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I'm not going to bring in statistics here, but the Pak batsman I feared the most was Saeed Anwar. The guy was truly class. He was the only Pak batsman I feared. I respect Mohammad Yousuf. But this question is for Pak fans, how highly do you guys rate him? Do you rate him ahead of Inzamam? Do you guys rate him alongside guys like Sachin, Lara or Ponting?
 
After all, Yousuf holds the world record of most Test runs in a year, something that neither Sachin, Lara, or Ponting can boast of.
 
He is in a league below Javed, Inzi and YK. He is in 2nd tier with Malik,Zaheer and Saeed Anwar.
 
Not even close to Inzi. Even the current generation players like AB, Amla, Cook or Yoni are ahead of Yousuf.Yousuf struggled against spin and bounce. He was good vs swing and his stats are heavily inflated by minnow bashing and soft runs. He wasn't a clutch player either and a very poor captain.
 
Though pleasing on the eye, he was the King of soft runs.

That one series in England I thought signified a turn around but after 2006 he hardly played.

Generally if the pitch had something in it, be it pace, movement or turn, he wasn't going to last long.

He best knock by far in my opinion was his 80 odd in South Africa. I truly began to believe that he was turning himself in to a match winner but he got banned and that was all she wrote.

Even in ODIs, he is statistically brilliant but what were his stand out big game performances?
 
He had a period when he struggled against left arm spin too. Remember Panesar getting him out a few times on that 2006 tour.

Great to watch in full flow but a tier below Inzamam.
 
Brilliant to watch, there was no better sight (from any country) than MoYo when he was in full flow. For that magical 12-18 months he may have been the best batsman I've ever seen.

Unfortunately he was also a complete bottler who caved under pressure time and time again which is why he wouldn't get anywhere near my all time Pakistan XI.
 
Like many have said he had a golden year in 2006 but beyond that barely played (so although he was starting to turn a corner we don't know if that would have lead to more consistency and better record when it came to gaining hard runs), politics etc all contributed his downfall and no one respects him as much or cares for the legacy he left behind given the TV stint with GEO unfortunately. Moyo had a really poor attitude towards the end of his career and he only got himself to blame.
 
One of the best along with Inzi but below Younis Khan and Javed Miandad they are next league.

Worst captain in history of PAK just slightly better then Butt though.
 
Can't remember him performing much under pressure in the 2nd innings. Maybe stats over substance.
 
Everyone summed it up: very pleasing to the eyes but not many valuable runs for Pakistan. That's how M Yousuf will be remembered in the history of Pakistani cricket.
 
Soft. But good to watch, best innings at Melbourne 2004
 
Ability wise, he was right up there with the very best. Could play beautiful shots all over the ground and could play brilliantly in all formats.

However, he was one of the weakest cricketers mentally who went missing so many times when things got tough. He hardly contributed anything that amounted to anything in Pakistan cricket. Can't really recall any memorable victory that came due to his batting.

So, for me he was just a good batsman who is way below the likes of Hanif, Inzamam, Miandad, Younis, and Anwar.
 
Much more elegant and stylish batsman than some of his contemporaries, like Sachin and Dravid.

Ponting gave him competition, though.
 
Cricketrenew said:
One of the best along with Inzi but below Younis Khan and Javed Miandad they are next league.

Worst captain in history of PAK just slightly better then Butt though.
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That is incorrect, Inzi one could count on at least to save our blushes and be there when team was falling apart...MoYo was just a pretty boy (in terms of his playing style) and nothing more!

His century against Australia in Melbourne and fifty against SA (where he scored it in 20-30 balls I think) signified his basic character as a batsman i.e. when under pressure just hit out and score as many as you could before that good ball comes your way. Yes, in some situations that could be considered a good strategy but then you can't bat for long to help the cause of the team. You just play some shots and get out like what Hafeez was doing in the first 3 tests against England.

Inzi, IMO and many others belonged in the same league as Miandad and YK...although playing faster bowlers and even champion spinners like Murali, Inzi was much better than YK!
 
Moyo was a class batsman All elegance n style

Substance wise he was pretty good too A pretty good support act to inzy in tests for the majority of his career and a fine odi player

One of pakistans very best
 
Criticism against Yousaf is harsh here. His bottling record is no less than Misbah.
 
AlphaFighter said:
Criticism against Yousaf is harsh here. His bottling record is no less than Misbah.
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Tests
Excluding Bang, Zim, and WI, Yousuf averages mighty 37 in matches won with just 1 century in 22 games.
Misbah averages 63 with 6 centuries in 18 matches.

ODIs
Both average 47 in matches won E=excluding Bang, Zim, and WI. However, Yousuf was a better ODI batsman.
 
In the pantheon of great pakistani test bats id probably only rate hanif, inzy, javed, younis n zaheer ahead of him
 
For me, of the easier on the eye, elegant run getters, who teams ask to bat at 4 and maximize technique/time at the crease - he is up there for his generation.

24 hundreds in 90 tests, batting in an uncertain order (often facing a new/newish ball even at 4) his return was very good - had he played more tests post his record breaking year - he'd simply have had even more runs and even more hundreds.

In 2010, when jetted into the team for the last two tests after months of no play - he still looked very classy, very assured.

Wasn't as tenacious as Miandad/Younis or as big a game changer as Inzi, he still has his place courtesy of other attributes.

I'd stll have Moyo in tests ahead of Clarke, Jayawardene and just about Amla too.

I was at the Oval on the weekend, that 202 hasn't been forgotten in England.
 
Never got the tough runs .
Pretty stroke player with little substance and a petty individual . Perhaps the worst ever captain.

Slightly better than sachin but leagues below inzi, anwar , miandad .

No comparison with lara , ponting etc.
 
miandadrules said:
Though pleasing on the eye, he was the King of soft runs.

That one series in England I thought signified a turn around but after 2006 he hardly played.

Generally if the pitch had something in it, be it pace, movement or turn, he wasn't going to last long.

He best knock by far in my opinion was his 80 odd in South Africa. I truly began to believe that he was turning himself in to a match winner but he got banned and that was all she wrote.

Even in ODIs, he is statistically brilliant but what were his stand out big game performances?
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He was our top run scorer in the 2000 Asia Cup and played prominent knocks in the 2004 and 2009 CT.

But otherwise - completely agree with you.
 
Kaka4pope said:
For me, of the easier on the eye, elegant run getters, who teams ask to bat at 4 and maximize technique/time at the crease - he is up there for his generation.

24 hundreds in 90 tests, batting in an uncertain order (often facing a new/newish ball even at 4) his return was very good - had he played more tests post his record breaking year - he'd simply have had even more runs and even more hundreds.

In 2010, when jetted into the team for the last two tests after months of no play - he still looked very classy, very assured.

Wasn't as tenacious as Miandad/Younis or as big a game changer as Inzi, he still has his place courtesy of other attributes.

I'd stll have Moyo in tests ahead of Clarke, Jayawardene and just about Amla too.

I was at the Oval on the weekend, that 202 hasn't been forgotten in England.
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I think you are underrating Amla who averages 50+ or close to 50 in every country.

Yousuf was pathetic in Australia and SA.
 
Solid batsmen and an accumulater of big runs.

Not in the same league as Inzy but up there with YK as a recent player.

For me the most memorable moments were his ability to score 50 risk free runs in the middle overs of an ODI game. Inzy and he would score a comfortable 100 without taking many risks. Manipulating the field and exchanging strike is what he was superb at doing - something the current crop, Azhar Ali, Shezad, Hafeez even Misbah are not very good at doing hence why Pak get whopped in the limited overs arena.

I think the lack of home cricket is the main reason we don't have another Inzy/Moyo ready to go and probably in a way the reason Younis and Misbah have prolonged their careers.
 
msb314 said:
He was our top run scorer in the 2000 Asia Cup and played prominent knocks in the 2004 and 2009 CT.

But otherwise - completely agree with you.
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Asia cup is nothing tournament with no prestige and is close to being scrapped. But even then he bashed Bangladesh and an embarrassingly poor India (weak even by Indian standards) and then choked and failed in the final.

Two good knocks in group games against India in the champions trophy followed by abject failures in the semi-finals.
 
The_Odd_One said:
Tests
Excluding Bang, Zim, and WI, Yousuf averages mighty 37 in matches won with just 1 century in 22 games.
Misbah averages 63 with 6 centuries in 18 matches.

ODIs
Both average 47 in matches won E=excluding Bang, Zim, and WI. However, Yousuf was a better ODI batsman.
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Take out the associate nations as well.

ODI record against full member teams:

MoYo: 41.56 @ 74.83
Misbah: 42.95 @ 73.40

ODI record against full members (Excl. Bangladesh and Zimbabwe):

MoYo: 36.87 @ 72.26
Misbah: 42.95 @ 72.57

You removed Windies along with Bangladesh and Zimbabwe, if you do that then you get:

MoYo: 36.44 @ 71.83
Misbah: 39.72 @ 73.70


The only thing Yousuf has over Misbah in limited overs cricket is he scored hundreds, which is admittedly quite an important quality in a batsman. It doesn't change the fact that MoYo is a bottler who cashed in at home and against minnows and associate nations, underperformed away from home, failed in World Cups (His three highest World Cup scores came against Scotland, Netherlands and Namibia, next highest is a magical 37 from 72 balls against the Windies) and was an all round flop in knockout games of ODI tournaments.

Meanwhile Misbah averages 49.83 in World Cups (Only Ramiz Raja and Saeed Anwar are better for Pakistan, 10 innings min.) and no Asian batsman averages more than his 58.64 in ODIs outside Asia (20 innings min.) Kohli is second with 47.15. If you remove the minnows Misbah's average outside Asia still remains comfortably above 50.

Whichever way you slice it, if you want to watch highlights then you pick Yousuf. If you actually have to play cricket, then you take Misbah.
 
Most of his test hundreds were against Windies, England and India. To be fare India used to get hammered by Pak quite a lot in those days but Yousuf showed he could play test cricket in England which is major achievement for an Asian player. An average over 50 also proved he was a top flight performer
 
savecricket said:
Most of his test hundreds were against Windies, England and India. To be fare India used to get hammered by Pak quite a lot in those days but Yousuf showed he could play test cricket in England which is major achievement for an Asian player. An average over 50 also proved he was a top flight performer
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What happened on the 2000 and 2010 tours?
 
Big Mac said:
Take out the associate nations as well.

ODI record against full member teams:

MoYo: 41.56 @ 74.83
Misbah: 42.95 @ 73.40

ODI record against full members (Excl. Bangladesh and Zimbabwe):

MoYo: 36.87 @ 72.26
Misbah: 42.95 @ 72.57

You removed Windies along with Bangladesh and Zimbabwe, if you do that then you get:

MoYo: 36.44 @ 71.83
Misbah: 39.72 @ 73.70


The only thing Yousuf has over Misbah in limited overs cricket is he scored hundreds, which is admittedly quite an important quality in a batsman. It doesn't change the fact that MoYo is a bottler who cashed in at home and against minnows and associate nations, underperformed away from home, failed in World Cups (His three highest World Cup scores came against Scotland, Netherlands and Namibia, next highest is a magical 37 from 72 balls against the Windies) and was an all round flop in knockout games of ODI tournaments.

Meanwhile Misbah averages 49.83 in World Cups (Only Ramiz Raja and Saeed Anwar are better for Pakistan, 10 innings min.) and no Asian batsman averages more than his 58.64 in ODIs outside Asia (20 innings min.) Kohli is second with 47.15. If you remove the minnows Misbah's average outside Asia still remains comfortably above 50.

Whichever way you slice it, if you want to watch highlights then you pick Yousuf. If you actually have to play cricket, then you take Misbah.
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Good analysis

Anybody who has watched the career of Yousuf should know that he was one of the biggest bottlers ever.

Whenever, you think of great batsmen, you immediately think of some memorable wins or back to wall performances that come to mind:

Miandad - 1992 WC semi-final, Sharjah last ball 6
Inzamam- 19992 WC semi-final, match winning century vs Bangladesh, 184 vs India
Anwar - 1996 WC QF, 1999 WC QF & SF
Younis - T20 world cup win, Banglore inning, Oval inning, highest chase vs SL
Yousuf - anything????
 
Was a great player to watch but he only had one great year in 2006. And besides that he was known as the king of soft runs. His world cup record is pathetic for a batsman of his calibre. I rate him behind Javed, Inzi, Younis and Anwar.
 
Big Mac said:
Take out the associate nations as well.

ODI record against full member teams:

MoYo: 41.56 @ 74.83
Misbah: 42.95 @ 73.40

ODI record against full members (Excl. Bangladesh and Zimbabwe):

MoYo: 36.87 @ 72.26
Misbah: 42.95 @ 72.57

You removed Windies along with Bangladesh and Zimbabwe, if you do that then you get:

MoYo: 36.44 @ 71.83
Misbah: 39.72 @ 73.70


The only thing Yousuf has over Misbah in limited overs cricket is he scored hundreds, which is admittedly quite an important quality in a batsman. It doesn't change the fact that MoYo is a bottler who cashed in at home and against minnows and associate nations, underperformed away from home, failed in World Cups (His three highest World Cup scores came against Scotland, Netherlands and Namibia, next highest is a magical 37 from 72 balls against the Windies) and was an all round flop in knockout games of ODI tournaments.

Meanwhile Misbah averages 49.83 in World Cups (Only Ramiz Raja and Saeed Anwar are better for Pakistan, 10 innings min.) and no Asian batsman averages more than his 58.64 in ODIs outside Asia (20 innings min.) Kohli is second with 47.15. If you remove the minnows Misbah's average outside Asia still remains comfortably above 50.

Whichever way you slice it, if you want to watch highlights then you pick Yousuf. If you actually have to play cricket, then you take Misbah.
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Hasn't Yousaf scored more 100's in tests and more 100's and 50's in ODI's?
Surely you'd prefer someone who can get you 100's rather than just 50's.
Tough to say this but I strongly believe the standard of test and ODI cricket has dropped massively since the intro of t20. I would wager tests nowadays are played over shorter periods vs 10 years ago simply down to batsmen not having the skills and against medium quick bowlers as opposed to 90mph plus bowlers 10years prior.
 
The_Odd_One said:
Good analysis

Anybody who has watched the career of Yousuf should know that he was one of the biggest bottlers ever.

Whenever, you think of great batsmen, you immediately think of some memorable wins or back to wall performances that come to mind:

Miandad - 1992 WC semi-final, Sharjah last ball 6
Inzamam- 19992 WC semi-final, match winning century vs Bangladesh, 184 vs India
Anwar - 1996 WC QF, 1999 WC QF & SF
Younis - T20 world cup win, Banglore inning, Oval inning, highest chase vs SL
Yousuf - anything????
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I think Yousuf was always an understudy to Inzy. Im sure all those hundreds and runs were not completely wasted.
Put it this way you would take a young Yousuf now ahead of any other young talent Pak have at the moment.
 
savecricket said:
Hasn't Yousaf scored more 100's in tests and more 100's and 50's in ODI's?
Surely you'd prefer someone who can get you 100's rather than just 50's.
Tough to say this but I strongly believe the standard of test and ODI cricket has dropped massively since the intro of t20. I would wager tests nowadays are played over shorter periods vs 10 years ago simply down to batsmen not having the skills and against medium quick bowlers as opposed to 90mph plus bowlers 10years prior.
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Fine, I admit I'd much rather have Yousuf if Pakistan had to play Namibia or Japan. He'd be much more likely to score a match winning hundred against those bowling attacks than Misbah.
 
The_Odd_One said:
Good analysis

Anybody who has watched the career of Yousuf should know that he was one of the biggest bottlers ever.

Whenever, you think of great batsmen, you immediately think of some memorable wins or back to wall performances that come to mind:

Miandad - 1992 WC semi-final, Sharjah last ball 6
Inzamam- 19992 WC semi-final, match winning century vs Bangladesh, 184 vs India
Anwar - 1996 WC QF, 1999 WC QF & SF
Younis - T20 world cup win, Banglore inning, Oval inning, highest chase vs SL
Yousuf - anything????
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Add to this list;

Miandad 1988 centuries Vs West Indies
Anwar 118 Vs South Africa 1998, 188 vs India, 194 vs India
 
savecricket said:
Hasn't Yousaf scored more 100's in tests and more 100's and 50's in ODI's?
Surely you'd prefer someone who can get you 100's rather than just 50's.
Tough to say this but I strongly believe the standard of test and ODI cricket has dropped massively since the intro of t20. I would wager tests nowadays are played over shorter periods vs 10 years ago simply down to batsmen not having the skills and against medium quick bowlers as opposed to 90mph plus bowlers 10years prior.
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Unfortunately, prior to flatter pitches and "slower" bowlers Yousaf didn't do much.
 
Big Mac said:
Fine, I admit I'd much rather have Yousuf if Pakistan had to play Namibia or Japan. He'd be much more likely to score a match winning hundred against those bowling attacks than Misbah.
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Most of his hundreds were against England, India and Windies - the Windies team that had Walsh and Ambrose etc and Lara and co, not the poor excuse of a test side we see India having a holiday against.
 
Oh and in the interests of fairness I should add something about the stat about Misbah having the best ODI average (58.64) for Asian batsmen outside Asia. I should point out that Yousuf is 5th on that list with an average of 42.16.

Of course if you remove the associate nations then his average drops to 42.16. Misbah's drops as well, down to 58.53

Remove Bangladesh and Zimbabwe from that list and Yousuf's ODI average outside Asia falls to 36.80, Misbah's plummets to a lowly 57.88.
 
Big Mac said:
That's harsh on Yousuf, in 2001 he had to face Gough and Caddick and in 2010 England were mean and selected Anderson and Broad instead of Saj Mahmood.
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In 2006, he didn't just have to face Saj Mahmood, he faced Harmison, Hoggard, Panesar as well.
 
savecricket said:
Most of his hundreds were against England, India and Windies - the Windies team that had Walsh and Ambrose etc and Lara and co, not the poor excuse of a test side we see India having a holiday against.
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Two hundreds against them, in their penultimate series. Ambrose only played one series after that and was forced to do so.
 
savecricket said:
Most of his hundreds were against England, India and Windies - the Windies team that had Walsh and Ambrose etc and Lara and co, not the poor excuse of a test side we see India having a holiday against.
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Good point. I'll add to the previous post about ODI averages outside Asia by removing the Windies from the list. That way we can throw out Misbah's 96* against that poor excuse of a Windies team and discount Yousuf having to face the mighty Ambrose and Walsh. That should even things out a bit.

Except Yousuf's average falls yet again to 36.54, Misbah's average drops to 53.15 which is still higher than any Asian batsman outside Asia. Kohli is second behind him (and quite comfortably) in all those tables btw.

But nah, Yousuf's still a better one day player than Misbah right? That's without getting into the fact that he was a joke fielder and the worst runner between the wickets in the Pakistan team, just ahead of Razzaq. (Inzi gets the bronze medal)
 
savecricket said:
I think Yousuf was always an understudy to Inzy. Im sure all those hundreds and runs were not completely wasted.
Put it this way you would take a young Yousuf now ahead of any other young talent Pak have at the moment.
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So, the standard has gone down to the comparison with young talent available in Pakistan No more comparison with batting greats from Pakistan?
 
miandadrules said:
Add to this list;

Miandad 1988 centuries Vs West Indies
Anwar 118 Vs South Africa 1998, 188 vs India, 194 vs India
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I can add more but I was just making a point so mentioned a few.

Even Salim Malik has played some incredible innings as compared to Yousuf.
 
savecricket said:
Can you provide some evidence please?
I thought Yousuf played against Donald, Walsh, Lee, Gough etc etc.
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And how many runs does he have against Donald and Gough?

Or anyone high class bowling attack in their prime?

Doesn't even have to be an aggregate, just notable performances against them.

There is Melbourne against McGrath and Warne in 2004. So I've started you off.
 
Big Mac said:
Good point. I'll add to the previous post about ODI averages outside Asia by removing the Windies from the list. That way we can throw out Misbah's 96* against that poor excuse of a Windies team and discount Yousuf having to face the mighty Ambrose and Walsh. That should even things out a bit.

Except Yousuf's average falls yet again to 36.54, Misbah's average drops to 53.15 which is still higher than any Asian batsman outside Asia. Kohli is second behind him (and quite comfortably) in all those tables btw.

But nah, Yousuf's still a better one day player than Misbah right? That's without getting into the fact that he was a joke fielder and the worst runner between the wickets in the Pakistan team, just ahead of Razzaq. (Inzi gets the bronze medal)
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Whose comparing him to Misbah??
Chill man Moyo was a class act.
12 50's v India, 9 v SA, 7 v Aus.
almost won ICC player of the year. Doubt any Pak player in recent history has been up for that award
 
savecricket said:
Can you provide some evidence please?
I thought Yousuf played against Donald, Walsh, Lee, Gough etc etc.
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Played against Donald once in tests, scored 5 and 1.

Played three tests against Ambrose and Walsh, he did score a couple of hundreds but the two of them were at the end of their careers. Ambrose retired that summer and Walsh retired less than 12 months after Yousuf faced him.

He faced Gough in 5 tests, three in Pakistan (He scored two hundreds and averaged 85.50) and two in England where he averaged 21.25

He never faced Brett Lee in tests.

He played against McGrath in 8 tests, 2 at home (averaged 16.00) and 6 in Australia (Averaged 33.00)
 
The_Odd_One said:
So, the standard has gone down to the comparison with young talent available in Pakistan No more comparison with batting greats from Pakistan?
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So you wouldn't take MoYo in the current side? Think that highlights how standards have dropped in world cricket especially in test bowling
 
savecricket said:
Whose comparing him to Misbah??
Chill man Moyo was a class act.
12 50's v India, 9 v SA, 7 v Aus.
almost won ICC player of the year. Doubt any Pak player in recent history has been up for that award
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See post #23.
 
savecricket said:
So you wouldn't take MoYo in the current side? Think that highlights how standards have dropped in world cricket especially in test bowling
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It is a myth that standards have dropped in world cricket.

There are so many good batsmen like Kohli, Rahane, Root, Williamson, Smith, Warner, Mathews, Rohit, Cook, Guptill, Taylor, etc who can all end up as greats in one or more formats.

There are several great wicket keeper batsmen available such as De Kock, Chandimal, Bairstow, Buttler, Sarfraz, Mushfiq, etc.

Then you have very good all-rounders in Stokes, Shakib, Anderson, Russell, etc.

You have three very good spinners in Ashwin, Yasir, and Herath.

Fast bowling is the weakest comparatively in this era but you still have Steyn, Morkel, Rabada, Anderson, Broad, Starc, Hazlewood, Pattinson, Boult, Mustafiz, Aamir, Shami, Bumra, etc.

Overall, this era is not as bad as some people try to make it.
 
The_Odd_One said:
It is a myth that standards have dropped in world cricket.

There are so many good batsmen like Kohli, Rahane, Root, Williamson, Smith, Warner, Mathews, Rohit, Cook, Guptill, Taylor, etc who can all end up as greats in one or more formats.

There are several great wicket keeper batsmen available such as De Kock, Chandimal, Bairstow, Buttler, Sarfraz, Mushfiq, etc.

Then you have very good all-rounders in Stokes, Shakib, Anderson, Russell, etc.

You have three very good spinners in Ashwin, Yasir, and Herath.

Fast bowling is the weakest comparatively in this era but you still have Steyn, Morkel, Rabada, Anderson, Broad, Starc, Hazlewood, Pattinson, Boult, Mustafiz, Aamir, Shami, Bumra, etc.

Overall, this era is not as bad as some people try to make it.
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Exactly! Pace has dropped and I wickets have gotten even better with smaller boundaries.
Being serious when I say KP, Cook etc wouldn't have scored as heavily when the like of Tendulkar had to face Waqar, Wasim, Akhtar, McGrath, Warm etc. Batting had gotten easier.
 
savecricket said:
Exactly! Pace has dropped and I wickets have gotten even better with smaller boundaries.
Being serious when I say KP, Cook etc wouldn't have scored as heavily when the like of Tendulkar had to face Waqar, Wasim, Akhtar, McGrath, Warm etc. Batting had gotten easier.
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Do you even know which era Yousaf played in?
 
savecricket said:
Exactly! Pace has dropped and I wickets have gotten even better with smaller boundaries.
Being serious when I say KP, Cook etc wouldn't have scored as heavily when the like of Tendulkar had to face Waqar, Wasim, Akhtar, McGrath, Warm etc. Batting had gotten easier.
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KP smashed Warne and McGrath in his first Ashes. He reverse sweeped Murali to six. He was as good as any batsman from the 90s and early 2000s when he was in form.
 
The_Odd_One said:
KP smashed Warne and McGrath in his first Ashes. He reverse sweeped Murali to six. He was as good as any batsman from the 90s and early 2000s when he was in form.
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He didn't face express pace and I know Ajmal was dodgy but he got KP out very easily during that scandalous test series
 
savecricket said:
He didn't face express pace and I know Ajmal was dodgy but he got KP out very easily during that scandalous test series
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Steyn, Ntini, Lee, Johnson, Harris, Akhtar, etc. were not express pace?

In Lord's test 2008, he smashed 152 om 181 balls facing Steyn

In Leeds test 2012, he again smashed 149 against Steyn

He took the best bowlers of his time to cleaners. Don't be fooled by his under 50 average.
 
savecricket said:
The era when him and Inzy would chase down 280 plus in ODI's?
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As you have an inability to answer the simplest of questions, I'll play along.

Please list the incidences when Yousuf helped chase down 280+ scores, and please do emphasise his contributions.

I hope this isn't too difficult a task for you.
 
M Yousuf was indeed a bottler...pleasing to the eye but a 'wuss' under pressure situations...
As long as Ive been watching cricket, and that is a long time, no one 'batters' Miandad, Inzy and YK in any order.
 
miandadrules said:
As you have an inability to answer the simplest of questions, I'll play along.

Please list the incidences when Yousuf helped chase down 280+ scores, and please do emphasise his contributions.

I hope this isn't too difficult a task for you.
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ICC test player of the year 2007. I hope there have been more Pak players to win that since?
 
miandadrules said:
As you have an inability to answer the simplest of questions, I'll play along.

Please list the incidences when Yousuf helped chase down 280+ scores, and please do emphasise his contributions.

I hope this isn't too difficult a task for you.
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You know he won't answer, so I will. Yousuf played in eight games where Pakistan successfully chased 280+ in ODIs, here are the matches (Click the game names for scorecards) and his contributions:




For those counting at home, in eight successful chases of 280+ Yousuf scored 151 runs in TOTAL at an average of 21.57.

Yousuf is truly a master of chasing. Hope Kohli is taking notes :moyo
 
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