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Has anyone dominated Dale Steyn like young Babar Azam?

He has a very compact technique. Brings the bat close to hit body when hitting in the V. Very un-Akmal
 
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21 fours by Babar Azam v Steyn this series - most by any batsman in a series v Steyn
 
A mini victory by Babar. Hopefully it will give him confidence for the future SENA tours.

Personally, I already expected a 0-3 phainta and my only interest in this series was how Amir and Babar performed.

(I don't think Abbas has been 100% fit)
 
Fantastic knock so far by Babar Azam.

Pity there is nobody to support him.
 
Relax guys. Kohli is on another level. Just hope Babar ends up half as good as Kohli is at the moment
 
LOL. Steyn is in the twilight of his career, past his best by a long margin.
 
Mainul said:
LOL. Steyn is in the twilight of his career, past his best by a long margin.
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still bowling with average speed of 140 and top speed of 148 and that too in Sa .i don,t think there is anything to LOL about
 
tijnar said:
Babur is just playing to survive, in the process making runs
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Wow, talk about making a golden duck on debut - atrocious first post on PP!

No, Babar is not playing to survive, him along with Shan, are the only two Pakistani batsmen who have looked confident and assured at the crease in this series.
 
Mainul said:
LOL. Steyn is in the twilight of his career, past his best by a long margin.
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Yes he is past his best but definitely not by a long margin, he's still getting the ball to move and he's still bowling at an average of 87mph, which is lightening quick if compared to the modern test seamers.
 
Steyn lost his mojo...he is bowling quick but it looks like he is spraying those nothing balls...i think his time is up in test cricket, its time for him retire...babar playing well but we have to consider that it's steyn who is in his last legs...
 
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The Steyn Slayer continues on his merry way. And does it with such ridiculous ease :bow:
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Reminds me of Umar Akmal.

He was brutal against the fast bowlers. And played with so much ease against pace.

Akmal family is gifted!
 
Babar heard on the the imaginary stump mic to Steyn: “tum ne mere ustad aur hamare hero Hafeez ko isee jagaa zaleel kiya tha, ab hass ke dhikao? “

(You ridiculed my hero and my batting guru Hafeez right here, let’s see you laugh now)
 
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Hawkeye said:
Reminds me of Umar Akmal.

He was brutal against the fast bowlers. And played with so much ease against pace.

Akmal family is gifted!
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Babar's shot selection and batting intelligence are way superior to Umar's, though.
 
As I said before, Babar is a remarkable talent, with good technique and I hope a high work ethic. He is the best t20 batsman n the planet, one of the top 5 ODI batsmen and now, slowly, turning into a top 10 test batsman, all before the age of 25.

The best batting talent Pakistan have had since a young Inzy. As long as he has the grit of Younis Khan, he may turn into the best ever.
 
Muhammad10 said:
Babar's shot selection and batting intelligence are way superior to Umar's, though.
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Yes. Compared to current Umar.

But Umar would have offered us way more than all our batsmen in SA except Babar.
 
So far in this series, Babar Azam has 92 runs against Dale Steyn in 78 balls with 19x4s !
 
So Kaptaan sahab got out just the way I said he would. Absolute trash way of playing.
 
Whats the use of this domination? Pak is getting destroyed in Sa?
I am repeating the same question which some posters were asking when kohli was making runs for fun in overseas tour.
 
After bahar hits out and scores, he should then settle down and go for a big innings. You have already hit a good bowler out of the attack but going wild throughout wont let you make big scores. Have seen many great innings in tests where batsmen started by counter attacking and then settled down to play long innings instead of just continuing. Bahar should think about this
 
This is the exact reason why Pakistan is good in T20 and not good in test. Fans and management are happy with flash in the pan performance. Yes Babar took steyn to the cleaners but he has not converted those starts to go on and get big scores. Would you rather him hit Steyn at SR of 110 or him go on and score 170? Babar scoring 170 would help his team more than him taking on Steyn.

It is also same with bowlers too, they bowl few gem of overs after long spells of mediocre performance. They need a coach who expects consistent performance from the team.
 
Birdman said:
This is the exact reason why Pakistan is good in T20 and not good in test. Fans and management are happy with flash in the pan performance. Yes Babar took steyn to the cleaners but he has not converted those starts to go on and get big scores. Would you rather him hit Steyn at SR of 110 or him go on and score 170? Babar scoring 170 would help his team more than him taking on Steyn.

It is also same with bowlers too, they bowl few gem of overs after long spells of mediocre performance. They need a coach who expects consistent performance from the team.
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He's been batting with tail enders for your information. Today he had a chance but played a poor shot.
 
Indiafan said:
After bahar hits out and scores, he should then settle down and go for a big innings. You have already hit a good bowler out of the attack but going wild throughout wont let you make big scores. Have seen many great innings in tests where batsmen started by counter attacking and then settled down to play long innings instead of just continuing. Bahar should think about this
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He had a brainfade today no doubt but in the previous 2 occasions he was batting with the tail and just trying to get as much runs as possible. Even then he didn't get out slogging, rather defending.

In the UAE he has shown the willingness to dig in and play long.
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Babar Azam versus Dale Steyn in this series:<br>Runs 92<br>Balls faced 78<br>Fours 19<br>Strike-rate 118<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SAvPAK?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SAvPAK</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1084050852921389056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 12, 2019</a></blockquote>
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saeed5646 said:
still bowling with average speed of 140 and top speed of 148 and that too in Sa .i don,t think there is anything to LOL about
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Steyn was not all about pace, his speciality was his amazing ability to swing the ball both ways at such lightening pace. After recurrent injury and long lay off he seems to have lost the ability to swing comprehensively.Pace is not everything friend.
 
MenInG said:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Babar Azam versus Dale Steyn in this series:<br>Runs 92<br>Balls faced 78<br>Fours 19<br>Strike-rate 118<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SAvPAK?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SAvPAK</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1084050852921389056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 12, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Utter domination. I saw Steyn smiling awkwardly yesterday after another boundary by Babar. It's like Babar is burying the ghosts of Steyn vs Hafeez out there. Revenge time!!
 
Indiafan said:
After bahar hits out and scores, he should then settle down and go for a big innings. You have already hit a good bowler out of the attack but going wild throughout wont let you make big scores. Have seen many great innings in tests where batsmen started by counter attacking and then settled down to play long innings instead of just continuing. Bahar should think about this
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He's following the same template that AB used to score a winning knock against India, its not a bad tactic on these decks and based on his position in the order.
 
Never had any doubts about his shot making ability & I can bet for India, he would have opened in ODI for sure. His next step, which is much tougher task is to convert this nice 50s & 70s into 100, may be 200. I don’t think hitting boundaries is only sign of domination, rather a master batsman needs to dominate for hours, sessions & take the game away. Still brilliant stroke play & Think Tank needs to back him - first step is to promote him at 4 in Test & opening in LOs.
 
Mainul said:
Steyn was not all about pace, his speciality was his amazing ability to swing the ball both ways at such lightening pace. After recurrent injury and long lay off he seems to have lost the ability to swing comprehensively.Pace is not everything friend.
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Did you even bother to watch steyn bowling for alteast 3 overs minus babar? .he still bowls good outswinger with odd one nip back of the seam .i don.t think he is that bad still 80 % of old steyn left in him
 
MMHS said:
Never had any doubts about his shot making ability & I can bet for India, he would have opened in ODI for sure. His next step, which is much tougher task is to convert this nice 50s & 70s into 100, may be 200. I don’t think hitting boundaries is only sign of domination, rather a master batsman needs to dominate for hours, sessions & take the game away. Still brilliant stroke play & Think Tank needs to back him - first step is to promote him at 4 in Test & opening in LOs.
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You are right but for that, he needs to be placed up the order. Only yesterday he played a bad shot at 49. Before that in all innings he was batting with the tail.
 
Mainul said:
Steyn was not all about pace, his speciality was his amazing ability to swing the ball both ways at such lightening pace. After recurrent injury and long lay off he seems to have lost the ability to swing comprehensively.Pace is not everything friend.
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Clearly you havent watched the match. Steyn was swinging and beating the bat of other players consistently.
 
Babar is a great talent. Anyone who knows something about batting could see years back. And him finding his feet in Test cricket was just a matter of time. I remember telling [MENTION=143344]babajee[/MENTION] so many times in his threads to not worry about Babar’s future at all.

But I request Pak fans to not overhype things and make him more self centered. He needs to take up more responsibility and bat responsibly for the team. That’s what best batsmen do for their teams. With this current criterion, you guys are actually saying that Markram is better than Babar, because he actually performed better and he always faced the new ball against bowlers having a fresh start. Would you agree? I don’t think he’s as good as Babar at the moment.
 
Mr.Q said:
Babar is a great talent. Anyone who knows something about batting could see years back. And him finding his feet in Test cricket was just a matter of time. I remember telling [MENTION=143344]babajee[/MENTION] so many times in his threads to not worry about Babar’s future at all.

But I request Pak fans to not overhype things and make him more self centered. He needs to take up more responsibility and bat responsibly for the team. That’s what best batsmen do for their teams. With this current criterion, you guys are actually saying that Markram is better than Babar, because he actually performed better and he always faced the new ball against bowlers having a fresh start. Would you agree? I don’t think he’s as good as Babar at the moment.
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Ever since I made that Umar comparison thread, Babar finally found his groove in test cricket :genius
 
Think Babar's vanity having the better of him in that review - he didnt want to be out to Steyn :)
 
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