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[VIDEO] Sarfaraz Ahmed - Support Thread

Still the Top Scorer in the match
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I hope he would get another 90 and have an average of 90 in this match. Hope he repeats this success against Africa. Like is said if he performs against Africa then he should be in the squad always.
 
saiyan0312 said:
Agreed. Would love to see him performing. It would be great if our keeping problems would also be solved. They didnt give him a complete run after the asia cup and brought back kamran.
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No he was given a run, problem was he was dropping catches and looked to be wrong man at 7. Which is why I hope for 2 things . Either he starts hitting the ball like he does on domestic or he bats at 3 in Odis
 
I would not select him for ODIs even if he hit 1 century in test series. I think his game is tailor made for tests and should only play tests.
 
No he was given a run, problem was he was dropping catches and looked to be wrong man at 7. Which is why I hope for 2 things . Either he starts hitting the ball like he does on domestic or he bats at 3 in Odis
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Number 3 wont work for him i think. Either way like i said wont mind being spoiled with choices with keepers.
 
pakistanigoneaussie said:
No he was given a run, problem was he was dropping catches and looked to be wrong man at 7. Which is why I hope for 2 things . Either he starts hitting the ball like he does on domestic or he bats at 3 in Odis
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He was never given a run in test matches, may be his game is not suited to ODIs like Matt Prior, he struggled to keep ajmal cuz he could'nt read him well , this problem can be solved by practice otherwise his keeping is decent
 
i think he can b in ODI team .. but be clean behind stumps yes he dropped catch of ajmal and sami but i also remember his brillant stumping against lanka which changed the match.. he was decent.. he will get better with gloves too .. best wicket keepr in presidents trophy he cant b best if he isnt good wicketkeeper ,,.. his batting postiion should b 4th in ODI if he is taken in odi otherwise dont have him at all
 
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Asif321 said:
i think he can b in ODI team .. but be clean behind stumps yes he dropped catch of ajmal and sami but i also remember his brillant stumping against lanka which changed the match.. he was decent.. he will get better with gloves too .. best wicket keepr in presidents trophy he cant b best if he isnt good wicketkeeper ,,.. his batting postiion should b 4th in ODI if he is taken in odi otherwise dont have him at all
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Oh yeah as if Akmal clan has never dropped a catch...

They've replaced the word drop in the dictionary with akmal...
 
Sarfraz can hit the ball long, i remember in one of the pcb practice matches he got 44 not out from 20. Either way he rotates strike something he has done in Odis too. So play him at 3 in Odis
 
keep him away from ODI rightnow , Rizwan should be given the chance in LOIs
 
For now i would keep Sarfaraz away from the ODI team his game is clearly suited to test cricket and for the ODIs we can try Jamal Anwar or Gohar Ali.
 
i dont think keeping will be a problem for sarfraz... I remember when he made his debut everyone (commentators, tv analysts, selectors) were saying that he has the best keeping technique in pakistani domestic cricket, and that he was the best pure keeping prospect since latif... i think with him its just a case of confidence
 
Legend Killer said:
You really think he or the likes MSRN/Akmal Dynasty are going to show up on this thread? However if Sarfaraz fails even in one inning than you will surely see a lot of them on this thread.Pretty sad really
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this is such a mental disease really, i learnt this thing while my stay in PP

i dont grasp the meaning of personal grudge, sarfraz never hurt any guy in PP, heck, he never hurt a fly :sahmed
 
Best of luck to him in the tests, in my mind he has always been the future of pakistan keeping, it's time to realize that potential and give him a good run in the squad.
 
My boy Sarfraz never disappoint Pakistan. He won us Asia. He would have gotten us win against Hindustan in Asia Cup as well if team management had not gone for rubbish Akmal. He will do fine in South Africa series.
 
worldclass keeping :14:

I have not missed Adnan one bit, hopefully he would continue his great work in this test match
 
his keeping has been top notch today. no way kami would have ever held on to that chance.
 
^Humor anyone? :)

Sarfraz shuts up his critics with solid job thus far. There was reason why Rashid Latif, the best keeper ever for Pakistan, raved about him. Keep it up Sarfraz!
 
Me and Hammy were his biggest supporters

We both knew his talent, Right Hammy?
 
finally sarfraz has shown to his haters ... y he is best wicketkeeper in pakistan
 
if mr wessels was watching this thread, he'd be saying:
"we need to wait until Safraz has kept in both innings"
 
HaMmy FinE LeG StriKeR said:
misbah's and whatmore's attitude will play a big role in his confidence
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yeah, true, i'm not sure of that tbh.

i didn't see misbah supporting him much / talking to him much... for instance i thought when late in the day junaid or gul got one of the tailenders to edge which didn't cary and safraz stopped it cleanly (not easy to stop those), he could have patted him on the back or something....

maybe i'm being too nitpicky, but i'm not sure misbah/dav still think/wish they had adnan or rizwan here....
 
sarfraz did great with his keeping. Can he do it with batting. so he did good for the thing he was brought for and that is keeping.
 
mon858 said:
yeah, true, i'm not sure of that tbh.

i didn't see misbah supporting him much / talking to him much... for instance i thought when late in the day junaid or gul got one of the tailenders to edge which didn't cary and safraz stopped it cleanly (not easy to stop those), he could have patted him on the back or something....

maybe i'm being too nitpicky, but i'm not sure misbah/dav still think/wish they had adnan or rizwan here....
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sarfraz now needs to get on with it here, honestly i dont see any way out, he is not clearly the favourite lad and he is being criticized constantly in pakpassion, and haterzz are waiting for one slip one budge

even misbah may discourage the guy to bring his favourite akmals in the team

he needs to develop his confidence, if he loses it at any one moment, he would be considered out

very tough for him
 
@Saj_PakPassion
For those not aware & maybe interested, Pak w'keeper Sarfraz Ahmed is a Hafiz Quran which means that he has completely memorized the Quran
 
the favoritism of players should be purely based on merit and performance and talent, and not on the dressing room environment, you know what i mean

if adnan akmal does a brilliant chicken dance behind the stumps and jokes and makes everybody laughs he still doesnt deserve to be favoured if he is not upto the mark
 
HaMmy FinE LeG StriKeR said:
the favoritism of players should be purely based on merit and performance and talent, and not on the dressing room environment, you know what i mean

if adnan akmal does a brilliant chicken dance behind the stumps and jokes and makes everybody laughs he still doesnt deserve to be favoured if he is not upto the mark
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Adnan was preferred because Sarfraz had a shaky debut and unspectacular ODI career. For all we know, Zoni could have been keeping behind the stumps had he kept his head as well as he kept wickets. IMO, it had nothing to do with nepotism or favoritism but it was a good move to maintain competition for places which gave Sarfraz a chance.
 
I am proud that with me there are a minority of Ppers who backed Sarfaraz!
 
Kept well today-excellent catches to dismiss both De Villiers and Elgar.We need some runs and his confidence will grow.
 
absolutely flawless yesterday, was fantastic.

sounded a lot like :moin
 
Was immaculate, I'm incredibly impressed, in Odis his keeping of the spinners was shoddy and couldn't pick ajmal, seems to have rectified that
 
alberto said:
I am proud that with me there are a minority of Ppers who backed Sarfaraz!
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his supporters can't really keep supporting him unless he gives mindblowing performance on the field..however inside we all just know he's good enough to replace the Akmal virus network if given proper chances or atleast as much a free hand as was given to virus brothers
 
His keeping has been so good and athletic that it reminds of Rashid.
 
CalculatedRisk said:
Sarfraz is the most pathetic batting keeper I've ever seen in international cricket.
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adnan is a better keeper and batsmen

yes sarfraz is better than kami with the gloves

but where is this class batting everyone talks about that sarfraz has , every time he plays an international game he turns into a tailender.
 
keeping is flawless ... batting -need to see him second time to actually judge can he bat or not
 
carbon11 said:
adnan is a better keeper and batsmen

yes sarfraz is better than kami with the gloves

but where is this class batting everyone talks about that sarfraz has , every time he plays an international game he turns into a tailender.
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his keeping is better than adnan, please let us explain that in detail

adnan was a useless keeper, he was lucky to get the series after series and finally he improved his keeping while his batting declined to nothing, and safraz is natural, its his first test and he is flawless
 
HaMmy FinE LeG StriKeR said:
his keeping is better than adnan, please let us explain that in detail

adnan was a useless keeper, he was lucky to get the series after series and finally he improved his keeping while his batting declined to nothing, and safraz is natural, its his first test and he is flawless
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:))

no his keeping is not better than adnans. adnan is a top keeper and should have had the record for catches in new zealand until the umpire screwed him.

and we are still waiting for the sarfraz batting master class u keep talking on about he is such a master that he told shafiq to walk off:)) with whatmore going ape why he is not reviewing it and muhammad comical akram signalling review :))
 
carbon11 said:
:))

no his keeping is not better than adnans. adnan is a top keeper and should have had the record for catches in new zealand until the umpire screwed him.

and we are still waiting for the sarfraz batting master class u keep talking on about he is such a master that he told shafiq to walk off:)) with whatmore going ape why he is not reviewing it and muhammad comical akram signalling review :))
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but im asking you to explain it, please be more technical and thorough in your analysis, all rest of your comment what has it got to do with sarfraz and his batting and wicket keeping

he already has proved given confidence he can be a much better keeper than adnan and he needs just to prove his batting now
 
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Bring Kamran Akmal back. This guy cant even hold a bat.

I dont like the way the Akmal bros are being targeted
 
I do not care whether he is scoring runs or not. He did some very clean keeping that saved us many runs and will save even more in the future compared to Kamran s drops and once in a bluemoon fifty.

He should be persisted with. Even if he Does not have a great technique, he will score on flat Uae pitches and may improve in alien conditiond with time.
 
Why the hell we are targeting him only? Bunch of jokers seriously. Adnan wasn't a bradman either. He learned to bat while his stay with the team. Sarfraz will also learn.
 
sunnykhan said:
Why the hell we are targeting him only? Bunch of jokers seriously. Adnan wasn't a bradman either. He learned to bat while his stay with the team. Sarfraz will also learn.
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true...

but the q is...why was adnan dropped?
 
Why don't we do what the title of the post says and support sarfraz instead of criticising him give him a chance till the end of the series then judge him adnan is not going to play in next 3 matches so get behind sarfraz because what we need behind the team is support!
 
Black Zero said:
true...

but the q is...why was adnan dropped?
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Adnan was unfairly dropped.

But people forgot the time when Sarfraz was the next in line keeper to Kamran Akmal and suddenly adnan got picked coz Sarfraz was playing in WI for the A-team. The unfairness to Adnan is visible for everyone? How ironic.
 
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