Where are all the big hitters? Mickey Arthur gives the answers

Pakistan cricket was once a proud abode to hard hitting batsmen producing superstars i.e. Shahid Afridi and Abdul Razzaq, it is a dilemma that the current squad faces a dearth of quality hitters.

Pakistan current cricket coach Mickey Arthur informed that the cricket board is working on addressing the issue, and he has been conducting drills with the squad.

"To be honest, there is no magical solution to creating such batsmen but what we are doing is drills like the ones you see the Karachi Kings' squad doing; we do these every day of the week with some good results. Even during Pakistan's tour of Australia, we kept on doing similar drills so it's not a lack of practice which is a problem," said Mickey Arthur, in an interview to PakPassion.net.

The coach who at the moment is with Karachi Kings, said that we have to allow our batsmen the necessary freedom, which is essential to create such batsmen.

"What it boils down to is that we have to produce batsmen who can play free enough to hit the ball out of the ground. That is something we have identified as an important aspect of our cricket and that is what we are working on."