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Speaking from Karachi earlier today Pakistan batsman Khurram Manzoor stated that some technical changes to his batting have made a lot of difference this season in the Quaid E Azam Trophy.
by Saj Sadiq
29th October 2009
Speaking from Karachi earlier today Pakistan batsman Khurram Manzoor stated that some technical changes to his batting have made a lot of difference this season in the Quaid E Azam Trophy.
"I sat down with Ijaz Ahmed and analysed my batting in great detail. We noticed a couple of areas that I needed to look at. The main one being that when playing the cover drive, there was a flaw in my footwork. I worked on this problem with Ijaz and I feel that now I am in much better control when playing the cover drive. Then when the training camp commenced with PIA, I continued to work on the technical issues with former Pakistan batsman Shoaib Mohammed, who really helped me at the camp", stated Khurram.
Manzoor who today hit 133 for PIA versus Karachi Whites and is amongst the leading runscorers in this seasons Quaid E Azam Trophy, having hit 560 runs in only his fourth match, further added "I am trying to spend as much time at the wicket as possible. I feel it's really important to spend plenty of time in the middle as preparation for the test series in New Zealand. I am really concentrating hard on my shot selection. I made a score of 241 earlier in the season and the innings lasted 13 and a half hours".
Manzoor who is a former Pakistan Academy captain, having lead the side on the tour of Kenya and Zimbabwe in 2008 stated that some of the wickets that he has encountered in the Quaid E Azam Trophy this season have been far from ideal for batting. "There seems to be a lot more grass on the wickets this season and the ball is definitely seaming around. Also, the cooler weather especially in Punjab is helping the seam bowlers. Today we only scored 26 runs before lunch and survival was our aim out there. The Karachi Whites bowlers made life difficult for us, as the ball zipped around, with Tabish Khan who has been very impressive this season, bowling really well. Our plan was to survive till lunch and keep our wickets in tact and look to score more freely after the morning session".
Manzoor has represented Pakistan in 5 tests and has an average of 34.14 and was recently named in the test squad to tour New Zealand further added "The New Zealand tour is a very important one for me, I really want to do well. I feel that if one is mentally prepared for test cricket, then you can succeed at this level. I would really like to do well and establish myself at the top of the order in test cricket for Pakistan".
"I sat down with Ijaz Ahmed and analysed my batting in great detail. We noticed a couple of areas that I needed to look at. The main one being that when playing the cover drive, there was a flaw in my footwork. I worked on this problem with Ijaz and I feel that now I am in much better control when playing the cover drive. Then when the training camp commenced with PIA, I continued to work on the technical issues with former Pakistan batsman Shoaib Mohammed, who really helped me at the camp", stated Khurram.
Manzoor who today hit 133 for PIA versus Karachi Whites and is amongst the leading runscorers in this seasons Quaid E Azam Trophy, having hit 560 runs in only his fourth match, further added "I am trying to spend as much time at the wicket as possible. I feel it's really important to spend plenty of time in the middle as preparation for the test series in New Zealand. I am really concentrating hard on my shot selection. I made a score of 241 earlier in the season and the innings lasted 13 and a half hours".
Manzoor who is a former Pakistan Academy captain, having lead the side on the tour of Kenya and Zimbabwe in 2008 stated that some of the wickets that he has encountered in the Quaid E Azam Trophy this season have been far from ideal for batting. "There seems to be a lot more grass on the wickets this season and the ball is definitely seaming around. Also, the cooler weather especially in Punjab is helping the seam bowlers. Today we only scored 26 runs before lunch and survival was our aim out there. The Karachi Whites bowlers made life difficult for us, as the ball zipped around, with Tabish Khan who has been very impressive this season, bowling really well. Our plan was to survive till lunch and keep our wickets in tact and look to score more freely after the morning session".
Manzoor has represented Pakistan in 5 tests and has an average of 34.14 and was recently named in the test squad to tour New Zealand further added "The New Zealand tour is a very important one for me, I really want to do well. I feel that if one is mentally prepared for test cricket, then you can succeed at this level. I would really like to do well and establish myself at the top of the order in test cricket for Pakistan".