Who is currently the cleanest striker of a cricket ball in Pakistan?

[TalentSpotterPk]

He smashed everything towards his pads or on the leg stump for six, but couldn't get bat on ball when the ball was outside off. Not sure if that's an anomaly or how he usually bats. Have seen him hitting a lot over mid-wicket, but not sure about his overall game.

Yes leg side is his dominant side indeed. He is an allrounder so we need to see his complete skill set here.


If we see batsman and allrounders we have produced in last 3 decades than only ones capable of playing all round the wicket were


1. Saeed
2. Inzamam
3. Mohammad Yousuf
4. Imran Nazir
5. Umar Akmal
6. Babar Azam
7. Haris Sohail
8. Umar Amin



And that’s it.



As Asif Afridi is an allrounder so if we compare him with Allrounders than all Pak allrounders favoured Leg side and straight boundary. Only Azhar Mehmood was dynamic enough and Razzaq could also squeeze few through the offside.


To his credit Asif played a splendid straight shot for four against Arshad who was bowling around 88 mph if not more and that was a bullet shot. He does favour leg side but he doesn’t slog blindly like say Anwar Ali or Sohail tanveer.



Also he has hit 30 sixes in this domestic season (FC + List A) and only Umar Akmal has hit more sixes than him so I am sure teams know his strong areas yet he has still scored.


His consistency is also very impressive because in Quaid e Azam One day Cup 2018 He averaged 45 with the bat and had the SR of 165.



At this age I don’t see him improving his offside play but I do feel that when Khalid Usman and Nauman Ali can get selected for PSL (well deserved) Asif Afridi could also make the cut. He edges them both in batting.

 

[Khan12]

Leg side hacker nothing more. Doesn't have any shots on the offside and looks a bit lost when the ball is outside off. Average bowler and a fielder plus way too old too.

 

[CricketDon]

Umar Akmal

Not even a competition

Go watch how he drills lol lines and lengths for six. His drive off the chest on the front foot from a bouncer from morkel is amongst my fave ever sixes. For a 5’4 man he’s a tank

 

[TalentSpotterPk]

Leg side hacker nothing more. Doesn't have any shots on the offside and looks a bit lost when the ball is outside off. Average bowler and a fielder plus way too old too.

I typed a detail response to your post but may be threads are being merged so it's not getting posted.


Go back to my post you quoted and see it in perspective of KPK and FATA only. That was the context of " league "

 

[MMHS]

Judging power hitting (anything related to batting actually) from T20 is a bit risky - it might end up insulting Josh Buttler

I still think the best 3 clean hitters (power hitter is a wrong term - Mo Irfan can twist Sanath Jaya with his one hand.... and he can definitely send the ball further than most in the game if he can middle it with his Golf swing) are Maqsood, Umar and Sharjeel was the 3rd. Amin could have been another one had he worked on his game - he had height, God gifted timing and very good back lift. Even Fakhar isn't a clean hitter, he looses shape and balance too often and looks ugly when out of touch.

 

[Ahson8]

Asif Ali & Umar Akmal but both have their issues lol

 

[Ahson8]

Fastest bat swing is Nauman. Cleanest timers are Nawaz, Fahim, and Maqsood. Brute strength, Sohail Akhtar. Dude is a tank.

Nawaz ? Really bro

 

[zain7077]

Nawaz ? Really bro

He is talking about Nasir Nawaz

 

[Ahson8]

Oh fair enough then lol

He is talking about Nasir Nawaz

 

[topspin]

Sharjeel Khan