Fakhar Zaman makes World Record for T20 international in 2018

[The Eagle]

Fakhar Zaman makes World Record for T20 international in 2018
5 Jul, 2018

ISLAMABAD - Fakhar Zaman is making huge strides in shortest format of the game.

Following his 73 against Australia today, Fakhar Zaman has now become the leading run-scorer in the T20I format for the year 2018.

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The left-handed batsman has surpassed India’s Shikhar Dhawan, who currently sits in 2nd place with 419 runs as opposed to Fakhar’s 425. ------------------------------

Out of the top 10 run-scorers in 2018, three belong to Pakistan which include Fakhar Zaman (1st position), Sarfraz Ahmed (8th position) and Babar Azam (10th position).

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The complete list is as following: Player Matches Innings Not-Outs Runs Highest Score Average Fakhar Zaman 12 12 0 425 73 35.41 S. Dhawan 10 10 0 419 90 41.90 MJ Guptill 10 10 0 410 105 41.00 AJ Finch 7 6 4 398 172 199.00 C Munro 9 9 1 396 104 49.50 Mushfiqur Rahim 10 10 3 359 72* 51.28 RG Sharma 11 11 0 334 97 30.36 Sarfraz Ahmed 12 10 2 292 89* 36.50 MK Pandey 10 9 6 276 79* 92.00 Babar Azam 6 6 2 274 97* 68.50

Fakhar Zaman has established himself as a proper opener for Pakistan since the start of the year. He maintains a strike-rate of 148.60 which indicates that he gets good amount of runs at a very quick pace to allow Pakistan a solid start.

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In his 12 matches, Fakhar has made 3 half-centuries and picked up 3 man of the match awards as well. He has hit 48 boundaries and 15 maximums in those matches.

 

[WAJsal]

Let him play the way he does, hope he remains consistent and stays away from usual problems Pakistani players face.

 

[litman]

i wish sharjeel wouldn't have done that non sense and the combination of sharjeel and fakhar would have been ideal one.

 

[HariPrasad]

Fakhar Zaman makes World Record for T20 international in 2018
5 Jul, 2018

ISLAMABAD - Fakhar Zaman is making huge strides in shortest format of the game.

Following his 73 against Australia today, Fakhar Zaman has now become the leading run-scorer in the T20I format for the year 2018.

READ MORE: West Indies cricket team makes history against Bangladesh squad
The left-handed batsman has surpassed India’s Shikhar Dhawan, who currently sits in 2nd place with 419 runs as opposed to Fakhar’s 425. ------------------------------

Out of the top 10 run-scorers in 2018, three belong to Pakistan which include Fakhar Zaman (1st position), Sarfraz Ahmed (8th position) and Babar Azam (10th position).

READ MORE: MS Dhoni makes history of T20 international cricket
The complete list is as following: Player Matches Innings Not-Outs Runs Highest Score Average Fakhar Zaman 12 12 0 425 73 35.41 S. Dhawan 10 10 0 419 90 41.90 MJ Guptill 10 10 0 410 105 41.00 AJ Finch 7 6 4 398 172 199.00 C Munro 9 9 1 396 104 49.50 Mushfiqur Rahim 10 10 3 359 72* 51.28 RG Sharma 11 11 0 334 97 30.36 Sarfraz Ahmed 12 10 2 292 89* 36.50 MK Pandey 10 9 6 276 79* 92.00 Babar Azam 6 6 2 274 97* 68.50

Fakhar Zaman has established himself as a proper opener for Pakistan since the start of the year. He maintains a strike-rate of 148.60 which indicates that he gets good amount of runs at a very quick pace to allow Pakistan a solid start.

READ MORE: Virat Kohli makes history in T20 international cricket
In his 12 matches, Fakhar has made 3 half-centuries and picked up 3 man of the match awards as well. He has hit 48 boundaries and 15 maximums in those matches.

Correct title is highest run scorer in Year 2018.

 

[The Eagle]

Correct title is highest run scorer in Year 2018.

Actually followed the title from Article.

 

[Zibago]

Let him play the way he does, hope he remains consistent and stays away from usual problems Pakistani players face.

Phir ye bayan nahi jari karna parey ga

 

[RIP Pak LAW]

down with 20-20 cricket

Test cricket and ODI are real deal

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

Congrats on achievement but , revival of Test and ODI is needed

Perhaps with modern Air-conditioned stadiums and Test matches being played between
3 pm (Afternoon) and 11 PM (Night) with Dinner Meal replacing traditional Lunch break

So it will give office workers chance to attend some activities also allow folks to bring their families to grounds in evening

Provided there food is provided on site it will also stir up some economic activity in food/beverage segment for people interested to grab a bite and watch live event

Reasonable sports activity / Entertainment after 6 pm

Alot of modern age sports Pay Per views are scheduled in Prime time after 6 pm to Mid night to attract most amount of visitors on live events

 

[sohail.ishaque]

down with 20-20 cricket

Test cricket and ODI are real deal

ok so no need to participate in the worldcup of T20 ? Can you please tell the same to ICC(for arranging the matches) and the people who go to the stadium to watch the matches and waste alot of money on the tickets and the companies who put alot of finance in the advertisements.

With no more Hafeez, Akmal and wahab, it looks like the good days of cricket are coming back for Pakistan.

 

[Reichsmarschall]

Fakhar you beauty
81*

 

[Dalit]

What a player. He is in excellent form.

 

[Asian.Century]

Fakhar Zaman man of match in final against Australia, and man of tournament, finally striking form, well done.

 

[Sully3]

Fakhar-e-pakistan

 

[ghazi52]

Fakhar Zaman's 91 seals record chase to give Pakistan the title

Pakistan 187 for 4 (Fakhar 91, Shoaib Malik 43*) beat Australia 183 for 8 (Short 76, Finch 47, Amir 3-33) by six wickets

Fakhar Zaman, a year on from his Champions Trophy final-winning knock, smashed 91 off 46 balls to help Pakistan complete their highest successful T20I chase.

Unlike the Champions Trophy, however, there was no helpful opening partner to play alongside Fakhar as the left-hander caught fire. Pakistan began the daunting chase in the worst possible manner anyway, losing two wickets in the opening over - to Glenn Maxwell, of all people. Sahibzada Farhan, much vaunted thanks to an impressive domestic record, made 0 off 0 on debut, stumped off a wide. Hussain Talat also departed for a duck, leaving Pakistan 2 for 2 after just four balls.

Sarfraz Ahmed came in and played a brilliant, characteristically street-smart cameo, and in the early stages it appeared he would be the one to guide Pakistan to what then looked an unlikely target. He combined with Fakhar to hound Maxwell out of the attack, the pair taking 22 runs off his second over, sending out the message that this wouldn't be another Pakistan batting implosion.

But having made 28 off 18, and just when the partnership was settling into a rhythm, Sarfraz committed the biggest unforced error of a match littered with them. Having paddled Andrew Tye to fine leg, he set off for a third run rendered impossible by his sluggish approach while running the first two, and a fine throw to the bowler's end caught him well out, leaving Pakistan back in the mire he had spent 20 minutes digging them out of.

But Shoaib Malik, possibly the most consistent T20I batsman of the last two years, joined Fakhar at the crease, and the pair began to chip away at the target. The tipping point seemed to come in the 11th over, in which Jack Wildermuth, somewhat obsessed with the extreme off-side field he had set Fakhar, bowled four wides, and went for 16 in all. That over appeared to distract the fielding side from all the good work they had done, and began a passage of play in which Pakistan plundered 48 in three overs as Fakhar turned into the beast he always seems one shot away from becoming.

That point onward, there was no safe area to bowl to him, with Ashton Agar, Billy Stanlake, Marcus Stoinis and Andrew Tye all copping severe punishment. Shoaib's steady, pragmatic companionship was barely noticed, but the 107-run partnership, strung together when Pakistan looked like they might even be bowled out, blasted them towards a target Australia will feel they had no business getting near.

Australia chose to bat first, going against the trend that has dominated this series. It appeared to be paying off early on, but Aaron Finch's side was massively helped by a Pakistan fielding performance that seemed to have teleported them back to pre-Mickey Arthur days. Finch was dropped off the first ball of his innings, by Shoaib Malik, and the ground fielding was lacklustre, misfields often allowing the batsmen to run twos when they were never on.

D'Arcy Short, who returned to Australia's XI in place of Nick Maddinson, and Finch put on 95 for the first wicket in 9.5 overs, with Mohammad Amir, the only bowler who had managed to hold the Australians down, curiously underutilised in the first half of the innings. teenage fast bowler Shaheen Afridi and Shadab Khan were both hugely expensive, their first overs going for 14 and 13 respectively.

Pakistan did manage to pull things back with wickets in the middle overs, and Australia's Achilles heel - their middle order - was again shown up. None of the batsman bar the top two got to 20. When Amir returned in the death overs, he was a class above the batsmen Australia were counting on to propel them towards 200. Four wickets fell for 26 runs in their last three overs as the innings spluttered and stalled, and they ended up with 183 when 200 had seemed possible at one stage.

 

[ghazi52]

A Pakistani cricket fan in Zimbabwe celebrating Pakistan victory against Australia..... Military style.