#2 Watertight technique
Ever since the retirement of Andrew Strauss, England cricket has gone from pillar to post to look for Alastair Cook's partner at the top of the order.
They have found as many as 10 players, but none have looked secure against seam or spin. Sam Robson, Alex Hales, Michael Carberry the list goes on, but none of these players were able to nail down their spot. They were found out at the highest level, and looked at sea against either seam or spin and thus the musical chair continued.
Haseeb came in as a young prodigy and England cricket decided to go in with him and the boy has certainly displayed excellent technique against both seam and most importantly spin. He plays with soft hands and allows the ball to come to him and plays it under his eyes.
He has seldom looked out of place and even though there is still work to do against short-pitched bowling, Hameed has shown enough to convince everyone that it won't be long before he finds a way to deal with nasty chin music.
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