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Is Ahmed Shehzad really an aggressive batsman?

Have been saying for quite some time now, he's a nothing player.

Ironically, I pushed for his return into the team at one point because he was making a lot of noise on how he has improved his batting approach and is a more mature player now but hollow vessels make the most noise and it turned out to be all talk.

I don't see the point of persisting with him.
 
Mamoon_Ghaffar said:
Have been saying for quite some time now, he's a nothing player.

Ironically, I pushed for his return into the team at one point because he was making a lot of noise on how he has improved his batting approach and is a more mature player now but hollow vessels make the most noise and it turned out to be all talk.

I don't see the point of persisting with him.
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i think you are right...!!:salman
 
Shehzad>> Farhat, if anyone sees Farhat, the majority of his runs are fluky edges, Shehzad seems a better prospect
 
At this stage he is turning out to be even worst than Imran Farhat. At least Imran Farhat does not waste much balls. This guy waste a lot of balls and still doesn't score much.
 
he played one match against zimbabwe and scored 8 runs.... he better score some runs against the zimbos otherwise he may disappear.
 
Shezhad not just for his sake but for the sake of the counrty and even the cricketing world just has to take this chance. I fear that if he doesnt he wont be replaced by a Babar Azam or Sharjeel instead he will be replaced by Hero. The world has seen enough of Hero. Hero's very presence is a crime against cricket
 
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pakistanigoneaussie said:
Shezhad not just for his sake but for the sake of the counrty and even the cricketing world just has to take this chance. I fear that if he doesnt he wont be replaced by a Babar Azam or Sharjeel instead he will be replaced by Hero. The world has seen enough of Hero. Hero's very presence is a crime against cricket
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it wont do anyone good if he doesnt score.... this series could very well be his last so he has to score to get selected again. otherwise we will be stuck with the hero.
 
saiyan0312 said:
it wont do anyone good if he doesnt score.... this series could very well be his last so he has to score to get selected again. otherwise we will be stuck with the hero.
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inshallah Shezhad will do well and Hero will have to wait .

better yet Hero will be busy fighting a lion in the savannah.
 
Ahmed SHezad so far in the CPL: 4 matches 48 runs average of 12 and SR of 96. And to think some rated him as the next Tendu, in fact some posters here still do :)). This guy is a another Shahzaib Hasan/Imran Nazir, maybe even worse as at least they didnt waste balls.
 
He's playing for his place in the team, its so clear-cut. He is by nature, an aggressive batsman.
 
If we are going to have an opener that strikes at 65 I'd much rather have Azhar ALi...
 
Alamgeer said:
This comparison is an insult to Don.
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currently the Don is actually better right now statistically than Shezhad dont understand the sarcasm but i hope that Shezhad scores in the Zim tour and his career takes off.
 
showed today he's an aggressive batsman and yes now he'll do good as is back in form, let's hope Misbah does the same and go from a poor cpl to a good Zimbabwe tour:)
 
639 people on Facebook liking Imran Farhat is the most surprising stat of this thread.
 
He is naturally aggressive.
But he has been saying that he's more mature now, so he has been trying to hold back, and bat more maturely.
Well, that's what I believe, anyway.
He seems to have taken a more Dhoni-like approach, because in both of his innings in Zimbabwe he started off slowly, and accelerated a lot at the end.
Hopefully he can perform against better opposition.
 
Haroon Javed said:
minnow basher:ahmed:asad
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well, he was back in the squad after ages in WI, he would wanna play for his team, hopefully he'll do good this series to cement his place for the next couple of series and will do good when in full confidence v the proteas and Lankans
 
oh no, time is running out for him, have a feeling he'll play for himself on Saturday
 
Shehzad has the second lowest strike rate of all opening batsmen in ODIs since 2009.
 
Shehzad has become even more slower to cement his place in the team by not taking risks...he has the shots,so can bring SR up once some runs under his belt i guess....Nasir jamshed will have fitness issues that will keep door always open for shehzad in near future..
 
58 runs off 92 balls today for a strike-rate of 63.04.

Although he did seem to get a move on near the end of his innings, he needs to improve his strike-rate. It may be ok today and vs Zimbabwe when we're chasing low totals but sooner or later, we'll be going after a much higher target.

Never really understood his 'aggressive' reputation. At least not with the bat.
 
Shehzad "selfish" innings watch thread.

5th ODI vs West Indies

64 runs, 100 balls - strike rate of 64

3rd ODI vs Zimbabwe

54 runs, 85 balls - strike rate of 63.5

1st ODI vs South Africa

58 runs, 92 balls - strike rate of 63

2nd ODI vs South Africa

58 runs, 85 balls - strike rate of 68.2

4th ODI vs South Africa

43 runs, 59 balls - strike rate of 72.8

Today,

35 runs, 70 balls - strike rate of 50

I think if he puts the team ahead of his mission of taking his diabolical average of mid 20s to early 30s, paying no regard to how low his strike rate falls, he might actually prove useful for a change.

I understand he has been one of our top scorers, but why isn't the same logic used for Misbah?

Let alone one of the top scorers, Misbah has been the highest scorer in the world.

When Misbah score runs with a strike rate of mid 60s, he is selfish and playing for his average only.

When Shehzad does so, he is mature and sensible according to a decent portion on this forum.

Do I have the right to ask why?
 
Before "blame it on Misbah" brigade comes in, make it clear he had this pathetic SR from the start of his career.
Misbah has nothing to do with it.

He scored that century at a strike rate of 68 too :)
All things point to Imran Farhat being a better opener than Shehzad.

Hence, both are TTFs.
We need Sami Aslam or Sharjeel Khan as opener(s) ASAP.
 
He is like Imrul Kayes, both plays for their position in the team.

Wastes too many deliveries
 
our entire OD team just plays for them self.

I see no harm and in just bringing in all the domestic guns
 
He doesn't have a single half century at a decent strike rate, let alone good.

He has only one major knock in his 4 year old career at a good strike rate.

Abysmal.
 
Shahzad is very irritating at times .. we have to accept the reality , we dont have any other option , we have to persist with these average players unfortunately
 
simply stalled the innings today. What was he thinking? hardly played any shot and left around 20 deliveries
 
Haroon Javed said:
Shahzad is very irritating at times .. we have to accept the reality , we dont have any other option , we have to persist with these average players unfortunately
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Most of the times!

Give chance to others and then decide that whether we have to persist with these average players or not.

Sharjeel Khan
Khurram Manzoor
Afaq Raheem

I am not including Babar Azam as he plays at #3 in domestic cricket and he is having an ordinary season this year which means he is out of form.

Above mentioned players are waiting for their inclusion and we still have to persist with mediocrity? Great!
 
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He is not a world beater but he has earned his spot for at least for a few series. Same cannot be said about Jamshed.
 
aGGressive Opener is Sharjeel Khan
he will try to get after Bowlers from first bowl

S/R 107 in Pakistan Domestic LIST-A
Ahmad Shahzad S/R 80 in pakistan Domestic LIST-A
 
We tried one aggressive opener previously his name was Shahzaib hassan who has an avg of 11 in 10 T20 he played. The problem at the moment is that all the batting is one dimensional, they all block block block waste alot of deliveries and then try to hit out. thats the general approach. do not rotate strike, it is hard work. That seems to be the approach by the coach and captain and thats why they select the players who play like this.

They do have some options if they want to experiment before the WC. they can use Sami Aslam and Sharjeel khan and i still wonder why they dont try the wicketkeeper opener like Rizwan and play akmal as a specialist batsman so that he puts more value on his wicket.
 
khurramsk said:
We tried one aggressive opener previously his name was Shahzaib hassan who has an avg of 11 in 10 T20 he played. The problem at the moment is that all the batting is one dimensional, they all block block block waste alot of deliveries and then try to hit out. thats the general approach. do not rotate strike, it is hard work. That seems to be the approach by the coach and captain and thats why they select the players who play like this.

They do have some options if they want to experiment before the WC. they can use Sami Aslam and Sharjeel khan and i still wonder why they dont try the wicketkeeper opener like Rizwan and play akmal as a specialist batsman so that he puts more value on his wicket.
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My frd, look at Shahzaib's ODI stats. 3 matches. Avg of 33 and SR of 88. Better than Ahmed, Hafeez and Farhat. Shahzaib's SR is even better than Jamshed. These are the openers we used during two years.

Sami Aslam will lead the U-19 team in the WC. I highly doubt he will be selected before that. Rizwan is not a wicket keeper/opener. Yes, he opened the innings in his last List A game but he mostly bats down the order or in middle order. Akmal is not putting value on his wicket because he's a keeper? LOL! Wasn't he getting out recklessly when he was not the keeper?
 
Feet don't move. Doesn't have the hand eye that you need to get away with that consistently.

To think cricket experts like Ramiz said he has a great technique is beyond me.
 
Shehzad doesn't just look sedate at the crease, he looks incredibly limited. It's all well and good "having all the shots in the book" but when you can barely pick up singles, whats the point? Plus, finding the fielder with a good looking shot doesn't make it a good shot.
 
Saqs said:
Feet don't move. Doesn't have the hand eye that you need to get away with that consistently.

To think cricket experts like Ramiz said he has a great technique is beyond me.
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True dat. Feet dont move and commits too early, woeful technique, will never be able to rotate the strike at will.
 
Well if you can't move feet you gotta have the hand eye coordination of sehwag , gayle or dilshan to be successful and sadly Ahmad Shehzad does not have a good hand eye coordination.
 
JibranAnsari said:
Well if you can't move feet you gotta have the hand eye coordination of sehwag , gayle or dilshan to be successful and sadly Ahmad Shehzad does not have a good hand eye coordination.
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he doesnt, but at least he is committing to play the long innings. he should be spanked for throwing it away like he did today, but at least he is trying.
Fatso on the other hand, he is a complete joke.
 
Pete Rose said:
he doesnt, but at least he is committing to play the long innings. he should be spanked for throwing it away like he did today, but at least he is trying.
Fatso on the other hand, he is a complete joke.
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Well you can't tolerate such players for long specially when there are a few knocking on the door already ..SHarjeel Khan.. Khurram Manzoor.. Afaq Raheem. I don't know how good or bad these guys are but they are coming through a process and should get their chances.
 
Pete Rose said:
he doesnt, but at least he is committing to play the long innings. he should be spanked for throwing it away like he did today, but at least he is trying.
Fatso on the other hand, he is a complete joke.
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This is where he's so poor. He's limited so the only way for him to score runs is to block his way to half centuries. Then, when the RR pressure gets to him, he gives it away. Jamshed doesn't do this because he can't even get to a half century.
 
oyei said:
No! he is a bowler who play as a opener.
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No, he is a fielder who plays as an opener since nobody wants to open ;-)

Reality is that Hafeez/Jamsheed/Shezad are not batsmen. I have said many times that non of them has foot work, neither know where is their off stump...

We should pick batsmen based on FC performance period.
 
If I was bowling coach, I would get Shezhad to stand in his crease and face 5,000 85mph outswingers on a length, making him start again every time he nicked behind.

It's his one major issue. Needs sorting as its hindering his progress.

Certainly has the potential to be a very useful asset for Pakistan.
 
SOSami said:
If I was bowling coach, I would get Shezhad to stand in his crease and face 5,000 85mph outswingers on a length, making him start again every time he nicked behind.

It's his one major issue. Needs sorting as its hindering his progress.

Certainly has the potential to be a very useful asset for Pakistan.
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Instead of wasting so much time on the same player , bring in better prospects like sharjeel khan , khurram manzoor and afaq raheem.
 
JibranAnsari said:
Instead of wasting so much time on the same player , bring in better prospects like sharjeel khan , khurram manzoor and afaq raheem.
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Or how about we spend time on all of these players?

It's not that difficult.
 
SOSami said:
Or how about we spend time on all of these players?

It's not that difficult.
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You can't change techniques , can you?

Or bring someone from the street and throw him 5000 85 mph outswingers. Try the new ones who already know how to cope with outswingers.

You have got to move your feet in order to cope with swing. All I see is sideways movement either to make room to tuck the ball on the legside.
 
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Its strange Shehzad ODI strike rate is poor but his T20 strike rate is very impressive and is also successful. Possibly playing for his place but don't blame him since Pakistan management is strict.
 
JibranAnsari said:
You can't change techniques , can you?

Or bring someone from the street and throw him 5000 85 mph outswingers. Try the new ones who already know how to cope with outswingers.

You have got to move your feet in order to cope with swing. All I see is sideways movement either to make room to tuck the ball on the legside.
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You can change techniques.
 
A very limited player so far i've come to the conclusion that

He is a hack with temperament A blend of Awais Zia and Azhar ALi :)))
 
farazaidi said:
simply stalled the innings today. What was he thinking? hardly played any shot and left around 20 deliveries
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He always stalls the innings!

Rubbish batsman.

Anyone who thinks Farhat is worse than him must be smoking something illegal.
 
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