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Pakistan's worst fielding performance in the last 5 years

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The last time they fielded this bad was in 2010 during the 3rd test vs England before the spot fixing case. Today there has been dropped catches, lack of effort, easy boundaries given. This match will be right up there. Of course the national hero Shahid Bhai leading the remarkable effort.
 
this is Pakistan cricket team for you, if you can't accept them the way they are then go support New Zealand or Australia.
 
Shocking performance by the team. Wonder if all the media reports is adding to the pressure.
 
Hey guys. This Julian Fountain guy is drastically improving the team - says any fan that watches cricket.

PCB: Nah, lets let him go.

...
 
LOL I was abt to make same thread

KingKhanWC said:
Mohali was worse :sachin
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Nah. That match we only dropped catches pathetic as it sounds

This match our overall fielding has been abysmal. Plethora of misfiields. Not enough aggression when attacking the ball. Lax throws. Bowlers no backing up you name it.
 
WI are atleast 35 runs ahead at this point than they should be

Not to mention couple of extra wickets too
 
their fielding has been horrible in this game...
no hope from this side's fielding! Sitters are being dropped and Akmal dropped another edge yet again!
 
Its on purpose, Afridi and all cannot be that bad. I think there is some truth in all those fighting with the coaches story.
 
Atrocious fielding! This isn’t even domestic standard stuff, it’s very much club standard
 
We used to field like this back when we had Rana Naved, Yasir Hameed, Imran Farhat, Mohammad Yousuf
 
Team's present fielding coach?

Who is the team's fielding coach at present? You cannot have such attrocious fielding with dropped catches at such crucial moments in the game. Someone has got to be held accountable for this. Don't give me the crap that the fielding coach can only do so much with such a poor grassroots culture and lazy unfit players to work with. If Steve Rixon can deliver quality results in this department why can't anyone else replicate the same methods and deliver the same results?
 
Said it before and said it again until and unless modern ...yes modern if that means bideshi then
Yes bideshi fielding coaches needed not only for national team....but also for grassroot level.....
And yes video analyst must be made compulsory..
PSL is the only franchise league based tournament where there are franchises without proper video analysts.....

Pakistan bowlers are the most unluckiest bowlers and will be so if the level of fielding remains like this....

Yes Nz Aus Eng Ind all drop catches but for Pakistan the problem is perennial.... RAuf Haris Azhar so many unsafe hands Pak have
 
Shan Masood is one of the worst catchers I have ever seen.
 
Tough times ahead for Pak captains and bowlers if the situation is not addressed now......National t20 was a horror for bowlers ....
 
PCB doesn’t consider a fielding coach a necessity when they have all in one Misbah and Younis. Both had safe hands.

They probably take turns to throw a few catches at the players during training sessions.
 
Mamoon said:
PCB doesn’t consider a fielding coach a necessity when they have all in one Misbah and Younis. Both had safe hands.

They probably take turns to throw a few catches at the players during training sessions.
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India had started dropping players for not being good enough in the field ages ago. Maybe Pakistan needs to get tougher on this aspect.
 
Savak said:
India had started dropping players for not being good enough in the field ages ago. Maybe Pakistan needs to get tougher on this aspect.
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I don’t think players should be dropped for this. It’s just bad technique or concentration and that’s where the mental conditioning comes in. Just need to work on it.
India fielding was worse in first test and by second test they improved drastically and were even better than aussies .
 
globalcitizen said:
I don’t think players should be dropped for this. It’s just bad technique or concentration and that’s where the mental conditioning comes in. Just need to work on it.
India fielding was worse in first test and by second test they improved drastically and were even better than aussies .
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India took a tough call on VVS Laxman when he was batting pretty decently in ODI's. Greg Chappell commented he wanted a new fielding culture in India and you cannot play in the shorter formats of the game if you don't meet the standard. Everyone thought it was an unthinkable joke which went against Indian history but look at the standards in the Indian team now where you need to have all basis covered for selection.
 
The issue of dropped catches

As far back as I can remember when I first started watching cricket Pakistan have lost many matches due to dropping catches. Like the old phrase goes ‘Catches win Matches’ and the is is something Pakistan can not seem to grasp.

In this test alone they have dropped several catches and have given the batsmen many chances.

Why is is Pakistan’s fielding is extremely poor? What can be done to fix this?

We should use this thread as a drop catch counter and how many runs and games it costs Pakistan.
 
It's more of a mental alertness issue together with having fitness and practice issue.

There is a basic rule in fielding, and it should benefit all those who play cricket and reading this.

I am not sure if our players need this as a continuous reminder or not, but this sense surely is lacking.
Perhaps the NATIONAL LEVEL coaches don't know this?

When the bowler charges in, you do three things.

1 - Expect that this ball will played towards you and it's probably a catch, so get ready, it's coming. This is the one!
Every single ball should be processed in your brain with these assumption.

2 - Keep your eyes on the batsman's bat. (and your feet will automatically move towards the direction of the shot being played.

3 - If you are not a keeper or slip fielder, take a start. I think this is what many do but point 1 and 2 is clearly missing.
Our fielders are reacting instead of proacting.
 
A few years ago when Pak was visiting England, Waqar Yonus the philosopher, tried to improve the catching by making the fielder stand in line and very close to the bat, and he started smacking the ball with full swing to give the guys "Catching Practice".

A couple of players broke their fingers before that madness was put to stop.
 
There need to be something done. If you drop this much catches in club cricket you’d loose the game never mind at top international level
 
First of all need to improve the outfields in Pakistani stadiums, there's no reason why they can't make the grass as green and as soft as carpet, I've seen really green baseball diamonds in the middle of the desert in towns like Phoenix and Santa Fe, so no reason they can't do the same especially in fertile regions like Punjab and KP. Another thing they need to do is hire fielding coaches from overseas for the national and provincial academy and start working with the youth, and by youth I mean kids between 11-17.

Also they need to hire globally certified personal trainers with expertise in agility training and plyometrics, they need to also forensically analyze their players and see which muscle groups each player is weak in and then the trainers need to focus specifically training those muscles.
 
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Simple reason:

By the time an Australian reaches teenage years, he has already received professional coaching at the school level, been through fielding drills, had his technique corrected etc.

By the time a Pakistani reaches teenage years, he’s only played tape all cricket on concrete and dirt with minimal coaching, informal games and minimal professional support.

Nothing to do with Waqar (lol), Steve rixon or nawaz sharif or Imran khan or anybody else

The brain is the most malleable when young, and makes a big difference in later years. No amount of coaching can make up for a solid foundation from childhood years

Surprised and a little disappointed no one has mentioned this before
 
freezerburn said:
Simple reason:

By the time an Australian reaches teenage years, he has already received professional coaching at the school level, been through fielding drills, had his technique corrected etc.

By the time a Pakistani reaches teenage years, he’s only played tape all cricket on concrete and dirt with minimal coaching, informal games and minimal professional support.

Nothing to do with Waqar (lol), Steve rixon or nawaz sharif or Imran khan or anybody else

The brain is the most malleable when young, and makes a big difference in later years. No amount of coaching can make up for a solid foundation from childhood years

Surprised and a little disappointed no one has mentioned this before
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come'on ...

Read Post # 3 after reading 1 and 2

http://www.pakpassion.net/ppforum/s...ll-Dav-Whatmore-read-this&highlight=will+dave
 
Amir is right in retiring from tests.....no reward for toiling hard.......poor Amir....poor Saheen poor Abbas..
It's highly punishing to be a pacer of Pakistan
 
One word: confidence

Several commentators have pointed out the fact that our players train their backsides off off the field. They also take spectalur catches during training.

However, in match situation, they shiver at the sight of a flying ball travelling towards them. Any one who has played competitive cricket knows that if you think that you're gonna drop the catch, 8/10 times you're gonna drop it. Teams like Aus and NZ have fielders who crave tough chances because they believe in their ability. Our fielders wish that the ball avoids them.

So, there's no quick fix to this problem unfortunately. A change of mindset is required where our players should feel confident on the field and wish that get an opportunity to show off their skills.
 
Snowflake said:
One word: confidence

Several commentators have pointed out the fact that our players train their backsides off off the field. They also take spectalur catches during training.

However, in match situation, they shiver at the sight of a flying ball travelling towards them. Any one who has played competitive cricket knows that if you think that you're gonna drop the catch, 8/10 times you're gonna drop it. Teams like Aus and NZ have fielders who crave tough chances because they believe in their ability. Our fielders wish that the ball avoids them.

So, there's no quick fix to this problem unfortunately. A change of mindset is required where our players should feel confident on the field and wish that get an opportunity to show off their skills.
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That's a very simplistic way to put it. The answer is it's not in their training. No training drills can substitute the pressure and realization of a real match. They are not natural born athletes. The only answer to this is dropping lesser catches at the domestic circuit. Which if you have seen any Quaid e Azam trophy match, I believe dropping catches are consistent from the top to the bottom. No top inning is complete with 2-3 dropped catches.
 
That's what happen when you give job some unknown desi bro from the street who doesn't even have any qualification or clue about the job.
 
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adzzy786 said:
As far back as I can remember when I first started watching cricket Pakistan have lost many matches due to dropping catches. Like the old phrase goes ‘Catches win Matches’ and this is something Pakistan can not seem to grasp.
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I see what you did there 😂
 
Colorblind Genius said:
A few years ago when Pak was visiting England, Waqar Yonus the philosopher, tried to improve the catching by making the fielder stand in line and very close to the bat, and he started smacking the ball with full swing to give the guys "Catching Practice".

A couple of players broke their fingers before that madness was put to stop.
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Waqar seems like some coach doesn't he? :91:
 
Pakistan always drop catches but this one of the all-time horror performances on the field. I haven't seen a Pakistani fielding performance this abhorrent in a very long time.
 
It was funny reading Abbas in one of the other threads saying its frustrating when catches go down. Irony of the highest order.
 
I counted 8 dropped catches, might have been more though, don't forget the 2 wickets from no balls aswell.
 
Since Steve Rixon has left our fielding has gone beyond poor and I'm not just talking about dropped catches which seems to be some sort of rot, deep into our teams mentality.
 
Pakistan find new ways to get more embarrassing and even worse in the field.
 
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