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"I am still the best pace-bowling all-rounder in Pakistan": Anwar Ali

Rubbish player. Really hopehe isn't selected based on todays performance. Not a cricketer
 
contribute fully in today's match win. out smarted akmal and afridi. its because of his 20 runs and two pp overs where he gave only 4 runs and afridi's wicket.

i don't know what else a captain want from an allrounder.
 
Got the Prize wicket of Shahid Afridi today with some great economical bowling.Also some lusty blows in the end were useful to ensure Quetta get 200 which mattered a lot in the end,key contribution for Quetta today and helped them to reach final.
 
needs to perform alot like today to be in the intl team. awesome game today bat/ball/ and field
 
Anwar Ali in PSL 2

thoughts on his performnace and potential as a boundary hitting number 8 pace allrounder.
i think he has been decent
 
MRSN said:
amazing stats. Domestic cricket state is truly awful. Haroon Rashid should be fired for being incompetent and lazy.
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Is that dinosaur still working for PCB? Why doesnt he retire!
 
An absolutely rubbish cricketer. Hope his buddy Sarfraz doesn't select him at international level.
 
Mediocre player. Faheem Ashraf seems to have made more of an impression this lad and Bilawal Bhatti ever made for Pakistan
 
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Always felt his batting is better than his bowling but his role seems to be a bowling all rounder. He lacks control with the ball hence he has mediocre stats. His batting is dangerous for the opposition when he is on song , has a unique stance
 
Crouching Anwar, hidden finisher.

Full knock:

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hadi123 said:
Always felt his batting is better than his bowling but his role seems to be a bowling all rounder. He lacks control with the ball hence he has mediocre stats. His batting is dangerous for the opposition when he is on song , has a unique stance
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He is too limited. If the ball isn't in his area (for his legside hoicks) he will waste a lot deliveries. Also doesn't time the ball but really slaps it.
 
Never fulfilled early promise and only played a few matches for Pakistan due to friendships with a former captain.

Underachieved throughout his career.
 
Saj said:
Never fulfilled early promise and only played a few matches for Pakistan due to friendships with a former captain.

Underachieved throughout his career.
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He overachieved by playing so many games. Just bowl him full outside off and he will swing and miss like a rusty gate. He only knows one shot and that is to hoick everything to midwicket.
 
Bay Garrett said:
He overachieved by playing so many games. Just bowl him full outside off and he will swing and miss like a rusty gate. He only knows one shot and that is to hoick everything to midwicket.
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His style of hitting would have worked in the 90's and early to even mid 2000's. With the advent of the IPL, bowlers are now well versed at bowling the wide outside the offstump yorker and Anwar Ali does not have the offside game to counter it.
 
Doesn't seem like Anwar Ali has shown any improvement despite two seasons in the PSL, bowling and batting for QG
 
He's not a bad option in T20s. Can be a match winner due to his hitting ability and excellent fielding.
 
Savak said:
His style of hitting would have worked in the 90's and early to even mid 2000's. With the advent of the IPL, bowlers are now well versed at bowling the wide outside the offstump yorker and Anwar Ali does not have the offside game to counter it.
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He would have been worked out even faster in the 90s because the bowlers were much better.

The_Odd_One said:
He's not a bad option in T20s. Can be a match winner due to his hitting ability and excellent fielding.
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He is a terrible cricketer all around and should be nowhere near the Pakistan team. If a guy like Asad shafiq can score a 40 ball 70 then you know the quality of cricket. Don't look too much into these tournaments. Only those who perform in PSL should be considered for selection in T20Is and maybe ODIs.
 
Bay Garrett said:
He would have been worked out even faster in the 90s because the bowlers were much better.



He is a terrible cricketer all around and should be nowhere near the Pakistan team. If a guy like Asad shafiq can score a 40 ball 70 then you know the quality of cricket. Don't look too much into these tournaments. Only those who perform in PSL should be considered for selection in T20Is and maybe ODIs.
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Unlike Asad, Anwar was decent in T20s.
 
Is T10 his game now?

Player of the match today!
 
There's some kind of disease with some Pakistani players where they have no problem over-stating their significance. Asif [from the other thread] and Anwar aside, I remember Waqar complaining about being removed as bowling coach. He went MIA and was obviously fired as anyone should be. His argument was that he was doing an Umrah [didn't inform anyone], and he shouldn't lose his job over Umrah while being, "a legend" who was sacked to retirement in 2003.

It's one thing if Asif was McGrath, but even he wasn't that arrogant to call himself the best.
 
"Kia faida itni practice ka jab match main aik over main chaar chaar full tosses hi daalni hain" - Sarfaraz

This should be the summary of his career.
 
His blind tailenderish hacks against pacers which didnt connect was one of the reasons why Quetta got into that desperate position to begin with.

Overall a mediocre, selfish player who doesnt merit a place in any PSL side.
 
Average bowler but probably one of the best hitters in Pakistan currently. Great fielder as well.
 
Poutine said:
Average bowler but probably one of the best hitters in Pakistan currently. Great fielder as well.
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Not at all, his only skill is to go after spin, I would not call it best hitter, millions other could do it. His real skill was on display in 15-19 overs ;-)
 
Faheem Ashraf says hello.

It was a good effort from him but he was poor at the start of his innings.Only got going in the last ove,off spin.
 
how many times ppl has to see him swing hard and never connect with the ball against pacers and still come out to say he is the best hitter in Pakistan :stokes....
 
Best Allrounder 52(17) so far in the death overs chasing 370 odd, few edges though.
 
Got to say hes a clean striker. I wouldn't complain if he got selected for t20 team
 
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Gladiator Anwar Ali’s match-winning all-round show as he lead Karachi to win over ZTBL, taking two wickets & scoring unbeaten 34 in process <a href="https://t.co/Rl6NfngXz9">pic.twitter.com/Rl6NfngXz9</a></p>— Quetta Gladiators (@TeamQuetta) <a href="https://twitter.com/TeamQuetta/status/1044107101184950278?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 24, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Can’t do worse than Amir these days, I suppose.
 
Had high hopes from Anwar Ali & Bilawal Bhatti when they debuted and helped us win versus South Africa.
 
What I remember of anwar ali is his great hitting in the PSL almost taking Quetta to the finals. Perhaps he can compete with faheem for a position in the team. I thought faheem was suppose to be a decent all rounder, was surprised to see his odi average is around 13 :/. Tbh the only good batting performance I can remember is the match I didn't see, it was v bangla, a warm up maybe, and he won the game where the boundaries were 60 metres or something.
 
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shokz1408 said:
What I remember of anwar ali is his great hitting in the PSL almost taking Quetta to the finals. Perhaps he can compete with faheem for a position in the team. I thought faheem was suppose to be a decent all rounder, was surprised to see his odi average is around 13 :/. Tbh the only good batting performance I can remember is the match I didn't see, it was v bangla, a warm up maybe, and he won the game where the boundaries were 60 metres or something.
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Faheem is just a bowler who can bat a bit. His list A average is also only 17.

If you want someone who can actually bat, Aamer Yamin is your man.
 
Does Anwar Ali has in it in him to make a comeback to the Pakistan side again?
 
He was one of the reasons why we won in SA last time in the ODIs. Sadly, his lack of bowling skills Vs other competitors leaves him in the bottom ranks. He is one of the greatest loss of LOI cricket talents from Pak.
 
Time to pack up domestics if guys like Annu Ali are hitting unbeaten 80 odd.
 
Blessed in all facets best all rounder in Pakistan just leaves Faisal Iqbal to say I'm the best middle order batsman in the world.
 
I am kind of missing Anwar Ali in the ODI team. He contributed a lot more with the bat, was the best Pakistani fielder by a country mile and was not a bad bowler either.

I wonder if he is still in Inzi’s radar.
 
gazza619 said:
I am kind of missing Anwar Ali in the ODI team. He contributed a lot more with the bat, was the best Pakistani fielder by a country mile and was not a bad bowler either.

I wonder if he is still in Inzi’s radar.
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he'd certainly be better than faheem..

i remember anwar ali and bilawal bhatti won us the 1st odi in the november odi series in south africa 2012

defended 212.
 
Making his presence felt in the PSL 27 in just 6 balls!
 
Mickey said we will try backup against Aus. Anwar should be considered as an all rounder and than before Eng series they can decide which Pace bowling all rounders they wanna take to WC
 
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I think he should be given an opportunity in series against Australia. We need a batting allrounder and I feel he can do that job better then Faheem and Shadab.
 
He is utterly mediocre. Those calling for his inclusion need to consider the technicalities (or lack thereof) of his game. He is a one trick pony in batting and cannon fodder in bowling.
 
Better hitter than Asif, Faheem and Shadab.

The latter two are our pseudo all Rounders
 
No thanks, keep him away from the team.. might give you a few runs with the bat, but will cost you with the bowling.. he is just there to keep the Karachi quota and Sarfraz happy.
 
Bowlers kept feeding him in his zone. He is a mediocre cricketer and its laughable that people want him in the national team on the basis of a little cameo.
 
Showed some hitting but bowling is nowhere near Faheem or even Yamin.
 
There's too many bits and pieces all rounders already in the team and his bowling is cannon fodder nowadays.
 
Has regressed a lot.

Only has a future in the T20 format with his batting. Otherwise not a good enough bowler to survive in the ODI format.
 
Can't think of many players who have regressed as much as this guy has.
 
Haven't seen him in awhile before the game against Karachi. For those that have been following, is his fielding still topnotch?
 
Deserves a run in the T20I squad as a lower order hitter.
 
Greenstorm said:
Bowlers kept feeding him in his zone. He is a mediocre cricketer and its laughable that people want him in the national team on the basis of a little cameo.
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Basically this.

Keep Anwar Ali out, a very very mediocre cricketer.
 
Why hasn't he tried to revert back to his old action, its clear he has no future with this kind of bowling
 
if only he could bowl half decently...His bowling isnt even club level tbh
 
He suffered a serious injury whilst playing club cricket in the UK a few years ago and carried on playing when really he should have gone back to Pakistan and had the injury looked at.

He's never been the same cricketer since.
 
Like Shoaib Malik's bowling declined as he focused completely on his batting, even Anwar Ali's bowling suffered when he was advised to become an all rounder. Neither here nor there as a result.
 
Today i realised there is no power hitter in pakistan other than anwar ali he could have atleast scored 22 in 2 overs

Pakistan needs to swallow hard pill and play him
 
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