Abdullah719
T20I Captain
- Joined
- Apr 16, 2013
- Runs
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Some excerpts from Misbah's presser about the domestic cricket system:
"Whenever Pakistan has gone to Australia, we often think about the batting and focus on that a lot but as we saw in the last series, we only managed to bowl them out once in 3 Test matches and that's the biggest worry. We made 450 there, we were close to chasing 434 so we created chances with the batting but in the bowling dept., we have to improve a lot. Australia are very good in their own conditions and we will have to work hard on our bowling dept. and we have done that during the camp and we are also focusing on this in domestic cricket, how we can improve our bowling. Until we go to Australia and take 20 wickets, we can't win. At the moment, we need a lot of hard work and we are working on that. I am hopeful that the bowlers we will select will be able to do well in Australia"
"We have everything available, we have reports and match summaries of domestic cricket games and footage of everything. Whoever's bowling or batting we want to see can be accessed. With six teams playing, it's not that difficult to keep track of the players, specially when you're getting feedback from the teams' coaches and captains. So far the matches that have happened, the picture I have, it's almost as though I have watched them all live"
"Without fitness now, players can't survive because there is so much cricket being played. International cricket, leagues etc. and all this is pressure cricket. If you don't stay fit, survival is difficult. Look at the top teams, even India, they have a lot of professionalism. We are trying to become like the top teams in this aspect and there will be no compromise"
"I think we were missing this thing, in the past we used to have batting pitches in domestic cricket and we would have good batsmen as a result, good spinners and strong fast-bowlers also. If pitches are such that a non-regular bowler can just come and bowl at a good length and get 5 wickets, spinners don't get the ball and in 30 overs teams are out - then neither do batsmen learn the art of batting, spinners don't get to bowl and they don't play spinners. You don't even need pace then because with pace, the ball will come onto the bat. So the most important thing with batting pitches is that spinners will develop and batsmen will learn to play long innings, no doubt on batting pitches but they will learn how to construct innings. And the most important thing: Fast-bowlers, reverse swing, bouncers, without pace they will know that they can't survive so they will have to put effort into it. All these things will also develop fitness, when you need to play tough cricket for long days. The same happens in Test cricket, teams are rarely out in one session. To win a Test match often, you need to bowl for a day or more. So players will be ready for 5 day cricket. No doubt, however the pitches are, I am happy at least that there is preparation underway. We will become mentally and physically strong and ready for tough cricket"
"When you field for 150 overs then spinners will come into the picture. My opinion is that until a spinner bowls 30-35 overs in an innings or in a day, he can't be a bowler. So the process has started and you can see teams are playing 2 or more spinners. In recent times, teams were playing 1 spinner and often the type who can also bat so that they can turn over their arm when needed. Now they have to play 2 spinners. At the end of the seasons, some names will come forward. Bilal Asif has played for Pakistan, he only played a few FC matches. Now he is bowling a lot. These type of things develop players"
"We are looking for fast-bowlers for Tests, it's not easy, it doesn't happen overnight that you go and perform in Australia but we are doing what we can. The process started with the camp and with domestic matches, the teams' coaches are aware of this as well. The pre-season briefing with the coaches - main agenda was to find fast-bowlers who can get teams out in different conditions, plus wrist-spinners because we have no backup. Now there is a wrist-spinner playing for most teams. The Australian series is close so time is less but we will do as much as we can to get a solution for this"
"Whenever Pakistan has gone to Australia, we often think about the batting and focus on that a lot but as we saw in the last series, we only managed to bowl them out once in 3 Test matches and that's the biggest worry. We made 450 there, we were close to chasing 434 so we created chances with the batting but in the bowling dept., we have to improve a lot. Australia are very good in their own conditions and we will have to work hard on our bowling dept. and we have done that during the camp and we are also focusing on this in domestic cricket, how we can improve our bowling. Until we go to Australia and take 20 wickets, we can't win. At the moment, we need a lot of hard work and we are working on that. I am hopeful that the bowlers we will select will be able to do well in Australia"
"We have everything available, we have reports and match summaries of domestic cricket games and footage of everything. Whoever's bowling or batting we want to see can be accessed. With six teams playing, it's not that difficult to keep track of the players, specially when you're getting feedback from the teams' coaches and captains. So far the matches that have happened, the picture I have, it's almost as though I have watched them all live"
"Without fitness now, players can't survive because there is so much cricket being played. International cricket, leagues etc. and all this is pressure cricket. If you don't stay fit, survival is difficult. Look at the top teams, even India, they have a lot of professionalism. We are trying to become like the top teams in this aspect and there will be no compromise"
"I think we were missing this thing, in the past we used to have batting pitches in domestic cricket and we would have good batsmen as a result, good spinners and strong fast-bowlers also. If pitches are such that a non-regular bowler can just come and bowl at a good length and get 5 wickets, spinners don't get the ball and in 30 overs teams are out - then neither do batsmen learn the art of batting, spinners don't get to bowl and they don't play spinners. You don't even need pace then because with pace, the ball will come onto the bat. So the most important thing with batting pitches is that spinners will develop and batsmen will learn to play long innings, no doubt on batting pitches but they will learn how to construct innings. And the most important thing: Fast-bowlers, reverse swing, bouncers, without pace they will know that they can't survive so they will have to put effort into it. All these things will also develop fitness, when you need to play tough cricket for long days. The same happens in Test cricket, teams are rarely out in one session. To win a Test match often, you need to bowl for a day or more. So players will be ready for 5 day cricket. No doubt, however the pitches are, I am happy at least that there is preparation underway. We will become mentally and physically strong and ready for tough cricket"
"When you field for 150 overs then spinners will come into the picture. My opinion is that until a spinner bowls 30-35 overs in an innings or in a day, he can't be a bowler. So the process has started and you can see teams are playing 2 or more spinners. In recent times, teams were playing 1 spinner and often the type who can also bat so that they can turn over their arm when needed. Now they have to play 2 spinners. At the end of the seasons, some names will come forward. Bilal Asif has played for Pakistan, he only played a few FC matches. Now he is bowling a lot. These type of things develop players"
"We are looking for fast-bowlers for Tests, it's not easy, it doesn't happen overnight that you go and perform in Australia but we are doing what we can. The process started with the camp and with domestic matches, the teams' coaches are aware of this as well. The pre-season briefing with the coaches - main agenda was to find fast-bowlers who can get teams out in different conditions, plus wrist-spinners because we have no backup. Now there is a wrist-spinner playing for most teams. The Australian series is close so time is less but we will do as much as we can to get a solution for this"
, hence didn't last long in international circuit but after retirement, even at that young age (for that beard color and hairline) he did torment English County for half a decade for Sussex, IN ENGLAND - so, it's possible and PAK should look to build on their core strength, which is specialist wicket taking attack based on a combo of skilled pacers and master spinners, rather than trying a Mickey Arthur way of inventing an all-rounder out of Faheem Ashraf or Mo Nawaz.
