I’m not a big fan of the idea of slogging in the first 15 overs to get an upper hand. Afridi, Sehwag and Jaysuria are talented enough do a lot better if they keep their wicket intact for a longer period of time. I think an opener should go in with a mind set that he will come back after 50 overs…
With Pakistani batting being a suspect …do you think we should follow the bandwagon of scoring as many runs as possible in first 15 overs or should Pakistanies plan their batting differently.
I think 65 for no loss is far better than 100 for 2 in fifteen overs. What do you think?
Re: Strategy for the first 15 overs
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...I think 65 for no loss is far better than 100 for 2 in fifteen overs. What do you think?..
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With regards to Pakistan, I would be happy if they reach 45 for no wickets in the first 15 overs :)
The tactics Pakistan followed in 1992 world cup, where Imran Khan and Javed Mianded would play-out 25 overs for about 70 runs, leaving 7-8 wickets in hand for a 'slog' in the last 15 overs, paid dividends.
Although the current Pakistani side is very talented, they have a tendency to buckle under pressure. I believe tactics similar to 1992 World cup should be applied, with Inzi and Youhna playing the anchor role. They can start accelerating in the last 20 overs, with other big hitters like Razzaq, Younis Khan, Afridi, Akram to follow.
Logically you must capitalize in the fisrst 15 whilst the fielders are compactly put into a circle with only 2 allowed outside the inner circle of 30 yards. Never again do teams get the chance to go over the top and have a great chance of success.
In Pakistan's case, seeing as our batting is oh so great, we need someone to play an anchor role while the other guy blazes. Its better to get of to a flier for a few down then conserve on the chance that you may be able to blitz later-you cannot forsee a collapse of the middle order.
We have some decent openers, Anwar and Nazir and great square either side of the wicket, although on seaming tracks in SA, Afridi is a liability-he cant play swing and hits across the line as opposed to thru the line when necessary. He is a terrible hooker/puller of the ball and his defence is non existant. The other guys mentioned, Shewag and Jaya are class acts, a world apart from Afridi.
Pakistan should go out all guns blazing at one end, race at 6/rpo for the first 15 and then steady on-unles they can shatter all the oppositions plans by racing to 100+, placing the fileding capt on the defensive and ensuring the field drops, allowing us to milk singles ect.
I just explained the perfect strategy in ODI batsmenship, Lewis!
If Pak decides to get fast runs from start, i believe Shahid Afridi should be opener. He can hit the ball really hard...if he plays with his mind.
it does not matter how much runs Pak gets, I believe that most important thing is not to lost any wicket in first 15 to 30 overs. But they should at least get 125+ runs in those overs.
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We have some decent openers, Anwar and Nazir and great square either side of the wicket, although on seaming tracks in SA, Afridi is a liability-he cant play swing and hits across the line as opposed to thru the line when necessary.
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Nazir is not selected for the world cup and Anwar still has to prove he is able to play quzlity cricket at the highest level. I admire Anwar's record and rate him as a class act but every one gotta agree we dont know what he will be like now. He is coming back from a considerably long break and have not played at the highest level in some time.
So for now I think we would br better with a slow approach and once the batsmen setle down then go for the big one in the last 15-20 overs.
Nazir's not in the squad?
Why not, he's no Sachin, but he's far better then Afridi, and he's blinding at point, saves us like 20+ runs just with his fielding.
Pakistan:
- Waqar Younis (captain)
- Inzamam-ul Haq (vice captain)
- Saeed Anwar
- Taufiq Umer
- Saleem Elahi
- Younis Khan
- Yousuf Youhana
- Shahid Afridi
- Abdul Razzaq
- Azhar Mahmood
- Wasim Akram
- Rashid Latif
- Mohammad Sami
- Shoaib Akhtar
- Saqlain Mushtaq.
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Nazir's not in the squad?
Why not, he's no Sachin, but he's far better then Afridi, and he's blinding at point, saves us like 20+ runs just with his fielding.
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yo dawg...he is far better than taufeeq umar and elahi in my eyes but Afridi's story is different.....i don't see any point for selecting Elahi...he has been a complete dissapointment....taufeeq umar still played well in some tests
Mo makes some good points. With a field in close the first 15 overs is a great chance to hit over the top and get off to a flyer. The key is to have a good player capable of doing it though. Afridi hits blind, a far better bet would have been Imran Nazir, but the selectors didn't pick him.
Not picking Nazir will be cotly, esp when Afridi has a world cup like this:
12
10
9
0
23
7
With the bat, and then this with the ball:
0/32(7)
0/22(4)
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You get the point.