stevewittry
Tape Ball Regular
- Joined
- Mar 23, 2007
- Runs
- 567
It is no secret that the current Pakistani batting line up is lacking the firepower needed in modern day cricket. While they played well I SA, they haven't been able to close out matches due to their inability to up the ante when required.
Honestly bar Fakhar there is currently no one who can play with a decent strike rate against both pace and spin. Having said that Pak does have quite a few accumulators who have the inability to strike boundaries.
Wasim Akram is one player whose batting was severely unutilized. HE had this ability to strike big and bat well in pressure games. His knock in the world cup finsl eventually made the difference though people keep mentioning his 2 magic deliveries, his cameo helped them post a decent total. There are sevaral such innings wherein he bailed Pakistan out of trouble. HE however haven't taken his batting seriously probably because IK wanted him to focus on batting. But the ability was very much there.
Do you think Akram would have found a role in this team purely on batting credentials? With the easing batting conditions he would have been a much better better in today's age. I dare say that the current team has no one who could handle pressure as well as he did during his playing days, is more committed and can strike pace and spin better. His batting average hardly does a justice to the batsman who he could have been. It must be reminded that he also has a double hundred in test cricket. He would have murdered n
bowlers in power play or could be a tremendous late order hitter. Thoughts?
Honestly bar Fakhar there is currently no one who can play with a decent strike rate against both pace and spin. Having said that Pak does have quite a few accumulators who have the inability to strike boundaries.
Wasim Akram is one player whose batting was severely unutilized. HE had this ability to strike big and bat well in pressure games. His knock in the world cup finsl eventually made the difference though people keep mentioning his 2 magic deliveries, his cameo helped them post a decent total. There are sevaral such innings wherein he bailed Pakistan out of trouble. HE however haven't taken his batting seriously probably because IK wanted him to focus on batting. But the ability was very much there.
Do you think Akram would have found a role in this team purely on batting credentials? With the easing batting conditions he would have been a much better better in today's age. I dare say that the current team has no one who could handle pressure as well as he did during his playing days, is more committed and can strike pace and spin better. His batting average hardly does a justice to the batsman who he could have been. It must be reminded that he also has a double hundred in test cricket. He would have murdered n
bowlers in power play or could be a tremendous late order hitter. Thoughts?
