Danish Kaneria backs Kamran Akmal in wicket keeping role
Despite Kamran Akmal’s poor performance with the gloves against New Zealand, Pakistan leg-spinner http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Danish-Kaneria-c1314 has said that the team management should stick with the out-of-form wicketkeeper instead of handing the job to an inexperienced
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Umar-Akmal-c94595 in the ongoing ICC World Cup 2011.
“I would still back Kamran simply because of his experience and his immense batting talent. The team management right now needs to offer him maximum encouragement. What he needs now is confidence,” said Kaneria while talking to the
media reporters on Friday.
Kaneria is one of the bowlers who have suffered the most at the hands of Kamran Akmal as far as missed stumps and dropped catches are concerned. However, he still feels it would be a blunder to try out middle-order batsman Umar Akmal
behind the stumps in such a high profile tournament.
There are growing calls to drop http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kamran-Akmal-c70122 from the team since he dropped three catches against New Zealand on Tuesday, which Pakistan lost by a mammoth margin of 110 runs. The three catches that Kamran dropped on Tuesday included
two of centurion Ross http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Taylor-c92915 in just one over.
Besides his poor performance behind the stumps, Kamran’s form as top-order batsman has also been disappointing in the tournament so far.
However, the axed leg-spinner reckoned otherwise as he said that the team management needs to reassess its reaction to the current plunge in Kamran’s form. He further added that the Pakistan team entered the mega event with a bang
and it would not be feasible to break the rhythm at this stage.
Kaneria agreed that the dropped catches apparently resulted in the 110-run defeat to Kiwis but insisted that pressing the panic button in this situation would not be helpful.
“It is true that catches win matches and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 because we dropped catches but it is also a fact that Kamran offers enormous potential with the bat and he has been with the side for a long time. And we don't have
any other specialist keeper in the World Cup squad,” said the veteran.
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