Well stats don't lie. If you go by players' stories, then Faisal Iqbal should have played 100 tests by now. Thing is, whatever chances he got, he didn't grab it. It's better to go on stats rather than going on a performance in an U19 game a decade back. If nobody had watched Anwar Ali play and his only memory was that of U19 WC final, I would have been bashed for saying that his numbers are ordinary. Turns out, that performance was actually one off, assisted by favourable conditions and he is indeed an ordinary bowler. Numbers might not tell the whole story over a game or two, but in the long run, they really do.
Action made the difference but was he setting the world on fire before the action change? He wasn't. And please tell me a few instances of when he was 'mistreated'. Any occasion when he performed but was dropped for some '********' and who was the '********'. Obviously you don't know any of these things and are believing what you read. Believing in stats without watching a player play is better than believing in stories without having a clue yourself.
I thought the bowling wasn't that special2014 U 19 team was our all time best sadly we never showed up at the final
Similar to 1999 senior WC
. His only notable performances were the U19 WC Final and that T20 against SL few years back where we somehow got into a horrible position chasing and Afridi, Imad, and this guy had to take us home.
[MENTION=9]Saj[/MENTION] - did you ever ask him about the fact that ahead of him in PIA he had domestic legends such as Najaf Shah (470+ FC wicket at average of 24) and Aizaz Cheema (570+ FC wickets at an average of 20!) at their peak while they were in their 20s?
