Chief Destroyer
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Paying for his sins. hehehe
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Pls Mamoon. No. Stahp. Okay? please.
The thing is, a bowler at his best (I'm saying his because I don't watch women cricket that much or follow it as a matter of fact), generates about 3 chances an innings. Like let's go by Dale Steyn or James (your favorite) Anderson and see their strike rates which is roughly 45.
If you drop like one chance an innings in crunch situations, even if Amir went on to get the wicket of the same batsman again, you kinda missed a rare opportunity.
I've seen his wicket impact stats per 1000 similar balls and they were lower than Woakes, Anderson, and even Wahab Riaz but he isn't ordinary. Unless you expected him to run over sides every single match to which he hasn't lived up to your expectation.
Do I love your posts or do I love your posts. Major lol here.
Pls Mamoon. No. Stahp. Okay? please.
The thing is, a bowler at his best (I'm saying his because I don't watch women cricket that much or follow it as a matter of fact), generates about 3 chances an innings. Like let's go by Dale Steyn or James (your favorite) Anderson and see their strike rates which is roughly 45.
If you drop like one chance an innings in crunch situations, even if Amir went on to get the wicket of the same batsman again, you kinda missed a rare opportunity.
I've seen his wicket impact stats per 1000 similar balls and they were lower than Woakes, Anderson, and even Wahab Riaz but he isn't ordinary. Unless you expected him to run over sides every single match to which he hasn't lived up to your expectation.
In spite of the dropped catches, his bowling is still sub-standard.
In spite of the dropped catches, his bowling is still sub-standard.
What have his numbers looked like since his return? I would say the dropped catches add about five runs to his average and five balls to his strike rate, at least. So suppose he is currently averaging 33 at 60 SR since return, without the drops he is probably at 28 and 55, which is not sub-standard by any means. That's about the same as Broad and Anderson's career figures! It may not be ATG exactly but neither is it substandard.
What have his numbers looked like since his return? I would say the dropped catches add about five runs to his average and five balls to his strike rate, at least. So suppose he is currently averaging 33 at 60 SR since return, without the drops he is probably at 28 and 55, which is not sub-standard by any means. That's about the same as Broad and Anderson's career figures! It may not be ATG exactly but neither is it substandard.
In spite of the dropped catches, his bowling is still sub-standard.
Go check his bowling in England 2010 and tell me how many wickets he took off slip catches and how many catches were dropped.
And then compare them to England 2016.
Just look at his frustration when Sami dropped that catch. That kind of frustration doesn't charge up any bowler. It instead smashes his confidence and affects his thinking.
This dropped catches thing is probably going far too long. Arthur needs to step up and set some specific slip fielders so that such chances don't cost us matches.
IMO there was nothing wrong with his bowling.
6 Tests
240.3-49-726-18 according to Cricinfo so Strike Rate 80 Average 40
Add the 10 catches dropped Strike Rate 51 Average 26
Of course that ignores the likelihood that wickets taken earlier would most likely give confidence/lead to more wickets and less runs scored so the Strike Rate and Average still overstated
His 2010 performance is an outlier. Those were extremely good conditions for bowling and both Amir and Anderson were bowling like superhuman versions of Wasim Akram.
2010 was the most bowling-friendly English summer in a long time and it has been 6 years now and we haven't seen conditions like that in England. It was a very wet summer.
In that series, both Pakistani and English batsmen struggled big time and only Trott came out of that series with some dignity intact, and he was arguably the best Test batsman during the 2010-2011 period.
On a green wicket, Amir is still lethal, as we saw in the Asia Cup against India earlier this year, but he has long way to go on flat wickets and doesn't look incisive enough.
He needs to target the stumps more like Starc, he has the pace and accuracy. Doesn't look very threatening when he bowls back of length and of course it results in dropped catches as well.
We need more LBWs and flying stumps from Amir, if he is good enough that is.
In spite of the dropped catches, his bowling is still sub-standard.
Well dont you think the dropped catches have something to do with that. It affects him mentally and builds up his frustration.
Once frustrated, in my opinion it negatively affects your performance. Not only do you end up bowling the wrong line and lengths you also aim to bowl people for wickets rather than edges. .
A bowler who induces edges is as good as a bowler who gets batsmen out by bowled or LBW.
In that 2010 Eng series both Amir and Anderson took many wickets through slip catches. My point is Amir would have had better numbers since comeback if those catches had been taken.
I really feel for poor Amir. This guy gives it his all in the field and took a stunner as his 1st catch but still seems destined to watch dollies being dropped off his bowling.
Well dont you think the dropped catches have something to do with that. It affects him mentally and builds up his frustration.
Once frustrated, in my opinion it negatively affects your performance. Not only do you end up bowling the wrong line and lengths you also aim to bowl people for wickets rather than edges.
Also one thing not talked about much is that once you get a wicket not only are you fired up with adrenaline, you also have the opportunity to bowl to a new batsmen who is at his most vulnerable. This is an opportunity to get wickets in clusters. When you look at his average it is something you must bear in mind too, as one dropped catch can potentially cost 2 or 3 wickets in a spell.
Amir averages 39 at a SR of 78 since his return in tests.
LOL he is averaging 40 in test cricket this year and i would say 35 is SUBSTANDARD.
Catches got dropped later on, his bowling throughout the series was not great. He was good in patches but average other times.
He is not bowling at a good level at the moment and looks nowhere near a world class bowler his fans hail him to be. The dropped catches are becoming a lazy excuse now, he hasn't been impressive in spite of the dropped catches.
Worse than I thought!
Still you have to ask yourself, who does Pakistan have who is better than that? I don't see any option but to back him.
His problem remains the same. He can only swing the ball when the pitch/atmosphere supports. As soon as the ball stopped swinging he looks ordinary. Even in the T20 in Bangladesh his last over was ordinary. Hence his dropped chances stand out
People try to say if all his catches were taken he would have great stats. No doubt. But that will not solve his problems on flat pitches or with old ball.
His problem remains the same. He can only swing the ball when the pitch/atmosphere supports. As soon as the ball stopped swinging he looks ordinary. Even in the T20 in Bangladesh his last over was ordinary. Hence his dropped chances stand out
People try to say if all his catches were taken he would have great stats. No doubt. But that will not solve his problems on flat pitches or with old ball.
I just dont get this. Why is it always off Amir's bowling?
What a poor 2016 Amir is having.
I have no sympathy for him at all. Deserves all of these hardships.
Creates the most chances. The consequences of being good I suppose.![]()
I have no sympathy for him at all. Deserves all of these hardships.
Karma? That's one way of looking at it.
Even if it hurts our team along the way?
Yes exactly - you get served what you deserve![]()
I have no sympathy for him at all. Deserves all of these hardships.
Let's not travel that path as what happened six years ago hurt the team more than these dropped catches ever will.
I think he has done his time, time to forgive and forget.
I have no sympathy for him at all. Deserves all of these hardships.
Let's not travel that path as what happened six years ago hurt the team more than these dropped catches ever will.
People usually say that just because he has done his time he deserves to be in the national side and I find this rhetoric very laughable.
Why don't we bring back Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif also? And the most common comeback people have is 'Oh, they don't have the performances in domestic cricket to back themselves up'. What performances did Amir have in domestic cricket prior to making a comeback in international cricket? He was fast tracked into the team over other players like Sadaf Hussain etc. who have worked so hard in domestic cricket over the years.
I would love to see Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif coming back into the team just so Amir's fans are exposed in the most miserable way.
I have no sympathy for him at all. Deserves all of these hardships.
People usually say that just because he has done his time he deserves to be in the national side and I find this rhetoric very laughable.
Why don't we bring back Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif also? And the most common comeback people have is 'Oh, they don't have the performances in domestic cricket to back themselves up'. What performances did Amir have in domestic cricket prior to making a comeback in international cricket? He was fast tracked into the team over other players like Sadaf Hussain etc. who have worked so hard in domestic cricket over the years.
I would love to see Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif coming back into the team just so Amir's fans are exposed in the most miserable way.
Disgraceful post because cricket is not about individuals - the team loses and hurts more than the individual dropping catches.
Really don't understand some of the twisted thinking.
Amir shouldn't scream too much straight after the ball catches the edge. Maybe that's off putting for the slip fielders? I remember back in 2010 he had a lot of catches dropped in England aswell. This is just a theory guys not making excuses for the fielders.
Worst part is that some of these people think they are much better than the people who actually want EVERY single person in the team to do well and put the team above their personal hate for a player
Amir has gone through trauma in this innings as a bowler.. I can't just imagine the mindset he will be in this innings..
Gets Raval twice, Williamson drops him himself,
Then gets a decision which is then reversed by the umpire..
He can make his own movie there's been so many lows in this innings for him..
Gotta feel for the guy..
His body language looks down, and he seems to have lost alot of confidence
Clocking 143ks, such low confidence lmao.
I was telling my friend about the catching technique of Sami aslam. It's worst then a street cricketer. I can't believe this guy has payed so many years for Pakistan U19. Unbelieveable and absolutely unprofessional. The blame goes to all of the coaches and blah blah
I have no sympathy for him at all. Deserves all of these hardships.
Generally, I'm not one for conspiracy theories but honestly, this is beyond my understanding. 20 odd catches dropped off Amir bowling in what, 8 tests? Doesn't make any sense. Karm/Fate or just hate for Amir?