The case for Sharjeel Khan on Australian pitches

[MenInG]

My logic is simple. Warner and Sharjeel have the same style of batting (Warner is miles ahead in experience and Sharjeel needs more work)

Putting experience aside - the aggression which Sharjeel can provide could prove important in getting those runs on the top order.

Of course if Pakistan would like to do the attritional thing then guess its back to same old.

Thoughts pls?

 

[LordJames]

In a day Test Match its definitely a risk worth taking.

Sami and Azhar will play the same way as its difficult to just change the way you play without extensive off season work.

 

[MenInG]

In a day Test Match its definitely a risk worth taking.

Sami and Azhar will play the same way as its difficult to just change the way you play without extensive off season work.

so Day/Night a no-no?

 

[Deewana Mastana]

I had said that he should've been selected for the second test in NZ but Pakistan instead went with the same opening combo and brought in Rizwan in the middle order.

Even now he can be given a chance in Australia but I doubt that they'll change it now.

 

[LordJames]

I suspect that there will be some seam movement in a day/night game and Sharjeel may be foxed into giving Aussie slips good catching practise.

Where there is no seam movement off the pitch and ball isn't swinging he should make hay and will be a good choice to score at a decent rate

 

[sshakir411]

With the way our current batsmen play I think it's becoming imperative to fit Sharjeel in the test eleven.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Yes he should play. Mickey definitely rates him. If Shafiq fails in the first test then Sharjeel should open with Azhar at 3

 

[Suleiman]

Can't in day night, and they won't either which is the right call. You can call Azhar/Sami "boring", "dull" or whatever, which is kinda ungrateful considering what we've had to deal with in these slots, but they are the best pair we have for D/N against a Starc and Hazlewood.

Might be worth a shot as a "nothing to lose" option if we are down 1 test or something and need to change our strategy of attrition at the top (if it is the cause for our defeat).

 

[Dr_Bassim]

Sharjeel barely makes it count in ODI's by having one good start out of 5.

So that means in 3 tests, Sharjeel will fire once, and be bowled on a score of less than 20 in other 5 innings.

I am sure Sami and Azhar can score more than that, so no need to tinker yet.

 

[Boxer]

walking wicket in Aussie pitches

 

[Abdullah]

he will enjoy the bounce

 

[Ellipsism]

Yes, Warner and Sharjeel are both "assaulting" batsman but what differs the two is that Warner plays conventional cricketing shots while Sharjeel depends vigorously on the leg side hoick.

Warner alongside his shots has a fair defensive technique while Sharjeel hasn't demonstrated any signs of a marginally "international standard" defensive technique.

In a nutshell Sharjeel isn't ready for test cricket full stop.

 

[Belawal2014]

Outswinger. Outswinger. Inswinging yorker. On your bicycle mate.

 

[Suleiman]

Sharjeel barely makes it count in ODI's by having one good start out of 5.

So that means in 3 tests, Sharjeel will fire once, and be bowled on a score of less than 20 in other 5 innings.

I am sure Sami and Azhar can score more than that, so no need to tinker yet.

Yeah I think people are being a bit greedy atm with Azhar/Sami, yes they are slow but this is the best we got, it's a case of don't fix what's not broken.

Instead fix what is broken, aka #4 slot, no pace allrounder, meager pace attack.

 

[Junaids]

My logic is simple. Warner and Sharjeel have the same style of batting (Warner is miles ahead in experience and Sharjeel needs more work)

Putting experience aside - the aggression which Sharjeel can provide could prove important in getting those runs on the top order.

Of course if Pakistan would like to do the attritional thing then guess its back to same old.

Thoughts pls?

Sorry, but definitely not.

It's true that Pakistan need to understand that Day/Night Tests in Australia are a strange ODI/Test hybrid in which you have to score fast by day and bowl at night.

But Sharjeel Khan is not at all technically suited to batting in Australia.

People look at his excellent pulling and cutting and think he'd be fine. And he would be, if he had any front foot game on the off-side at all.

But a couple of backfoot fours would see the Aussies resort to bowling on a full length outside off-stump.

At which point he'd be exposed in Australia like every Pakistani opener in my lifetime apart from Saeed Anwar and Salman Butt.

As I wrote in the QEA Final thread, the QEA Final has shown just why Salman Butt scored so many Test runs in Australia. He has every offside shot on both the front foot and the back foot, so he can score quickly in Australia.

Sharjeel is just a leg-side bully who can cut. And that gets you nowhere in Australia.

 

[Hamza_]

Sorry, but definitely not.

It's true that Pakistan need to understand that Day/Night Tests in Australia are a strange ODI/Test hybrid in which you have to score fast by day and bowl at night.

But Sharjeel Khan is not at all technically suited to batting in Australia.

People look at his excellent pulling and cutting and think he'd be fine. And he would be, if he had any front foot game on the off-side at all.

But a couple of backfoot fours would see the Aussies resort to bowling on a full length outside off-stump.

At which point he'd be exposed in Australia like every Pakistani opener in my lifetime apart from Saeed Anwar and Salman Butt.

As I wrote in the QEA Final thread, the QEA Final has shown just why Salman Butt scored so many Test runs in Australia. He has every offside shot on both the front foot and the back foot, so he can score quickly in Australia.

Sharjeel is just a leg-side bully who can cut. And that gets you nowhere in Australia.

I think Sharjeel has decent chances here. Maybe not at test level but ODIs yes for sure. Also Sharjeel has been improving and knows his limitations as per his interview. I think he deserves a fair run, Even Warner at the start was too aggressive.

 

[Bilal7]

It'll definitely work as long as Sharjeel keeps the full ones out and waits for the short ones. The only question is who should be dropped? Shafiq is probably in the most danger.

 

[FreePalestine]

My logic is simple. Warner and Sharjeel have the same style of batting (Warner is miles ahead in experience and Sharjeel needs more work)

Putting experience aside - the aggression which Sharjeel can provide could prove important in getting those runs on the top order.

Of course if Pakistan would like to do the attritional thing then guess its back to same old.

Thoughts pls?

I can tell you now with a fair degree of certainty that Sharjeel Khan will never be as good as Warner. Comparing Sharjeel and Warner is like comparing Shehzad to Kohli. They may have some similarities but ultimately there is an unbridgeable gulf in class. I repeat, Sharjeel will never be as good as Warner is atm.

 

[Rayyman]

My logic is simple. Warner and Sharjeel have the same style of batting (Warner is miles ahead in experience and Sharjeel needs more work)

Putting experience aside - the aggression which Sharjeel can provide could prove important in getting those runs on the top order.

Of course if Pakistan would like to do the attritional thing then guess its back to same old.

Thoughts pls?

He will get his chance in ODIs. is not in the field either.

 

[Abdullah719]

I can tell you now with a fair degree of certainty that Sharjeel Khan will never be as good as Warner. Comparing Sharjeel and Warner is like comparing Shehzad to Kohli. They may have some similarities but ultimately there is an unbridgeable gulf in class. I repeat, Sharjeel will never be as good as Warner is atm.

But the point was that at some level, they have a similar style of batting... not that Sharjeel is, or can be as good as Warner.