Is Mohammad Amir getting his old form back?

[Sherazkhalid]

The magic of England.

He will always be the most economical for Pakistan though.

Yep totally agree, it is magic of England. On UAE and pitches else where he becomes ineffective. He needs something from the pitch to make it happen. But then again kudos to him to make it happen when others like Hasan Ali are leaking runs.

 

[goran]

He may not be at his best but is still far better than any other bowler we have. Though I agree with the England factor, but which fast bowler has succeeded on UAE's graveyard pitches? It's high time we stop playing our home series in UAE if we want to save our cricket.

 

[waleed88]

If only all ever Amir played was in England....

Exceptional performance. He is the strike and the goto bowler without a doubt.

Almost like Wasim in 1992 world cup, Hasan Ali in CT 2017 and Umar Gul in t20 World cup 2009

 

[Grunge101]

He couldve gotten himself atleast a 4-fer today had he bowled better at the death. Too many slower balls and length delivery to tail enders, Full and straight was all that was needed

 

[MenInG]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Mohammad Amir at this World Cup:<br><br>10-1-49-2<br>10-1-47-3<br>10-2-30-5<br>10-0-67-2<br>6-0-26-3<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CWC19?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CWC19</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1142850735446601729?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 23, 2019</a></blockquote>
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[Savak]

He loves English conditions, his record reflects that. He gets exposed when the wicket has nothing for him. Pakistan is better of just picking him in these conditions and resting him on UAE wickets

 

[Leeon1994]

I don't know if its good for us or bad. Amir's pace and swing is half gone since he came back but still he is the leader of the bunch.

I think i'll give him credit for keeping the line and length steady which the other bowlers in our team fail to do often.

 

[Xoib]

His pace seems to have gone forever now he is bowling like a late career chaminda vaas now

 

[hur rizvi]

His swing is back but pace still not there

 

[Mercurial]

I can see shades of 2010 Amir.

 

[Mercurial]

His line and length has improved in ODI cricket, this is why he has been impressive. He is the modern Glenn McGrath on current form.

 

[Xoib]

His swing is back but pace still not there

I don’t see him swinging barring first couple of overs

 

[Sunzi]

I don't know if its good for us or bad. Amir's pace and swing is half gone since he came back but still he is the leader of the bunch.

I think i'll give him credit for keeping the line and length steady which the other bowlers in our team fail to do often.

This. 100%

Lost that zip and movement - but one of the best around at doing the basics right, even pre-WC when he was struggling for wickets.

 

[Technics 1210]

The quirky stats of the World Cup 2019!

Great read, many stats, but I will highlight my favourite one!

Bolts from the statistical blue

Amir, it is fair to say, has had his share of cricketing ups and downs, on and very-much-off the field.

He bowled one of the great white-ball opening spells in the 2017 Champions Trophy final, dismissing one of ODI cricket's greatest top three line-ups - Rohit Sharma, Dhawan and Kohli (whom he also had dropped at slip) - for 16 runs in six glorious overs.

Since then, up to the start of this tournament, he had taken five more ODI wickets in 14 innings, averaging 92, with a strike-rate of a wicket every 20.1 overs.

In a nine-match sequence from July 2018 to January 2019, he took one wicket (Zimbabwean tail-ender Tendai Chatara) in 63 overs. In Pakistan's first four matches of the World Cup, he has taken 13 in 36 overs, average 13.0.

Against Australia and India he took a combined 8-77 off 20 overs (3.85 per over), while his team-mates collectively returned the less-than-helpful figures of 7-554 off 79 overs (7.01 per over).

In Taunton against the Aussies, his figures of 5-30 were deeply unflattering - he provoked 11 plays and misses.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/48704114

 

[MenInG]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Mohammad Amir has attained a career-best rating of 663 in ODIs and is joint-number 7th in the updated ODI Bowling Rankings <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PAKvSL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PAKvSL</a> <a href="https://t.co/3LjRaeh7SM">pic.twitter.com/3LjRaeh7SM</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1179726543318392832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 3, 2019</a></blockquote>
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[The Viper]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Mohammad Amir's impressive stats in ODIs since the start of the World Cup:<br><br>Matches 10<br>Overs 90<br>Maidens 6<br>Runs conceded 429<br>Wickets 21<br>Average 20.42<br>Strike-rate 25.70<br>Economy-rate 4.76<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1179816873107623936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 3, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[Mueez]

His hard work is paying off.

I expect he will enjoy his bowling under Waqar.

We can expect more ahead of him.

 

[aloo paratha]

Sad he's become a medium pacer these days. The writing was on the wall in terms of his test retirement. He can't even bowl an average of 135 in 10 overs how would he do so in 25 overs a day.

 

[The Viper]

After losing the toss, England must deal with Mohammad Amir's seam bowling early on. Thoughts, WASIM AKRAM?

"Amir is quite experienced. He swings the ball early on and has good variation with his back-of-the-hand slower ball and he bowls around the wicket. He is one of the most experienced bowlers in world cricket in this form "

 

[adarsh_bang]

Sad he's become a medium pacer these days. The writing was on the wall in terms of his test retirement. He can't even bowl an average of 135 in 10 overs how would he do so in 25 overs a day.

Wait, Hasn't he retired from Test cricket already?

 

[Pacy with wisdom]

Has built like atwig. Could have easily gained the much required muscle during this quarantine isolation, but alas.
The technical faults still persist and the pace is still down by 10-15 kph.

His legs arent behind him as he stops right before his gather/load up and is practically bowling just with his shoulders, with no leg drive or follow through.
I expect him to injure his bowling shoulder very soon if he doesn't eradicate this flaw.
Already the pace is gone. The next thing will be injury.
As always, Waqar proving himself very valuable.

 

[MenInG]

Has built like atwig. Could have easily gained the much required muscle during this quarantine isolation, but alas.
The technical faults still persist and the pace is still down by 10-15 kph.

His legs arent behind him as he stops right before his gather/load up and is practically bowling just with his shoulders, with no leg drive or follow through.
I expect him to injure his bowling shoulder very soon if he doesn't eradicate this flaw.
Already the pace is gone. The next thing will be injury.
As always, Waqar proving himself very valuable.

But that same physique/action brought him success before. With no Tests, he should be able to bowl better.

 

[Mueez]

I want to see Amir perform today! Can he do it? I hope so

 

[Pacy with wisdom]

But that same physique/action brought him success before. With no Tests, he should be able to bowl better.

No, the action has changed and deteriorated overtime. He didnt have these faults before and his physique has contributed towards their development over time, because the lack of muscle meant he lost mobility and explosive power in his lower core/hips.

At first, his shoulders were able to compensate for these flaws and he didnt lose pace on the speed gun. However, it was clear that he was striving and it wasn't happening for him through rhythm like in 2010.
Bowling like that, it was obvious that fatigue was going to set in and by late 2018 asia cup, he had lost a couple of yards of pace.
Since then, he has basically become a glorified medium pacer.

I was hoping that he would comeback well after the 6 month break but it is obvious that those bad habits and flaws have become part of muscle memory for him, and he is clueless about them.
He thinks that retirement from tests will magically allow him to get his mojo back.
But with these flaws, I am certain that he will struggle to even play odis consistently. Who knows, might even retire from them as well lol.

 

[pakistani pride]

Has built like atwig. Could have easily gained the much required muscle during this quarantine isolation, but alas.
The technical faults still persist and the pace is still down by 10-15 kph.

His legs arent behind him as he stops right before his gather/load up and is practically bowling just with his shoulders, with no leg drive or follow through.
I expect him to injure his bowling shoulder very soon if he doesn't eradicate this flaw.
Already the pace is gone. The next thing will be injury.
As always, Waqar proving himself very valuable.

Any one else agree with this?

 

[Mobashir]

Still one of the very best in LOI's.
Hardest bowler to hit in world cricket.

 

[Kingpin786]

Any one else agree with this?

Yes

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

Still one of the very best in LOI's.
Hardest bowler to hit in world cricket.

That would be bumrah...

 

[MenInG]

Amir being smashed around a bit - needs to take wickets today

 

[Varun]

Getting thwacked all around the park.

 

[MenInG]

Struggling with hamstring now....

 

[Greenstorm]

Has built like atwig. Could have easily gained the much required muscle during this quarantine isolation, but alas.
The technical faults still persist and the pace is still down by 10-15 kph.

His legs arent behind him as he stops right before his gather/load up and is practically bowling just with his shoulders, with no leg drive or follow through.
I expect him to injure his bowling shoulder very soon if he doesn't eradicate this flaw.
Already the pace is gone. The next thing will be injury.
As always, Waqar proving himself very valuable.

Well spotted. Having hamstring issues now.

 

[Indiafan]

Has built like atwig. Could have easily gained the much required muscle during this quarantine isolation, but alas.
The technical faults still persist and the pace is still down by 10-15 kph.

His legs arent behind him as he stops right before his gather/load up and is practically bowling just with his shoulders, with no leg drive or follow through.
I expect him to injure his bowling shoulder very soon if he doesn't eradicate this flaw.
Already the pace is gone. The next thing will be injury.
As always, Waqar proving himself very valuable.

Good call about the injury

 

[aloo paratha]

Still mediocre, who would've thought?

 

[Solid Snake]

Yeah bowling cross seamed from the get go, slower deliveries, bowling into the legs for batsman to nudge him for one, pulling his economy down

What a legend, I will remember this spell and his many other economical spells in the circus that is T20 cricket for the rest of my life

How fortunate we are to witness this guy post spot fixing to play the highest form of cricket

 

[leg-side-flick]

Cross seam / too many slower balls....

Reminds me of Irfan Pathan

 

[Varun]

Has built like atwig. Could have easily gained the much required muscle during this quarantine isolation, but alas.
The technical faults still persist and the pace is still down by 10-15 kph.

His legs arent behind him as he stops right before his gather/load up and is practically bowling just with his shoulders, with no leg drive or follow through.
I expect him to injure his bowling shoulder very soon if he doesn't eradicate this flaw.
Already the pace is gone. The next thing will be injury.
As always, Waqar proving himself very valuable.

You match your username!

 

[Noman]

No, the action has changed and deteriorated overtime. He didnt have these faults before and his physique has contributed towards their development over time, because the lack of muscle meant he lost mobility and explosive power in his lower core/hips.

At first, his shoulders were able to compensate for these flaws and he didnt lose pace on the speed gun. However, it was clear that he was striving and it wasn't happening for him through rhythm like in 2010.
Bowling like that, it was obvious that fatigue was going to set in and by late 2018 asia cup, he had lost a couple of yards of pace.
Since then, he has basically become a glorified medium pacer.

I was hoping that he would comeback well after the 6 month break but it is obvious that those bad habits and flaws have become part of muscle memory for him, and he is clueless about them.
He thinks that retirement from tests will magically allow him to get his mojo back.
But with these flaws, I am certain that he will struggle to even play odis consistently. Who knows, fight even retire from them as well lol.

Today he already looked injured befordr bowling the 1 Ball he is only bowling slow balla and cross seemed

What the hell is Waqar and misbah doing - Aamir is Old and should retire

 

[MenInG]

Today he already looked injured befordr bowling the 1 Ball he is only bowling slow balla and cross seemed

What the hell is Waqar and misbah doing - Aamir is Old and should retire

Points to being match - unfit!

 

[Mueez]

No, the action has changed and deteriorated overtime. He didnt have these faults before and his physique has contributed towards their development over time, because the lack of muscle meant he lost mobility and explosive power in his lower core/hips.

At first, his shoulders were able to compensate for these flaws and he didnt lose pace on the speed gun. However, it was clear that he was striving and it wasn't happening for him through rhythm like in 2010.
Bowling like that, it was obvious that fatigue was going to set in and by late 2018 asia cup, he had lost a couple of yards of pace.
Since then, he has basically become a glorified medium pacer.

I was hoping that he would comeback well after the 6 month break but it is obvious that those bad habits and flaws have become part of muscle memory for him, and he is clueless about them.
He thinks that retirement from tests will magically allow him to get his mojo back.
But with these flaws, I am certain that he will struggle to even play odis consistently. Who knows, might even retire from them as well lol.

Nostradamus.

 

[bilawal666]

Amir's been rubbish in this series. He just doesn't look that interested.

 

[MenInG]

Seem Amir trying to come back

 

[Indiafan]

Lion-hearted to bowl despite injury and now coming back

 

[SpiritOf1903]

Shambles!!! Was Wahab laughing at the fact he won the Masters?..

 

[Sher Khan]

Is this the end of Mohammad Amir’s international career?

Amir as we all know walked of the field after bowling 2 overs with a hamstring injury. But later he walked onto the field only to be told by the captain he wasnt needed and trotted back off.

Is this a sign that everyone has now become fed up and that his services are no longer needed. As his performance in normal bilateral cricket has deteriorated further even after retiring from tests. Their is no visible improvement in his pace or zip.

Seems like even the management and captain thinks he is a lost cause.

 

[Gharib Aadmi]

Unfortunately it wont be.

 

[Justcrazy]

He will be back. He will continue to play another 4- 5 years easily.

 

[Lurker_Ind]

He does not look fit. Still a very talented bowler.

 

[Indiafan]

He does not look fit. Still a very talented bowler.

I want to see a correlation between him going over 10 an over and him getting injured. It seems like every time he gets hit, he gets mysteriously injured and unfit

 

[AAli98]

Deteriorated over the years bowling test match line & lengths in t-20 got out bowled by Rolf Harris today.

 

[aloo paratha]

Hopefully.

 

[Mir jibran]

He will play a minimum of 3 more years just on his 2010 reputation

 

[Wreck_It_Rauf]

They don't want to take any chances with him. I think he has a lucrative county stint about to start so they'll probably rest him for the 3rd game and let him recover. Hopefully it's nothing serious.

 

[Junaids]

Deteriorated over the years bowling test match line & lengths in t-20 got out bowled by Rolf Harris today.

Rolf Harris is too young to play for a Misbah team. Although he might be excited by Misbah’s tendency to always include one or two teenagers.

 

[PakHammer]

Rolf Harris is too young to play for a Misbah team. Although he might be excited by Misbah’s tendency to always include one or two teenagers.

Thanks Junaids, that did make smile after a horrible Pakistan bowling performance

 

[Pacy with wisdom]

As pointed out above, his body lacks the required strength and conditioning to bowl fast in international cricket.
This has resulted in technical flaws, which have greatly reduced his effectiveness.
If ever he tries to undo these technical flaws without getting the required strength and muscle conditioning, he will either not be able to do so, or get injured in trying.

I hope Wicki bhai gives him a couple of thapkis and a "Shaabash" so that these issues get solved.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Sorry to say this but Amir is finished and the sooner some people.can come to terms with it the better it could be for Pakistan cricket.

He's not the same legend he once was.

 

[Pacy with wisdom]

Sorry to say this but Amir is finished and the sooner some people.can come to terms with it the better it could be for Pakistan cricket.

He's not the same legend he once was.

He has finished himself by not training the correct way.
Bring him under a knowledgable set up who can identify his issues and he will become a totally different bowler.

 

[BreadPakoda]

Sorry to say this but Amir is finished and the sooner some people.can come to terms with it the better it could be for Pakistan cricket.

He's not the same legend he once was.

He was clearly injured today.

 

[Mueez]

He has finished himself by not training the correct way.
Bring him under a knowledgable set up who can identify his issues and he will become a totally different bowler.

It would be very interesting to see him get coaching from Ian Pont or even with you .

Really wish that could happen...

 

[BreadPakoda]

Rolf Harris is too young to play for a Misbah team. Although he might be excited by Misbah’s tendency to always include one or two teenagers.

He doesn't look 26 to me. Should probably share his real age with Misbah to get a chance.

Also, he's less than 6 ft so I'm not sure if you would want him.

 

[Pacy with wisdom]

It would be very interesting to see him get coaching from Ian Pont or even with you .

Really wish that could happen...

Pont wanted to work with him and the PCB, but the latter are not very fond of him, it seems.
The thing with Amir is that he seems very stubborn.
He doesn't want to change his training habits from what I gather.
He has this mindset that lifting weights is wrong for a fast bowler, otherwise he would have been hitting 90mph after this 6 month layoff.
Look at Starc; how he has treated his time off. Dude is expecting to hit the 100mph after gaining 5 kilos of muscle. These guys optimize everything, while our's always run on half or 1/3 of potential due to ignorance.

It saddens me to see Amir go down the drain, because he was easily the most gifted and savy fast bowler of the last decade.

 

[Mueez]

Pont wanted to work with him and the PCB, but the latter are not very fond of him, it seems.
The thing with Amir is that he seems very stubborn.
He doesn't want to change his training habits from what I gather.
He has this mindset that lifting weights is wrong for a fast bowler, otherwise he would have been hitting 90mph after this 6 month layoff.
Look at Starc; how he has treated his time off. Dude is expecting to hit the 100mph after gaining 5 kilos of muscle. These guys optimize everything, while our's always run on half or 1/3 of potential due to ignorance.

It saddens me to see Amir go down the drain, because he was easily the most gifted and savy fast bowler of the last decade.

I agree. It feels so sad to see Amir bowl nowadays. It is the same who used to touch 148 kph without too many effort.

 

[Junaids]

Has built like atwig. Could have easily gained the much required muscle during this quarantine isolation, but alas.
The technical faults still persist and the pace is still down by 10-15 kph.

His legs arent behind him as he stops right before his gather/load up and is practically bowling just with his shoulders, with no leg drive or follow through.
I expect him to injure his bowling shoulder very soon if he doesn't eradicate this flaw.
Already the pace is gone. The next thing will be injury.
As always, Waqar proving himself very valuable.

I have the very highest respect for your posts, and you have convinced me.

I have long agreed with Mickey Arthur that Amir is really only an asset with a Dukes Ball or a pink ball in the Test format, or in South Africa and New Zealand.

I guess I accept your comments about his poor physical condition combined with a slight deterioration in his action.

Even before the hamstring injury at Old Trafford it was embarrassing watching him reduced to an array of slower balls only.

I still think that he has quit the wrong format. I think he should have received a counter-offer from Misbah to play Dukes Ball and Pink Ball Tests, T20i and to get permission to play the Big Bash and The Twenty, and nothing else.

 

[Junaids]

He has finished himself by not training the correct way.
Bring him under a knowledgable set up who can identify his issues and he will become a totally different bowler.

I agree, but I'm not sure that this has to be the end of the road.

I'm going to assume that Mohammad Amir was 21 when Pakistan won the 2009 World T20. That would make him 32 now, but with very little wear and tear on his body due to the 5 year ban and his premature retirement.

His current lifetime bowling loads are:

First Class including Tests: 12394 balls, 260 wickets
List A including ODI: 4244 balls, 123 wickets
T20 including T20i: 3630 balls, 199 wickets.

That means that in his career, Mohammad Amir has bowled a total of 20,268 deliveries, or 3,378 overs.

Chris Woakes is 31 years old: he has bowled
First Class: 25,563
List A: 7984
T20: 2175

In other words, Amir is roughly the same age as Woakes (although supposedly younger) and has bowled 20,000 deliveries compared to Woakes' 36,000.

Josh Hazlewood is 29 years old, and his lifetime workload is:

First Class: 17,715 balls
List A: 5256 balls
T20: 803 balls.

So Hazlewood has bowled 23,774 balls to Amir's 20,268.

I agree that Amir will never again be a 145K fast bowler. He has not looked after his body correctly for that.

But he is most devastating in the same conditions as Richard Hadlee (or Vern Philander) or, should I say, John Lever.

Who, people may ask, was John Lever?

John Lever was a left-arm fast-medium swing bowler for Essex in the 1970's and early 1980's. He is best remembered for winning a Test series in India in 1976-77 with the use of vaseline, but year after year after year he took mountains of wickets.

His stats:
91,271 First Class balls - 1,722 wickets.
23,208 List A balls - 674 wickets.

Mohammad Amir is finished in terms of being the new Wasim Akram. But he was from the moment he resumed Test cricket in 2016, bowling in the mid-130's.

His best bet as a career is to model himself on John Lever and have a career as a county pro playing First Class cricket, earning 100,000 pounds per summer and getting a Big Bash gig each winter. And playing Tests in England, the West Indies, South Africa and New Zealand only.

Mohammad Amir needs to read the writing on the wall and become John Lever, not Wasim Akram.

 

[Kroll]

I agree, but I'm not sure that this has to be the end of the road.

I'm going to assume that Mohammad Amir was 21 when Pakistan won the 2009 World T20. That would make him 32 now, but with very little wear and tear on his body due to the 5 year ban and his premature retirement.

His current lifetime bowling loads are:

First Class including Tests: 12394 balls, 260 wickets
List A including ODI: 4244 balls, 123 wickets
T20 including T20i: 3630 balls, 199 wickets.

That means that in his career, Mohammad Amir has bowled a total of 20,268 deliveries, or 3,378 overs.

Chris Woakes is 31 years old: he has bowled
First Class: 25,563
List A: 7984
T20: 2175

In other words, Amir is roughly the same age as Woakes (although supposedly younger) and has bowled 20,000 deliveries compared to Woakes' 36,000.

Josh Hazlewood is 29 years old, and his lifetime workload is:

First Class: 17,715 balls
List A: 5256 balls
T20: 803 balls.

So Hazlewood has bowled 23,774 balls to Amir's 20,268.

I agree that Amir will never again be a 145K fast bowler. He has not looked after his body correctly for that.

But he is most devastating in the same conditions as Richard Hadlee (or Vern Philander) or, should I say, John Lever.

Who, people may ask, was John Lever?

John Lever was a left-arm fast-medium swing bowler for Essex in the 1970's and early 1980's. He is best remembered for winning a Test series in India in 1976-77 with the use of vaseline, but year after year after year he took mountains of wickets.

His stats:
91,271 First Class balls - 1,722 wickets.
23,208 List A balls - 674 wickets.

Mohammad Amir is finished in terms of being the new Wasim Akram. But he was from the moment he resumed Test cricket in 2016, bowling in the mid-130's.

His best bet as a career is to model himself on John Lever and have a career as a county pro playing First Class cricket, earning 100,000 pounds per summer and getting a Big Bash gig each winter. And playing Tests in England, the West Indies, South Africa and New Zealand only.

Mohammad Amir needs to read the writing on the wall and become John Lever, not Wasim Akram.

Never mind John lever, he's become more like Johnny Lever when it comes to bowling.

 

[Pacy with wisdom]

I have the very highest respect for your posts, and you have convinced me.

I have long agreed with Mickey Arthur that Amir is really only an asset with a Dukes Ball or a pink ball in the Test format, or in South Africa and New Zealand.

I guess I accept your comments about his poor physical condition combined with a slight deterioration in his action.

Even before the hamstring injury at Old Trafford it was embarrassing watching him reduced to an array of slower balls only.

I still think that he has quit the wrong format. I think he should have received a counter-offer from Misbah to play Dukes Ball and Pink Ball Tests, T20i and to get permission to play the Big Bash and The Twenty, and nothing else.

Thankyou for the warm remarks.

With this action and physical condition he will struggle to bowl quick in street cricket let alone test matches.

He is under the impression that his bowling decline was due to overbowling which while also being a factor wasn't the main reason.

For 4 years, he has been using upper body contraction to get his pace, instead of just getting it from a fluent action and run up.

Imagine trying to bowl 90mph from 5 paces with a weak lower body. This is what he is trying to do because of the technical issues I have explained earlier.
If ever he gets his issues fixed, he wont need to quit test matches because it is not an age related issue.

Even brett Lee's pace declined during the 2008/9 test season after the tour to India because the excessive toil meant he lost too much muscle and became physically unfit to execute his action. He was down on pace when South Africa toured in 2008/9 which allowed the latter to win the series.

So what happened next?

They rested him from the ashes. He went back to the drawing board, regained muscle, and recovered all the pace on the England odi tour and the subsequent champions trophy that Australia went onto win.

Mitchell Johnson in 2013 was a similar story where he came back a totally different bowler after his comeback.

Until and unless Amir gets professional help in Australia/ South Africa or any professional setup he can kiss his international career good bye, because he cant survive for long with these flaws.

Today's injury was a ticking time bomb as I earlier mentioned.
The next thing to go will be his bowling shoulder if he keeps this up.

 

[Napa]

An Indian’s view of Amir

Seems like Amir is past his peak. He will remain for me the greatest Pakistani player from the last few years. His spell against a super Indian batting lineup defending 85 in a T20I and the winning spell in an ICC final are not to be forgotten.

A victim of unscrupulous seniors when he was young, he struck me as someone didn’t play the political game.

Thanks to the shenanigans of others, he will never reap the riches he deserved from IPL. Wishing him the best for the rest of his life.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Seems like Amir is past his peak. He will remain for me the greatest Pakistani player from the last few years. His spell against a super Indian batting lineup defending 85 in a T20I and the winning spell in an ICC final are not to be forgotten.

A victim of unscrupulous seniors when he was young, he struck me as someone didn’t play the political game.

Thanks to the shenanigans of others, he will never reap the riches he deserved from IPL. Wishing him the best for the rest of his life.

As an Indian and a humanist, i wholeheartedly back this statement.

I grew up watching Waqar, Wasim, Aaqib, Shoaib, later even Asif but the spells Mohammad Amir bowled against India and the way he troubled our top order, I have not seen or known a Pakistani bowler arguably since Imran Khan in 1980 do that against us.

On hos day, he absolutely killed it with the new ball and was a phenomenal death overs bowler too. Whenever he failed with the new ball, he would often make a BIG come back with the old ball to keep things tight.

I will close my argument by bestowing the famous Indian fan nation motto in Mohammad Amir's honour - Dus rupye ki Pepsi, Amir bhai sexy
Ok bye

 

[Mamoon]

And some people wanted him to play the Test series. He wouldn’t have lasted a session.

It is time to put him out of his misery and end his international career because that is ultimately what he wants.

Regardless of what his fans say, it is clear to me that he has absolutely no interest in playing international cricket anymore.

Furthermore, there is no point in picking a Limited Overs specialist who doesn’t have the fitness to play consistently and who quite frankly is average 8 out of 10 times.

No point in dragging him to the 2023 World Cup where he will be limping on one leg.

 

[Hasan123]

Aren't people worried about the fact he pulled a muscle after 1 over in a T20? Does he have the stamina for international cricket?

 

[shamaan]

Aren't people worried about the fact he pulled a muscle after 1 over in a T20? Does he have the stamina for international cricket?

That's what happens when you give people numerous chances

 

[The_KING]

Retired from tests because he couldn’t handle the rigours of 5 day cricket. Seems like he doesn’t even have fitness for T20 cricket. What a joke of an overrated bowler he is. I can’t wait for him to retire from all formats.

 

[coy0607]

Amir has one decent spell, and Pakistan fans start with ''shades of 2010 Amir - he's back''

Fact is, Amir is a glorified Sohail Tanvir at this point. He'll do well on extremely helpful surfaces, but 8 out of 10 games he's just a medium pacer bowling cutters. Any decent opening batsmen will clobber him around the ground.

Amir brings less to the table than even Abbas now

 

[MenInG]

Misbah-ul-Haq speaking to the press:

“We’re just trying to find the right balance with Amir. If we have two young bowlers in the team then we have one experienced bowlers like Wahab replaced Amir. With Amir, we needed two new ball bowlers and he was bowling the best. This is not about individuals, we are forming the team according to the requirements.

 

[sweep_shot]

Amir is not the same as before. He is declining.

When he decided to quit Test cricket, it showed he probably gave up a bit.

 

[MenInG]

Looked really good today for Northern - 2/31

 

[Pacy with wisdom]

Looked really good today for Northern - 2/31

Your expectations and standards have fallen remarkably low if you think he looked good today.

He is just a 130 kph defensive bowler now; not even a shell of his former self.

 

[BunnyRabbit]

He is lazy to say the least. The fame in his teen that early in his career got to his head and he considered it his right. When he was banned, he visibly didn't do any training to keep himself fit or to come back as a better bowler. Yes, it would have been hard to have trained when you are banned from the sport you love for 5 years but I guess that's what seperates professional cricket and amateur cricket ie you have to do the job even when you don't like it.

He probably still doesn't realise how lucky he is to have come back from a 5 year ban and being welcomed back by international cricket. He lost his skills, with pace he lost the swing that came naturally to him. After 2017 CT, he again became complacent. To quit test cricket at 27 years is unheard of for a cricketer.

What he still has is the smarts. He is shrewd and can read the batters very well and is bowling at his best under his compromised limitations. He still can be the game changer every now and then and someone who could be called on to turn the match over but the thing is, he looks very satisfied with what he is doing at the moment. The sad thing is, there are other pacers who are doing twice the hard work he is, but are not getting the look in, whether that be due to not being good enough or getting ignored.

I would just say that playing international cricket is a privilege not a right and one should be extremely proud to achieve that and prepare himself in the very best way possible.
He may still have a few MOM performances or a few elating performances up his sleeve, but he will be remembered for the 2010 Tests in England (his performance and the subsequent spot fixing fiasco) and 2017 Champions Trophy where he sort of salvaged some of the lost pride.

 

[Savak]

Amir was never that good to begin with. The English series he eventually got banned in were the most bowling friendly conditions in years. Even RP Singh has looked a million bucks in England where he played a vital role in England winning a test series there.

If Amir hadn't been banned in 2010, his mediocrity which we are seeing now would have caught up with him