Fielding Improvements?

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Re: Fielding Improvements?

@Ajju

Miandad couldn’t run fast?? Did you even ever see him in the field? Man your biases effect every thing you say and write.

Younis was actually the best fielder and athlete in the team but his abilities seem to be degrading rapidly. Age slowing reflexes perhaps.

The most important fielder is the wicket keeper and Pakistan has persisted with a joker for so many years. If he can go through a single match with a dropped catch or missed stumping etc. it would be a miracle. He dropped two of the six dropped catches in the SF. The very first person to go should Kamran Akmal. His 20 runs are not worth the missed chances.

Im biased against Miandad? LOL Is that why I consider him one of the best (and smartest) batsmen the country has ever produced? Dude, I have a friend who played with Miandad in special events lots of times , and he has a video where Miandad was talking about how he wasnt a fast runner like Jonty Rhodes etc, but he made that up by making sure he didnt drop catches and his returns were accurate. That is what I’m talking about. I also consider Salim Malik as the same league as Miandad (lets put aside the match fixing allegations) but face it, they weren’t chiseled six-packed athletes, kinda like David Boon and Merv Hughes esp. by today’s standards but were very skilled batsmen that made up for everything including their excellent fielding.

And I dont consider Kamran Akmal the main problem, this fielding non-sense has persisted even before he came to the team. It was bad during the 1996 world cup too, and Wasim Akram himself couldnt field very well even at his prime.