Pakistan Tour of the West Indies - July/August 2021
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CerealKiller
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They dropped Maqsood after one series in favour of Sharjeel, and demoted Babar to 3
Stats clearly tell you that Rizwan and Babar are our best opening pair ever in T20Is, but our team management is allergic to statistical analysis.
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Just don't see how Sharjeel fits in this team tbh. They can't be wasting spots like this. Instead of giving opportunities to middle order batsmen so that they have a chance to cement a settled spot in the team, they keep stacking openers in the team for no reason.View attachment 253666
They dropped Maqsood after one series in favour of Sharjeel, and demoted Babar to 3
Stats clearly tell you that Rizwan and Babar are our best opening pair ever in T20Is, but our team management is allergic to statistical analysis.
CerealKiller
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Because there are too many openers and top order players making runs in domestic, and not enough middle order batsmen
CerealKiller
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They played Sharjeel as an opener today, he made 20 off 16.View attachment 253666
They dropped Maqsood after one series in favour of Sharjeel, and demoted Babar to 3
Stats clearly tell you that Rizwan and Babar are our best opening pair ever in T20Is, but our team management is allergic to statistical analysis.
CerealKiller
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Without gaps to exploit in the Powerplay, Babar is going to be a slow starter in T20s, when he bats at 3. It’s the momentum from the Powerplay that allows him to kick on after it, in most of his innings.
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Pakistan should give Shadab at an extended run at 5. Judging from the numbers he's been prolific there in the PSL, and potentially he can be a decent middle order bat if he's given the freedom to bat higher. Play Azam Khan at 6 and M Nawaz at 7 or even play Hasan Ali at 7 based on the situation. There is no point playing so many top order batsmen in the middle order if they're not comfortable there, no one has really played a substantial innings of late, it's been looking like an reliance on Babar and Rizwan to do most of the work, which won't always happen. Fakhar Zaman does not look ideal for the middle order, he's not the batsman who can tee off from ball one, he becomes a more effective batsmen as his innings progresses, take his 193 against SA in an ODI for instance where he laid a foundation, got used to the pitch and went hard at the backend. This would be an ideal lineup imo.
Babar
Rizwan
Zaman
Hafeez
Shadab
Azam Khan
Nawaz
Hasan Ali
Shaheen
(some decent fast bowler)
Qadir
Babar
Rizwan
Zaman
Hafeez
Shadab
Azam Khan
Nawaz
Hasan Ali
Shaheen
(some decent fast bowler)
Qadir
CerealKiller
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He’s been trash in the last year though. His numbers are inflated thanks to the 2020 PSL and a couple knocks vs NZ. He'll have to pick up the pace again. Sohaib Maqsood at 4 would be ideal for me. Hafeez is back to his pre-2020 form, so maybe Shadab instead of him. Azam has to be persisted with, he can murder spinners at his best.
This would be my ideal T20 lineup
Babar
Rizwan
Fakhar
Sohaib
Hafeez/Shadab
Azam
Imad
Hasan
Qadir
Shaheen
Amir
Amir is a performer on the big stage, he should be in the team, but I don’t trust this clueless management to reconcile with him. So it will be Haris Rauf or Hasnain in his place, i guess.
Na Maloom Afraad
Man of Tomorrow
Yeah, he's not going anywhere soon... Might get a demotion in the batting order, but that's about it.
CerealKiller
Staff Member
Yeah, he’s proven still handy with the ball
Na Maloom Afraad
Man of Tomorrow
This really was just a vacation for the Pakistani team, wasn't it?
wasteyouryouth
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They are
So much so that Mrs Sarfaraz was genuinely concerned over her missing husband
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Was going to say, it doesn't matter to the Windies- they really don't have aTest match side!
CerealKiller
Staff Member
They’re definitely capable of beating us.
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