

 

[Hyperion66]

Wow!! what fielding man

 

[Ahmed216]

They look so scared

as usual

 

[Ozymandiasza]

Impressive save!

 

[Fahdi]

Isn't that six

Nope. Jumped from inside the boundary and was airborne when he parried it

 

[Rana]

Boundary shots being blocked, sixes being saved. Pakistan are atleast 20 runs short of what they should be at the moment

 

[Titan24]

Both are the key players for Pak on the crease but Fakhar’s early departure would need atleast 1 of them to push it a little ideally without too much risk.

 

[Pete Rose]

Pakistan need to ride this period out, sometimes the bowling has a good phase. You can’t beat yourself over it.

 

[Ahmed216]

watching Imam bat u cant tell what are his scoring areas. what are his strengths??
he just runs down the wicket when pressure of dot balls gets to him

 

[Arham_PakFan]

Babar with a boundary

 

[NauV]

I understand why people are frustrated with Fakhar Zaman, but he is hardly been that bad . . .

His last 5 ODIs starting from today:

2
26
25
65
88

People mention his ICC champions trophy finals innings, but we forget his innings against England, South Africa and Sri Lanka when he made 31, 50, 57 and then 114 . .

People also forget when we were falling like house of cards in NZ this time last year, I believe he was the highest scorer for Pakistan . .

so its unfair to say that its only that Zimbabwe that has inflated his stats . .

Agreed he hasn't looked great in this tour . . and I get the feeling he is a confidence player . .

The other part is what kind of wickets don't suit him . . The pitches in the first 2 games are exactly hte kind of wickets that Fakhar isn't great at . . not to say, he shouldn't improve . . but its his weak point . . The pitches in England suit his kind of batting!

Anyway, like I said . not defending how bad he has looked on this tour . . but just saying . . we need him! he has been good for the last 2 years . . and we have bigger issues in this batting line up! We need to give him the confidence and tell him he will be opening come the world cup!

 

[Mainul]

Why Masood isnt given a place in the team? Fakhar is terrible

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

Dented Pakistan’s psyche.

Yeah. This game is still there to be won, there isn't a whole lot in the pitch, Pakistan batsmen are struggling to score, and then you can see them tossing wickets through pressure of slow run rate.

 

[big_gamer007]

Amazing fielding by the young man, he is having a great time and putting in his 200%.. This is how a youngster should debut give it your all in field and with the ball..

 

[Titan24]

Controlled and visually pleasent shot from Babar

 

[Deewana Mastana]

144kph Hendricks

 

[PerfectionPersonified]

tbh rules need to change , the ball was outside the boundary

 

[Pete Rose]

One sentence for mark Nicholas underlined by 50 words of verbiage by Rameez.

 

[Ahmed216]

bobby azam showing his class

 

[Markhor]

Fakhar definitely has his technical weaknesses. However he was our best batsman in the New Zealand whitewash last year, so it's not like he's a failure in foreign conditions

We lack powerful openers especially in the absence of Sharjeel so dropping him isn't an option.

 

[Pete Rose]

tbh rules need to change , the ball was outside the boundary

Hehe.