Playing for your country is the pinnacle for any cricketer, says Fawad Alam – Cricket News Update
Out of favour left-handed Test batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Fawad-Alam-c56883, has vowed to make a comeback to the national team and said the he is working extremely hard to remove his deficiencies so that whenever the selectors give him a chance, he can make the best out of it.
The left-handed middle-order batsman came through the ranks of junior cricket in the country and played for Pakistan Under-19s. However, it is because of consistent performances in the domestic cricket of Pakistan that Alam was able to break into the national
team after the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Cricket World Cup 2007.
Fawad was rated very highly by the cricket analysts in Pakistan and he proved them right by scoring a wonderful hundred in his debut Test match against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 at Colombo. However, since then, he has failed to make an impression at the highest stage of
the game and as a result, the left-handed batsman lost his place in the national team.
He expressed that playing International cricket is the dream of every cricketer and the left-hander wants to make a comeback to the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 team at any cost. Fawad added that he has gained a lot of experience now at the domestic level and he wants to make
it count at the international level.
Fawad said, “Playing for your country is the pinnacle for any cricketer. Whatever it takes, whatever I have to do I will do to get back into the Pakistan team. I'm 26 years old and I feel that I am an experienced cricketer and someone who has played several
first-class matches now, in various conditions and against a variety of opposition.”
He emphasized on the fact that the process of learning never stops for a professional cricketer and said that since he is out of the national team, he has worked very hard to improve his skills.
“Cricket is such a wonderful sport that no matter how much you play, you are always learning. I feel that this time away from the international scene is an ideal time for me to improve my all round game,” the left hander added.
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