Titan24
Senior Test Player
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Just read Mudassar Nazar’s statement who is one of the best minds in the cricketing world and I respect what he has said but at the same time I think that at international level you just need couple of world class players at any point of time and rest just need to play a supportiing role.
We never had tons of batsmen waiting even in 90s. It was around 12-15 good ones out of which 7-8 were regulars.
Miandad, Saleem Malik, Inzi, Saeed Anwar, Younus and Yousuf were enough to carry our batting for decade and a half and same is generally the case with other cricketing nations as well.
Sami Aslam was really good at U19 level what has he achieved at international level till now? same was the case with Shehzad and Umar Akmal.
To me its not about number of batsmen coming through its about finding that potential world class product out of those and developing them in academies for 2,3 years to make them good enough for international level.
I think Imran and Wasim did a tremendous job with finding those really good batsmen while they were the captains as they knew what it takes for a batsmen to perform at international level. Once they found those they sticked with then through thick and thin. Younus said Wasim bowled one over with outswinger, inswinger and bouncer to select me.
We are lacking captain and coaches with an eye to judge a player and even chief selector Inzi, he was never good at judging players while he was captain himself and we didnt see any world class player developmed under Inzi.
Omair Yousuf have scored good amount of runs in this FC season, he should be inducted in some development program now so in couple of years he can be good enough for national team. Same should be done with other top young batsmen.
If anyone is expecting finished commodities at international level than I dont think any country produces finished products at that level. The difference making years are 2,3 years post U19 days. A less talented player can surpass more talented players in these 2,3 years.
At any point of time you just need 2,3 world class batsmen to be a strong batting unit in any format. Example from tests are Australia has Smith and Warner, NZ has Williamson and Taylor, SA is struggling post ABD with only Amla now and next thing close to it is Faf till now, India has Kohli and Pujara.
Closest thing we have now is Azhar, while Babar and Haris are still developing and that is why we are struggling post Younus in tests.
So my point is system doesnt necessarily have to produce tons of batsmen, just couple of world class batsmen.
I would rate an era with 3 batsmen of world class level out of 7 good prospects than 1 or no WC player out of 20 good prospects.
We never had tons of batsmen waiting even in 90s. It was around 12-15 good ones out of which 7-8 were regulars.
Miandad, Saleem Malik, Inzi, Saeed Anwar, Younus and Yousuf were enough to carry our batting for decade and a half and same is generally the case with other cricketing nations as well.
Sami Aslam was really good at U19 level what has he achieved at international level till now? same was the case with Shehzad and Umar Akmal.
To me its not about number of batsmen coming through its about finding that potential world class product out of those and developing them in academies for 2,3 years to make them good enough for international level.
I think Imran and Wasim did a tremendous job with finding those really good batsmen while they were the captains as they knew what it takes for a batsmen to perform at international level. Once they found those they sticked with then through thick and thin. Younus said Wasim bowled one over with outswinger, inswinger and bouncer to select me.
We are lacking captain and coaches with an eye to judge a player and even chief selector Inzi, he was never good at judging players while he was captain himself and we didnt see any world class player developmed under Inzi.
Omair Yousuf have scored good amount of runs in this FC season, he should be inducted in some development program now so in couple of years he can be good enough for national team. Same should be done with other top young batsmen.
If anyone is expecting finished commodities at international level than I dont think any country produces finished products at that level. The difference making years are 2,3 years post U19 days. A less talented player can surpass more talented players in these 2,3 years.
At any point of time you just need 2,3 world class batsmen to be a strong batting unit in any format. Example from tests are Australia has Smith and Warner, NZ has Williamson and Taylor, SA is struggling post ABD with only Amla now and next thing close to it is Faf till now, India has Kohli and Pujara.
Closest thing we have now is Azhar, while Babar and Haris are still developing and that is why we are struggling post Younus in tests.
So my point is system doesnt necessarily have to produce tons of batsmen, just couple of world class batsmen.
I would rate an era with 3 batsmen of world class level out of 7 good prospects than 1 or no WC player out of 20 good prospects.
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