Pakistan’s batsman Fawad Alam’s 11-year-old wait for international return ended with a four-ball duck against England at Southampton on the Day 1 of the second Test. This is the fourth test match in which Fawad is representing his country, earlier he was a part of the team in 2009 when Pakistan played three test match series with New Zealand.
However, with the same stance, he scored 10,000+ runs in domestic cricket which means he doesn’t have any issues in scoring runs with this stance. This is the fourth test match in which Fawad is representing his country, earlier he was a part of the team in 2009 when … But what makes this test match special is the return of Pakistani cricketer Fawad Alam in the national team after a gap of almost 11 years. What do you make of Fawad Alam’s batting stance?
Now it's out there for eternity and no matter what runs he scores in the second innings, or however many more Test innings he plays, it consigns him forever to pop up in a listicle on weird stances (we'll do one most probably).That will accompany the other listicles he's destined to appear in, on long-suffering domestic toilers (He was on a hiding to nothing coming in at the fall of Asad Shafiq's wicket and in contributing zero to a partnership of three with All those years, his best years, that he couldn't get in because there was nowhere to get in to with Pakistan's middle order. That same year, he was invited to join the National Cricket Academy (NCA), a pool of talented individuals to be groomed for the elite level.His real breakthrough was the 2006-07 season where Fawad outshone the rest by miles. It's slanting across him as it lands, and even though it straightens marginally to beat his inside edge, it's As parting insult, as he's struck, he looks like a combination of a batsman winded by a hit on the box and bowled by a grubber. Veteran Pakistan batsman Fawad Alam - who made his Test comeback after 11 years - grabbed eyeballs for his unusual batting stance during the final Test against England. #ENGvPAKpic.twitter.com/jR0BxEuggu Alam, 34, was named in the Playing XI in the Southampton Test in place of Shadab Khan. He was then named in the U-19 squad to play the touring Sri Lankans and South Africa Academy teams.
Three balls from Broad, the best result of which for Alam is a toss-up between all three: the nervy jab at the first, the leave-alone of the second, or being beaten square by the third.
Exhale out relief on being given not out.
Now it's out there for eternity and no matter what runs he scores in the second innings, or however many more Test innings he plays, it consigns him forever to pop up in a listicle on weird stances (we'll do one most probably).That will accompany the other listicles he's destined to appear in, on long-suffering domestic toilers (He was on a hiding to nothing coming in at the fall of Asad Shafiq's wicket and in contributing zero to a partnership of three with All those years, his best years, that he couldn't get in because there was nowhere to get in to with Pakistan's middle order. It's slanting across him as it lands, and even though it straightens marginally to beat his inside edge, it's As parting insult, as he's struck, he looks like a combination of a batsman winded by a hit on the box and bowled by a grubber. All those years of bounty, eventually the return of Tests to Pakistan and he gets a call-up in England.After missing 88(!) Who better to know this than For it to be on referral too, because there's nothing quite like the DRS to prolong and accentuate the torture of batting. (5:45) Fawad, however, failed to shine on his international debut in the searing Abu Dhabi conditions aged 21.
All those years of bounty, eventually the return of Tests to Pakistan and he gets a call-up in England.After missing 88(!) Pakistan veteran batsman Fawad Alam, who made his comeback in Test cricket after 11 long years, grabbed eyeballs of the cricketing fraternity with his peculiar batting stance during the final match against England.. Over the years, numerous batsmen have come up with an improvised technique to adjust their game according to a particular situation. You have come to the ESPN Africa edition, for other ESPN editions, click above.George Dobell and Osman Samiuddin answer your #PoliteEnquiries on poor, poor Fawad Alam (5:45)Wait 10 years, 259 days. Meanwhile, the experts noted the big gap between Alam’s legs exposing the stumps to the bowler. Exhale out relief on being given not out. What else but something as unforgiving as batting could, after all, accommodate a state in between life and death? On debut he was out for a first ball duck. This is the fourth Test match of his career. Four balls, one contact between bat and ball, zero runs. Average 56 in that time. A bad day to be Fawad Alam, a great day to be a meme.#PoliteEnquiries: Was it worth the wait for Fawad Alam? All for this punchline: in the time it took you to read those sentences but not fully digest those numbers, it's already over.
The selectors, however, kept their trust in the young allrounder, giving him opportunities in Pakistan's limited-overs squads. Fawad Alam, son of Pakistan's famous first-class cricketer Tariq Alam, made his first-class debut at the age of 17.
Fawad Alam, son of Pakistan's famous first-class cricketer Tariq Alam, made his first-class debut at the age of 17.