Colorblind Genius
First Class Captain
- Joined
- Dec 24, 2019
- Runs
- 4,208
- Post of the Week
- 3
As we all obviously see that this dew in the second innings is choking the life of the bowling potency. Lower totals to defend are almost impossible to defend.
And against good batting lines like England and Australia, you should have at least 200 on the board to defend.
The question is, how are you going to put 200 on the board batting first against these good teams in the playoffs?
Our general approach so far has been, "total focus on saving the openers' wickets in the powerplay and end up scoring 30 odd runs in the first 6 overs.
And then either try to accelerate from there if the openers/top order is still in play, and/or rely on the lower order (Malik and lately Asif) to score some quick runs.
This has worked so far BUT, it never looked to have convincingly gotten us close to 200+ mark. And even if we were able to get close to 200, then obviously, the opposition bowling attack was not as good as the upcoming Aussies or English bowling force.
If we end up scoring 180 odd batting first, then we are almost out of the game. This is how bad the dew factor has been playing it's ugly role.
IMO, We need that magical 200 figure to give our bowlers a chance to defend it in the dew.
There is no guarantee that we are going to get 200 + by doing some magic. We can only plan and make adjustments to play the game of probabilities.
And IMO, a simple approach is to strengthen the batting line to increase the probability of at least one, if not two, additional batters clicking, and getting us over the line.
In my opinion, if we are bowling second, then Shadab's bowling becomes almost useless. His batting is already nothing special. So he makes way for Haider.
Then, how to draft Nawaz?
We have Imad, Hassan Ali (for the lovers of Hafeez who want him retained in the play offs).
If I had to take a bitter pill, I will probably take out Hassan Ali. Yes, indeed he can hit a few big hits in the lower order but chances of him leaking more runs are higher than the chances of him scorning big runs.
Once we get Haider and Nawaz in, our batting line becomes a lot more stronger. This will result us confidently taking chances in the playoffs and score at least 50 if not 60 by the end of 6 powerplay overs with a loss of one or two wickets.
We will still have a deep batting line to take us through the innings and hence the chances of hitting that 200 are higher.
Otherwise, if we bat first and score 180 odd against England Australia, IMO, our chances are very slim to defend it.
This toss and dew factor has killed the balance in the game, and if we are not alert and conscious of it, then we will have only ourselves to blame.
And against good batting lines like England and Australia, you should have at least 200 on the board to defend.
The question is, how are you going to put 200 on the board batting first against these good teams in the playoffs?
Our general approach so far has been, "total focus on saving the openers' wickets in the powerplay and end up scoring 30 odd runs in the first 6 overs.
And then either try to accelerate from there if the openers/top order is still in play, and/or rely on the lower order (Malik and lately Asif) to score some quick runs.
This has worked so far BUT, it never looked to have convincingly gotten us close to 200+ mark. And even if we were able to get close to 200, then obviously, the opposition bowling attack was not as good as the upcoming Aussies or English bowling force.
If we end up scoring 180 odd batting first, then we are almost out of the game. This is how bad the dew factor has been playing it's ugly role.
IMO, We need that magical 200 figure to give our bowlers a chance to defend it in the dew.
There is no guarantee that we are going to get 200 + by doing some magic. We can only plan and make adjustments to play the game of probabilities.
And IMO, a simple approach is to strengthen the batting line to increase the probability of at least one, if not two, additional batters clicking, and getting us over the line.
In my opinion, if we are bowling second, then Shadab's bowling becomes almost useless. His batting is already nothing special. So he makes way for Haider.
Then, how to draft Nawaz?
We have Imad, Hassan Ali (for the lovers of Hafeez who want him retained in the play offs).
If I had to take a bitter pill, I will probably take out Hassan Ali. Yes, indeed he can hit a few big hits in the lower order but chances of him leaking more runs are higher than the chances of him scorning big runs.
Once we get Haider and Nawaz in, our batting line becomes a lot more stronger. This will result us confidently taking chances in the playoffs and score at least 50 if not 60 by the end of 6 powerplay overs with a loss of one or two wickets.
We will still have a deep batting line to take us through the innings and hence the chances of hitting that 200 are higher.
Otherwise, if we bat first and score 180 odd against England Australia, IMO, our chances are very slim to defend it.
This toss and dew factor has killed the balance in the game, and if we are not alert and conscious of it, then we will have only ourselves to blame.
