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[VIDEO] Faheem Ashraf - The all-rounder Pakistan has waited for?
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Faheem wasn't doing anything special even before his injury. We've spent 3.5 years investing in Faheem for little result. With the 2023 WC in India, we don't really need a seam bowling AR either.
Disgusting stats, does Misbah even look at numbers before selecting squads.
His career bowling average is 66.70 in 18 matches when Hong Kong/Zimbabwe isn't included.
I think it's pretty clear he is a terrible bowler, who doesn't take wickets, can't bat and really brings zero value to the team. No idea what he even did in domestic to be brought back to the side.
If they really want some allrounder on the team, maybe give Amad Butt a shot. I don't get they need to pretend that Faheem is so great he needs to keep coming back no matter what. I cannot recall any match winning performance or really even note worthy performance other than a hattrick in T20's vs Sri Lanka in 2017.
He may have a case to be in the T20 side but can someone teach PCB to separate the formats please?
I think it's pretty clear he is a terrible bowler, who doesn't take wickets, can't bat and really brings zero value to the team. No idea what he even did in domestic to be brought back to the side.
If they really want some allrounder on the team, maybe give Amad Butt a shot. I don't get they need to pretend that Faheem is so great he needs to keep coming back no matter what. I cannot recall any match winning performance or really even note worthy performance other than a hattrick in T20's vs Sri Lanka in 2017.
He may have a case to be in the T20 side but can someone teach PCB to separate the formats please?
This clown is selected AGAIN for the Pakistan squad. After 3.5 years of virtually zero performance vs top sides, Misbah refuses to pull the plug on his sorry career.
Does anybody on the selection panel even look at the numbers before picking players ?
Yes, Amad Butt and Hussain Talat have also been selected but will likely feature for the Shaheens whilst Aamer Yamin was completely ignored.
That means another free, all expenses paid trip for this club cricketer.
Does anybody on the selection panel even look at the numbers before picking players ?
Yes, Amad Butt and Hussain Talat have also been selected but will likely feature for the Shaheens whilst Aamer Yamin was completely ignored.
That means another free, all expenses paid trip for this club cricketer.
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Faheem is a decent utility player. Pakistan should carry him in the squad. He is a handy bowler and explosive batsman.
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I dont think a batting line-up as thin as ours can afford him at 7. Has to be a number 8 in SENA test with Shadab or any better spin AR occupying number 7
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Expecting a big score from Faheem
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Pakistan’s bowling is so terrible these days that picking a completely average player like Faheem may not be the worst idea in the world.
He is no worse with the ball than so-called talent fast bowlers and he can fluke a 50 odd on a good day.
This really shows the level of Pakistan team rather than the quality of Faheem. He will not make the reserves of most sides.
He is no worse with the ball than so-called talent fast bowlers and he can fluke a 50 odd on a good day.
This really shows the level of Pakistan team rather than the quality of Faheem. He will not make the reserves of most sides.
hur rizvi
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But at number 7 it's not a bonus he has a job to score.
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Excellent by Faheem so far - giving good support to Rizwan and also scoring himself.
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Well, surprise surprise, today happened to be the good day - 2nd good day in 5 Tests (that too outside of Asia) already for Faheem
Well, surprise surprise, today happened to be the good day - 2nd good day in 5 Tests (that too outside of Asia) already for Faheem
To be precise, in those 5 Tests across almost 3 years, Faheem has 188 runs in 7 innings against Azhar Ali's 93 runs in 9 innings.
Faheem has 3 single innings scores in those 5 Tests.
Azhar Ali has 6 single innings scores in those 5 Tests.
So who only scores runs rarely, as a fluke?
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Doing well Fahim. His free wheeling batting has saved some grace here.
Worth persevering in for Tests.
Worth persevering in for Tests.
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Amazing innings from Faheem - 86* so far
Remember: Misbah argues that players should only be selected if they merit a place as a specialist batsman or as a specialist bowler.
Faheem Ashraf and Shadab Khan say Hi!
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Excellent innings today
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He is quite good for Pakistan standards when you have the likes of Haris, Fawad and Azhar batting
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Pleasantly surprised by his performances on this tour. He must've really put in a lot of work during the pandemic.
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Decent cameo here 
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He is one of the stylish left handed batsman in the world. The on drives he played were close to Babar Azam level. Very pleasing on the eye, his balance is decent. He has problem when its away from him on the offside and it can be fixed
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48 today for Pakistan in the 2nd Test at a time when things could have really gone south for us.
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He’s been getting a stinging rebuke from these boards in recent times but really stepping up when more than half of the batting is failing.
Its him, Riz and one batsman that is usually saving the innings.
Its him, Riz and one batsman that is usually saving the innings.
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To be honest, I still stand by the fact that I was right not to rate Faheem Ashraf a year ago - however, he’s massively, massively improved his balance while batting and has begun playing the ball extremely late after working with Mohammad Yousuf.
I really like this new version of Faheem. However, I’m still unconvinced about his bowling being useful any more than as 4th seamer, which is fine but I wish he could contribute more.
This is, however, good news for limited overs as he can take on an economical 5th or 6th bowler’s role with the ball and be very handy with the bat at 7.
In Tests, I would keep him as a SENA specialist plus maybe Rawalpindi if it’s overcast.
I really like this new version of Faheem. However, I’m still unconvinced about his bowling being useful any more than as 4th seamer, which is fine but I wish he could contribute more.
This is, however, good news for limited overs as he can take on an economical 5th or 6th bowler’s role with the ball and be very handy with the bat at 7.
In Tests, I would keep him as a SENA specialist plus maybe Rawalpindi if it’s overcast.
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His batting has improved hundred folds. He played some impressive knocks so far this series. fair play to him.
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I advocated for Faheem in the team ages back. Also Hasan.
Finally pcb recognises when the GOAT speaks.
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Husnain or Rauf or sameen
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This is PCBs best bowling attack. Solid bowling attack with deep batting ability.
I can't believe I'm finally talking up Faheem Ashraf but with a MoYo-inspired Faheem, Zafar and Hasan at 7, 8 and 9 that's a decent tail basically of three #8s.
It allows you to play two or three spinners on a turner, or four seamers in SENA.
Jury's still out in limited overs cricket though as he's produced few knocks of substance. Hope he bats higher up the order in PSL.
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He isnt a 3rd test seamer and tbh he isnt much of a 4. But watching his batting shows that if his bowling improves, he would become a useful 8 and 3rd/4th seamer.
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There is no hope from his bowling. I see zero talent in his bowling, he should completely focus on his batting, become the batting AR and be the 5th bowling option.
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Lord Faheem is going neck and neck with Sir Pandya as a Test batsman lol
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To be fair, he hasn't been given too many chances with the ball to show what he can do. It takes time to set up a batsman, especially if you're operating in the 130kph range.
He might not be an express pacer, but he can improve his line/length to take wickets. If there's room for improvement, we should see if he can make these changes. It's also a green wicket today, so he should look to get two scalps here.
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Batting wise i think he should be at number 8 in side. However he has shown good application so far in this NZ series. Now needs to do a job with the ball.
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Hes a good white ball bowler but not as good red ball bowler. He can keep it tight though as a 5th bowler
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He looks better at the crease when he has time. Moyo has done some good work with him. Not his biggest fan, but when your work on your weakness and start performing. You have to give someone credit for that.
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I think he might get some joy from this pitch, there's a bit in it for pacers who can extract some bounce or seam.
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He's done well this series, but I'm still not convinced about him. His bowling doesn't seem good enough to be a full time bowler. His batting is more cameo based, I don't see him digging in and churning a century out, he basically counter attacks and hope he doesn't get out. Hence I don't see him becoming a reliable batsmen.
I'm tempted to try someone like Hammad azam instead who's scoring centuries (up to 8 now) in domestic as well as good bowling stats. Or someone who could genuinely command a spot on his bowling at 7 who can bat a bit which I don't think currently exists.
Credit is he's improving rapidly. He pretty much started from zero. If some of the others improved by the extent Faheem has, they'd be class cricket players. I just wonder how much he really can improve, it's seems far too much to become either a reliable batsman or bowler from what he started as.
I'm tempted to try someone like Hammad azam instead who's scoring centuries (up to 8 now) in domestic as well as good bowling stats. Or someone who could genuinely command a spot on his bowling at 7 who can bat a bit which I don't think currently exists.
Credit is he's improving rapidly. He pretty much started from zero. If some of the others improved by the extent Faheem has, they'd be class cricket players. I just wonder how much he really can improve, it's seems far too much to become either a reliable batsman or bowler from what he started as.
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There's no need for him as 4th seamer in many places in the world to be fair.
He'll play more LOI's than he'll play tests.
He'll play more LOI's than he'll play tests.
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Faheem isn’t in the team to score century’s and take fifers. He’s an all rounder, an all rounder that averages 31 with bat and 28 with the ball. Compare that to Ben Stokes who averages 37 with bat and 31 with ball, and people (kids) consider him a legend of the game.
If he’s scoring 30-40 runs and taking 1-2 wickets then he’s done his job. It’s up to the frontline bowlers to take majority of the wickets and the top 5 to score the bulk of the runs.
Lastly, Hammad Azam had his chances, he never took them. He’s not even good enough to play in the PSL.
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