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[EXCLUSIVE] "I've not had the chances that some other players have been given to prove themselves": Usman Qadir

Abid Z said:
Where did I write he should play T20’s? Infact what you struggle to understand is my main point he should be nowhere near any kind of national team. What he does aside from that is between him and his selectors.
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Ohk then the discussion ends here. Thanks for clarifying.
 
mominsaigol said:
His spin is useless if he just throws full tosses 24/7
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Yup, but those issues he can work upon. He gets a huge amount of turn and that can be usefull in test cricket. Infact I didn't meant that he would be surely going to be any superstar. But why not, if he can improve on these weaknesses. I just meant that if he was suited to any format, it was test cricket not the t20s.
 
Rana said:
Not sure what he wants? He was given more opportunity to represent Pakistan than Imad Wasim in the past 2-3 years. It’s no one’s fault if you bowl a full toss and a half tracker every over
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He wasn't a good T20I bowler because he used to bowl with more flight. It would have been better if the PCB had utilized him in Test cricket... I am sure he would have performed much better there.
 
Issue with him, Usama Mir and Shadab Khan is that they bowl too many lose deliveries. They don’t build up enough pressure to get get wickets. They need to spend hours and hours in nets to improve their line&length and control.
 
cricketmania22 said:
He averages 42 in FC. Hard to make a case for somebody like him.
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sometimes stats don't represent what you are capable of.

Look at most of the PSL champions... they are failing miserably in International cricket.

I think the way Usman bowls he could have done really well in red ball, at least he should have been tried in a series or so.
 
Cricket Warrior said:
sometimes stats don't represent what you are capable of.

Look at most of the PSL champions... they are failing miserably in International cricket.

I think the way Usman bowls he could have done really well in red ball, at least he should have been tried in a series or so.
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Getting wickets is the toughest job in cricket. You need real skills to get the batsmen out. And test matches are not the place to develop those skills. If he is interested in playing test matches for pakistan he should have played more then 14-15 FC matches.
 
Usama Mir was dropped rightfully so, due to his lack of consistency with line & length, but his height could make major difference for Pakistan, however the negatives right now in his game out way the potential positives specially considering his current age & Abrar taking his chances.

M.Haris, needs to be playing regular domestic cricket & fine tune his batting & keeping. He needs more than ramp shots & scoop shots, he needs to learn the art of building a innings as well as maintaining a steady SR + building his physicality.
 
Cricket Warrior said:
sometimes stats don't represent what you are capable of.

Look at most of the PSL champions... they are failing miserably in International cricket.

I think the way Usman bowls he could have done really well in red ball, at least he should have been tried in a series or so.
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Abrar has replaced him in every format and that's a fact.

I understand that it's a batting friendly era but then to justify his place he needs to prove he's consistently better then his replacements. Which he hasn't proven himself to be over abrar.

With shadab, he can hide behind his false batting clause. What can usama mir hide behind? He's a spinner and so is abrar and between these 2 abrar I'd miles superior.

Infact abrar is the only bowler in Pakistan setup who isn't a run machine
 
mominsaigol said:
Abrar has replaced him in every format and that's a fact.

I understand that it's a batting friendly era but then to justify his place he needs to prove he's consistently better then his replacements. Which he hasn't proven himself to be over abrar.

With shadab, he can hide behind his false batting clause. What can usama mir hide behind? He's a spinner and so is abrar and between these 2 abrar I'd miles superior.

Infact abrar is the only bowler in Pakistan setup who isn't a run machine
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As a pure attacking leg spin option, I’d take Usama over Shadab, Usama is more of a conventional leggie. Abrar has bypassed both as you say due to keeping things tight as well, big part of that is his unorthodox leg spin action, he’s a lot closer to the stumps and doesn’t have a round arm action, also has more flexibility in his wrists because it’s not easy to bowl leg breaks especially from the front with a straight arm; he wont get as much turn that way on non supportive pitches but can make up for it with the back hand variations, incredible find for Pakistan.
 
Usman Qadir in an interview said:

"I have no regrets about leaving Australia. It's all about destiny, which has been written by Allah. I am very happy and proud to be representing Pakistan at a higher level. I will always do my best whenever I get the chance to play for Pakistan and make my father proud.

Last season, I performed very well in domestic cricket and my focus is to not only concentrate on white-ball cricket but also on red-ball cricket. Therefore I am playing all three formats.

You can tag anyone you think is in the team due to friendship culture but I don't let these things distract me. I try my best to perform whenever I get a chance to play.

If you say I have a weight of 75 kg and someone asks me to play with a weight of 85 kg, obviously I can't play with that much weight. Whoever made this decision on fitness by the PCB made a very good decision, so I always want to work on my fitness and try to maintain my weight.

I don't want to create any controversy but if you look at my last season they said I would play First-Class matches for Lahore but out of 7 matches, I was only played in 1. In that match, I took 6 wickets. My focus is always to do my best rather than complain and I leave the rest to Allah.

In batting, I always try to practice in the nets and whenever I get the chance to bat in the last overs of matches, I aim to hit boundaries. However I mostly focus on leg spin because controlling the lengths while bowling is not easy."
 
He could have been a good test bowler (still can) as one or two bad deliveries per over will not matter much in longer formats as long he bowls an absolute jaffer every now and then which he definitely can.
 
Muhammad Saad said:
He could have been a good test bowler (still can) as one or two bad deliveries per over will not matter much in longer formats as long he bowls an absolute jaffer every now and then which he definitely can.
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I always believe he can do better in red ball cricket but I dont know what is stopping selectors from giving him a chance especially when we don't have any good Test bowlers in the circuit.
 
Usman Qadir's thoughts on Champions Cup 2024:

"I believe it is going to be a great event. Young event will get a fantastic opportunity to showcase their skills and performance,"
 
While the rest of the bowlers are bowling at an economy rate of less than 7, Usman Qadir is struggling, with a high bowling economy rate of 11.25 in just 4 overs so far against the Panthers in the Champions One-Day Cup 2024.
 
He just wasn't good enough and that's the cold hard truth. Couldn't hack it in domestic, couldn't hack it for Pakistan, couldn't hack it for Western Australia.
 
If he played for a more professional set-up with a genuine leader to support him and not bugs bunny :babar , I think they’d have squeezed a lot more out of him, a bit like what Stokes is doing with Bashir. Usman had some great tools to work with, for one he was a specialist leggie which seem to be an endangered species and the other, he went for a few but gave the ball a real good rip.

A big shame for Pakistan because I had high hopes for his talent.
 
Usman Qadir should have utilized in Test cricket considering we dont have any proper bowler available in this format.
 
RedwoodOriginal said:
He just wasn't good enough and that's the cold hard truth. Couldn't hack it in domestic, couldn't hack it for Pakistan, couldn't hack it for Western Australia.
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Yep. Pakistan has been starved for so long for a proper quality spinner and other than an odd game or so, he was complete rubbish with zero control with line/length or the IQ to setup batsmen.
 
He basically forced his way into the side because he had the right last name, made a big drama about moving to Australia because Pakistan wouldn’t give him a chance and then also because he’s part of the Babar clique. In the end, he was a nothing bowler.
 
I think he made the right choice to move away from this PCB system. He himself was not a great bowler but it was still early days for him and he can play good 5-6 years more so there is some time to improve. He might just become a league player.
 
Easily the biggest turner of cricket ball in Pakistan in last 2 decade and even though he lacks control, A smart captain could have utilized him more effectively.
 
Usman Qadir has retired from Pakistan cricket. Four years after returning from Australia and committing his international future to Pakistan. Qadir, 31, announced his retirement on his social media that his days as a Pakistani cricketer were behind him.
 
Most talented PK leg spinner but not the sharpest. He had an amazing googly, an excellent leg spinner but he couldn't land the ball twice in the same place. He should have played lots of FC cricket and just judged himself on landing the ball on a length, this required a brain which this Qadir never had. What a waste
 
Bewal Express said:
He was the Adil Rashid of PK cricket, but whereas Adil had an amazing ODI and T20 career, Qadir never even had that
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because management never trusted his potential and really dont know the reason because he had everything as a leg spinner and could have achieved alot for Pakistan.. even babar's friendship couldnt helped him a bit. poor lad!
 
Cricket Warrior said:
because management never trusted his potential and really dont know the reason because he had everything as a leg spinner and could have achieved alot for Pakistan.. even babar's friendship couldnt helped him a bit. poor lad!
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He needed, dare I say an Owen Morgan or Ben Stokes to pick him and let him sink or swim in tests . But he also needed to stop feeling sorry for himself and actually play FC cricket and learn to control his line and length and he didn't do that. A talented wasted in a sea of no spinning talent
 
Bewal Express said:
He needed, dare I say an Owen Morgan or Ben Stokes to pick him and let him sink or swim in tests . But he also needed to stop feeling sorry for himself and actually play FC cricket and learn to control his line and length and he didn't do that. A talented wasted in a sea of no spinning talent
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It’s not that he hadn’t tried , sometimes no matter what you do things just doesn’t click in your way , I would say more of bad luck then anything, not everyone has career transformation luck like Imran Khan , hardwork only get you far if you have luck as well.
 
Muhammad Saad said:
It’s not that he hadn’t tried , sometimes no matter what you do things just doesn’t click in your way , I would say more of bad luck then anything, not everyone has career transformation luck like Imran Khan , hardwork only get you far if you have luck as well.
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I think it was a mental thing and he should be more self critical. It's such a waste
 
Bewal Express said:
I think it was a mental thing and he should be more self critical. It's such a waste
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That's the thing our players aren't self critical.

They don't sit and and analyse after a game/series what they've done right and wrong and how to change or do things differently.

They're always of the mentality that they're just superior species and don't have anything to do just come and show up and things will happen.
 
Bewal Express said:
He was the Adil Rashid of PK cricket, but whereas Adil had an amazing ODI and T20 career, Qadir never even had that
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Usman Qadir claims he wanted to play first class cricket but since he was traveling reserve or on the bench, it deprived him. He said that in recent interviews.
 
why is he retiring at 31? If that’s his real age he could easily play for another 10 years which includes full FC seasons.
 
offstump said:
why is he retiring at 31? If that’s his real age he could easily play for another 10 years which includes full FC seasons.
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He has just retired from Pakistan cricket. He will most probably move to Australia to pursue a career in cricket.

Pakistan was desperately looking for a good leg spinner and he had every chance to make his mark and be a regular member but he failed. He had a pretty mediocre career tbh.
 
BouncerGuy said:
He has just retired from Pakistan cricket. He will most probably move to Australia to pursue a career in cricket.

Pakistan was desperately looking for a good leg spinner and he had every chance to make his mark and be a regular member but he failed. He had a pretty mediocre career tbh.
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Not sure he’ll have better prospects in Australia, he’s better off trying his luck in the USA, unless he has some sort of immigration status in Aus?
 
offstump said:
Not sure he’ll have better prospects in Australia, he’s better off trying his luck in the USA, unless he has some sort of immigration status in Aus?
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In the past he moved to Australia form some time as far as I can recall. I think he knows Australian conditions better so it is good for him to move there.
 
This guy was a proper leggie. Just didn't seem to work on himself on his cricket.

If he'd stuck it out in FC cricket he had the ability to become test class but he tried to take short cuts all the time.

After his shenanigans by moving to Aus he's lucky he even played for Pakistan at all.
 
Usman Qadir, the former Pakistan leg spinner, has relocated to New South Wales, Australia, seeking fresh opportunities in cricket. This move comes after his retirement from international cricket in October 2024.

Currently, he is playing for the Hawkesbury Cricket Club in Sydney, aiming to establish himself in the Australian cricketing scene once again.

This isn't Qadir's first experience with Australian cricket. He previously played for Western Australia and featured in the Big Bash League for Perth Scorchers and Sydney Thunder. He even earned a spot in Australia’s Prime Minister’s XI.
 
Usman Qadir moves to Australia and shared following grievances against PCB:

"I didn't get any chances there. If I had gotten chances, I would have been the main player of the Pakistan cricket team. And the way Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, and Usama Mir were getting the chances regularly, if I had played like that, I think I could have created a difference."

'But unfortunately, in Pakistan, there is a lot of liking and disliking. If you look at the performance of 3-4 years, it is zero. I don't like these things. I don’t like the politics in the game. I stay away from negative people.”

"But I am still playing. I have been based in Sydney, and I will play only for the club. I have come here because my future and my children's future are secure.”

“There is liking and disliking in Pakistan Cricket. I came to Australia to secure my future"
 
Why Usman Qadir doesn't get chances in PSL? In T20s?

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Look at his bowling record. In limited overs. Specially T20s. He's good.
 
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