Loss to Zimbabwe Due to Technical Flaws and Poor Preparations

[UzmanBeast]

It's been a while since I've been on PP. As the title suggests, there is little evidence that I have seen with the performances in the world-cup so far that suggest the team is ready to play on Australian surfaces.

That is the biggest factor that goes against Pakistan in the remainder of the tournament; we can, and we will be bounced out unless our batsmen can devise a strategy to cope with short-ball barrages.

On subcontinental wickets, you can get away with a poor technique against short-pitched bowling because of the wickets not producing enough uneven bounce for a batter to have to adjust in the final moments before the execution of a shot. In Australia, it is totally different; the pull shot is only played well by those players who latch onto the length quickly. If your eyes are slow, you are going to get caught in a state of sluggishness (as seen with Arshdeep to Asif).

Short-pitched bowling on these surfaces is a danger that the Pakistani batsmen are not equipped to dealing with. Neither of the prolific run-scorers of our team are capable, nor confident, in their ability to face short-pitched bowling. It was a similar time during Pakistan's tour of South Africa where these vulnerabilities showed up; Nortje to Babar is one such dismissal that stands out, and also how the South African quicks bounced out the debutant Danish Aziz.

That being said, this vulnerability was always masked under. To play against short-pitched bowling on massive square boundaries, you need to find ways to negotiate the ball square of the wicket. But even with that in mind, you need the hand-eye coordination to be able to puncture gaps and power the ball over longer distances.

From the current lot, none of the players are strong square on the off-side against proper short-pitched deliveries, so that scoring zone is completely eliminated apart from the occasional short and wide delivery.

Flat-batting the ball down the ground is possible but it is very risky, and as a result, this too disappears as a way of scoring runs on short-pitched deliveries.

Zimbabwe's bowling was brilliant with their variation in the short-pitched bowling too; and under those circumstances (though we hardly play this shot), the ramp shot's utility completely fades away.

The boundaries are far too large for the square cut over third man, unless the bowler is bowling at an absolutely high pace.

What's left now is the leg-side, and this is the only position where Pakistan seems to have at least some relative experience of playing the ball; the occasional slog, or a decent pull shot which finds just a single.

The lack of comfort with short-pitched deliveries is a recipe for disaster in Australia, because neither do we possess the skillset to combat high pace and hostile short-deliveries, oppositions can hold us on a consistent line (like they did with Mohammad Wasim Jr, which I have to say was horrific to watch, those plays and misses cost the match), and these oppositions will easily be able to increase the run-rate pressure and force the team to crumble apart.

I was quite surprised to see that the Pakistan batsmen did not take a few steps forward against the slower Zimbabwe bowlers, which would enable them to access more boundary areas and shot options if they were uncomfortable with the short-delivery.

In Australia, players strong on the back-foot are required, and I can safely say that we do not possess a single player who is confident enough against short-pitched bowling to produce the results we need. That being said, short-pitched bowling itself, in these conditions, is only amplified by pacy wickets that provide more bounce and greater seam movement. Our players do not possess a hook shot, and that further limits us in respect of what we can do.

I am great supporter of the Babar-Rizwan opening combination, but I seriously believe that only one of them can open the innings from this point out. Neither of them have shown the comfort required on these wickets to open the innings, and I believe it is a much better alternative to let Shan open the innings and move the ball around than have Babar and Rizwan play near maiden overs right up front. Fakhar has to make a comeback in the side ahead of Haider Ali as well.

I certainly hope that Pakistan gets their head out of the clouds and faces the reality; in order to cope with their short-ball ineptitude, they must be extremely prolific in acquiring runs from spinners, fuller-length deliveries, and other types of bowling plans.

Having a consistent RH-LH batsman combination will lead to mistakes being made (as it typically occurs) amongst bowling sides where a bowler is unable to adjust from the different styles, and it can be capitalized on.

I find it no surprise that Pakistan have done well in the two stages of this tournament when a LH and RH batsmen were at the wicket.

That being said, I wish the team luck for the remainder of the tournament, but certainly, I can say that we do not deserve qualification solely because our lack of planning in these conditions has made the journey to qualification extremely difficult.

 

[Savak]

Pakistan's lack of preperations for Australian Wickets have been brutally exposed where even Zimbabwe were able to figure out that our batsmen were clueless against the hard length short of a length delivery. Don't know what Yousaf and Hayden work on with the batters in the nets.

This Pakistan team had a good 15-20 T-20 games before this WC and if they still could not make the most of it then the coaches, captain need to be axed. You do not ever take out of form, short of confidence players i.e. Asif Ali, Haider Ali, Iftikhar Ahmed to the biggest stage and expect them to perform miracles.

 

[Champ_Pal]

There is lot of pace and bounce in these Aus pitches this time. The ball is flying to the keeper off of good length. Even average bowlers are looking lethal in these conditions.

Even England players are struggling in these conditions. You can only imagine how difficult it is for Subcontinent teams to handle the pace and bounce.

 

[muqarrab]

Pakistan's lack of preperations for Australian Wickets have been brutally exposed where even Zimbabwe were able to figure out that our batsmen were clueless against the hard length short of a length delivery. Don't know what Yousaf and Hayden work on with the batters in the nets.

This Pakistan team had a good 15-20 T-20 games before this WC and if they still could not make the most of it then the coaches, captain need to be axed. You do not ever take out of form, short of confidence players i.e. Asif Ali, Haider Ali, Iftikhar Ahmed to the biggest stage and expect them to perform miracles.

We didn't use any of those games as a build up for the WC, we were playing the conditions of those matches. This is a failure of brains trust, what is saqlain's job role?

 

[dildilpak]

Pak did all the right things preparations wise - they went ahead of the WC to NZ, got crucial match practice in those conditions etc. But the biggest issue is inability to play on bouncy wickets.

Also scheduling plays a role - Pakistan always have been slow starters, so a loss in a high pressure game like India upfront doesnt help their cause. Which shows that they just arent mentally strong to shrug off a loss against India & come back.

 

[Savak]

Pak did all the right things preparations wise - they went ahead of the WC to NZ, got crucial match practice in those conditions etc. But the biggest issue is inability to play on bouncy wickets.

Also scheduling plays a role - Pakistan always have been slow starters, so a loss in a high pressure game like India upfront doesnt help their cause. Which shows that they just arent mentally strong to shrug off a loss against India & come back.

NZ wickets were pretty slow, they did not have anywhere near the pace and bounce that the Pakistani team has experienced in Perth and Melbourne.

 

[shamaan]

Pakistan's lack of preperations for Australian Wickets have been brutally exposed where even Zimbabwe were able to figure out that our batsmen were clueless against the hard length short of a length delivery. Don't know what Yousaf and Hayden work on with the batters in the nets.

This Pakistan team had a good 15-20 T-20 games before this WC and if they still could not make the most of it then the coaches, captain need to be axed. You do not ever take out of form, short of confidence players i.e. Asif Ali, Haider Ali, Iftikhar Ahmed to the biggest stage and expect them to perform miracles.

The pitches Pakistan had for the England were didn't help.you can practise all you want in the nets but it's a different ball game when your in the middle.

 

[shamaan]

Even Babar looked clueless with his stuck in the mood feet.

 

[dildilpak]

NZ wickets were pretty slow, they did not have anywhere near the pace and bounce that the Pakistani team has experienced in Perth and Melbourne.

They will never get those exact conditions anywhere… for heaven’s sake - India was playing at home before the WC, but they are doing alright! My point is that the issue is not the preparation, but the inability to play bounce at all. You cant teach people to play in bouncy conditions in weeks of preparation.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Lack of skills is the only reason Pakistsn lost. Everything else is an excuse.

This is the most professionally run Pakistan team ever. Y'all are just looking for reasons that aren't there.

 

[Savak]

They will never get those exact conditions anywhere… for heaven’s sake - India was playing at home before the WC, but they are doing alright! My point is that the issue is not the preparation, but the inability to play bounce at all. You cant teach people to play in bouncy conditions in weeks of preparation.

The Indian players must be doing something right preperation wise in the nets.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Lack of skills is the only reason Pakistsn lost. Everything else is an excuse.

This is the most professionally run Pakistan team ever. Y'all are just looking for reasons that aren't there.

Yet to see a proper horizontal shot from any Pakistan player once the ball goes over the stump. . In my memory Ijaz Ahmed did okay in Australia. He had to adjust his stance to cross stance like Chanderpaul who did for a similar reason. To deal with the short ball. Shan Masood is okay. Not extraordinary like he can't slam those balls for 4s. Going there in with a bunch of bit part of players is suicidal.

 

[jnaveen1980]

The Indian players must be doing something right preperation wise in the nets.

They are proper test batsmen. Kohli registered 4 centuries here. In that series, he would stand a foot outside the crease to take on bouncers from Mitch Johnson. He had immense self-belief. Rohit we don't even have to go there. He is the best six-hitter of the short ball by some distance. Rahul is just as good. Pant is also very good. Dk is also very good against the short ball. Even Ashwin is decent. SKY is also very good. Shubman Gill is a next level player against short ball. Only weak player is Shreyas Iyer.

 

[Suleiman]

Pak did all the right things preparations wise - they went ahead of the WC to NZ, got crucial match practice in those conditions etc. But the biggest issue is inability to play on bouncy wickets.

Also scheduling plays a role - Pakistan always have been slow starters, so a loss in a high pressure game like India upfront doesnt help their cause. Which shows that they just arent mentally strong to shrug off a loss against India & come back.

We didn’t do everything right preparation wise.

We continued to believe in Rizwan and Babar as an opening pair after seeing plenty of signs that their overly cautious approach can cost us big time- which it did today against a less than modest target.

We wasted too many opportunities on guys like Khushdil and Asif Ali as middle order options when we had more than enough time, a full on 7 match t20 series and a Tri series in NZ to try out other middle order options and even experiment with Babar at 3 and using someone else to open, but were drunk on superificial RizBab stats.

We left a solid pace bowling allrounder who had been amongst the runs with the bat in domestics back in Pakistan after a solid showing.

We continued to play the same team despite its flaws with minimal changes- only a matter of time till the flaws compounded and the team imploded like today.

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

The Indian players must be doing something right preperation wise in the nets.

We are weak against swing not bounce

 

[SalimBhai]

Pakistan does not have a middle order. For that the open eres have to play cautiously .

 

[Savak]

They are proper test batsmen. Kohli registered 4 centuries here. In that series, he would stand a foot outside the crease to take on bouncers from Mitch Johnson. He had immense self-belief. Rohit we don't even have to go there. He is the best six-hitter of the short ball by some distance. Rahul is just as good. Pant is also very good. Dk is also very good against the short ball. Even Ashwin is decent. SKY is also very good. Shubman Gill is a next level player against short ball. Only weak player is Shreyas Iyer.

Imran Khan used to take the Pakistani players to Parking Lots where he would take wet hard balls, wet tennis balls and players would be made to practice for hours, hours with someone using a tennis racket to fire in the ball from a short distance. This is the best one can do to practice against fast bouncers in Australia. I question if the Pakistani players have exhibited the same level of hard work, commitment in their preperations for this T-20 WC.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Adelaide oval is one place where Pak batsmen will enjoy. Yasir shah will vouch for that.

 

[Savak]

They are proper test batsmen. Kohli registered 4 centuries here. In that series, he would stand a foot outside the crease to take on bouncers from Mitch Johnson. He had immense self-belief. Rohit we don't even have to go there. He is the best six-hitter of the short ball by some distance. Rahul is just as good. Pant is also very good. Dk is also very good against the short ball. Even Ashwin is decent. SKY is also very good. Shubman Gill is a next level player against short ball. Only weak player is Shreyas Iyer.

This is what Pakistani selectors and think tank needs to do. They need to put high value on technically sound cricketers who can attack playing good cricketing shots, this slogging from ball one culture needs to go if you want to compete with the top sides.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Imran Khan used to take the Pakistani players to Parking Lots where he would take wet hard balls, wet tennis balls and players would be made to practice for hours, hours with someone using a tennis racket to fire in the ball from a short distance. This is the best one can do to practice against fast bouncers in Australia. I question if the Pakistani players have exhibited the same level of hard work, commitment in their preperations for this T-20 WC.

Tendulkar used to practice like that. Wet Tennis ball. 15 yard distance. That is his preparation.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Yet to see a proper horizontal shot from any Pakistan player once the ball goes over the stump. . In my memory Ijaz Ahmed did okay in Australia. He had to adjust his stance to cross stance like Chanderpaul who did for a similar reason. To deal with the short ball. Shan Masood is okay. Not extraordinary like he can't slam those balls for 4s. Going there in with a bunch of bit part of players is suicidal.

Actually even Babar can handle the short ball but in Test cricket. They can't score fast against the hard length ball .
Shan is probably their best.

It's why I almost died of laughter when certain posters were throwing around random names like Akhlaq as batsmen for his World Cup ahead of Shan.

Most guys don't have good records against hard length even on the lowest bouncing pitches in the world - Pakistani pitches .

It's a clear lack of skill. India has many faults but many of out batsmen can handle that length much better.

 

[Naveedahmed1]

We should have selected Harris Sohail

 

[jnaveen1980]

This is what Pakistani selectors and think tank needs to do. They need to put high value on technically sound cricketers who can attack playing good cricketing shots, this slogging from ball one culture needs to go if you want to compete with the top sides.

If you want a power hitter you have look at someone like Shane watson. He has this fantastic balance, weight distribution when he executes his shots.

 

[Energy]

Agreed. Even a minnow team will have 3 pacers so Pakistan will be exposed every match in the tournament.

 

[DandyFellow]

In the last 2 matches we won, Nawaz showed up as a match winner in batting at around No.4 and 5. All other middle order batsmen had fluke days in which they did well. The question is why did we send Nawaz the batsman so low in both the games. Today, if he had come before Haider and Shadab then game could have been different. Why I am saying that we did not lose because of being all out - we lost because we could not score 131 in 20 overs.
If you are playing anchors from 1 to 3 then you need to have a batsman at 4 or 5 who can come and play freely at a higher strike rate.
Big teams lose games chasing scores by getting all out. Minnow teams lose games like these even when they play full overs. It is the issue of mindset and it is extremely worrying. I saw this happening at Karachi Kings in the PSL last season and sadly the same minnow thought process of playing all overs without chasing a score has come into national team.
First thing if we want to win something big, we need to remove this mindset and believe in one thing- we will only lose by getting all out while chasing we will never lose after playing all overs and having wickets in hand. Our bowlers are also good enough to hit sixes so should not be a problem for them too.

 

[Sherazkhalid]

Well after Asia Cup, whole PP was up in arms for Shan and Haider, one is unfit for T20 (can only play when RRR is 6/7) other is a total failure. Who else we wanted in team other than Imad and Malik

 

[Savak]

Most painful thing is that this is the best bowling attack we could have taken on Australian Wickets. We have 5-6 pacers capable of bowling 140-150 km/hr and still the team is on the way out. Lesson to be learn't is that the skill and quality gap b/w bowlers and batsmen cannot be so huge.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Most painful thing is that this is the best bowling attack we could have taken on Australian Wickets. We have 5-6 pacers capable of bowling 140-150 km/hr and still the team is on the way out. Lesson to be learn't is that the skill and quality gap b/w bowlers and batsmen cannot be so huge.

 

[Thephenom]

Shan just isn’t a T20 batsmen, I’ve always said Babar should remain at 3

 

[UzmanBeast]

Most painful thing is that this is the best bowling attack we could have taken on Australian Wickets. We have 5-6 pacers capable of bowling 140-150 km/hr and still the team is on the way out. Lesson to be learn't is that the skill and quality gap b/w bowlers and batsmen cannot be so huge.

I certainly believe Pakistan's bowling attack is one of the best of the tournament, no doubt about that.

The batting department's failures are doing a great injustice to our bowlers.

I get that pitches are tough but players need to grind it out. Masood is the only one who is getting settled well, and I think he should open the innings. Babar steps down at 3 for me, but I can see him struggling in the middle overs.

 

[UzmanBeast]

Right now, Shan is the only batsman who is getting starts and actively looking to convert them. He should open the innings and play with more freedom rather than be forced to accommodate and improvise after shaky starts.

 

[Kianig89]

It's a debacle indeed heads must roll the preacher and fake messiah should be held accountable, the ruling of nature must be restored

 

[shamaan]

We are weak against swing not bounce

Your clueless if you think Pakistan are weak against swing than bounce.

 

[Amjid Javed]

I said before the NZ tri-series it was a waste of time, why play warm up series on small NZ grounds where conditions are so different. Pakistan were always going to struggle in Aus but the lack of preparation in right conditions, a team fully of technically inept batsmen and one of worse captains in pakistan history in regards to mindset and game plans and this was always going to be a disaster. This is why i said we wont make it out of the group.

 

[Usman Chadda]

This was expected, the way our batsmen are playing bounce you can clearly see they are not comfortable at all.

These boys might survive and tuk tuk their way to 110-120, but no way can they score against those heavy balls. It is unfortunate, but on these wickets you cannot expect these boys to score. It’s just lack of skill, nothing else.

People hoping for us to win against South Africa are in for a massive shock aswell

 

[Savak]

I said before the NZ tri-series it was a waste of time, why play warm up series on small NZ grounds where conditions are so different. Pakistan were always going to struggle in Aus but the lack of preparation in right conditions, a team fully of technically inept batsmen and one of worse captains in pakistan history in regards to mindset and game plans and this was always going to be a disaster. This is why i said we wont make it out of the group.

Zimbabwe have been in Australia for almost a month. Pakistan blundered by playing a useless Tri series in NZ when they should have actually been in Australia on their expense practicing getting aclimitized.

Imran made sure the Pakistani team arrived 6 weeks in advance for the 1992 WC to practice to acclimitize to the conditions. The team played 5-6 warm up games which they lost badly but eventually the team acclimitized to Australian conditions in the end.

This entire debacle is down to horrendous lack of preperation and planning.

 

[hitthestump]

Right now, Shan is the only batsman who is getting starts and actively looking to convert them. He should open the innings and play with more freedom rather than be forced to accommodate and improvise after shaky starts.

He has done nothing that Babar and Rizwan haven't done for 2 years.

 

[hitthestump]

We continued to believe in Rizwan and Babar as an opening pair after seeing plenty of signs that their overly cautious approach can cost us big time.

Indeed. The 200+ chase against England and the numerous MoM's awards Rizzy and Babar won this year....how did we not send an SOS for 'some random opener' to replace them????

Also lol at "try out other middle order options" where are you going to pluck them from bro? Actually don't answer that

Solid pace bowling all rounder based on what? Your imagination? Is Australia the place to send raw players )

 

[Suleiman]

Indeed. The 200+ chase against England and the numerous MoM's awards Rizzy and Babar won this year....how did we not send an SOS for 'some random opener' to replace them????

Also lol at "try out other middle order options" where are you going to pluck them from bro? Actually don't answer that

Solid pace bowling all rounder based on what? Your imagination? Is Australia the place to send raw players )

You know, fans like you fully deserve this loss.

Keep trying the methods that get us nowhere. And when they don’t work, defend them like your life depends on it.

You’re doing great.

 

[GLORY OF '92]

This was expected, the way our batsmen are playing bounce you can clearly see they are not comfortable at all.

These boys might survive and tuk tuk their way to 110-120, but no way can they score against those heavy balls. It is unfortunate, but on these wickets you cannot expect these boys to score. It’s just lack of skill, nothing else.

People hoping for us to win against South Africa are in for a massive shock aswell

Haha yeah unfortunately too many on PP are blind to truly understanding cricket. Us old lads seem to be correct most of the time.

 

[Markhor]

Pak did all the right things preparations wise - they went ahead of the WC to NZ, got crucial match practice in those conditions etc. But the biggest issue is inability to play on bouncy wickets.

Also scheduling plays a role - Pakistan always have been slow starters, so a loss in a high pressure game like India upfront doesnt help their cause. Which shows that they just arent mentally strong to shrug off a loss against India & come back.

Our preparation on paper looked good - 7 T20s vs ENG and a tri-series in NZ but in practice was totally inappropriate for early season Australian conditions.

The pitches in PAK and NZL were the lowest bouncing in T20I history according to CricViz data - which also states that Pakistani pitches offer nearly HALF the bounce than Australian wickets do - https://www.cricviz.com/the-three-metrics-that-will-define-the-world-cup/

You know what makes matter worse ? Our pitches were relaid to much fanfare and with assistance of Australian curators who Rameez Raja personally hired during the offseason. Until we fix our pitches, we cannot expect anything but humiliating defeats in the Southern Hemisphere.

 

[fitCricFan]

Just looked at the highlights again and it is obvious that the last over loss was due to inexperience and dealing with such high pressure and intense situations.Bowling was nothing spectacular and a set of experienced players would have easily taken this home.

 

[UzmanBeast]

He has done nothing that Babar and Rizwan haven't done for 2 years.

The point right now is that Babar and Rizwan have not performed yet. Usually, if one of them doesn't score, the other does.

Babar has had a poor run in T20Is recently, his average keeps falling (it was near 50 at some point). Rizwan has been the consistent performer but he is yet to get acclimatized to the batting conditions, usually he needs one good innings to bounce back into form with.

 

[hitthestump]

You know, fans like you fully deserve this loss.

Keep trying the methods that get us nowhere. And when they don’t work, defend them like your life depends on it.

You’re doing great.

As i thought. You're not able to back up of any of your clueless statements. Just gas and more gas.

 

[Suleiman]

As i thought. You're not able to back up of any of your clueless statements. Just gas and more gas.

You’re jumping up and down in excitement for man of the match awards in meaningless bilaterals, and continue to defend the team when we just got destroyed by a minnow in a World Cup )

No discussion is going to sway you if this is how far gone you are

 

[Chip32]

We lost because apart from Babar, who is out of form, we don't have a single technically sound batsman.

 

[hitthestump]

You’re jumping up and down in excitement for man of the match awards in meaningless bilaterals, and continue to defend the team when we just got destroyed by a minnow in a World Cup )

No discussion is going to sway you if this is how far gone you are

I'll make it easy for you.

1) Name the opener you felt should have replaced RizBab and tell us why
2) Name the middle order options we had which should have been tried
3) Justify why Aamir Jamal is a better option than the pacers we took to Australia

Ad hominem attacks make it look like you're running away. This is a cricket discussion forum. Be brave and justify your view.

 

[wrongun]

Pak did all the right things preparations wise - they went ahead of the WC to NZ, got crucial match practice in those conditions etc. But the biggest issue is inability to play on bouncy wickets.

Also scheduling plays a role - Pakistan always have been slow starters, so a loss in a high pressure game like India upfront doesnt help their cause. Which shows that they just arent mentally strong to shrug off a loss against India & come back.

Going to NZ is slow, spongy tracks. And the preparation involved picking sides with 3 spinning allrounders including 2 finger spinners. That's a disaster in Oz- as evidenced when Babar had nowhere to hide Nawaz vs India despite being desperate not to bowl another over of finger spin vs set batsmen if he could avoid it any other way.

The preparation was never going to work because it had a flawed selection. I said as much before the tournament.

 

[ChennaiFan]

This was expected, the way our batsmen are playing bounce you can clearly see they are not comfortable at all.

These boys might survive and tuk tuk their way to 110-120, but no way can they score against those heavy balls. It is unfortunate, but on these wickets you cannot expect these boys to score. It’s just lack of skill, nothing else.

People hoping for us to win against South Africa are in for a massive shock aswell

Pakistan vs. South Africa match is in Sydney. Typically, spinners influence the results there. So, Pakistan with three spinners can do very well.

 

[shamaan]

I'll make it easy for you.

1) Name the opener you felt should have replaced RizBab and tell us why
2) Name the middle order options we had which should have been tried
3) Justify why Aamir Jamal is a better option than the pacers we took to Australia

Ad hominem attacks make it look like you're running away. This is a cricket discussion forum. Be brave and justify your view.

Malik should have been in the squad much better choice than the middle order we currently got.

Haider is a opener,Shan is a opener,Fakhar is a opener but yet they made to bat out of position

 

[hitthestump]

Malik should have been in the squad much better choice than the middle order we currently got.

Haider is a opener,Shan is a opener,Fakhar is a opener but yet they made to bat out of position

These have been discussed to death on this forum. Shan could open but his strike rate is worse than Rizbab. Fakhar has been awful lately. Haider has been even worse. Malik's record in Australia and him being 40 says enough about that one.

All in all regardless of how you feel about it none of these are obvious missteps like the OP was making out in his dramabaazay of a post. I get fans are emotional but there's no need to throw the rational out of the window too.

 

[IMMY69]

You can prepare as much as you like but results won't change unless you appoint a proper chief selector, a coach what is in tune either modern methods and a captain that thinks on his feet.

 

[moghul]

Every thing is wrong with Pakistan cricket .

Coaches : no clue of modern cricket , never played T20 cricket, never been qualified team coaches

Chief selector : A very insecure person , who just tried to keep his post for living, no interest in well being of Pakistan cricket .

 

[charlie007]

Pakistan vs. South Africa match is in Sydney. Typically, spinners influence the results there. So, Pakistan with three spinners can do very well.

This is actually a massive plus for Pakistan - with a side struggling against the likes of Zimbabwe, they would be wetting their pants against the South Africans on the fast Perth wicket. I can see the Indians getting to earn their stripes there vs SA.

 

[Snowflake]

Technique and preparation are hardly the issues here. Fact is, we lost because we still do not know how to play T20s.

It’s the same story that we saw in the Asia Cup. Same story that we saw vs Eng in the home series. Our approach to T20s is like our approach to ODIs. We still conform to notions like building the innings, keeping wickets in hands, accelerating at the end of the innings etc.

Babar and the management have been stubborn with this approach and have failed to see the elephant sized problems of low strike rates and our poor utilization of PP.

This team plays a brand of cricket that is miles behind the way other teams play. The captain has to be blamed as he sets the tone for the team. Unfortunately, our captain is a guy with lower than average IQ and is a true paindu who has no sense.

Shortcomings can be overcome, but failure to recognize shortcomings is a much bigger problem; and that’s where we are.

 

[ChennaiFan]

This is actually a massive plus for Pakistan - with a side struggling against the likes of Zimbabwe, they would be wetting their pants against the South Africans on the fast Perth wicket. I can see the Indians getting to earn their stripes there vs SA.

Yes, Pakistan can do well in Sydney. SA batters also did very well against Bangladesh spinners there. So, I expect it to be an exciting matchup.

India camped in Perth and played some warmup games against Western Australia. So, I assume they know what to expect. But facing Kagiso Rabada and Anrich Nortge on the Perth pitch will be a different ball game altogether. I am eager to see the Indian top 4 play against the SA's pace.

 

[Savak]

Fakhar e Alam when he was defending Rizwan and Babar quoting their averages and performances of late, Waqar fired back, Fakhar don't talk to me about averages, this is T20 Cricket, fine if you are talking about ODI or test matches, sure I will be impressed with someone's average, fair enough but in T20 Cricket I only care about strike rate.

Sure Babar and Rizwan have delivered on low slow subcontinent wickets but on tricky wickets like the one in Perth, you can't just blindly spend time at the wicket without going for runs. In these conditions you have to take risks and go for it and if you lose wickets in the process then so be it.

If you look at all the other teams like Australia, England, New Zealand, South Africa and even India, the batsman come really hard at you in the first 6 overs, there is some serious anger in their stroke play but Pakistan is hell bent on still persisting with a slow, steady approach.

 

[Kianig89]

Players with limited abilities are the reason we failed here, Rizwan Haider none of them can play square cuts etc and they are never trained for this add to it the monotony we had in top 3 makes it worrisome for the rest of the lot if we cant chase 131 against a minnow then surely the abilities of batsman will be questioned