I am unlucky to be out of the Pakistan team, says Fawad Alam – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Fawad-Alam-c56883, the discarded left-handed batsman from Pakistan, believes that he is unlucky to have been sidelined by the selectors and is happy with his recent performances in domestic cricket.
The 27-year-old cricketer emerged through the ranks of junior cricket in the country and was an integral part of the Green Shirts in their title triumph in the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747.
Having performed exceptionally well in first-class cricket for multiple seasons, the middle-order batsman made his international debut in 2007. The cricketer from Karachi earned a Test cap in 2009 during the national team’s tour of
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758, scoring a fantastic century on debut.
However, he has just played three Tests, 27 One Day Internationals and 24 T20s for Pakistan. The left-hander averages 41.66 runs per innings in the 5-day format and 37.68 in ODIs, which are not bad stats at all.
Fawad has been labelled as a limited-over specialist in past but the left-hander feels that his first-class record is enough to prove his critics wrong. The talented batsman is currently representing the National Bank of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 (NBP)
in the President’s Trophy and is keen to make a return to the Pakistan team.
“I've always wanted to be prominent, and I want to gain this prominence by scoring heavily. I think my first-class career is evidence enough to dispel this false perception,” the left-handed batsman added. “I have scored runs in difficult
situations and won my national place in 2007. If I am away from the national side, it is perhaps because of my luck; otherwise I have scored enough.”
In the 86 first-class matches Fawad has played so far, the left-hander averages 57 runs per innings, which is extra-ordinary for a middle-order batsman.
The budding player revealed that his cricketing hero is his father, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Tariq-Alam-c92773, who himself was a first-class cricketer in his playing days.
“I didn't need to go out to learn cricket - he was there for me to guide and take care of me,” Fawad said. “He is my courage and a cricket university at home who helped my career develop.”
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