Umar Akmal's Batting Position

[Nikema]

Re: Umar Akmal’s Batting Position

@LahoriMunda

While everyone else is failing Umer Akmal is scoring some runs atleast. He should definatley be played higher up the order. He may not be Asif Iqbal / Michale Bevan or Ponting/Lara but he certainly is a good enough batsman to go much higher than the #6 spot he is aloted at right now. Hafeez & Farhat will both be technically inedequate in foreign conditions. Our whole batting line up needs a shake down just like the Indian batting line up. Bring young blood in if the same old faces keep failing over & over again.

Absolutely! and not only Hafeez and Farhat but also YK and Misbah dont deserve to be in the team in ODI and T20’s.

@Nikema

Lets compare on how Eng are treating Kevin pieterson’s lack of form, they know that they are playing on batting friendly conditions of UAE and they have Kieswetter in the squad who opens for Eng and has done that quite successfully, but they are using the easy batting conditions of UAE and letting KP get to regain his form, confidence. The difference in both cases is that KP had a coach and captain who is interested in making KP a successful performer for his team, UA is not lucky enough.
AS UA got dropped for the tests against SA in UAE, where it was said that he is out of form and is low on confidence and then later he was not given opportunity in NZ either, where he could have gotten back in form, and then again against ZIM,SL,BD and Eng test series.

and here we are now, as I had said, Eng were using the batting friendly conditions to bring KP back to form, and now he is back in form and will be serving eng cricket for good and UA was deprived of any chance to regain his confidence and form in above underlined golden opportunities. Thank You Misbah and Mohsin Khan!