While these are issues that need to be addressed, I don't think they're our main issues. The bigger issues are our fielding and managing the workload of the pace trio.
The positives are that our bowling strength is back up there which means that not many batters will be striking at 140 against us. We can make even big hitters play an anchor role like we did with Stokes in the last t20 wc final. So the 140 striking imo is overrated. We have a genuine spinner in Abrar and if he performs as we expect than the part timers around him will perform better. Primarily due to well defined roles. A part timer is a part timer, we cannot expect them to be lead spinners.
Similarly pace is overrated and I'd rather keep the extreme pacers on bench and play these 3 as our primary pacers. Early wickets is key and both Shaheen and Amir can deliver on that front. My main concern with the trio is fitness and I pray none get injured.
As for batting, if we can consistently get 90 to a 100 in 12 overs with wickets in hand, we can easily double that. We bat deep and our tailenders can slog big hits.
We're a tournament team and once we build momentum the green train can roll over any opponent. This was the first game so once the boys are back in rhythm, it'll only get better.
While these are issues that need to be addressed, I don't think they're our main issues. The bigger issues are our fielding and managing the workload of the pace trio.
Wdym by balancing thr workload? You mean resting periods?
The positives are that our bowling strength is back up there which means that not many batters will be striking at 140 against us
That is completly untrue, you saw what happened in 2023, this is a club level team excluding chapman and neesham who arent impressive either. Travis head will kill this lineup.
Shadab is still bowling rubbish, he bowled multiple full tosses and half trackers. His half tracker wicket to sodhi, no bat is getting out to it. Naseem was getting belted by club players, Shaheen is still bowling half pitch wide angel deliveries, his death bowling has improved though, This team is utterly rubbish and only a delusional person will try to claim that this NZ team is goated or a strong team like people have claimed.
We can make even big hitters play an anchor role like we did with Stokes in the last t20 wc final. So the 140 striking imo is overrated.
It is not overrated, look at what wngland did to india the match prior or what Travis head is doing rn. England's Stokes anchor was a one time thing that only worked because the target was 138, it'll fail 24/7 against 150+ scores.
This isn't odi, this is t20 where just one innings is enough to take it away, Australia's approach is correct on having their whole batting line up have 140 sr players, India has 6, england had 7 as well but now their all down under, SA has 2 but I reckon its 4 because the sr will climb for some players cause they recently adapted bazzball in this WC only. Nz has 5, Pakistan has 0 lol. Also what big hitters? Did you not hear me when I said we have 0 140 sr players. What big hitters bhai?
We have a genuine spinner in Abrar and if he performs as we expect than the part timers around him will perform better. Primarily due to well defined roles. A part timer is a part timer, we cannot expect them to be lead spinners.
Usama mir is not a part timer, hes considered the front line spinner. Shadab only recently transitoned into this pseudo allrounder nonsense. From 2017 to 2020, he was considered the frontline spinners tonreplace yasir shah, him transition to an allrounder does not invalidate him being a spinner for Pakistan. Even now they refer to him as the senior spin bowler for Pakistan lol.
Similarly pace is overrated and I'd rather keep the extreme pacers on bench and play these 3 as our primary pacers. Early wickets is key and both Shaheen and Amir can deliver on that front. My main concern with the trio is fitness and I pray none get injured.
Its not overrated, their was nothing wrong with hasan ali's line and length in the cup, he was just too damn slow, similarly faheem ashraf
consistently bowls good line and length, but he gets pelted because his pace is awful, unless your glenn mcgrath who has that extremly awkward unplayable late inswing, 130kph doesn't get you anywhere. I repeat this team NZ team, if you're using this as a metric, then you're in for another rude awakening this WC. 2023 repeat incomingggggg. (Ps, idk what glitch occurred, I can't turn of the bold for some reason)
As for batting, if we can consistently get 90 to a 100 in 12 overs with wickets in hand, we can easily double that. We bat deep and our tailenders can slog big hits.
We arent( oh hey the bold turned off) getting 90 to 100 consistently with babar's 15 of 14's lol, and these club level bowlers yes sodhi is club level lol, are ensuring we don't have wickets in hand. And no our tailenders and middle order can't slog like you claim, they don't have the sr to slog nor are they skilled in slogging or capable of amping RR.
We're a tournament team and once we build momentum the green train can roll over any opponent. This was the first game so once the boys are back in rhythm, it'll only get better.
Where did this tournament team vanish off to post 2017? In fact it got worse and worse over the years.
In 2021 we needed the strongest team of the tournament to beat us.
In 2022 we reached the final via insane amounts of luck, Sa vs Zimbabwe got rained of coating sa 2 points, even though they clearly had chased the score. Nedtherlands also miraculously beat SA for us to qualify, their were also no group 8's, 2021 and 2022 was a shortened tournament due to covid era. Lots and lots of luck.
2023(yes it's odi but still) was miserable and humiliating, Humiliating defeats to india, Afghanistan, Australia, England(who nedtherlands and Afghanistan managed to beat), heck we even lost to SA WHILE CHASING, SA is the worst chasing team on the planet, they can't even chase properly against minnows?
Where exactly is this tournament team vanishing? Its a myth that we are a tournament team, we haven't had any good tournaments since 2021. 2022 was beyond lucky and I repeat Beyond lucky.
