Originally Posted by Qazaa
It was great to see Azahar batting. He was not flashy, did not chase things he didnt need to and always looked composed at the crease.
I agree with Nadeem, i heard a lot of hype about Umar Amin who was meant to be the best of the 3 (Azhar, Jnr Akmal and himself). I think Umar looked very nervous at the crease and with a little confidence he will come good. Lets hope its sooner rather than later.
In regards to Umar Akmal, i think he is still trying to find the happy medium with his attacking style and defensive style. He will need time to find this and i would be willing to give him as much time as he needs.
Umer did struggle but he does have a better batting technique when compared to the current Paksitani team (excluding Mohammad Yusuf). We(Pakistan), for some reasons struggle to get a good/solid batsman and I think Umer is the one who "could" be the answer.
Although Azhar did play well but he has to make lots of adjustment and improve a lot to survivve at the inetrnational level.
But then again with this pcb administration you never know they keep on playing
their fav player even if he fails on numerouse occasion (Imran Farhat) and might score might score some runs accidentaly and would reserve his place for the next 5-8 years.