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"Imad Wasim has some limitations which he needs to improve upon" : Mohammad Wasim

RedwoodOriginal said:
I really don't know about Sohaib Maqsood. One one hand you have to give him credit; he has been one of the stand-out performers this season and performed quite well in the Domestic T20 Cup too. On the other hand, the memory of his first run in the side is hard to shake...even 6 years later.

I say give him a few chances and see how he does. Pakistan does have a lot of T20I matches before the World Cup. I would definitely prefer him over guys like Azam Khan, Asif Ali, Khushdil Shah, Husain Talat
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I'm telling you dude this is the guy we need for that middle order. I still don't forget him putting up a partnership in the Asia Cup 2014 match against India and the lovely partnership he had with Fawad Alam in an ODI against SL (a very strong SL mind you).

Enlist guys on merit that's all i'm saying. We need someone to fulfil a middle order role in t20s and i feel that Moqsood could fulfil that easily at no.4 where he can fit in.

Can't plague a player for his past performances just give him a go he's earned it.
 
Shoaibbtt said:
I'm telling you dude this is the guy we need for that middle order. I still don't forget him putting up a partnership in the Asia Cup 2014 match against India and the lovely partnership he had with Fawad Alam in an ODI against SL (a very strong SL mind you).

Enlist guys on merit that's all i'm saying. We need someone to fulfil a middle order role in t20s and i feel that Moqsood could fulfil that easily at no.4 where he can fit in.

Can't plague a player for his past performances just give him a go he's earned it.
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I'm perfectly okay with giving him some chances so he has an opportunity to prove himself again. I agree that he has earned it and no one can take that away from him. Right now atleast he looks like a heck of a better prospect than alot of the guys in the squad.
 
RedwoodOriginal said:
I'm perfectly okay with giving him some chances so he has an opportunity to prove himself again. I agree that he has earned it and no one can take that away from him. Right now atleast he looks like a heck of a better prospect than alot of the guys in the squad.
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I hear you bro. I honestly think Pak isn't getting credit for their squad. We just need to make the right move with this middle order. If Hafeez starts firing and Moqsood keeps up the good work then we have a truly scary top 5 with Faheem and Hassan Ali being our pinch hitters.
 
Shoaibbtt said:
I hear you bro. I honestly think Pak isn't getting credit for their squad. We just need to make the right move with this middle order. If Hafeez starts firing and Moqsood keeps up the good work then we have a truly scary top 5 with Faheem and Hassan Ali being our pinch hitters.
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Let's see how things pan out. The plus point is that Pakistan has quite a few games till the World Cup. But at the same time (as we have seen in the past) there's no guarantee that players who have done well in domestic ad PSL will do well for Pakistan. But there certainly is no harm in trying them out.
 
RedwoodOriginal said:
Let's see how things pan out. The plus point is that Pakistan has quite a few games till the World Cup. But at the same time (as we have seen in the past) there's no guarantee that players who have done well in domestic ad PSL will do well for Pakistan. But there certainly is no harm in trying them out.
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All we can do is try and do our best to pick the best squad to represent us in the cup. It's positive to see our boys getting practise in UAE conditions with the WC possibly being moved there.
 
So Imad Wasim 11*(13) so far - Can he ramp up that SR?
 
not great game awareness, imad really should have crossed with zadran wicket...he should be on strike
 
The myth Imad Wasim is a reliable all rounder. He has now faced 26 deliveries and still zero fluency and confidence in his batting. In that knock against Afghanistan he had a lot of luck with a missed lbw, dropped catch and a blunder by the Afghan captain to bring a pacer when the spinners were doing so well in a vital stage of the game

This guy is as garbage a cricketer as they come
 
Apparently this guy misbehaved with the selector when he called to tell him he had been dropped. Tells you this guy does not honestly introspect and is a very content, comfort done cricketer with where he is at right now. This guy was Mickey Arthur's favorite. Good riddance the PCB saw beyond MAs theatrics in front of Cameras and sent him packing
 
Savak said:
Apparently this guy misbehaved with the selector when he called to tell him he had been dropped. Tells you this guy does not honestly introspect and is a very content, comfort done cricketer with where he is at right now. This guy was Mickey Arthur's favorite. Good riddance the PCB saw beyond MAs theatrics in front of Cameras and sent him packing
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He still got back in the side for the UK tour. So did he really misbehave or was he just disappointed?
 
Pretty much impact-less PSL 6 so far with both bat and ball. Needs to better than this.
 
Think he might resign from KK captaincy after this season. Has been looking quite down and dejected from his body language ever since the second leg started.
 
YousafTheBeast said:
Usually the captain is the best player in the team and the most important player. But, i genuinely think that Karachi won’t miss him if he wasn’t playing. But to his credit, he’s not forcing himself to play at a higher position for his own selfish reason unlike Shadab Khan.
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So you would rather have your captain hide when it's comes to bowling or batting.
 
Very useful innings by Imad. Hope he's okay. Definitely looked a little dazed after that nasty bouncer.
 
Besides a terrific all-round performance, Imad's captaincy today was outstanding. The total wasn't a challenging one on this pitch but Imad was very smart with his bowling changes, held his nerve and trusted the youngsters at tough situations eventhough they got hammered at certain points. Could have shouted at them like a certain wicket-keeping batsman but I guess that's what separates a professional from someone who thinks he is captaining a street cricket team.
 
badsha001 said:
if the batting was about getting hit on the head then sure.
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Pretty pointless post. If you're saying his batting isn't deserving of the number 6 spot in the t20 team then i'd like to see who you think the better alternative is.
 
He has a weakness against the bouncer and short pitched delivery.
 
Seems that Imad's days in the contracts are over?

No place for him in the 2021-22 list - good decision or travesty?
 
With Harris Sohail being ruled out of the ODI series, why can’t Imad Wasim be named as a replacement? He’s on the tour, and in the bubble.
 
Imad Wasim has an outstanding batting record in England. Even in the 2016 series in which Pakistan were given a 4-1 drubbing he was the stand-out performer. But somehow I see them naming Azam Khan as a replacement.
 
Highest Averages for Pakistan against Top 6 teams in the last 5 years:

62.72 - Haris Sohail
54.83 - Imad Wasim
47.68 - Fakhar Zaman
45.20 - Babar Azam
40.47 - Imam-ul-Haq

But yeah sure bro, "Imad has some limitations which he needs to improve upon".
 
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YousafTheBeast said:
With Harris Sohail being ruled out of the ODI series, why can’t Imad Wasim be named as a replacement? He’s on the tour, and in the bubble.
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I agree.

We are perfectly entitled to a replacement.

Imad Wasim is needed ASAP.
 
RedwoodOriginal said:
Imad Wasim has an outstanding batting record in England. Even in the 2016 series in which Pakistan were given a 4-1 drubbing he was the stand-out performer. But somehow I see them naming Azam Khan as a replacement.
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Not to mention that he has stood up and made cameos when the team needed runs.

He handles pressure well.
 
Still can't understand how he got dropped from this line up. Only thing has to be internal politics where he got into fight with Shadab in NZ tour. Otherwise he and Haris Sohail should never have been dropped from our ODI side. Look at our current middle order , can't do anything. Move Saud to number three or 4 and add Haris back once not injured and Imad back and they can do much better.
 
Lol at the amount of times Imad Wasim has gone missing for Pakistan or has ended up playing soft knocks. The players out of the team are always better than the players in the team
 
Savak said:
Lol at the amount of times Imad Wasim has gone missing for Pakistan or has ended up playing soft knocks. The players out of the team are always better than the players in the team
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You honestly wouldn’t take Imad over Faheem? Really??
 
The guy with the 'limitations' should be the captain of this pathetic bunch of uneducated jokers!

Pakistan and its village fans have a fascination of giving captaincy to year 7 school drop outs who they think are good cricketers. Shaheen Shah Afridi is next in line to become a Pakistan captain after Babar and Shadab!
 
07. Imad Wasim (makes the team on batting alone)
08. Shadab Khan
09. Hassan Ali
10. Shaheen Afridi (new ball)
11. Usman Khan Shinwari (new ball, should finish his overs before the 43rd over)

Saud Shakeel as the 6th bowling option
 
Imad has his limitations , can't find a place in the team with players of no limitation , everyone is just perfect.
 
Imad is a very limited and mediocre cricketer. His bowling is innocuous and his inability to play short ball means that he will be useless against top teams. Moreover, he has not performed in PSL or domestics to merit a comeback.
 
Imad may have some limitations but he’s far better than Nawaz/Shadab and any other spin bowling all rounder in Pakistan. I’m sure his batting is also a level higher than Faheem who bats like a tailender at times. The way the middle order and lower order has been performing recently he definitely walks into the odi and t20 side plus he’s smarter than this lot and can definitely be a better vice captain than Shadab who doesn’t deserve to be in the playing XI
 
Imad may have had his limitations , but I’m sure he went past scores of 40 with the bat a few times also - compare to Shadab who throws his wicket away as soon as he reaches his favourite milestone of quarter-century (25) — thank goodness Shadab hasn’t yet started raising his bat to celebrate after all the battles and struggles to reach 25.
 
Majid Khan said:
Imad may have had his limitations , but I’m sure he went past scores of 40 with the bat a few times also - compare to Shadab who throws his wicket away as soon as he reaches his favourite milestone of quarter-century (25) — thank goodness Shadab hasn’t yet started raising his bat to celebrate after all the battles and struggles to reach 25.
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Players outside the team are always better than the players in the team. Imad has mostly scored in lost matches. I can count the number of times he has gotten out against the short pitched deliveries
 
Imad deserves to be in the side, he has more character than almost the rest of the side combined.

Infact he should be our skipper in the T20 world cup.
 
DeadlyVenom said:
Imad deserves to be in the side, he has more character than almost the rest of the side combined.

Infact he should be our skipper in the T20 world cup.
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Lol Character? We saw his character when he marched off the field in NZ after a tiff with the captain Shadab Khan. Why should he be captain of the T-20 team? Has he shown any exemplary leadership for Karachi Kings in the PSL?
 
Imad averages 40+ with a SR excess of 110.

He is a modern-day player, something hard to find in Pakistan.

We need his skillset in ODI cricket.
 
Serious limitations , he’s just a slow bowler - you can’t even call him a spinner.

His variety includes just two types of delivery - 1) DHM ball and 2) SAS ball.

DHM = Dont Hit Me

SAS = Smash A Six

Needs a few more tricks with the ball to be a regular at this level.
 
Majid Khan said:
Serious limitations , he’s just a slow bowler - you can’t even call him a spinner.

His variety includes just two types of delivery - 1) DHM ball and 2) SAS ball.

DHM = Dont Hit Me

SAS = Smash A Six

Needs a few more tricks with the ball to be a regular at this level.
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Okay, he does have a third type of delivery also , WAF (Whack A Four).
 
PATHETIC bowler.

Pathetic batsman.

He's a quack. Not a cricketer.
 
Faiz1978 said:
Imad Wasim and Shadab khan both shouldn’t be in playing 11.
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You might as well play specialist batsman who have the ability to bowl full tosses and concede 15-20 runs an over and chipping in the occasional wicket caught on the boundary with an attempted six.
 
This ground did not suit his style of bowling but I think he did an OK job.

We really need a 6th bowler. Usman Qadir ahead of Azam Khan for me in the next game.
 
He is a good presence in the field. Much more charisma and personality in comparison to Sohaib Maqsood, Khushdil Shah and Iftikhar etc.

You need guys like him and Shadab and Hassan in the field tbh. They seem switched on throughout
 
Rana said:
He is a good presence in the field. Much more charisma and personality in comparison to Sohaib Maqsood, Khushdil Shah and Iftikhar etc.

You need guys like him and Shadab and Hassan in the field tbh. They seem switched on throughout
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He seems like he's overcompensating for something, a lack of confidence maybe?

On the field he has a presence, no doubt. But it's not one that's good, he seems arrogant and vain towards his own countrymen rather than the opposition
 
He’s playing in the wrong format. He’ll only be needed in T20’s if we have a batting collapse, which is highly unlikely in 20 overs, and even if he does get a chance to bat, it’ll probably be for the last 2 overs.

Keep him for ODI’s and tests.

We can bring in Hassan Ali in his place or Usman Qadir.
 
The team looks better with him but he bowled poorly and both him Shadab are offering little in terms of control. We need these kind of cricketers, just not these 2.
 
Our spinners are horribly expensive in the middle which is why we lose a lot of T20 and ODI games. You need pre 15 degrees Ajmal, Hafeez, Afridi type bowlers for guaranteed economy to be a more consistent limited overs team
 
Savak said:
Our spinners are horribly expensive in the middle which is why we lose a lot of T20 and ODI games. You need pre 15 degrees Ajmal, Hafeez, Afridi type bowlers for guaranteed economy to be a more consistent limited overs team
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That spin attack of Ajmal/Afridi/Hafeez was ATG level in T20s, it's tough to replicate that.

The current Pakstani spinnerss just lack control and consistency, too many freebies on offer and inevitably concede atleast a boundary an over
 
Savak said:
Our spinners are horribly expensive in the middle which is why we lose a lot of T20 and ODI games. You need pre 15 degrees Ajmal, Hafeez, Afridi type bowlers for guaranteed economy to be a more consistent limited overs team
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I wonder why Hafeez doesnt ball these days. He cant be much worse than Imad and Shadab.
 
He can't bat he can't bowl and his fielding is not good.He should be kicked out.He is not needed.
 
Yasir_ch said:
He can't bat he can't bowl and his fielding is not good.He should be kicked out.He is not needed.
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Maybe replacing him with Hasan next game can be good. But I want him to do well. He has been good for us in past and UAE he can be handy
 
Gullycricket said:
Maybe replacing him with Hasan next game can be good. But I want him to do well. He has been good for us in past and UAE he can be handy
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Hasan Ali is even better batsman than this mediocrity.

Hasan averages 17 with 196 strike rate in T20is which is way better than his 13 average and 145 strike rate.

I don't see this guy troubling any top team in UAE.He is awful.
 
I stil think imad is good enough in t20s only I think he should have only bowled 1 over in the powerplay wrong move babar
 
He is our best T20I spinner. I am not sure why are people mixing up his ODI stats with his T20I stats, just like they do to Usman Shinwari.
 
Imad v Nawaz.

Imad a better bowler?
Imad a better batsman?
Nawaz maybe the better fielder?
 
Saj said:
Imad v Nawaz.

Imad a better bowler?
Imad a better batsman?
Nawaz maybe the better fielder?
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Nawaz's non-existent batting ability makes him a real liability in both limited overs formats. And he is not good enough to make the side as a specialist spinner.

Imad is the better cricketer by a country mile, despite his limitations as a fielder.
 
Yasir_ch said:
Hasan Ali is even better batsman than this mediocrity.

Hasan averages 17 with 196 strike rate in T20is which is way better than his 13 average and 145 strike rate.

I don't see this guy troubling any top team in UAE.He is awful.
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Against this england team’s batting might, Pak should back the better bowler, and specially a spinner given its a SENA team. Imad’s 15 avg/145 SR is not good enough to call him an all rounder personally.
For me, Nawaz won Pak the ODI decider vs SA picking up 3 key top order wickets. It was followed up with good bowling performance in T20s winning couple of T20 games.
Misbah must accept his mistake about making Shadab the vice captain.
On current form, Nawaz and Qadir will be more penetrative.
 
RedwoodOriginal said:
Nawaz's non-existent batting ability makes him a real liability in both limited overs formats. And he is not good enough to make the side as a specialist spinner.

Imad is the better cricketer by a country mile, despite his limitations as a fielder.
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Batting on Eng fat tracks, If top 7 can’t score the runs then note sure what Imad can do in T20s. If it were ODIs, I would worry more about no 7 batting ability.
Currently focus should be on how to stop England batting juggernaut, and both Imad and Shadab have been studied and understood.
Nawar and Qadir have better control, turn the ball, and have the surprise package.
 
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