Hassan Ali receives offers from 2 County Sides

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Hassan Ali has received offers from 2 English County sides to play for them this season in the T20 Blast and the County Championship <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a> <a href="https://t.co/dhHDYcfnmZ">pic.twitter.com/dhHDYcfnmZ</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1363484371219591169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 21, 2021</a></blockquote>
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[aloo paratha]

Great news. He should accept.

 

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Hassan Ali has received offers from 2 English County sides to play for them this season in the T20 Blast and the County Championship <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a> <a href="https://t.co/dhHDYcfnmZ">pic.twitter.com/dhHDYcfnmZ</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1363484371219591169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 21, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Hopefully it's a division 1 team but he should accept whoever it is.

 

[Saj]

Hopefully it's a division 1 team but he should accept whoever it is.

Both are Division 1 Teams, yes.

 

[Saj]

Great news. He should accept.

It all depends on availability and what series Pakistan have at the time.

 

[Titan24]

County championship a is great opportunity when he gets break from international calendar but regarding T20 Blast and other leagues I hope he takes it a bit easy in the next season or so atleast as dont want to push that back straight away to limit. Really important player for Pak across the formats.

 

[aloo paratha]

It all depends on availability and what series Pakistan have at the time.

County championship games tend to happen in May and June right? I think we'll be free both months.

 

[Rana]

I hope he doesn’t take it because I fear that he will get injured again.

 

[observer1]

Good opportunity, but i feel County Cricket isn't what it once used to be.

 

[hitthestump]

Good opportunity, but i feel County Cricket isn't what it once used to be.

Nope. Lots of the pitches are phattas these days with most of the help for fast bowlers coming from overcast conditions rather than off the seam.

 

[Savak]

County Cricket did nothing for Abbas. It's quality experience for our batsmen tho. Zaheer Khan's career transformed after two stints in county cricket

 

[moghul]

He deserves to earn money but hope he will keep his work load in balance. Another injury and he could lose lots of cricket and money.

 

[Junaids]

It's a great opportunity.

I don't think it would develop his bowling much, but the important thing is for him to do what Wasim Akram did at Lancashire in 1988 - move up to Number 6 or 7 in the batting order and learn how to build an innings rather than slogging like a brain-dead Afridi.

Marnus Labuschagne was a third rate all-rounder until he played for Glamorgan in 2019. But in 10 matches he scored 5 fifties and 5 hundreds and basically learned how to play red ball cricket as a batsman.

This is Hassan Ali's chance to learn how to bat. And that raises the prospect of a Pakistan lower middle-order of:

7. Shadab Khan
8. Faheem Ashraf
9. Hassan Ali

And suddenly instead of 240-5 becoming 275 all out, it could consistently become 380 all out.

 

[Bigboii]

Historically county cricket was a great way to develop as a cricketer but for the longest time ECT wasn't all that great

why didn't it work for ECT the way it worked for our batsmen, bowlers?

 

[angrypathan]

It's a good opportunity, but I wouldn't actually be disappointed if he refused to go. Hassan needs to have his workload managed going forward

 

[moghul]

It's a great opportunity.

I don't think it would develop his bowling much, but the important thing is for him to do what Wasim Akram did at Lancashire in 1988 - move up to Number 6 or 7 in the batting order and learn how to build an innings rather than slogging like a brain-dead Afridi.

Marnus Labuschagne was a third rate all-rounder until he played for Glamorgan in 2019. But in 10 matches he scored 5 fifties and 5 hundreds and basically learned how to play red ball cricket as a batsman.

This is Hassan Ali's chance to learn how to bat. And that raises the prospect of a Pakistan lower middle-order of:

7. Shadab Khan
8. Faheem Ashraf
9. Hassan Ali

And suddenly instead of 240-5 becoming 275 all out, it could consistently become 380 all out.

Yes, if he uses his summer in country cricket smartly, he can learn lot from the professional culture there.

 

[JattMaula]

County Cricket did nothing for Abbas. It's quality experience for our batsmen tho. Zaheer Khan's career transformed after two stints in county cricket

Ishant became a proper bowler too.

 

[Thunderbolt14]

[MENTION=9]Saj[/MENTION] could you ask Hasan about whether he plans to work on his batting like Wasim Akram did in county cricket?

 

[mon858]

In any year it would have been no Brainer and good opportunity especially for red ball game. However, this year we have non stop cricket from psl all the way to world t20 and beyond. Beside Shaheen he is our only other all format pick as a fast bowler and this year he is returning from injury.
Only way it could be done is if he works out with pcb that they give him break from series against Zim, Afghanistan, etc.

 

[Manunited18]

Great opportunity for the young man, should grasp it with both hands. It will benefit him mentally As Well as improve on his skill set.

 

[Minnowbasher]

Hope its Lancashire! Will be able to watch him at Old Trafford.

 

[UzmanBeast]

Though country cricket does not have that much value nowadays, it would do him well to learn how to bowl in those conditions before our next test series in England.

Is it possible for him to end up on a side that has one of Anderson or Broad? If that happens, he could learn a thing or two.