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[VIDEOS] Fakhar Zaman v NZ in ICC 2023 World Cup: Was this the best ODI knock by a Pakistani since Abdul Razzaq's effort against SA in 2010?

GLORY OF '92

GLORY OF '92

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The power, the timing, the occasion, the situation.

ATG knock by Fakhar you can't argue.

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Abdul Razzaq vs South Africa 109*(72) in Abu Dhabi on October 31

Highlights:

Abdul Razzaq's ten sixes in the innings moved him into joint third position among batsmen to hit the most sixes in an ODI innings behind Xavier Marshall (12), and Sanath Jayasuriya and Shahid Afridi (both 11).

Razzaq finished with a strike rate of 151.38, which is the second-highest among 100-plus scores in ODIs against South Africa, next only to Ricky Ponting's 164 off 105 balls in Johannesburg in 2006 (strike rate 156.19).

The 12 sixes in Pakistan's innings were the second highest number in an innings while chasing.

This was the fifth occasion that Pakistan have won a match by one wicket. All five wins have come against a different opposition.

This was the fourth highest total chased successfully against South Africa in ODIs and the tenth highest by Pakistan

This was Razzaq's first 50-plus ODI score in more than four years, and his first century since September 2004.


Fakhar Zaman vs New Zealand in ICC World Cup 2023 at Bengaluru 126*(81)

So far

 
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FZ hitting the ball so cleanly. One of the great PK knocks and def amongst the best in WCs. Babars against NZ 4 years ago, Saeed Anwar against NZ in SF in 1999, inzi against NZ( SF) in 1992, and there will be others in WCs
 
This knock is very very special. I got emotional when he got his hundred. One of the best innings i have ever seen. He is the best odi batsman in whole of Pakistan nobody comes close to him.
 
Probably the best innings in the history of World Cups for Pakistan. The timing, the occasion and against a decent bowling attack.

The venue might be a bit of a cheat code but i don't think that takes enough away from him. He would clear the boundary even if it was two times over.
 
Considering this is a WC match and how important it was for Pakistan's chances to reach SF this has to be a much better knock than Razzak's. I wonder how things would have panned out if Fakhar had played teh game against SA.
 
WC pressure takes it to another level, Razzaq's knock may have been tougher to accomplish but happened in a useless bilateral game. This was a virtual knockout in a world cup, this 100 can only be compared with Inzi's knock in 1992 SF. Fakhar will partner Anwar in my all time Pakistan ODI XI.
 
Fakhar zaman may not be an atg but he's defo played atg knocks for Pakistan.

He'd the best bat for Pakistan in these past 10+ years now.

I hope this is a wake up call for pcb, we don't need glorified ranks. We need X factors. Fakhar alone isn't enough, the whole team should be X factors like India or SA(Minus Bavuma)
 
jnaveen1980 said:
It was so good that it made Babar's knock less damaging. It was that good. Imagine Fakhar going at the same rate this match would have been gone for all money.
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Yes, other than winning, that's another significant achievement of this knock. This knock will inevitably be compared forever with Inzy 92 specially if Pak manages to break through into knock out. What Inzy had done was he had managed to paper over the horrible afford by Imran that day with the bat, much like what Babar was doing before the rain intervention. Both captain's embarrassing display of inexplicable statpadding turned into match winning contributions due to the exceptional nature of Inzy & Fakhar's approach. Babar should be grateful forever to Fakhar for saving him from scathing fan backlash.
 
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Best innings by far. Take him out of this match and we'd never have been par let alone thinking about actually chasing 400.
 
RainStopsPlay said:
Lol! Against the likes of club-level attack of Phillips, Sodhi and Southee! :D
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Phillips got 3 wicket for 37 runs in 10 overs against Aus where Aus made 388 runs.

Sodhi is a decent LOI bowler.

Southee is a proven international bowler.

And funnly how you skipped mentioning Santner and Boult who both were taken to cleaners in this match.
 
amvbfm said:
Double century
Innings against SA
CT final
Innings to win us the T20 final in tri series in Zim
Innings in t20 final against Aus

and now this. the most clutch bat in the Pak team.
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That 21 semifinal knock against Aus was also one hell of an epitome of clutchness. That would have been a legendary knock too, it's just sad his entire contribution went to dogs due to pathetic display of selfishness(RizBar), immaturity (Shaheen) & utter incompetence (Hasan).
 
VForVendetta said:
Yes, other than winning, that's another significant achievement of this knock. This knock will inevitably be compared forever with Inzy 92 specially if Pak manages to break through into knock out. What Inzy had done was he had managed to paper over the horrible afford by Imran that day with the bat, much like what Babar was doing before the rain intervention. Both captain's embarrassing display of inexplicable statpadding turned into match winning contributions due to the exceptional nature of Inzy & Babar's approach. Babar should be grateful forever to Fakhar for saving him from scathing fan backlash.
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He definitely dodged a bullet here. After first break the acceleration he provided put Pakistan 21 runs ahead. Any slight pause would have been a problemf ro pak. Sustained attack from Fakhar was required to make up for lack of runs from other end
 
Abdul Razzaq's innings was in a JAMODI game. Doesn't count much.

This one counted more. This was a WC game.
 
IndoorCricket said:
I mean in CWC
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Kapil 83 against Zim
Inzy 92 semifinal
De Silva 96 semifinal
Sachin 03 against Pak
Gambhir 11 final
& Now this one from Fakhar
Special mention :
Asharaful 07 against SA
Rizwan against Sri

I think these are greatest wc knocks produced by asian batsmen over the years. When you keep in mind the context, occasions & opposition composition these have to be the best. People can have various opinions & I would be more than happy to see which knock I missed from adding.
 
YousafTheBeast said:
The greatest opener in Pakistan history, closely followed by Sharjeel.
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Sharjeel is no where close to fakhar as an opener. And I say this as a guy who's seen psl games between the 2 and want sharjeel to open.

Fakhar is the best Pakistani batsmen in the past decade
 
Zaman back in form is the best news Pakistan could have hoped. It is still an uphill task for Pakistan to reach Semis. But there is still hope.

Both Pak and Afg can make it. They have to win their matches and hope NZ and Aus continue to lose.
 
Marooned said:
Was that against Zimbabwe or Namibia?
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Those zimbabwe teams were full of south african team players . Not panayangara type players. They beat Australia in that world cup. This is bengaluru pitch where defending any total is improbable especially if you have very poor bowling line up it is even harder.
 
jnaveen1980 said:
Those zimbabwe teams were full of south african team players . Not panayangara type players. They beat Australia in that world cup. This is bengaluru pitch where defending any total is improbable especially if you have very poor bowling line up it is even harder.
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I believe you cannot fully judge an innings if you haven't seen it and I didn't see kapil innings. Maybe it was as great as you make it out to be but Zimbabwe still weren't a strong opponent.

I actually rate Sachin's 98 very highly. The occasion, the opponent, the strike rate. Huge innings. Perhaps Sachin's best in odis.
 
Marooned said:
I believe you cannot fully judge an innings if you haven't seen it and I didn't see kapil innings. Maybe it was as great as you make it out to be but Zimbabwe still weren't a strong opponent.

I actually rate Sachin's 98 very highly. The occasion, the opponent, the strike rate. Huge innings. Perhaps Sachin's best in odis.
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ball was jagging around. Are you saying this pitch and bowling was challenging? NZ made 401 runs on this track.
 
Rejoice for the real Pakistani fans.

Told you, QkN Mode Pakistan is on a different level altogether. Allah blessed us with rain and a Fakhar special.
 
Marooned said:
Where did I say that?
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In terms of difficulty on this ground we have several such blistering knocks. If the bowling is substandard like this it is even easier. Fakhar reached 100 in 63 balls which is par for the course here. Every batsman had fun out there today. This year IPL playoff at this venue had better bowling attack than this.
 
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I would rate this innings as the best one. One, it was a worldcup match and 2nd it was a do and die match against a decent bowling line-up plus chasing a mammoth total of 400 (adds extra pressure).

Fakhar has always proven himself to be a match winner even with his inconsistency.

Even with his technical shortcomings, he never looked uncomfortable today. This was one of the best innings that i have seen by a Pak batsmen in my time watching cricket.
 
jnaveen1980 said:
In terms of difficulty on this ground we have several such blistering knocks. If the bowling is substandard like this it is even easier. Fakhar reached 100 in 63 balls which is par for the course here. Every batsman had fun out there today. This year IPL playoff at this venue had better bowling attack than this.
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Not sure why are you ranting lol. You are having a conversation with yourself.
 
Definitely one of the most exciting innings, but the best? It was a very flat pitch, with a depleted attack, and very small boundaries. Regardless, it is incredibly difficulty to guide your team to victory when chasing such a massive target so I definitely rate this as one of the best.

For me, Babar’s 101* against New Zealand in the 2019 WC is a better innings. That New Zealand attack was much better than this one’s and that pitch was very very difficult to bat on. Also, Fakhar couldn’t survive on that pitch, he scored 9(10). While Babar wasn’t scoring as fast on this pitch as Fakhar was, he still went not out striking at 100+ which demonstrates how different the two pitches were.
 
Marooned said:
Was that against Zimbabwe or Namibia?
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Zimbabwe when they were an outfit that mattered.


Blokes 175 helped India in a do or die situation and then offcourse India famously went on to be the first Asian country to lift the WC that too at Lords , the heart of Imperial Cricket Council or as they say thr Mecca of cricket
 
jnaveen1980 said:
In terms of difficulty on this ground we have several such blistering knocks. If the bowling is substandard like this it is even easier. Fakhar reached 100 in 63 balls which is par for the course here. Every batsman had fun out there today. This year IPL playoff at this venue had better bowling attack than this.
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This is cringeworthy. Sodhi, Santner, Southee, Boult is quality bowling attack
 
Only one clutch batsman in a lineup of softies (minus Abdullah). Babar is called king, emperor, prime minister, etc but the real Fauji keeps charging on.
 
Unquestionably Fakhar's innings.

I just want to write this down so it is very clear - this match was essentially a knock out game for Pakistan. And to play an innings like this while chasing a gigantic score of 401 is insane. It is disingenuous to discount this innings based on factors like easy pitch, small boundaries etc.,

What about the occasion and most importantly the stakes involved? The cojones required to produce an innings in such intense pressure in a virtual World Cup knock out match makes this innings a very special World Cup knock -forget about comparing it with Razzaq's knock.

Once again it was the scoreboard pressure - pressure of getting knocked out - chasing 401 - and losing an early wicket and to produce this knock - unreal stuff.
 
What a clutch power packed performance. Magnificent. Stunner.

I am certain we would have beaten SA if fakhar played. Remember the 190? What a scintillating performance. Take my money for such performances anyday.

Babar almost cost us btw. Give me like 5 or 6 fakhars anyday over useless babar. I am not sure what he was planning to do. Maybe making sure we don't lose wickets but the simply put so much pressure on fakhar. Still had no effect on fakhar who was not bothered due to his mental fortitude and ability to perform under pressure.
 
jnaveen1980 said:
In terms of difficulty on this ground we have several such blistering knocks. If the bowling is substandard like this it is even easier. Fakhar reached 100 in 63 balls which is par for the course here. Every batsman had fun out there today. This year IPL playoff at this venue had better bowling attack than this.
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And Fakhar had the most fun of them all, and that's all that matters. Love how some people were already scribbling down their desperate, shoddy criticisms like 'weak bowling attack', 'easy ground', etc. while watching Fakhar's carnage last night. Verily, man can never be happy...
 
FastBowlingAllrounder said:
And Fakhar had the most fun of them all, and that's all that matters. Love how some people were already scribbling down their desperate, shoddy criticisms like 'weak bowling attack', 'easy ground', etc. while watching Fakhar's carnage last night. Verily, man can never be happy...
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Totally one of the best knock of this world cup I am talking to the claim of ATG ODI knock from Asian
 
It was right up there.

If you add the context of a do or die World Cup match and chasing a mammoth target of 402. This is then the greatest ODI Knock in Pakistan Cricket History.
 
Is today's innings from Maxwell a replica of Abdul Razzaq's innings against South Africa in 2010?
 
kingusama92 said:
Context matters.

It was a do-or-die WC game chasing 400 and he took their bowling apart under pressure. It's a massive performance and one of the best without a doubt.
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Agreed. And it was a chanceless innings. No help from opposition fielders like we gave Warner and Afghans gave Maxi
 
i would rate this inning of fakhar even higher as compare to the inning which razzaq played against SA because it came at the knockout stage of the game.
 
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