Australia doesn't typically do all format keepers thats why, post gilly they've historically opted for test keeping specialists and whoteball keeper specialists.
But my man wants to laugh at others for comparing Harris with others
Haris at no 3 is better then Rizwan. I already posted an entire argument and rather then people addressing it they've as usual cut small pieces that they can counter without any context.But my man wants to laugh at others for comparing Harris with others
agree with the first part, disagree with the second. pakistani first class cricket is sub standard and completely irrelevant to modern day t20 cricket. hed be better off just playing loads of leagues until hes comfortable with his game.
why does he need to bat through phases, if he manages to slog through 7 or 8 overs hes pbly done his job. the attack from ball 1 approach doesnt need to work every time if you want to bat down till 8 or wherever fahim is playing these days. if he can average mid 20s, and strikes 140+ he'll be doing a good job at three.
Harris does play 4 day btw
He plays the Agha role. Comes in to prevent a collapse, or doesn't come in at all
sorry i missed that moment.. what he did?
He’s too senior of a batsman to agree to that sort of role. If he comes in, he will want to play as an opener or at best number 3. I don’t think he is flexible to do a Sarfraz/Agha and come down the order.
Well if he wants to play for Pakistan ever again, he should accept whatever comes his way.
there was a runout cahnce against Tilak Verma. The ball went behind, Varma was denied a run, he came back running, the ball was thrown accurately to the keeper, keeper caught the ball and this is where it got interestng.
Irrespective of how much he scores how he looks says everything. He looks like a proper hack. He is not even strong or tall so that he can mishit balls for six.
He looks like he picks up length late. You can see his front foot struggle to move and he meets ball behind his front foot a lot of time. He is going to struggle against any decent side unless he fixes his technique
What a clown
This.
Well spottedNow that Harris has scored some runs, quality of domestic cricket is the problem
But if Pir Rizwan scores some runs, then the domestic system is as robust as the Australian one.
So then you might as well keep Harris in the team? At least he might pull off a 15 ball 30-40 runs if it’s his day?
But do you know why this is happening? It’s simply because Haris has failed to make the most of his international opportunities, even though he’s arguably more skilled than Rizwan. In contrast, Rizwan has earned everyone’s respect through remarkable consistency, despite having limited range and shot selection. Haris has no one but himself to blame for how his career has turned out. If he performs on the big stage, no one will bother counting his domestic runs.Now that Harris has scored some runs, quality of domestic cricket is the problem
But if Pir Rizwan scores some runs, then the domestic system is as robust as the Australia.
Domestic cricket is generally easier than international cricket in any country, including Pakistan—though the gap varies from place to place. Batters also tend to perform better in familiar conditions.
Great post
@Mamoon @Caved12
Umar was simply a messed up case mentally, and as his career went on, he only kept getting worse. He was an extremely dumb player, not smart at all and he let everything fall apart: his batting, his fitness, and whatever little cricketing sense he had completely vanished too. It was a strange case, but I realized early on that he was never going to succeed because he just couldn’t play long innings or value his wicket. Unfortunately, there are many players like him who regress over time simply because of poor work ethic and an unwillingness to put in the hard work to improve their game.
He was Pakistan’s 3rd highest run scorer after Farhan and Fakhar
Yes, it was pathetic, no doubt about that. But this is the only setup where these players can go back and work on their game. Hopefully, some of the other teams will have better bowling attacks so they get tested a bit more. Still, it’s at least a good opportunity for clowns like Haris to spend more time at the crease and work on building longer innings
Yes but there are players who you love and admire, even lie so much for their cause….even though they have been on the job for over 5 years and still haven’t learned how to play on the off side and also improve their strike rate with the passage of time considering the ever evolving white ball game
Easier said than done
you have made some good points there. We should have left the young players excel in domestic cricket. Same process as was applied for Riz & Babar.
Farhan could and has been inducted in. Fakhar could have been promoted. Usman was the better than everyone else in PSL, yet given chances scattered around the order, he could have been given a run as opener. Saud could have even played as an opener. There are options.
Who was making these catastrophic calls?
Before 2020, Rizwan batted lower down the order and didn’t really have the T20 gears — his strike rate stayed under 100, and he struggled to accelerate in short cameos. Once he moved to opener in 2020, his strike rate jumped to around 128 as he finally got time to build innings. 2021 was his peak at about 135. But after that, the tempo faded — down to roughly 123 in 2022, a small rebound in 2023 over just five games, and then another drop to around 117 in 2024. At that pace, an opener is basically playing for the opposition; even if he scores runs, the team is crawling toward 120–130 totals. He’s still reliable, but his strike rate has fallen so much that his innings now often hurt Pakistan’s momentum more than they help.
I’m nominating this for Post of the Eternity — incredibly strong take.
