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"PCB needs to give more priority to 50-over & 4-day cricket instead of T20 tournaments" : Umar Gul
Umar Gul in his interview with us:
http://www.pakpassion.net/ppforum/s...t-I-am-bowling-with-good-rhythm-quot-Umar-Gul
“Too many of our players are only focusing on Twenty20 cricket and that is causing problems for the Pakistan ODI team. They are keen on playing in Twenty20 tournaments in Pakistan but are reluctant to take part in the longer format tournaments, whether that be 50-over or 4-day competitions. The Pakistan Cricket Board needs to give more priority to 50-over and four-day cricket instead of this continued emphasis on Twenty20 domestic competitions. The scheduling is such that so many of our national players and players playing for Pakistan A mainly play in twenty over domestic tournaments and that as far as I am concerned is not healthy for our batsmen or for Pakistan cricket. Our batsmen are losing sight of how to build innings and how to bat for long periods.”
"Batsmen are playing with technical issues that are not highlighted in the 20 over format but are shown up in 50-over and 4-day tournaments. Batsmen improve by spending time at the crease and by having the ability of playing long innings, not by hitting a few shots and then walking back to the pavilion. The best batsman have the ability to play well in all three formats and convert their skills from 4-day cricket down to twenty-over tournaments. If you are technically good then you can succeed in every format, but what we are now producing in Pakistan are a lot of batsmen who have the skills for twenty over cricket but not for fifty over or Test cricket. We are producing batsmen who can hit a few fours and sixes but struggle to build innings and hit shots through gaps and rotate the strike and this needs to be looked at with all seriousness before it's too late."
Umar Gul in his interview with us:
http://www.pakpassion.net/ppforum/s...t-I-am-bowling-with-good-rhythm-quot-Umar-Gul
“Too many of our players are only focusing on Twenty20 cricket and that is causing problems for the Pakistan ODI team. They are keen on playing in Twenty20 tournaments in Pakistan but are reluctant to take part in the longer format tournaments, whether that be 50-over or 4-day competitions. The Pakistan Cricket Board needs to give more priority to 50-over and four-day cricket instead of this continued emphasis on Twenty20 domestic competitions. The scheduling is such that so many of our national players and players playing for Pakistan A mainly play in twenty over domestic tournaments and that as far as I am concerned is not healthy for our batsmen or for Pakistan cricket. Our batsmen are losing sight of how to build innings and how to bat for long periods.”
"Batsmen are playing with technical issues that are not highlighted in the 20 over format but are shown up in 50-over and 4-day tournaments. Batsmen improve by spending time at the crease and by having the ability of playing long innings, not by hitting a few shots and then walking back to the pavilion. The best batsman have the ability to play well in all three formats and convert their skills from 4-day cricket down to twenty-over tournaments. If you are technically good then you can succeed in every format, but what we are now producing in Pakistan are a lot of batsmen who have the skills for twenty over cricket but not for fifty over or Test cricket. We are producing batsmen who can hit a few fours and sixes but struggle to build innings and hit shots through gaps and rotate the strike and this needs to be looked at with all seriousness before it's too late."
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