Sarfaraz ahmed

After left out in the cold for four years, deprived of captaincy of the team and at the age of 35 years, fortune smiled again on Sarfaraz Ahmed and he grasped the opportunity with both hands and came back in the game of cricket with a bang. Sarfaraz Ahmed was sidelined by the PCB after he lost his form and was not given a chance to recover it and was removed. His return was made possible because Rizwan Ahmed lost his form and also change happened in the top hierarchy of the PCB with Najam Sethi & Co. taking over the management. Throughout the test series with New Zealand Sarfaraz performed in an outstanding manner and scored his fourth century in eight years. Sarfaraz top scored the series with 335 runs with three fifties and a hundred. Amidst plenty of public support roaring “Pakistan jeetay ga” (Pakistan will win) Sarfraz Ahmed’s time at the crease saw an uptick in Pakistan’s scoring rate. The plucky batter kept the scoreboard moving; his presence inspired positivity. His shots were flowing as he raised a third half-century in three innings since his return. Pakistan was staring at defeat at lunch with the total on 125-5 but Sarfaraz led the fight back during a sixth wicket stand of 123 in three hours with Saud Shakeel who made 32. Pakistan reached 179-5 at tea, needing a further 140 runs in the 31 overs — a point from where Sarfaraz sped up the run rate by smashing three boundaries and a six off spinner Michael Bracewell before driving pacer Matt Henry for two to reach ...

However, the stand with Sarafraz ended on a controversial note. Sarfaraz was stumped on 78 in the penultimate over before the break, having scored his third consecutive half-century of the series. It happened in the 100th over, when Out or not out However, fans felts otherwise and vented their anger on Twitter. I need to know what weed third umpire was smoking. Spikes of shoes were clearly touching the ground when keeper took off the bails. Another dismal 3rd umpire decision. It's clearly not Out. Very bad decision by Umpire.— Usama Awan (@UsamaAw82435824) On-field and Third umpire both have been poor during the last two test series... Sarfraz Ahmad stays unlucky as some part of spikes were still on the ground when bails were dislocated, bails were dislocated already when his feet left the ground.— Umar FarOoq (@UmarFarooqGL) Not out according to the laws, but not according to Ahsan Raza Talking about the match, Shakeel said he was delighted to score a hundred on his home ground.

Sarfaraz Ahmed, who was included in Pakistan's playing XI in place of Mohammad Rizwan for the first Test against New Zealand, made his comeback memorable by producing an 86-run knock. On Day 3 of the first Test against New Zealand, with Azam down with a flu, Ahmed took charge as the designated captain. With his valuable knock, Ahmed achieved a milestone as he is now Pakistan's leading wicketkeeper-batsman in Tests. In 50 Tests so far, Sarfaraz has scored 2,743 runs at an average of 37.06. He also has three centuries and 19 half-centuries in the format to his name, with the best individual score of 112. " Agar aap meri pehli feeling ka pooch rahe hain toh pehli teen ballein jo main kheli hain lunch se pehle, uss waqt meri agar koi heartbeat check kar leta toh shayad meter fat jata kyunki heartbeat bahut tez chal rahi thi. Aisi hi feeling thi jaise mera debut match hai kyunki kaafi time baad khel raha tha aur position bhi kaafi uss waqt crunch thi aur lunch hone ke baad thoda normal ho gaya tha. Babar ne uss waqt bahut confidence diya (When I played my first three balls, if you would have measured my heartbeat, the meter would have broken. My heart was beating too fast. It felt like I was starting all over again, making my debut. I was making a comeback and the position was crunch as well)."

Pakistan’s wicket-keeper batter and former skipper Sarfaraz Ahmed speaking in an interview with Geo News. — Photo by author KARACHI: Pakistan’s wicket-keeper batter Sarfaraz Ahmed Monday revealed being very nervous during the first few balls after coming to bat on the first day of the Karachi Test against New Zealand today — his first Test in almost four years. “When I came to bat before lunch, I was nervous, my heartbeat was really fast, so I took my time to relax. At lunchtime, I was eager to return to the pitch and start batting again. Babar gave me immense confidence during this time.” Sarfaraz said, speaking with Geo News in a post-match interview. Sarfaraz said that he was very excited when informed about his inclusion in the final XI for this match at the training session a day earlier. But he also felt the game's pressure following his comeback after a long time. “I spoke to Shahid Afridi last night before going to bed. He motivated me a lot,” he said. Sarfaraz, who last played in January 2019 before this game, had to wait for three years, 11 months and 15 days to don Pakistan’s Test shirt once again. The former captain smashed 86 before losing his wicket to Ajaz Patel 17 minutes before the close of play. He regrets losing his wicket at the game's final moment without reaching three figures. “I shouldn’t have lost my wicket at that stage, because then it is also difficult for a newcomer to bat. Personally, I wanted to score a century to make my 50th Test memorable,...

• Test debut(cap 14 January 2010v Last Test 2 January 2023v ODI debut(cap 18 November 2007v Last ODI 7 April 2021v ODI shirt no. 54 T20I debut(cap 19 February 2010v Last T20I 22 November 2021v T20I shirt no. 54 Domestic team information Years Team 2005/06–2017/18 2006/07–2011/12 2006/07–2013/14 2016–present (squadno.54) 2017 (squadno.56) 2019/20–present Career statistics Competition Matches 51 117 171 199 Runs scored 2,992 2,315 8,952 3,878 38.85 33.55 40.87 32.31 100s/50s 4/21 2/11 14/62 3/20 Top score 118 105 213 105 Catches/ 150/22 119/24 532/54 221/48 Source: 3 January 2023 Sarfaraz Ahmed ( سرفراز احمد; born 22 May 1987) is a Pakistani professional cricketer, a Sarfaraz was named as Pakistan's In August 2018, he was one of thirty-three players to be awarded a central contract for the 2018–19 season by the Early life and family Sarfaraz Ahmed was born on 22 May 1987 in International career Early career One Day International Sarfaraz's notable achievement during the early days of his career was winning the Sarfaraz was called up by In 2008, Sarfaraz was selected ahead of In 2015, Sarfaraz was selected for Test He made his Return to international cricket (2011) Sarfaraz returned to the international team for the Vice-captaincy After Sri Lanka Test series (2015) During the first Test against Sarfaraz was dropped from the T20 series that followed the Test series against Sri Lanka. Many fans back home were shocked and started to raise questions. Zimbabwe ODI series (2015) Du...

Babar and Sarfaraz had a hilarious moment on the field Sarfaraz has also been typically active behind the stumps. The former captain, under whom current skipper The incident happened on Day 2 of the ongoing second Test. Fast bowler Mir Hamza bowled to New Zealand captain Tim Southee. The latter had a waft at it and the ball was claimed by Sarfaraz behind the stumps. Sarfaraz had dived forward and there was a half appeal for a catch. Sarfaraz then seemed to almost mockingly say that there was a noise despite the ball having fallen just short for him. “Yeh Aee thi awaz (There was a sound)," he can be seen saying in the footage of the match while waving the ball and looking in Babar's direction. Babar looks at him with a wide smile before saying, “Lakin aage gir gya hai (But it has fallen short)”. Sarfaraz continues to wave his left hand while smiling after throwing the ball away. New Zealand were all out for 449 with opener Devon Conway scoring 122. Saud Shakeel has led Pakistan's response, batting on 122 off 336 balls at stumps on Day 3 and the hosts were 407/9.