"I have equalled Imran Khan and that's a big honour for me" : Yasir Shah

[Abdullah719]

Yasir Shah speaking after taking 14 wickets against NZ:

"This is my first MOTM award after a long time when I had gotten injured. In the previous series, I wasn't able to get my rhythm back but here I got my line and length back and Allah gave me success"

"I have never bowled better than this, the wicket was supporting me and there was a bit of bounce and turn, I got my rhythm back as well"

"We knew we had disappointed people in the first match, we wanted to make a strong comeback and that's what we did. We were planning to get them out and that worked as we got them out for 90, in the 2nd innings they fought but the wicket had also become slow and there wasn't much nip and spin but thanks to Allah we got them out again"

"I am working on my googly and I've also gotten wickets with it in this game so I am improving day by day"

 

[MenInG]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Congrats to my man <a href="https://twitter.com/Shah64Y?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Shah64Y</a> - what a terrific game you had & what a spell that was in the 1st innings, very special. Watching you spin a web bought me a lot of joy and a big smile buddy. Well done. Keep it up and stay patient my friend <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/spintowin?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#spintowin</a></p>— Shane Warne (@ShaneWarne) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShaneWarne/status/1067626950422712320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 28, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Saj]

Don't want to sound harsh but the googly is still an issue and needs working on, but it's showing signs of improvement.

Great bowling from Yasir, a joy to watch.

 

[CricketingMinds]

He can't be considered a complete bowler without the Googly. It would make him even more lethal.

May be he should get lessons from Shadab

 

[ElRaja]

biggest difference is hes bowling a lot of straight seam leg spinners, as opposed to scrambled seam, improves his drift and spin, also means his googly doesn't have to turn in, the toppie and quicker one become way more potent.

using the straight seam leggie as an alternate to the scrambled seam also changes the bounce slightly which introduces another variable the batsman can miscalculate.

 

[gazza619]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Congrats to my man <a href="https://twitter.com/Shah64Y?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Shah64Y</a> - what a terrific game you had & what a spell that was in the 1st innings, very special. Watching you spin a web bought me a lot of joy and a big smile buddy. Well done. Keep it up and stay patient my friend <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/spintowin?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#spintowin</a></p>— Shane Warne (@ShaneWarne) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShaneWarne/status/1067626950422712320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 28, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Worrying signs when Warne tweets on Shah.

Hope Yasir Shah stays focused.

 

[Bob Marley]

So far this was his best. Imagine before he gets to his best he already has almost 200 wickets!!! what he could have done if he was allowed in the test team at the right age!!!

 

[Zaz]

He can't be considered a complete bowler without the Googly. It would make him even more lethal.

May be he should get lessons from Shadab

The googly is overrated

 

[AFM]

Don't want to sound harsh but the googly is still an issue and needs working on, but it's showing signs of improvement.

Great bowling from Yasir, a joy to watch.

Warne didn't have a good googly. It's not the end all be all..

 

[ahmedwaqas92]

Don't want to sound harsh but the googly is still an issue and needs working on, but it's showing signs of improvement.

Great bowling from Yasir, a joy to watch.

We tried our hand with a guy who had a good Googly (Shadab); that didn't work out too well I guess. You need consistency in Test cricket and the ability for a bowler to bowl 6 deliveries at the same spot. Yasir, easily does that and then some more so him not having the perfect Googly gets minimized in the long run.

 

[Suleiman]

The ball Yasir got Taylor with was an exact replica p much of Warne’s ball of the century. I’m sure it’s been said already but it got me hyped

 

[mmkextreme_1]

He can't be considered a complete bowler without the Googly. It would make him even more lethal.

May be he should get lessons from Shadab

Warne himself didn't have that good of a googly. Usually in Test cricket if one has a decent legspin ball they are in business. Case in point Warne and Yasir.

 

[giri26]

Warne himself didn't have that good of a googly. Usually in Test cricket if one has a decent legspin ball they are in business. Case in point Warne and Yasir.

Warne never had a googly. He just bowled a flipper. Most of his wickets were of conventional leg spin.

 

[MenInG]

Pakistan leg-spinner Yasir Shah does not know much about Clarrie Grimmett but is aware that he has a strong chance of shattering a record set by the Australian 82 years ago. Yasir tormented New Zealand on his way to a match haul of 14-184 to help Pakistan achieve a series-levelling win by an innings and 16 runs in the second Test in Dubai on Tuesday. The 32-year-old now has 195 wickets in 32 Tests and needs just five more in the third and final Test starting in Abu Dhabi from Monday to become the quickest bowler to reach 200 Test wickets.

In fact, he will take the record if he can pick up those wickets any time in his next three Tests as Grimmett -- also a leg-spinner -- took his 200th wicket in his 36th Test against South Africa in 1936.

Yasir admits the record is in his mind but knows little about the holder of it.

"Grimmett? I don't know much about him," said Yasir. "He played so many years ago, but I know about the record because his name comes first whenever I see the list.

"I want to beat that record."

Since taking seven wickets on debut against Australia in 2014, Yasir has been a key figure in Pakistan's Test team.

He took 12 wickets in that 2-0 series win over Australia in the United Arab Emirates in 2014 and followed that with 15 against New Zealand in a 1-1 draw the same year.

That was followed by 24 wickets against Sri Lanka in 2015 and ten wickets in a match to beat England at Lord's a year later. He took 21 and 25 wickets respectively in series wins over the West Indies.

Yasir reached 100 wickets in 17 Tests, second only to Englishman George Lohmann who reached the target in 16 matches during a Test in Johannesburg in 1896.

"I am very happy to have contributed to the team's wins," said Yasir. "That is my job and I realise that responsibility to take wickets and get my team more and more wins."

Yasir's figures in Dubai are the second best match return ever for Pakistan in Test cricket, bettered only by former captain and current prime minister Imran Khan who took 14-116 against Sri Lanka in Lahore in 1982.

"I have equalled Imran Khan and that's a big honour for me," said Yasir. "My name will come with his and that's great and I await his message."

Yasir admitted the loss of his mother just days before the New Zealand series had made him anxious.

"It was tough coming here," said Yasir. "I was very tense. You are nothing without your mother. When I used to go out for the match I would call her to pray for me to get five wickets and she would reply that 'why not 10 or 15, why just five?

"I would like to dedicate this feat to my mother."

https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/pak...alian-legend-clarrie-grimmetts-record-1954866

 

[SensiblePakFan]

Not even a month after his loss, shows how mental toughness trumps eveything.

 

[Saj]

We tried our hand with a guy who had a good Googly (Shadab); that didn't work out too well I guess. You need consistency in Test cricket and the ability for a bowler to bowl 6 deliveries at the same spot. Yasir, easily does that and then some more so him not having the perfect Googly gets minimized in the long run.

Shadab is not Test material yet and was rushed into the 5-day format.

 

[Abdul]

He can't be considered a complete bowler without the Googly. It would make him even more lethal.

May be he should get lessons from Shadab

On being mediocre?