What's the difference between Sarfraz Ahmed and the Akmal brothers in terms of batting?

[Major]

The way sarfraz chooses his shots and all, they are all similar to what unar akmal and kammi would play.

But this guy has had abetter success, while kamran and umar turned their careers into a joke.

What is it that sarfraz does differently and the akmals could learn from?

 

[badsha001]

There is something called Brain, you gotta know which shot to play at what time...

 

[Rayyman]

I am sure [MENTION=138254]Syed1[/MENTION] [MENTION=139982]Sarfarazian92[/MENTION] [MENTION=136079]ahmedwaqas92[/MENTION] and [MENTION=138463]Slog[/MENTION] can explain.

 

[phoenix363]

The way sarfraz chooses his shots and all, they are all similar to what unar akmal and kammi would play.

But this guy has had abetter success, while kamran and umar turned their careers into a joke.

What is it that sarfraz does differently and the akmals could learn from?

Because the Akmal brothers are complete hacks and should not have played international cricket. Similar mould to Faisal Iqbal/ Imran Farhat/ Awais Zia etc.

(Having said that, I was a big fan of Umar for a long time and believed he is one of our best talents in the last two decades. Despite being managed poorly, it is his atrocious attitude which has led to the way his career had panned out).

 

[Syed1]

/thread

 

[Mamoon]

Someone has to show some guts for the Cowards XI.

 

[StreetSmart]

The way sarfraz chooses his shots and all, they are all similar to what unar akmal and kammi would play.

But this guy has had abetter success, while kamran and umar turned their careers into a joke.

What is it that sarfraz does differently and the akmals could learn from?

Willing to learn and keep the focus on cricket on the other hand Akmal brother think they are the best and no one can beat them.

 

[StreetSmart]

Someone has to show some guts for the Cowards XI.

hhahahahaha :-D not any more now probably Sarfaraz will be captain

 

[big_gamer007]

Someone has to show some guts for the Cowards XI.

Haha you seem to be pretty dissapointed and angered by today's performance?

 

[Asif321]

> is responsible
> has brain
> doesnt rely on excuses for his failures
> no blame games
> hardworking

 

[Statsman]

The way sarfraz chooses his shots and all, they are all similar to what unar akmal and kammi would play.

But this guy has had abetter success, while kamran and umar turned their careers into a joke.

What is it that sarfraz does differently and the akmals could learn from?

Not at all. His shot selection is very very different from Akmal brothers.

 

[Markhor]

Better temperament and work ethic.

The thing that infuriated me about Kamran is he never seemed to have learnt anything after 10+ years of intl cricket. Same standard dismissals driving straight to backward point.

And if anything Umar Akmal has regressed after 8 years of intl cricket. These guys then make incessant excuses or claim they weren't given enough chances.

Meanwhile Sarfraz was widely criticised for being a virtual tailender with the bat in his early days of intl cricket, has been shifted around in the batting order god knows how many times in LOIs, but has improved his game and kicked on.

 

[Major]

Not at all. His shot selection is very very different from Akmal brothers.

No the shot selection is similar.

What i found different is the way unar and kamran get lazy, sarfraz staying active at batting is what allows him score runs. His foot work also seems better

 

[Mamoon]

Haha you seem to be pretty dissapointed and angered by today's performance?

Arguably the worst and most insipid batting performance I have seen on a good day of Test cricket. We will probably still win this match, but we have made our job twice as hard. There was no purpose and no direction to our batting today. Just a bunch of stroke-less wonders pulling off the Mannequin Challenge with bats in hand. If Test cricket is left to Pakistan, we will bury it with a shovel, dig up the grave and bury it again.

 

[Major]

Better temperament and work ethic.

The thing that infuriated me about Kamran is he never seemed to have learnt anything after 10+ years of intl cricket. Same standard dismissals driving straight to backward point.

And if anything Umar Akmal has regressed after 8 years of intl cricket. These guys then make incessant excuses or claim they weren't given enough chances.

Meanwhile Sarfraz was widely criticised for being a virtual tailender with the bat in his early days of intl cricket, has been shifted around in the batting order god knows how many times in LOIs, but has improved his game and kicked on.

I still remember the early days sarfraz. The guy was soo terrible that even the bowlers looked better then him while batting. The guy was a walking wicket.


Sarfraz is probably the only cricketer in pakista who transformed himself, who came back into the team has a better batsmen

 

[badsha001]

if test cricket is left to pakistan, we will bury it with a shovel, dig up the grave and bury it again.

potw...

 

[Syed1]

I still remember the early days sarfraz. The guy was soo terrible that even the bowlers looked better then him while batting. The guy was a walking wicket.


Sarfraz is probably the only cricketer in pakista who transformed himself, who came back into the team has a better batsmen

Actually if you had seen him from the u19 days, he was never as bad as he first appeared in international cricket. It's not like Sarf had a magically transformation overnight and became a splendid bat from being a borderline tailender.

The fact is Sarf was played at unnatural batting positions of 7 and 8 by both Afridi and Misbah when is more of a number 4/5 or if you want to stretch it then number 6 batsman. Nothing lower than that. Ask Babar Azam to bat at 7 and 8 and he would also look like a very classy tailender.

When Sarf eventual got his chances at the top order he showed his natural talent and also years of hardwork to better himself. The numbers do not lie, Sarf is our best ODI batsman after Babar. His output is far FAR greater than the Akmal clan.

 

[TalentSpotterPk]

Mentally much more stronger.


Remember his Test Debut ? And the drama's done before that ? That made him mentally stronger while might have destroyed someone else example Haider.

 

[Syed1]

Arguably the worst and most insipid batting performance I have seen on a good day of Test cricket. We will probably still win this match, but we have made our job twice as hard. There was no purpose and no direction to our batting today. Just a bunch of stroke-less wonders pulling off the Mannequin Challenge with bats in hand. If Test cricket is left to Pakistan, we will bury it with a shovel, dig up the grave and bury it again.

I had a good chuckle on this line.

you have become very funny recently, must be reading my posts with diligence

 

[big_gamer007]

Arguably the worst and most insipid batting performance I have seen on a good day of Test cricket. We will probably still win this match, but we have made our job twice as hard. There was no purpose and no direction to our batting today. Just a bunch of stroke-less wonders pulling off the Mannequin Challenge with bats in hand. If Test cricket is left to Pakistan, we will bury it with a shovel, dig up the grave and bury it again.

Hahaha yea has been dissapointing today, I really enjoyed Pak vs England tour and after that this is the series I am watching featuring pak and it is pretty boring and lacks any quality.. Let's see how you guys perform
In the next 1 year post Misbah/Younis time.. hopefully you can find 2 good batsmen and change the mindset of team..

 

[Mamoon]

I respect Major and I am not referring to him, but I feel that the blind and irrational supporters of Misbah will not let Sarfraz lead the team in peace. Every defeat will be down to his 'aggressive and reckless' nature and how Misbah's sensible approach would have prevented the loss etc. etc. bla bla bla.

 

[Mamoon]

I had a good chuckle on this line.

you have become very funny recently, must be reading my posts with diligence

For some reason, I tend to sound funny when I am annoyed. As I result, I am not good at getting angry at people.

 

[Major]

Actually if you had seen him from the u19 days, he was never as bad as he first appeared in international cricket. It's not like Sarf had a magically transformation overnight and became a splendid bat from being a borderline tailender.

The fact is Sarf was played at unnatural batting positions of 7 and 8 by both Afridi and Misbah when is more of a number 4/5 or if you want to stretch it then number 6 batsman. Nothing lower than that. Ask Babar Azam to bat at 7 and 8 and he would also look like a very classy tailender.

When Sarf eventual got his chances at the top order he showed his natural talent and also years of hardwork to better himself. The numbers do not lie, Sarf is our best ODI batsman after Babar. His output is far FAR greater than the Akmal clan.

Did he always batted in his u19 days like he does today in international cricket?

The guy was really poor, and he always looked under pressure in his early international days.

I think credit goes to moin khan formhis transformation

 

[Major]

I respect Major and I am not referring to him, but I feel that the blind and irrational supporters of Misbah will not let Sarfraz lead the team in peace. Every defeat will be down to his 'aggressive and reckless' nature and how Misbah's sensible approach would have prevented the loss etc. etc. bla bla bla.

I think you are saying this based upon what happened with the odi team.

Thing is, people always expected the odi team to do wonders without misbah. Azhar got the team past 250 scores many times which misbah couldnt do, but yet he faced alot of criticism.

People thought sarfraz was rhe saviour and all, but people ignored the real issue of how after 2015 our pace bowling was rubbish, and the spin selection was poor

 

[Speedster777]

No comparison. Sarfraz is a hard working, intelligent cricketer and a natural fighter. A gutsy player. Akmals are not a patch on him they're absolutely rubbish. TTFs of highest order.

 

[MRSN]

. If Test cricket is left to Pakistan, we will bury it with a shovel, dig up the grave and bury it again.

a wonderful post. deserves to be a potw.

 

[SarfiBabarHaris]

Umar is more skilled than Kami and Sarfi.
He has regressed as a batsman which is sad. His attitude was the biggest reason of his downfall.

 

[Slog]

Did he always batted in his u19 days like he does today in international cricket?

The guy was really poor, and he always looked under pressure in his early international days.

I think credit goes to moin khan formhis transformation

I agree

He used to look like a tailender to me

His first innings of note was in Asia cup 2012 final and even in it he looked like a tailender who got lucky

His transformation was the Sri Lanka tour and then UAE series which he played where Adnan Akmal was injured

 

[Slog]

Though I disagree with premise of thread

Akmal brothers, particularly Umar Akmal had a much wider range of shots.

Sarfaraz shot options aren't as vast but he backs himself

 

[Barragan]

Umar Akmal has played almost all of his Tests outside of Asia and in countries like Eng, Aus, NZ and WI.

Akmal avgs 38 and Sarfraz at 32.

As for Kami, he just happened to be the best wicket-keeper batsman at the time and didn't have much competition, until Sarfraz came along and he had to wait a long time to get into the team because Kami had left behind a legacy of his horrible wicket-keeping and that meant Pak were on the hunt for proper keepers, hence Zulqarnain, Adnan and M. Salman were chosen ahead of Sarfraz.