Leonidos
Tape Ball Star
- Joined
- Jul 16, 2010
- Runs
- 900
How a batsman with no technique can become anchor of our middle order?Yep he scored 168 and after that whatever few innings he played,he did not succeed.You know why?my son we are not living in 1950s.This is the age of technology.Opponent's experts and think tanks dont take long time to spot you weaknesses and your love fawad has biggest weakness.He shuffles big time,his head is all over the place and you know he is easiet wicket to get in tests since he will be plumb lbw or bowled to an delivery coming in.Needless to mention other things.pak management was quick to realize that and thats the reason he is not in test side and he never will be.yeh andar ki khabar hai bhaya.and those who say yk and miandad did nt have any technique do not know abt the alif bay of cricket.Top post, welcome to PP!!
One more thing to add is that, I personally don't consider Fawad to be a match winning batsmen per se BUT we need him. The Pakistan team has been full of flashy batsmen, from Zaheer Abbas to the flashy Umar Akmal. Now, these guys on their day help you win games but I can't stress the importance of having an anchor on the other end-- a partnership player.
MoYo is in this mould and he is our third most successful (run wise) Test bat. You need a guy like Fawad who can stick around and play a long innings, he's the perfect Test bat IMO.
There are others who combine this street fighter and match winning ability, but they're rare. Younis is one. Miandad is one (though he had superb, superb technique). Inzi of course was a huge fighter, but he looked damn good doing it too.