Re: Pakistan V Windies. H/L post#450
About mental toughness, it was same Malik along with MoYo, where both built a record partnership against India in a champion trophy match not very long ago, but then every good thing have to end so does Malik’s career, but for some reason he keep getting selected by the selectors and new blood is getting ignored or demoralized… can you blame them???
Umer Gul is still in playing eleven despite is bad performance in Asia cup, Anwar Ali was not never given a run but when it does he proved his worth and have shown mental strength and guts against the bowling attack of South Africa as well… another example is Fawad Alam, who played remarkably well but was ignored for T20, because somehow he is one of those players who do not surrender and keeps the game on, Sohaib Maqsood is there as well, does not take unnecessary pressure, hits the bad ball but often called on the pitch too late… Mohd Irfan is another example a new comer and is prime asset in Pakistan’s bowling attack…
above are just examples, but our selectors cannot see beyond Akmal brothers when it comes to wicket keeping, they cannot think of any fast bowlers, despite Omer gul being thrown out of park every time he bowls, Kukri seems to be 100 times better when compared to Omer gul, gul has to gol, Mohd Irfan and Junaid Khan are good, give them confidence and better coaching, get likes of Wasim to train them..
the thing is, the captain of t20 have no ability to bat, or perform, yet he thinks himself as best bowler and best batsman…
about this match, giving a pacer an over, when spinners have overs and were doing great job was stupidity at best, why didn’t hafeez bowled his own overs, he had got two at that time, Windies were under pressure, but as you rightly mentioned the mental strength was not their nor was confidence so he decided to go to gul and give match back to them…
remember, it was 17th over of Austrailian innings which turned match in our favor when ajmal bowled very well, and it was again 17th over which turned match in windies favor when gul bowled a disaster spell..