Australian Batting psychology; "Hit big or die trying"!

[Rana]

This is the reason why they are the best ODI team in the world and the trend setters of modern day batting. Even after losing 2 wickets on 2 deliveries of their best in-form batsmen, they send out a guy who wants to smash every ball out of the park to play his natural game. Whereas weak minds would consider a slow, conventional player to go and settle the innings down for a bit. They rely solely on quickfire partnerships between two of their top 8 batsmen to set a score of 270 to start with, just imagine all of their top 8 have a good day then they are hitting 400 easily. Each batsman comes with the intention to stamp authority on the field no matter what the situation, and no stress is taken if wickets are falling! They keep backing themselves to get to a decent target, and fortune always favours these brave men!

Massive respect for Australia and its psychology. This is what Pakistan needs to learn instead of being timid and thinking about adding the Hafeez's and the Malik's or any other 'strike rotator' or 'anchor'. Gone are the days when the middle overs after the power-play was used to build a foundation for the last 10 overs and Pakistan are still stuck in the past or in two minds.

Azhar, Hafeez, Malik, Rizwan....I can name quite a few other players who simply start their innings off so pathetically with the mindset of playing themselves in with singles. Ok thats fine, but then they drag this on for too long and the rr is down at 4.5 runs per over or even less. Azhar Ali is not a modern limited overs opener! The sooner the PCB accepts this the better. He is a solid Test batsmen, but he doesnt have that ruthless mindset for ODI cricket and the ability to stamp his authority on the bowlers like the Sharma's, Warners and the Hales do so.

 

[Cricket World]

Agree bro the only way to succeed in LOIs whether setting the target or run chase is to keep ticking over and play like aggressively. Being aggressive does not mean wild hitting but aggressive running and good example was Wade's innings.

Sooner we learn better it would be.

 

[Asim2Good]

When our batsmen try to do that and fail, we label them as hacks n sloggers and want them out of team as soon as possible

 

[Indiafan]

Their hitting big is nowhere near the blind slogs of Umar Akmal though. They are aggressive, but its a measured aggressiveness.. They target every lose ball and they select bowlers to target (eg, they see of Amir and attack others). Pakistan batsmen are in either tuk every ball mode or slog every ball mode

 

[Rana]

When our batsmen try to do that and fail, we label them as hacks n sloggers and want them out of team as soon as possible

Times have changed big time. The hacks are the specialist LOI batsmen now!

 

[Indiafan]

When our batsmen try to do that and fail, we label them as hacks n sloggers and want them out of team as soon as possible

Your batsmen do not do that. None of the Aussie batsmen are hacks or sloggers. Did you even see how they never hit Amir? Or the balls they were trying to hit? They choose the right bowler to attack and the right ball. They do not blindly swing across the line like Umar Akmal. Its a very measured aggressive approach

 

[Asim2Good]

Times have changed big time. The hacks are the specialist LOI batsmen now!

Thats why Finch is sitting out of ODI team

 

[super hitter]

we fans of a sport, mostly judge unrealistically.

its not that 'easy' to act upon your orders.

 

[Gone]

Tbh this is the fault of Pakistan, that they think its either Hit bit or die and try to replicate that with blind slogging.

These guys who are good at it, England, Aussie, India and SA aren't blind sloggers. They have the discpline to respect good bowling and realise that the bad bowls are not to be left unpunished. They will take singles and twos ad push with risk free cricket and go mental on the bad balls.

 

[street cricketer]

Still think they fielded too many hacks in their line up today.

Need Khawaja and Bailey back in their side asap.

 

[Asim2Good]

Your batsmen do not do that. None of the Aussie batsmen are hacks or sloggers. Did you even see how they never hit Amir? Or the balls they were trying to hit? They choose the right bowler to attack and the right ball. They do not blindly swing across the line like Umar Akmal. Its a very measured aggressive approach

I know all details
my response was to "hit big or die trying"
There are alot of fine details which we are missing and which our players are missing.
To hit, u need to had power in ur arms as well which none of Pak player seems to have.
They don't have that mentality neither they had swing for big hit. Bat always turn in their hands when they try big shots.

 

[Rana]

Thats why Finch is sitting out of ODI team

Say what you like, But Aaron Finch was a batsman that struck fear into the bowlers simply by looking them in the eyes. When you have the flexibility to drop guys like him and Khwaja, you know that your team is world-class.

 

[Rana]

I know all details
my response was to "hit big or die trying"
There are alot of fine details which we are missing and which our players are missing.
To hit, u need to had power in ur arms as well which none of Pak player seems to have.
They don't have that mentality neither they had swing for big hit. Bat always turn in their hands when they try big shots.

agreed.

Watch the PCB's fitness training regimes, strong emphasis on building stamina and staying fit. Not enough emphasis on making these guys stronger.

 

[Asim2Good]

Say what you like, But Aaron Finch was a batsman that struck fear into the bowlers simply by looking them in the eyes. When you have the flexibility to drop guys like him and Khwaja, you know that your team is world-class.

I agree and
Avg of 7 vs NZ
Avg of 8 vs Pak
Avg of 18.5 vs WI
Avg of 27 vs SL
Is proof of that

Not a single ton against big team away from home is another proof

 

[MenInG]

To do that you have to have the skills. Sadly we cannot emulate that.

 

[Rana]

To do that you have to have the skills. Sadly we cannot emulate that.

or maybe start incorporating a lot more tape ball specialist batsmen into the domestic set up. Im sure if 100 tape ball specialists are worked upon at training acadamies, we may just find 3 or 4 who have it in them to bring the heat at the big stage.

Pakistan must think out of the box, its conventional approach at nurturing youngsters is not working and producing nothing of note. The best player to recently come into the set up is Babar Azam, and he at best is a strike rate of 95 player. We are missing the strike rates of 110+ batsmen

 

[Chief Destroyer]

When you bat deep as they do, you can afford that. There's always no more than one genuine tailender in their lineup.

 

[Pete Rose]

Any other team other than Pakistan would have proved the folly of selecting this batting line up. 268 is a below par score anywhere in the world

 

[Pete Rose]

Thats why Finch is sitting out of ODI team

Aron finch has been rubbish whenever I see him bat. Another destructive batsman who is confounded by the existence of the incoming delivery.