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Yes he has bowled well, but is anyone else disappointed with his batting so far?

He seems to have completely lost it as a batsman, and looks like a number 11 out there.

Amir's bowling excited many people but it was also his batting that made him a very exciting prospect and enhanced the comparisons with Wasim. He seemed like a batsman who could average around 18-20 and score the odd fifty here and there.

Our tail-enders are already very weak and people expected Amir to beef up our tail on his return, but at the moment, he is making our tail look even longer.

He looks like a totally different batsman to the one we saw nearly pull-off a miraculous chase vs NZ in 2009.....

I hope he is just rusty and regains his form in the future, it will be very disappointing if he doesn't perform with the bat.

His batting will be especially important in Test cricket.

No one seems to be talking about his batting so I think this thread should be used to keep track of his batting.
 
he seems scared of the bowl now.

Cannot come in line with anything over 130.

Was scared of Milne in New Zealand, today even Pandya was scaring him.

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Mamoon said:
Yes he has bowled well, but is anyone else disappointed with his batting so far?

He seems to have completely lost it as a batsman, and looks like a number 11 out there.

Amir's bowling excited many people but it was also his batting that made him a very exciting prospect and enhanced the comparisons with Wasim. He seemed like a batsman who could average around 18-20 and score the odd fifty here and there.

Our tail-enders are already very weak and people expected Amir to beef up our tail on his return, but at the moment, he is making our tail look even longer.

He looks like a totally different batsman to the one we saw nearly pull-off a miraculous chase vs NZ in 2009.....

I hope he is just rusty and regains his form in the future, it will be very disappointing if he doesn't perform with the bat.

His batting will be especially important in Test cricket.

No one seems to be talking about his batting so I think this thread should be used to keep track of his batting.
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Yes - he s backing away from pace bowling which suggests a problem with ticker.
I hope he can address it as he used to have some ability with the bat
 
Not touching the bat for 5 years hasn't helped his cause. I am sure he is primarily focusing on his bowling for now.
 
Good thread Mamoon.

He has only scored few runs in Patrons trophy otherwise has struggled alot.

Whereas In past he was very handy number 8 and number 9 for Pakistan in tests and odi's both.

Isn't getting into line.

Front foot not going towards the pitch of the ball.

Seems scared of hard ball and looks like a number 11 tailender.


He must improve his batting and try to bring it back to previous levels.
 
Well the guy has been out for 5 years and we should be happy he somehow has kept bowling these years. And while banned it was more than enough to focus only on what his first priority is and that is bowling.

So it is unfair to expect good batting from him. Now that he is back he will make sure to spend some time in nets batting and he will be fine.
 
We all know he has the ability, but Amir really needs to get back into his own with the bat here. I've been quite disappointed so far, he's someone who could be a real bowling all-rounder for Pakistan.

At this stage, I'd put it down to being rusty due to not facing international level bowlers for 5 years. However, I expect him to regain the lost form and rhythm soon.
 
If he bowls well , that is more than enough . He deserves a spot on his bowling only.

You need to find others who can hold bat and get some runs down the order.
 
He's a bowler, no need to add more pressure on him by asking him to score 20 runs in each match. Besides, he was never that good a batsman; that chase against New Zealand was down to Amir and Ajmal showing heart and fight.

I still remember Shane Bond's shrug after he was hit for a boundary. A very memorable match.
 
Starc has him beat there :yk

No but seriously speaking, I highly doubt that was his priority over the last 5 years. Imagine some of the bowling he must be facing for him to regress with the bat. I think he'll get better if he spends some time on the crease, which is a sure thing in tests as we will collapse at least once, probably more overseas, which will expose him to the crease. And he should use that time to nudge the ball around, defend the ball, and just spend some time getting the feel for intl level batting again.

T20s, that too vs India don't give you that chance.
 
Very good thread.

I would send him to India to work with Praveen Amre.

It would send a clear message - especially to Amir - that his batting is almost as important as his bowling to the balance of the team. Especially given that in the MCG Test next Boxing Day his lack of height effectively means that he will be playing as a specialist batsman.
 
Junaids said:
Very good thread.

I would send him to India to work with Praveen Amre.

It would send a clear message - especially to Amir - that his batting is almost as important as his bowling to the balance of the team. Especially given that in the MCG Test next Boxing Day his lack of height effectively means that he will be playing as a specialist batsman.
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hahaha what?? Is he that short that he'll become so irrelevant as a bowler there? Ryan Harris is even shorter than Amir iirc, and he picked up a 6-fer at the MCG with a MoM performance vs India recently while bowling on a crumbling knee.

If he is bowling as fast as he did today in Aus, I'm sure the lack of height will be a none issue. And he's about 6'0 anyway and with pace and movement that shouldn't be a problem.

But yes he needs to improve his batting, we already have a genuine tailender in Irfan (who I think despite his recent performances, should play in Aus).
 
Yes, before his ban, he was tipped to be another Wasim Akram, not only for his bowling but his batting potential also, which was very obvious at that time. I don;t think coaching staff is thinking on those lines and probably not getting him much time on the nets with pads on.
 
He was decent with the bat, 5 years ago, now sitting duck... Its disappointing to see that. Pakistan has a bad culture, only people who focus on batting are the ones who cannot maintain spot in team as bowler...

What I am noticing from last 2/3 years that Pakistani batsmen (top to bottom) are way too bad at playing pace, everywhere in the world and in every format, we are worse than Zim/BD/WI... If batsmen are weak at playing pace, bowler are going to be worse... Even player who are playing for 10 years have fundamental flaws in technique of playing pace...Malik, YK, Misbah, Sarfraz, Hafeez, Afridi all of them has fundamental flaws against pace, they are really poor, no foot movement(tentative neither forward nor backward)... Youngsters cannot learn from them... After MoYo art of playing pace is completely loss, I was really mad at PCB of booting MoYo so quickly, he had a very good technique to play pace... Misbah and YK don't know how to play pace... Pakistan need to hire not one but two batting coach, one specially for new ball... Cricket is going to be lost sports if this continue for another 5/7 years...

Bazid was mentioning that in last 5/6 years, domestic cricket is using locally made ball, that has pronounced seam, that makes regular bowler looked good and batsmen cannot express themselves, they are not developing shots or batting skills... Maybe there is some truth to that, no wonder we have trundler factory in bowling and batsman who are both mentally and technically weak :facepalm:
 
Junaids said:
Very good thread.

I would send him to India to work with Praveen Amre.

It would send a clear message - especially to Amir - that his batting is almost as important as his bowling to the balance of the team. Especially given that in the MCG Test next Boxing Day his lack of height effectively means that he will be playing as a specialist batsman.
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I hope you're talking serious, what's wrong with his height. Marshal and Waqar were shorter than Amir. Afridi is 5-11 and Amir is a bit taller than him. His body and perfect for a fast bowler. A bulkier and taller Amir would have not been that agile.
 
Suleiman said:
hahaha what?? Is he that short that he'll become so irrelevant as a bowler there? Ryan Harris is even shorter than Amir iirc, and he picked up a 6-fer at the MCG with a MoM performance vs India recently while bowling on a crumbling knee.

If he is bowling as fast as he did today in Aus, I'm sure the lack of height will be a none issue. And he's about 6'0 anyway and with pace and movement that shouldn't be a problem.

But yes he needs to improve his batting, we already have a genuine tailender in Irfan (who I think despite his recent performances, should play in Aus).
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Sure, but Ryan Harris has bowled dozens of times at the MCG and knew the right length.

It's really hard for shorter quick bowlers to succeed in Australia without a lot of practice matches first to perfect their length.

On the last tour of Australia in the MCG Test Mohammad Amir struggled relative to Asif in the First Innings but got it right in the Second Innings.

My opinion is that Pakistan should use the following bowling attack at Adelaide and Sydney, where the pink ball (Adelaide) and surface (Sydney) will help the bowlers:

Mohammad Amir
Mohammad Asif
Wahab Riaz
Yasir Shah

But for the Second Test, at the MCG, as a one-off I would bring back Mohammad Irfan in place of Wahab Riaz with the remit of bowling the same fiery, ultra-short spells - and just one 4 over spell per two hour session.
 
Junaids said:
Sure, but Ryan Harris has bowled dozens of times at the MCG and knew the right length.

It's really hard for shorter quick bowlers to succeed in Australia without a lot of practice matches first to perfect their length.

On the last tour of Australia in the MCG Test Mohammad Amir struggled relative to Asif in the First Innings but got it right in the Second Innings.

My opinion is that Pakistan should use the following bowling attack at Adelaide and Sydney, where the pink ball (Adelaide) and surface (Sydney) will help the bowlers:

Mohammad Amir
Mohammad Asif
Wahab Riaz
Yasir Shah

But for the Second Test, at the MCG, as a one-off I would bring back Mohammad Irfan in place of Wahab Riaz with the remit of bowling the same fiery, ultra-short spells - and just one 4 over spell per two hour session.
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Amir knows the inbetween Australian length.
 
Junaids said:
Sure, but Ryan Harris has bowled dozens of times at the MCG and knew the right length.

It's really hard for shorter quick bowlers to succeed in Australia without a lot of practice matches first to perfect their length.

On the last tour of Australia in the MCG Test Mohammad Amir struggled relative to Asif in the First Innings but got it right in the Second Innings.

My opinion is that Pakistan should use the following bowling attack at Adelaide and Sydney, where the pink ball (Adelaide) and surface (Sydney) will help the bowlers:

Mohammad Amir
Mohammad Asif
Wahab Riaz
Yasir Shah

But for the Second Test, at the MCG, as a one-off I would bring back Mohammad Irfan in place of Wahab Riaz with the remit of bowling the same fiery, ultra-short spells - and just one 4 over spell per two hour session.
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What's your stance on using Ehsan Adil in Australia? Because if we go by your logic then he would be perfect for the role as he has height and is a right armer in our usual left arm dominant attack. Will be chosen for merit as well as he was amongst the top 3 wicket takers in the most recent FC competition.

I put Ehsan's name forward because I have a strong feeling Wahab will break down before Australia. Just look at the amount of cricket he is playing nonstop. Every random and meaningless ODI and t20. Watch how our thick tank will play him in a meaningless game vs UAE in a couple of days. He is on the wrong side of 30, and I think he'll go down the same way as Irfan, get injured, come back with less pace, injured again, less pace => mediocrity. PCB mismanaging like only they can.
 
Pace90 said:
I hope you're talking serious, what's wrong with his height. Marshal and Waqar were shorter than Amir. Afridi is 5-11 and Amir is a bit taller than him. His body and perfect for a fast bowler. A bulkier and taller Amir would have not been that agile.
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Marshall was the GOAT, but Waqar Younis is himself well aware that the reason why he struggled in Australia actually was his own height.

Waqar overall took 373 Test wickets at an average of 23.56 and a strike rate of 43.4.

But for most of his career, Australia was not the Number 1 Test team - West Indies was originally and then South Africa, Pakistan and Australia were too close to separate.

Yet in Australia, Waqar's record was 14 wickets in 7 Tests at an average of 40.50 with a strike rate 81.4.

We have seen the same problem for Trent Boult too this season in Australia - until he got to the pink ball bowlers' paradise of Adelaide he had figures of:

29-3-127-1
8-0-61-1
26-2-123-2
19-2-77-2

I just cannot emphasise too strongly how crucial height is to successful fast bowling in Australia. Waqar Younis, Ryan Harris and Harold Larwood are true anomalies.
 
You have a winner in Aamir. The way he bowled was an absolute treat to watch. Why care about his batting?
 
Junaids said:
Marshall was the GOAT, but Waqar Younis is himself well aware that the reason why he struggled in Australia actually was his own height.

Waqar overall took 373 Test wickets at an average of 23.56 and a strike rate of 43.4.

But for most of his career, Australia was not the Number 1 Test team - West Indies was originally and then South Africa, Pakistan and Australia were too close to separate.

Yet in Australia, Waqar's record was 14 wickets in 7 Tests at an average of 40.50 with a strike rate 81.4.

We have seen the same problem for Trent Boult too this season in Australia - until he got to the pink ball bowlers' paradise of Adelaide he had figures of:

29-3-127-1
8-0-61-1
26-2-123-2
19-2-77-2

I just cannot emphasise too strongly how crucial height is to successful fast bowling in Australia. Waqar Younis, Ryan Harris and Harold Larwood are true anomalies.
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Waqar didn't do well in Australia because he went there as a rookie, post injury and as a geezer.
 
Suleiman said:
What's your stance on using Ehsan Adil in Australia? Because if we go by your logic then he would be perfect for the role as he has height and is a right armer in our usual left arm dominant attack. Will be chosen for merit as well as he was amongst the top 3 wicket takers in the most recent FC competition.

I put Ehsan's name forward because I have a strong feeling Wahab will break down before Australia. Just look at the amount of cricket he is playing nonstop. Every random and meaningless ODI and t20. Watch how our thick tank will play him in a meaningless game vs UAE in a couple of days. He is on the wrong side of 30, and I think he'll go down the same way as Irfan, get injured, come back with less pace, injured again, less pace => mediocrity. PCB mismanaging like only they can.
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I think that Ehsan Adil is a crucial component of the squad for both the 3 Tests in New Zealand in November and the 3 Tests in Australia in December and January.

I agree, his height will be useful and I'd seriously consider him especially for the Pink Ball Test at Adelaide in early December.

But returning to the origin of this thread, I think that the PCB should be sending Mohammad Amir, Ehsan Adil, Wahab Riaz and Yasir Shah for specialist batting coaching overseas.

The Pakistani top order is worse than virtually any other side in world cricket. You need runs out of numbers 7,8, 9 and even 10 more than any other team does, yet you have the worst tail in international cricket - worse even than Bangladesh, West Indies or Zimbabwe.

As I keep saying, you can pick one, maximum two bowlers who can't bat. The other two bowlers have to be able to average 20 in tests from 8 and 9 in the batting order so that wickets 7-10 can reliably add 100 runs to what the top 7 score.

In Australia and New Zealand the shiny Kookaburra will constantly reduce you to 50-4 after 20 overs, but batting conditions will then be perfect against a soft, shineless ball for the remaining 60 overs.

You have to be able to convert 50-4 after 20 overs into 290 all out after 80 overs. If you do that, you give Amir, Asif, Wahab and Yasir a score to defend.

And that means that Amir, Yasir and Wahab each need to be capable of surviving an entire 2 hour session against the old ball and scoring 30 off 80 balls in that time.
 
LeoRahi said:
You have a winner in Aamir. The way he bowled was an absolute treat to watch. Why care about his batting?
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Because the team can't win on the runs that the batsmen score, so they need runs from the bowlers too. Or they lose.
 
he's a naturally gifted bowler, batting is a different story

also, I like a big gap from the cricket more severely effects batting than bowling.. other than the few deliveries he's faced since his return, I doubt he's spent any time in the nets with a bat
 
Batting bhi yehi karay, bowling bhi yehi karay. Keeping bhi ishi se karwalo.

Baqi players muftay ki roti kamanay aye hain?
 
I think he is just out of practice. Needs to hit more balls from the speed gun in preparation for England series
 
Agree looks out of sorts need to play one decent innings may be in tests and get his confidence back.
 
LeoRahi said:
You have a winner in Aamir. The way he bowled was an absolute treat to watch. Why care about his batting?
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Because he's capable of being a good bat. There was a time where he would flat bat Shane Bond for 4s and now he looks scared of 120 k bowlers
 
TheNightWatchman said:
Because he's capable of being a good bat. There was a time where he would flat bat Shane Bond for 4s and now he looks scared of 120 k bowlers
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If he was a good bat, he will get his old batting form back with time. No need to worry.
Junaids said:
Because the team can't win on the runs that the batsmen score, so they need runs from the bowlers too. Or they lose.
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That'd put unnecessary pressure on him which might affect his bowling as well. Rather ask your batsman to become more sensible and play according to situation.
 
LeoRahi said:
You have a winner in Aamir. The way he bowled was an absolute treat to watch. Why care about his batting?
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Complaining when you can't find anything else to worry about is a national pass time
 
Maybe he'll start batting once our so-called proper batsman do something with the bat?
 
Batting isn't his job, he may can score 10,12 or can do a partnership of 30-40 but he is a bowler fgs. Our batsmen needs to step up and should play better cricket, let him bowl.

And the time when people want number 9 or 10th player to bat, is just :facepalm:
 
All Amir needs to do is to learn to stick around. He doesn't need to score runs in test cricket yet. If a Misbah or a Shafiq is playing at the other end, Amir needs to learn to leave the ball well and play with a tight defence. Teams like Eng, SA, AUS do well in tests because their tail can easily do that and then some.
 
#GreenRoars said:
Batting isn't his job, he may can score 10,12 or can do a partnership of 30-40 but he is a bowler fgs. Our batsmen needs to step up and should play better cricket, let him bowl.

And the time when people want number 9 or 10th player to bat, is just :facepalm:
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The runs have to come from somewhere :((:(( Also we all know he'll see more balls than the average #9
 
Mamoon said:
Yes he has bowled well, but is anyone else disappointed with his batting so far?

He seems to have completely lost it as a batsman, and looks like a number 11 out there.

Amir's bowling excited many people but it was also his batting that made him a very exciting prospect and enhanced the comparisons with Wasim. He seemed like a batsman who could average around 18-20 and score the odd fifty here and there.

Our tail-enders are already very weak and people expected Amir to beef up our tail on his return, but at the moment, he is making our tail look even longer.

He looks like a totally different batsman to the one we saw nearly pull-off a miraculous chase vs NZ in 2009.....

I hope he is just rusty and regains his form in the future, it will be very disappointing if he doesn't perform with the bat.

His batting will be especially important in Test cricket.

No one seems to be talking about his batting so I think this thread should be used to keep track of his batting.
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Since his comeback even i was wondering the same thing he use to be a classy batsmen and agressive too i remember once against daniel vittori he hit 3 ball 3 sixes.
 
Not complaining - he showed potential with the bat which means he is capable, and Pakistan cricket needs him to contribute with the bat as well.

We are touring Australia, England and NZ this year - 30-40 extra runs from the tail can make a world of difference.

Of all teams in the world, Pakistan needs the strongest tail because our top-order is rubbish. It is a logical fallacy to say that he doesn't need to contribute with the bat as long as the specialist batsmen don't.

To me it seems like a case of him being too rusty, and the management needs to work on this. After the WT20, we have a long break before the tour of England, and it will be a good time for the management to work with him on his batting.

Hopefully he won't be tested much in the remaining matches in the Asia Cup and the WT20.
 
His lack of footwork should worry the posters who expect him to average 25 with the bat in English/Australian conditions.
 
Will take time but his batting will improve definitely as 5 years is a long time and I'm sure all he was thinking about was his bowling



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Disappointed. He could bat. But now it seems he has totally forgotten it. For those saying it's not his duty to bat, that's one of the reasons why our team is lagging behind. A team can afford one number 11, not 3 or 4.
 
I think he's going thru what broad went thru or just came out of ... fear of the bowling and dismissal ... as his place becomes more assured i guess he will gain the confidence back ... plus seems like in his time out he only practiced his bowling ... so i will give him a season or two ... perhaps a couple of test match innings to get back in the groove ...
 
For heavens sake...I dont understand some you pakistani fans!!

You have a world class bowler swinging both ways at the consistant speed of 145Ks and you are whinning about his batting!!! He could walk into any team based on just bowling abilities!!!

You for all people should feel lucky that he still has tha flame even after five years of ban. Many had already announced for him as a closed chapter.

Just look at Irfan Pathan. What a sensation he was when he emerged. Not as quick as Amir but still a lethal bowler swinging at 130s..Had started to add a bit of pace as he grew.
And then we started to make him a batsman.We should have been satisfied with his lower order hitting abilities. From then everyone knows what happened. The guy lost his pace and swing. He was neither a batsman nor a bowler,just a liability.

Dont overburden Amir. Give him some time. If he has the potential to become an A/R he'll eventually get there. Its the matter of time and confidence.
 
OneTip-OneHand said:
For heavens sake...I dont understand some you pakistani fans!!

You have a world class bowler swinging both ways at the consistant speed of 145Ks and you are whinning about his batting!!! .
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Because some people have nothing else to do other than constantly slit wrists and complain.
 
Mamoon said:
Yes he has bowled well, but is anyone else disappointed with his batting so far?

He seems to have completely lost it as a batsman, and looks like a number 11 out there.

Amir's bowling excited many people but it was also his batting that made him a very exciting prospect and enhanced the comparisons with Wasim. He seemed like a batsman who could average around 18-20 and score the odd fifty here and there.

Our tail-enders are already very weak and people expected Amir to beef up our tail on his return, but at the moment, he is making our tail look even longer.

He looks like a totally different batsman to the one we saw nearly pull-off a miraculous chase vs NZ in 2009.....

I hope he is just rusty and regains his form in the future, it will be very disappointing if he doesn't perform with the bat.

His batting will be especially important in Test cricket.

No one seems to be talking about his batting so I think this thread should be used to keep track of his batting.
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Sorry Mamoon.

Your entire team cant bat and you want to make one bowler who can bowl as a batsmen....
 
It's an unfortunate and ill-timed thread. When people can't find any fault with his bowling, they are trying to bring him down by raising a non-existent issue. He is a bowler and his job is to bowl. It's the job of our minnow batsmen to score runs, not Amir's.
 
Dr_Bassim said:
Sorry Mamoon.

Your entire team cant bat and you want to make one bowler who can bowl as a batsmen....
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I don't understand this logic.

Amir's batting has nothing to do with the failures of the batsmen. Perhaps this is the attitude our bowlers adopt, i.e. why should we work on our batting when our batsmen are not good enough. Is this the reason why our tail-enders are far behind those of other teams? Perhaps.
 
Pakpak said:
Because some people have nothing else to do other than constantly slit wrists and complain.
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goran said:
It's an unfortunate and ill-timed thread. When people can't find any fault with his bowling, they are trying to bring him down by raising a non-existent issue. He is a bowler and his job is to bowl. It's the job of our minnow batsmen to score runs, not Amir's.
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Not sure about this insecure attitude either. Amir clearly has ability with the bat as he showed in the past and his batting was a big bonus. The fact that he is nowhere near that level at the moment is a cause for concern, because Pakistan needs his batting as well.

He is one of the few bowlers in the country who has decent potential with the bat and if it is wasted, it will not be good for the team.

Sweeping aside things that you don't want to face or hear as 'unfortunate', 'wrist-slitting' and 'complaining' is simply not an intelligent thing to do.
 
My dad also pointed out this...maybe over the 5 years he didn't practice his batting and rightly so but still when he made his comeback in domestic His batting stats were pretty good as good as an AR...I think PCB and Coaches need to give him the Confidence and ask him to work on his batting as he has ability to be a good no 8 (something like Ashwin is for India)

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Junaids said:
Very good thread.

I would send him to India to work with Praveen Amre.

It would send a clear message - especially to Amir - that his batting is almost as important as his bowling to the balance of the team. Especially given that in the MCG Test next Boxing Day his lack of height effectively means that he will be playing as a specialist batsman.
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Sarcasm? Amir is 6 ft...I doubt u call it short

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BigBoy123 said:
Sarcasm? Amir is 6 ft...I doubt u call it short

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In Australian conditions it is rare for a fast bowler shorter than 6 foot 3 to survive, simply because when the Kookaburra goes saggy after 20 overs you need to be able to extract serious lift from a full length.

Amir will struggle - and last time he toured Australia he averaged 40 with the ball.
 
Junaids said:
In Australian conditions it is rare for a fast bowler shorter than 6 foot 3 to survive, simply because when the Kookaburra goes saggy after 20 overs you need to be able to extract serious lift from a full length.

Amir will struggle - and last time he toured Australia he averaged 40 with the ball.
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You obviously don't watch Amir bowl and simply making blind assumptions. Amir extracts more lift off a good length than Starc who's got 5 inches on him. Why that is the case, refer back to the thread where I told you how lift is extracted and height is only one factor.
 
Lol thread. Some were complaining about his bowling before and we told them to calm down and give it a few games.

Naturally the batting will take a lot longer. Surely that'd just natural :facepalm:
 
he kept practicing his bowling for 5 years but I dont think he spent a lot of time with his batting.... It is always hard to come to grips with batting after a long lay off.
 
29 not out right now. Playing some beautiful shots against both pace and spin. His batting looks to be improving every match. High oraise from english commies. Whats impressed me the most is his solid defence. Looked better than some of our top order. People need t be less negative. Just like his batting, his bowling will reach the same level after he plays a few games.
 
he was useful tail ender before ban and should improve his batting much needed considering how many times our batsman fail.


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Good to see him finding some batting form. He can become a decent tailender avging 15-20 in tests.
 
He will be a good number 8 or 9 for us in the future he looks solid while defending and playing through the off side. Hes improving after every game which is whats important
 
He is rusty even in bowling and I expect him to keep getting better with more matches under his belt
 
Batted much better then our top order I hope he keeps working on his batting can average 17-25 for us. Played few good shots which some of our top order can't play and also looked secured when batting.
 
aliasad1998 said:
29 not out right now. Playing some beautiful shots against both pace and spin. His batting looks to be improving every match. High oraise from english commies. Whats impressed me the most is his solid defence. Looked better than some of our top order. People need t be less negative. Just like his batting, his bowling will reach the same level after he plays a few games.
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He has good batting temperament unlike Rahat, Wahab who poke at every delivery.
 
His batting seems to be improving he was looking a very promising Lower order batsman before his ban.

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hur rizvi said:
He is rusty even in bowling and I expect him to keep getting better with more matches under his belt
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Pretty much summed it up. People need to realize that he is easily the bets pacer in Pakistan and in terms of potential among the best in the world. Wasim Akram, Michael Holding, Waqar and other legends know more about bowling than us
 
Should also get Night watch man duties. Him or yasir should be used as Night watchmen
 
Think he just needed more time in the middle.

Always good to have the tail being able to chip in with a 20 or 30.
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">David Lloyd "Mohammad Amir's played some lovely shots. It looks like he has a good batting technique" <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash">#Cricket</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/EngvPak?src=hash">#EngvPak</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/757616678423388161">July 25, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Should also get Night watch man duties. Him or yasir should be used as Night watchmen
 
Khan12 said:
That's what i firmly believe if not by the end of this tour, definitely by the UAE against west indies.
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Lets hope for the best.

IMO he needs to sort out his length and stamina will automatically improve with more games.

He needs to find his mojo with old ball too, before his Ban I remember him using Old ball quite well in Aus, Eng and NZ
 
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