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Originally Posted by Mike The other batting problem Pakistan need to overcome is to occasionally take on the bowlers. Currently, they are batting according to Australia's plan instead of batting to their own plan. They shouldn't allow opposition bowlers to dictate so much. It is risky but playing defensively against Australia doesn't ork. Pakistan need to try and put some pressure on the Aust bowlers and fielders. |
You make a valid point Mike, but it isn't easy, is it, but when you're facing McGrath, Gillespie, Casper and Warne. You really don't have as many scoring opportunities. I guess the right approach would be to try and rotate the stike as much as possible, when you don't have enough balls to score boundaries off, your best chance is to take those quick singles, convert the twos into thress and so on...that can put a bowler off at times, Waqar Younus said a lot of times how he'd rather be taken for a four and have the same batsmen on strike next ball than be nudged or pushed away for a single...but then we have another problem...our running isn't the best in the world...I don't reckon there is as such a problem in the speed in which we run, the likes of Younis Khan and Abdur Razzaq are very quick in between the wickets, but judgement of runs is very poor, and top of that there seems to be no clear cut method of calling.
But in principal you are right, attack is the best form of defence, the trick here is to chose the right balls to try and score of, we need to improve on shot selection, that was a major concern for me in both our innings in Perth.
ps: Bob Woolmer, Pakistan's coach, admitted that his side's performance at Perth was so poor that he is contemplating calling in a sports psychologist in a bid to revive the team's spirits. Full report here:
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Originally Posted by Bob Woolmer "It's more really, I think, that we have to look inside here," Woolmer said, pointing to his head. "I'll speak to a couple of friends and things like that, I have some ideas. There are one or two very helpful people who will help me."They can't come from outside," he stressed. "They are the ones that understand their own people and that's very important. "It was an abject performance, very disappointing," Woolmer continued. "I can't speak for them, but obviously there's an element of the mental confusion and the mental awe in this performance. "There's a combination of the technical side and the mental side involved in the way they played that particular innings. We will go back to the drawing board and work hard.We've been working very hard on leaving the ball and playing straight, and as soon as they got into the middle that went out the window. We're going to have to keep talking about it. We need the guys to get in, spend 30 minutes at the crease and then start playing square of the wicket, but it's not happening. We can't make excuses." |
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"Our performance was pretty abject, in fact many of you predicted as such and I will not make any excuses."
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