8 failiures and counting..
69, 21 vs WI in UAE..
His 90* was an insane knock, however he has let the team down with his irresponsibility, which was evident before his 90*, as well as after his 90*.. which shows he is not a good learner..
Mickey has skipped seniority, and all ranks, went out of his way to favor Azam as a no.3
He has been a failiure 8 other innings.. his dismissals getting worse innings after innings proves he is not no.3 material.. he has been found out by the Aussie bowlers..
The player who was and has centuries in 4 different continents gets dropped to no.6, and was demoted only after a pair against the WI in a dead rubber.. (with 3 50's and a 100 in that position.. )
If the criteria was his series against the WI.. He averaged 40 in that series (3 50's)
Asad Shafiq was dubbed unfit for that position, but no reason was given for it.. had he scored that 136* vs Australia from no.3, things might've been very different for us in that Brisbane game..
The relative free ride this 21 year old is getting is beyond me.. what favors has he done to our team that he deserves such status??
Have we lost all sense as a team that we are pinning our hopes from a 21 year old as a no.3 batsman.. with no experience of International Test Cricket before this?
I heard Mickey is proactive, and has more batting sense than anyone else.. why is he adamant on proving himself as a capable tactitioner.? His ego is getting in the way of his decisions, he's been failed with the Babar Azam experiment.. yet he wants to carry on with it.. What kind of tactics is persisting with a player so that he might play the odd knock and prove you right..
His place is as a no.6 batsman, where he can play his expansive shots.. just like Umar Akmal, he can counterattack from that position.. or he should be benched for a more Test Match minded batsman, who can atleast get his eye in before playing his shots..
If criteria was comparisons to Umar Akmal and Babar's debut's and their performances in away tours.. Umar Akmal performed better than him considering he produced more consistent knocks than him.. than what was Umar Akmal's fault for getting removed from the Test side..??
This is what happens when you base a selection on ODI performance (Babar for his 3 100's vs WI in ODIs) takes me back to Nasir Jamshed's selection vs South Africa in 2013 Test Matches, where he was left completely exposed as an opener after he scored 2 consecutive 100's vs India
69, 21 vs WI in UAE..
His 90* was an insane knock, however he has let the team down with his irresponsibility, which was evident before his 90*, as well as after his 90*.. which shows he is not a good learner..
Mickey has skipped seniority, and all ranks, went out of his way to favor Azam as a no.3
He has been a failiure 8 other innings.. his dismissals getting worse innings after innings proves he is not no.3 material.. he has been found out by the Aussie bowlers..
The player who was and has centuries in 4 different continents gets dropped to no.6, and was demoted only after a pair against the WI in a dead rubber.. (with 3 50's and a 100 in that position.. )
If the criteria was his series against the WI.. He averaged 40 in that series (3 50's)
Asad Shafiq was dubbed unfit for that position, but no reason was given for it.. had he scored that 136* vs Australia from no.3, things might've been very different for us in that Brisbane game..
The relative free ride this 21 year old is getting is beyond me.. what favors has he done to our team that he deserves such status??
Have we lost all sense as a team that we are pinning our hopes from a 21 year old as a no.3 batsman.. with no experience of International Test Cricket before this?
I heard Mickey is proactive, and has more batting sense than anyone else.. why is he adamant on proving himself as a capable tactitioner.? His ego is getting in the way of his decisions, he's been failed with the Babar Azam experiment.. yet he wants to carry on with it.. What kind of tactics is persisting with a player so that he might play the odd knock and prove you right..
His place is as a no.6 batsman, where he can play his expansive shots.. just like Umar Akmal, he can counterattack from that position.. or he should be benched for a more Test Match minded batsman, who can atleast get his eye in before playing his shots..
If criteria was comparisons to Umar Akmal and Babar's debut's and their performances in away tours.. Umar Akmal performed better than him considering he produced more consistent knocks than him.. than what was Umar Akmal's fault for getting removed from the Test side..??
This is what happens when you base a selection on ODI performance (Babar for his 3 100's vs WI in ODIs) takes me back to Nasir Jamshed's selection vs South Africa in 2013 Test Matches, where he was left completely exposed as an opener after he scored 2 consecutive 100's vs India