never rated sarfraz ahmed he is big karachi parchy like khurram manzoor, shazaib ahmed n asad shafiq etc. Kamran Akmal is the best Batsman wicket keeper Pakistan ever produced name one wicket wicket keeper batsman as good as kamran akaml? as for drooping catches sarfraz ahmed dropped a lot of caches especially against bangladesh series he dropped like 3 or 4 catches in a single match. with kamran akmal we get a decent opener who is dangerous and gives us hope that he would do something compared to the rest of lot we have.
Kamran Akmal >>light years>> sarfraz ahmed
Hmmmmm....... There are two things that's going against in this post for you:
1) Everything that you've written is what YOU THINK AND FEEL
2) Unfortunately for you, I came back from work early today, so I'll have the utmost pleasure of destroying whatever bubble you reside in. To begin with I'll highlight some basic aspects of how things work in general:
In real life, which I am sure you're also a part of (I don't know how much you take from it whenever you're posting) is a place where numeric and empirical data makes more sense than some random subjective opinion about Player A relative to Player B. If selections were based on how individuals felt about players rather than what numbers they produce then I guess Umar Amin and Umer Akmal would have been our mainstay test bats since 2010 and Misbah would have retired post 2011 WC.
The selectors and some sane people working in the PCB; a term I can't believe I am associating with PCB
, do actually work there and they rightly believe that performance should be the basic and most relevant metric to select at least test teams that represent us in the UAE and overseas as well.
For your love and affixation with Kamral Akmal and how you think he's the next best thing since sliced bread please for everyone's sake just go and read this thread
http://www.pakpassion.net/ppforum/s...-Look-at-the-Chances-Missed-by-him-Since-2006
This was a thread that some good old folks on PP created way back in 2011(I presume you hadn't even heard of us back then) when all of us were literally brain***** by what Akmal was producing during the WC. Trust me poster were literally crying on how awful this guy was and the way he had cost us SO SO MANY GAMES OVER THE YEARS. I don't know the statistics now and quite frankly I don't care but at that particular point Mr. Butter Fingers had a grand total of
84 muck ups behind the stumps and cost us with more than
2K runs. I know this won't even make you realize anything because the whole argument was destroyed when you claimed that K.Akmal>>>Light years>>>>Sarfraz. But just to make sure of where exactly K.Akmal stands I had to do this.
Coming to Batting Stats [Purely Tests, since the thread is about Tests]
These are Sarfraz's numbers over the course of his career.
I'll quickly point out the most obvious facts. He has a Career average of 46.28 and a runs per innings accumulating to 35.02. He's played against 6 different test nations and out of these he's managed to only average below 30 against two; England (27.80) and South Africa (13.83).
The series against SA was Sarfraz's first major test assignment so given how our batsman we're torn apart like cotton candy and the team bundled for double digit scores, a 13.30 average is a decent showing. Remember Hafeez was averaging in single digits during this tour and, as per your claim, the Pharchi based selection Asad Shafiq hit a century against Styen, Philander and Morkel during that same said tour.
However coming back to Sarfraz, out of those averages against different countries his numbers against Australia are 49.66, against SL 60+, against NZ 67.00 and against Bangladesh 121.00. Make that of what you may but I am pretty sure that even without quoting Kami's figures I can safely say that Sarfraz is gonna win this battle with a landslide - But guess what I am quite determined to proved my point today so I'll take this to the grave.
Another interesting Stat that I figured during the Sarfraz vs Kami comparison is that from Season 2014 to 2014/2015 and concluding with 2015 Sarfraz's consecutive Batting Scores were
55 Away
52 Away
103 Away
55 Away
109 Home
15* Home
19* Home
13* Home
112 Home
24* Home
15 Home
37 Home
82 Away
21* Away
18* Away
96 Away
14 Away
16 Away
78* Away
That's a total of 19 innings with only getting dismissed 4 times for a score less than 50 runs. 19 FREAKING INNINGS with only 4 dismissals of 50 runs of less. This list includes 11 away games and 8 Home matches. The record also included 10 consecutive innings without getting dismissed for 50 runs or less which I think is the most by any Pakistan WC batsman in test. Also If I must then please remember the Sharjah Innnigs, which Sarfraz was a major catalyst of, helped Pakistan achieve a historic chase and set the World record of the fastest test chase for 300+ runs in the 150 years history of the game.
Now coming to Kami.......
http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/en...ult=2;result=4;template=results;type=allround
Kami's career average in test is 30.79 in 53 matches. For the sake of complete unbiased metrics if we take his runs per innings then it drops to 28.78. His sample size is way larger than Sarfraz and he's played 53 matches for Pakistan. If after 53 matches a bloke is border-lining the 30+ range as a batsman then it's safe to say that he isn't even remotely capable of playing a test innnigs let alone be our mainstay WK for the the national team. It's as simple as that.
His batting Average against Aus is sad sad 15 and against SL it's 38+ for both of which Sarfraz is averaging 49 and 60+ respectively. In addition, to his hackiness as a batsman K.Akmal as I've pointed out earlier is practically a drop machine and the main architect and culprit for the Sydney test which, if you ask me, was blatantly fixed to the core - Akmal has one of the most shadiest performance in those games and if you doubt me go and watch the footage of how many drops he's incurred and how he deliberately didn't run Watson out. Even the commentators we're
ing at the blatant nature of Akmal's antics. I for one would never ever ever want him to be even remotely close to any form of Pakistan cricket.
As for Shafiq, well in case you've missed or it might be that you don't know but Asad is practically the best #6 batsman (Purely Speaking on Statistics) in the history of the game. You can check his average and the number of tons he's scored in that position and how he's leading in the all time list for that particular aspect. Don't take my word for it just run some numbers on cricinfo and you'll get there - I hope you do.
Khurram Manzoor is a hack and I agree he might be a nepotist selection but in all fairness he did score 148 against Styen and Co on his debut game along with Shan Masood at the UAE. This was when Hafeez was terribly out of form as a batsman and continuing in the season he was also part of that historic Sharjah case. So Khurram for all his weaknesses has some very good and honest contributions to Pakistan Cricket. In a nutshell however, I will well and truly define him as a hack of the highest order.
I my efforts might make you see things in better perspective. Have a nice day.
