Former Australia all-rounder Tom Moody is all praises for Pakistan top-order batsman Babar Azam.
Former Australia all-rounder Tom Moody is all praises for Pakistan top-order batsman Babar Azam.
The Aussie believes that the Pakistani cricketer has a special talent and is a pleasure to watch while batting.
While speaking on The Pitch Side Experts Podcast alongside former West Indies cricketer Ian Bishop and cricket analyst Freddie Wilde, Moody said Babar will grow into the top five Test batsmen over the next decade.
“He [Babar] has emerged over the last year or so into something that is going to be so special. We talked about how Virat Kohli is so good on the eye as a batsman. If you think Virat Kohli is good to watch, have a look at Babar Azam bat. My gosh, he is something special,” said Moody.
“I think in the next five to ten years, he will definitely be in your top five [batsmen of the decade] without a question,” the Sunrisers Hyderabad coach added.
However, the former Australian admitted that Azam’s statistics at the moment make it difficult to put him in the top five.
“I think, in the next 5-10 years, he will be on your top five positions. Even though he [Babar] has played 26 matches but in half of those matches, he was not considered even part of the main batting line-up for Pakistan. He was the after-thought down the order,” he said.
“I think at the moment, it is very hard to justify him at that position given his statistics. Away from home, he is only averaging 37 and at home, he is averaging 67. But we have to consider that he has hardly played away from home and a lot of those games away were during the early part of his career,” Moody added.
As for the ICC Test batting rankings, Azam is currently at the fifth position below Steve Smith, Virat Kohli, Marnus Labuschagne, and Kane Williamson.
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