Re: Pakistan vs Srilanka - 5th ODI, 2012
A player can only bat and can come in to bat at whatever order, if the player is given chance and asked.
Anyhow, since you raised an issue … can you please tell in your opinion which of the following players amongst A, B and C … is the one who can bat better than other two and who is the one who cannot bat (as according to you, one cannot bat)?
All 3 figures are of players who were playing in this match. One figure is of Pakistan wicketkeeper (Sarfraz Ahmed who according to you cannot bat) and other two figures are of the players who are in Pakistani team just for batting (Asad Shafiq and Azhar Ali).
First class cricket (where batting average rules):
A: Runs: 3847 … HS: 213* … Average: 43.22
B: Runs: 3242 … HS: 223 … Average: 41.03
C: Runs: 4495 … HS: 157 … Average: 37.77
Twenty20 (where strike rate rules)
A: Runs: 274 … Average: 18.26 … SR: 136.31
B: Runs: 671 … Average: 22.36 … SR: 110.72
C: Runs: 298 … Average: 16.55 … SR: 106.04
Well:
A is Sarfarz Ahmed
B is Asad Shafiq (selected in team for batting only)
C is Azhar Ali (selected in the team for batting only)
Surprisingly, according to you Sarfarz cannot bat and according to me Sarfarz is better batsman in all kind of cricket compared to Asad as well as Azhar (both are in Pakistan team for their batting). For instance, Sarfarz figure shows that compared to Asad and Azhar, Sarfarz can score runs with better average (requirement in test and first class matches) and he can score runs faster with similar average (requirement in ODI as well as twenty20 matches).