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Is Ahmed Shehzad really an aggressive batsman?

You have to be pretty mediocre if you can't even manage singles..
 
How the hell can an opening batsman have a strike rate of 71? Does he even know what a powerplay is? Seriously, that just boggles the mind, even younis and misbah have higher strike rates.... all the top odi openers currently have SR nearing 90 and then there is shehzad.
 
Mamoon said:
No player in the team frustrates me as much as he does.
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The real dilemma is not in his inability to play fast, but people presume he plays slow because of Misbah.

They don't get it.

He's simply incapable of playing quickly.
 
Dr_Bassim said:
The real dilemma is not in his inability to play fast, but people presume he plays slow because of Misbah.

They don't get it.

He's simply incapable of playing quickly.
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He has a strike rate lower than misbah because misbah told him to play slow... lol at these excuses
 
I remember he used to be an aggressive batsman but I don't know what happened to him after he came into the Pakistan team. I don't know the wheather the managemenat told him to do so or what but he certainly is'nt an aggressive batsman anymore!
 
Gabbar Singh said:
He reminds me a little of Marlon Samuels - they can both be destructive batsmen however their lack of strike rotation and their inability to take quick singles means that they have poor strike rates.
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Samuels has higher strike rate these days btw..
 
LOL , how many do you kick?

Misbah with his sub 70 SR for over 4 years.

:yk for low sr and pathetic average.

:hafeez for failing more often than not.

:umarakmal for being the biggest idiot in the cricketing world.

:shafiq is already out for his pathetic display.



hire a new team.
 
Needs to feast in UAE in Tests before is brutalized like Hafeez once he tours Australia, England, South Africa and New Zealand.
 
Mamoon said:
Needs to feast in UAE in Tests before is brutalized like Hafeez once he tours Australia, England, South Africa and New Zealand.
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Will still b our only hope in tests where he can play at his own pace
 
vandokkum said:
He has a strike rate lower than misbah because misbah told him to play slow... lol at these excuses
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Misbah is not saying anything to him and thats the main issue, a captain needs to set expectations, knowing Misbah Shahzad's snail pace innings will be acceptable.
 
hopefully Sharjeel and Fakhar Zaman take his place and the place for 2nd opener.
 
Mamoon said:
Needs to feast in UAE in Tests before is brutalized like Hafeez once he tours Australia, England, South Africa and New Zealand.
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Hafeez can only dream of playing the knock he played against the Aussies even in Sharjah.
 
He is Misbah but tries to be Kohli. Only two gears tuk or boom! Yesterday he struck 3 boundaries for 15 runs which came off 34 deliveries! Meaning he scored just 3 runs off 31 deliveries. What a beast!
 
Mr Aggressive couldn't manage a SR of 50 after 300 deliveries on a flat pitch with no pressure whatsoever since we had only lost 1 wicket.
 
Arsal_AK said:
We know.

He is to you what Misbah is to Savak or WL.
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Nope.

I have seen Mamoon praise Shehzad once or twice even if it's just faint praise. Savak on the other hand is a proper whinger regarding Misbah. Even after the fastest test century, he was like drop Misbah and he is selfish and other usual moanings.
 
10 international tons at 23 and he is called 'rubbish'

Shehzad annihilates bowling attacks - Alan Wilkins after Shehzads assault on KKR and Pat Cummins.
 
And people wanted to make this poser as captain..


Nothing batsmen but going by his arrogance you would think he is the second coming of Sir Don Bradman..
 
Didn't he get a better SR in the last 1-2 years? I meant, looking at his career SR is not very meaningful.

He does have a problem with strike rotation but then pretty much all Pakistanis have that problem. I think he is getting more than fair share of criticism here.
 
Buffet said:
Didn't he get a better SR in the last 1-2 years? I meant, looking at his career SR is not very meaningful.

He does have a problem with strike rotation but then pretty much all Pakistanis have that problem. I think he is getting more than fair share of criticism here.
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Your final strike rate when you are dismissed reveals little about how you have paced your innings and that is where he is dismal.

His strike rate for the first 50 runs is around 65, which is shocking in this era. Fails to give good tempo to the innings, consumes way too many dot balls and builds pressure on his partners.

These days you have to play at a good tempo to post big totals, and he has been a major reason for Pakistan not being able to post big totals because he sucks out all the momentum from the innings and doesn't help in chasing either.

If you have 300 to chase, pray he gets out in the first overs, otherwise he'll leave you with the RRR around 11 when he is done, which he did in the Asia Cup match vs Bangladesh but thankfully Afridi came to the party.

Take a look at the decider between Pakistan and NZ in UAE, where he scored 50 of 80 balls chasing 278.

He's only useful when he converts his sluggish starts to 100s because otherwise, he does nothing for the team because scoring 50 at a strike rate of 65-70 in this era is not acceptable especially for an opener.
 
Bullet Drive said:
Laughing so much at all the people he has frustrated.

Shehzad is a BOSSSSSSSS
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I think it's you who is frustrated and its amazing how you hate Misbah who is not as bad and inconsistent like Shehzad.

While love Shehzad despite the same flaws he has, even worse ones.

Please become a PAKISTAN supporter rather than your blue eyed favorite boys.
 
I really rate him as a batsman who has all kinds of shots and is one of the best against fast bowling in the Pak side but he has to get a break on this pathetic approach to his ODI batting.

Other teams batsmen evolve and progress with the time but I just don't know why our player just get stuck and start regressing after making their names.
 
leatherface58 said:
Nope.

I have seen Mamoon praise Shehzad once or twice even if it's just faint praise. Savak on the other hand is a proper whinger regarding Misbah. Even after the fastest test century, he was like drop Misbah and he is selfish and other usual moanings.
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Thanks. I was about to post the same thing.
 
MRSN said:
I really rate him as a batsman who has all kinds of shots and is one of the best against fast bowling in the Pak side but he has to get a break on this pathetic approach to his ODI batting.

Other teams batsmen evolve and progress with the time but I just don't know why our player just get stuck and start regressing after making their names.
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I think some of the players like shehzad and umar akmal are scared that they might lose their place in the team if they fail for 2-3 innings. That's why their main aim is not to win matches but to keep themselves in the team by scoring a 50. You can see the joy on their faces once they reach 50. However out of these young players there is one guy in the team who is playing fearlessly these days and thinks about the team first and he is sarfaraz ahmed.
 
Needs to get his strike rate up to the rate he takes selfies !
 
Hawkeye said:
I think it's you who is frustrated and its amazing how you hate Misbah who is not as bad and inconsistent like Shehzad.

While love Shehzad despite the same flaws he has, even worse ones.

Please become a PAKISTAN supporter rather than your blue eyed favorite boys.
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I love Misbah ul-Haq.
 
I don't think he's as bad as some are making him out to be. S/R needs to improve, obviously which can be done by pinching singles instead of playing dots. Also he's a tad inconsistent, but then so are many others in the XI.
 
Didn't some of you claim hafeez usually plays with intent and can accelerate the scoring??

Then Shehzad can maintain a relatively low strike rate if hafeez plays attacking shots early on in this innings. Ahmed Shehzad makes up for his relatively low strike rate by accelerating after his reaches his half century anyway.

The real issue is hafeez struggling for form outside the subcontinental teams and away from UAE. He has contributed absolutely nothing in ODI's since the asia cup with only a lone half century on a flat sharjah deck. i will say this again but hafeez has to go after the WC and it should be time to bring back nasir jamshed into the team. By no means is jamshed our savior but he has shown potential and has age on his side.
 
Shehzad showing his aggressive game. He bats to the situation what can he do when Pakistan always 1 or 2 wicket down early he has to take his time then. He got the freedom to play freely and showing his aggressive game to the haters.
 
I've seen Ahmed Shehzad in aggressive mode when he first made it into the Pakistan team, but in the last year or so he has become far more cautious with his main focus being wicket preservation. That might be considered wise in this tournament where a slow start can be made up later on against the older ball, but the problem is, Shehzad's defence is woeful. Absolutely no footwork and ends up just prodding at the balls on off stump.

Add to that he is extremely selfish, when it comes to approaching a landmark like 500 or 100 and slows to a crawl. Even after a 150 run partnership with Sohail and the powerplay in operation he started playing test cricket once he was in his 80's. Served him right to miss out on a hundred.
 
When has shehzad ever scored at over a strike rate of over a 100 when hes got a score 0f 50+ he cant rotate strike, cant play moving ball or decent spinners, useless and overate Hack!
 
Shehzad is trying to maintain his image of an aggressive batsman


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He may be aggressive with his body language but not with his bat.

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whats he doing playing in t20s? is there reason for his selection apart from being afridis best mate
 
Shehzads greatest achievement so far in international cricket is to somehow achieve this tag of being an aggressive batsmen when there is cricketing basis for that conclusion
 
he can only play in tests ODI and T20s are not his game too slow
 
He won't score much if he doesn't take singles. Afridi might try to hit every ball for four but even he is up for a single.

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Can't have tuk tuk's in T20 cricket...what are the selectors thinking??
 
He played 12 dot balls that too in powerplay. He should not play T20I at all good Test player though :murali
 
Continues to be awful. I expect at 50 at a strike rate of 100 with 25 runs off the first 40 balls in the next Test match.
 
Unfair to criticise him today since the pitch was difficult to bat on. If the pitch is more batting friendly in the next T20, then we'll see what we can say about Shehzad. He did score 98 last time against Zim in an away T20 series so you'd have to take that into consideration.
 
The only aggressive innings i remember is that T20 In 2011 in NZ when he smashed Milne around. And that 30 off 15 balls vs South Africa in UAE ODI series in 2013. Shehzad hits some glorious shots but i between that is very little he is the prime example of a guy whos game has developed little since his u-19 days. He still just hits one four an over followed by 5 dots and thinks its good enough. With strike rotation he could be top class. But he has shown stubborness and unwillingness to learn or change his game. Having that arrogant egotistic attitude his mentor Afridi does. This is the way i play so deal with it. He is just a slightly superior version of Farhat. Will be exposed big time in england if he plays.

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funny how Mukhtar gets the criticism but this guy continues to enjoy support of management and media. Has to be the worst T20 player in history, even Jamshed can do better than him.

his tuk tuk in powerplay is just painful to watch !
 
He is aggressive person and he is a batsman. That makes him an aggressive batsman, but he doesn't bat aggressive.
 
Awful batsman. Yes, everyone else failed too, but him and Maqsood were the worst. Shehzad once again showing his inability to rotate the strike, he had a small flurry of boundaries, before playing dot after dot, and eventually getting bowled by Chibhaba of all people.

The only reason he's called aggressive is because of his off field attitude. Otherwise he's probably the least attacking player in the team.
 
Vulcan said:
Give me honour to bump this thread :yk
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Why call it bumping when it was active 2 days ago :yk

Shezzy boy doesn't give enough of a time frame for the thread to be bumped. It's a routinely active thread
 
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