Fawad Alam has not had a memorable Test series against Australia so far. It is a historic occasion for both countries. However, Alam has not had a good time so far. In the first Test, he did not get a chance to bat in both innings. Captain Babar Azam did not give him an opportunity to bowl as well. Also, he did not take any catches.
After making history in the first Test, Alam took the field in Karachi for the second Test. Australia batted first in this game. The visitors batted for two days as Fawad Alam had to field under the sun for two days. Finally, today, Pakistan got a chance to bat when Australia declared the innings.
The home team lost wickets at regular intervals. Fawad got a chance to bat at number five after Pakistan lost the wickets of Abdullah Shafique, Imam-ul-Haq and Azhar Ali. Mitchell Starc was on fire. He dismissed Azhar caught out, and on the next ball, he bowled a blazing in-swinging delivery to trap Alam LBW.
So after waiting seven days to get a chance to bat, Alam got out for a golden duck. Pakistan collapsed soon after his dismissal.
Twitterati react as Fawad Alam loses his wicket on the first ball after waiting 7 days to bat
After spending seven days without any major contributions, Alam got out for a duck today. Here’s how fans on Twitter reacted to it:
The review couldn’t save Fawad from that blazing Yorker. #BoysReadyHain l #PAKvAUS pic.twitter.com/R6vztIRLRB
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) March 14, 2022
Fawad Alam waited for 7 days for his batting, and in the end he scored a 🦆😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣
— Muhammad Bilal (@Billok88) March 14, 2022
Feeling bad for Fawad Alam.. guy spent 7 days of the series without doing anything and when he finally got a chance on 8th day he got out for a duck 😂😂
— Param Jain (@pune109) March 14, 2022
fawad alam ne phly match me bari na milny par dusre match me jaldi out hone ka faisala kr dya 😅😅 pic.twitter.com/p4KXS8LpUp
— Abu Sufyan🇵🇰 (@AbuSufy646) March 14, 2022
Thunderbolts ⚡⚡ https://t.co/LyEprtNiTm
— Aarish Ali Khan (@aarishkh) March 14, 2022
This is Mitchell Starc, with his slingy action and late swing at high speed, doing to Fawad Alam what other seamers have been trying to do without success. https://t.co/CvmplkXqww
— KASHISH (@crickashish217) March 14, 2022
Beauty😘 https://t.co/fhjh06MBfL
— Ali Rabbani (@eloan_musk) March 14, 2022
What a yorker!!! https://t.co/pHGGjTFDtK
— Jamal Ahmed (@killer_jam) March 14, 2022
With that kind of batting stance against Starc, it’s bound to happen.
— Raffyy (@RaffyyUTD) March 14, 2022
Pakistani Rory Burns https://t.co/mKEjcYBId3
Poor Fawad Alam, waits 8 days of the series before getting a chance to bat and gets out first ball #AUSvPAK
— The Off-Side Cricket Blog (@OffsideCricket) March 14, 2022
Poor Fawad Alam!
— Deepak Singh (@deepakds1308) March 14, 2022
In this Test series, all he has done is played 1 ball and got out. That is in space of 8 days…
In Rawalpindi he didn’t bat, bowled or catched anything!
In Karachi (as of now), didn’t bowl or catch anything, got out on GOLDEN DUCK!#PAKvAUS #CricketTwitter
Fawad Alam finally has an impact on the series after 8 days. Faces one ball, out for lbw and wastes a review. #PAKvAUS
— Ben (@benwulfy) March 14, 2022