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Is Imad Wasim an ideal replacement for Saeed Ajmal?

Brilliant performance by him. Filling ajmals shoes isn't easy and he's handy with the bat as well. Good LOI cricketer.
 
Don't know why Zafar isn't in the shorter format sides. He can bat too! Not seen much of Asghar who would you compare him with currently playing?
Mamoon said:
Pakistan should look at Zafar and/or Asghar as the long-term spinners in Limited Overs.
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Abdullah said:
Thing proper teams will work out quickly that HE DOESN'T ACTUALLY SPIN THE BALL!!
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Ajmal wasn't a big turner of the bowl either. A spinner doesn't need to have prodigious amounts of spin to pick up wickets. On the contrary you only need a tiny amount of movement in both directions to miss the bat and take the edge or hit the pads and go onto smash the stumps.
 
Imad definitely not replacement for Ajmal. Ajmal had lot more variations compared to Imad but Imad is good player. Nawaz looks talented bats and useful boler.
 
Well he didnt turn the ball .
He doesnt turn it in anycase .
Is basically a left arm inswing bowler.
Good control and an arm ball is all hes got .
Smart cricketer though.
 
ethan hunt said:
Well he didnt turn the ball .
He doesnt turn it in anycase .
Is basically a left arm inswing bowler.
Good control and an arm ball is all hes got .
Smart cricketer though.
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Basically this plus he has good speeds variation
 
He's not a replacement for Ajmal as a bowler per say but is a pretty handy cricketer with more utility. As a bowler the main thing is he's economical and gets wickets. Plus he brings batting depth to the team. With both Imad and Nawaz in the XI plus Malik, Azhar and Babar we have plenty of spin options. We don't have a need for a fulltime spinner. The squad today was a very balanced XI with only one ingredient missing: a hard hitting batsman in the lower order
 
Imad Wasim does not need to be a replacement for anyone. He is an excellent ODI cricketer in his own right.
 
SuperKhan said:
Don't know why Zafar isn't in the shorter format sides. He can bat too! Not seen much of Asghar who would you compare him with currently playing?
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What I like about Asghar is that he is in unique. Most of the spinners in Limited Overs these days are darters, who fire the ball in quick and straight because they are afraid of getting hit.

Asghar on the other hand gives the ball a lot of loop and looks to get turn. He is not afraid of flighting the ball. If you watch most of his dismissals in the PSL, he did the batsmen with sharp turn rather than bowl darts.

I really hope he doesn't fade away.

As far as Zafar is concerned, he has lost out to Imad and Nawaz because they are better with the bat. On bowling potential, he is better than both.
 
Imad so far has done a lot of minnow bashing in his short career and I am not a fan of darters.

The England series is a big Test for him. I think he has nothing on Nawaz as far as batting is concerned.
 
Mamoon said:
Imad so far has done a lot of minnow bashing in his short career and I am not a fan of darters.

The England series is a big Test for him. I think he has nothing on Nawaz as far as batting is concerned.
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Both might play alongside each other this series, and perhaps in future series' as well, until/if Hafeez's action gets fixed.
 
Mamoon said:
Imad so far has done a lot of minnow bashing in his short career and I am not a fan of darters.


The England series is a big Test for him. I think he has nothing on Nawaz as far as batting is concerned.
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What do you make of nawaz?
 
Khan12 said:
What do you make of nawaz?
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Looks a much better batsman than Imad, but needs to improve his off-side game. Hasn't bowled much yet, but looks a darter based on what I have seen so far.

Zafar and Asghar are proper spinners.
 
Mamoon said:
Looks a much better batsman than Imad, but needs to improve his off-side game. Hasn't bowled much yet, but looks a darter based on what I have seen so far.

Zafar and Asghar are proper spinners.
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Yes I agree looks a better batsmen then Imad and also his bowling is a bit better too. I hope he improves his batting more then he can become a solid option for us. As for zafar and asghar they both should be playing ahead of yasir in odi format. Got him hopes from both of them. Don't what what zafar done wrong to get dropped. Looks an excellent prospect. Bowls well, excellent fielder and also handy with the bat.
 
Excellent bowling once again by Imad and that too against this lineup. Best ODI cricketer in this Pakistan side for me.
 
The best thing about him is that he possesses a brain and doesn't hesitate to use it. One of the best cricketer in Pak team at the moment.
 
The only issue with Imad is that he is not an attacking bowler which Ajmal for sure used to be. Still a very decent cricketer in limited overs cricket.
 
You need an attacking spinner to partner Imad . Someone who spins the ball and takes wickets .
 
Needs to turn the ball a bit and he would become deadly as he has got a very dangerous arm ball and his batting is very good too plus a very intelligent man he is so a permenent member now in ODIs
 
nowhere near as dominant as Ajmal was with the ball pre the ban. He truly was a magician. He is more of a hybrid of a replacement for Razzaq with his lower order batting although not as potentially explosive as Razzaq was. While his bowling can be a replacement for what we miss with Hafeez pre ban. Hes impressed me the most out of our players in the ODI series he isnt afraid to give some verbals too.
 
I watched the whole English innings today. Imad was superb, Atherton / Nick Night was analyzing his grip and the way he undercuts / generates drift / spins with a slight change in grip.
 
Adil_94 said:
nowhere near as dominant as Ajmal was with the ball pre the ban. He truly was a magician. He is more of a hybrid of a replacement for Razzaq with his lower order batting although not as potentially explosive as Razzaq was. While his bowling can be a replacement for what we miss with Hafeez pre ban. Hes impressed me the most out of our players in the ODI series he isnt afraid to give some verbals too.
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No spinner will be that good without chucking in LOI's. Imad has been extremely economical and adds much more value with the bat. He's as good a replacement as Pakistan can find.
 
Hafeez was a minnow basher from the start on other hand imad has shown how to bat against eng bowlers to them our other batsman struggled
 
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imad isnt a wicket taking bowler. He has surprised me though, and looks to have nailed down the number 7 odi spot.

Now we need a wicket taking spinner and another bowling allrounder


zafar would be my second spinner , can bat a bit can field and has better domestic performances comapred to asghar

I would also take a gamble on Amad Butt. He is very raw but our domestic cricket has done no favours to allrounders.

His bowling needs to be more displined but again just take the risk and back him. He has some real pace and to please the newest craze in pp , he is a tall big shouldered boy
 
MMHS said:
Imad 'll do well in IND - he is a round-arm darter who doesn't turn much; but on Indian wickets, he will be handy.

I think, overall in T20, it's not much of a loss (Imad for Ajmal) - Ajmal was genuine No. 11 & one of the worst fielders around; Imad can be handy with bat & he fields brilliantly.
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I believe on overall contribution to team, Imad actually is better.
 
He is an ideal replacement of Afridi. Better than him in both departments.
 
He uses his brain , that is where he is better than Afridi.

Afridi , had he used his brain , he would have had 12 K runs at least and 15 hundreds.
 
He has done well over the past month or so, but the jury is still out on Imad.
 
Once again proving his worth. This guy is damn good. Has kept it very tight and picked up a crucial wicket to keep Pakistan in the match. Top ODI bowler/allrounder.
 
sensible-indian-fan said:
Don't know how he gets wickets but my God, his line and lengths are impressive.

He is choking the bats.
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He is extremely accurate and gets that in-drift with the odd ball turning. RHB's cannot attack him consistently. see what happened to maxwell today. you need a couple of left handers to hit him out of the park otherwise he will ruin the momentum of the batting side. Class LOI spinner. Probably the best one going around IMO.
 
Nikhil_cric said:
He is extremely accurate and gets that in-drift with the odd ball turning. RHB's cannot attack him consistently. see what happened to maxwell today. you need a couple of left handers to hit him out of the park otherwise he will ruin the momentum of the batting side. Class LOI spinner. Probably the best one going around IMO.
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Can he play the Jadeja role in Tests? :srt
 
Nikhil_cric said:
He is extremely accurate and gets that in-drift with the odd ball turning. RHB's cannot attack him consistently. see what happened to maxwell today. you need a couple of left handers to hit him out of the park otherwise he will ruin the momentum of the batting side. Class LOI spinner. Probably the best one going around IMO.
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Yeah I noticed his in-drift which was prominent in UAE. That is one dangerous delivery o doubt.

But I am not sure if you can make work with in-drift always as you may not get it in every place.

He doesn't seem to turn the ball barring the odd ones. Batsmen are still playing for turn which leads to beaten. IF they start playing for the straight ones, things may change.

Imad definitely looks good for now but I will give it some time to judge.

I can't say with certainty he will keep this up.

Feel you need some balls to turn, some straighter ones and accurate length to last longer.

Axar Patel at one point looked unplayable. He too had the same weapons (except the in drift I guess). Now, he is getting carted around in most games. Now Imad is much better than Axar but I am talking about the importance of having decent variety. Can't always make it with straight balls and the rare turning one.

Felt Maxwell missed a normal straight delivery. Bat hit pads and stumps were disturbed.
 
Best bowler this tour in LOIS. Absolutely choked Amla into submission and his returns today were superb . Very underrated cricketer. He's probably the only real all-rounder that Pakistan have.
 
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