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Afridi’s Amazing Test Record

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Topic: Afridi’s Amazing Test Record
Posted By: Majestic Khan
Subject: Afridi’s Amazing Test Record
Date Posted: 17 February 2006 at 1:27pm
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     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.



Replies:
Posted By: Majestic Khan
Date Posted: 17 February 2006 at 1:29pm
The most amazing thing about this record is that it DOES NOT include any matches against Bangladesh or Zimbabwe


Posted By: Sledger
Date Posted: 17 February 2006 at 1:32pm
The numbers mean little , Bangladesh and Zimbabwe tests cause massive distortion to test averages nowadays and that must be taken into account.

Afridi is a good cricketer , but he isn't comparable to the best batsmen in the world.

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Posted By: Sledger
Date Posted: 17 February 2006 at 1:33pm
Originally posted by Majestic Khan

The most amazing thing about this record is that it <span style="font-weight: bold;">DOES NOT include</span> any matches against <span style="font-weight: bold;">Bangladesh </span>or <span style="font-weight: bold;">Zimbabwe</span>


Then I apologise Maj !!! That's a fine start to his test career !!

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Posted By: Majestic Khan
Date Posted: 17 February 2006 at 1:35pm
Yeah, he is yet to play against Bangladesh and Zimbabwe in tests


Posted By: Sledger
Date Posted: 17 February 2006 at 1:41pm
He should then be above 50 after a series against both those numpties !!

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Posted By: ANIL KUMBLE
Date Posted: 17 February 2006 at 2:38pm
so what his still a fluke


Posted By: Inzy
Date Posted: 17 February 2006 at 2:47pm
a fluke...facts and figures speak for themselves...he's a good player in the test arena so far...just face it! he is talented!


Posted By: ANIL KUMBLE
Date Posted: 17 February 2006 at 2:57pm
if he is talented why does he average 23 in ODIs


Posted By: Inzy
Date Posted: 17 February 2006 at 3:04pm

when he opens up he does it for a reason...to get pakistan into a good firm position, he's got the quickest ODI 100 to date. He hits 6s for fun and has got a quicker ball which pushes 80 mph barrier.



Posted By: ANIL KUMBLE
Date Posted: 17 February 2006 at 3:15pm
so what 2 or 3 good innings he has played in 200 matches and his fast leg spin dosent even spin hes a medium pacer


Posted By: Inzy
Date Posted: 17 February 2006 at 3:17pm

he turns it more than anil kumble for starters

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



Posted By: crick
Date Posted: 17 February 2006 at 3:19pm
he is one of these batsman that their is no point looking at the average, look at the strike rate!


Posted By: Inzy
Date Posted: 17 February 2006 at 3:21pm
exactly...finally somebody talks sense...well done crick!


Posted By: ANIL KUMBLE
Date Posted: 17 February 2006 at 3:25pm
hes useless the only thing he can do is just swing at the ball cant play defensive


Posted By: Inzy
Date Posted: 17 February 2006 at 3:29pm

useless! you might have to look that term in the dictionary mate as Afridi definately aint useless...so if he was in your india side you wouldn't have him in it no?

what you just said could be the same with Dhoni...he's useless then ye?



Posted By: crick
Date Posted: 17 February 2006 at 3:31pm
if afridi is useless how did he get into the world team?


Posted By: Inzy
Date Posted: 17 February 2006 at 3:33pm
ye explain that one anil?


Posted By: ANIL KUMBLE
Date Posted: 17 February 2006 at 3:36pm
because hes a fluke sometimes when the bowlers arent doing well he can just swing at it and hit it for 4 or 6


Posted By: Canadian Rocket
Date Posted: 17 February 2006 at 5:00pm

What is the point ur trying to make anil?

Just dont get jealous and dont talk rubbish!

Afridi is waaaaaay better than Dhoni, considering him opening and coming in the final death overs. Whereas dhoni gets more time to get off the mark and then he plays the way Afridi does! Afridi doesn't take his time getting used to the conditions, thats exactly whats unique about him!



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Posted By: Canadian Rocket
Date Posted: 17 February 2006 at 5:01pm
Dude try and find out the meaning of the word "FLUKE"!!!

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Posted By: Inzy
Date Posted: 17 February 2006 at 5:01pm
well summed up my friend! Afridi is in a different league compared to Dhoni altogether.


Posted By: Canadian Rocket
Date Posted: 17 February 2006 at 5:03pm

Dhoni, dont even mention his name close to AFRIDI!!!

Its totally different, Afridi and dhoni!

Afridi: BOOM BOOM AFRIDI

Dhoni: *what do they say????



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Posted By: crick
Date Posted: 17 February 2006 at 5:21pm
if you remember afridi ripping into the england team, i wouldn't call that fluke, hitting the ball on the up for 6 pretty consistently! luck is usually seldom, so tha fact that he does it consistently surely means it cant be luck!


Posted By: Inzy
Date Posted: 17 February 2006 at 5:25pm
so Anil...you are the only one to call Afridi a fluke so in my eyes that draws one obvious conclusion- Afridi is no fluke! Like Canadian Rocket said, Shahid Afridi is unique!


Posted By: ANIL KUMBLE
Date Posted: 17 February 2006 at 5:30pm
yous must be stupid i dont even know why afridi his in the pakistan team


Posted By: crick
Date Posted: 17 February 2006 at 5:33pm

becuase he's f****** immense, he's like their pieterson, or gilly, or kemp, or dhoni(but much better)

just to anil - what level of cricket are you at, cuase i want to hear just what kind of person is making these accusations



Posted By: Inzy
Date Posted: 17 February 2006 at 5:35pm
Anil i would hate it if you were in charge of my side as you're clueless. DO you know the social consequences? Afridi drawns in crowds of thousands...he is exciting too watch and many people who aren't interested watch him for entertainment value! Just stop hating Afridi...it is all about jealousy and it is obvious


Posted By: ANIL KUMBLE
Date Posted: 17 February 2006 at 5:37pm
i know is entertaining but his only performing every 1 out of 10 games


Posted By: crick
Date Posted: 17 February 2006 at 5:38pm
yeah to be honest i dont hink thousands of people would go to see him, and then leave as soon as he gets out if he wasn't amazin, you dont even see that kind of attitude towards gilly, symonds, kemp, pieterson, flintoff, lara, or tendulkar


Posted By: Inzy
Date Posted: 17 February 2006 at 5:39pm
Anil...you have now a non-pakistani saying that!


Posted By: ANIL KUMBLE
Date Posted: 17 February 2006 at 5:40pm

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



Posted By: Canadian Rocket
Date Posted: 17 February 2006 at 5:53pm

Crick that was well said!

Honestly, I have no comment for u Anil, coz ur the only one who hates Afridi out of about a MILLION!

Anyway hope u get more intelligent and smarter towards cricket!



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Posted By: ANIL KUMBLE
Date Posted: 17 February 2006 at 5:55pm
i dont hate afridi i just think hes not a great  cricketer he has to improve his batting try not to slog every ball


Posted By: Canadian Rocket
Date Posted: 17 February 2006 at 5:59pm

yeh true.

That was a much better comment anil. Thnx for realizing!!!

There's no need to fight on everything, just comment properly, but much better now anil!



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Posted By: crick
Date Posted: 17 February 2006 at 6:05pm
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


Posted By: ANIL KUMBLE
Date Posted: 17 February 2006 at 6:06pm
yeah he proved that against india hes starting to find some form


Posted By: Canadian Rocket
Date Posted: 17 February 2006 at 6:14pm
EXACTLY!!

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Posted By: Inzy
Date Posted: 17 February 2006 at 6:41pm
just don't call him a fluke or a fool and everything is good!


Posted By: Canadian Rocket
Date Posted: 18 February 2006 at 5:42am

Yup, thas true!



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Posted By: vize
Date Posted: 18 February 2006 at 7:45am
Afridi is a great batsman when he is in form like now but when he is out of form ( like the 2003 world cup), in all honesty, he is not the most exciting player to watch

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Posted By: Iceman
Date Posted: 18 February 2006 at 8:42am
Well i think no one is exciting to watch if he is out of form. But in case of Afridi he still draws crowd.


Posted By: MiNiWaRnEy
Date Posted: 18 February 2006 at 8:58am
Originally posted by ANIL KUMBLE

so what 2 or 3 good innings he has played in 200 matches and his fast leg spin dosent even spin hes a medium pacer
 
Exactely he cannot even bowl a wrong un, but that would be point,less because he can't turn it off the straight from leg to off. Can't bowl, Can't bat, technically the most incorrect of all batsmen and leg spinners. He is crap and a fluke, a few good hundreds on extremely flat traks and ordinary bowling has pushed his average up. He has played ovre 200 odis, he should average 30 at least.


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Posted By: wiseguy
Date Posted: 18 February 2006 at 9:32am
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     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.


Posted By: wiseguy
Date Posted: 18 February 2006 at 9:33am
The forum is to judge the cricketing sense of each poster not to show your biases!


Posted By: MiNiWaRnEy
Date Posted: 18 February 2006 at 10:02am
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.

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Posted By: crick
Date Posted: 18 February 2006 at 10:39am
which means it should be harder for him, the pakistan coaches have messed him around a bit, and he still produces the goods


Posted By: wiseguy
Date Posted: 18 February 2006 at 11:11am
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!


Posted By: Majestic Khan
Date Posted: 18 February 2006 at 11:21am
Guys

No need to answer Anil Kumble anymore because

- He is too narrow minded or short sighted
- He doesnot understand how to read cricket stats
- His comments are as rubbish as Anil Kumble' bowling
- He deserves exactly what Afrid does to the bowler Kumble, smack 4,4,4,4,4,0   in an over.......
- Anil Kumble once said that he fears only one batsman in the world - Shahid Afridi

& he is so embarrased because Afridi has scored 300 more runs and two more 50s than Tendulkar - the so called prodigy - in his first 23 test.



Posted By: ANIL KUMBLE
Date Posted: 18 February 2006 at 11:32am
shut up you dumbass


Posted By: Majestic Khan
Date Posted: 18 February 2006 at 12:03pm
Originally posted by MiNiWaRnEy

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.


Another slap on Mini Warney's face !!!

I knew that Aussies would bring this argument so i have the stats on this as well....

        ODI debut    Test Debut     Time bfr 1st test ODIs bfr 1st test 

Afridi       16y 215 d    18y 235d     2 yrs 20 days        66   

Gilchrist   24y 346d    27y 356d    3 yrs 10 days         76

If the above stats are not enough to bring you back to reality, here is a bit more for your peace of mind....

Glichrist was not only 8 years older than Afridi in ODI debut, he was 9 years older than him before playing his first test.



Posted By: Inzy
Date Posted: 18 February 2006 at 12:07pm

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



Posted By: Majestic Khan
Date Posted: 18 February 2006 at 12:15pm
Yeah, Afridi's TEST debut was delayed b/c he was wrongly labelled as an ODI only player.

His debut was vs Australia and then he went on to play in India and won the Test series for Pakistan and has never looked back since then..


Posted By: saadadvanced7
Date Posted: 19 February 2006 at 12:28am
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.

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Posted By: Majestic Khan
Date Posted: 19 February 2006 at 8:36am
Well, if he gets a consistant run in the test arena, he will end up right up there, may be not 10,000 runs as he has just played 23 matches since his Test debut in 98-99 but with something respectable like 7000-8000 runs.




Posted By: Sureshot
Date Posted: 19 February 2006 at 11:06am
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.



Posted By: wiseguy
Date Posted: 21 February 2006 at 9:42am
The reality is that few people are really biased and they keep on blowing their trumpet, suddenly majestic khan comes up with a few stats and their baloons are burst, at times I think one should recheck these records, they have been too good to be true, Actually stats dont lie but fans do.


Posted By: Clobber
Date Posted: 22 February 2006 at 5:37pm
As Disraeli said -

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


Posted By: wiseguy
Date Posted: 23 February 2006 at 4:44am
Yes my dear when they prove one of your favourites better these are words of bible, but when go in favour of some body else are ballant lies!


Posted By: wiseguy
Date Posted: 23 February 2006 at 4:49am
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!


Posted By: Clobber
Date Posted: 23 February 2006 at 9:19am
Originally posted by wiseguy

Yes my dear when they prove one of your favourites better these are words of bible, but when go in favour of some body else are ballant lies!


As everyone knows, my dear (?????), you can use statistics to prove pretty much anything


Posted By: wiseguy
Date Posted: 23 February 2006 at 12:29pm
So you mean  all stats are crap!


Posted By: Clobber
Date Posted: 23 February 2006 at 1:33pm
no not at all, simply that it is easy to manipulate them to fit any particular argument


Posted By: saadadvanced7
Date Posted: 25 February 2006 at 8:10am
Originally posted by Clobber

Originally posted by wiseguy

Yes my dear when they prove one of your favourites
better these are words of bible, but when go in favour of some body
else are ballant lies!


As everyone knows, my dear (?????), you can use statistics to prove pretty much anything


I'm just curious Clobber, did you take offense to wiseguy calling you 'my dear'?

Anyway, I agree with your comments about stats. They do lie sometimes and can be made to fit any argument.

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Posted By: Clobber
Date Posted: 25 February 2006 at 10:17am
I did not take offence even though it was both bizarre and patronising


Posted By: Majestic Khan
Date Posted: 25 February 2006 at 1:55pm
Originally posted by Clobber

no not at all, simply that it is easy to manipulate them to fit any particular argument


You mean his career record is manipulated????
Cricinfo.com is managed by Wisden dude!!!




Posted By: Clobber
Date Posted: 25 February 2006 at 2:15pm
I can only hope you are being deliberately obtuse as the alternative is too terrifying to contemplate


Posted By: Majestic Khan
Date Posted: 25 February 2006 at 2:53pm
I can't see your origin from your stats on the forum, but the way you twist facts and figures so easily, I can bet you are an Indian!!!!!!!!!!!


Posted By: Jyothika
Date Posted: 25 February 2006 at 2:55pm
Not all indians twist facts and figures so easliy.


Posted By: Clobber
Date Posted: 25 February 2006 at 3:21pm
Originally posted by Majestic Khan

I can't see your origin from your stats on the forum, but the way you twist facts and figures so easily, I can bet you are an Indian!!!!!!!!!!!


not for the first time you are WRONG


Posted By: saadadvanced7
Date Posted: 25 February 2006 at 10:37pm
Take it easy friends!

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Posted By: Clobber
Date Posted: 25 February 2006 at 11:55pm
it's all just harmless banter


Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 27 February 2006 at 11:42am

hey i am likeing this how many topics about afridi now

he is the best



Posted By: TANZ
Date Posted: 01 March 2006 at 11:16am
yes there are quite a lot of topics on him he is a entertainer and that what he will do and play some extremly good cricket

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Posted By: wiseguy
Date Posted: 02 March 2006 at 9:23am
The only way players are judged once they are gone, is by stats, we never saw bradman play but stats say he was the greatest, same would be the case with afridi 20 -30 years down the line when cricket would be played probably 10/10 or 5/5 the only comparison would be on stats, Infact if you take away stats the most exciting batsman I have ever seen is VIV RICHARDS, so he should be the greatest.


Posted By: shan
Date Posted: 02 March 2006 at 10:14am

Originally posted by Clobber

As Disraeli said -

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

Dead right. Statistics, sometimes the worst of lies, not always though. How on earth would anyone believe Afridi to be a good Test Batsman. I would be the last of all.

And the same stands for Dhoni, as well. Real test is on fast tracks, with a lot of support for the bowlers.



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Posted By: ANIL KUMBLE
Date Posted: 04 March 2006 at 9:04pm

pitches dont mean anything especially for afridi cause no matter how the pitch is he will still go out there trying to smash it



Posted By: Flavorz
Date Posted: 05 March 2006 at 12:25pm
I love the jelousy of you posts when someone says something good about Afridi. 

Anyway, yes, his test average is good. Destroyed Singh with those beatiful 4 6ers in a row and is now averaging at fourty, which is very good for an allrounder.

*Waits for ANIL KUMBLE to cry and moan.. *


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Posted By: TANZ
Date Posted: 08 March 2006 at 10:50am
yes well said cry and moan thats what hes good at very good

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Posted By: krisdy
Date Posted: 08 March 2006 at 11:52am

Originally posted by Majestic Khan

I can't see your origin from your stats on the forum, but the way you twist facts and figures so easily, I can bet you are an Indian!!!!!!!!!!!

I just saw that it was you who put the stats ,, err I mean ,,, the broken , tampered , falsifing facts and stats to show that afridi test avgs ,,,,, Did anyone else put stats on this thread ????????



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Posted By: krisdy
Date Posted: 08 March 2006 at 12:00pm

Originally posted by saadadvanced7

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.

OK fine ,,,,, here is something to LAUGH about.

JOKE of the MILLENIUM

Afridi to score 10000+ runs and 60+ average ........................dumbest post from someone who has more than 4500 posts . [I know you were JOKING]

Saad ,,, I bet he wont even score as much as u have posted in Cricketworld ,,, I mean he wont cross 4500 runs in tests ... get it from me



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Posted By: abubakar52
Date Posted: 09 March 2006 at 4:00am
Take it easy people .... Afridi is a good test batsmen no doubt about it and there is no point on making predictions because no one knows what will happen in the future. But i think Afridi should also mature in tests because even when has 50+ overs to play a game he is slogging and takeing risks some call it entertainment some call it stupidity but I think If he doesnt slog all the time he will do better at cricket. It is definetly entartainment.. though he should mature.


Posted By: Sledger
Date Posted: 09 March 2006 at 1:21pm
If Afridi has free rein from Woolmer and Inzamam to smash the ball to all parts of the ground , irrespective of the score , then he's doing a good job.

Pakistan has plenty of responsible batsmen who can score heavily. Afridi is the dangerman who can destroy an attack within an hour or so.

Krisdy , lighten up and stop using so many colours , it's annoying. Afridi would be the 1st to say that he's not a classical batsman , but he IS effective. If he's just following orders , he's doing a grand job and he can't be critized.

I believe he's doing EXACTLY what is asked of him , or he wouldn't be in the side.

I think he's good for the game and no matter what his average ends up as , he'll send a LOT of bowlers to bed dreading the Afridi nightmares.


Fellas , the beauty of cricket is that it can be played effectively in many different ways. Afridi has his method , just as Tendulkar has his - they both have a part to play in the greatest of games.

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Posted By: shan
Date Posted: 10 March 2006 at 6:59am

Agreed Sledger. I can see the very fine line between different opinions. Afridi, no doubt is a very useful test player contributing well towards batting, bowling and fielding. In my previous post, it was wrongly written that "he is not a good test player", I rather intended to say that "He is not a good test batsman".

Even though he is a useful test player and sometimes his knocks, in addition to good fielding and bowling, really help Pakistan to achieve quick runs and drag the match in their favour, still he is not a Good Test Batsman. When the ball swings and bowlers extract support form the wicket, you need to have good batting tehnique to counter it.

Bottom line: Afridi is a useful test player, not always though. He is not a good test batsman.



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Posted By: Sledger
Date Posted: 10 March 2006 at 7:58am
Fair comments Shan and I hear you! I haven't seen Afridi in a situation where he has to bat to save a game. Has he the technique and patience to do that job - it's unlikely.

But I still say he's good for cricket and I admire the way he takes the bowling on. His bowling mustn't be underestimated either - he takes wickets at regular intervals , he's not a part-timer.

If he were English he might struggle to make the test side on typical English wickets , but imagine him in a one day side with Pietersen and Flintoff - now that would be incredible to see!

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Posted By: shan
Date Posted: 10 March 2006 at 10:16am

When Afridi comes to bat there is a roar among the crowd "boom boom Afridi" and there are certain reasons for that. He is absolutely incredible when it comes to ODIs. He thrashes the opponents and is worth watching when he is in top form. He really adds good flavour to this game of cricket.



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Posted By: Sledger
Date Posted: 10 March 2006 at 12:33pm
Originally posted by shan

When Afridi comes to bat there is a roar among the crowd "boom boom Afridi"...



Yes there is mate , but there's a mass exodus when he gets out! Those aren't real supporters , cricket is still a team game and he's but one small cog in the machine.

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Posted By: SYMMO
Date Posted: 11 March 2006 at 1:59pm
You cant compare afridi with any of those players he hasnt done anything agaisnt australia or anthing when the bowling has been good. good now but why doesnt he play vs aus


Posted By: ANIL KUMBLE
Date Posted: 11 March 2006 at 2:15pm

flavourz said*Waits for ANIL KUMBLE to cry and moan..

naa i dont cry but i know you were when yous lost the hutch cup 4-1



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Posted By: SYMMO
Date Posted: 11 March 2006 at 2:18pm
lolz


Posted By: Flavorz
Date Posted: 12 March 2006 at 5:43pm
Originally posted by ANIL KUMBLE

flavourz said*Waits for ANIL KUMBLE to cry and moan..

naa i dont cry but i know you were when yous lost the hutch cup 4-1


No, one win out of all the times Pakistan have torn apart India isn't too bad. That's why I love it when all of you Indians get mad at Afridi for destroying your bowlers.


Posted By: Jyothika
Date Posted: 12 March 2006 at 5:47pm
Pakistan have not torn apart india very many times, so i think you should consider thinking about what you say.


Posted By: Flavorz
Date Posted: 12 March 2006 at 7:34pm
Yes they have.. look at the records. 


Posted By: Jyothika
Date Posted: 13 March 2006 at 6:01pm
yes i just did, what about the records?


Posted By: ANIL KUMBLE
Date Posted: 13 March 2006 at 6:16pm
there crap

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Posted By: mfrajman
Date Posted: 19 March 2006 at 8:13am
What is the fastest Test century?

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MFrajman


Posted By: ANIL KUMBLE
Date Posted: 19 March 2006 at 8:18am
viv richards (56) balls

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Posted By: abubakar52
Date Posted: 19 March 2006 at 8:18am

56 balls    IVA Richards     West Indies v England      


Posted By: saadadvanced7
Date Posted: 26 March 2006 at 10:08am
Originally posted by ANIL KUMBLE

there crap


The records clearly show that Pakistan have for the past 55 years, mercilessly, and ruthlessly demolished India.


Posted By: ANIL KUMBLE
Date Posted: 26 March 2006 at 10:11am

whats the record something like 80 meetings pakistan 14 wins india 9 and 55 draws i think thats it all i know is pakistan have won more then india



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