After Pakistan’s crushing defeat to England within the sixth T20, by which the guests chased down a goal of 170 runs in 14.3 overs, Wasim Akram questioned the power of Pakistan’s batsmen to hit boundaries from each a part of the sector. “Forget 360, can they even play 180 degrees?” He requested batting coach Mohammad Yousuf in a televised chat
Taking England’s Ben Duckett case as instance, he caught a comparability: “Ben Duckett bowler ko, especially spinners ko set hone deta hi nahi. Vo har jagah shots maarta hai. Agar main Pakistan ke against khelu, toh mujhe pata hoga inhone kidhar shots maarni hain. Vo versatile nahi hain. Koi koshish bhi nahi karta. 360 is too much to ask, 180 en kar lein. Ye practice karte ho aap, aur agar karte ho toh apply kyun nahi karte?” he bluntly requested his former colleague.
Wearing a well-known smile, Yusuf stated he was attempting his finest to enhance the all-rounder’s hitting skill of his batsmen. “I’m making a acutely aware effort. I discuss to (spin bowling coach) Saqlain bhai about it. When he performs spinners, I stand again and counsel many alternative photographs to my batsmen, Play this shot on this ball, on it,” he says.
Showing the outcomes, he insisted: “Recently against West Indies, Khushdil attempted a reverse-sweep; here too, he hit Moeen Ali at extra cover.. So, we’re trying. Not me. Don’t know if people before me did the same or not, but I keep trying, even talking about the selectors and other support staff.”
Akram had one other query. “Who provides him the liberty and confidence to play these strokes? How do they get it? You can attempt within the nets, however it’s troublesome to do this within the sport.”
Joseph replied: “The first step is to practice in the nets, the second is to apply them in practice games, but we don’t get too many of them. We keep telling that if there’s an intention, there’s no getting out.” Problem. The intention within the trendy sport is to hit a boundary off each ball, if it is a troublesome ball, take a single. That’s what trendy cricket calls for. Players understand it and so they’re attempting.”
He additionally stated that the gamers try to study from one another. “I bear in mind after I began enjoying cricket for Pakistan, I did not even have a variety of photographs, however I realized so much by speaking to individuals like Salim Malik, Ejaz Ahmed, Saeed Anwar and it took me so much to develop. Took years. Play. It’s taking place on this staff as properly,” he added.
Akram additional criticized the staff. “England beat in every aspect, batting, fielding and intent. England played fearless cricket (in the last match). Fearless cricket. We were more cautious after the last games, but England was the opposite. The game was over in the first two overs. They never stopped. When we bat we like to take the game till the 19th over. But they just keep hitting, killing. The morale of the opposition falls,” he stated,
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
