Unbiased-Fan
Local Club Captain
- Joined
- Oct 25, 2021
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Bowling is not issue for Pakistan as they already have some promising young quicks.
But, take a look at numbers of these highly hyped young batsmen from Pakistan.
1. Saim Ayub
(averaging just 14 across 21 innings with a strike rate of only 122)
He is Pakistan's most talked about young batsman and righty so as he has shown great performance in PSL. A respectable average of 44 in first class prove that he can bat long. But, what happened to him playing internationals. He is yet to score a half century, even after regularly playing against Afghanistan and Ireland.
2. Mohammad Haris
( averaging 7 and 14 in ODIs and T20is respectively, t20i strike rate of 127)
Haris played a blinder against South Africa in 2022 world cup. But he has nothing to show after that. Unlike Saim, his domestic stats are very poor. He is also yet to score a single 50 in his international career.
3. Azam Khan
( t20i average of 8 with strike rate of 133)
He is definitely talented. But, his stats don't do justice to his talent. If series against Ireland removed, his stats look like Chris Martinesque. Again, he has zero fifties.
4. Usman Khan
( t20i average of 14 with strike rate of 128)
Same story, blockbuster at PSL but flop at international stage. To his defense, he didn't played at his natural spot.
You see, all these four batting talents are highly rated in Pakistan. But, everyone has batting average less than 15, and not a single batsman managed to score a fifty despite playing handful of matches.
Are they comparable to batting talents like Sudharsan, Ravindra , Parag, Abhishek, Jaiswal, Stubbs, Brook or even Nissanka.?
What is wrong with them.? They score heavily in so called bowler dominating PSL, but struggle for runs in international cricket even against minnows.
Do they even deserve to play international cricket? Are they timid, talentless or simply league cricket bullies??
But, take a look at numbers of these highly hyped young batsmen from Pakistan.
1. Saim Ayub
(averaging just 14 across 21 innings with a strike rate of only 122)
He is Pakistan's most talked about young batsman and righty so as he has shown great performance in PSL. A respectable average of 44 in first class prove that he can bat long. But, what happened to him playing internationals. He is yet to score a half century, even after regularly playing against Afghanistan and Ireland.
2. Mohammad Haris
( averaging 7 and 14 in ODIs and T20is respectively, t20i strike rate of 127)
Haris played a blinder against South Africa in 2022 world cup. But he has nothing to show after that. Unlike Saim, his domestic stats are very poor. He is also yet to score a single 50 in his international career.
3. Azam Khan
( t20i average of 8 with strike rate of 133)
He is definitely talented. But, his stats don't do justice to his talent. If series against Ireland removed, his stats look like Chris Martinesque. Again, he has zero fifties.
4. Usman Khan
( t20i average of 14 with strike rate of 128)
Same story, blockbuster at PSL but flop at international stage. To his defense, he didn't played at his natural spot.
You see, all these four batting talents are highly rated in Pakistan. But, everyone has batting average less than 15, and not a single batsman managed to score a fifty despite playing handful of matches.
Are they comparable to batting talents like Sudharsan, Ravindra , Parag, Abhishek, Jaiswal, Stubbs, Brook or even Nissanka.?
What is wrong with them.? They score heavily in so called bowler dominating PSL, but struggle for runs in international cricket even against minnows.
Do they even deserve to play international cricket? Are they timid, talentless or simply league cricket bullies??