so wat r ppls opinion about hafeez. in my poinion this guy is gona go very far i mean ok he is slow but the way e timed some of the balls where beautiful… there was one drive it was as if he had kissed it (with the bat 
) and it went for a 4 …beautiful to watch. this guy actully does nto ‘fish’ outside the damn off stump… imran’s habit is still there but he has improved alot more … i think these 2 will do well together… one attacking and one defencive
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Re: hafeez
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so wat r ppls opinion about hafeez. in my poinion this guy is gona go very far i mean ok he is slow but the way e timed soem of the balls where beautiful... there was one drive it was as if he had kissed (with the bat :p ) it and it went for a 4 .......beautiful to watch. this guy actully does nto 'fish' outside the damn off stump... imran's habit is still there but he has improved alot more ... i think these 2 will do well together... oen attacking and one defencive :p
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He will be great asset for the team when playing on foreign or in conditions where match is going to be low scoring.But on those conditions(like in India,Pak,SL) where great start is very important he may not fit in.He is too slow. But slowly he can learn & improve.Has great potential.
lakin remmber malik was slow too lakinw look at him now
I think Pakisan found a good opener. He looks confident and I'm sure he'll improve by time. Our opening is getting beter!
^ agree.. i think after Saeed anwar and aamir sohail we finally found some consistensy in our opners..
but lets hope that they continue to play like that or even more better..
hamari team ko Australia ki team ki tarah hona chayay :k:
Guys dont jump on conclusion.Dont compare them to Saeed and Sohail.This pair just had one good match.Lets not have big hopes.
The guy has played 10 matches and scored 3 fifties. Tells it's own story.
Yes this guy has got a long way to go too.May be a strong candidate for the future captain.
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The guy has played 10 matches and scored 3 fifties. Tells it's own story.
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Thats a good thing right? I remember inzi had 1 century and 2 50s in his first 15 matches.
The good thing about hafeez is that he looks like a fighter. He is willing to stay out there and battle it out.
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Thats a good thing right? I remember inzi had 1 century and 2 50s in his first 15 matches.
The good thing about hafeez is that he looks like a fighter. He is willing to stay out there and battle it out.
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Thats what I meant. The guy has got class and will beocme a very valubale asset in future, Inshallah.
He is a true allrounder excelling in batting, bowling and fielding. Yesterday he came on to bowl the 5th over and then the 50th as well. That is confidence for someone so young.
Here is a quick analysis of the current/prospective Pak squad.. I included Afridi and Hasan Raza as a reference .. Afridi being example of gross injustice and incompetence of the selection process .. if you look around International cricket there is not even a single batsman (who has played 100+ matches) with that mediocre average considering he is dubbed as a proper batsman ..… Misbah is one guy who deserve to be in the team onedown, middle order or what ever he EARNED it … Elahi .. again why Imran Nazir is playing in his position ? if you go by the performance stats than Elahi has out done Imran (the selection logic being .. he is a ‘popular choice’!!!) s.. so that means Elahi is a victim of ‘unpopular choice?? For that matter Elahi has performed much better than younis!
Name Avarage Match Best 100s 50s
Taufeeq 26.62 17 81 0 3
Afridi 23.7 176 109 3 22
Youhana 41.32 136 141 8 26
Faisal 23.81 15 100 1 0
Misbah 42.83 9 50 0 2
Younis 32.61 83 90 0 17
Hafeez 19.55 9 53 - 2
Imran 24.92 53 105 1 8
Elahi 36.13 40 135 4 7
Razak 27.57 132 112 1 13
Inzimam 38.27 290 137 8 64
Azhar 17.68 124 67 3
Malick 32.2 40 115 2 2
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I think Pakisan found a good opener. He looks confident and I'm sure he'll improve by time. Our opening is getting beter!
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But our Middle is something to worry about at the moment but i'm confident both YoYo and Khan Sahib will get their act togther with the support of Miandad Insha'Allah ..... IMHO they r the backbone of Pak batting and need to take pressure off the youngs ..... nevertheless some of them r proving as time goes by that they r the selection worth
Hafeez is becoming a good all-rounder. His bowling has improved, and his feilding has always been great. His batting is slow but I guess as time goes on, he will learn. But with Imran Nazir opening with Hafeez, Imran's aggression should take some pressure of Hafeez and let him take his time to settle in.
Hafeez seems to be a star in the making. His only weakness is his strike rate, which I'm sure he can improve in the near future. He is a pretty handy all rounder aswell as an athletic fielder.
I have been longing to see Imran Farhat in the side. Imran Farhat, Imran Nazir, and Hafeez all seem to be excellent openers for Pakistan.
Well,
Considering what latif said about building an innings rather than going out and scoring 6 or 7 an over, dont you think hafeez is just that?
He is an excellent all rounder, a joy to watch when he is in form whioch is most of the time so far. His timing is excellent.
From the statistics, he seems like a good allrounder so far.
I hope I get hold of some of his matches soon. It sucks to be following games on the net and not being able to watch. :\
I think he needs to be more consistent. Yes he has scored 3 fifties, but in the 10 matches he has played, he has gotten out on 5 or less runs 5 times of which 3 are ducks. But he surely has the talent and the ability to be a good consistent opener.
The Game Responds:
*Great to see him finally making an effort to take regular singles; big, big improvement from the last tour in that regard. I hope he keeps that up. People, That Is All.*
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Here is a quick analysis of the current/prospective Pak squad.. I included Afridi and Hasan Raza as a reference .. Afridi being example of gross injustice and incompetence of the selection process .. if you look around International cricket there is not even a single batsman (who has played 100+ matches) with that mediocre average considering he is dubbed as a proper batsman ..… Misbah is one guy who deserve to be in the team onedown, middle order or what ever he EARNED it … Elahi .. again why Imran Nazir is playing in his position ? if you go by the performance stats than Elahi has out done Imran (the selection logic being .. he is a ‘popular choice’!!!) s.. so that means Elahi is a victim of ‘unpopular choice?? For that matter Elahi has performed much better than younis!
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I agree to most of your comments but some are questionable. First of all Afridi was never played as just a specialist batsman, he gave the option of being the fifth or sixth bowler. As far as averages are concerned Misbha has an average thats better then Youhana, that does not mean YoYo should sit out for Misbah. I agree Misbah should be in the team.
As far as Imran Nazir's inclusion is concerned, though I dont agree with the whole popular choice thing but I think he is the right guy to do it if we are to carry on with Hafeez as the the other opener. Saleem Elahi takes a lot of time setteling down against quality bowling attacks, and we all know Hafeez also consumes a lot of balls, if we have those two opening our run rate will go too far down and build presuure on the very fragile middle order that we have. Imran is a natural stroke maker with loads of talent, he just needs proper training which I think Miandad can provide. If you look at Autralia's opening pair, they have the same thing, Gilchrist is the agressive one and Hayden takes his time, well lets hope these two develop to be as expolisve as them, they certainly have time on their hands as they are both very young.
A nice article:
What would England give for two front-line batsman under the age of 23 who are capable of bowling 10 tight overs of spin apiece in a one-day game?
Despite the introduction of five new faces, and an average age of 25, England could only look on in admiration at two rising Pakistani stars who did just that at Old Trafford.
Mohammad Hafeez and Shoaib Malik are predominantly batsmen, but it was their bowling - much of it in tandem - that won the opening one-day international for Pakistan.
Hafeez, who later scored an assured 69 from 112 balls to anchor the Pakistan reply, took the wicket of Vikram Solanki just when the Worcestershire batsman was beginning to find his range.
And Malik suffocated England’s rollicking start with figures of 10-2-26-3.
Perhaps most impressive of all was the way that Hafeez handled the pressure of being brought on to bowl the sixth over of the innings.
The 22-year-old off-spinner was being asked to control Solanki and Marcus Trescothick while the field restrictions were still in place.
Worse still, he put down a caught-and-bowled chance off Solanki and was hit for six in successive balls.
Undaunted, back Hafeez came and pushed one through.
Solanki also went back - as did his middle stump - bringing to an end a bright and breezy run-a-ball 36.
Malik’s success was in keeping with a distinguished start to his international career, but Hafeez was playing in only his 10th one-day international and he is yet to make his Test debut.
Uncharacteristically in a country where young talent seems to be plucked from obscurity, he earned his chance after several eye-catching performances in Pakistan domestic cricket.
And already he has three half centuries to his name, Tuesday night’s 69 being the best, and has taken eight wickets at 25.
Despite being a year younger than Hafeez, Malik is fast becoming an old hand at this one-day business.
In 40 one-day appearances he already has two hundreds to his name and he chipped in with 24 runs from 26 balls against England.
His 3-26 represented his best bowling figures so far. Little wonder that he appears to have modelled his action on Saqlain Mushtaq.
So, from a side of supposed greehorns have stepped two rapidly maturing - and enviable - talents.
Hafeez modestly declined to accept the magnum of Champagne that came with the Man of the Match award because of his Muslim faith.
The sobering experience, however, was all England’s.