(01-28-2022, 02:02 AM)LankaFan Wrote: Run Outs - be it U-19 level or senior level the run-outs happen most in Asian countries. I remember seeing some stats while back where countries like AUS, NZ and ENG have the least run-outs. As a country, I think, Pakistan is one of the main culprits.
Except for in T20 format, getting run-out in other formats show how stupid the players are. When I first spoke about this in detailed and what steps the coaches should take to teach players to avoid run-outs, our forum's cricket expert PJ jumped into my opinion and said something like "these players have been running between the wickets since their childhood days when they played cricket, so teaching them how to run now is not needed"....since then, I have given up discussing that issue on this forum. Well, PJ may deny that now, but as usual he jumped in and killed my opinion that way at the time. BTW - this was long back. I still remember this because I was like, "is this how he understands the game?".
When the batsmen don't read the game correctly and understand what is needed to do at the time, they run themselves out needlessly.
As I said in an earlier post, this team's batting strength, over all, was not up to the needed standard to compete with teams like England and India, anyway. India may be weakened with their camp hit with Covid-19, yet teams like England and even Pakistan would be tough for us to beat, so losing in this way is better at this stage than losing in the final!
We had the proper coaches in the camp, so I am not sure why the batsmen were told NOT to go for risky singles when there were so many overs left to bat. I noticed the first two run-outs were mainly the batsmen trying to get away from the strike. That could be a result of they were told to rotate the strike as much as possible OR as a result of them having difficulty batting on that wicket and wanting to get onto the non-strikers end.
SL players for a long time do the most annoying things ever at the highest level. Thisara Perera would never back up to the stumps properly after bowling. When there is a possible run out at his end when he is bowling, he would stay close to the stumps and just watch the ball being thrown at the stumps. I can remember him missing at least 5-6 run out chances like this. He is also a poor runner. Mathews, Sanath and KJP are all poor runners. They take aggressive first few steps and then cancel the run when the other batsmen have the back turned to the fielder. TP is also a poor runner. It is all mental, they need to settle that they will only run when it is safe. Risky singles are never worth it unless you are coming down to the wire. Max you will get 1 extra run, the risk is a batsman gone.