3rd ODI: West Indies v Pakistan at Gros Islet - St. Lucia

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Re: 3rd ODI: West Indies v Pakistan at Gros Islet - St. Lucia

@GoldenAsif

The criticism is not of Misbah’s batting but the negative ultra-defensive mentality (whether it is Misbah or the management’s fault) that has been instilled in the team.

Now one or two players can tuk tuk as long as they keep rotating the strike but it is not right that right from the word go all of them go into their shell. And it’s not even like they’re folding under the pressure of chasing 7 or 8 RPO every time. They go into their shell even when chasing modest 220-250 totals. Barring UA, all of them struggle to rotate the strike. So something is clearly amiss here. Even Jamshed was overcautious the other day

Good point. The 2nd ODI was an example of the ultradefendive approach. 4 maiden by one west Indian bowler in the beginning. One batsman (who?) taking 21 deliveries to get off the mark. Hardly any singles. Umar Akmal was the saving grace. But by the time he came in the frontline batsmen had lost the match.

Misbah appears to have done more harm than good - notwithstanding his good knocks. Which were still painful to watch.