Canistani Hero
Senior T20I Player
- Joined
- Mar 3, 2012
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Genuinely curious who PP see as the best WK batsman in Pak's domestic circuit. All leading teams in the world have the WK as a critical component of their batting unit (barring Australia where Carey is a more of supporting component)
Sarfaraz is heading towards the end of his career, regardless of whether or not, he is discarded slightly earlier. Rizwan, if anybody, has been groomed as the obvious replacement and while, to his credit, he has shown the ability and composure to build an innings, both his fragility against genuine pace and inability to accelerate, particularly outside of Asia has been consistently questioned, unless he plays at 4, he will be a misfit in any modern day batting lineup. Kamran Akmal is a chapter long closed, good riddance.
Which brings us to who are the long term/short term contenders who could fill Pak's LOI teams for years to come. Wouldn't like to discuss specialist batsmen who are backup wicket-keepers like Abid Ali, Khushdil Shah or Umar Siddiq - preferably proper glovemen who can hold their own with the bat.
Bismillah Khan was thought to be decent prospect but has faded with time, he's perhaps a 7/10 with the gloves but shows are serious lack of patience at the crease, probably won't last more than 3 overs without playing a suicidal shot.
Mohammad Hassan and Jamal Anwar are probably heading to stages of their career where the Pakistan ship has already sailed. Hassan is thought to be a man of true resilience but his inability to accelerate is a problem much similar to Rizwan. Acceleration probably isn't a problem for Jamal but his fitness doesn't appear to match whats required at the highest level and his batting is woefully inconsistent.
Gulraiz Sadaf and Gauhar Ali are both perhaps much better wicket keepers than batsmen and whist the latter could probably play a half decent T20 innings on occasion, you can't help but feel neither are cut-out for international cricket. Mentioning Adnan Akmal would be a disservice to this thread so I will refrain.
From the young guns both Umair Masood and Rohail Nazir have showed sporadic promise but nothing to note with regards to consistent substance and the PCB is showing a clear failure with regards to grooming them for the future. Nazir, though probably burst onto the scene a little earlier than he should have and one would hope, experiences like leading the U19s in South Africa will only help him grow in the near future.
It looks a very bleak picture on the WK-Batsman front in Pakistan's domestic structure. I feel this is a problem for both our mens and womens team, no offense to Sidra Nawaz, no team can afford a specialist wicket-keeper who is essentially a tailender to the batting unit but that is ofcourse, a conversation for another time. For now, something needs to change and quick.
Have I missed out on any prospect? Who is the best WK batsman in Pak's domestic circuit? Mods, would appreciate a poll on this.
Sarfaraz is heading towards the end of his career, regardless of whether or not, he is discarded slightly earlier. Rizwan, if anybody, has been groomed as the obvious replacement and while, to his credit, he has shown the ability and composure to build an innings, both his fragility against genuine pace and inability to accelerate, particularly outside of Asia has been consistently questioned, unless he plays at 4, he will be a misfit in any modern day batting lineup. Kamran Akmal is a chapter long closed, good riddance.
Which brings us to who are the long term/short term contenders who could fill Pak's LOI teams for years to come. Wouldn't like to discuss specialist batsmen who are backup wicket-keepers like Abid Ali, Khushdil Shah or Umar Siddiq - preferably proper glovemen who can hold their own with the bat.
Bismillah Khan was thought to be decent prospect but has faded with time, he's perhaps a 7/10 with the gloves but shows are serious lack of patience at the crease, probably won't last more than 3 overs without playing a suicidal shot.
Mohammad Hassan and Jamal Anwar are probably heading to stages of their career where the Pakistan ship has already sailed. Hassan is thought to be a man of true resilience but his inability to accelerate is a problem much similar to Rizwan. Acceleration probably isn't a problem for Jamal but his fitness doesn't appear to match whats required at the highest level and his batting is woefully inconsistent.
Gulraiz Sadaf and Gauhar Ali are both perhaps much better wicket keepers than batsmen and whist the latter could probably play a half decent T20 innings on occasion, you can't help but feel neither are cut-out for international cricket. Mentioning Adnan Akmal would be a disservice to this thread so I will refrain.
From the young guns both Umair Masood and Rohail Nazir have showed sporadic promise but nothing to note with regards to consistent substance and the PCB is showing a clear failure with regards to grooming them for the future. Nazir, though probably burst onto the scene a little earlier than he should have and one would hope, experiences like leading the U19s in South Africa will only help him grow in the near future.
It looks a very bleak picture on the WK-Batsman front in Pakistan's domestic structure. I feel this is a problem for both our mens and womens team, no offense to Sidra Nawaz, no team can afford a specialist wicket-keeper who is essentially a tailender to the batting unit but that is ofcourse, a conversation for another time. For now, something needs to change and quick.
Have I missed out on any prospect? Who is the best WK batsman in Pak's domestic circuit? Mods, would appreciate a poll on this.
