Misbah-ul-Haq criticizes Mohammad Amir for his performance against the West Indies

[Major]

Misbah said that while the target was 105 runs only,and Amir still got 3 wicekts, but being the premier pace bowler Amir didn't bowl well. He was bowling at 81 during the first over and this was bad, as you are giving the wrong message to the opponent.
He said his bowling had no swing and no zip

He made the position comfortable for them and didn't show intent.

He praised Hasan Ali, that although he went for runs, he was bowling at a good speed of 88-89 miles per hour.

While runs were given away, but that was because of Gayle.

 

[syd_pak]

That’s very logical!

 

[zulfiqar]

I saw that and thought it was weird that Hassan Ali should get praise only because he was bowling faster. I think he's mistaking effort with pace... and I'm not so sure about that. Can Amir bowl quicker than this? I haven't seen much cricket live past 2 years so I'm not sure.

 

[Pakpak]

Is he insane?

 

[Ahmed216]

They are all crazy. No wonder we r minnows now

 

[hisham_ashraf]

He was spot on.
He didn't appreciate Hassan Ali's bowling but was glad to see that he was giving his 100% while bowling.I agree with what he said about Hassan's height being a disadvantage for him on this pitch(it had bounce).
There was a time when I used to think that Amir doesn't give his 100% while bowling that's why his pace is down but now I have realized that he has just lost the pace.He still is smart, probably the smartest bowler that we have.Bowled well today despite not hitting 140Kph once.
Would be interesting to see how Amir performs in the upcoming games.

 

[Haroon786]

Misbah is heralded in Pakistan as some genius cricketing mastermind a d the extent of his knowledge is this!? So pace is everything - then Jeff Thomson must be the greatest fast bowler of all time along with Shaun Tait.

 

[emranabbas]

Einstein maybe the west Indies were taking advantage of the pace and that's why Hassan was getting smacked all other park

 

[shaz619]

Misbah is heralded in Pakistan as some genius cricketing mastermind a d the extent of his knowledge is this!? So pace is everything - then Jeff Thomson must be the greatest fast bowler of all time along with Shaun Tait.

Misbah knows a thing or two compared to us, he can tell if a bowler is not putting in 100 % effort. Amir bowled fine but he could have bended his back more, maybe I should have waved a tenner from the crowd to get his juices flowing ?

 

[Mamoon]

Amir bowled quite well, but his lack of pace is going to an issue moving forward. You have to be right on the money every ball if you are going to operate at 81-83 mph.

He might have troubles WI today, but he is not going to do much against most teams if he doesn’t add a few clicks without losing his accuracy. Anyway, he was the only half-positive today.

 

[Titan24]

Amir's pace has been a worry for sometime, yes he bowled well but I have to agree with Misbah that being a premier bowler he needs to put in more.

 

[dhump]

We can see why Pakistan is here in limited overs cricket.

Aamir took three wickets and was the only bowler looking semi-useful with others going for plenty.

Hassan Ali is not shrunk; he was of the same height in CT when he was being compared with Marshal these experts are strange.

 

[Syed1]

No wonder this guy was a pathetic captain.

 

[shaz619]

Amir bowled quite well, but his lack of pace is going to an issue moving forward. You have to be right on the money every ball if you are going to operate at 81-83 mph.

He might have troubles WI today, but he is not going to do much against most teams if he doesn’t add a few clicks without losing his accuracy. Anyway, he was the only half-positive today.

Your movement and excellent line / length is going to be more potent at high speeds, he did ok but why can't people comprehend this.....

 

[Pakpak]

No wonder this guy was a pathetic captain.

Go for runs, get battered around and don't take a wicket is apparently the way to go and giving the 'right' message to the opponent.

 

[Slim]

Goes on to show the knowledge of Misbah. LOL.

Pace = Effort

Wicket taking goes out of the window. What a beautiful logic. Hilarious.

 

[Ilan Bluestone]

Yes. Let's blame the only person who took a wicket and not the hilarious total.

 

[mohdanjum]

So effort means just bowling with pace, that's the most dumb statement by such an experienced player. Pakistani strategy just starts with pace and ends there, they can't think or plan beyond that

 

[Haroon786]

Misbah knows a thing or two compared to us, he can tell if a bowler is not putting in 100 % effort. Amir bowled fine but he could have bended his back more, maybe I should have waved a tenner from the crowd to get his juices flowing ?

I think Amir's lack of pace is a physical issue and not a mental issue, he definitely tries his best to bowl quick and effectively.

 

[Destroyer88]

he has a point on lack of pace but for sure aamir was the only thing to look for in this game. he will be slaughtered against other opponents at similar speeds but then maybe aamir tried to vary his pace.

 

[Khanusman1]

Inshallah Amir will get his Junoon back and bowl at 150

 

[saeed5646]

Misbah as a captain bowling tactics was top notch .he would push bowlers to there limit to get best out of them .He did get best out of rahat ali, Sohail khan in 2015 worldcup shame batting was terrible in that tournament

On the other hand sarfraz is terrible captain who simply go with the motions and don't try something out of box .Today with minimum target he should have set different field

 

[Titan24]

Goes on to show the knowledge of Misbah. LOL.

Pace = Effort

Wicket taking goes out of the window. What a beautiful logic. Hilarious.

This wicket against WI had bounce which helped Amir. Amir is still more accurate than all our pacers combined but on flat wickets with less pace and bounce Amir will need to generate more pace himself to be threatening.

 

[Major]

From bowling point of view you cant criticize Misbah.

THe guy was an expert when defending small totals.

 

[Pakpak]

From bowling point of view you cant criticize Misbah.

THe guy was an expert when defending small totals.

He had Ajmal chucking all those years. In Tests however his captaincy was easily better than anyone we have had since.

 

[Mueez]

Misbah was a shrewd captain while defending small targets.

I wish Sarfraz can learn something of him.

 

[Pakpak]

Misbah was a shrewd captain while defending small targets.

I wish Sarfraz can learn something of him.

Its easy to be a shrewd captain when you have Hafeez and Ajmal chucking in the middle overs on spin and turning wickets.

 

[Titan24]

Misbah as a captain bowling tactics was top notch .he would push bowlers to there limit to get best out of them .He did get best out of rahat ali, Sohail khan in 2015 worldcup shame batting was terrible in that tournament

On the other hand sarfraz is terrible captain who simply go with the motions and don't try something out of box .Today with minimum target he should have set different field

True, its a shame that there was not much talent coming through when he was in charge. Now due to one reason or another be it PSL or other things we have got decent young talented players coming in radar but they being managed horribly.

Guys like Shaheen, Shadab, Hasnain, Hasan, Babar etc just needed a good mentor who could have groomed and guided them properly which is not available with current team management and captain.

I think especially Shaheen, Hasnain and Shadab would have been better of playing atleast 1 or two seasons of FC cricket in time which they wasted under Sarfaraz, Mickey, Azhar etc

 

[ask_analyse_act]

No wonder this guy was a pathetic captain.

Shows how much and how far he can think. I was deceived that he had good cricketing brain. If pace is everything then Wahab should be the best bowler and forget about Hasan Ali.

Is he talking of his own or got the same medicine from the media as other former cricketers to talk nonsense and be there in the headlines

 

[The Viper]

Amir does need to add a few more clicks. He is not going to do much against other teams bowling at 81.

 

[PennOne]

I believe the reason Amir is bowling that speed is because he wants to now hit the areas which fetched him wickets.

Ask any coach and he will tell you the bowlers pace increases with confidence. Confirm with Saj

 

[hussain.r97]

I understand where he's coming from, but criticising Amir's bowling as a whole, and praising Hasan is a bit over the top.

Amir bowled really well, but I think he may have created more chances if he was at least 5kph quicker. Hasan was 5-10kph quicker, but bowled absolute garbage and doesn't warrant praise.

Maybe Amir is slow because he's just coming back from illness, but going forward, he needs to get back to the speeds he used to reach to stay effective. I remember Amir 3 years ago hitting 150kph in the Asia Cup, and still hitting 145kph 2 years go.

 

[PennOne]

A fast bowlers peak age is age 27-34

Amir is 27 as per his legal filings when he went to jail

He hasn’t slowed down, he is either bowling within himself or he needs to bulk up

 

[Hasan123]

Maybe he needs to add some pace but at least he got some wickets and confidence today.

 

[naqizaidi]

Misbah said that while the target was 105 runs only,and Amir still got 3 wicekts, but being the premier pace bowler Amir didn't bowl well. He was bowling at 81 during the first over and this was bad, as you are giving the wrong message to the opponent.
He said his bowling had no swing and no zip

He made the position comfortable for them and didn't show intent.

He praised Hasan Ali, that although he went for runs, he was bowling at a good speed of 88-89 miles per hour.

While runs were given away, but that was because of Gayle.

Misbah was spot on, the peace of Aamir is concern although his line and length is accurate but his peace is down and against England he needs to up his peace and skills as he is the leader of the attack and we want early wickets from him.

 

[systemsrocket]

I mean people should have unerstood by now that he has lost pace over the years. Its not unser his control to bowl fast. He is doing whatever he is capable of.

He is still not being able to have good grip on the seam and rotate the ball with seam facing leg slip for the right handers to have that natural in swing. You can see this in tdays match, all the wiket deliveries in slow motion shows his seam position scrambled. He had this problem in Asia Cup as well after which he was dropped. Hw returned in SA test series and had that problem rectified.

Also lately, he has not been bowling length or above length to allow the ball to swing. Today he looked threatening only because he bowled little full.

If you take a look at Amir's threatening spell all have one thing quite common, its those full pitched up deliveries that allow the ball to swing in, let it be the Asia Cup 2016 spell or CT 2017. He should have learned it by now after analysing and looking at his best performances again and again, but it hasn't happened. I also criticise the supporting staff for this, they should have helped him with that.

I always say to my opening bowlers students:
If you bowl length in your opening spell, it is the wastage of bew ball.


This should be a termed as a saying in cricket, actually. It is the hidden universal truth in cricket. People understand that for the ball to swing, one must bowl full, but they don't consider bowling length with the new ball as a WASTE of new ball, which actually it is. And you are committibg a Crime in cricket

If you look at why new zealand have been so successful to get wickets in first 10 overs, it is because both of their opening bowlers Southee(outswing)and Boult(inswing) bowl full pitched up delivers to let the ball swing. Look at any threatening opening spell in world cricket, you would see the bowls being pitched up...... Starc of 2015 world cup... anyone remembers his spell vs new zealand, also his other spells in 2015..... yes, thats what i am saying, boult's spell where also breath taking in 2015

 

[moghul]

Misbah said that while the target was 105 runs only,and Amir still got 3 wicekts, but being the premier pace bowler Amir didn't bowl well. He was bowling at 81 during the first over and this was bad, as you are giving the wrong message to the opponent.
He said his bowling had no swing and no zip

He made the position comfortable for them and didn't show intent.

He praised Hasan Ali, that although he went for runs, he was bowling at a good speed of 88-89 miles per hour.

While runs were given away, but that was because of Gayle.

This is ridiculous from Misbah,

 

[*sallu*]

Misbah is spot on. Amir has lost his pace and bowls with a scrambled seam. He has lost both vital clogs at the same time which has been disastrous. These allowed him to swing the ball at pace. I'm not sure when it's happened but why but the only possible reasons in my head are a major biomechanical flaw he has developed or he is carrying an injury of niggle which doesn't allow him to complete his action as intended

 

[Pete Rose]

I dont know what to say. All your pace is useless if you cant put it in the right areas.

 

[systemsrocket]

I mean people should have unerstood by now that he has lost pace over the years. Its not unser his control to bowl fast. He is doing whatever he is capable of.

He is still not being able to have good grip on the seam and rotate the ball with seam facing leg slip for the right handers to have that natural in swing. You can see this in tdays match, all the wiket deliveries in slow motion shows his seam position scrambled. He had this problem in Asia Cup as well after which he was dropped. Hw returned in SA test series and had that problem rectified.

Also lately, he has not been bowling length or above length to allow the ball to swing. Today he looked threatening only because he bowled little full.

If you take a look at Amir's threatening spell all have one thing quite common, its those full pitched up deliveries that allow the ball to swing in, let it be the Asia Cup 2016 spell or CT 2017. He should have learned it by now after analysing and looking at his best performances again and again, but it hasn't happened. I also criticise the supporting staff for this, they should have helped him with that.

I always say to my opening bowlers students:
If you bowl length in your opening spell, it is the wastage of bew ball.


This should be a termed as a saying in cricket, actually. It is the hidden universal truth in cricket. People understand that for the ball to swing, one must bowl full, but they don't consider bowling length with the new ball as a WASTE of new ball, which actually it is. And you are committibg a Crime in cricket

If you look at why new zealand have been so successful to get wickets in first 10 overs, it is because both of their opening bowlers Southee(outswing)and Boult(inswing) bowl full pitched up delivers to let the ball swing. Look at any threatening opening spell in world cricket, you would see the bowls being pitched up...... Starc of 2015 world cup... anyone remembers his spell vs new zealand, also his other spells in 2015..... yes, thats what i am saying, boult's spell where also breath taking in 2015

To add more.

It is not in Amir's control to bowl at pace, because he has lost the pace and i am quite actually surprised that being in national setup tbis wholewhile the support staff allowed that o happen. His strength and conditioning ahould have been done. Those grunts and still 134 kmph should tell you that he is giving his hundred percent.
If senior players even after playing for so many years don't understand this than i don't know what they were doing playing at their time.

 

[shariqnoor]

Misbah just took the words out of my mouth. Absolutely spot on. Amir may have gotten 3 wickets but both Hope and Bravo's wickets were the result of the extra bounce that the pitch had. Credit to Amir for extracting that but we should be realistic and realize that on other pitches where the bounce would be ideal for hitting through the line, Amir with his 81 mph thunderbolts will not be able to even buy a wicket of the number 9 batsman.

If there's one person who anybody should listen to when it comes to defending totals and knowing how to utilize bowlers, its Misbah. This guy defended 210 or so against SA in those tiny NZ grounds with the likes of Rahat, Sohail and Irfan.

 

[Savak]

Amir is not playing in the team on merit and has not been made to earn his place

 

[topspin]

Amir is not playing in the team on merit and has not been made to earn his place

Lets be reasonable here. You have vouched for Wahab for months and what did he do? Is he playing on merit? Did he earn his spot? That's what I want to know.

 

[Hawkeye]

Best cricketing brain in the country for a reason.

I support Amir and he did well today, but his lack of pace will become an issue against the better sides.

I can't ssy though if it was lack of effort or if it's his max effort now. We'll find out soon.

 

[Savak]

Lets be reasonable here. You have vouched for Wahab for months and what did he do? Is he playing on merit? Did he earn his spot? That's what I want to know.

Wahab went back to domestic cricket. He was among the top bowlers in the psl and in the domestic odi competition so yes he is there on merit compared to Amir

 

[Savak]

Amirs decline reminds me of Peter Siddle. Lost his place in the side the moment he lost pace and became ineffective

 

[topspin]

you do know test cricekt isnt about scoring runs? its about using the wicket to your advantage.

Yes test cricket isn't about scoring runs. Perhaps I should disregard batting averages as well and rank all the batsmen in the history of the game in alphabetical order instead?

 

[PakLFC]

Amir was not at fault. He did well today from where I was sitting.

 

[Shafi]

Let’s drop Amir for his poor performance then. Bring Hasnain so we can loose by 5 overs with being aggressive

 

[Khurrams22]

Misbah should be thankful to Amir, Asif and Butt, because their deed he became the Captain.
He should be thankful to Malik to pick him over Yousuf in T20. And once he became captain he threw Malik out of the team.
He is the reason of decline as he changed the midset of attacking cricket to defensive cricket.

 

[Ronaldo7]

Misbah should be thankful to Amir, Asif and Butt, because their deed he became the Captain.
He should be thankful to Malik to pick him over Yousuf in T20. And once he became captain he threw Malik out of the team.
He is the reason of decline as he changed the midset of attacking cricket to defensive cricket.

He's your most successful test captain. Have some respect.

 

[pakistani pride]

LOL@ Misbah.
Dont worry about Amir he will be bowling 85Mph plus soon in the WC.

Hassan Ali well he is a big issue right now. Bowling short all the time asking to be hit.
Needs to be dropped asap!

 

[Junaid_ahmed]

Misbah as a captain bowling tactics was top notch .he would push bowlers to there limit to get best out of them .He did get best out of rahat ali, Sohail khan in 2015 worldcup shame batting was terrible in that tournament

On the other hand sarfraz is terrible captain who simply go with the motions and don't try something out of box .Today with minimum target he should have set different field

No it was Wiki who was behind the little or whatever the success of these bowlers. Micky discarded sohail & many others like him. Misbah's only lethal weapon was ajmal. Misbah was pathetic captain for fast bowlers.

 

[Captain caveman]

All these people claiming misbah was the master of defending small targets, need to realise that he had 2 chuckers in his team!

 

[Jonty]

I agree with Misbah. How is it physically biologically scientifically whatever-ly possible for someone who used to bowl consistently over 150kph to be struggling to bowl above 135 without any injuries at such a young age? I mean with the likes of abdur razzaq who dramatically lost pace but that’s when we got older - what is Amir’s problem? No one, and not even him seems to talk about it or have an explanation.

 

[zulfiqar]

Goes on to show the knowledge of Misbah. LOL.

Pace = Effort

Wicket taking goes out of the window. What a beautiful logic. Hilarious.

Exactly.. if he was bowling much slower than his average pace the past year or two then I think what he is saying could apply, but unless there's proof of that I don't think he's making any sense!

 

[zulfiqar]

I agree with Misbah. How is it physically biologically scientifically whatever-ly possible for someone who used to bowl consistently over 150kph to be struggling to bowl above 135 without any injuries at such a young age? I mean with the likes of abdur razzaq who dramatically lost pace but that’s when we got older - what is Amir’s problem? No one, and not even him seems to talk about it or have an explanation.

Playing no competitive cricket for the majority of those 5 years probably had something to do with it! His bones hardened and he forgot his rhythm.

 

[Ronaldo7]

Playing no competitive cricket for the majority of those 5 years probably had something to do with it! His bones hardened and he forgot his rhythm.

I get why he doesn't bowl 150+ anymore but what about 140+?

He used to bowl that consistently just 2 years ago.

 

[Sirris]

Many things could have been said about today's performance don't know what Misbah choose this one.

I mean when the opposition is chasing only 105 then you could open the bowling at 100mph it is still not going to bother them much.

 

[Savak]

It takes some doing for Misbah ul Haq of all people to pinpoint your lack of effort on the field. Amir is losing fans and supporters everyday

 

[Captain caveman]

I agree with Misbah. How is it physically biologically scientifically whatever-ly possible for someone who used to bowl consistently over 150kph to be struggling to bowl above 135 without any injuries at such a young age? I mean with the likes of abdur razzaq who dramatically lost pace but that’s when we got older - what is Amir’s problem? No one, and not even him seems to talk about it or have an explanation.

He NEVER bowled 150kph! He bowled on average between 138 -140 kph. With effort ball around 143 -145 kph. Hes now averaging around 132 -134 kph. So hes dropped about 5 - 6 kph. Doesnt sound much but makes a big difference in int cricket. What is the reason for ths drop in speed, probably age. Hes has a slight build and years of bowling( even with a 5 year break) has taken a toll on his body. Can he do anything to overcome this. He could try employing a fittness instructor, do some power building exercises in the gym and get a dietician to try improve his fittness and strength.

 

[Zhasan]

He had Ajmal chucking all those years. In Tests however his captaincy was easily better than anyone we have had since.

Yeah in tests his captaincy was better because of the spinning tracks of UAE and a four prong spin attack. Even blind novice could have captained that side to a string of victories...

 

[Zhasan]

He NEVER bowled 150kph! He bowled on average between 138 -140 kph. With effort ball around 143 -145 kph. Hes now averaging around 132 -134 kph. So hes dropped about 5 - 6 kph. Doesnt sound much but makes a big difference in int cricket. What is the reason for ths drop in speed, probably age. Hes has a slight build and years of bowling( even with a 5 year break) has taken a toll on his body. Can he do anything to overcome this. He could try employing a fittness instructor, do some power building exercises in the gym and get a dietician to try improve his fittness and strength.

Nah mate, he did bowl above 150 consistently in that infamous tour down under.

 

[topspin]

All these people claiming misbah was the master of defending small targets, need to realise that he had 2 chuckers in his team!

Spot on. This is often overlooked.

 

[topspin]

Yeah in tests his captaincy was better because of the spinning tracks of UAE and a four prong spin attack. Even blind novice could have captained that side to a string of victories...

Misbah's record in tests was better primarily for 2 reasons:

1. Younis Khan - ATG bat against spin, who often carried this team
2. Saeed Ajmal's chucking

I detest everything about Sarfraz as captain, however many posters are quite naive here. If he had the above personnel in his test side, he would have also been a force in the UAE. But like Misbah he would have be horrifically exposed away from home.

 

[shariqnoor]

Substandard analysis from Misbah.

In the first over Amir was trying to make the ball swing, and in order to optimise the amount of lateral movement in the air (if any) on offer, you don't bowl full pelt!

But it gets better...

He then follows this up with praise for Hasan Ali, who was nothing but toothless in this match.

This is exactly why Misbah needs to stay well away from any PCB function or management related roles in the future because he is tactically clueless and yet again he displays his awful reading of the game. What he has said makes no sense whatever and really has just made a fool of himself.

I find it pathetic that the OP (albeit perhaps Misbah's greatest cheerleader of all time) would promote such shoddy analysis with such a thread. I bet even if Misbah was endorsing his own branded number t**d, you would probably still buy it and start a thread with pics of your new purchase.

Oh bhai, did you even hear the interview? Misbah was praising Hasan for looking to at least run in with purpose and bowing with speed and fire. It didn't work out which is another matter but at least run in with some purpose. He praised Amir for getting wickets but he was only critical of the fact that when you are defending such a low total, at least bowl full tilt with nothing to lose. You are interpreting the wrong message.

 

[topspin]

Oh bhai, did you even hear the interview? Misbah was praising Hasan for looking to at least run in with purpose and bowing with speed and fire. It didn't work out which is another matter but at least run in with some purpose. He praised Amir for getting wickets but he was only critical of the fact that when you are defending such a low total, at least bowl full tilt with nothing to lose. You are interpreting the wrong message.

Wallah I watched it hours ago. He praised Hasan Ali merely for his pace.

He did give credit to Amir for his wickets in his initial statement but criticised his lack of pace in the first over or so. That doesn't make sense and it's just poor reading of the game.

Amir with the new ball isn't going to try and bowl high 130s/140+ from the get go because he will want to bowl the optimal pace for swing. Now someone like Bumrah or Starc are naturally faster bowler, so they can aim for prodigious swing at a higher pace (high 130s or upto 140 max).

 

[hur rizvi]

I understand where he's coming from, but criticising Amir's bowling as a whole, and praising Hasan is a bit over the top.

Amir bowled really well, but I think he may have created more chances if he was at least 5kph quicker. Hasan was 5-10kph quicker, but bowled absolute garbage and doesn't warrant praise.

Maybe Amir is slow because he's just coming back from illness, but going forward, he needs to get back to the speeds he used to reach to stay effective. I remember Amir 3 years ago hitting 150kph in the Asia Cup, and still hitting 145kph 2 years go.

He has lost his pace. period

 

[sshakir411]

Amir was not steaming in like he should.. being the bowler who opens the innings. Maybe it was because he was coming back after a while but you gotta be all guns blazing as a fast bowler. Amir has lost his spark and its either because his body isn't letting him or mentally he's unable to unlock that extra 10%-15%

 

[Titan24]

Misbah's record in tests was better primarily for 2 reasons:

1. Younis Khan - ATG bat against spin, who often carried this team
2. Saeed Ajmal's chucking

I detest everything about Sarfraz as captain, however many posters are quite naive here. If he had the above personnel in his test side, he would have also been a force in the UAE. But like Misbah he would have be horrifically exposed away from home.

I doubt Misbah would have gone with 3 fast bowlers for tests in UAE against Srl where they were playing 3 spinners. Also not sure if he would have played Bilal Asif and no slow left arm spinner who have historically done well in UAE against Aus and NZ tests.

Losing is one thing and doing such illogical decision making is another. These were just basic mistakes, which shouldnt be happening playing at your home venue.

 

[BunnyRabbit]

Misbah's record in tests was better primarily for 2 reasons:

1. Younis Khan - ATG bat against spin, who often carried this team
2. Saeed Ajmal's chucking

I detest everything about Sarfraz as captain, however many posters are quite naive here. If he had the above personnel in his test side, he would have also been a force in the UAE. But like Misbah he would have be horrifically exposed away from home.

Our record from 2014-17 was pretty good and similar to the one with Ajmal. Misbah himself was extraordinary player of spin bowling as well. He was simply a better tactician and Tests perfectly suited his mindset. If you're saying we were thrashed in Australia and NZ, then you should know we have always been a fish out of water in Australia and our better teams were thrashed in the same way. SA in 2013 was the best test team in the world easily and we just didn't have a good enough team to challenge them in their home.

 

[BunnyRabbit]

Well Misbah rarely ever criticizes anyone especially of his own team. He won't be saying that Amir is not putting in his best effort and not pushing himself hard enough without any reason. Having played with him, he knows the body language of the bowlers.
Plus it's an open truth that Amir hasn't been running hard enough or improving his fitness and performance ever since his comeback.
If a 150kph teen becomes a 130kph in 6-7 years, then there must something very wrong(yes ban may be a factor but not the only factor)

 

[BaankeJi]

Hillarious. Apparently they cannot tolerate the top performers. You score the highest runs, you get the blame. You take only wickets that have fallen, you still get the blame.

 

[Mean&Green]

Lol they have a long show to do over like 2 hours and the game didn’t even last that long so he had to say something

 

[90MPH]

What bizarre analysis.

Yeah sure Amir is not the bowler he was but the team got out for 106 on a 350 run wicket.

Simply Horrendous batting, and the bowling overall has been lacklustre for some time but today’s focus should be the batting and the poor planning to adjust to the short pitch bowling on a bouncy surface.

Anyway I don’t care what these former players have to say on TV. Until we produce better players in the system and get them selected domestically and internationally then we will be always an up and down side.
At the moment we are mediocre.

 

[Zaz]

You cant criticise him yday Criticise the jokers that out up that ridiculous total to defend

Yes his pace was only at around 80mph but he was pakistans best pacer by far compared to hassan etc

I ll give him the benefit of the doubt cos hes coming back from injury IA he ll be back up to around 85mph in next couple of games

 

[topspin]

I doubt Misbah would have gone with 3 fast bowlers for tests in UAE against Srl where they were playing 3 spinners. Also not sure if he would have played Bilal Asif and no slow left arm spinner who have historically done well in UAE against Aus and NZ tests.

Losing is one thing and doing such illogical decision making is another. These were just basic mistakes, which shouldnt be happening playing at your home venue.

The question is who is behind 3 fast bowlers? Is it Sarfraz or Mickey? Or are their views mutual on the matter? I believe Mickey enforced the policy and Sarfraz being the yes man he is, went with it. So yes Sarfraz does deserve the blame here, even though he may have not come up this plan.

However, Misbah was also a yes man, so if the shoe was in his foot and he was working with Mickey (instead of Waqar), I could the see the same thing happening to be frankly honest.

Generally speaking, I find the expectations of Bilal Asif on PP to be unrealistic, because he is a defensive option (like many right-arm offies) and he’s there to accumulate dot balls. The pressure built from this is meant to be exploited by the attacking spinner in the duo (in this case Yasir). I think he has done okay so far in the UAE, but definitely not good enough to be considered a bowling all-rounder. Certainly not good enough to bat at 8.

Ideally you want a leggie, leftie (chinaman or finger spin) and right-arm orthodox. I would like to see a test bowling attack of Yasir/Shadab, Asghar and Bilal Asif (don’t know if we have a better right-arm offie) if we can accommodate these three somehow.

 

[kingusama92]

A new trend has started appearing among Pakistani fans and pundits.

They criticize the one guy who does well. Babar after his hundred, Imam after his hundred, and now Amir after his 3 wickets.

It seems you're better off not performing.

 

[Darkrai]

A new trend has started appearing among Pakistani fans and pundits.

They criticize the one guy who does well. Babar after his hundred, Imam after his hundred, and now Amir after his 3 wickets.

It seems you're better off not performing.

Babar didn't score today, and i don't see anyone criticizing him. When he was the only who who scored against Afghanistan he was getting bashed. I think even the fans are slowly starting to lose it.

 

[Sunny_majoka]

Misbah said that while the target was 105 runs only,and Amir still got 3 wicekts, but being the premier pace bowler Amir didn't bowl well. He was bowling at 81 during the first over and this was bad, as you are giving the wrong message to the opponent.
He said his bowling had no swing and no zip

He made the position comfortable for them and didn't show intent.

He praised Hasan Ali, that although he went for runs, he was bowling at a good speed of 88-89 miles per hour.

While runs were given away, but that was because of Gayle.

actually i agree with him it was painful watching amir's 80 mph thunderbolts i wonder how he got 3 wickets