What's new

[PICTURES/VIDEOS] Is Shaheen Shah Afridi trying to become an all-rounder due to the loss of pace from his injury?

Marooned said:
Fans like you are just casual fans who like to make loud noise. That's why you never saw Rabbada bowl low pace.
Click to expand...
Rabada is one of the best bowlers in the world that’s a fact. Where as afridi is finished and you can pin and remember my comment afridi is finished and won’t reach the past heights he once did.

And bowling a few bowls that touch 136 kph I don’t consider regaining his pace.
 
JAV12341 said:
Rabada is one of the best bowlers in the world that’s a fact. Where as afridi is finished and you can pin and remember my comment afridi is finished and won’t reach the past heights he once did.

And bowling a few bowls that touch 136 kph I don’t consider regaining his pace.
Click to expand...
I won't remember your comment I'm sure because I don't think it's worth remembering a casual fan's angry rants after a loss. It's not worth it. :)
 
JAV12341 said:
Sadly he won’t he’s been burnt to the ground and he’s finished. Just upset and angry watching your star bowler totally washed up at a mere age of 23 because of mismanagement. He’s trundling in at 75 mph and his effort bowl is barely touch 80mph. What fall from grace from a consistent 145kph bowler to a 125kph trundler. Needs to go
Click to expand...
I do not like the mismanagement angle. We are dealing with grown men.
 
He is good bowler, just needs to go back to drawing board. He looks tired and needs to rest, manage workload and work with physio and a good coach to get back to ryth. These guys are super rich they can hire a personal physio and coach to sort out. He still has many years to contribute to Pak cricket.
 
prisha said:
He is good bowler, just needs to go back to drawing board. He looks tired and needs to rest, manage workload and work with physio and a good coach to get back to ryth. These guys are super rich they can hire a personal physio and coach to sort out. He still has many years to contribute to Pak cricket.
Click to expand...
Delusion is rife within the fans. He’s finished will trundle at 75 mph with his effort bowl reaching 86.

Needs to pack it in he’s burnt himself to the ground and don’t think he will recover
 
He is playing in all formats and the PCB has overburdened him.

If they want to save his career so they have to manage his workload otherwise he is gonner in next few years.

He is on sharp decline!
 
Shaheen picked up a wicket in the very first over against Victoria in a 2-day practice game. Shaheen and his first over wickets were a norm before he got injured but he lost his mojo since he is back from that injury. But now he took a wicket in the 1st over again, even though it was a practice game but still it will boost his confidence ahead of the 2nd Test match at melbourne.
 
Pakistan certainly need Shaheen Shah Afridi bowling a little bit quicker: Michael Vaughan


“Do you want my honest answer? No, I don't (expect them to be more competitive in the second and third Tests). I mean, they're a team that's almost going through a bit of transition. It's the first Pakistan bowling attack that I've seen that hasn't had a more than 145km/h bowler.”

“They generally come here with a bit of pace. They have skill in their bowling attack. The two debutants were excellent. But I have a bit of a concern about Shaheen Shah Afridi. I think he's a little bit short on gas.”

“He doesn't seem to be bowling as quick as he did a year or two ago. I know he's had an injury, but they certainly need Shaheen Shah bowling a little bit quicker,”
 
I have a doubt about this DRS, ball actualy spun a bit after pitching but in the review it went straight, impact was also a bit outside off

1703725856336.png
 
Pakistan needs Shaheen to do his bit now...
 
Shaheen is a mental midget with the bat, he cannot bat under pressure
 
Shahid Afridi refuted concerns regarding Shaheen Afridi carrying an injury despite a significant pace drop:

“I’ve never got the impression that Shaheen has an injury. If you’re injured you can’t play as a fast bowler. He knows his responsibility and how important he is to the team. The fast bowlers, we are expecting a lot from them because they’ve done well in the past."
 
Shaheen has shown more ability with bat than other bowlers. His bowling is also alowly alowly coming back and he is picking up wickets too. So well done to him despite being burnt by Pakistan.
 
He's nothing more than an t20 batsman occasional of a few whacks and that's not a bad thing; his bowling should be his only priority
 
He has not been a complete bowler that he was before he got injured. His main focus should be bowling 100 percent rather than be another all-rounder hack.
 
Shaheen Afridi played a match winning innings for his team in ILT20. He came in to bat when 50 runs were needed but Shaheen calmed his nerves and scored an important 17 runs to get his team over the line.
 
Cricket Warrior said:
Shaheen Afridi played a match winning innings for his team in ILT20. He came in to bat when 50 runs were needed but Shaheen calmed his nerves and scored an important 17 runs to get his team over the line.
Click to expand...
It was Sherfane Rutherford who brought them close. Afridi did well but he was close to botching it too like Nawaz did v Zimbabwe
 
Luke Wood deserves almost as much credit. He has run to the other end while Shaheen is only half way down trotting the first run slowly and kind of ball watching.

NjD2Z2x.png
 
Asad T said:
Luke Wood deserves almost as much credit. He has run to the other end while Shaheen is only half way down trotting the first run slowly and kind of ball watching.

NjD2Z2x.png
Click to expand...

It seems like Shaheen is jogging in a park... Thankfully bowler didn't throw the ball at his end otherwise it could have been another story. :ROFLMAO:
 
CricketCartoons said:
Why be great at something when you can be mediocre at two things?
Click to expand...
Actually, he is mediocre so far. His batting is based on just slogging so he can never be better if he can only play like this. His primary job to to bowl and bowl hard, which he is not doing that good at.
 
Cricket Warrior said:
Yeah in the end he will end up losing his bowling skills too and would be singing this song "Zindagi ki talaash main hum maut k kitnay pass agyai" :ROFLMAO:
Click to expand...
I guess he thinks that he has now mastered the difficult art of fast bowling so it's better of improve his batting.
 
greatest said:
I guess he thinks that he has now mastered the difficult art of fast bowling so it's better of improve his batting.
Click to expand...
No, bro, he is going downhill in bowling. See his pace now he's hardly reaching 140 kmph. He needs to concentrate on his prime job batting is the secondary job.
 
Hasnain recovered his lost pace after injury.

Shaheen can do it too.

Question is does he want to or focus more on becoming Hardik Pandya.
 
It is looking like Shaheen is putting more effort into his batting rather than his bowling where he was actually supposed to work hard. He was barely okay in the first 2 games. Not that impressive TBH.
 
I suspect Shaheen Afridi is going down the Irfan Pathan route.

Fantastic first few years, followed by injuries + loss of pace, and eventually reinvention as an all-rounder.

He'll be batting at #7 and not completing his full quota of overs by the end of 2025.
 
Shaheen Shah Afridi comming out to bat ahead of Sikander Raza and David Weise is an insult to modern day cricket.
 
Is he becoming another all rounder that can't bat or bowl well? Don't we have enough of these? Nawaz, Imad etc?
 
This loss of pace is overstated. Shaheen was never a tear away 150kph bowler. He has always been a bowler that can hit mid to high 140s when he is tearing in. With his swing and height, that will trouble any batsman in the world.

What has happened in the last year or so is that he has consistently lowered his pace when bowling Tests, ODIs and even some T20 games. Why has he lowered his pace? Probably because of longevity.

The reality is that Pakistan has no fast bowling expert that could genuinely manage the workload, fitness and actions of their fast bowlers to give them confidence to go out there and bowl with 100% effort. Look at Starc for example, he goes into every Test match ready to bowl his 100% effort and is constantly in that 140s range when bowling. This man has been plagued with injuries throughout his career but he has been given sufficient rest, health management and confidence to bowl long spells at high pace.

Pakistan need whatever coach that has been helping the likes of Starc, or else you will consistently see your so called fast bowlers lower their pace when they themselves feel that the PCB isnt much interested in their best outcome but only the short term value they provide to the team.
 
Shaheen Shah Afridi keeps promoting himself in PSL 9 ahead of Sikandar Raza, who batted so well yesterday. Despite being one of the best performers in ILT20, Shaheen hasn't given him much chance to bat.

Tn3yxHW.png
 
Shaheen is playing with a strike rate of 163 against Quetta Gladiators in the batting position 5
 
Last edited:
I would say to Shaheen , don't quit your day job, your primary job is to bowl and concentrate on that , please.
 
Trying to become an all rounder, he dragged the team to the bottom of the table.
 
FearlessRoar said:
By the way, whom is Shaheen signaling to be quiet? Wasim Akram!for messing with his teammate!!

g97bYTj.png
Click to expand...

He was just smelling his gloves.

Unfortunately he was brought down back to earth, or maybe even dragged underground by Saud Shakeel and Mohd Wasim.
 
He was never as threatening as Amir, so might as well become an all rounder unless he can improve his pace.
 
Sameen Rana on Shaheen's batting performance and the criticism on it

"Honestly speaking we don't have time to listen to other statements and commentary during the tournament. If you see our schedule is just too busy, most of the times we can't even spare time for our planning and team meetings so if someone has said anything then he is entitled to it. And on Shaheen's batting performance negative effect on his bowling, I would like to say its farcical. How come someone's batting effect that person's bowling. So by this logic if any bowler gets a chance to bat then this would affect his bowling. These talks are just conspiracy theories and it is the job of many people as it help them propagate their agenda and create sensation. Was Shaheen's batting performance today any inferior? Was his strike rate low?. We just criticize him because the batsman name was Shaheen. If you saw the game against Islamabad, we were just going nowhere and the person who gave us impetus there (in batting) was Shaheen. So to say that don't afford a bowler a chance to bat so that he may not get tired is simply absurd and not good for the team"
 
I've been a fan of his left arm fast bowling ever since he has made his debut for Pakistan. He had shown extra-ordinary potential since this debut. However, following his comeback from injury since late 2022, he seemed to have lost his potency as a bowler. His pace has dropped significantly and so his wicket taking ability. He is also becoming more predictable and batsmen are increasingly aware of his lengths and they're exploiting the same.

However since his drop in performance as a fast bowler, he has shown increasing interest and improvement in his batting, particularly in league cricket and he has been promoting himself in his franchise team as a middle order batter. He has delivered some match winning performances with the bat something we associate with Ben Stokes and his flamboyant batting in shorter versions.

Fast bowling is a tough job and it seems Shaheen has realized this. He is trying to re-invent himself as a cricketer and exploring ways to extend his cricketing career. He being the captain of the international team will also give him the leverage/ liberty to experiment with his position in the team and make certain calls in his / team's interests.

Though he is ONLY delivering with the bat in franchise cricket and needs to replicate/ realize his potential as a bowling all-rounder in international cricket, his intent suggests that he has given up on his ability to deliver as a specialist bowler and is looking for avenues to shine as an all rounder (which will give an opportunity for him to be picked as a batter in case selectors lose faith in him as a bowler, something Ben Stokes has been doing for the past few seasons).

Do you see him shining as an all rounder and if it pans out play out as a specialist batter in the shortest format and then may be take it to test cricket ? This will maximize his returns as a cricketer and will prolong his international career.
 
WengerOut said:
He would be lucky if he can attain Mitchell Starc level of batting.
Click to expand...
Starc has never shown the intent or confidence to bat in the middle order even in domestic cricket. Shaheen has shown the ability to strike big something which is missing in the Pak middle order (in the shortest format). They've experimented with Azam Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Farhan etc .... but didn't get the intended results. May be Shaheen feels he can do a job in the middle order something the team needs in there.
 
stevewittry said:
Starc has never shown the intent or confidence to bat in the middle order even in domestic cricket. Shaheen has shown the ability to strike big something which is missing in the Pak middle order (in the shortest format). They've experimented with Azam Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Farhan etc .... but didn't get the intended results. May be Shaheen feels he can do a job in the middle order something the team needs in there.
Click to expand...
I see him as a spin basher.. Nothing more.
 
James Franklin started off as a pacer who later on became an all-rounder.

So, never say never. Shaheen can do it too.
 
More like Wasim Akram I would say. What's the big deal though. In the age of T20 Leagues it's handy if you're a capable hitter of playing quick blitz.
 
stevewittry said:
I've been a fan of his left arm fast bowling ever since he has made his debut for Pakistan. He had shown extra-ordinary potential since this debut. However, following his comeback from injury since late 2022, he seemed to have lost his potency as a bowler. His pace has dropped significantly and so his wicket taking ability. He is also becoming more predictable and batsmen are increasingly aware of his lengths and they're exploiting the same.

However since his drop in performance as a fast bowler, he has shown increasing interest and improvement in his batting, particularly in league cricket and he has been promoting himself in his franchise team as a middle order batter. He has delivered some match winning performances with the bat something we associate with Ben Stokes and his flamboyant batting in shorter versions.

Fast bowling is a tough job and it seems Shaheen has realized this. He is trying to re-invent himself as a cricketer and exploring ways to extend his cricketing career. He being the captain of the international team will also give him the leverage/ liberty to experiment with his position in the team and make certain calls in his / team's interests.

Though he is ONLY delivering with the bat in franchise cricket and needs to replicate/ realize his potential as a bowling all-rounder in international cricket, his intent suggests that he has given up on his ability to deliver as a specialist bowler and is looking for avenues to shine as an all rounder (which will give an opportunity for him to be picked as a batter in case selectors lose faith in him as a bowler, something Ben Stokes has been doing for the past few seasons).

Do you see him shining as an all rounder and if it pans out play out as a specialist batter in the shortest format and then may be take it to test cricket ? This will maximize his returns as a cricketer and will prolong his international career.
Click to expand...

Shaheen just has one way of playing. That is, swing with his long levers to cow corner. He has done this successfully at times, but he has yet to show adaptability and build an innings.

He also doesn't bat intelligently. Stokes can bat up the order and knows how to bat with the tail, and Stokes knows when to hit. In the WC, Shaheen showed real ineptness in batting with the tail and threw this wicket away at times when he should have thought of the team's NRR (the games against South Africa, Australia, and India come to mind).

He is like a worse version of his father-in-law, a pinch hitter who thinks too much of his batting ability.
 
stevewittry said:
I've been a fan of his left arm fast bowling ever since he has made his debut for Pakistan. He had shown extra-ordinary potential since this debut. However, following his comeback from injury since late 2022, he seemed to have lost his potency as a bowler. His pace has dropped significantly and so his wicket taking ability. He is also becoming more predictable and batsmen are increasingly aware of his lengths and they're exploiting the same.

However since his drop in performance as a fast bowler, he has shown increasing interest and improvement in his batting, particularly in league cricket and he has been promoting himself in his franchise team as a middle order batter. He has delivered some match winning performances with the bat something we associate with Ben Stokes and his flamboyant batting in shorter versions.

Fast bowling is a tough job and it seems Shaheen has realized this. He is trying to re-invent himself as a cricketer and exploring ways to extend his cricketing career. He being the captain of the international team will also give him the leverage/ liberty to experiment with his position in the team and make certain calls in his / team's interests.

Though he is ONLY delivering with the bat in franchise cricket and needs to replicate/ realize his potential as a bowling all-rounder in international cricket, his intent suggests that he has given up on his ability to deliver as a specialist bowler and is looking for avenues to shine as an all rounder (which will give an opportunity for him to be picked as a batter in case selectors lose faith in him as a bowler, something Ben Stokes has been doing for the past few seasons).

Do you see him shining as an all rounder and if it pans out play out as a specialist batter in the shortest format and then may be take it to test cricket ? This will maximize his returns as a cricketer and will prolong his international career.
Click to expand...
I think Aamer Jamal has more of a chance to be like Stokes, he has shown an ability to adapt, be cool under pressure and to really hit out when it is needed.
 
JaDed said:
He was never as threatening as Amir, so might as well become an all rounder unless he can improve his pace.
Click to expand...

He has been hitting 140 consistently in the PSL and has been threatening, some rest and change of format reinvigorated him. I suspected he was bowling within himself in the Tests. Amir has been good at holding an end with his good white ball skills, the most threatening thing about him though is not his bowling, but his ulterior motives.
 
Asad T said:
I think Aamer Jamal has more of a chance to be like Stokes, he has shown an ability to adapt, be cool under pressure and to really hit out when it is needed.
Click to expand...

He plays for Pakistan though, be thankful if he can match someone like Abdul Razzaq and forget Stokes
 
A bit much Shaheen rolling out the red carpet for himself in this bacha party league and his behaviour on social media is just cringe
 
shaz619 said:
He has been hitting 140 consistently in the PSL and has been threatening, some rest and change of format reinvigorated him. I suspected he was bowling within himself in the Tests. Amir has been good at holding an end with his good white ball skills, the most threatening thing about him though is not his bowling, but his ulterior motives.
Click to expand...
lol that’s true but it always felt like Amir was about to take a wicket.

Shaheen hasn’t felt that way since 2021 , could be various reasons.

This is the next phase of his career where teams will prepare against him and he has to consistently be threatening.
 
shaz619 said:
A bit much Shaheen rolling out the red carpet for himself in this bacha party league and his behaviour on social media is just cringe
Click to expand...
Tbf that makes PSL very interesting I would say all the politics and off field stuff, that even me who doesn’t care usually wants to know who among(Imad Amir Babar Shaheen) is winning
 
I'm enjoying Shaheen's batting and with him and Naseem in the line up, the tail looks promising.

The thing with Shaheen though is that he's young and thinks he needs to take all the responsibility himself. He needs to be told to just enjoy his cricket and focus on bowling. Forget all this captaincy stuff.

He'll never be a genuine batter but his power hitting skills are very useful. Can be used as a pinch hitter in some scenarios
 
JaDed said:
Tbf that makes PSL very interesting I would say all the politics and off field stuff, that even me who doesn’t care usually wants to know who among(Imad Amir Babar Shaheen) is winning
Click to expand...

I get it but I don't think if some of the biggest names in Indian cricket would have behaved this way during the IPL, maybe Sehwag but that's just his personality, the cake cutting gang are just pure cringe; they may as well audition for the next Star Plus drama, early naughties style
 
Shaheen says in a ICC video while holding a paper that reads Shaheen Shah Afridi Bowler:

"It mentions bowler, I'm a proper all rounder."
 
Shaheen says in a ICC video while holding a paper that reads Shaheen Shah Afridi Bowler:

"It mentions bowler, I'm a proper all rounder, come on."
 
FearlessRoar said:
Shaheen says in a ICC video while holding a paper that reads Shaheen Shah Afridi Bowler:

"It mentions bowler, I'm a proper all rounder, come on."
Click to expand...

Seems even the commentators have bought into this!
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

The Bald Eagle
[PICTURES/VIDEOS] "Our bond is not new; it's a very old bond": Babar Azam on his relationship with Shaheen Shah Afridi and the squad
Replies
52
Views
2K
FearlessRoar
FearlessRoar
C
[Reports] Shaheen Shah Afridi is unhappy with the PCB statement attributed to him after being removed from the captaincy
2
Replies
104
Views
4K
Markhor
M
MenInG
[VIDEOS/PICTURES] Is Shaheen Shah Afridi the best fast-bowler in the world right now?
9 10 11
Replies
844
Views
36K
RizwanT20Champ
R
BouncerGuy
"We are not delivering the results that our nation expects from us": Shaheen Shah Afridi
Replies
54
Views
2K
mazkhan
M
U
Naseem Shah ruled out of the ICC World Cup 2023 due to a shoulder injury
2 3
Replies
200
Views
8K
FearlessRoar
FearlessRoar
Back
Top