Pakistan vs Australia 2018: Twitter Reacts as Fakhar Zaman Misses Debut Century

It was a superb knock by Fakhar Zaman on his Test debut. He walked with the pressure nerves in the morning, but soon, the conditions asked him to bat with the Lion-heart. The stylish southpaw accepted the challenge and delivered the goods to lift the team from the further embarrassment against Australia.

Initially, it was Pakistan, who won the toss and asked Australia to roll their arms. They got the blistering start with Nathan Lyon bagging four wickets in the span off six deliveries.

Fakhar Zaman scored 94 on his debut:

All of a sudden, the scorecard read 57/5. Initially, Australia got the wicket of Mohammed Hafeez fortunately when Labushagne holds on to a stunner at short-leg off Mitchell Starc’s delivery.

However, Azhar Ali and Fakhar Zaman tried to balance the ship with their solid defence off the fast bowling. Then, the impact of Nathan Lyon made its way to dent Pakistan dearly.

Just when things looked pretty bad for the hosts, the captain Sarfraz Ahmed took the onus on himself to score a scintillating knock alongside Fakhar Zaman, who dealt the Australian bowlers with sheer grit.

Fakhar Zaman, in particular, kept the things tight by holding one of the creases. He also made Australians chase the leather more often than not to bring his maiden century on his debut.

With the captain support on the other, one would have expected that Fakhar Zanan would gear on to something special on his debut. But, then, came the delivery from Labuschagne that trapped the southpaw in front of the wicket.

If Fakhar Zaman had seen one more over, it would have been the tea break on day one as well. However, at the end of the day, he walked backed with a bitter-sweet memory.

Here are the few tweets:

Fantastic inngs by Fakhar zaman on debut….missed well deserve 100 #PAKvAUS #PAKvsAUS

— Rana (@winner_thunder) October 16, 2018

94 on test debut ??????
FakharZaman
A great start to his test career
MA

— Sawera Khurshid (@Sawera45) October 16, 2018

Was in terrible form during the Asia Cup. Everyone (including me) questioned his inclusion in Test side.

But Fakhar Zaman justified his selection with brilliant 94 when top order failed.

He becomes only the fourth ??i to be dismissed in 90's on Test debut.#PAKvsAUS pic.twitter.com/cthLx00Up0

— S A A D ?? (@iSaadSays22) October 16, 2018

…the ruckus as if nothing had happened. That's how I learnt Fakhar Zaman got out on 94 while commentator was going on about how he'd be the 7th or 8th Pakistani to make a century on debut. ?Never heard this happen before.

— Hasan Zaidi (@hyzaidi) October 16, 2018

Strong session for Pakistan and recovering really well after the first session debacle. Gotta feel for Fakhar Zaman on missing out on a century but is showing lot of potential in the longer format as well. ???v?? #PAKvAUS #PAKvsAUS #AUSvsPAK

— Rahul Verma (@MrRahulRVerma) October 16, 2018

Fakhar Zaman could be the only Batsman in the history of game who scored ton while playing his debut both in ODIs and Test Cricket. A unique opportunity to reset the record books was squandered.
Well Played……
Fakuruuu#PAKvAUS pic.twitter.com/IA0J1kuvnT

— محترم وقاص امجد (@Waqas_amjad) October 16, 2018

perception of fakhar zaman being just another basher has somewhat changed after watching him score those magnificent 94 on his test debut today.
proper application shown ?#PAKvAUS

— akshit jha (@akshitjha17) October 16, 2018

That was a great knock by fakhar Zaman under pressure on debut.
But unfortunately he missed on scoring 100 on debut.
Anyway Well played.#FakharZaman #PAKvsAUS pic.twitter.com/FFqFPPxKBm

— Shahid Dar (@shahidcsharp) October 16, 2018

Pakistanis dismissed in the nervous 90s on Test Debut

99 Asim Kamal v SA, 2003
95 Abdul Kadir v AUS, 1964
94 FAKHAR ZAMAN v AUS, today
90 Taslim Arif v IND, 1980#PAKvAUS pic.twitter.com/HQgKdfRcVF

— Haseeb Yaqub (@haseeb_speaks) October 16, 2018

This session has been quite a turnaround for Pakistan with 100-runs standing between Fakhar and Sarfraz. Before the tea break, the boys scored 204/6 (58.4 Ovs) with the skipper crossing the 50 run mark and Fakhar Zaman smashing the ball around for 94.#PAKvAUS pic.twitter.com/EZq9YDfzqV

— Abu Dhabi Cricket (@AbuDhabiCricket) October 16, 2018

What a debut innings!! ????Unfortunately couldn't make it to a debut ton but still a good show Fakhar Zaman @FakharZamanLive !!! #PAKvAUS ?

— Eman Zia??? (@theEmanZiasays) October 16, 2018

This is a great start for Fakhar Zaman scored 94 in his first inng of a Test match. Long way to go though but Pakistan needed someone like him to score at top to score at brisk rate & turn the game, put pressure back on opposition when things are not going Pakistan way #PAKvAUS

— Sher Khan (@SherKhan77) October 16, 2018

What a debut innings!! ????Unfortunately couldn't make it to a debut ton but still a good show Fakhar Zaman @FakharZamanLive !!! #PAKvAUS ?

— Eman Zia??? (@theEmanZiasays) October 16, 2018

Fakhar Zaman 94 on debut…??????
But very unlucky to miss his century by 6 runs…#PAKvAUS

— Ayesha Qureshi? (@ayeshaqureshi26) October 16, 2018

Fakhar zaman ????????

Thanks for save us#PAKvAUS

— Rafi Afridi ?? (@rafi_afridi82) October 16, 2018

Fakhar the beast ♥️♥️
Very well played man ?✌️✌️#PAKvAUS #FakharZaman #Pakistan pic.twitter.com/BmPioXuJFA

— امبرین مختار احمد?? (@MukhtarAmbreen) October 16, 2018