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Anwar Ali - underachiever or out of his depth in international cricket?
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Hasan123
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Out of his depth
Taaya
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Very ordinary player. An allrounder should have one facet of his game that is good enough for international cricket. Anwar Ali is not nearly good enough a bowler or batsman. He is a good fielder, I will give him that!
Syed1
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There was a time when Anwar Ali with his 120 kph thunderbolts was opening the bowling for us.
Thank God that time has passed.
Ali is not good enough for international cricket.
Thank God that time has passed.
Ali is not good enough for international cricket.
Absolute rubbish. A trundler with no ability to swing the ball. Batting is even more ordinary. A proper leg side hack who has the worst batting stance ever. I still remember one of his PSL innings last year where he missed all but one ball trying to smack it to the leg side region. Only thing he excels in is fielding but other than that, this guy is possibly the worst player I've seen play for Pakistan in my time.
Deewana Mastana
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His bowling action has not helped him get anything out of it no inswing or outswing as atleast with his 2007 action he could get that banana inswing going.
His pace isn't much mostly 130-135kph and without any movement that is sheer batting practice for the opposition.
His batting could have saved him at least but again not consistent enough in that either as he had one or two decent enough knocks but nothing more than that.
His pace isn't much mostly 130-135kph and without any movement that is sheer batting practice for the opposition.
His batting could have saved him at least but again not consistent enough in that either as he had one or two decent enough knocks but nothing more than that.
saeed5646
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worst all-rounder i ever saw and yes he is out of depth
saeed5646
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remember zim series in pakistan
bhatti
anwar ali
sami
wahab
that was one of legendary bowling attack thanks god that torture is over
Syed1
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Can you tell me who was the captain in that series?
Slog
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Aqib Javed must feel great about destroying this guys career
What a waste
What a waste
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t20 afridi and odis azhar ali
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he gave us a couple of good wins but NOT international quality player - batting is too poor to be considered an all rounder.
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Guess I was being too generous at 130-135kph rather than 120-125kph.
We have an interview with Anwar coming up.
He mentions that he suffered a serious injury which meant that he couldn't bowl with the same action any more.
BabarAkmal_Fan
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He was opening the bowling in 2015 vs Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka. Dark times.
Slog
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I know the logic here and actually someone close to him has explained the situation
Apparenlty his action was not sustainable and he would always be prone to injuries due to it and eventually his back would have given up thus effectively ending his career at the top level
So in order to avoid that and to put less stress on his body his action went through intense remedial work and took shape in what it is today
HOWEVER my argument is this:
His modified action does ensure that he is less likely to go down to a major injury and had extended his career. But at what cost? He is now a mediocre bowler who cannot be used as an attacking option and isn't very economical either due to the pace and skill limitation.
In that case wouldn't it have been better for him to continue with his old action. Yes he might have had a shorter career but in the career he would have had he would have shone very brightly.
Is it really better to have a 10 year career of mediocrity versus 3-4 years of a career worthy of a champion?
ahmadharis1
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I remember his 46 off 17 to lead Pakistan's comeback vs Sri Lanka. He was never a real all rounder but he gave it his full effort and tried his best
Flat_Track_Bully
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He did so well against SL in that T20 we won. Performance against SA. Great fielder too. But that's just two notable performances in many many games.
We need Mitch Marsh or Ben Stokes style quintessential fast bowling all rounder.
We need Mitch Marsh or Ben Stokes style quintessential fast bowling all rounder.
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He can be utilised in the T20 format and be like the Sammy of Pak.
Don't think he can play ODI's and definitely not Tests.
Don't think he can play ODI's and definitely not Tests.
Rayyman
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An okay 5th or 6th bowler, but a complete hack and slogger with the bat.
Chief Destroyer
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Messed with by unqualified coaches.
I had great hopes for him and Hammad Azam hoping they could be genuine all rounders at least in the one day format. Had great hope that they'd be like what Afridi and Razzaq were in the 90's coming in at 7 and 8 then whacking the ball around scoring quick runs. Both could bowl as well, could be that they've not been given enough opportunities to prove themselves.
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Reminds me of Mitchel Johnson.
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Was good with the bat for a bowler lower down the order. Had his moments with the ball. Great fielder. Might be able to be used in T20s but that's it for the moment.
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But what about after his career? Perhaps he was risking a lifetime of chronic back issues had he carried on with his old action.
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He was a useful pinch hitter and a very good fielder but his bowling was not up to par.
He was quite literally the best example of a bits and pieces cricketer.
Had he been a top bowler - his batting and fielding potential would have been a huge bonus for us but with his pathetic bowling - his skills in other areas were not good enough to justify a place in the team as an all-rounder.
He was quite literally the best example of a bits and pieces cricketer.
Had he been a top bowler - his batting and fielding potential would have been a huge bonus for us but with his pathetic bowling - his skills in other areas were not good enough to justify a place in the team as an all-rounder.
msb314
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Atleast Bhatti had pace - Anwar Ali did not even have that.
hadi123
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He was not very consistent unfortunately. He was a good fielder and an aggressive batsman but he was in the team mainly for his bowling which was awful
JibranAnsari
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Somehow he thought that he must resort to cross seam bowling , even with that speed he could have at least kept his seam position right but he did not.
Anwar also risked his career by playing club cricket in England when he was not fit.
He was advised by many people to go back to Pakistan and get the ankle injury sorted out but he carried on playing in UK when not fully fit.
He was advised by many people to go back to Pakistan and get the ankle injury sorted out but he carried on playing in UK when not fully fit.
marlonbrowndo
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Afridi obviously. He's also good friends with our current t20 captain
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