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[VIDEO] "We don’t want to prepare a fast & bouncy pitch & play into Australia’s lap" : Ramiz Raja

PCB CE:

"Why would a team come to Pakistan if they know that they have to play on a dead wicket, the pitch will turn and our bowlers will not work there and we will lose there? Denis Lillee said that my grave would be in the pitch in Faisalabad, because the ball would not bounce"

"Unless you improve your pitches, teams will not be attracted to coming to Pakistan, when you improve your pitches as the Chairman says, teams will want to tour Pakistan"

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I think deep down PCB were scared and kinda accepted defeat even before the series started.

Even if Pakistan somehow draw this one and win 3rd one, this series is a pathetic one (from Pakistan's side).

I'd never want Pakistan to lose a match, but if we lose the 2nd and 3rd it won't hurt me.

PCB/coaching staff/Babar Azam deserve this phainta!
 
It does matter what surface Pak plays on. Why is that Pak does well and at least is competitive in England? Of course we cannot emulate the same conditions, but we can manage to produce greener wickets where at the least, our pacers can get the best of the batsmen out. Our batsmen are a lottery anyways, so why not give bowling a chance?
 
MenInG said:
PCB CE:

"Why would a team come to Pakistan if they know that they have to play on a dead wicket, the pitch will turn and our bowlers will not work there and we will lose there? Denis Lillee said that my grave would be in the pitch in Faisalabad, because the ball would not bounce"

"Unless you improve your pitches, teams will not be attracted to coming to Pakistan, when you improve your pitches as the Chairman says, teams will want to tour Pakistan"

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Isn't this guy supposed to be one fixing the pitches ?
 
Ramiz Raja admits that Pakistan cannot beat Australia in Pakistan. and Pakistan cannot beat Australia in Australia either. So what are they doing to ensure that Pakistani team is strong enough to beat Australia in Pakistan and also in Australia ? If in his opinion Pakistan cricket team is not good enough then why play against Australia in Pakistan ?
 
Saj said:
If you are playing scared, feeble and timid cricket, it doesn't matter how the pitches are playing, you will end up losing.

The scared mentality is a huge concern and is running through from top to bottom at the moment.
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This goes all the way to the top. Ramiz. Babar.

Babar played a shockingly bad innings. Taking singles off the first ball. Taking risky singles too with the tail. Then hitting out and getting caught out.

Shockingly bad all round.
 
Good strategy by Ramiz, ask your own team to collapse so that no one questions the pitch &#55357;&#56833;
 
Criticizing your own self while not doing anything about it is a next level buffoonery. Nice appointment by Ramiz.
 
Ramiz should just keep quiet, every time he opens his mouth he says something utterly stupid.
 
CricVet said:
It does matter what surface Pak plays on. Why is that Pak does well and at least is competitive in England? Of course we cannot emulate the same conditions, but we can manage to produce greener wickets where at the least, our pacers can get the best of the batsmen out. Our batsmen are a lottery anyways, so why not give bowling a chance?
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This guy is talking as if he is not in charge and is some random commentator. Everyone knew Aus were coming, you weren't left in the blind
 
zarak said:
This guy is talking as if he is not in charge and is some random commentator. Everyone knew Aus were coming, you weren't left in the blind
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As I have redundantly put in the past - the word Pakistan and Professionalism has only one thing in common; the letter "P". It is annoying to see even the so called literates lacking the skills of sending a simple message across.
 
The pitches prepared for South africa were the ideal pitches pakistan prepared for a long time.

But to be fair throughout history pakistan pitches have been completely flat roads and graveyards for bowlers we competed on those pitches because in those days we had world class fast bowlers who had genuine pace and ability to swing and reverse alongwith with decent spinners we don't have any atm bar shaheen but even he is no where near the pacers we had in the past
 
Reports:

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has requested the services of ex-Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) and ICC academy curator, Toby Lumsden, for a period of ten days in order to help in preparing the pitch for the third and final Test between Pakistan and Australia in Lahore.
 
The natural Pakistani pitches have more pace and bounce than what's been served up here and are very good for stroke making in general. They messed with the pitches themselves and wanted slow and low wickets. Now they are trying to flying in an expert from abroad, what's he gonna do in 5 days?

Ramiz's go to move seems to be: " Don't worry I have a foreigner on the job"

I mean I am all for bringing in experts and training locals and all but this is kind of ridiculous
 
Fahdi said:
The natural Pakistani pitches have more pace and bounce than what's been served up here and are very good for stroke making in general. They messed with the pitches themselves and wanted slow and low wickets. Now they are trying to flying in an expert from abroad, what's he gonna do in 5 days?

Ramiz's go to move seems to be: " Don't worry I have a foreigner on the job"

I mean I am all for bringing in experts and training locals and all but this is kind of ridiculous
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I sort of agree with you when you said "natural Pakistani pitches" - and the evidence I observed was when we saw Pat Cummins bowling in the nets in Pindi before the first test.

Take a look at Cummins bowling drills

The keeper would taken some of those balls at chest height.

However, when we came to the pitch that was prepared on this same ground, was absolutely horrible.

So yes, natural wickets may have a good bounce but bounce alone doesn't do it. It's only a factor.

The pitch could have a little grass, some moisture and some skid factor. And then what brand of ball are they using? Kook vs Duke?
Dry weather and humidity also plays a role.
 
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Fahdi said:
The natural Pakistani pitches have more pace and bounce than what's been served up here and are very good for stroke making in general. They messed with the pitches themselves and wanted slow and low wickets. Now they are trying to flying in an expert from abroad, what's he gonna do in 5 days?

Ramiz's go to move seems to be: " Don't worry I have a foreigner on the job"

I mean I am all for bringing in experts and training locals and all but this is kind of ridiculous
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Flying someone to avoid having dead pitches in the middle of the series???

Especially when dead pitches were made intentionally to avoid loss by Rameez himself.

He is a total joke.
 
Seems happier now

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Shoaib Akhtar via YouTube:

"Galant effort by Babar Azam, he is the superman after which children want to start playing cricket, very sad he couldn't score 200 but it doesn't matter. Cricketers will emerge due to Babar's effort; youngsters will look to become Babar Azam"

"Similarly, if you make fast pitches where batters will get a blow, blood running from the nose, youngsters will look to become a pacer. No one will follow a pacer after watching his bowling in these dead pitches"

"You will have to endure the criticism over these dead pitches; what are you trying to prove. When a captain is a batsman and management go with a defensive mindset, you will see these type of pitches; deciding pitch must be made for the final Test. [Ramiz] please think as a chairman, change your mindset, produce better wickets which are result-oriented"
 
Saeed Ajmal goes vocal on “flat pitches” issues

“If the spinner is going to look at the pitch and then bowl, what is the point of being a spinner then? Spinners need to learn to perform in all conditions. These were flat pitches and honestly, many decks in Test cricket are like this"

“To take wickets, you need temperament. You need to bowl a good 8-10 overs to play mind games with the batsmen and then you will be able to execute your plan. If you want to complain about ‘flat pitches’ then you should quit cricket"
 
MenInG said:
Saeed Ajmal goes vocal on “flat pitches” issues

“If the spinner is going to look at the pitch and then bowl, what is the point of being a spinner then? Spinners need to learn to perform in all conditions. These were flat pitches and honestly, many decks in Test cricket are like this"

“To take wickets, you need temperament. You need to bowl a good 8-10 overs to play mind games with the batsmen and then you will be able to execute your plan. If you want to complain about ‘flat pitches’ then you should quit cricket"
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He is right tbf
 
Awful advertisement of Test cricket this series has been. Very similar to the roads of 2005-09.

And then we wonder why we don't produce quality players.

Every time Ramiz has been in charge, the pitches have taken a beating.
 
MenInG said:
Saeed Ajmal goes vocal on “flat pitches” issues

“If the spinner is going to look at the pitch and then bowl, what is the point of being a spinner then? Spinners need to learn to perform in all conditions. These were flat pitches and honestly, many decks in Test cricket are like this"

“To take wickets, you need temperament. You need to bowl a good 8-10 overs to play mind games with the batsmen and then you will be able to execute your plan. If you want to complain about ‘flat pitches’ then you should quit cricket"
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He is correct in a way. But the spinners we are playing have molded their games on pitches where the pacers take majority of the share and spinners only usually come into play in the last 2 days.

Saeed Ajmal was a freak(but also illegal). Expecting limited bowlers like Nauman or undercooked spinners like Sajid to break the back of seasoned test cricketers is foolish.
Of the spinners we have, only Yasir is the one who has the experience of bowling all day everyday on these roads.
 
UAE pitches were much better than these pitches for tests and that is saying something.

I hope the showman Ramiz learns his lesson or is made to go away and please take the jester Wasim with you.
 
MenInG said:
Saeed Ajmal goes vocal on “flat pitches” issues

“If the spinner is going to look at the pitch and then bowl, what is the point of being a spinner then? Spinners need to learn to perform in all conditions. These were flat pitches and honestly, many decks in Test cricket are like this"

“To take wickets, you need temperament. You need to bowl a good 8-10 overs to play mind games with the batsmen and then you will be able to execute your plan. If you want to complain about ‘flat pitches’ then you should quit cricket"
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Easy for him to say when he used to chuck with his elbow whenever he wanted. These wickets are tough on all bowlers.
 
Nothing wrong in pitch ppl want fast forward Test cricket then it's not their cup of tea it's a game of patience temperament nerves :sachin:kallis:lara
 
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"We don’t want to prepare a fast & bouncy pitch & play into Australia’s lap" : Ramiz Raja"
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Just imagine how stupid and dumb he would sound if Pak loses the third match, and the series with it?

You created slow n dead pitches to save your rear end, but the Aussies screwed you nonetheless? lol

This is why, you should think carefully before you open your mouth.

And especially this person Ramiz. He has absolutely no idea how a professional level executive speaks in a carefully weighted and well measured content.

Ramiz is good to be a media person or a chaprasi or chai wala type employee at PCB who can render his philosophies to display his mental intellect - and no one would care.
But being sitting at the top, and displaying this kind of idiocy? He is 100% unqualified for this job.
 
GenericBrand said:
Has anyone explained why they didn't prepare any rank turners?
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Historically speaking Pakistan has never produced Rank Turners. Even the 1994, 1998 series with Australia were on dead flat pitches.
 
Lesson to learn

Sl has prepared a proper sub cont dustbowl for the series and they are on verge of a drawn 1-1 series which is a respectable result for them.

On the other hand we went with a dumb cowardly approach with full 80's type patta pitches and played negative cricket and in the end lost the series 1-0
I hope Pakistan think tank are watching this and learning how to play on their home pitches vs SENA sides.
 
Xoib said:
Sl has prepared a proper sub cont dustbowl for the series and they are on verge of a drawn 1-1 series which is a respectable result for them.

On the other hand we went with a dumb cowardly approach with full 80's type patta pitches and played negative cricket and in the end lost the series 1-0
I hope Pakistan think tank are watching this and learning how to play on their home pitches vs SENA sides.
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100% spot on, always play to your strengths. if opposition manage to beat you then its best to acknowledge best team won. But with cowardly players like imam, azhar, fawad etc.. and a negative captain and poor bowlers selected it was no wonder we lost to Aussies.
 
Amjid Javed said:
100% spot on, always play to your strengths. if opposition manage to beat you then its best to acknowledge best team won. But with cowardly players like imam, azhar, fawad etc.. and a negative captain and poor bowlers selected it was no wonder we lost to Aussies.
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It was most likely Babar’s call to make flat decks as he is a sitting duck against decent spin let alone quality spin
 
Rana said:
It was most likely Babar’s call to make flat decks as he is a sitting duck against decent spin let alone quality spin
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This is problem with our players they wont improve unless they face their fears. The fact we havent dropped fawad for SL series and still persist with Azhar, also our 2 useless front line spinners and hasan Ali shows who clueless pakistan selectors are.
 
It's a shame that even SL are avoiding a series defeat at home against the Aussies, the same team against which Pakistan lost at home.

Have to agree that the Safety First approach of creating phattas to avoid defeat was atrocious, that defensive mindset cost Pakistan the series in the end . Preparing turning tracks to win the game should have been the goal rather than to play safe and avoid defeat.
 
Xoib said:
Sl has prepared a proper sub cont dustbowl for the series and they are on verge of a drawn 1-1 series which is a respectable result for them.

On the other hand we went with a dumb cowardly approach with full 80's type patta pitches and played negative cricket and in the end lost the series 1-0
I hope Pakistan think tank are watching this and learning how to play on their home pitches vs SENA sides.
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Not true. They created a turner for the previous match and even the likes of Head took wickets for fun.

This pitch was completely flat when SL were batting with only the odd one turning . SL also got quite a bit of luck with umpiring.
 
Nikhil_cric said:
Not true. They created a turner for the previous match and even the likes of Head took wickets for fun.

This pitch was completely flat when SL were batting with only the odd one turning . SL also got quite a bit of luck with umpiring.
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Nah, ok first test was a lottery but this was a proper sub cont roady Turner a sort of track that gets the most success for sub cont sides in SENA.

Pakistan got these type of tracks right in UAE under Misbah but series vs Aus was an 80's style patta a sort of pitch you need some one like Wasim/Waqar imran and bottle tops to get something out of it.
 
Xoib said:
Sl has prepared a proper sub cont dustbowl for the series and they are on verge of a drawn 1-1 series which is a respectable result for them.

On the other hand we went with a dumb cowardly approach with full 80's type patta pitches and played negative cricket and in the end lost the series 1-0
I hope Pakistan think tank are watching this and learning how to play on their home pitches vs SENA sides.
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It was one of the most shameful series defeats in our history.

I likened our approach to starstruck teens meeting their fave celebrities as we seemed in awe of Australia. No excuse for such negative lines or batting at snail's pace when the ball wasn't moving an inch.
 
Tbh Pakistan played two crap spinners ie Nauman and Sajid. Nauman went wicket less against Bangladesh as well but for some reason the selectors thought he was going to trouble the Aussies. The lack of impact from the spinners played a vital role in the result in end.
 
Xoib said:
Nah, ok first test was a lottery but this was a proper sub cont roady Turner a sort of track that gets the most success for sub cont sides in SENA.

Pakistan got these type of tracks right in UAE under Misbah but series vs Aus was an 80's style patta a sort of pitch you need some one like Wasim/Waqar imran and bottle tops to get something out of it.
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Maybe but the difference really was the quality of spinners used. I'm not sure Pakistan would have won on any SC surface with Nauman and Sajid. Lyon and Swepeon would have probably outspun them on a spinning wicket.

Even here in SL, last match only Ramesh Mendis was bowling well. Embuldeniya and Vandersay were very poor.
The moment Prabath and Mendys bowled together, they managed to restrict Austrakia to 364 on a decent deck and then blew them away on a deteriorating 4th day deck.

With due respect to sajid and nauman, I don't think they could have done much.
 
Apparently PCT is the only Asian team to lose to Aussies at home in a test series in the last decade.
 
Pakistan played well in the first test. In the second test we were out batted and out bowled by the aussies but batted out of our skin in the second innings to draw a lost test match. In the third test we bowled well n the first innings, we were doing well in the second innings before the Aussies blew away our last 5 wickets for 20 runs and since then we lost that test match.

Pakistani spinners in the entire series were very poor and ordinary, Lyon was more effective than our spinners and the Australian pace attack was way better, effective than the Pakistani pace attack which was no surprise given the wealth of experience the Australian bowling unit had under their belt vs our bowling attack.

Australian results in Sri Lanka and India have shown that the only way to really nail them in the sub continent is via fast rank turning wickets. Pathetic Pakistani wickets and lack of quality bowlers hurt Pakistan very badly.
 
Pakistan never has dustbowls. Anyone who thinks Pakistan chickened out is making dustbowls doesn’t know it’s lever really been a Pakistan thing.

Yes Pakistan is capable of making sporting pitches. I have a feeling Babar didn’t want that. He wanted to bat when opposition bowlers were least effective.
 
Corridor of Uncertainty said:
Pakistan never has dustbowls. Anyone who thinks Pakistan chickened out is making dustbowls doesn’t know it’s lever really been a Pakistan thing.

Yes Pakistan is capable of making sporting pitches. I have a feeling Babar didn’t want that. He wanted to bat when opposition bowlers were least effective.
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Pakistani wickets have historically only really offered something to the spinners on Day 5 and on the rest of the days, the pitches demand consistent 140 km/hr plus pace with reverse swing. Pakistani pacers lacked the strength, force, quality in comparison to their experienced, decorated counter parts i.e. Starc and Cummins who have grown up bowling loads and loads of overs with the Kookaburra ball.

The pitches Pakistan prepared against Sri Lanka in 2020 and South Africa in 2021 are the template the team needs to follow i.e. just enough juice for the pacers and enough for the spinners to bring them into play in the last 3 days of the test match and good pace, bounce for batsmen to play their shots.
 
Pakistan should've taken a chance and produced turning pitches. They could've won the series like they did in UAE.
 
boomboomcheema said:
It's a shame that even SL are avoiding a series defeat at home against the Aussies, the same team against which Pakistan lost at home.

Have to agree that the Safety First approach of creating phattas to avoid defeat was atrocious, that defensive mindset cost Pakistan the series in the end . Preparing turning tracks to win the game should have been the goal rather than to play safe and avoid defeat.
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I think this attitude is the problem and not the pitch. Why did Aus win if pitch was the issue?

Babar is like Root as captain. He is always going to go for safety first. Be it team combination or type of pitches in home series.

Best batsman doesn't necessarily mean best captain.
 
Just going by this innings by Pakistan, I think Ramiz made the right call. On result-oriented pitches, Australia may have whitewashed PAK in PAK.
 
Mesozoic said:
Pakistan is a completely different side from 2014 and so are Australia from 2018. Not a valid argument.
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This Pakistan side is a far better side than the 2018 one too. That was doing fairly well on sporting, pace-friendly wickets until that idiot Ramiz Raja stepped in.

I'm not saying that Pakistan would have beaten Australia if the wickets were different. But I do feel they could have. Because fact is Pakistan did beat South Africa: a side with one of the very best pace-attacks in the world, on such wickets fairly comfortably. None of it matters at the end of the day, because nothing changes the final scoreline. But I think people are yet again, making knee-jerk reactions. Wait for NZ and England to play there before denouncing this Pakistan side.
 
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Nikhil_cric said:
Just going by this innings by Pakistan, I think Ramiz made the right call. On result-oriented pitches, Australia may have whitewashed PAK in PAK.
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If we were really scared that this Aussie side, which are awful in the sub-continent will whitewash us at HOME...then there is no doubt we are a minnow along with our friends Bangladesh and West Indies.

I'm sorry to say but Babar Azam is not captaincy material and will we sacked hopefully by the next year once we start losing especially in the forthcoming overseas assignments including the T20 WC.
 
CricVet said:
It does matter what surface Pak plays on. Why is that Pak does well and at least is competitive in England? Of course we cannot emulate the same conditions, but we can manage to produce greener wickets where at the least, our pacers can get the best of the batsmen out. Our batsmen are a lottery anyways, so why not give bowling a chance?
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It was in 1996 when we last won a series in England. In the next 25 years our neighbours India and Sri Lanka had won at least one Test Series in England.

We currently have the talent but talent doesn't win you matches. You also need determination, attitude and good preparation. I think our new lot of cricketers just don't take Test cricket seriously. Back in the good old days we always looked forward beating England in England.
 
Nikhil_cric said:
Pakistan was a different side in 2014. Australia were extremely depleted in 2018. If it weren't for a sensational knock from Sarfaraz, Pakistan might have lost that as well.
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Actually, if it wasn't for Khawaja Australia would have been whitewashed in that series too. And it wasn't just Sarfraz, Fakhar Zaman scored just as many runs in that innings. Also, incase you forgot, Australia lost that match by 373 runs, not 37 runs.

This is a very good Australian side but Sri Lanka reminded everyone just how terrible they really are against spin in the last test.

Their record against spin is notoriously atrocious. And Pakistan did not prepare spin-friendly tracks to exploit that weakness, like India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and even Pakistan themselves have in the past. Nor did they prepare pace-friendly tracks to play to their own strengths like they did against South Africa.
 
RedwoodOriginal said:
Actually, if it wasn't for Khawaja Australia would have been whitewashed in that series too. And it wasn't just Sarfraz, Fakhar Zaman scored just as many runs in that innings. Also, incase you forgot, Australia lost that match by 373 runs, not 37 runs.

This is a very good Australian side but Sri Lanka reminded everyone just how terrible they really are against spin in the last test.

Their record against spin is notoriously atrocious. And Pakistan did not prepare spin-friendly tracks to exploit that weakness, like India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and even Pakistan themselves have in the past. Nor did they prepare pace-friendly tracks to play to their own strengths like they did against South Africa.
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Their record in the Subcontinent is not that bad in the last 5 years. In fact, they bat better against spin than the likes of SA and NZ. SA are actually the worst against spin and reverse. That SA series win looks more of an anomaly tbh
 
Nikhil_cric said:
Their record in the Subcontinent is not that bad in the last 5 years. In fact, they bat better against spin than the likes of SA and NZ. SA are actually the worst against spin and reverse. That SA series win looks more of an anomaly tbh
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Fair point. But again, you're completely writing Pakistan off who had dominant performances at home even if they were against South Africa and Sri Lanka. Not that it matters, since the final scoreline is the final scoreline. But I don't think this Pakistan side is as bad as you are making it out to be.
 
RedwoodOriginal said:
Fair point. But again, you're completely writing Pakistan off who had dominant performances at home even if they were against South Africa and Sri Lanka. Not that it matters, since the final scoreline is the final scoreline. But I don't think this Pakistan side is as bad as you are making it out to be.
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It's difficult to rate Pakistan unless you get a couple of good test class spinners. Since Yasir's decline, the quality of spin bowling has been awful.

If Pakistan can comeback and win the series, it'll be a good achievement and one that will make a strong statement. A drawn series won't be too bad but a series loss would mean that Pakistan are only better than Windies as a test side. If they lose here, I'll back England to beat PAK in PAK.
 
RedwoodOriginal said:
Fair point. But again, you're completely writing Pakistan off who had dominant performances at home even if they were against South Africa and Sri Lanka. Not that it matters, since the final scoreline is the final scoreline. But I don't think this Pakistan side is as bad as you are making it out to be.
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Actually we are even worse than people think. Rain saved us 2 matches against England. We got away with 1-0 lost. Australia should win at least 2 tests against us last year. Lucky innings from Babar saved us. We were lucky 2 win 2 tests against S Africa where they should win 1 test.....
 
Nikhil_cric said:
It's difficult to rate Pakistan unless you get a couple of good test class spinners. Since Yasir's decline, the quality of spin bowling has been awful.

If Pakistan can comeback and win the series, it'll be a good achievement and one that will make a strong statement. A drawn series won't be too bad but a series loss would mean that Pakistan are only better than Windies as a test side. If they lose here, I'll back England to beat PAK in PAK.
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Okay I agree. And that's a completely fair way of looking at it.
 
Nikhil_cric said:
Just going by this innings by Pakistan, I think Ramiz made the right call. On result-oriented pitches, Australia may have whitewashed PAK in PAK.
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Pakistani nullified their own bowlers by producing flat wickets. Brave Cricket dictates you give yourself the best chance of success without fearing defeat and find the best way to win.

Eventually Australias experienced batting, pace bowling and Lyon prevailed and Pakistan struggled on a Day 5 wicket in Lahore.
 
So this time we prepared a flat track and fell for England's aggressive approach. Wonder why Ramiz is afraid of preparing green tops.
 
daytrader said:
So this time we prepared a flat track and fell for England's aggressive approach. Wonder why Ramiz is afraid of preparing green tops.
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How else is Babar Azam supposed to look like a great player/captain?
 
Is it ramiz it babar who wants batting phattas?
 
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Rameez must be banned from giving public statement. No other board chairman gives these kinds of statements, their action speaks louder than words. In Rameez's case it is opposite as he behaves like an ex-cricketer talking on media channels
 
daytrader said:
So this time we prepared a flat track and fell for England's aggressive approach. Wonder why Ramiz is afraid of preparing green tops.
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Why green tops? Prepare spinning tracks, pakistani batsman and bowlers will be better on them than the english.

But then, your captain may not be able to stat pad.
 
Rameez isn't afraid that much , problem is that babar demands him in my opinion so he can stat pad hundreds on these highways. If pakistan had prepared a green top or spinning deck their overall cricket would've improved ,bowler would have got confidence .
 
cricketjoshila said:
Why green tops? Prepare spinning tracks, pakistani batsman and bowlers will be better on them than the english.

But then, your captain may not be able to stat pad.
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Yeah. I don't understand why posters would want green tops. Pakistan used to produce seamer friendly decks in the late 90's and used to collapse and lose series to SA and ZIM.

Flat pitches lead to draws and Bazball.

Spinning wickets are the way to go. Good, spinning wickets are enough to knock out teams like SA, NZ ENG, WI etc.
 
Rameez talking is just a resemblence of a wild dog barking in the wind.

The sooner the clown is sacked the better.
 
Nikhil_cric said:
Yeah. I don't understand why posters would want green tops. Pakistan used to produce seamer friendly decks in the late 90's and used to collapse and lose series to SA and ZIM.

Flat pitches lead to draws and Bazball.

Spinning wickets are the way to go. Good, spinning wickets are enough to knock out teams like SA, NZ ENG, WI etc.
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You simply cannot make a spinning track in pindi. It's impossible and any attempt in that direction leads to these monstrosities.

Pindi has produced nice balanced pitches though with help for the seamers. That's the way to go in pindi.

People want greentops because it's fun. I'd love to see our young quicks get a chance on spicy surfaces.
 
Rameez deserves the sack for making an absolute mockery of 2 marquee series (Aus abd Eng) by producing these wickets.

Fans want to see good cricket more than anything else. This cowardly approach has zero benifits for pakistan.
 
Marooned said:
Rameez deserves the sack for making an absolute mockery of 2 marquee series (Aus abd Eng) by producing these wickets.

Fans want to see good cricket more than anything else. This cowardly approach has zero benifits for pakistan.
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Doing his best to kill test cricket in Pakistan. I consider myself a hardcore fan and even I no longer have any desire to go watch Day 4 at Pindi Stadium.
 
Ramiz as usual will go into hiding

And reappear when Pakistan has a good day such as day 3 or 4 when they will be 300-4 in 100 overs
 
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