What FINISHERS try and Often Achieve:
Be there at the end
Knock off the winning runs
Guide the team over the line
Remain unbeaten
Take on the responsibility of seeing their side home
Last the duration
Bat the bulk of the overs and make a score of note and make most of it, go on and on
Back themselves to take the game to the death and win it at the death
Know the right moments when to stick and twist
Soak up the pressure when wickets are falling around them and the rate is climbing
Refuse to panic
Be clinical and professional in low scoring games
Qualities
Calmness
Self Belief
Perseverance
Versatility
Dependability
They are interested in
Being not out
Having a high average
Not scoring in lost causes
Winning most of their matches when batting 2nd
Having a stronger chasing record than 1st innings record
Barely scoring many career 50s in lost causes
Receiving man of the match when chasing a score
How they build an innings
- Knock it around
- Build partnerships
- Change gears in between
- Keep their cool when they get closer
- Establish a price on their wicket, unless you get me OUT you can’t win type analogy
BELOW DATA AS OF 15TH MARCH 2013
Below is February 2012 data:
Two of the best ways to judge the calibre of a batsmen is in their ability to save test matches and finish one day matches. Misbah has consistently shown his credentials in the two. He has/can dig deep, bat long, block out the game in a test match and be there at the end, remain unbeaten and keep his cool to close out run chases in the one day format.
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