Comments on: Night-watchmen as openers?

By: Rashid

Rashid — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 14:07:55 +0000

Honestly speaking, I have no answer. I don’t understand, why God should be with South Africans, Australians or Indians. Particularly, when they do so many things that God doesn’t approve.

By: IndianDude

IndianDude — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 08:21:17 +0000

In order to motivate and fire-up the pakistani batsman,The PCB needed to drill into the minds of pakistani players that steyn & co. were the ‘enemy’ of islam and were conspiring against the world’s sole nuclear islamic power and the self-proclaimed leader of the ummah. If that did not work, they should have told the players that the south african pace bowlers were hindu and jew lovers, this would have brought the required motivatation for the pakistani batsman to play with gusto and zanoon!

By: Mike Jackson

Mike Jackson — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 00:37:40 +0000

The problem with Pak batting has to do with poor batting technique adoption at the very early stages of learning. There are no proper batting coaches at school level ..that’s where all the correction needs to happen. So lets bring in a Keppler Wessels / Gavaskar to tour major cricketing centres nationwide and give coaching to the school coaches .. who can go on to their schools and get it right from the get go.No other solution has worked before …it is time for proper coaching at the very early stages of learning.

Mike

By: Syed T

Syed T — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 21:25:51 +0000

To know how good r u,play against the best.Pakistani team just find out they r nothing more than buch of loser,selected based on connection not on merit. Please learn how to bat & bowl from south africa and donot embaress the Nation.

By: Rashid

Rashid — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 18:53:52 +0000

The difference between the two teams is Hasim Amla. Take him off from the South African team or, better co opt him in the Pakistan team result will be very different in favour of Pakistan.

By: Indian

Indian — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 17:02:56 +0000

did u guys forget sayed anwar and aamir sohail pair. they have bothered us a lot early to mid nineties ?

By: Nasser Ali Khan

Nasser Ali Khan — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:53:54 +0000

Allah helps – but he helps those who work hard, think intelligently, persevere, reward performance, select on merit, etc. Pakistanis, being mostly Muslim, should know that. BUT THEY DON’T.

By: Nasser Ali Khan

Nasser Ali Khan — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:50:42 +0000

A good article; and we need more of such articles where there is analysis of factual information rather than non-factual theory. Opening batsmen averaging around 32 is telling. Pakistanis love to say “we have so much talent in Pakistan”. Of course, it is not based on facts because we don’t read; and we don’t inspect records; and we don’t analyse with an open mind. But we dream (it is good coupled, with action though) and hope, forgetting that Allah rewards those who work hard and are honest. We are neither. This is a Pakistani disease. A nation of over 180 million cannot even hope for a single bronze medal in Olympics. We just need to look at Jamaica, an island nation, and see their performance at Olympics and their population. Shame on us!!!! But then what do you except? The head of PCB who also decides on selection and rewards, is none other than the President of Pakistan – the best cricketer that the nation has produced!

By: Mudassir

Mudassir — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 13:04:13 +0000

Sadly its true, we never had any world class openers and we are not even looking for any.

By: Imad

Imad — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 11:18:37 +0000

I thought Inzimam is the new batting coach. If he is there then he must be concentrating more on his tableeghi activities than training them to bat properly.