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The difference in T20 is minor and it seems Pakistan lacks a player who plays in top gear throughout. England and other countries have players who will have someone scoring at 200sr even if it's a 30 or 40 runs. Something what Afridi did but more consistent.
We seem to be lacking that, we have players playing at 150ish SR and that's a great day.

Am not saying we need everyone in the team doing that but a few players capable of that and one of them pulling it off.

Is it lack of power, rotation of strike?
 
It's hard. Only England, Windies, and Australia have those players.
 
It is lack of ability + power. Our batsmen cannot find boundaries unless the bowlers bowl loose deliveries.

We see Indian, English, Australian etc. batsmen pick up boundaries on good deliveries as well.

Morgan was smashing perfectly decent 89 mph deliveries by Shaheen for sixes. Our batsmen would get maximum 1-2 on those deliveries.
 
Is Azam Khan a good enough WK for T20s? How about we go for something like this from now on in the batting.

Fakhar
Babar
Haider
Hafeez
Azam (WK)
Iftikhar/Khushdil
Imad
 
We need some gun players who can add the ‘turbo’ to the game, but unfortunately since Afridi and Razzaq we haven’t have anyone who can do it
 
The problem is death overs batting. Our batsmen even set batsmen struggle against full blooded yorkers and slower deliveries and bowlers who keep the leg side packed. Death overs batting is an art. Big 5 players know how to drive on the off side or play the ramp shot or helicopter shot while our batsmen have not developed their skills in this regard. We are still playing cricket as if its the 90's. The game is moving on fast while we have still not caught on.
 
This idea of needing a pre-meditated anchor is just to excuse Barbars strike rate, while batting in the powerplay.

He can ‘anchor’ from four and consolidate from there If lose early wickets, without wasting the power play.
 
Kaka4pope said:
This idea of needing a pre-meditated anchor is just to excuse Barbars strike rate, while batting in the powerplay.

He can ‘anchor’ from four and consolidate from there If lose early wickets, without wasting the power play.
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I would open with Haider and Fakhar with Bobby at 3
 
Yeah, we don't have the 360 degree batsmen like Eng, Aus, Ind etc.
 
And Haider Ali could be the man.

Impressive start from the young man. He has been working on his strokeplay and now seems to be comfortable playing shots both sides of the wicket.
 
India's doesn't have very big weakness in its T20 lineup now. The top order is explosive and in Iyer and Pant has some new young talent in the middle.

Did make mistakes in the past. Took some time to phase out Dhoni and Yuvraj and then selected Manish Pandey who also seems like a misfit.

Also has been unlucky to face a rampaging West Indies a few times.
 
Bring Kami and Sharjeel into the side. Umar Akmal ruined himself otherwise he was another option.
 
It's a bit of a stretch but could Khushdil Shah be our man? Haider Ali seems to be a popular choice but I'd rather have him higher up the order. Khushdil seems to have the variety of shots needed in T20s...with proper grooming it isn't totally out of the equation maybe?
 
Moin Ali is not a power hitter, but you can tell he has practiced hard in the nets with a power hitting coach on what to do against full blooded yorkers and full pitched deliveries. Our players need this type of coaching.
 
PakPlayer said:
The difference in T20 is minor and it seems Pakistan lacks a player who plays in top gear throughout. England and other countries have players who will have someone scoring at 200sr even if it's a 30 or 40 runs. Something what Afridi did but more consistent.
We seem to be lacking that, we have players playing at 150ish SR and that's a great day.

Am not saying we need everyone in the team doing that but a few players capable of that and one of them pulling it off.

Is it lack of power, rotation of strike?
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Can you name a few players who go at 200 strike rate throw out the career in t20s

If your looking to strike at 200 then you need power

If your working at 140 strike rate then you need to be able to get singles doubles and boundaries I beluve
 
ARK Rafay said:
Is Azam Khan a good enough WK for T20s? How about we go for something like this from now on in the batting.

Fakhar
Babar
Haider
Hafeez
Azam (WK)
Iftikhar/Khushdil
Imad
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Azam khan needs to work on his fitness not sure how good he is as a keeper but batting he has the power game defo and maybe can try him against zimbabwe
 
ahmadharis1 said:
It's a bit of a stretch but could Khushdil Shah be our man? Haider Ali seems to be a popular choice but I'd rather have him higher up the order. Khushdil seems to have the variety of shots needed in T20s...with proper grooming it isn't totally out of the equation maybe?
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Khushdil needs to be given a chance hes a clean hitter of the ball may struggle against the shorter ball
 
Haider Ali did look impressive. He cleared the ropes effortlessly and can hit towards the offside and legside, which is something that most of our players lack. Maybe Khushdil deserves a go. Pakistan does lack players who can play the scoops and ramp shots that teams all around the world possess.
 
Khushdil may be a good option to try, but I feel like he is more of a no5 than a no6 or 7.

Asif doesn't have the range of strokes and can't utilize the backside boundaries.
On a sad note, Anwar Ali seemed like the only guy who could hit them well.

At the moment Imad is the best option we have. Haider needs to bat up the order.
 
Pakistan doesn't lack a player who can do this, they lack players who can come in and slog runs. One of those players is Imad who has improved his hitting and is a good batsman. He's been underutilized..

Pakistan needs 2 to 3 other batsman who can hit the ball hard from ball 1. Shadab is aggressive but needs time. He doesn't possess the power to hit from ball one.
 
Rayyman said:
I would open with Haider and Fakhar with Bobby at 3
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Fakhar? Even shezzy boy is more reliable than Fakhar. Can't continue playing the guy in hopes that one day he will score another innings like he did against India.

And why would you want to move the #1 ranked T20I batsman from his batting position?
 
BunnyRabbit said:
Khushdil may be a good option to try, but I feel like he is more of a no5 than a no6 or 7.

Asif doesn't have the range of strokes and can't utilize the backside boundaries.
On a sad note, Anwar Ali seemed like the only guy who could hit them well.

At the moment Imad is the best option we have. Haider needs to bat up the order.
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How is Anwar Ali any better than Asif? He had a couple heaves in his career over the leg side that went for some sixes and that's about it.
 
It's actually hilarious to see posters think hitting 6s at will means you need to have power.

Hitting 6s at will is about, positioning, ability to pick up length, placement, shot range, movement of body and wrists, and QUALITY!!

We just don't produce players who have any of the above. Look at Maxwell,Buttler,Pant,Pandya,and Miller for example. All these players can 6s at will and they aren't exactly brimming with muscles.

Mamoon does have a point at times when he says how we understand cricket is all wrong. A lot of our fans fail to understand batting. ( not talking solely about PP, seen on other forums and social media a lack of understanding).
 
Hasan123 said:
It's actually hilarious to see posters think hitting 6s at will means you need to have power.

Hitting 6s at will is about, positioning, ability to pick up length, placement, shot range, movement of body and wrists, and QUALITY!!

We just don't produce players who have any of the above. Look at Maxwell,Buttler,Pant,Pandya,and Miller for example. All these players can 6s at will and they aren't exactly brimming with muscles.

Mamoon does have a point at times when he says how we understand cricket is all wrong. A lot of our fans fail to understand batting. ( not talking solely about PP, seen on other forums and social media a lack of understanding).
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Very good post excellent stuf
 
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