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"The feeling will be like I am on debut once again" : Fawad Alam on selection for Sri Lanka Tests

gazza619 said:
You dont call somebody after a 10 year gap and then not pick them in the 11.

What was the point of this whole Fawad Alam comeback? Another of Misbah’s brainless moves.
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Not true at all.

There was no respectable reason to call him into the squad but not the team.

But this is Misbah. He was under pressure after Australia and he distracted his critics by appearing to call up the player they wanted.

He never had any intention of selecting him. Misbah was just “deadcatting” the public by manipulating their attention.

He did the same for the Australia tour. He recalled an Army of Grandpas, but picked 3 teenagers out of 5 quicks and gave the impression of investing in youth.

Misbah-ul-Haq and his Dead Cats.
 
See this is the problem in Pakistan, if you remain quiet and dignified people just ignore you!
Fawad should have been shouting at the top of his voice, a decade ago, that he was the best batsman in Pakistan, and appeared on every tv show crying about the injustice the pcb were committing agaist him. Would have had 60+ caps for Pakistan by now.
 
I'm not a big Fawad fan, but come on, how can you not play him and yet play trash like Shan, Azhar, and almost-trash like Asad?
 
As i said before. Fawad is only selected to divert attention from Australia's tour.

Karachi media would have eaten Misbah alive so clever manipulative misbah selected him to clam them down. Poor Fawad's career and prime has been wasted due to Misbah.
 
Pakistan missed a trick with not playing Fawad here.

But in the next test series, I would play Fawad Alam at 3. Drop Shan and move Azhar up to open. Fawad's FC average dwarfs Shafiq and Azhar's. He has a track record of scoring big, slow, ugly runs. It's the Pujara type role which should suit him perfectly. Give him a couple of series. If it doesn't work fine, move on. But I have a feeling Pakistan might discover another late career gem in Fawad.
 
aukhan said:
As i said before. Fawad is only selected to divert attention from Australia's tour.

Karachi media would have eaten Misbah alive so clever manipulative misbah selected him to clam them down. Poor Fawad's career and prime has been wasted due to Misbah.
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It’s a shame if fhis is true. PCB is giving Fawad false hopes by selecting him and then opting to not play him. Poor lad.
 
I really feel sorry for Fawad here. Misbah is just playing with his emotions here.
 
AdamM97 said:
It’s a shame if fhis is true. PCB is giving Fawad false hopes by selecting him and then opting to not play him. Poor lad.
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Same was done by Misbah in home test series against England back in 2015, when both Fawad and Malik were brought back to the squad (after 6 and 5 years respectively).

Malik was given all the games, Fawad none. Malik retired after the series, Fawad was dropped.

Fawad never featured in any squad for over four years thereafter.
 
Fawad should have always played ahead of Harris after he was dropped from the team in Australia but welcome to Misbah land where an incompetent fool is given unlimited powers.
 
Fawad will definitely get his chance.

Looks like Haris's failure, who is a quality batsman and deserves chances, means Fawad is probably going to be playing in the xi next series.

Haris needs to go back to domestic and work on his fitness. It's deteriorated a lot. A fit and in form Haris is a world class batsman.

Looking forward to Fawad batting next.
 
AFM said:
I really feel sorry for Fawad here. Misbah is just playing with his emotions here.
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You're being too emotional and a typical gali mohalla fan.

Haris is a quality batsman and he deserved a chance. It's clear that his form isn't coming back like this, and he has to work on his fitness too.

Fawad will be batting next series.
 
Cant believe hes still not in team ahead of haris or azhar
 
Whats the point to bring back a 34 year old guy who is already past his hey days? Misbah going from bad to worse by bringing him into the squad.
He has been chosen only to satisfy the Karachites who always seems to think that their players are deprived of opportunity.
Just hoping that our PM realizes the blunder he has made in appointing Uncle Misbah ASAP before the damage goes even deeper.
 
Hawkeye said:
You're being too emotional and a typical gali mohalla fan.

Haris is a quality batsman and he deserved a chance. It's clear that his form isn't coming back like this, and he has to work on his fitness too.

Fawad will be batting next series.
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Agreed that Haris is a quality batsman. But why was he dropped from the 2nd test in Australia.

If he was dropped because he needs to work on his form and the fitness then why was he brought back.

Some of Misbah's selections are not making sense if you put logic.
 
Sad that Pakistan is hellbent on keeping themselves out of the WTC race by refusing to play this guy again and again.
 
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Hawkeye said:
You're being too emotional and a typical gali mohalla fan.

Haris is a quality batsman and he deserved a chance. It's clear that his form isn't coming back like this, and he has to work on his fitness too.

Fawad will be batting next series.
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How is he???? Haris Sohail is there for apparently his bowling which is daft seeing as the number one criteria for the position he’s in is batting.

Haris is a lazy guy and there was an article I read back in October in which misbah slammed him as well as others for skipping or making excuses to avoid training. I’ll ask you this why add a guy who’s lazy than somebody who’s committed.

Don’t get me wrong Haris is good for Odis but not test.
 
FlickedOffHips said:
Pakistan missed a trick with not playing Fawad here.

But in the next test series, I would play Fawad Alam at 3. Drop Shan and move Azhar up to open. Fawad's FC average dwarfs Shafiq and Azhar's. He has a track record of scoring big, slow, ugly runs. It's the Pujara type role which should suit him perfectly. Give him a couple of series. If it doesn't work fine, move on. But I have a feeling Pakistan might discover another late career gem in Fawad.
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Fawad is one guy Pakistan missed the service a lot in last decade. He could have been the answer to Pak batting woe. He was overlooked again and again and mediocre players were selected again and again. Pakistan and Misbah badly needs a slap on their fate by being beaten by the Lankans here.
 
Recall a guy after 10 years if cruel wait and then keep him atthe bench.

Such sadist people have taken contol of Pakistan cricket. This is truly tragic.
 
Shafiq fraudiya is the epitome of mediocrity. It's criminal to be average under 40, when playing as a specialist batsman for 10 years.

How he's played 73 tests this decade compared to Fawad's 0 is baffling to say the least
 
Mainul said:
Fawad is one guy Pakistan missed the service a lot in last decade. He could have been the answer to Pak batting woe. He was overlooked again and again and mediocre players were selected again and again. Pakistan and Misbah badly needs a slap on their fate by being beaten by the Lankans here.
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+1

It certainly is the reality check that PCB and Misbah deserve.
 
Must have just brought him back for the crowd to take selfies with him.
 
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The debut as not to be but his fans carry on in hope!

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So what are chances of Fawad making a comeback in the series vs Bangladesh?
 
MenInG said:
So will he get a chance to play in a Test - ever? Been selected in the squad for the 1st Test vs Bangladesh.
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In shaa Allah. He deserves it and he was batting well from the scorecard in the practice game, he should be ahead of Haris for the first test in my eyes.
 
Seems very little noise from Fawad or his supporters - its wait and see at the moment.
 
MenInG said:
Fawad Alam's today's duties included...

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Same thing happened to many players before like Basit Ali to make way for Ijaz Ahmed, demoralize the player and make him feel he's not wanted by hurting his ego . So whenever given chance the player is not able to concentrate and perform.

Misbah and the pcb mafia does not want Alam even in the probable 25. It was pressure of losing 7 matches on the trot that forced the pcb mafia to step back which are still trying to get Ahmed Shehzad and U Akmal in.

Co ordinator Nadeem Khan most probably kept Fawad Alam in the squad after the test win. I was sure they will remove him from the squad. If Inzamam was still chief selector he would've omitted Alam from the camp never allow him to be in the squad.
 
ZamanFan said:
Same thing happened to many players before like Basit Ali to make way for Ijaz Ahmed, demoralize the player and make him feel he's not wanted by hurting his ego . So whenever given chance the player is not able to concentrate and perform.

Misbah and the pcb mafia does not want Alam even in the probable 25. It was pressure of losing 7 matches on the trot that forced the pcb mafia to step back which are still trying to get Ahmed Shehzad and U Akmal in.

Co ordinator Nadeem Khan most probably kept Fawad Alam in the squad after the test win. I was sure they will remove him from the squad. If Inzamam was still chief selector he would've omitted Alam from the camp never allow him to be in the squad.
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He’ll play in shaa Allah and when he does it’ll be a big slap on the face of the Purchi players. Don’t look at his age but his skills, fitness and performance. He’s still got it at the ripe old age of 34, just gotta wait it out. You are in the squad which is a big step forward, I reckon a large majority of fans believe he replaces Haris Sohail any day of the week.
 
Saj said:
On the bench again I guess?
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Yes there is a high probability of 5 bowlers with Faheem being the 5th bowler playing so he will be on the bench again. Unless the plan doesnt work I dont see a high probability of him playing the second test post PSL as well.
 
I don’t see them dropping Haris since that would destroy his confidence but I can see them resting Shafiq for one match just to give Fawad a shot.

Or at least, that would be the smart thing to do.
 
Thunderbolt14 said:
I don’t see them dropping Haris since that would destroy his confidence but I can see them resting Shafiq for one match just to give Fawad a shot.

Or at least, that would be the smart thing to do.
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I don't see them resting any 'seniors'. Fawad's only chance is to get ahead of Haris, which could happen if Haris flops in the first test.
 
Looks like he is not going to get that “feeling” anytime soon.

I personally hope he plays ahead of Haris because he has earned it, but getting dropped after getting picked in the squad and not getting a game would be a very PCB thing to do.

A proper troll move.
 
Will need to wait a little more for his chance.....The Fawad Alam exclusion saga continues.
 
The tragic thing is if Pakistan had recalled Hafeez or Shoaib Malik into the squad , there is no way in the world they both would not have been in the playing XI. But then of course it’s an unfair comparison, both Hafeez and Malik are seniors with decades of experience and proven batsmen at the top level — where as Fawad is an inexperienced junior clearly.
 
Vindictive and manipulative Misbah selected him just to divert attention of Karachi media from Sarfraz's exclusion and he was successful in doing that.
 
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Looks like misbah was never serious about him and it was the pressure that forced them to pick fawad

Shafiq will continue to get a free ride no matter how awfully he performs
 
If Haris fails, he will certainly get a chance in the second Test of the series which will be played after 3 years.
 
YK's thoughts on the issue. "Fawad Alam has a been a consistent performer over the recent past, he should get a chance. When you don't pick players who are performing in FC cricket and appreciate them, how do you justify that? Any player, whether he is 19 or 39, if he is fit and performing and he is committed then he should get a chance for his national team."
 
Haris looks like a clown against rising balls around off stump channel. ACross various formats (first class, domestic t20, T20I, A match, tour match, test match) his scores read

5, 32, 4, 6, 8, 18, 2, 1, 8, 9

Not sure why a consistent performer is not getting a chance.
 
jnaveen1980 said:
Haris looks like a clown against rising balls around off stump channel. ACross various formats (first class, domestic t20, T20I, A match, tour match, test match) his scores read

5, 32, 4, 6, 8, 18, 2, 1, 8, 9

Not sure why a consistent performer is not getting a chance.
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But but but he hits beautiful cover drives. If you don’t believe me watch him in the 2015 WC. This is the idiotic response you get from Harris Sohail’s supporters. These same supporters say Fawad should come in for Asad Shafiq completley ignoring the fact that Shafiq has scored far more runs than majority of our batting line up in the last few years. Pakistani fan logic.
 
if Haris fails in this match, on this pitch then he should be dropped and fawad given a chance.
 
sshakir411 said:
But but but he hits beautiful cover drives. If you don’t believe me watch him in the 2015 WC. This is the idiotic response you get from Harris Sohail’s supporters. These same supporters say Fawad should come in for Asad Shafiq completley ignoring the fact that Shafiq has scored far more runs than majority of our batting line up in the last few years. Pakistani fan logic.
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Quiet illogical to pick a batsman who probably at best have a 2 or 3 years of test cricket and not give him a chance. If you pick a 34 year old you give him chance or not pick him at all. Age is not on his side to warm the benches.If they think he is not good enough against depleted Bangladesh side why even picking him.
 
Majid Khan said:
The tragic thing is if Pakistan had recalled Hafeez or Shoaib Malik into the squad , there is no way in the world they both would not have been in the playing XI. But then of course it’s an unfair comparison, both Hafeez and Malik are seniors with decades of experience and proven batsmen at the top level — where as Fawad is an inexperienced junior clearly.
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Mate Malik and Hafeez had they gone to Australia they would've done no better than the juniors. It's easy to praise them after playing well against a much more inexperienced team as compared to Australia (that to in Australia). Malik and Hafeez addition was a ploy, send youngsters to go to Australia to get whooped and then have an excuse to add the purchi brigade. In our t20 team i would say we could use the services of Umar Amin and a decent wicket keeper replacement (probably Umar Siddiq).

As far as Fawad goes he would've smashed records had he had the same chances as anyone else. I guarantee he would've smoked to 10,000 runs had been in the team 10 years ago. Fawad performed real well in domestic and yet still gets ignored, the only reason why he isn't playing is because then Misbah gets a big "I told you so" arguement.
 
jnaveen1980 said:
Quiet illogical to pick a batsman who probably at best have a 2 or 3 years of test cricket and not give him a chance. If you pick a 34 year old you give him chance or not pick him at all. Age is not on his side to warm the benches.If they think he is not good enough against depleted Bangladesh side why even picking him.
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They didn't want to pick him deep down but if you are still performing then age is negligible. Tendulkar still performed till he was 40 and nobody batted an eyelid. Age is negligible it's all about form and fitness and he has that in comparison to Haris Sohail.
 
sshakir411 said:
But but but he hits beautiful cover drives. If you don’t believe me watch him in the 2015 WC. This is the idiotic response you get from Harris Sohail’s supporters. These same supporters say Fawad should come in for Asad Shafiq completley ignoring the fact that Shafiq has scored far more runs than majority of our batting line up in the last few years. Pakistani fan logic.
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Wait wait wait. Asad Shafiq has had a pass-able performance at best over the last 2 years, granted better than Azhar but nothing to blow you away. There are numerous guys now that replace him in Saud Shakeel, Zeeshan Malik, Saad Ali, Ashfaq Ahmed etc. Fact is Pakistan never wants to give everyone a fair shake whenever a team change is actually required.

In conclusion Fawad replaces Haris.
 
Shoaibbtt said:
They didn't want to pick him deep down but if you are still performing then age is negligible. Tendulkar still performed till he was 40 and nobody batted an eyelid. Age is negligible it's all about form and fitness and he has that in comparison to Haris Sohail.
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I mean,Pakistan doesn't play a lot of test matches. So wait time will be longer for someone like him. You never know whether he will be part of the squad in the next series. So keeping a very very senior domestic player in the bench makes no sense.
 
jnaveen1980 said:
I mean,Pakistan doesn't play a lot of test matches. So wait time will be longer for someone like him. You never know whether he will be part of the squad in the next series. So keeping a very very senior domestic player in the bench makes no sense.
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He should've been played in Karachi test where he's completely shined in the recent QeA trophy. People make it sound like the guy needs a wheelchair or something, he's fairly active and if not probably puts most young people to shame with his fitness level.

My point is that why have a lazy individual in Haris who refuses to work hard? Fawad is miles ahead of him in fitness and form.
 
The never ending feeling of Fawad Alam :P

Haris prefered over Fawad, some hidden power in PCB wants to keep Fawad away in my opinion ;)
 
Ryw said:
The never ending feeling of Fawad Alam :P

Haris prefered over Fawad, some hidden power in PCB wants to keep Fawad away in my opinion ;)
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Haris is miles better than him just out of form.
 
Lol calm down. There's no conspiracy here. Haris is a class act and deserves his place. Fawad is first reserve. He will get his shot when it's appropriate.
 
I'm happy haris played. He is in the last chance saloon.

You can not throw out your second best performing back after 3 bad test innings.

He's lucky because people are saying he has not scored a run in the last 3 games, but it's actually 3 innings.he should have enough credit in the bank from his last 12 innings prior to not get dropped after 3 innings.
( I'm talking test cricket)
 
Shoaibbtt said:
Wait wait wait. Asad Shafiq has had a pass-able performance at best over the last 2 years, granted better than Azhar but nothing to blow you away. There are numerous guys now that replace him in Saud Shakeel, Zeeshan Malik, Saad Ali, Ashfaq Ahmed etc. Fact is Pakistan never wants to give everyone a fair shake whenever a team change is actually required.

In conclusion Fawad replaces Haris.
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So what’s the standard here? If Azhar hasn’t had a passable last 2 years why was he handed the captaincy? And why should Asad sit out if he’s done better than the guy who got the captaincy?
 
Younis Khan "Fawad Alam's been a consistent performer. When you don't pick players who are performing in First-class cricket how do you justify that? Any player, whether he is 19 or 39, if he is fit, performing & is committed should get a chance for the national team"
 
sshakir411 said:
So what’s the standard here? If Azhar hasn’t had a passable last 2 years why was he handed the captaincy? And why should Asad sit out if he’s done better than the guy who got the captaincy?
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Not defending both. They both deserved the boot 2 years ago.

The standard is to be at least in the average of mid-40s which Asad hasn’t done, his average in the last 2 years has been low 30s. You can experiment with better players from domestic but no it’s about playing the same old boring XI so that sub par players perform against sub par teams to look good.

Both azhar and him have been poor for the last 2 years go look up the stats.

The azhar captaincy was a disgrace. He failed as captain badly post WC 2015 and doesn’t have a Scooby. Him being made the captain was baseless because of his poor string of performances and something I was against. If anything Babar should be made test captain as well and we should at least say bye to Azhar.
 
50 and 2 wickets for Haris - I see no chance of Fawad being selected for next Test.
 
Fawad won’t get a chance at this point. Only hope is that Jofra hits Shafiq or Haris with a concussion bouncer like Smith, and Fawad becomes our Labuschagne
 
So was Fawad Alam included in the Test side to keep media at bay? No where to be seen and not in any contract list either.
 
MenInG said:
So was Fawad Alam included in the Test side to keep media at bay? No where to be seen and not in any contract list either.
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Looks like it but I heard they going to give contracts to best domestic players and emerging players
 
MenInG said:
So was Fawad Alam included in the Test side to keep media at bay? No where to be seen and not in any contract list either.
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Obviously.

His fake selection was just a decoy to keep the media off the Chief Selector's back.

Azhar Ali averages 12.12 away and Haris Sohail 21.15 away in the last 2 years.

So if Misbah was going to pick them anyway, in spite of their absolute uselessness, then Fawad Alam was always a Fake Decoy Selection.
 
Correction.

Whereas Azhar Ali averages 12.12 away in the last two years, Haris Sohail averages 24.60, with a highest score of 39 not out.

Haris Sohail's scores in the international matches on the tour of Australia were:

4
6
8
1
8

27 runs in 5 innings at an average of 5.40.
 
Younis Khan about Fawad Alam:

"I have been motivating Fawad Alam for the past 3 years, whenever I speak to him or when he calls me"

"I always give the example of Misbah-ul-Haq who became captain at the age of around 36-37 years, and he retired at 42 years but that last period of his career as captain was fantastic"

"I tell Fawad based on this example to keep on performing and keeping your fitness level up at whatever level of cricket you play - so I am hopeful that Fawad will one day fulfil his destiny and reach his goals"
 
Abdullah719 said:
Younis Khan about Fawad Alam:

"I have been motivating Fawad Alam for the past 3 years, whenever I speak to him or when he calls me"

"I always give the example of Misbah-ul-Haq who became captain at the age of around 36-37 years, and he retired at 42 years but that last period of his career as captain was fantastic"

"I tell Fawad based on this example to keep on performing and keeping your fitness level up at whatever level of cricket you play - so I am hopeful that Fawad will one day fulfil his destiny and reach his goals"
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InshAllah. Fawad needs someone to back him, i'm dying to see him play again especially in tests.
 
Instead of giving the mediocre Asad Shafiq free holidays every year, Alam could have been given that slot to challenge Shafiq for a place in the team.
 
Last time around, Fawad Alam lost out to Haris Sohail during selection but now that Haris has withdrawn, could this be his big chance?
 
MenInG said:
Last time around, Fawad Alam lost out to Haris Sohail during selection but now that Haris has withdrawn, could this be his big chance?
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He needs to take it with both hands he should be playing all three games he shouldn't be dropped after 1 or 2 games but this will be his only chance either he will be thier for 2 years or he will be totally gone after this series
 
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