Mentally weak players that cannot stand miniscule of pressure

[Sherlock]

No I'm not talking about the batsmen this time around I'm talking about the overhyped bowlers and more-so Amir/Shinwari. I can also put Shadab in that category but he's been one of our better bowlers so I'd chalk this one off as an anomaly of sorts.

Anyway back to the dire nature of Amir and Shinwari today has shown their lack of progression, especially Shinwari who still hasn't shown his can consistently swing the ball, in fact he's more often than not a gun-barrel "straight" type bowler that doesn't swing or seam the ball.

He got tonked today but kept persisting in bowling short, bowling too full etc. The utter lack of planning by the bowlers has been shown series after series.

On to Amir. Goodness me, how bad has he been since the CT? Just aimless bowling and nothing has come of him being sent back to domestic cricket to improve on his swing/seam and serious questions have to be asked about his career.

Shaheen has been the spark in the bowling but he's only a kid that's been burdened with the pressure of leading the bowling line-up. That's too much pressure for a kid with a bright future.

Something needs to change, but we've been recycling the same rants we had for some time, but that tell you a lot about those in charge of the PCB and the coaching aspects of Pakistan cricket.

 

[Robert]

What’s “mentally weak”? The term is not used much in Britain.

Does it mean a person who does not stay in The Zone, as athletes call that relaxed state where skills flow automatically?

 

[HappyWarsFan]

Drop amir and shinwari, both are garbage. Bring a SLA in and Junaid.

 

[Abdullah]

We need 6 bowling options as shadab will have off days and hafeez at the moment is not doing enough to be full in for those bad days.

Hasan
Shaheen
Imad
Shadab

I'm non plussed by shinwari and amir, though if it was a semi final tomorrow I would put amir in. Currently I think faheem is bowling better than them. But playing him as the 3rd seamer would be a risk too which we would need to mitigate using more of hafeez but that guy doesn't look ready to bowl more than 4 overs , so that only covers for shadab.
Please don't bring fakhar and Malik into this, they will get dispatched.
We have a problem here...

 

[JaDed]

What’s “mentally weak”? The term is not used much in Britain.

Does it mean a person who does not stay in The Zone, as athletes call that relaxed state where skills flow automatically?

Who can't take the pressure I suppose. There was this video on economist, sharing here where they explain the difference between challenged state and threat state, feel PCT plays remain in threat state when expected to win.

 

[Madplayer]

What’s “mentally weak”? The term is not used much in Britain.

Does it mean a person who does not stay in The Zone, as athletes call that relaxed state where skills flow automatically?

Stokes is mentally weak given his bowling performances in crunch situations like t20 world cup final.

 

[UP]

What’s “mentally weak”? The term is not used much in Britain.

Does it mean a person who does not stay in The Zone, as athletes call that relaxed state where skills flow automatically?

I dont understand the term ‘mentally weak’ either. It has been tossed around in PP a lot over the years.

And yes Amir/Shinwari are mediocre.

 

[Sherlock]

What’s “mentally weak”? The term is not used much in Britain.

Does it mean a person who does not stay in The Zone, as athletes call that relaxed state where skills flow automatically?

Basically, yes. The players think they've got it made once they get contracts and relax into mediocrity and substandardness.