London, Dec. 21 (TNS): Pakistan left-arm pacer Mohammad Amir believes that the new transition in the cricket format — the T10 league — will improve his bowling skills, UK based sports website reported on Thursday.
“Definitely it will, it’s all about the dot balls in this format,” said Amir as quoted by ESPNcricinfo.
The T10 format, scrapping half of the time required for T20s, has added new value to the game of cricket. Amir was the first candidate among many to be cherry picked by Maratha Arabians for the recently concluded league and the pacer believes that bowling 12 balls in a game leads to positive performances in other formats.
“The more dot balls you bowl, the better your confidence gets. If you are not leaking runs in T10 cricket, then T20 cricket will seem like a very long format.”
Amir added: “This is a high-pressure format, and if you do well here, you will feel less pressure in T20 cricket. In one way, it is a very testing format for the bowlers.”
25-year-old believes variety plays an important role in the shorter formats.
“It is very important to test your skills, because you have to think of every ball,” he said. “So it is very important to bowl your yorkers and slower balls very well, because the batsmen are hitting the length balls very well. A fast bowler has to use his pace very well and I am doing just that. I am also trying to bring in every possible variation in my bowling.”
Amir’s selection for Arabians was largely masterminded by Pakistan pace legend Wasim Akram, who holds a coaching role in the team. Wasim’s decision to stick with Amir does shed light on the brimming potential the Pakistani legend sees in the pacer.
