All hail dead-rubber kings!

[MenInG]

Somehow and this maybe unfair, anything good that a player does in a meaningless series game is just that - meaningless.

To some, one should play for pride, others say what's the point?

How should we fans take performances in such games?

Haris Sohail scores another fifty (maybe) and what are we to make of it?

What does that tell us about the player - can he succeed in meaningful games?

 

[Railu Katta]

He scored in the last game as well. So far he's 2 for 2 where as Babar is 0 for 5. Babar is averaging 6 this series....

 

[waleed88]

Somehow and this maybe unfair, anything good that a player does in a meaningless series game is just that - meaningless.

To some, one should play for pride, others say what's the point?

How should we fans take performances in such games?

Haris Sohail scores another fifty (maybe) and what are we to make of it?

What does that tell us about the player - can he succeed in meaningful games?

Babar Azam and Shoaib Malik come to my mind.

Hafeez too on occassions

 

[Alter_Ego]

If only Harris played the first three games and failed.

 

[static]

are you going to criticise haris even though he has only played in dead rubbers this tour?

 

[MenInG]

are you going to criticise haris even though he has only played in dead rubbers this tour?

I am not criticizing Haris.

I am asking simply how people feel when someone scores well in a dead-rubber. Haris is one example. There have been pretty good ones in older series too.

Thread is not about Haris.

 

[Fahdi]

I feel a dead rubber is a game which doesn't have much pressure, not just a game after a series has been decided. I would say the 4th ODI was a dead rubber but not this one as a whitewash was on the card. And it varies for each player, a player making a comeback will feel the pressure but for regulars it would be a dead rubber. For example I don't think Yamin will regard the game as a dead rubber in anyway as he had a lot to prove and the way he tried at the end shows that