Is Azhar Ali a selfish player?

[Firebreaker]

Forget about Misbah,He's known to be selfish but what about Pakistanis getting happy about Azhar Ali? I mean I know he scored many centuries in past year but what happens to him in second innings? If you see his matches in which he scored 100 he fails in the second and not to mention how sluggish player he is

 

[OverratedSanity]

 

[Black_Warrior]

Agreed. He should be selfless like Warner and score 30 off 21 balls to give his team a flying start.

Every time I come across these 'too slow', 'selfish', 'lack of intent' comments on social media/forum, I wish we had internet during the time of Gavaskar, Border, Gooch, Hanif etc.

 

[honestbharani]

He is extremely selfish. He always tries to ensure his team can win the match. What a jerk!!!

 

[harsh.ag]

Disappoint, Firebreaker. Was hoping for threads like "Should we merge the Pakistan and Bangladesh teams?"

 

[Grumpy]

What a selfish ****. After seeing the openers fail, makes himself opener in the middle of an away tour.l, just so he can face the new ball all to himself.

Look at the way he just bats and bats. Total git.

 

[Howe_zat]

Agree with OP, he should be dropped and replaced with Umar Akmal

 

[ImpatientLime]

god damn him not wanting pakistan falling to 10-2 in every test match they play.

 

[Tec15]

Is Firebreaker previously banned poster "root fan"? Has he said anything about Younis Khan being an overrated FTB yet?

 

[Black_Warrior]

Not sure if he is RootFan but pretty sure he is not 'new' at CW.

 

[Firebreaker]

If he's so great then where does he go on the second innings? Pak lost most of the matches in which he scored 100s

 

[indiaholic]

Dude stop trolling.

 

[Grumpy]

If he's so great then where does he go on the second innings? Pak lost most of the matches in which he scored 100s

If I remember correctly, Pak chased down 300 in under 2 sessions a few years ago. Now who was it who scored a match winning ton?

 

[Grumpy]

They showed a stat in the match yesterday of leading run scorers in the last 12 months. Azhar topped the list, beating the likes of Kohli, Smith, Bairstow etc.

Yeah, clearly not doing enough. Waste of space.

 

[Black_Warrior]

Azhar Ali was never going to get a thread on CW for his achievements so I must thank Firebreaker for making this thread and now I shall hijack it to make it about his achievements, dismantle some myths and narratives about modern batting including the Big 4 theory, 'aggression' and 'intent' in the process


In the last 2 years.

As an opener, when compared with other openers in the last 10 years. Mind you he only started opening since last July and since then, 4 out of his last 5 series have been Away

Century in England, Triple in UAE, Double in MCG, Twin Centuries in West Indies now. Man that's strike rate is horrible.

 

[Howe_zat]

If he's so great then where does he go on the second innings? Pak lost most of the matches in which he scored 100s

4 out of 14 is a weird example of 'most of'.

That said I do teach high school maths, so I'm not going to pretend I've not seen it before

 

[91Jmay]

Yeah he is legitimately top 5 Test batsmen in the world contention.

 

[Firebreaker]

Fails again in the second innings so I was right after all because I talk only on facts

 

[Burner]

At least you stay true to your name unlike Rootfan who barely ever posted about Root.

 

[srbhkshk]

At least you stay true to your name unlike Rootfan who barely ever posted about Root.

He breaks fire?