I have always said that a lot of Pakistani batsmen lack good skills and techniques in any order you put them. Because of lacking techniques, they give away their wickets playing poor and stupid shots. Often, they chase balls offside off stump that should be left alone, and sometimes their footwork is so poor that they get out LBW or caught behind the wicket or in the slips.
A lot of our present fast bowlers have poor control of line and length and just want to bowl 150 KMH and in doing so bowl at least 3-4 short-pitched balls that are easily hit to the ropes. They do not use intelligence on how to dominate and impose their will on the batsman standing on the crease and to get him out. Take for instance Rauf Haris, he wants to bowl every ball at 150 MPH and often misses his length and is hit for more boundaries than other fast bowlers. His semi-circular bowling action at the point of delivery needs attention and our lazy bowling coach, Waqar Younis needs to get up from his big backside to work hard on him to straighten his arm action at the point of delivery. I honestly believe that Rauf has great potential to be a world-class pace bowler with better bowling action.
Then there is Hassanain who runs like a stallion to the wicket with his legs crossing each other and as a result, he loses control of his line and length. Waqar Younis must tell him to keep his leg straight on the ground in his run-up. Our pace and spin bowlers must improve their control of the ball and should plan in advance where to land the bowl and trap the batman facing them. The fact of the matter is that our batting coach, Younis Khan was not a brilliant choice for the job because his batting skills and techniques were never graceful and reliable.
We need pace and spin bowlers who bowl at least three wicket-taking balls in an over and use intelligence in dominating the batsmen. And, our batsmen need to improve their footwork and improve upon their confidence when under stress and pressure. Often, our middle order collapses under pressure, and our batsmen start to wet their pants and start farting. Our fielding and particularly dropping catches need to improve if we want to become the no-1 team in the world.
A lot of our present fast bowlers have poor control of line and length and just want to bowl 150 KMH and in doing so bowl at least 3-4 short-pitched balls that are easily hit to the ropes. They do not use intelligence on how to dominate and impose their will on the batsman standing on the crease and to get him out. Take for instance Rauf Haris, he wants to bowl every ball at 150 MPH and often misses his length and is hit for more boundaries than other fast bowlers. His semi-circular bowling action at the point of delivery needs attention and our lazy bowling coach, Waqar Younis needs to get up from his big backside to work hard on him to straighten his arm action at the point of delivery. I honestly believe that Rauf has great potential to be a world-class pace bowler with better bowling action.
Then there is Hassanain who runs like a stallion to the wicket with his legs crossing each other and as a result, he loses control of his line and length. Waqar Younis must tell him to keep his leg straight on the ground in his run-up. Our pace and spin bowlers must improve their control of the ball and should plan in advance where to land the bowl and trap the batman facing them. The fact of the matter is that our batting coach, Younis Khan was not a brilliant choice for the job because his batting skills and techniques were never graceful and reliable.
We need pace and spin bowlers who bowl at least three wicket-taking balls in an over and use intelligence in dominating the batsmen. And, our batsmen need to improve their footwork and improve upon their confidence when under stress and pressure. Often, our middle order collapses under pressure, and our batsmen start to wet their pants and start farting. Our fielding and particularly dropping catches need to improve if we want to become the no-1 team in the world.