POWERPLAYS -- How to make most out of it??!!

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There has been a great concern that Pak is not using the powerplays as effectively as it should. Esp in the last game v/s canada, team management was criticized for not using it when Afridi and Misbah were at crease.

I personally think that power plays should be dealt with great wisdom and choosing wrong timings can screw things, esp the third PP.

Normally we are taking 3rd PP in some 40th over, but I think IF we havent reached on 40th over yet and Afridi comes to bat, we should take it immediately. We know he’s already coming at #7 so he can make the most of it.

And if we’ve 4-5 wickets down only then take it in 42-45 over period. :jhanda:

Here is what Misbah says about powerplays strategy:

http://ftpapp.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=132931&Itemid=1

**Pakistan needs to utilize powerplays more effectively, says Misbah **

By Ijaz Ahmad
KANDY (Sri Lanka), Mar. 7 (APP): Pakistan is going to take the powerplays more series while playing against New Zealand in their fourth World Cup match of the group-A here at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium Tuesday. Talking to mediamen on Tuesday soon after the team had a net training at Pallekele Cricket Stadium, also known as Muttiah Muralitharan International Cricket Stadium, is one of the newest cricket stadiums in Sri Lanka and the newest in the city of Kandy, Misbah-ul-Haq said that earlier Pakistan did not utilize the powerplays in an effective manner in other matches but things would be better while playing against New Zealand.

“Everyone would see a change in Pakistan play despite the team is in leading position of winning three matches in its group. He said the team only utilized the powerplays in a good manner against Kenya where we built up 71 runs in five overs, otherwise it did not work or prove good for the team against Sri Lanka and Canada.
About his own form, Misbah said that he would always believe in good cricket and had a good track record against New Zealand. “ I would try my best to deliver the best so that the team would win the match against New Zealand,” he added Misbah has a good batting record with scores of 65, 83 and 37 in three matches. He also scored 203 runs in Pakistan’s 3-2 series win against New Zealand before the World Cup and will be one of the prime targets of the New Zealanders on Tuesday.
He said the other batsmen would have to work hard in setting up a good target to the New Zealanders, provided winning the toss and elected to bat first. But Misbah said Pakistan had no clue about the wicket, which looked to have some grass and bounce to assist fast bowlers. “We are in better position after defeating Kenya, host Sri Lanka and Canada in the group-A so the team would play good cricket without any worries,” he added.
Misbah had no idea about the ground and said that the team would try to handle the situation by playing positive cricket.
Misbah also lauded Shahid Afridi for his captaincy and specially his performance as bowler. Praising Afridi, he said, “Afridi can turn the whole complexion of the match with his bowling and that he did in three matches the team won.”
He is the high wicket taker so far as he is very difficult bowler. Afridi had variation, especially in these conditions, so making difficult for the batsmen to play. He also suggested the same for the other players to deliver their cent percent so as to keep team in winning position against tough teams South Africa, Australia and England. Pakistan openers Mohammad Hafeez and Ahmed Shehzad disappointed in the first three games, but both batsmen could take confidence after scoring centuries in the one-day series against the Kiwis.
Hafeez believed that he was struggling because fast bowlers were getting early assistance from the wickets in Sri Lanka. “Here there is a lateral movement with the new white ball and the swing is also there,” Hafeez said. “We don’t lack in confidence, we both are trying to give a long partnership and I hope it’s not that far.”
When New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori, was asked to comment, soon after the team had a training and net session in the afternoon, he rated Pakistan as tough opponents. He said Pakistan is going better and better while playing the World Cup matches and the team would work hard to beat them. Pakistan seemed to better team now as they had against us where Pakistan finished the series 3-2.
Pakistan have six points with three wins out of three games while New Zealand are on four after lopsided victories over Kenya and Zimbabwe and a defeat against Australia.
The team, he said, have not been able to show consistency in performances.
Vettori said his team needed to lift its own game against Pakistan, which despite fielding and batting lapses managed victories over Sri Lanka and Canada — mainly due to Shahid Afridi’s bowling.
Vettori also worried about Afridi performance in the recent matches by topping the bowling charts in the World Cup with 14 scalps.
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, also known as Muttiah Muralitharan International Cricket Stadium, is one of the newest cricket stadiums in Sri Lanka and the newest in the city of Kandy. The stadium has been renamed as the Muttiah Muralitharan International Cricket Stadium. In July 2010, The Central Provincial Council in Kandy unanimously made the renaming decision to honor the legendary Sri Lankan cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan. The stadium was declared open on November 27, 2009. The Stadium has hosted a drawn test match between West Indies and Sri Lanka in December last year that was badly affected by heavy rains.
Tuesday’s game will be the first one-day international at the venue east of Kandy. New Zealand, however, has some idea of the wickets here as they played a practice one-dayer in August.

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I still have to look at the stats but my guess is Pakistan loose a wicket too many in power-plays ....

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I'd agree with you.. and that's why there should be a strategy designed for it as well..

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By scoring many many runs in few few balls....
batsman has to hit where there is no fielder and many times hit the baaall over the baandary....

you know...simple...

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And you know what happened in pak v/s canada or england v/s SA, when the first batting teams had lost their main hitters BEFORE taking 3rd PP. So the tailenders couldnt hit at all and this good option was doomed. :(

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I think...the powerplay should be played with more care...its a deceptive phase...only seek boundries (overhead) off bad balls...because more often teams lose wickets fast in that process... :)

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I think its a BIG concern everywhere..

This one is coming from southafrica:

http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/Content.aspx?id=135983
Players need to wise up to power plays

TELFORD VICE Published: 2011/03/02 07:48:56 AM

THE third batting power play has proved to be a double-edged sword in the early stages of the Cricket World Cup.

While some teams have prospered in the five overs in which all but three opposition fielders have to be stationed in the inner ring, others have floundered.

England suffered the most high-profile slump so far in their tied match against India.

Andrew Strauss took the power play after the 41st over. Strauss himself was on 157, Ian Bell was 69 not out and England needed a manageable 59 runs off 48 balls.

Five overs later, they had lost four wickets for 25 runs, Strauss and Bell among them.

Only lusty late-order hitting prevented England from losing a match they had looked like winning comfortably.

In another example of the batting power play benefit ing the fielding team, Zimbabwe could muster just three runs at the cost of one wicket against Australia.

The Proteas also showed how to put the shackles on when they took two wickets and conceded only nine runs against the West Indies.

Until yesterday, Pakistan had banked the biggest power play of the World Cup, smashing 70 runs and losing one wicket against Kenya. The West Indies went for 56/1 against the Netherlands.

Former West Indies fast bowler Ian Bishop said batting teams often overestimated the worth of the power play.

“The expectation is that you really have to get a big total and that is where the mistake comes in,” Bishop said.

"If you get 60 or 55 in the first power play of 10 overs, you are looking at 25 to 30 runs if you divide it into halves.

“So why are we trying to go for 45 runs in power play three? You can work the ball and get 30 or 35 quite easily. Too much risk is being taken and it is becoming a disadvantage to take the batting power play rather than seeing it as something to capitalise on,” Bishop said.

For former England fast bowler Robin Jackman, timing is essential. “The situation of the game dictates when you need a power play,” he said.

“If you need nine an over, you need a power play, if you need six an over, you don’t.”

The art of taking the power play would be among the skills sides needed to master to become successful, he said.

“Some teams are particularly good at certain things,” Jackman said. “A reasonable analogy would be that some fielding captains are much better at calling for (umpiring) reviews than others. Some waste them, some are quite shrewd with them.”

In the 16 innings in which the power play was taken in the first 11 matches of the tournament, only four teams did so before the 40th over. Former New Zealand fast bowler Danny Morrison thinks that those four sides are onto something.

“New Zealand had a warm-up game against India at Chennai and they took the power play after the mandatory ball change after 34 overs,” Morrison said.

"In these conditions that makes a lot of sense provided you have wickets in hand. That’s when you can launch. These conditions ask you to have subtle, different strategies.

“Of course, with this crazy game you’ve got to think on your feet and be flexible about when you take it,” he said. “Sides that haven’t adapted that well leave it to the last 10 overs.”

On average, teams scored almost 33 runs and lost just less than two wickets during power play three in the first 11 matches of the World Cup.

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If they keep playing PP overs as they play regular overs, teams can make a better use of them. Too often batsmen lose focus and try to hit every ball out of the ground. PP doesn't mean you should start slogging.

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Power play backfired big time for England against India. They were cruising to victory and suddenly the powerplay did them in. It just goes to show that powerplay needs to be dealt with care, like everyone else is saying here. Take your powerplay when your two batsmen are set be it over 35 or 42. No point of taking it in over 45 as they are slog overs anyway, cant see what additional advantage can be gained.

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Batting first - you want to take the power play when you have your best settled batsmen still playing anywhere between 35-45 overs. If wickets continue to fall - leave the power play for last five overs. Yes, batsmen will be hitting away anyway during last 5 overs but hopefully during power play they will not be double minded. You definitely dont want to take it when a tullay baz read afridi just comes in to play.

Chasing... it is even more dangerous to take it early as the india england match showed. You invite the best bowlers to come bowl while the field is up. England would have cake walked had they not tinkered w/ the power play option in the 40th over.