Re: 5th ODI: Pakistan v South Africa on 29 Oct 2007 @ Lahore
and how could Lawson address or cure this problem?....dude it (lack of mental toughness) is in our genes and we depict it every where……from social life to politics (Musharaff succumbing under US pressure every time and politicians giving up against Musharaff and the list simply goes on) to sports….such problems can never be cured by anyone……they become part of national psyche….anyway, I am not trying to be philosophical here…just stating obvious facts…P for Pakistan and P for pathetic both as a nation and as a team…I saw the match and nitni and morkel were not bowling wasim/waqar type spell by any means. We simply threw our wickets away. And afridi wants to be captain. Idiot.
This discussion deserves a seperate thread.
I am only gonna address the sports related pressure and psyche. For national comments we have a seperate forum.
So according to you, we are so f*ked up that our mental toughness cannot be improved? Steve Waugh has himself admitted that he used to succumb under pressure. and in crunch situations thousands things would go around in his head at once which would result in lapse of concentration and panic shots (which incidentally were addressed by none other than Lawson)
Brian Lara, Inzi all learnt to perform under pressure and were not born toughies. So to say we cannot address this issue is not right. Yes there are methods and aussie methods are the toughest ones. Its a difficult job but not an impossible one.