Fakhar Zaman; ray of hope!

On his way to his first international half century. Brilliant performances from the lad so far. Has a quality off side game and tries to rotate the strike as well. Goes on to show how inept our team management is considering their selections for the India match. Really happy for him. Better than any fat fixer as well. Hoping to see him improve and be an important asset for the side.

 

Just needs to control his aggression at times.

Good thing about him is his behavior on field... looks like a decent character (though too soon to say such things about a Pakistani player). But at least he is not the shokha type like Umar Akmal.

 

50! for the lad. Brilliant stuff. May he keeps on improving.

 

Umar Akmal is the lowest benchmark for any player because he is a total paindu. Hassan Ali from Mundi bhawaudin looks classes above Umar who is from an urban area like Lahore.

 

He already looks better than Sharjeel to me. He can rotate strike plus hit big. Which is a nice combo to me.

 

Sharjeel was an improving leg side hack.

 

Sharjeel and Fakhar would have been a great combo but regardless, Fakhar showing what his domestics stats show in the international scene.

 

He was still either hit or block batsmen. He had no third gear. Fakhar Zaman can play on the off and leg side. He's a overall a better looking batsmen.

 

Those calling him better than sharjeel have their heads stuck in their backsides.

He doesnt come close to fatty's ability, but he is a good addition. However, he needs fo iron out the short ball issue.

 

I'm.waiting for day he & sharjeel batting together hopefully sharjeel gets a clean shit in that psl case

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Love his approach. Fearless and takes the attack to the opposition.

 

If sharjeel was around pak super management would have played fakhar at 6 because they would never have the balls to open with two aggressive batsmen

 

which reminds me...we are in need of some lower order power hitting.

 

Called out for in inclusion well before this tournament.
From the moment I saw him outperform players like Roy and McCullum for Lahore in PSL I knew he would be the real deal.

Surprised it took a while for Mickey to rope him in. However happy he's made it to the side.

Love Hassan, Fakhar and Shadab. These guys bring so much raw skill and determination to this side. An exciting time ahead.
Pakistan should really look after them. Keep them away from corruption

 

Forget everything for a moment, this guy can rotate the strike really well, which is refreshing to see.

 

Sharjeel was better on the legside but Fakhar is way better than him on the off side.

You are speaking as if Sharjeel was the second coming of Viv. He also had his shortcomings.

You could have used better words to show your disagreement.

 

He is potentially better than Sharjeel. Check his list A stats, mister.

 

Also Fakhar's fitness and his running is miles better than Sharjeel the fatty.

 

I can't believe fakhar didn't play v India. Picked mediocre tuk machine Shehzad instead.

 

His pace playing ability was nothing less than viv.

 

Fakhar and Sharjeel would be a mad combo.

 

Not even near to Viv. Viv is the best ever batsman of playing pace. He was brutal and without any evident weakness.

 

this lad deserves all the success he gets.

everyone knows how fickle pak selectors are, yet at managements instructions hes playing a hyper aggressive game which isnt natural to him, look at his list a strike rate, hes putting the team ahead of his own career and that says something.

i wouldnt worry about him getting out to aggressive shots at all, the more he plays the better he'll get, needs to be backed.

 

Fahim was doing well until the poor man got run out in a horrible fashion.

 

Very well said.

 

Sharjeel improved a lot in just one year. Went from looking like a leg side hack to a proper aggressive batsmen in control of his shots

No reason Fakhar cant improve in same way. As it is his base is stronger right now

 

its funny how aggressive players improve and defensive players regress.

 

aside from umar akmal

 

Viv was always vulnerable against movement off the seam and dk lillee used to exploit this flaw time and again. Anyway, against flat out genuine pace, Sharjeel was/is one of the GOATS. The way he dispatched the fastest attack in the world on aussie pitches lays claim to that.

 

He was never a leg-side hack. That's just your poor game-reading skills as usual.

 

his strike rate was sub 80 in his last 20 innings, he has a shot maker but his intent was often lacking, especially in the run up to him getting axed.

 

The future is looking exciting again. Pakistan have found a diamond here. Fact that he's athletic makes him all the more special. Would be wonderful if he can continue to score consistently.

However one downfall I can see of his is that he gets carried away slightly with his stroke making. There were a few lucky 4's in the innings, not least the edge that fell just short of slip and went for 4. However good on him. He has the all round game to do well

 

Just watchd highlights of the game...i obviously am not old enough to have watched him during his time but from the youtube shots ive seen of him, does Fakhar remind anyone of Aamir Sohail?

There were a couple of shots he played today and they instantly reminded me of Aamir...

 

He was beaten over the head by the coach/captain to become someone he wasn't and he was harshly chastised every time he got out playing shots while jokers like Hafeez would get a free pass when giving slip practice. Perhaps things would have been different if the environment was more supportive of his aggressive batting back in the day. At this point, it is hard to say if he is too damaged or can be rehabilitated, but I'd rather give him a chance than sticking with guys with a loser mentality like Hafeez or Azhar.

 

I wouldn't change anything and let him find his own way. As long as he can do this somewhat regularly, it is much better than the useless slow 20-30s we're used to getting from openers like Azhar/Hafeez/Shahzad.

 

Says the Umar Akmal supporter

 

Can't wait to see the day Fakhar and Sharjeel open together. It will be utter chaos. Glad to see talent like this coming through from the domestic. Wish our selectors would take more chances on players like this instead of opting for tried and tested failures. It's time the Pakistan Cricket side moved on from the likes of Shehzad, Akmal and Wahab Riaz and invested in young talent that can actually perform at the big stage.

 

He looks like Amir Sohail to me

 

Lol thora zyada hogaya. Sharjeel is a quality player of pace but I do recall him struggling quite a bit against Mark Wood.

 

Wood did get the better of Sharjeel in that series but it's not like he totally dominated Sharjeel. It's true though, Wood did trouble him some bit in that series