Re: Australia v Pakistan, 3rd Test, Sydney
^^^ Why are you blaming bowlers? Bowlers can bowl, but for result, bowlers depend on others (Captain and fielders). Pakistan have babays as Captain and fielders, so how can bowlers perform?
Have you seen ball going through, in between Misbah’s leg? It seems, Misbah was doing split yoga, but that also gives answer to why Pakistani bowlers are giving so many runs.
Have you seen Younis reaction when catch came in slip, it seems Younis was playing statue. He did not even reacted as the ball left towards him from the bat. When Younis reacted, it was already too late. Shows, why Pakistani bowlers are not taking wickets.
Sami, Babar, Azhar and few others also showed they lack a lot when it comes to fielding and holding catches.
So, do not expect miracles from bowlers when they have no cooperation on field.
As for batting: Pakistan have 6 players in team as batsmen. Till now, they were Sami, Azhar, Younis, Misbah, Babar and Asad. In this match, it would be Sharjeel instead of Sami. It is these batsmen who should contribute most. As for contribution of other players, that should be considered as bonus. What happened in reality?
First test:
Sarfraz contributed 83 runs @ 83 runs per inning.
Asad contributed 139 runs @ 69 runs per inning.
Azhar contributed 76 runs @ 38 runs per inning.
Amir contributed 69 runs @ 35 runs per inning
Younis contributed 65 runs @ 33 runs per inning.
Sami contributed 37 runs @ 19 runs per inning
Yasir contributd 34 @ 17 runs per inning
Babar contributed 33 runs @ 17 runs per inning
Wahab contributed 31 runs @ 16 runs per inning
Misbah contributed 9 runs @ 5 runs per inning
Rahat contributed 5 runs @ 3 runs per inning
So, you can see that top contribution per inning was from wicket keeper, when it should have been one in team as batsman. Unfortunately, only two players contributed on average over 40 runs per inning (Sarfraz and Asad).
On the other hand, you can see that Amir contributed similar to Azhar and Younis, while Yasir and Wahab contributed similar to Sami and Babar. Misbah was complete failure.
Second Test:
Azhar contributed 248 runs @ 248 runs per inning,
Sohail contributed 75 runs @ 75 runs per inning
Asad contributed 66 runs @ 33 runs per inning
Sarfraz contributed 53 runs @ 27 runs per inning
Younis contributed 45 runs @ 23 runs per inning
Amir contributed 40 runs @ 20 runs per inning
Babar contributed 26 runs @ 13 runs per inning
Sami contributed 11 runs @ 6 runs per inning
Misbah contributed 11 runs :@ 6 runs per inning
Wahab contributed 1 run @ 1 runs per inning
Yasir contributed 0 runs @ 0 runs per inning
So, you can see that even though top 6 players were playing in team as batsman, still … what about contribution?
First test: First and fourth contribution of runs per inning was not playing in team as batsman.
Second test: Second, fourth and sixth contribution of runs per inning was not playing in team as batsman.
Actually, only three batsmen contributed reasonably. They were Azhar, Asad and Sarfraz.
Younis contribution was not satisfactory.
Three batsmen, Sami, Babar and especially Misbah failed. Misbah was big failure.
Now, how can a team could compete with such failed batting line-up … and … with pathetic fielding and catch holding ability?
