you are lucky fawad alam...

that your captain asked you to open the innings...

with such a fragile middle order...would you have scored this much...?

moral of the story...?

its better to be the opener of pakistan team...than a middle order bat...

just think about it...

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so now we know what fawad alam has done...

though 'some people' (q this is my revenge) tried it...but doubts remained...

its nice when your curious question is answered in an emphatic manner like fawad has answered...

any youngster looking to grab the opportunity with both hands...gloves...pads and kit...look no further than his maiden century on debut...

after pak's crushing defeat in first match...he was included in the team...asked to open the innings...when he has never ever opened in any game so far (knowledge courtesy Q) ...saw his team getting bundled to paltry score of 90 including his first innings failure...he knew it for sure that the second innings can be the last innings of his international career if he won't succeed...the way we (over)react...specially in subcontinent...so this was the additional pressure, apart from the deficit of 150 runs, with which he walked into the crease to take guard...and with sheer application of skills, determination and focus...he has given pak a reason to smile...again...

i know for sure that there will be flurry of adjectives in the media and in blogsphere but i would like all of them and more importantly peoples from pakistan to leave him alone...don't hail him as next messiah of pak cricket...etc...etc...let the kid do his job sans unnecessary...unwanted pressure...of expectation...of repeating similar feats...or ridiculing him as fluke if he fails in next couple of innings...

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Fawad Alam is My Man!

in an era of rarity of specialist opening batsmen specially in tests...i wont mind if he is persisted with in opening position...provided he is game for it...but of what i saw him in this innings he reminds me very much of gautam gambhir when he debuted for india...coz in a way like him...fawad too plays too much across his pads making him prone to lbws or bowled dismissals...if the ball is swinging...reverse swinging...or seaming...i hope with the confidence of this innings...and given the space kid needs now more than ever after this new found darling status...he will work on this aspect of his game...under the able guidance of another alam...intikhab alam...

till then lets enjoy and savor the moment...!!

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exactly what fawad alam has done...

...to invite so much of euphoria as if he is paksitan cricket's next messiah...

almost every one from pakistan is demanding his inclusion and even former pakistan players are questioning his absence from team pakistan's test xi...

this made me wonder as well as curious about him...so i did bit 'cricinfo' on him...

lets have a look at his batting and bowling record till date...

batting...

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bowling...

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so while his 'all round' record in one day international matches are clearly anything but impressive...can someone please explain why he is worth that much hoopla about him...?

why so much 'fussaad' on fawad...?

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