I plan my over when others are bowling- Amir
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|| CF Correspondent ||
Pakistani pace bowler Mohammad Amir said that he does his planning when others are bowling as he believes making a plan at the midst of an over only complicate things in the shortest format.
Shorter format cricket is hugely popular around the world as batsmen usually dominate the proceedings with blazing stroke play as it provides the crowd with an opportunity to enjoy fours and sixes.
‘’Being a bowler I will simplify my plans in such situations. You have to know your strengths in tensed situations. For example, if I am bowling at the death overs then I need to know the condition and demand of the wicket. If I think I will be able to bowl two or three yorkers then I have to stick to that plan. When you stick to your strengths it releases a lot of pressure,’’ Amir was quoted by different English dailies on Friday.
‘’Now in T20s people come to watch sixes and fours and if you have noticed T20 cricket, the crowd all over the world, they don’t come to see dismissals, rather sixes and fours, to enjoy and entertain, and I think it’s fair,’’ he said.
‘’As a bowler, I really enjoy to play the batter's game, which T20 cricket is considered to be, you can bowl well in seaming conditions, but how you deal in such conditions tests the mental toughness of a bowler,’’ he said.
‘’Sometimes it happens under pressure. Mostly 99% of the time I do my planning, and what to do in the next over when the other bowler is bowling in the middle. But if you think what to do in the middle of an over then it will put you under tremendous pressure. But when I am not bowling, I try to think about what I can do during that period. Ultimately, I know when I will have the ball in my hand, in the next over I know what I am going to do and it actually releases the pressure,’’ he said.
