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old topic…but worth debating

so this lad sarfraz somehow averages higher than asad shafiq, taufeeq umar, mohammd hafeez, azhaar ali, khuram manzoor, and ahmad shezad in first class… mind boggling but correct!

will u believe that none of these players (asad, azhar, taufeeq, hafeez, khuram) average in 40s in first class?..for me, that is enough…they are all pathetic players and will always be pathetic…if you do not average in high 40s or mid 50s on dead pitches against a low quality attack, how will you perform at the international level? no way…maybe one or 2 good series on dead pitches but your inherent mediocrity will catch up with you …PERIOD!

comparable transactions? well most of indian and aussie batsmen have batting averages in mid 50s and some even in 60s in first class…rahane, pujara, kohli, rohit sharma… just check the record.

anyway…somehow this sarfraz guy averages 41 after playing freaking 110 first class matches…over 35 fifties and 7 100s with a double century…like him or hate him but he averages more than all of your front end batsmen minus misbah, younis…aab kaya bolon main!

now get this…in first class matches, sarfraz averages more than any other wicketkeeper batsman in pakistan’s cricket history…YES you read it correctly…in Pakistan’s history..i checked everyone…he averages more than taslim arif, rashid latif, moeen khan, imtiaz ahmaad, saleem yousaf, kamran akmal…rahay naam allah ka!

and now this…current pakistani players who have batting average > 40s are fawad alam (55), haaris ali (52), umar akmal (49) and shoaib maqsood (43) but hey all of them never play test matches for us…kidhar jaoon! fawad alam ko t20 may khila diya…lol

ab Pakistan cricket ko joke na kahoon to aur kaya kahoon…can you imagine any country where players who average in 30s are in the team all the time and those who average in 50s are sitting outside…

and it is not just discrimination…haris ali, umar akmal, shoaib maqsood are all punjabi…fawad alam is from karachi…shear incompetency, IQ levels in -ve, egoistic, uneducated officials/selectors, and yes regional tasub as well

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Re: Pakistani Cricket

Also the only country where a leading politician is not a citizen of the country (sorry to bring in politics)

Anything is possible in Pakistan. Fawad Alam deserves a place in test along with all the names you mentioned in your post. Hafeez is not needed in tests as he should be considered a bowling alrounder rather than a pure batsman (limited overs specialist). Chota akmal should be in the team since he is in a different league compared to shahzad, shafiq and manzoor

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Re: Pakistani Cricket

shezad is talented....and he does average 40...barely but 40 .....but still less than sarfraz's average lol.....

i would put shazad and umar akaml in same league though

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Re: Pakistani Cricket

Well … this is Pakistan. :slight_smile:

Waisay … one should not even mention these things, as mentioning truth and quoting facts and showing records, means being racist for some :slight_smile: … maqsad yea hay kay … keep quite and do not say anything because we love discrimination, nepotism, and bigotry, but please do not shame us by mentioning.

Anyhow, if we look at world top batsmen since cricket history record started, who played minimum 50 innings and have average 50 or above. There are only 7 from Pakistan. Fawad tops the list … only 30 players in history have first class average above Fawad. But then who cares.

[TABLE=“width: 559”]

Player
Span
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave

Fawad Alam

2003-2014

104

173

30

7973

296*

55.75

Javed Miandad
1973-1994
402
632
95
28663
311
53.37

Hanif Mohammad
1951-1976
238
370
44
17059
499
52.32

Haris Sohail

2007-2014

57

86

12

3849

211*

52.01

Zaheer Abbas
1965-1987
459
768
92
34843
274
51.54

Misbah-ul-Haq
1998-2014
190
311
37
13825
284
50.45

Inzamam-ul-Haq
1985-2007
245
393
58
16785
329
50.10

On international list, their position is:

31[SUP]st[/SUP] = Fawad Alam
53[SUP]rd[/SUP] = Miandad
63[SUP]rd[/SUP] = Hanif Muhammad
73rd = Haris Sohail
83[SUP]rd[/SUP]= Zaheer
110[SUP]th[/SUP]= Misbah
115[SUP]th[/SUP] =Inzamam

Only 118 players who played over 50 innings, have first class average above 50 in test history (till now)

Fawad Alam has highest average amongst Pakistani batsmen and ranks 31st in overall list of international first class players. Still, he got 3 test Match, and there also he did not failed (even though 3 test match is no criteria to judge any batsman), as he got 1 century in 3 tests, became first Pakistani to make century outside Pakistan in debut and has test average over 40.

Second players in the list, who is more unfortunate than Fawad (as Fawad still got 3 test matches and few ODIs) is Haris Sohail. He received little recognition from corrupt Pakistan full of nepotism, discrimination, and bigotry, as he only got 4 ODIs. He ranks 73rd in overall list of international first class players.

Another surprising thing is that, almost all mentioned as top achievers in first class cricket are world known top test batsmen except few who could not play test match because of injury or discrimination (as that is true with Indian batsmen too)

Records | First-class matches | Batting records | Highest career batting average | ESPN Cricinfo

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[TR=“class: head”]
[TH=“class: left, align: left”]Player[/TH]
[TH=“class: left, align: left”]Span[/TH]
[TH=“class: padAst”]Mat[/TH]
[TH]Inns[/TH]
[TH]NO[/TH]
[TH]Runs[/TH]
[TH=“class: padAst”]HS[/TH]
[TH]Ave[/TH]
[TH]100[/TH]
[TH]50[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
DG Bradman
1927-1949
234
338
43
28067
452*
95.14
117
69
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
VM Merchant
1929-1951
150
234
46
13470
359*
71.64
45
52
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
GA Headley
1927-1954
103
164
22
9921
344*
69.86
33
44
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
AK Sharma
1984-2001
129
166
16
10120
259*
67.46
38
36
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
WH Ponsford
1920-1934
162
235
23
13819
437
65.18
47
43
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
WM Woodfull
1921-1934
174
245
39
13388
284
64.99
49
58
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
CA Pujara
2005-2013
91
147
24
7795
352
63.37
26
26
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
SS Sugwekar
1987-2002
85
122
18
6563
299*
63.10
19
26
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
KC Ibrahim
1938-1950
60
89
12
4716
250
61.24
14
22
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
RG Sharma
2006-2013
62
93
9
5135
309*
61.13
18
20
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
AM Rahane
2007-2013
67
113
13
6034
265*
60.34
20
26
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
VG Kambli
1989-2005
129
181
14
9965
262
59.67
35
44
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
MK Tiwary
2004-2013
65
95
10
5062
267
59.55
18
14
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
S Badrinath
2000-2014
118
169
21
8778
250
59.31
30
39
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
VS Hazare
1934-1967
238
367
46
18740
316*
58.38
60
73
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
AL Hassett
1932-1953
216
322
32
16890
232
58.24
59
75
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
SS Bhave
1986-2001
97
154
17
7971
292
58.18
28
27
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
SR Tendulkar
1988-2013
310
490
51
25396
248*
57.84
81
116
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
DS Lehmann
1987-2007
284
479
33
25795
339
57.83
82
111
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
MG Bevan
1989-2006
237
400
66
19147
216
57.32
68
81
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
AF Kippax
1918-1936
175
256
33
12762
315*
57.22
43
45
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
G Boycott
1962-1986
609
1014
162
48426
261*
56.83
151
238
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
SS Karim
1982-2001
120
168
39
7310
234
56.66
22
33
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
CL Walcott
1941-1964
146
238
29
11820
314*
56.55
40
54
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
KS Ranjitsinhji
1893-1920
307
500
62
24692
285*
56.37
72
109
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
RB Simpson
1952-1978
257
436
62
21029
359
56.22
60
100
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
WR Hammond
1920-1951
634
1005
104
50551
336*
56.10
167
185
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
MD Crowe
1979-1996
247
412
62
19608
299
56.02
71
80
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
RT Ponting
1992-2013
289
494
62
24150
257
55.90
82
106
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
UM Merchant
1938-1951
42
55
5
2789
217
55.78
9
12
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
Fawad Alam
2003-2014
104
173
30
7973
296*
55.75
21
40
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
LD Chandimal
2009-2014
52
84
10
4121
244
55.68
12
23
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
S Chanderpaul
1991-2013
316
516
96
23321
303*
55.52
69
116
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
L Hutton
1934-1955
513
814
91
40140
364
55.51
129
177
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
ED Weekes
1944-1964
152
241
24
12010
304*
55.34
36
54
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
R Dravid
1990-2012
298
497
67
23794
270
55.33
68
117
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
SV Manjrekar
1984-1998
147
217
31
10252
377
55.11
31
46
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
GS Sobers
1952-1974
383
609
93
28314
365*
54.87
86
121
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
BA Richards
1964-1983
339
576
58
28358
356
54.74
80
152
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
RG Pollock
1960-1987
262
437
54
20940
274
54.67
64
99
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
AV Kale
1993-2006
93
145
14
7134
248*
54.45
25
28
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
DS Jadhav
1999-2014
94
151
20
7129
260*
54.41
23
26
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
FMM Worrell
1941-1964
208
326
49
15025
308*
54.24
39
80
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
SG Barnes
1936-1953
110
164
10
8333
234
54.11
26
37
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
JH Kallis
1993-2013
257
421
57
19695
224
54.10
62
97
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
A Flower
1986-2006
223
372
69
16379
271*
54.05
49
75
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
A Jadeja
1988-2013
111
174
24
8100
264
54.00
20
40
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
ARM Ralph
1931-1947
34
55
11
2375
142
53.97
6
16
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
R Lamba
1978-1998
121
175
12
8776
320
53.84
31
27
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
RM Cowper
1959-1970
147
228
31
10595
307
53.78
26
58
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
AR Bawne
2007-2014
39
56
9
2527
166*
53.76
8
13
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
AR Morris
1940-1955
162
250
15
12614
290
53.67
46
46
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
Javed Miandad
1973-1994
402
632
95
28663
311
53.37
80
139
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
MK Pandey
2008-2014
54
83
9
3945
218
53.31
13
18
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
MR Ramprakash
1987-2012
461
764
93
35659
301*
53.14
114
147
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
RS Modi
1941-1960
105
154
12
7529
245*
53.02
20
39
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
S Sriram
1993-2011
133
194
14
9539
288
52.99
32
36
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
DB Vengsarkar
1975-1992
260
390
52
17868
284
52.86
55
87
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
K Bhaskar Pillai
1982-1995
95
124
21
5443
222*
52.84
18
21
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
SM Katich
1996-2013
266
448
52
20926
306
52.84
58
111
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
ML Hayden
1991-2009
295
515
47
24603
380
52.57
79
100
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
GS Ballance
2008-2014
68
105
14
4772
210
52.43
18
22
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
Hanif Mohammad
1951-1976
238
370
44
17059
499
52.32
55
66
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
PR Umrigar
1944-1963
243
350
41
16155
252*
52.28
49
80
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
A Kaypee
1980-2000
117
175
24
7894
210*
52.27
27
34
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
HH Kanitkar
1994-2013
146
222
23
10400
290
52.26
33
46
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
J Moroney
1945-1952
57
93
16
4023
217
52.24
12
22
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
GA Hick
1983-2008
526
871
84
41112
405*
52.23
136
158
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
GS Chappell
1966-1984
321
542
72
24535
247*
52.20
74
111
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
MEK Hussey
1994-2013
273
486
49
22783
331*
52.13
61
103
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
ME Waugh
1985-2004
368
591
75
26855
229*
52.04
81
133
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
H Sutcliffe
1919-1945
754
1098
124
50670
313
52.02
151
230
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
Haris Sohail
2007-2014
57
86
12
3849
211*
52.01
11
23
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
Yashpal Singh
2001-2013
87
145
19
6551
250*
51.99
15
34
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
M Azharuddin
1981-2000
229
343
38
15855
226
51.98
54
74
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
SR Waugh
1984-2004
356
551
88
24052
216*
51.94
79
97
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
BC Lara
1987-2008
261
440
13
22156
501*
51.88
65
88
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
DM Jones
1981-1998
245
415
45
19188
324*
51.85
55
88
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
DCS Compton
1936-1964
515
839
88
38942
300
51.85
123
183
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
DJ Hussey
2002-2013
182
286
26
13449
275
51.72
43
61
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
VVS Laxman
1992-2012
267
436
54
19730
353
51.64
55
98
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
CL Badcock
1929-1941
97
159
16
7371
325
51.54
26
21
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
Zaheer Abbas
1965-1987
459
768
92
34843
274
51.54
108
158
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
HM Amla
1999-2013
171
283
25
13298
311*
51.54
41
66
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
AD Nourse
1931-1953
175
269
27
12472
260*
51.53
41
54
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
SM Gavaskar
1966-1987
348
563
61
25834
340
51.46
81
105
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
WA Brown
1932-1950
189
284
15
13838
265*
51.44
39
66
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
AR Border
1976-1996
385
625
97
27131
205
51.38
70
142
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
AD Mathews
2006-2014
70
110
18
4727
270
51.38
11
23
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
AM Nayar
2005-2014
69
98
14
4301
259
51.20
12
23
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
L Baichan
1968-1983
63
100
12
4504
216*
51.18
13
23
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
S Sharath
1992-2007
139
203
33
8700
224
51.17
27
42
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
PBH May
1950-1963
388
618
77
27592
285*
51.00
85
127
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
W Jaffer
1996-2014
221
365
35
16823
314*
50.97
51
81
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
AO Malhotra
1973-1995
156
227
35
9784
258*
50.95
24
52
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
NC O’Neill
1955-1967
188
306
34
13859
284
50.95
45
64
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
G Gambhir
1999-2014
155
262
22
12225
233*
50.93
36
53
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
RN Harvey
1946-1963
306
461
35
21699
231*
50.93
67
94
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
WM Lawry
1955-1972
249
417
49
18734
266
50.90
50
100
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
AV Mankad
1963-1983
218
326
71
12980
265
50.90
31
70
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
EH Hendren
1907-1937
833
1300
166
57611
301*
50.80
170
272
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
JB Hobbs
1905-1934
834
1325
107
61760
316*
50.70
199
273
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
AB de Villiers
2003-2013
115
193
21
8714
278*
50.66
21
48
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
V Kohli
2006-2013
53
83
10
3695
197
50.61
12
16
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
KC Wessels
1973-2000
316
539
50
24738
254
50.58
66
132
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
SJ Cook
1972-1995
270
475
57
21143
313*
50.58
64
87
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
KM Jadhav
2007-2014
49
78
10
3436
327
50.52
9
13
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
SG Law
1988-2009
367
601
65
27080
263
50.52
79
128
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
RB Kenny
1950-1964
59
70
9
3079
218
50.47
11
11
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
Misbah-ul-Haq
1998-2014
190
311
37
13825
284
50.45
37
74
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
JL Langer
1991-2009
360
622
57
28382
342
50.23
86
110
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
GC Smith
1999-2013
157
270
19
12608
311
50.23
36
50
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
CB Fry
1892-1922
394
658
43
30886
258*
50.22
94
124
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
SS Mitra
1958-1972
59
78
17
3058
155
50.13
7
17
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
Inzamam-ul-Haq
1985-2007
245
393
58
16785
329
50.10
45
87
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
P Dharmani
1992-2010
147
213
27
9312
305*
50.06
26
42
[/TR]
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SV Jedhe
1989-1998
58
87
9
3902
182
50.02
15
12
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A Mukund
2007-2014
83
133
12
6052
300*
50.01
19
18
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