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i like watching him go on rampages but he wastes most of his innings playing silly shots

i dont hate afridi i just think hes not a great cricketer he has to improve his batting try not to slog every ball

ok, a better comment, but he doesn't slog all that much, look at his shots and how he finishes them, for example when he hit sixes over midwicket to a ball on the up, the bat didn't go past his shoulders - he controls his shots very well

EXACTLY!!

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Well i think no one is exciting to watch if he is out of form. But in case of Afridi he still draws crowd.

Originally posted by Majestic Khan

Afridi in Tests compares with the best

After thir first 23 tests (since Afridi has played only 23 tests to this date, we are comparing his performance with the first 23 tests of few top batsmen).

Player        Mat   I     NO Runs HS     Ave 100 50

Afridi            23 42 1 1620 156       39.51   5   8

Ponting        23 37 2 1335 127       38.14   3   7
Gillchrist       23 32 4 1472 152        52.57   4   9
Hayden        23 39 2 1559 203        42.13   4   6
Clarke          20 31 2 1072 151          36.96   2   4

Tendulkar   23 35 3 1382 165        43.18   5   6
Dravid          23 37 3 1805 148       53.08   2 15

Lara            23 38 0 2180 375       57.36   4 12

Looking at the stats, here are the facts

Total Test Runs: Only Dravid & Lara scored more than Afridi in their first 21 tests, Afridi is ahead of Ponting, Gilchrist, Hayden, Clarke and Tendulkar.

Average: Afridi is clearly ahead of Ponting & Michael Clarke in test average after first 23 tests.

Hundreds: Against Afridi's 5 test 100s, only Sachin matches the record with Ponting, Gilchrist, Hayden, Clarke, Lara and Dravid behind them.

Fifties: Similarly Afridi is ahead of the rest in no. of 50s except Lara, Dravid & Gilchrist.

Need I say more about the most under rated batsman in modern test history....... the record speaks for itself.

Miniwarne, just open your eyes a bit, his test stats for 23 tests he has played are even better than ponting , of which not a single one against Bang or Zim, which opens all avenues for that guy, and it also says one thing that he has a good enough technique to score 8 fifties and 5 centures both more than your beloved ponting. I never thought his test stats would be so good.

You are incorrect, Shahid Afridi has been on the international scene for 10 yrs and has taken way too long to adjust, Gilly, Sachin, Ricky, Lara, Clarke all were in their 1st couple of yrs.

He has been used in ODI,s just the way sehwag was initially used, but as ausies have changed test matches , each team is getting players with good strike rates in, whatever is the case afridi has adjusted well , He had 2 centuries in the recent series, and has a long career ahead, the talent he has is immense and he has shown that he can adjust to test matches well!

shut up you dumbass

very true majestic khan my good friend!

but it was very hard for gilly to get into the australia side but then again the pakistan team back in the day was awesome...akram, younis, sohail etc etc

Afridi's test stats look pretty good right now. I hope he can bring his average up to 60 and score 10000+ runs. That's a big ask.

Edited by saadadvanced7

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Originally posted by Inzy

he turns it more than anil kumble for starters

not just 2 or 3 count all of his 50s as well?

And?

Spinners are effective not just by how much they spin it.

As Disraeli said -

"there are 3 kinds of lies - lies, damned lies and statistics"

To add to majestic comments about afridi its not only that he should get aconsistent run in test cricket but should get atleast three or four test yearly against india in india because he is an expert on hitting Indians in India and taht boosts his averages a lot!