"I think Babar Azam will be in the world's top 5 batsmen very soon across formats" : Mickey Arthur

[Hasan123]

He's a run scoring machine. Inshallah he can inspire a generation of young batters in Pakistan.

 

[nitrous]

He is good but not good enough to win Pakistan matches. How many times have we seen him bat through the innings and make a difference?

 

[MenInG]

Smith has seen a lot of Babar in recent times so what he says has merit.

 

[last_knight]

Smith as a head coach will make any team stronger. Shrewd and Astute.

 

[saeed5646]

Number 1 in t20 ranking

Number 3 in odi ranking

averaging 50+ in test from last 2 years .hopefully he will enter in top ten test batsmen ranking soon

 

[Abdullah]

The runs machine.
I was very slightly disappointed that he didn't score 500 runs, ( that just shows how good I think he can be) but he smashed what any of our previous lot have done .
Can somebody post 2 tables for me please.

1 Most Pakistani runs in 1 WC by player
2 Most Pakistani runs across all world cups by player

 

[Mercurial]

He is not good enough in Test cricket.

 

[FreePalestine]

Pujara doesn't have to play anything other than tests for as long as he is bossing in tests to remain among the best batsmen of this generation.

Rainbow cricket is for marketing and kids. Never forget that.

Although I love test cricket and believe it is the highest test of a batsman’s classical skills - i.e. technique and patience, you cannot completely discount the skills required for limited overs cricket nowadays. This would mean sweeping away Kohli’s ODI feats because he is making his runs on flatter tracks than in test cricket. Yes, limited overs cricket can go over the top and prepare absolute pancakes which distort everything, especially in England in bilateral series’, but I think to be the best batsman in the world today means to be the best across formats - have to accept that. So I agree with the other poster’s list. World’s best batsmen across formats are:

Kohli
Smith
Williamson
Warner
Root / Du Plessis

You can certainly make a case for Pujara being one of the world’s best test batsmen, but nowadays, that alone does not make himt he best batsman in world cricket as he doesn’t have as complete a skill set as the others in the list above.

 

[saeed5646]

The runs machine.
I was very slightly disappointed that he didn't score 500 runs, ( that just shows how good I think he can be) but he smashed what any of our previous lot have done .
Can somebody post 2 tables for me please.

1 Most Pakistani runs in 1 WC by player
2 Most Pakistani runs across all world cups by player

http://www.pakpassion.net/ppforum/s...d-for-most-runs-by-a-Pakistani-at-a-World-Cup

 

[Raja111]

looks like Mickey's prediction has come true in no time!!!