What position should Sarfaraz Ahmed bat at in Tests?

[MenInG]

Seems clearly not in the right place at the moment.

So should he come later?

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Anywhere he wants after all he's the captain.

 

[UN talkz]

11 for some time

 

[hadi123]

8. Should bat after Faheem and Shadab but before Amir, Hasan Ali and Abbas.

 

[shaz72]

He has become a walking wicket for the opposition better to bat at no. 11 is the best position looking at his current form.

 

[mmkextreme_1]

Definitely 8!

Don't understand why he can't lead from the front and play a captains innings

 

[Saj]

One thing is for sure - this guy is not a Test number 6.

In fact I would put Shadab and Faheem ahead of him in the batting order.

 

[MenInG]

One thing is for sure - this guy is not a Test number 6.

In fact I would put Shadab and Faheem ahead of him in the batting order.

This is not what we want to see

 

[Markhor]

For god's sake get him back down the order.

 

[msb314]

12th man

 

[Amjid Javed]

A test keeper in current climate for any team should be good enough to bat 6/7 position in a team. Sarfaraz simply isnt good enough with bat alone to make the side on merit. Time for him to be dropped.

 

[Khan12]

Should quit test cricket and concentrate on odis. His fitness is atrocious too. Unfortunately he only playing due to being captain and we don't have a better captian then him.

 

[Arham_PakFan]

11 for some time

He has become a walking wicket for the opposition better to bat at no. 11 is the best position looking at his current form.

Are you guys kidding!?!?

He's slightly better than Abbas,he should bat at 10.

 

[Abdul]

12.

 

[babajee]

He is good at playing these kinds of counter attacking knocks that Shadab plays. Should swap with Shadab in the next innings.

 

[The_Odd_One]

Back to 7

 

[Fluke Master]

If he has to play then bat him at 11 otherwise kick him out of the team

 

[TeymurBlake]

Allow Shadab and Faheem to go ahead of him.

 

[ArsenalFC]

They call bat better than him at current form (besides Abbas), so number 10 until he improves.

 

[Hawkeye]

Hm.

It's about hiding Sarfraz, but the fact is, you cannot hide him anywhere. He has to bat. And he cannot, no matter what position.

 

[srh]

Seems clearly not in the right place at the moment.

So should he come later?

no. 12 is not an option?

 

[MenInG]

Someone needs to tell him to fix his defense. He can only attack it seems and its not going to work all the time

 

[Someone]

Down down down the order and then out of the team..

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

Same problem here
Saha is an even bigger hack with the bat but his wicketkeeping skills are as good as it gets.

 

[m.shah]

12

 

[shaz619]

7 or 8 for now

 

[ads101]

His recent form sucks, but this is a man who averages near 40 as a wicketkeeper batsman. Our last consistent wicketkeeper played was Kamran who averaged 30 and worse with the gloves. Not to mention the captaincy skills Sarfraz brings.

Even last year Sarfraz averaged 35.

He's in bad form now, but I back him to come back. I'd always want him playing at 7 highest though, with a proper bat at 6.

Not sure pushing him down the order solves things. I think Sarfraz has taken a bit of a backseat when it comes to batting as he's seeing himself more as specialist captain. Which is wrong. Needs to focus on rotating strike, getting those singles, and milking the spinner/part timers when they come on. Not hitting out like some tailender, he's better than that. I think batting him at 5 in ODIs too might be a good idea too.

 

[ShahidDar08]

Should not bat at any position.

 

[Snak3eye5]

Should not bat at any position.

This is uncalled for. He just needs one good score to get back in form. One also needs to understand that he is a wicket keeper batsmen and that takes a heavy toll on the body.

 

[hadi123]

People saying he should bat at 11 are being slightly over the top.

 

[Patwari]

no 12 should have been an option