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Yep if only we had Adnan Akmal he would have scored 150+ on here and we could have even thought of winning the game! Come one ! some people just let their hatred for player overcome their fair judgement...Sarfraz performed very well at domestic level this season and has rightly been given chance right? isn't this what every one wants that if they perform in domestic they should be given a chance in the team?

Now so far he has done very well behind the stumps which is his main job and if he can score few runs then great but if not there is no need for us to start calling him to be dropped, after all if 6 front line batsmen failed then to ask a wicketkeeper why he didn't score any runs is bit senseless!

But more importantly for me this is a great opportunity for Sarfraz to show in a full series if he has it in him to be a good enough at the top level, if he does, its great news for Pakistan as this would create a tough competition between Adnan and Sarfraz just like Moin/Rashid brought the best out of them. If he can't then we can forget about him once and for all and look for another keeper as a backup to Adnan.
 
Sarfraz has been keeping wickets very well. Now let's see if he can play a fighting knock tomorrow. The situation is perfect to make a mark.
 
how can u support such a spineless inept player...to think this guy was selected over adnan who has played many handy knocks so far in his short career
 
Osman said:
how can u support such a spineless inept player...to think this guy was selected over adnan who has played many handy knocks so far in his short career
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You really do chat a lot of sh+t, when did Adnan face this type of bowling.
 
you guys are being harsh in him.

Our openers were unable to negotiate with new ball

Sarfraz is lower middle order...
 
supersix said:
You really do chat a lot of sh+t, when did Adnan face this type of bowling.
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sorry but its not just here...every time he has come out to bat even on subcontinent wickets he has been shown up as embarrassing....the worst was his big booming drive when facing a hattrick ball vs SL....as i have said in other thread...he scores run at domestic because he is facing losers like rahat ali....he is a total spineless player and has it written all over him
 
Should be batting at number 11, what a pathetic selection.
 
Sorry to say his technique is awful against any hint of swing.

The rest have technical problems too but Sarfraz is by far the worst. He seems all over the place - really an ugly site.

Do the selectors actually look at a batsmans technique before selecting them ??
 
Hope IQ is watching and seeing what a pathetic selection he has made.
 
Don't forget its only his second test match and first proper series! (the last time he played was in Hobart in 2010 after being flown in a day before)...I say have a look at him in this series and then if he not good enough well so be it...Adnan played most of his matches in UAE..big difference!
 
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some people are real losers here, the guy is facing new ball against the best attack in the world in difficult condition and probably great of Pakistan have struggled here , loser like AJ expect hack like Adnan do some magic.


He was flawless in his keeping
 
These poster are worst one, who were hiding[not a single post] when Sarfraz was keeping brillant and bated well in practise match, a failure in his 2nd innings against the best attack in the world then these rats out came out of their holes to show how big losers they are.
 
shah_1 said:
some people are real losers here, the guy is facing new ball against the best attack in the world in difficult condition and probably great of Pakistan have struggled here , loser like AJ expect hack like Adnan do some magic.


He was flawless in his keeping
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The only losers here are muppets like IQ for selecting such a joke of a player.

Yeah Adnan may not be great but atleast he had the balls to fight when he played in the team and Batted.

I wont waste my time responding to fact you called me a loser, its water of a ducks back!
 
shah_1 said:
These poster are worst one, who were hiding[not a single post] when Sarfraz was keeping brillant and bated well in practise match, a failure in his 2nd innings against the best attack in the world then these rats out came out of their holes to show how big losers they are.
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The difference between a practice game and a "Test" match is quite apparent. Hes been found wanting in this game and his batting and lack of technic will continue to be exposed at this level.
 
Its not about the losers, it is about reality

Its about the knee-jerk reactions when Sarfraz scored some runs against SA C bowling attack.
 
You really think Adnan with his technique would have survived against them , Adnan has pretty lucky not to play or face the chin music.

I have seen worse player with not that good technique have been quite successful, you can't judge a player based on one test match, let him also play in UAE or on flat track then we will get fair idea about him against Adnan.
 
shah_1 said:
You really think Adnan with his technique would have survived against them , Adnan has pretty lucky not to play or face the chin music.

I have seen worse player with not that good technique have been quite successful, you can't judge a player based on one test match, let him also play in UAE or on flat track then we will get fair idea about him against Adnan.
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as iv said even on subcontinent and UAE tracks sarfaraz has been shown up for what he is i.e tripe
 
shakil said:
Its not about the losers, it is about reality

Its about the knee-jerk reactions when Sarfraz scored some runs against SA C bowling attack.
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reality about what that he played one only two test matches in the most difficult conditions, you can't just be judging after just TWO test matches, here he had face new ball against best new ball attack in the world in very difficult condition and our beloved Hafeez, Azhar and Younis Khan and Even Shafiq couldn't survive against this attack with new ball.
 
Akmals fanboys attacking Sarfraz for no reason, give him credit for his keeping that was outstanding
 
They really think Adnan would have done wonder{with the bat] against this attack, where most of the batsmen failed


I can only :)))
 
Sarfraz is just not competent enough with the bat to compete at this level. Then again, none of our batsmen are.
 
lol what loser these people are, amazing adnan couldnt make runs even on flat tracks, sarfraz is just debuting and he did amazing keeping, all these guys were not even seen when he was performing with the gloves
 
shah_1 said:
They really think Adnan would have done wonder{with the bat] against this attack, where most of the batsmen failed


I can only :)))
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Hauritz made him look like a joke as well in Australia.
 
Yes Sarfraz didnt bat well but he has played only 2 matches that too overseas and in tough conditions ... if u think adnan would have been better then u r at mistake .. adnan would have failed miserably , he was struggling in uae against english bowlers .. adnan has never played in aus or sa conditions let him play their first then we will say who is better then whom .. so far sarfraz and adnan r similiar in batting
as a keeper sarfraz is ahead of adnan no issue on tht
 
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I don't see any difference between Sarfraz and Adnan, why so much hate for Sarfraz.

Clearly Adnan was injured and Srafraz was preforming in FC and he clearly deserved the chance
 
shah_1 said:
I don't see any difference between Sarfraz and Adnan, why so much hate for Sarfraz.

Clearly Adnan was injured and Srafraz was preforming in FC and he clearly deserved the chance
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You love making up stuff don't you?
http://www.pakpassion.net/ppforum/showthread.php?t=169916

and there's one hell of a difference between Sarfraz and Adnan...Sarfraz has at least dropped 6-8 catches in ODIs since his debut..and in batting Adnan even with his broken finger is better than the fit Sarfraz..
http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/562446.html
 
Lets hope Pakistan see sense after this test series and get rid of the keeper-tailender currently been selected.
 
Adnan was able score against SL trundlers,

Chanaka Welegedara -Averages 40
Lakmal - Averages 62
Numan Pardeep - Averages 157
Dhammika Prasad - Averages 59
Kosala Kulasekara - Averages 80
Nuwan Kulasekara - Averages 36
Suraj Randiv - Averages 38
Mathew - Averaged 70

Let Sarfraz face these type of bowlers in TEST
 
Adnan averaged 13.50 against Morkel and Steyn that in UAE, we expect him to average more that in South Africa.
 
MRSN said:
You love making up stuff don't you?
http://www.pakpassion.net/ppforum/showthread.php?t=169916

and there's one hell of a difference between Sarfraz and Adnan...Sarfraz has at least dropped 6-8 catches in ODIs since his debut..and in batting Adnan even with his broken finger is better than the fit Sarfraz..
http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/562446.html
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That is Quaid-E-Azam trophy, I am talking about president trophy, where Adnan missed almost the whole tournament and Sarfraz was best keeper in that tournament.

He deserved his chance
 
Only reason sarfaraz is in the team is because of IQs karachi bias, I hope IQ is ashamed of the pathetic decision he made because the coach/skipper didnt want him in the side.

Also domestic stats arent the be all and end all in regards to team selection.
 
shah_1 said:
reality about what that he played one only two test matches in the most difficult conditions, you can't just be judging after just TWO test matches, here he had face new ball against best new ball attack in the world in very difficult condition and our beloved Hafeez, Azhar and Younis Khan and Even Shafiq couldn't survive against this attack with new ball.
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Then why was he lauded for scoring 80 odd against a South African C side? It goes both ways isn't it? i.e. Not to praise too much when scoring against a 3rd string bowling attack and not to criticize too much when not scoring against an A+ attack
 
Amjid Javed said:
Only reason sarfaraz is in the team is because of IQs karachi bias
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That is not it. If anything Adnan's non-selection will only increase the stock-value of Adnan and Sarfraz's career may even end as he will bear the brunt of the backlash from this series loss.

Pakistan wants to try different keepers out so that we have a good reserve. That was the reason Sarfraz was got selected not some conspiracy theory selection bias
 
Both adnan and sarfaraz are tail-enders against anything which bounce above waist height.
 
shakil said:
Then why was he lauded for scoring 80 odd against a South African C side? It goes both ways isn't it? i.e. Not to praise too much when scoring against a 3rd string bowling attack and not to criticize too much when not scoring against an A+ attack
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there is constructive criticism, you do not see like he is tail-hander and pathetic selection where most of the batsman have failed but why just he faces pure hate for no reason.Give him a chance, you can't pop up after two innings failure after his comeback.


When you talk C string South Africa bowling, where beloved middle order failed against the same bowling. There is ought to be praise when he is outscoring your main batsmen by HUGE margin against C string bowling.
 
shakil said:
That is not it. If anything Adnan's non-selection will only increase the stock-value of Adnan and Sarfraz's career may even end as he will bear the brunt of the backlash from this series loss.

Pakistan wants to try different keepers out so that we have a good reserve. That was the reason Sarfraz was got selected not some conspiracy theory selection bias
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you are so right here dude, this was planned to safeguard Adnan Akmal career.

Adnan is so lucky not to play.
 
HaMmy FinE LeG StriKeR said:
what has ODI got to do with tests here, adnan didnt play ODIs did he?
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keeping doesn't change for different formats does it? I was just trying to show he's not an outstanding keeper with 6 drop catches,1-2 miss stumppings to his name in this short career.Adnan Akmal in his longer career has been far better keeper than him .
 
Amjid Javed said:
Lets hope Pakistan see sense after this test series and get rid of the keeper-tailender currently been selected.
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Atleast give him the series before you make this comment.

He kept really well but didnt bat well so did other SPECIALIST batsman. Lets give a guys couple of games before asking him to be dropped.
 
Let the series finish. So far he seems similar as Adnan. I hope he (Sarfaraz) gets better by every match.

I do not understand why people not hope/pray that any player currently in squad improves. If Sarfaraz improves and becomes good in batting, it will eventually benefit Pakistan by having solid keeper/batsman.
 
I have got nothing personal against sarfaraz as a player, but his selection was a joke and not based on any sort of merit.

Right now the best Batsmen/keeper option for team would actually Kamran Akmal but id rather not have him anywhere near the Test side right now.

Adnan has done a decent job so far and didnt deserve to be dropped, he missed a few games domestically because he was getting married, the selectors should have used common sense and used some compassion in regards to why he was missing.

Then again IQ as a selector comes across as person with an I.Q of about 1.

Whilst sarfaraz kept well, hes batting was that bad he should have been stuck at number 10 after junaid.
 
Not impressed by him in the least. Might as well give Sarfraz the entire series to judge him properly.

Adnan is our first-choice keeper. Unless Sarfraz plays a great innings with the bat or keeps brilliantly (he wasn't collecting the ball cleanly at times), I don't see any reason not to replace him.
 
We need to realize that this is his first test in SA and against bowlers/conditions that all our batsman(barring Shafiq/Misbah) failed against. With that begin said Sarfaraz does need to improve with the bat as the series goes on.
 
0tt0man said:
Not impressed by him in the least. Might as well give Sarfraz the entire series to judge him properly.

Adnan is our first-choice keeper. Unless Sarfraz plays a great innings with the bat or keeps brilliantly (he wasn't collecting the ball cleanly at times), I don't see any reason not to replace him.
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adnan is rubbist and please dont compare adnan's rubbish keeping for sarfraz

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if sarfraz had done this, entire PP would be against him
 
HaMmy FinE LeG StriKeR said:
adnan is rubbist and please dont compare adnan's rubbish keeping for sarfraz

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if sarfraz had done this, entire PP would be against him
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Adnan is normally a decent keeper but yes Sarfaraz is a safer wicket-keeper than him and thats clear to see. Also experts like Rashid Latif/Moin Khan have rated Sarfaraz as the best pure keeper in Pakistan,i am sure they know more about keeping than anyone here.
 
MRSN said:
keeping doesn't change for different formats does it? I was just trying to show he's not an outstanding keeper with 6 drop catches,1-2 miss stumppings to his name in this short career.Adnan Akmal in his longer career has been far better keeper than him .
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adnan akmal had the blessings of having his all akmals in the team and the advantage of his political leverage of the akmal family he has, he wa=ould be dropped and picked again, and the cyccle continues

as a matter of fact even we have rashid latif type guys in the team adnan would still be preferred :umarakmal:adnan:kami i dont want them any where near the team period, if sarfraz will not perform with gloves bring in rizwan but we had too much safarish for akmals
 
So far he is a flop & he failed when we needed him to bat like the warm up match.
 
What is wrong with our first class system?

A guy like Rahat averages 21 with the ball. A tailender like Sarfaraz averages 41

How the hell is he a better batsman than Kami? :)))

Either bring back Adnan who is a top wicket keeper and more competent with the bat than Sarfaraz or bring back Kami who's keeping has improved recently and is easily the best keeper batsman in the country

Sarfaraz should not play for Pakistan again
 
tarrar said:
So far he is a flop & he failed when we needed him to bat like the warm up match.
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how is he a flop, his main target is to keep excellent and he is so far flawless, as far as batting goes, having a guy with average keeping and bad batting is worse than a guy with brilliant keeping and average batting
 
Inshallah he will do well with the bat in the rest of the series. He should average at least 20 this series.

If he doesn't then we will have to revert to adnan akmal.
 
JibranAnsari said:
Inshallah he will do well with the bat in the rest of the series. He should average at least 20 this series.

If he doesn't then we will have to revert to adnan akmal.
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I think if he fails than Mohammed Rizwan will be given a go, according to "reports" Rizwan is Misbah's preferred choice and Rizwan has also been very impressive in domestic cricket . .
 
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Amjid Javed said:
at bad he should have been stuck at number 10 after junaid.
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By your knee-jerk logic then Younis should be at 9

Neither Misbah nor Shafiq survived the new ball and you want a rookie who is playing a second match and whose primary job is keeping to survive for long.

If Kamran was batting who would have smashed a boundary and gotten out next delivery caught behind. An average of 12 in England and 14 in Australia is not something to be proud of
 
shakil said:
By your knee-jerk logic then Younis should be at 9

Neither Misbah nor Shafiq survived the new ball and you want a rookie who is playing a second match and whose primary job is keeping to survive for long.

If Kamran was batting who would have smashed a boundary and gotten out next delivery caught behind. An average of 12 in England and 14 in Australia is not something to be proud of
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so true, some people are true losers, if there is fair criticism then it would be aright, but this guy is making a comeback and facing against the one of the greatest bowler ever[Steyn] with NEW ball.


by these losers logic then even Azhar Ali should bat at 11, let him bat the whole series then there is room for criticism and I have no problem with that.
 
Riff said:
Keepers in other teams have progressed so much in terms of their batting and here we are getting happy about our keeper hitting a boundary off the new ball :)))
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if he hit a debut boundary off a new ball today under impossible conditions to the impossible pacers where as hafeez got to a mere 2, then surly he is even better than hafeez and a potential batsman
 
HaMmy FinE LeG StriKeR said:
if he hit a debut boundary off a new ball today under impossible conditions to the impossible pacers where as hafeez got to a mere 2, then surly he is even better than hafeez and a potential batsman
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I am fan of Sarfaraz but really hitting a boundary of the new ball dosent mean he has proven to be a better batsman than Hafeez. Even Gul struck a few boundaries against the newish ball, that dosent prove anything.
 
should not have been selected for this tour in the first place. Mentally shot and cant handle pressure at all.
 
If he plays in the next two tests, I am sure he will score at least a 50 (Reason of my optimism being he keeps his head down)
 
Can you trolls wait for the series to end? Stop criticizing a player after one flippin game FGS!
 
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this is a secret to sarfraz bashing

somebody's gotta be blamed and its sarfraz

nobody sees a flop in azhar ali, and no body sees hafeez flopping, and nobody sees younus flop, all lay it out on poor sarfraz who has done excellent keeping
 
AJ and his cronies are not wanted here.AJ is a snake who hides when Sarfaraz does well and enters the thread at his first failure.Adnan is gormless and a mug with the bat.
 
Wait for the series to finish... Sarfaraz Will do Fine in the coming mathces in SH Allah... If he can do well against a good pace bowlers in SA conditions when most of our reliable bAtsmen failed., then Yes he definitely can play good against Deyn, Phila and Morkel in the upcoming matches.. Just wait and see..!!!!1
 
at least give the guy a chance.... if he should be dropped for batting bad in 1 game then
azhar ali, rahat ali younis khan saeed ajmal should also be dropped


and kamran akmal should be shot for dropping 6 catches in world cup semi final against india
 
and i'm really hating the trend of same people supporting the akmal clan instead of supporting the team pakistan in whole, some even go far as wishing that pakistan looses so their favorite akmals get a chance to place.... pathetic!
 
alberto said:
AJ and his cronies are not wanted here.AJ is a snake who hides when Sarfaraz does well and enters the thread at his first failure.Adnan is gormless and a mug with the bat.
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Give it a rest you moron, You want to make a cricketing point then go ahead.

You want to get personal then go ahead you muppet, you will get treated in the same way in return and that goes for anyone else who wants to get personal.

Some of you guys on here need to learn some respect and learn how to debate like adults.

Then again with you alberto most people know what sort of garbage you continually post.
 
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