Pakistan’s batting worries and top batsmen in ODIs in the last two years
Batting has been a great worry for Pakistan in the last two years. It has always posed a sad impact on the fans of Pakistan cricket, when they see dismal batting collapses of their beloved team. A writer can even script their batting performance before they
arrive on the crease to display their declining skills.
The opener’s inability to perform inconsistently at the highest level has been a daunting affect on their batting line-up. The middle order is being exposed to a relatively newer ball, whenever there is a collapse at the top order; it further leads to an
overall batting collapse
Moreover, the immensely talented Umar Akmal always plays some quality stokes and looks to conquer the world, but he suddenly gets out by playing a poor shot. You never know what you are going to get from the talismanic Shahid Afridi as he will hit a few,
right from the meat of the bat and out of the park, but going for the all-out attack he throws his wicket and dents his team’s hopes badly
If the batsman is well set, he should always go for a score nearing hundred. It is not for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755’s so-called illustrious willowers. They have been constantly throwing their wickets in untimely circumstances. The main problems for the Pakistani batsmen
have been the lack of application and inability to perform under pressure in different conditions and situations.
Nonetheless, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Misbah-ul-Haq-c1972 is only batsman who averages 40 in the line-up.
The greatest instability has been the top order batting for Pakistan as the first three batsmen have almost looked a walking wicket. The top wickets have averaged 29 for Pakistan. In addition, they have only managed three century partnerships.
Bettor.com takes an account of the top run getters from Pakistan. Statistically they don’t look awesome, but we can say that they are decent as far as international standard for top quality players in concerned.
Kamran Akmal
Kamran Akmal has been the best batsman for Pakistan. He has delivered couple of lusty innings. In doing so, he has provided his team with a string of good starts in the limited over versions. In doing so, he has racked up most number of runs by Pakistani
willow-men.
In all, he has been a part of 35 games, amassing a huge of 956 runs at a decent average of 30.83 with a best of 116. His tally of runs includes a single century and five scintillating half centuries. More importantly, his runs have come at a better strike
rate (89) than many of his countrymen, especially if you consider his position in the batting order.
Pakistan will miss their dashing opener in the ongoing limited over series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 due to finger injury, especially after his impressive numbers in the last couple matches.
Shahid Afridi
To everyone’s surprise, Shahid Afridi is the second highest individual scorer in the recent times. From the very first ball that he plays, he goes ballistic as he thinks; every ball can be thrown out of the ground with utmost ease. As a result, it easily
brings his demise.
Overall, he has featured in 36 matches, blasting 842 runs with his blazing bat at an average of 26. In his quest for quick runs, he has racked up 2 hundreds. As expected, his blatant strike rate of 128 has been a true hallmark of batting signature.
Afridi has to show great sense of responsibility as he has been a culprit of throwing his wicket in needing situations.
Umar Akmal
Immensely talented, Umar Akmal is the most versatile and talented batsman to come from the land of pure. It’s time he realized his potential and start scoring his runs more consistently.
In 23 matches did he play, he hammered 724 runs at an average of 36 with a best of 102. In his hunt for runs, he cracked up a single ton.
There is no reason, why can’t, he be the next big thing in Pakistan cricket.
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