Haris Rauf should be fast tracked to the limited overs team

[Cpt. Rishwat]

To be fair that may be correct. This is were a good captain and coach come in who can guide him and develop him. But at the age of 27, he probably should be in his peak.

Him being fast tracked into the Intl. setup probably doesn't help either.

He's not ready for international duty against the quality sides but might be worth persevering with him in lesser series. Look at Wahab, he was hopeless for large part of his career, but in the last few years has become a gun L/O bowler.

 

[TeymurBlake]

He's not ready for international duty against the quality sides but might be worth persevering with him in lesser series. Look at Wahab, he was hopeless for large part of his career, but in the last few years has become a gun L/O bowler.

In the last two years Wahab Riaz has really been an improvement into our LOI sides. But he worked on it and was determined to get back into the side. Whereas Haris had a good BBL and straight away into the Intl setup. What makes it worse is he's not really set the world on fire and done as well as many thought he could be able to do.

 

[Pacy with wisdom]

The vultures are out with their song and dance

 

[Hasan123]

Yeah Wahab really turned it around since being selected for the world cup but heck I'd take Wahab over this guy even when he was out of form. At least Wahab was dropped because he got smacked on those flat pitches in England against the most dominant modern batting line-up of all time, this dudes getting smoked on a slow pitch by Viljoen.

Rauf is okay for T20s. Don't want to see him in ODIs and tests.

 

[Rana]

The vultures are out with their song and dance

Exactly. Still a gun bowler.

 

[QalandarFan]

Rauf is okay for T20s. Don't want to see him in ODIs and tests.

Nah he's really not ok for T20's. Unless your fine with a guy who will pick up 1 wicket celebrate like a maniac and then go on to get smoked for 40 runs in the rest of the match.

 

[Hasan123]

Nah he's really not ok for T20's. Unless your fine with a guy who will pick up 1 wicket celebrate like a maniac and then go on to get smoked for 40 runs in the rest of the match.

T20 is the least important format that's why I don't care if he plays in that.

 

[ethan hunt]

Yes he has a questionable bowling iq but did anyone actually watch the game and factor in the dew?

 

[Amjid Javed]

Needs a few more games donestically yet, his bowling in death overs was pretty poor and needs to improve that aspect.

 

[Zaz]

Anyone can have a bad game I like him Hes got something about him

 

[shamaan]

I like rauf he has good aggression needs to learn to bowl a slower ball and slower ball bouncer.the dew didnt help him in the game

 

[SensiblePakFan]

That delivery to afridi was top drawer.

 

[ethan hunt]

Lol. The armchair experts wont be bumping this today.

 

[MenInG]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sorry for getting you out first ball Shahid Afridi <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LQvMS?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LQvMS</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a> <a href="https://t.co/58Ayt2Qc5a">pic.twitter.com/58Ayt2Qc5a</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1328038282576400386?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 15, 2020</a></blockquote>
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[MenInG]

3 overs, 3 wickets and 15 runs!

 

[saeed5646]

Excellent bowling.

 

[MenInG]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Haris Rauf "Shahid Afridi is a senior player and I had planned that if I got his wicket, then I would apologise in this way" <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LQvMS?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LQvMS</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PSL5?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PSL5</a> <br>(Pic via Lahore Qalandars) <a href="https://t.co/gYlkSAmsmT">pic.twitter.com/gYlkSAmsmT</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1328043576664727552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 15, 2020</a></blockquote>
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[Energy]

Excellent bowling by Rauf. Only got smoked for boundaries on will, not on batsman's skill.

 

[Rana]

The usual delusional suspects overhyped him as usual. He was never good enough and never will be.

Now they will blame Waqar/Misbah/anyone under the sun and also say that he only started bowling with a hard ball 3 days ago.

The next step would be to finally swallow the bitter pill and accept the fact that he is garbage.

This how his career will go from here. He will play about 10 T20Is and 12 ODIs before vanishing into thin air.

This is what happens when you pick people from the streets and overhype them like no tomorrow.

Once again exposing your lack of cricket knowledge. Most wickets in T20s in 2020

 

[Mueez]

What a yorker by him.

Brilliant.

 

[MenInG]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Most wickets in T20s in 2020:<br><br>50 Haris Rauf (31 matches)<br>48 Shaheen Shah Afridi (33 matches)<br>48 Rashid Khan (39 matches)<br>38 Shadab Khan (29 matches)<br>37 Chris Jordan (38 matches)<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a> <a href="https://t.co/GLWiD4pdSG">pic.twitter.com/GLWiD4pdSG</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1328047968226840576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 15, 2020</a></blockquote>
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[Rana]

@pacywithwisdom

Mammon, The guy who will soil his pants if he has to face 110kmh of Afridi in nets was throwing judgements on Harris Rauf vanishing into thin air. Where is he now? Rauf produces a performance of a lifetime to get Lahore into their first ever PSL final! All 3 massive wickets!

 

[Rana]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Most wickets in T20s in 2020:<br><br>50 Haris Rauf (31 matches)<br>48 Shaheen Shah Afridi (33 matches)<br>48 Rashid Khan (39 matches)<br>38 Shadab Khan (29 matches)<br>37 Chris Jordan (38 matches)<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a> <a href="https://t.co/GLWiD4pdSG">pic.twitter.com/GLWiD4pdSG</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1328047968226840576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 15, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Talk Na Mamoon

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

3 overs, 3 wickets and 15 runs!

Shame he spoiled it with a pretty crappy final over but still pleased for him. When he's on song he looks the business.

 

[Pacy with wisdom]

Once again exposing your lack of cricket knowledge. Most wickets in T20s in 2020

The street bowler is the leading wicket taker in t20's this year.
An oxymoron, if there ever was one.
I have said it time and again, [MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION] doesn't understand fast bowling and its nuances.

 

[Saj]

I thought he showed some good mental strength today in bouncing back after Saturday's match.

3-30 was an excellent effort and all 3 wickets were important.

 

[aloo paratha]

I thought he showed some good mental strength today in bouncing back after Saturday's match.

3-30 was an excellent effort and all 3 wickets were important.

Even on Saturday he didn't bowl too poorly. Should've had 3 wickets.

 

[Mamoon]

Once again exposing your lack of cricket knowledge. Most wickets in T20s in 2020

The street bowler is the leading wicket taker in t20's this year.
An oxymoron, if there ever was one.
I have said it time and again, [MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION] doesn't understand fast bowling and its nuances.

See this is the problem with Pakistani fans who are out of touch with reality.

They will overhype mediocre players and when the mediocre player does well against a low quality competition, they start handing out humble pies. However, the reality eventually dawns on them and then they latch onto another mediocre player.

The reality is that Rauf will amount to nothing in international cricket. Give him a handful of games against proper batting lineups and they will make mince meat out of him.

He has taken a bagful of wickets but all of them in low class competition. BBL is a poor league, PSL is low budget mediocre stuff, and the National T20 cup is a joke.

Even yesterday, who did he dismiss? A 50 year old Afridi, Zeeshan who is yet another mediocre Pakistani batsman and Rossouw, who is a good player but it was a full toss that deserved to go for 6. He was unlucky to be caught on the boundary.

I will repeat what I have said previously. He is not going to have the international career that his fans are fantasizing about. Now it is up to them to accept his shortcomings or blame Misbah, Waqar, Babar or whoever is in the firing line.

 

[Thunderbolt14]

See this is the problem with Pakistani fans who are out of touch with reality.

Why the redundancy in this statement? It increasingly seems to be the case that in your book, the very act of being a Pakistan fan makes you out of touch with reality.

 

[Thunderbolt14]

I will repeat what I have said previously. He is not going to have the international career that his fans are fantasizing about.

Nobody is fantasizing about the next coming of Waqar Younis. If he is another Wahab as you have yourself made him out to be, many will be happy. And if he shows more drive to improve than Wahab has (such as the outswinger), many will be even happier.

So maybe you need to be more in tune with the reality of what people are expecting.

 

[Pacy with wisdom]

Why the redundancy in this statement? It increasingly seems to be the case that in your book, the very act of being a Pakistan fan makes you out of touch with reality.

He will keep on peddling the unpopular narrative and quash away anything that gives you hope as a cricket fan.
In 2016 he was at Amir's throat despite the fact that Amir was bowling pretty well at the time.

And now that Amir bowls like a glorified buzurg pensioner, he has taken a turn and become his lawyer, while at the same time dismissing Naseem and Rauf completely.

 

[Thunderbolt14]

He will keep on peddling the unpopular narrative and quash away anything that gives you hope as a cricket fan.
In 2016 he was at Amir's throat despite the fact that Amir was bowling pretty well at the time.

And now that Amir bowls like a glorified buzurg pensioner, he has taken a turn and become his lawyer, while at the same time dismissing Naseem and Rauf completely.

I can only imagine his shock when Amir demolished his Indian top order and his fan favorite legend Virat Kohli, master of run chases on totals big or small, was out twice on two successive balls.

I would have become Amir’s lawyer too after that, to be honest.

 

[PakPremi]

Nobody is fantasizing about the next coming of Waqar Younis. If he is another Wahab as you have yourself made him out to be, many will be happy. And if he shows more drive to improve than Wahab has (such as the outswinger), many will be even happier.

So maybe you need to be more in tune with the reality of what people are expecting.

Exactly Wahab on and off has produced some great spells, and if Haris can replicate that I be happy, and Haris also in his brief career has done well in internationals. Whether it will last for lobg time or not time will tell but why should we not celebrate his current performances nowak fans know like Wahab he could be taken to cleaners one day and on another day he is quite capable of winning match by ripping out few quickly.

 

[Rana]

See this is the problem with Pakistani fans who are out of touch with reality.

They will overhype mediocre players and when the mediocre player does well against a low quality competition, they start handing out humble pies. However, the reality eventually dawns on them and then they latch onto another mediocre player.

The reality is that Rauf will amount to nothing in international cricket. Give him a handful of games against proper batting lineups and they will make mince meat out of him.

He has taken a bagful of wickets but all of them in low class competition. BBL is a poor league, PSL is low budget mediocre stuff, and the National T20 cup is a joke.

Even yesterday, who did he dismiss? A 50 year old Afridi, Zeeshan who is yet another mediocre Pakistani batsman and Rossouw, who is a good player but it was a full toss that deserved to go for 6. He was unlucky to be caught on the boundary.

I will repeat what I have said previously. He is not going to have the international career that his fans are fantasizing about. Now it is up to them to accept his shortcomings or blame Misbah, Waqar, Babar or whoever is in the firing line.

How about you wait for Rauf to bottle it tonight in the final like Your Bumrah did in the Champion's Trophy final in 2017, and then you can come back. Have some dignity and shame. You had no issues going after him when he got hit for 20 against Vilijeon but now he wins a high pressure game for his side, where Shaheen started off with 2 overs for 26, you undermine the quality of his wickets? You would be the first to write 'Its ok hes only started playing cricekt 2 years ago', if he had been a failure yesterday.

 

[Hasan123]

I think he is fine for T20s when he can just bowl as fast as possible in his spells and just concentrate on getting wickets or keeping it tight at the death.

I would keep him away from ODIs and tests as I don't think he has the bowling brain to consistently out think batters.

 

[PakPremi]

There is a pattern emerging here anyone Mamoon criticised starts to perform really well: Shadab, Husnain, Haris, Wahab, Shan to name a few.

 

[BigShak]

I think he is fine for T20s when he can just bowl as fast as possible in his spells and just concentrate on getting wickets or keeping it tight at the death.

I would keep him away from ODIs and tests as I don't think he has the bowling brain to consistently out think batters.

He has the potential to be a good ODI and Test bowler. Just needs to gain more experience, that’s the only way a bowler can learn to out think batsmen as well as build fitness for the longer formats. The Zimbabwe series was a big waste imo, shouldn’t have been held in the middle of our FC season. The likes of Rauf, Naseem, Musa and even Shaheen could have got much needed FC experience.

 

[Rana]

There is a pattern emerging here anyone Mamoon criticised starts to perform really well: Shadab, Husnain, Haris, Wahab, Shan to name a few.

He is fast becoming a Panauti for those who are wishing Pakistan to fail

 

[Hasan123]

He has the potential to be a good ODI and Test bowler. Just needs to gain more experience, that’s the only way a bowler can learn to out think batsmen as well as build fitness for the longer formats. The Zimbabwe series was a big waste imo, shouldn’t have been held in the middle of our FC season. The likes of Rauf, Naseem, Musa and even Shaheen could have got much needed FC experience.

He is 27. I don't see it happening. It is early on in your career where you build your bowling muscles and learn about reading batters.

 

[zarak]

See this is the problem with Pakistani fans who are out of touch with reality.

They will overhype mediocre players and when the mediocre player does well against a low quality competition, they start handing out humble pies. However, the reality eventually dawns on them and then they latch onto another mediocre player.

The reality is that Rauf will amount to nothing in international cricket. Give him a handful of games against proper batting lineups and they will make mince meat out of him.

He has taken a bagful of wickets but all of them in low class competition. BBL is a poor league, PSL is low budget mediocre stuff, and the National T20 cup is a joke.

Even yesterday, who did he dismiss? A 50 year old Afridi, Zeeshan who is yet another mediocre Pakistani batsman and Rossouw, who is a good player but it was a full toss that deserved to go for 6. He was unlucky to be caught on the boundary.

I will repeat what I have said previously. He is not going to have the international career that his fans are fantasizing about. Now it is up to them to accept his shortcomings or blame Misbah, Waqar, Babar or whoever is in the firing line.

People with limited knowledge argue on outcomes. Its t20 cricket some days you're good some days you're bad. Show your knowledge and talk on the level of processes.

Rauf isn't great but Anyone who knows cricket will get excited when they see a 145k bowler with a bolt upright seam pitching it up and swinging it. The rest is up to him but he certainly has good ingredients.

 

[shamaan]

He will go for runs here and thier but he will continue taking wickets in t20s and odis

 

[shamaan]

There is a pattern emerging here anyone Mamoon criticised starts to perform really well: Shadab, Husnain, Haris, Wahab, Shan to name a few.

Let him continue to criticise lol

 

[Rana]

Big day for him tomorrow. He stepped up yesterday and got Lahore into its first ever PSL final on the back of excellent T20 performances throughout his career upto this point, can he be the man to deliver all of Punjab its first ever championship in the Franchise cricket level?

 

[Rajdeep]

Big day for him tomorrow. He stepped up yesterday and got Lahore into its first ever PSL final on the back of excellent T20 performances throughout his career upto this point, can he be the man to deliver all of Punjab its first ever championship in the Franchise cricket level?

My man Babar will deal with him tomorrow :

 

[Rana]

My man Babar will deal with him tomorrow :

Its going to be a serious contest. They also have to deal with Alex Hales.

You can bet your House that Rauf is going to be over excited for this occasin

 

[Rana]

He is basically a street cricketer.

You go go any city/village in the country and you will find plenty of tape ball bowlers like him who are very quick.

However, there is a world of difference between bowling fast and have the skill-set and the mindset to perform in proper, professional cricket.

He is extremely lucky to be playing at this platform.

You know I was thinking...

Imagine being born into a privileged middle class household in a SENA country like New Zealand, and your parents pay for your tuition fees to attend a private school which provides you with all the opportunity, coaching and facilities to thrive in sports like Rugby and Cricket. Such schooling that allows you to excel all the way into the upper leagues of cricket, domestic cricket and eventually becoming an international cricketer to represent your country. Then, to one day come face to face with a bowler who has probably dropped out of his government school at the age of 15, done absolutely nothing in his spare time but just bowl in the streets of a less economically developed country like Pakistan with no proper equipment and gear. Only then to lose your wicket to that man who comes from such an impoverished background...

This is the beauty of cricket. What an amazing leveller.

 

[Pacy with wisdom]

Street Bowler doing well in his first opportunity in an unforgiving ground like Eden Park. Lol

 

[Mamoon]

You know I was thinking...

Imagine being born into a privileged middle class household in a SENA country like New Zealand, and your parents pay for your tuition fees to attend a private school which provides you with all the opportunity, coaching and facilities to thrive in sports like Rugby and Cricket. Such schooling that allows you to excel all the way into the upper leagues of cricket, domestic cricket and eventually becoming an international cricketer to represent your country. Then, to one day come face to face with a bowler who has probably dropped out of his government school at the age of 15, done absolutely nothing in his spare time but just bowl in the streets of a less economically developed country like Pakistan with no proper equipment and gear. Only then to lose your wicket to that man who comes from such an impoverished background...

This is the beauty of cricket. What an amazing leveller.

Worse things have happened in cricket.

Imagine being Inzamam-Ul-Haq and captaining your team to a World Cup defeat against a bunch of drunk Irishmen with side jobs.

Inzamam was a world renowned batsman scoring runs against teams like India and had a World Cup medal in his house when these Irishmen were yet to pick up a cricket bat or ball and were working as cashiers in supermarkets.

I can continue with such examples and stories and they will be very intriguing but we will be here all night. I hope you can see where I am going and how many wonderful stories I can bring up.

As I said in the other thread, Pakistani management as well as Pakistani fans like to learn things the hard way.

This Rauf drama will also end soon but it will only happen once he gets smashed out of international cricket and costs Pakistan matches.

He is not capable of performing at the highest level because he has spent very little time in a proper cricket setup and he is already 27 and that is Pakistani 27.

Pakistan needs to move on from him as quickly as possible for its own sake. They should have the perspective to not let a few random performances fool them. That is the type of perspective that is present in other teams but lacking in Pakistan.

I know the fans are desperate for him to have a long and successful career because it would make a great story and provide a lot of inspiration, but unfortunately, he is not going to have the career they are fantasizing.

 

[YousafTheBeast]

Worse things have happened in cricket.

Imagine being Inzamam-Ul-Haq and captaining your team to a World Cup defeat against a bunch of drunk Irishmen with side jobs.

Inzamam was a world renowned batsman scoring runs against teams like India and had a World Cup medal in his house when these Irishmen were yet to pick up a cricket bat or ball and were working as cashiers in supermarkets.

I can continue with such examples and stories and they will be very intriguing but we will be here all night. I hope you can see where I am going and how many wonderful stories I can bring up.

As I said in the other thread, Pakistani management as well as Pakistani fans like to learn things the hard way.

This Rauf drama will also end soon but it will only happen once he gets smashed out of international cricket and costs Pakistan matches.

He is not capable of performing at the highest level because he has spent very little time in a proper cricket setup and he is already 27 and that is Pakistani 27.

Pakistan needs to move on from him as quickly as possible for its own sake. They should have the perspective to not let a few random performances fool them. That is the type of perspective that is present in other teams but lacking in Pakistan.

I know the fans are desperate for him to have a long and successful career because it would make a great story and provide a lot of inspiration, but unfortunately, he is not going to have the career they are fantasizing.

With so much hate for Haris Rauf, you probably pray that he gets smashed everyday just so he doesn’t prove you wrong. That’s just sad.

 

[Mamoon]

With so much hate for Haris Rauf, you probably pray that he gets smashed everyday just so he doesn’t prove you wrong. That’s just sad.

I don’t hate him or the team, but you can think what you want.

 

[YousafTheBeast]

I don’t hate him or the team, but you can think what you want.

Aight, name 1 bowler whose good enough to replace Haris Rauf in our current squad? Hasnain and Musa aren’t any better, and just like the Amir situation, Haris Rauf is the best we’ve got right now in NZ

 

[Mamoon]

Aight, name 1 bowler whose good enough to replace Haris Rauf in our current squad? Hasnain and Musa aren’t any better, and just like the Amir situation, Haris Rauf is the best we’ve got right now in NZ

If he’s the best we have got then no wonder we are a dreadful cricket nation that is barely hovering above minnow level.

 

[Rana]

Worse things have happened in cricket.

Imagine being Inzamam-Ul-Haq and captaining your team to a World Cup defeat against a bunch of drunk Irishmen with side jobs.

Inzamam was a world renowned batsman scoring runs against teams like India and had a World Cup medal in his house when these Irishmen were yet to pick up a cricket bat or ball and were working as cashiers in supermarkets.

I can continue with such examples and stories and they will be very intriguing but we will be here all night. I hope you can see where I am going and how many wonderful stories I can bring up.

As I said in the other thread, Pakistani management as well as Pakistani fans like to learn things the hard way.

This Rauf drama will also end soon but it will only happen once he gets smashed out of international cricket and costs Pakistan matches.

He is not capable of performing at the highest level because he has spent very little time in a proper cricket setup and he is already 27 and that is Pakistani 27.

Pakistan needs to move on from him as quickly as possible for its own sake. They should have the perspective to not let a few random performances fool them. That is the type of perspective that is present in other teams but lacking in Pakistan.

I know the fans are desperate for him to have a long and successful career because it would make a great story and provide a lot of inspiration, but unfortunately, he is not going to have the career they are fantasizing.

I think the stories just reaffirm the point. On the day, in the moment, what matters is the man holding the bat and the person bowling the ball to him. The background, the schooling and social class is meaningless when the competition is alive. Feel so sorry for those privileged, well educated and fully trained batsmen from New Zealand to lose their wickets to Harris Street Rauf today, and all of those guys from the BBL who also fell victim to him.

Long live the streets if they are producing such competitive cricketers!

 

[Mamoon]

I think the stories just reaffirm the point. On the day, in the moment, what matters is the man holding the bat and the person bowling the ball to him. The background, the schooling and social class is meaningless when the competition is alive. Feel so sorry for those privileged, well educated and fully trained batsmen from New Zealand to lose their wickets to Harris Street Rauf today, and all of those guys from the BBL who also fell victim to him.

Long live the streets if they are producing such competitive cricketers!

Many great players have come from humble backgrounds. Rauf however isn’t one of them.

 

[Rana]

Many great players have come from humble backgrounds. Rauf however isn’t one of them.

He’s a street cricketer according to you, he wasn’t coached and prepared to become England Test Captain like Alistair Cook was at his prestigious public school, or put on an ECB privilege program like the Curran brothers were.

 

[Mesozoic]

Didnt watch the game but figures of 3/29 at Eden Park agains in-form kiwi batters is quite impressive.

I think his pace and bowling style is more suited to NZ and Aus conditions where he can hurry the batsmen with the skiddy-ness. Don't think he will do that well in the SC.

 

[Mamoon]

He’s a street cricketer according to you, he wasn’t coached and prepared to become England Test Captain like Alistair Cook was at his prestigious public school, or put on an ECB privilege program like the Curran brothers were.

It is not my problem.

 

[Rana]

It is not my problem.

But you do have a problem with him doing well, performing well for his country and the franchises he represents.

 

[Mamoon]

But you do have a problem with him doing well, performing well for his country and the franchises he represents.

I don’t have a problem with that either. I am only warning people not to expect him to have a successful international career but it is not going to happen.

 

[Titan24]

Should be playing some longer format cricket and Pakistan cup was a decent opportunity to play 50 overs cricket but, like some players now a days he is playing T20 league (BBL).

 

[shamaan]

Should be playing some longer format cricket and Pakistan cup was a decent opportunity to play 50 overs cricket but, like some players now a days he is playing T20 league (BBL).

i will be okay with him playing BBL if he plays the longer format but he can miss the Pakistan cup if played in the longer format

 

[Mamoon]

Rock thrower got smashed by NZ kids and domestic reserves and people expect him to be our main bowler in white ball cricket.

As I have said before, this Rauf experiment will end in tears. A tape ball bowler in his late 20s will never succeed in international cricket unless he is a once in a hundred years talent, and Rauf is not in that.

He is just an excellent street cricketer and a big name in the tape ball circuit. You can find many such bowlers in nearly every city, and plenty of batsmen as well who can smash big sixes against these bowlers.

There is nothing special about Rauf, he just got lucky that he got picked by Lahore Qalandars and got a break in professional cricket. Other successful players of tape ball circuit have not had that break.

However, there is a difference between professional cricket and street cricket.

Rauf has no match awareness, no situation awareness, no awareness of fielding positions and he cannot measure up the batsman either. All he does is run to the crease like a bull on the loose and throw rocks at the batsmen.

This works in street cricket but not in international cricket, at least not against quality teams.

He will fail in the long-run and there is no doubt about it at all.

 

[Hasan123]

Rock thrower got smashed by NZ kids and domestic reserves and people expect him to be our main bowler in white ball cricket.

As I have said before, this Rauf experiment will end in tears. A tape ball bowler in his late 20s will never succeed in international cricket unless he is a once in a hundred years talent, and Rauf is not in that.

He is just an excellent street cricketer and a big name in the tape ball circuit. You can find many such bowlers in nearly every city, and plenty of batsmen as well who can smash big sixes against these bowlers.

There is nothing special about Rauf, he just got lucky that he got picked by Lahore Qalandars and got a break in professional cricket. Other successful players of tape ball circuit have not had that break.

However, there is a difference between professional cricket and street cricket.

Rauf has no match awareness, no situation awareness, no awareness of fielding positions and he cannot measure up the batsman either. All he does is run to the crease like a bull on the loose and throw rocks at the batsmen.

This works in street cricket but not in international cricket, at least not against quality teams.

He will fail in the long-run and there is no doubt about it at all.

Why do you call him a rock thrower ?

 

[asadee]

Gives away 20 runs in an over in BBL!!

 

[Firebat]

Poor bowling by Rauf, 28 runs conceded in his 2 powerplay overs.

 

[Mamoon]

Why do you call him a rock thrower ?

This is why.

 

[Bilal_103]

This guy has no iq. doesn't even look at the field that's set. Just runs in and bends his back.

 

[Mamoon]

Time to fast-track him out of the team.

 

[Mamoon]

Come on, he is another Wahab, isn't he?
Like wahab also used to bowl well with the new ball, didnt he? Oops, maybe he didnt.

Who cares, our resident doom and gloom propaganda machine told us that he has got a terrible mentality and is going to disappear into oblivion very soon.
That outswing you see with the new ball, and the attacking wicket taking mindset are all your fantasies.

He could have very easily taken, 5, 6 wickets today. Two plumb LBW's were not given in his favour.

He is a potent strike bowler, with all the wicket taking skills, and has an ultra aggressive mindset.

We haven't had such a bowler for a while; apart from Shaheen, as most of the bowlers in the recent past are content with playing a defensive mindset.

The usual delusional suspects overhyped him as usual. He was never good enough and never will be.

Now they will blame Waqar/Misbah/anyone under the sun and also say that he only started bowling with a hard ball 3 days ago.

The next step would be to finally swallow the bitter pill and accept the fact that he is garbage.

This how his career will go from here. He will play about 10 T20Is and 12 ODIs before vanishing into thin air.

This is what happens when you pick people from the streets and overhype them like no tomorrow.

Once again exposing your lack of cricket knowledge. Most wickets in T20s in 2020

Talk Na Mamoon

As I keep saying, some people will never learn.

 

[Mamoon]

The street bowler is the leading wicket taker in t20's this year.
An oxymoron, if there ever was one.
I have said it time and again, [MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION] doesn't understand fast bowling and its nuances.

Genius.

Please blame Waqar now. Please.

 

[shaz619]

Haris Rauf is basically a bowling machine and even they are more threatening, I would say he reminds me of Sami but that bloke was far superior then this lad. Not sure why he roars all the time either, even after getting spanked from genesis to revelations; you’d think he is Brett Lee, Akhtar or Steyn with the ball in his hands, my word a right piece of work. It’s sad to see the state of Pak fast bowling apart from Shaheen although Hassan also has potential