Pakistan Tour of the West Indies - July/August 2021

[ahmedleo414]

Too bad Fawad has to go, but it's better than risking injury

 

[CerealKiller]

Too bad Fawad has to go, but it's better than risking injury

If it’s just a cramp, he should be fine to resume soon.

 

[ahmedleo414]

Babar played well. But Roach deserved that wicket

 

[ahmedleo414]

From 2/3 to make it to 214/4 this truly has been a wonderful batting performance

 

[Master Khan]

This series have been disappointing, they should have just had a swimming contest instead.

 

[CerealKiller]

Need Fawad to marshal the tail, and Hasan to hang around.

 

[CerealKiller]

Hasan to hang around.

He is doing that, but not deliberately.

 

[CerealKiller]

Fawad, i love you.

 

[CerealKiller]

Time to tee off, i think. No use playing for the draw.

 

[CerealKiller]

 

[Aislabie]

He's certainly showing that his knowledge of how to build an innings is indispensable.

espite the small sample size, I think it's also pretty indicative that Fawad has three Test centuries, but that they're his only Test scores over 30. He also gets out caught, almost exclusively. Both of these are very strange statistical anomalies, and are indicative of a technique with many moving parts and a serious weight distribution problem. It is also indicative of a technique that is not repeatable.

Once he gets in, and is used to the idiosyncrasies of whatever his movements are on any given day, then he's a very very good Test batsman. But his technique is only repeatable enough to afford him this sort of opportunity once in around every five innings; the other four times, he'll get out caught for under 30 with his weight distribution in exactly the wrong places.

For what it's worth, I still stand behind this observation; he does get out a lot under 30, but if he's playing match-winning innings the rest of the time (five of his seven 30s have turned into centuries after all) then you keep him around regardless

 

[CerealKiller]

He's certainly showing that his knowledge of how to build an innings is indispensable.


For what it's worth, I still stand behind this observation; he does get out a lot under 30, but if he's playing match-winning innings the rest of the time (five of his seven 30s have turned into centuries after all) then you keep him around regardless

Pakistan will take what he offers with both hands right now.

 

[Aislabie]

Pakistan will take what he offers with both hands right now.

I'm sure England will swap him for four Dom Sibleys

 

[CerealKiller]

Need to clean them up before lunch to have a chance to win.

 

[ahmedleo414]

i missed the entire day today, but seems like this is headed for a draw especially if more rain is in the forecast, otherwise I feel like we have a chance to even out the series