What's new

Will Umar Akmal do well in the ODI series against Australia?

E

Ecoman

Debutant
Joined
Mar 19, 2016
Runs
16
I feel this series or the next few mar be the Rebirth or Burke of umar akmal. I feel, the current state of things he does not perform and justify his selection and cement his place, PCB is gonna look for new blood and send him back to domestic cricket for a long long time. I can't imagine him failing and getting more chances at this stage. Also I feel if he does will on the series to come and takes responsibility he will cement his place and perform.

He loves boncy and pacer friendly pitches opposed to spinning tracks and Australia will suit him best especially the fast pace of things. I feel he need to open the innings or bat in the top 4 so we can fully maximise his capabilities and not waste him at 6 or even 7.
 
Although he isn't in good form, this is a chance for him to succeed. We already gave him a chance at 4 in SRL series under Misbah, and he failed. Also, #6 spot is the only one open so that's where he'll play.
 
Malik will not move down to #6 for Akmal. Neither should Sarfraz.
 
He is only one in the side apart from Sharjeel who can clear the boundary with ease. So will be very vital to our chances in Australia. However, I do not expect a lot from him.

A guy who can't even work on his fitness while out of the side and instead develops a big belly and a double chin should have no business playing cricket for us. This guy takes his place for granted.

I absolutely hope it is the very last chance we give him. If he comes good then congratulations, otherwise we should end what could have been quite a promising career.
 
A lot of talk that Hazlewood and Starc won't play much
 
Rayyman said:
Won't need to run too much between the wickets at #6. I don't see any fat anyway.
Click to expand...

Sir matches are in Australia and not Lyari cricket ground. Half the time the shots won't even carry to the boundary and the batsmen will have to run plenty of 2s and 3s.
 
Rayyman said:
I need a side-view. Especially with this guy's slim-fit.
:inzi
Click to expand...
<blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-version="7" style=" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);"><div style="padding:8px;"> <div style=" background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:50.0% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"> <div style=" background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"></div></div><p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BMtOTbOjDuF/" style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;" target="_blank">A photo posted by Umar Akmal (@u_akmal)</a> on <time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime="2016-11-12T10:23:47+00:00">Nov 12, 2016 at 2:23am PST</time></p></div></blockquote>
<script async defer src="//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js"></script>
 
Last edited by a moderator:
sharjeel
azhar
babar
malik
sarfraz
imad
nawaz
hasan
wahab
amir
Irfan

4 fast bowlers. That should be fun.
 
It doesn't matter

Thats the beauty of being Umar Akmal

If he fails, it not his fault and it only means he should have been playing up the order and also appeared in the Test team.

He is the only sportsman in the world for who doesn't perform well, or fulfill expectations and generally disappoints but still that is WHY he should be rewarded with spots in Test team and a move up the order in the ODI team
 
1 Sharjeel.
2 Azhar.
3 Babar.
4 Malik.
5 Sarfaraz.
6 Rizwan.
7 Imad / Nawaz.
8 Amir.
9 Hassan.
10 Wahab.
11 Irfan.
 
Slog said:
It doesn't matter

Thats the beauty of being Umar Akmal

If he fails, it not his fault and it only means he should have been playing up the order and also appeared in the Test team.

He is the only sportsman in the world for who doesn't perform well, or fulfill expectations and generally disappoints but still that is WHY he should be rewarded with spots in Test team and a move up the order in the ODI team
Click to expand...

Not the only one.

A certain player called "Shahid Afridi" conveniently became bowler or batsmen whenever the situation demanded and hoodwinked an entire nation for at least 15 plus years.
 
Usually, I would be a supporter of Umar Akmal but not anymore. Yes, he's extremely talented and what not but talent only gets you so far.. The guy puts no emphasis on fitness and that is going to bring him down. And, no, going to the gym and lifting lots of weights doesn't get you fit, in fact, it does you worse. He looks like a stiff block. No flexibility, no athleticism, just lethargy. I expect him to be getting strains and backaches after playing 3-4 overs. He needs to start cardio, lose that belly, get agile, get LEAN not muscular.
 
Dr_Bassim said:
Not the only one.

A certain player called "Shahid Afridi" conveniently became bowler or batsmen whenever the situation demanded and hoodwinked an entire nation for at least 15 plus years.
Click to expand...

Probably the best con ever pulled in the history of sports. They've been many con artists that have come through the ranks of the PCB but :afridi is the only one that can properly give Frank Abagnale or Charles Ponzi a run for their money.
 
He has to do good if gets to play. Otherwise, he has no chance of surviving in this ODI team.
 
He should bat at no. 4 and he will do very well.

If he bats at no. 6 and if Pak are 4 down within 25 overs, then he will do well.
 
Syed1 said:
Sir matches are in Australia and not Lyari cricket ground. Half the time the shots won't even carry to the boundary and the batsmen will have to run plenty of 2s and 3s.
Click to expand...

Especially when Pakistan are going to be 40/4 after a mere 11.3 overs of the innings.
 
[MENTION=57576]MRSN[/MENTION] 'modern' ODI batsman out in typically poor fashion. Who will you blame today? Misbah?
 
Uzair Gooner said:
Bowler should be blamed, he should not be bowling wkt taking balls to him
Click to expand...

The problem is Junior can play every shot in the book so no matter where the bowler bowls, Akmal can turn it into a wicket taking delivery.
 
His first scoring shot today, after just 9 dot balls was this

Faulkner to Umar Akmal, FOUR, bam. Umar had faced nine dot balls, and he had had enough. Length ball on off stump, in the slot for him to clear his front leg and heave that down the ground, to the left of mid-on
Click to expand...

He scored 17 runs and hit 3 boundaries. His second boundary was this

Starc to Umar Akmal, FOUR, loose shot. Full and wide from Starc, probably there to play but Akmal moves his feet nowhere, throws his hands at that. A thick outside edge flies over gully
Click to expand...

Then finally how he got out

Starc to Umar Akmal, OUT, gone! Akmal has played another terrible stroke. What was he trying to do? Clear mid-on with a pull? Poor choice of stroke. Back of a length from Starc outside off, hustles Akmal for pace. Akmal tries to forehand the ball into the leg side but may have been too late to the ball. Splices the ball straight to mid-on, who takes an easy catch. Ooh, actually that may have been the offcutter.
Click to expand...

Not even the most talented batsmen in the world can get away with just hitting good pacers/spinners across the line early in their innings. He plays too much risky and ariel shots.
 
he's an idiot..I dont know why we keep selecting him..in the whole of pakistan is this the best we can get?? I mean really?? the struture is so terrible that we essentially select from a cricket pool the same size as new zealand!!
 
I saw his innings today and can't help but comment that he bats like Harbhajan Singh.
 
should stick to T20 cricket and announce retirement from other formats
 
What will be the excuse today ? Misbah did kaala jaadu on him causing him to lose his wicket ? Was Akmal still scarred from his dropping from the Test side six years ago ? Worried about the global economy ?

Against quality bowling he doesn't have the discipline or skill to keep rotating strike and pinch the 1s and 2s, you know if you tie him down long enough he'll play one of his trademark ugly across the line heaves and gift his wicket.

Can't believe why anyone wants him in the Test team. Mental midget.
 
Umar Akmal bats at no.5 in this game, however thanks to Azhar Ali's injury, he comes in just as the first ball of the 10th over is bowled..

Apparently the theory is Umar Akmal has been restrained from hitting centuries in ODIs since he bats too low down the order (at no.6)

Well, 240 balls remaining in the game.. What stopped him from scoring in this game.. His score was 0 in the first 12 deliveries he faced..

He survived a close lbw shout.. He edged it for 4 in slips He hit Faulkner on the up which was a dangerous shot considering mid on was up.. in his 24 deliveries, not once did he look like someone who will carry on for long..

Coming too far across to play a ball on middle stump down the leg side, he didn't look like he had the shots to put the ball away for a single.. His dot balls were a plenty, he didn't know how to rotate the strike.. majority of the deliveries he faced were dots..

Nothing from his batting made you think this was a batsman who had the tools to be a no.3-4 His stats actually flatter him, he has a natural urgency to slog, he can't contain his shots.. when he has to bat for long hours he looks at sea, and honestly looks bored with himself..

There is no application in his batting, and the weight he has put on is not doing any favors on him either.. He is not doing Pakistan a favor by playing the long format (50 overs).. he should stick to t20s where its hit or get out for the batsman

Not to forget a wild slog down the ground to Starc to hit him in the stands.. what was that? Is he playing t20? Are we in the last overs of the game?

The likelihood of that shot going for six was probably you trying to put a key inside a lock with your eyes shut and the lock moving.. however he played that shot.. why would he do that?

It's because he doesn't have the patience or the aptitude to play out an innings like that.. However kept him out of the team did the right thing, this guy lacks the skill to be an International level middle order batsman..

He's a gun player in t20s where he changes the match in 5-6 overs he plays.. but besides that he is to ADHD to play a long innings

This kind of batting works in Pakistan, where you don't need to run much, just hit boundaries.. survive 3-4 dropped chances before you get to a 100..

This kind of batting doesn't work anywhere else where the fielding won't allow you second chances
 
Indiafan said:
His first scoring shot today, after just 9 dot balls was this



He scored 17 runs and hit 3 boundaries. His second boundary was this



Then finally how he got out



Not even the most talented batsmen in the world can get away with just hitting good pacers/spinners across the line early in their innings. He plays too much risky and ariel shots.
Click to expand...

he played one good shot after that big heave at starc
 
in_cutter said:
[MENTION=57576]MRSN[/MENTION] 'modern' ODI batsman out in typically poor fashion. Who will you blame today? Misbah?
Click to expand...

awful way to get out I completely agree. He already had RR under control and that shot made no sense but as I have said in other threads..it's his first game and he is making comeback after a year. I think it's too early to bring our knives out. let's wait for the series to be over.
 
MRSN said:
awful way to get out I completely agree. He already had RR under control and that shot made no sense but as I have said in other threads..it's his first game and he is making comeback after a year.
I think it's too early to bring our knives out. let's wait for the series to be over.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...

u will say this is his first series after a year so give him 3 more series and then decide...
 
JibranAnsari said:
Yah Shehzad is pathetic too but you cant blame selectors if they pick him , he has scored heavily in the recent OD matches.
Click to expand...

I guess you wouldn't have any problem with Kamran Akmal who has been scoring since 2011 in domestic cricket.
 
MRSN said:
a rubbish batsman doesn't maintain average of 35 at 84 strike rate in today's cricket esp batting at 6.
Click to expand...

initially he was good, then later on he has become an unreliable btasman... since 2013 he is been atrocious evn in UAE at very same batting position.. his avg of 35 is saved by his initial run fests..
 
Was a poor inning today but he will and should play all remaining matches.
 
It's so frustrating, it's clear he has talent despite what people say, and is one of the few batsmen we have who does play in the modern style of batting. Don't feel we have many other options too, the talent cupboard is bare. There are a few really young guys who could look promising, but probably need some time to develop before international debut.

Think we have to open with Umar Akmal and Sharjeel. Both are pretty brainless, but opening will be a bit more forgiving. The former especially just can't seem to hold an innings together. Think Azhar has to drop down to 3, with Babar at 4.
 
He was nervous and wasn't timing the ball at all today,he throws away many times but he was really struggling today.
 
ads101 said:
It's so frustrating, it's clear he has talent despite what people say, and is one of the few batsmen we have who does play in the modern style of batting. Don't feel we have many other options too, the talent cupboard is bare. There are a few really young guys who could look promising, but probably need some time to develop before international debut.

Think we have to open with Umar Akmal and Sharjeel. Both are pretty brainless, but opening will be a bit more forgiving. The former especially just can't seem to hold an innings together. Think Azhar has to drop down to 3, with Babar at 4.
Click to expand...

He could've done what Wade did today. You don't get to open so that your weaknesses get covered. He needs to merit the spot.
 
Statsman said:
He could've done what Wade did today. You don't get to open so that your weaknesses get covered. He needs to merit the spot.
Click to expand...

Don't think umar could ever produce an innings like Wade did today, just can't hold an innings like that. Requires a lot of maturity and bottle which umar doesn't have. Maybe if umar can hold a place down in the side he will eventually develop that with time but not now. Even though Wade isn't exactly a great ODI batsman (today was a rarity for him).

We could use him as a hitter down the order at 7 perhaps, but it seems like a waste. We need talented cricketers to become the mainstay of our batting. There's very few options to choose from. Plus Imad arguably could perform the role of hitter better down the order anyway.

Yes he should have earned his spot by showing maturity and be capable of holding together an innings, but he hasn't done that, and tired waiting for him. I don't think we can continue to play him lower order, perhaps better he'd be out of the team entirely than continue to play there.
 
Statsman said:
He could've done what Wade did today. You don't get to open so that your weaknesses get covered. He needs to merit the spot.
Click to expand...

do you really know how long Wade has continuously been playing before playing a good knock today?
 
He's the type of batsman we need in the middle-lower order to play the modern brand of ODI cricket, only thing is his temperament and poor form, the guy has no patience at the crease. Last night he looked like he was struggling like mad.
 
To be fair it's his first innings after a long break so needs some time to settle down . Everyone is forgetting that he is playing in Australia that too without getting practice in test matches . I feel he needs few more chances in the middle before he makes it big. After all he is the most talented batsman in Pakistan after babar and haris, so need to invest in him for a solid middle order.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

FearlessRoar
"I grabbed Mickey Arthur's collar and told him, 'Control your language; otherwise, I will slap your face'": Umar Akmal
2
Replies
88
Views
3K
Bewal Express
B
The Bald Eagle
[PICTURES] Congratulation to Virat Kohli for taking 18 years to do what Kamran Akmal and Sohail Tanvir did in 1 year in the IPL
Replies
29
Views
1K
MP2011
M
Ball Blazer
“There are players who seriously damaged Pakistan’s image and were punished for it, yet they are now key members of the national team": Umar Akmal
Replies
41
Views
1K
salman24
salman24
BouncerGuy
"Money is a good motivator; if you are paid well, you will travel anywhere": Imad Wasim
Replies
25
Views
1K
ali_ed2006
A
Ball Blazer
[EXCLUSIVE] "If Mike Hesson is allowed to do his job without interference, Pakistan will succeed": Jason Gillespie
Replies
8
Views
2K
BouncerGuy
BouncerGuy
Back
Top