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[VIDEO] Sarfaraz Ahmed - Support Thread

Adnan and Kami are both mentally very weak i dont see them scoring like this . Kami was good batsmen but his days were over in 2010
now he is nothing . even Ishant sharma sledged him and he got out the next ball in that T20 match shows how mentally weak he is and then his everyday excuses everyone is tired off
 
brilliant knock with the bat though. Let's see what he has to offer against a quality side like Aus..
 
Glad he is doing well,was always in favour of giving him a proper chance. How well he has preformed since his comeback, got a give credit to lad. The way he has apprache each of his innings in pressure suitation is remarkable, established batsmen should learn from him. Azadi from Akmal brathrans (kamran & Adnzn) YAAYYY
 
W63L35 said:
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I am glad, I have been a huge suporter of Sarfraz from the day one ... ever since he won us U19 WC. You have to have an eye :IK to recognize talent.
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and what are you trying to prove here?????????????

The criticism that sarfraz recieved in the past was justified as his performance wasn't that good. Moronic stuff by some posters who start bumping threads when someone who wasnt performing in the past starts performing.
 
Hearth is quality, all our batsmen have struggled aganist him. It been been sarfraz who has been able to counter him. Do Australia have quality spinner? I DOUBT and their fast bowling isn't going to as effective in Uae compared to fast bowling friendly condition.
 
Major said:
and what are you trying to prove here?????????????

The criticism that sarfraz recieved in the past was justified as his performance wasn't that good. Moronic stuff by some posters who start bumping threads when someone who wasnt performing in the past starts performing.
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Yea why judge a player after one series, that against South Africa fast bowling in South Africa. Most our batsmen struggled, why he was the only target that he deserved to be ousted from pakistan team. One should be given enough opprounities to prove his abilty and talent.
 
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He has done well, but I am not convinced over his long term prospects - I still harbor hopes of Umar Akmal developing his WK for Test cricket.

He's good and innovative against spin, but still a rabbit against good quality pace. I don't think he will be able to replicate his performances against Australia and New Zealand.

So far he has only done well against SL so the jury is still out. Far better than Adnan though, that has been settled.
 
What a brilliant, tough cricketer this guy is turning out to be. Even when he was failing miserably I felt we should persevere, you don't have a good domestic batting record unless you can actually bat. Glad the patience is being rewarded and hopefully he doesn't rest on his laurels and carries on improving.
 
Another miss stumping or drop catch you call it..saved by someone again and this time it was YK..
 
We don't want him to become a poor man's Kamran Akmal. Needs to get his act together behind the stumps.
 
MRSN said:
Another miss stumping or drop catch you call it..saved by someone again and this time it was YK..
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U need some brain before speaking ! It that was a keepers catch i am afraid u need some knowledge about the game !
 
RickyG said:
Not the type to play the ethnicity card, but noticed a lot of Sarfraz haters come from a particular province and do bash him needlessly. If Sarfraz drops catches then what do Adnan and Kamran do. As for their batting, Kamran is a has been and Adnan is a never was and never will be.

He has gotten out because he had to change the way he was playing and had to be defensive and protect the tail.
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True that ! That province is punjab ! Name it! Because they have been doing it for all of his career !
 
fahadshah said:
True that ! That province is punjab ! Name it! Because they have been doing it for all of his career !
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very immature you are and I advise you to stop posting such trash before getting banned..

apart from bashing Sri Lankans his batting has been tailender-esque and his keeping was always ordinary. He'll have to improve his keeping and perform against quality sides to earn respect. Umar who averages 40 with 85 strike rate is also crucified on this forum. But I've never seen any of his fans playing such an ugly card..grow up!

There should always be room for improvement for upcoming players.

He averaged in the 20s and didn't keep great before this series so what do you think we should have done? Sing songs of his praise? Now he's doing well with the bat everyone is appreciating but no one can close eyes and say he's doing perfect when there is hole in his keeping even seen in this series.
 
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MRSN said:
very immature you are and I advise you to stop posting such trash before getting banned..

apart from bashing Sri Lankans his batting has been tailender-esque and his keeping was always ordinary. He'll have to improve his keeping and perform against quality sides to earn respect. Umar who averages 40 with 85 strike rate is also crucified on this forum. But I've never seen any of his fans playing such an ugly card..grow up!

There should always be room for improvement for upcoming players.

He averaged in the 20s and didn't keep great before this series so what do you think we should have done? Sing songs of his praise? Now he's doing well with the bat everyone is appreciating but no one can close eyes and say he's doing perfect when there is hole in his keeping even seen in this series.
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Hello ! I think u have been mistaken all of his life about his keeping that he has been ordinary and first in for all why shouldnt i be writing FACT that all the Punjab and the akmal family have been behind him so he couldnt get settled in any format and ur so called umar that he has hitting tons of runs against afghanistan and some odd innings against australia ! U need to grow up and i have seen u everytime u post negative stuff about sarfraz or any other upcoming players ! So atleast appreciate some good work and make sure that ur not posting any trash rather u advice someone else
 
MRSN said:
very immature you are and I advise you to stop posting such trash before getting banned..

apart from bashing Sri Lankans his batting has been tailender-esque and his keeping was always ordinary. He'll have to improve his keeping and perform against quality sides to earn respect. Umar who averages 40 with 85 strike rate is also crucified on this forum. But I've never seen any of his fans playing such an ugly card..grow up!

There should always be room for improvement for upcoming players.

He averaged in the 20s and didn't keep great before this series so what do you think we should have done? Sing songs of his praise? Now he's doing well with the bat everyone is appreciating but no one can close eyes and say he's doing perfect when there is hole in his keeping even seen in this series.
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Adnan averages 24 after 21 tests and all of his life he has been playing in SC and comparing to sarfraz He is not even close to him in FC or in International cricket !
 
fahadshah said:
Hello ! I think u have been mistaken all of his life about his keeping that he has been ordinary and first in for all why shouldnt i be writing FACT that all the Punjab and the akmal family have been behind him so he couldnt get settled in any format and ur so called umar that he has hitting tons of runs against afghanistan and some odd innings against australia ! U need to grow up and i have seen u everytime u post negative stuff about sarfraz or any other upcoming players ! So atleast appreciate some good work and make sure that ur not posting any trash rather u advice someone else
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First of all I'm really again sorry about your regional bias trash. I've always judged players based on how good they are not from where they are..Sarfraz's keeping was all over the place in his first few series.. lI've been strong supporter of Tanvir Ahmed, Asad Shafiq, Shahzaib all from Karachi and I've also said Fawad should be given a fair run in test side..

coming back to Umar your claim just shows how negative you think and it also proves that the only person that is regionally biased is you..Umar Akmal against non minnows averages 35.05 SR 85.66 and In wins 39.15 SR of 96.12. He's the best no.6 batsman Pakistan ever had. 3rd best no.6 ODI batsman in the history in terms of average and strike rate. Know facts before talking. Hate can make you blind and hid facts under the carpet.
 
Regional bias bash ! Tell me how kami and shoaib malik got into the side in the t20 world cup ! Secondly, coming to umar akmal if averages what makes him a great i am sorry m not the only one claiming that he has put pakistan under real pressure by throwing away his wicket ! Coming back to sarfraz 's keeping ! He has been the best among all the keepers presently in the country! What series are u talking about ! SA tour was flawless took 8 catches and scored more runs than hafeez and then was dropped to accomodate adnan in that zimbabwe tour ! And ur hatred for sarfraz is clear in all of ur posts ! If FACTS can make u blind then i am happy to be blind sir ! Everything is clear and everyone knows there is a lobby working against the karachites ! U might know this as well !
 
fahadshah said:
Regional bias bash ! Tell me how kami and shoaib malik got into the side in the t20 world cup ! Secondly, coming to umar akmal if averages what makes him a great i am sorry m not the only one claiming that he has put pakistan under real pressure by throwing away his wicket ! Coming back to sarfraz 's keeping ! He has been the best among all the keepers presently in the country! What series are u talking about ! SA tour was flawless took 8 catches and scored more runs than hafeez and then was dropped to accomodate adnan in that zimbabwe tour ! And ur hatred for sarfraz is clear in all of ur posts ! If FACTS can make u blind then i am happy to be blind sir ! Everything is clear and everyone knows there is a lobby working against the karachites ! U might know this as well !
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If you really think his SA tour was flawless then you are in big denial..It's very difficult to convince someone when he cannot come out of their denial world..

Kamran Akmal was selected for the T20 world cup because he is the wicket keeper having most no. of dismissals to his name in T20Is..He's the second best Pakistani batsman in T20Is(acc to avg x strike rate ratio). Shoiab Malik is still one of the best T20s players around in Pakistan.
 
[MENTION=57576]MRSN[/MENTION] Kamran Akmal is no less then a Joker so stop supporting him. On Umar Akmal, I agree he gives us advantage of playing extra batsman/bowler in LOIs and Umar has been a great performer for Pakistan over past few years though still underachieved. But Sarfraz keeping is better then Umar and Kamran. Lets just appreciate the fact that Sarfraz played really well and hope he continues it with consistency for the good and sake of PAK Cricket. In terms of batting ability and range of shots Umar Akmal is a much superior batsman but likes pace and bounce while Sarfraz plays spin better. I will have Sarfraz in Test Team. For ODIs, I think he can be utilized as opener. No one is comparing Umar to him nor putting any doubt on Umar's abilities, He can certainly be a match winner for us.
 
MRSN said:
If you really think his SA tour was flawless then you are in big denial..It's very difficult to convince someone when he cannot come out of their denial world..

Kamran Akmal was selected for the T20 world cup because he is the wicket keeper having most no. of dismissals to his name in T20Is..He's the second best Pakistani batsman in T20Is(acc to avg x strike rate ratio). Shoiab Malik is still one of the best T20s players around in Pakistan.
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Buddy u need some sleep ! Because i dnt think u have watched that entire series ! Or listened to the commentary and u havent watched that t20 squad press conference when they told that they have selected kami as a Third opener ! I agree with ur shoaib malik point !
 
Was a quality knock today, stood up and showed that innovation and being positive is the way forward, well done. :14:

Love the way he took guard way outside leg stump taunting Perera to bowl at the stumps (nice viewing), those sweeps of Mathews and Welegedra were quite the shot, will remember those when he comes out to bat again. A nice knock that does not deserve to be on the losing side.

But it's too early to declare him the "next best thing". We know that he has shown the capability required of a W/K and has shown consistency but let's not forget that he is in the early stages of his career and still hasn't played the big teams like Aus, Eng etc. Once he has played the different tems, then we'll realize where he stands. Too early to pass judgements, term him "average cricketer" the "next best thing", right now you can only form opinions but passing a judgement is too early at this stage.

But personally if he can maintain a 35 average (in the SC, very doubtful about his ability outside Asia) is decent behind the stumps and can force the pace whilst batting I'll be more than happy.

Also I like him behind the wicket quite the ball of energy really tries to pump the bowlers up and I have grown a bit of a soft spot for Sarfraz :p
 
Major said:
and what are you trying to prove here?????????????

The criticism that sarfraz recieved in the past was justified as his performance wasn't that good. Moronic stuff by some posters who start bumping threads when someone who wasnt performing in the past starts performing.
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My point was that I recognized Sarfraz's potential from the very beginning.....and fully supported him... as opposed to a few idiots... who expect a young player to perform from like Don Bradman from his first test match..... or like a few other morons who can/will criticize anybody but expect their hero who can not do anything wrong.

By the way, have you ever criticized Misbah? If so, can you show a post or two....and before you bring up Afridi, yes, I have blasted him for ball biting, pitch dancing, criticizing Irfan's fielding after his 2nd ODI in England... and many other thing.
 
W63L35 said:
My point was that I recognized Sarfraz's potential from the very beginning.....and fully supported him... as opposed to a few idiots... who expect a young player to perform from like Don Bradman from his first test match..... or like a few other morons who can/will criticize anybody but expect their hero who can not do anything wrong.

By the way, have you ever criticized Misbah? If so, can you show a post or two....and before you bring up Afridi, yes, I have blasted him for ball biting, pitch dancing, criticizing Irfan's fielding after his 2nd ODI in England... and many other thing.
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this thread isn't about misbah or afridi, so nice try.............

The people who you are calling idiots, said nothing wrong..... Sarfraz's performance wasn't good before hence people wanted him to be dropped.

If tommarow Kamran akmal starts performing good, would you be bumping his past bad performance based threads?
 
Major said:
this thread isn't about misbah or afridi, so nice try.............

The people who you are calling idiots, said nothing wrong..... Sarfraz's performance wasn't good before hence people wanted him to be dropped.

If tommarow Kamran akmal starts performing good, would you be bumping his past bad performance based threads?
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Please stop making personal statements ! Also, this thread is not about kamran akmal !
 
I only saw the bits from yesterdays innings and he looked good against the spinners and playing on the dry, low and slow wickets this is a positive sign. The real test will come against the good pacers on the bouncier quicker tracks and if he comes out well, then we have solved the wk/bat problem.
 
Amjid Javed said:
Everyone keeps yapping on about his 1st class record of 40+ so what? pakistan domestic cricket is pretty average standard. Sarfraz is the worst of all pakistans current keeping options, average keeper and tailend like batsmen.

Add to that hes been thrown into a S.A tour away and it pretty much adds up to Iqbal qasims most retarded selection ever!
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Sorry mate? Didn't quite catch that 😂 LOL
 
As a batsman, he has shown more results then Adnan. He would be my pick for the WC team as WK
 
Sarfraz has been our best batsman of the series and yet these numpties have the audacity to criticize his batting, quite a panel of experts we have here !

To all the haters, Sarfraz is here to stay. Deal with it !
 
This is seriously good stuff. I expected him to fall cheaply this innings considering he has a 100 and two 50s in his last 3 innings but he looks set for another big one.

Fantastic performance.
 
farazaidi said:
Sarfraz has been our best batsman of the series and yet these numpties have the audacity to criticize his batting, quite a panel of experts we have here !

To all the haters, Sarfraz is here to stay. Deal with it !
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I feel he should have been promoted up the order to utilise his experties against Herath. I even said that at the start of the innings.
 
You know a PAKISTANI player have done exceptionally well when Mamoon is praising him ;)
 
Seen Sheen said:
I feel he should have been promoted up the order to utilise his experties against Herath. I even said that at the start of the innings.
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I was expecting another sharjah from misbah (in terms of batting order)

He is the only batsman who played herath with ease if somehow he an YK would have built a partnership things could have been good for us but now its almost curtains for us
 
Seen Sheen said:
I feel he should have been promoted up the order to utilise his experties against Herath. I even said that at the start of the innings.
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Ramez also mentioned that on commentary. I remember in 97, Ganguly was in a rich vein of form and Azhar promoted him ahead of himself and Tendulkar to no.4 position to make the best use of his form.

If only we had a visionary leader like Azharuddin .... :(
 
farazaidi said:
Ramez also mentioned that on commentary. I remember in 97, Ganguly was in a rich vein of form and Azhar promoted him ahead of himself and Tendulkar to no.4 position to make the best use of his form.

If only we had a visionary leader like Azharuddin .... :(
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Thats where Misbah deserves scathing criticism; he just doesn't think out of the box(apart from Sharjah test) , relies on tried and testes methods even when situation demands some sort of novelty.
 
Hamzakhalid said:
Should I mention how many Akmal have grassed over the years? Countless
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So what was the point in dropping Kamran if you're justifying Sarfraz's drops using Kamrans drops as an excuse.

Beats the whole point of having Sarfraz. With Umar we were better off

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Offers nothing with the bat in ODIs and is a poor WK. Has no role to play in ODIs.

Umar has to grow a pair and get back behind the stumps. As awful as it sounds, Kamran remains the best 'specialist' option for ODIs/T20s but he should be nowhere near the team especially if Shafiq manages to cement himself as an opener.
 
Mamoon said:
Offers nothing with the bat in ODIs and is a poor WK. Has no role to play in ODIs.

Umar has to grow a pair and get back behind the stumps. As awful as it sounds, Kamran remains the best 'specialist' option for ODIs/T20s but he should be nowhere near the team especially if Shafiq manages to cement himself as an opener.
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Haha. Need to work on your analysis skills.
 
Sarfraz the best gloveman in Pakistan

He has been the best keeper/batsman in Pakistan ! Every now and then people try to criticise him for his keeping ! But for God's sake he is a human not machine ! Even a best could drop. Keepers like gilly have dropped sitters ! But we need to give some time for the players who have just come in to the side ! For eg like adnan akmal ! A mediocre with the bat and gloves played 21 test matches and there was no hype about the catches dropped or the amount of runs scored ! So stay calm and support the good lad for the good of Pakistan !



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He could have easily won the man of the match award today. His fast paced century was the reason we were won. Without that, with 2 runs an over rate, we wouldn't have had the lead from the beginning.

Only people with agenda still criticize him. He's been a blessing after so many crap keeper/batsmen for last decade or so.
 
Wk could be better but batting has improved beyond recognition. He looks a proper a batsman and with a bit a of work on the Wk, we have a Wk that should see out the decade.
 
where is [MENTION=125399]amjad145[/MENTION] these days guess its party time for him :hamster:

My support is with Sarfraz after being tortured by the gutsy batting of :adnan
 
Silly Point said:
He could have easily won the man of the match award today. His fast paced century was the reason we were won. Without that, with 2 runs an over rate, we wouldn't have had the lead from the beginning.

Only people with agenda still criticize him. He's been a blessing after so many crap keeper/batsmen for last decade or so.
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Been a fan of him since day one. All he needed was confidence and a proper run, which he finally got and he let his performence do the talking.
 
funny how majority was against him and he has turned out to be decent

around the same time alot of people were touting for sharjeel khan, anwar ali and and ehsan adil and all 3 turned out to be hacks lol
 
well played this guy has true passion has a lot to prove to himself , his family the nation and misbah and waqar and it showed in the first two matches great performance by him he can be the dhoni of pak , I still feel he is best utilized in the middle but since we dont have any other good openers he can open he will get fatigued though
 
Yr where is mamoon? Hasn't been posting negative comments about sarfraz or praising umar for the time he take to give saifi the opportunity to score a ton !


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Some didnt believed in his talent, some just wanted the Akmal family to continue so they kept ignoring him but most, if not all, have recognized his talent and potential for the team now. All thanks to hindsight which is a wonderful thing btw !

Somewhere down the line, Fawad Alam and Hammad Azam will establish themselves in the team too and while fans will be like, oh they've come back much improved now so thats great and all but very few would acknowledge they got it all wrong from the beginning. Talent is more than stats, its about what a player can develop into and not what he is right now. When he hasnt achieved what he can, that is where your judgement maters the most.
 
Wonderful batting, but still worried that if he gets out facing the new ball, we are doomed. Would Like to see him bat at middle order. I hope he would be able to handle the swinging new ball
 
Have supported him from the very beginning good he is increasing his fanbase now
 
He is too precious to be exposed to the new ball. Should bat at 4 or 5.
He needs to be there when they bring on the spinner. He can milk them like no other.
 
Has gone above and beyond in this WC, fabulous batting and looked safe behind the stumps as well.
 
He has done well in this World Cup, but I wouldn't look too much into given the fact that he has been a failure overall in his ODI career. Even Asad Shafiq did very well when he played in the few games in the 2011 World Cup.

I'm not convinced that he will be a success story, especially because he plays a very high risk brand of cricket and is toast against any delivery above ankle height. No doubt, tailor made for slow and low surfaces.

Lets see where he goes from here, because experience tells me that we need to hold our horses because most of these players are false hopes, and they simply deteriorate with time after showing early promise.

The only think he has shown so far is that he's a better option than Jamshed and Younis; something every knew before he got his first game against South Africa.

I hope this ton gives him some additional confidence, because the way he was sweating out there in the 90s against the Irish bowling wasn't something you'd want to see again.
 
Have supported him for a long time now and finally my wish is coming true that he will lead us in all three formats. :)
 
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