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Mohammad Imran - Emerging Pakistan pacer

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Have come through age group cricket, played for KPK second XI and took 7 wickets in 5 matches with economy of just 7. As per his videos of U19 domestic cricket last year, he gets decent shape on the ball.

 
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Looks good. Fluid action and has good momentum transfer. Moves it both ways, and looks skillful. Another shorty though.
 
Got good variety.....bowls good bouncers moves the ball......height is ok.....not too tall not too short.....he is getting good bounce at that height
 
Lol....background music of the above video reminded me of my childhood.

And Thanks God, he is not another 5'7" 'Phaast' bowler, which we are producing in abundance.
 
Did well in the domestic 2nd XI deservingly got selected by PZ as emerging player.

14 wickets in 4 matches for KPK 2nd xi @19 and 7 wickets in 5 T20 matches for 2nd XI with an economy of under 7.
 
Bewal Express said:
Runs in like Wasim Akram and bowls like Sadaf Hussain
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Definitely faster than Sadaf I think but, videos generally give only half the picture. Importantly he is reasonably tall, seems to get shape on the ball and has done well for KPK 2nd XI this season. Lets see how he goes if given opportunity.
 
Titan24 said:
Definitely faster than Sadaf I think but, videos generally give only half the picture. Importantly he is reasonably tall, seems to get shape on the ball and has done well for KPK 2nd XI this season. Lets see how he goes if given opportunity.
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I thought I was watching of Wasim Akram from the late 80s until he bowled. Its difficult to assess quality with the quality of vidoes. Lets hope he is decent
 
Good rhythmic action and delivery stance and not at all a "shorty" , must be around 5-10/11m good young paceman.
 
Looks decent from those videos. Let’s see how he does against some better batsman if he gets a game.

Does look quite short though.
 
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Looks like a decent bowler. Has good acceleration through the crease and uses pace variations well. Good height too.
 
Definitely around 6ft (+ -) and has nice repeatable action. There is some tough competition in KPK for pacers, I hope he can get to debut in FC cricket next season as did pretty well in 2nd XI 4 day tournament as well. Would be interesting to see him play in PSL this season if given opportunities.
 
I like his bowling action and he seemed to get some good bounce from the wicket. Hmm... someone to keep an eye on?
 
Titan24 said:
Definitely around 6ft (+ -) and has nice repeatable action. There is some tough competition in KPK for pacers, I hope he can get to debut in FC cricket next season as did pretty well in 2nd XI 4 day tournament as well. Would be interesting to see him play in PSL this season if given opportunities.
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This is why I think like Punjab, KP needs two teams. Pakistan's upcoming talent is disproportionately coming from KP and one team isn't enough. In fact, we need 8 domestic teams. This six team business is nonsense.
 
Third Man said:
This is why I think like Punjab, KP needs two teams. Pakistan's upcoming talent is disproportionately coming from KP and one team isn't enough. In fact, we need 8 domestic teams. This six team business is nonsense.
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It's quite clear we need more teams in domestic cricket. Sindh is another that desperately needs a further 1st class team.
 
He has a killer, killer, killer slower ball that looks like a beamer then dips at the last second. I was watching the match yesterday and batsmen had incredible difficulty playing him.
 
I did agree with more teams until I have seen the performances of the second 11 , 6 is about right for amount of teams
 
He looks to be the quickest bowler on the domestic circuit, i would be surprised if he is anything less than 90mph and hit 92 mph at times- hits the bat hard. I cant tell from the Youtube stream if his seam will allow the ball to comeback into the right handers. If that is good, we have an absolute cracker jack on our hands
 
Bewal Express said:
He looks to be the quickest bowler on the domestic circuit, i would be surprised if he is anything less than 90mph and hit 92 mph at times- hits the bat hard. I cant tell from the Youtube stream if his seam will allow the ball to comeback into the right handers. If that is good, we have an absolute cracker jack on our hands
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Mighty impressive speed and lines on a road of a surface. Intelligent and nice change ups. Nice bouncers, slower ones and yorkers. If he can swing it he'll be a handful. [MENTION=151892]Thunderbolt14[/MENTION] your thoughts?
 
Impressive limited overs prospect. The slower yorker is one hell of a delivery. Just needs to bowl it sparingly. Overall, seemed like an intelligent bowler and the only bowler who's rushing the batsmen and beating them for pace. [MENTION=1269]Bewal Express[/MENTION] is right; he's a 90mph bowler for sure.
 
ataullah said:
Mighty impressive speed and lines on a road of a surface. Intelligent and nice change ups. Nice bouncers, slower ones and yorkers. If he can swing it he'll be a handful. [MENTION=151892]Thunderbolt14[/MENTION] your thoughts?
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Just needs to develop good reverse skills, if he doesn't already have them. Can turn into a very good middle and death overs bowler.
 
Why are so many Pathan bowlers left handed? Sohail Khan seems to be an exception.
 
Third Man said:
Impressive limited overs prospect. The slower yorker is one hell of a delivery. Just needs to bowl it sparingly. Overall, seemed like an intelligent bowler and the only bowler who's rushing the batsmen and beating them for pace. [MENTION=1269]Bewal Express[/MENTION] is right; he's a 90mph bowler for sure.
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If his seam allows in movement of any sort into the right hand bat, he could become a real handful. At times he was hitting the bat really hard, and you could see the batsman really struggling with his pace. A real find but there are so many variables that could get in the way, injuries is always an issue and there will be others.
 
ataullah said:
Mighty impressive speed and lines on a road of a surface. Intelligent and nice change ups. Nice bouncers, slower ones and yorkers. If he can swing it he'll be a handful. [MENTION=151892]Thunderbolt14[/MENTION] your thoughts?
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Quick, skiddy, intelligent. Good slower one. Excellent yorker at the toes and can bowl wide yorkers too. Decent bouncer. Accurate. Repeatable action.

Will be a top notch PSL bowler for many years to come, and if he picks up some swing or the off cutter, he can be a very very good prospect.

Problem is, in the national set up we need a world class new ball bowler to partner Shaheen right now which we don’t have. We have lots and lots of options for middle overs bowlers (Hassan Ali and Faheem Ashraf in particular).

I’d like to see his new ball skills. He can bat too which is very pleasing to see.
 
Thunderbolt14 said:
Quick, skiddy, intelligent. Good slower one. Excellent yorker at the toes and can bowl wide yorkers too. Decent bouncer. Accurate. Repeatable action.

Will be a top notch PSL bowler for many years to come, and if he picks up some swing or the off cutter, he can be a very very good prospect.

Problem is, in the national set up we need a world class new ball bowler to partner Shaheen right now which we don’t have. We have lots and lots of options for middle overs bowlers (Hassan Ali and Faheem Ashraf in particular).

I’d like to see his new ball skills. He can bat too which is very pleasing to see.
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He is going to be an all skills bowler because he seems to have a very high bowling IQ. On top of that, he is a natural bowler, with command over length and direction.
Almost reminds me a bit of Amir when he came in as a fresh rookie.
He will easily be the find of this PSL.
If only he was 5 inches taller.
However he isnt bowling at 92 mph at the moment. He is around the early 140 kph right now and can very easily go faster.
All he needs to do is run in faster, and his extremely fluid shoulder will do the rest.
 
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Pacy with wisdom said:
He is going to be an all skills bowler because he seems to have a very high bowling IQ. On top of that, he is a natural bowler, with command over length and direction.
Almost reminds me a bit of Amir when he came in as a fresh rookie.
If only he was 5 inches taller.
However he isnt bowling at 92 mph at the moment. He is around the early 140 kph right now and can very easily go faster.
All he needs to do is run in faster, and his extremely fluid shoulder will do the rest.
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He seems decent height, 5’10” or so. Nothing notable but that’s fine.

And 140kph is also enough pace. At this stage I am more interested in his other skills which he does have. No harm in increasing that to 145kph, but now it’s all on how he develops his control and wicket taking ability.

Within his own peer group, he should look at Mohammad Ilyas as someone to compete with.
 
Thunderbolt14 said:
He seems decent height, 5’10” or so. Nothing notable but that’s fine.

And 140kph is also enough pace. At this stage I am more interested in his other skills which he does have. No harm in increasing that to 145kph, but now it’s all on how he develops his control and wicket taking ability.

Within his own peer group, he should look at Mohammad Ilyas as someone to compete with.
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I was only saying he isnt 92 mph because other posters here suggested so.
Husnain still looked quicker than him today, and he is around that pace.
 
Pacy with wisdom said:
He is going to be an all skills bowler because he seems to have a very high bowling IQ. On top of that, he is a natural bowler, with command over length and direction.
Almost reminds me a bit of Amir when he came in as a fresh rookie.
He will easily be the find of this PSL.
If only he was 5 inches taller.
However he isnt bowling at 92 mph at the moment. He is around the early 140 kph right now and can very easily go faster.
All he needs to do is run in faster, and his extremely fluid shoulder will do the rest.
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Some of his balls were very quick and i dont think they were far off 90-92mph. Natural pace is around 88mph.
 
Thunderbolt14 said:
Quick, skiddy, intelligent. Good slower one. Excellent yorker at the toes and can bowl wide yorkers too. Decent bouncer. Accurate. Repeatable action.

Will be a top notch PSL bowler for many years to come, and if he picks up some swing or the off cutter, he can be a very very good prospect.

Problem is, in the national set up we need a world class new ball bowler to partner Shaheen right now which we don’t have. We have lots and lots of options for middle overs bowlers (Hassan Ali and Faheem Ashraf in particular).

I’d like to see his new ball skills. He can bat too which is very pleasing to see.
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What about Taj Wali? Ive seen one match of his where he seemed to be doing pretty good with the new ball in this tournament. He doesnt have age on his side though as he is 29. Could be an options for mabye 2 years or so, until Imran is ready for international cricket
 
Decent pace, good bounce and good seam position in his first over at PSL 6.
 
Saj said:
Decent pace, good bounce and good seam position in his first over at PSL 6.
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If T20 cricket has taught us anything, it's that even the worst of bowlers can do well.

From what I'm seeing, he's not reliant on just his speed, he's pitching it in areas where it's harder to hit.

He's young, he will improve, but he has some visible bowling IQ at least. Not as fast as some of our other bowlers, but speed without IQ is meaningless as Haris Rauf has shown with recent form.

By no means should Mohammad Imran be introduced to the team setup, but it shows that we have a few decent emerging prospects coming around.
 
Bewal Express said:
The pace is fine but the frisby seam is the worry.
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I think some of his stock balls have decent seam position especially if we consider his first over or so. Its probably when he tries slower balls, cutters and cross seam then its naturally frisby as one would expect. However, its still early days so will have to see more of him.
 
Bowling a lot better today, already got the big wicket of Rizwan
 
Imran claiming his first PSL wicket with a very clever slower ball:

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Pacy with wisdom said:
He has a good seam and wrisr position.
All he needs is a more energetic run up and more use of the non bowling arm.
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No, he doesn't ( unless you can point to where he did, as I have the match recorded). It's the Frisby and we know that's the death knell for left fast bowlers.
 
Really impressive stuff from him today. 1/24 in his four overs when guys like Wahab, Irfan and Saqib went at over 9 and 10 RPO and opposition scored 193.

Good variety of slower balls and mixed it up with stock balls pretty well.
 
All Peshawar bowlers went for at least 9 runs per over - except Imran, who finished with 1/24 from his 4 overs
 
Brilliant from Imran, i was impressed first time i saw him playing for KPK real talent here.

He is about 139-142 just need to improve 5kph he can easily fo that he is 20.

First time i saw a bowler with 6 economy while went for 9-12 in 190+ total.



And please change the name there are already lots of Muhammad Imran and Imran khan like South Punjab all-rounder Imran Randhawa he was also called Muhammad Imran so better keep fathers name or cast or tribe name.
 
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Did what the senior bowlers were incapable of: when the Multan batsmen were giving it the charge, he started varying his pace and didn't stray from length and line. A bit of control, and some bowling smarts goes a lot further than than the extra 5kph some of his compatriots strive for.
 
Bowled with his brain which some of the more senior bowlers for PZ didn't do.

Good use of change of pace, cutters and changing his length.

Impressive bowling.
 
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Bowled very smartly and looked really good. I was very impressed with him today.
 
Lots to like but I am worried about the Frisby seam. Let's hope that I have egg on my face with my worries.
 
Very impressive bowling spell from imran.showed alot of control and bowled smartly.if he can consistently bowl around 140 kph and work on a bouncer and yorker that be good.lots to like about him
 
He did well for PZ.

Decent pace and has a very good change of pace.
 
I don't know why this lad hasn't been tested at international level. He's been performing for two seasons in a row at the PSL, yet we keep seeing so called all rounders preferred because they can hit the odd six against weak bowling teams.
 
Made the difference again for his side took 2/33 in 4 overs in a high scoring contest with around 400 runs scored. His yorker to Adil Amin was a beauty.
 
This kid is barely mentioned

Yet the hype machine went in overdrive for naseem shah .
 
Cpt. Rishwat said:
I don't know why this lad hasn't been tested at international level. He's been performing for two seasons in a row at the PSL, yet we keep seeing so called all rounders preferred because they can hit the odd six against weak bowling teams.
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He is good for domestic cricket, doubt he is an international material, he is short and not an express as bowler. Not everyone is Hasan Ali . Let him perform in a season of FC cricket before considering for international cricket. We should close the loop hole if T20 crap as a short cut to selection to national team.
 
moghul said:
He is good for domestic cricket, doubt he is an international material, he is short and not an express as bowler. Not everyone is Hasan Ali . Let him perform in a season of FC cricket before considering for international cricket. We should close the loop hole if T20 crap as a short cut to selection to national team.
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Cricket purists might complain that T20 crap isn't the real thing, but doesn't change the fact that it is what brings the money and the crowds. Considering this is world cup year for T20, we should have been testing the likes of Imran and Arshad long before now. I don't agree that he is short either, he is medium height, and he relies on cricket smarts as much as pace. Tremendous knuckle ball which he uses very effectively.
 
Titan24 said:
Made the difference again for his side took 2/33 in 4 overs in a high scoring contest with around 400 runs scored. His yorker to Adil Amin was a beauty.
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How you guys are watching it? Any link?
 
moghul said:
He is good for domestic cricket, doubt he is an international material, he is short and not an express as bowler. Not everyone is Hasan Ali . Let him perform in a season of FC cricket before considering for international cricket. We should close the loop hole if T20 crap as a short cut to selection to national team.
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So how many bowlers have express pace in international cricket today? I thought they are long gone. Most are at his pace of 137-142. More than good enough considering he has what we have in short supply in Pakistan: high bowling IQ.
 
wajid said:
So how many bowlers have express pace in international cricket today? I thought they are long gone. Most are at his pace of 137-142. More than good enough considering he has what we have in short supply in Pakistan: high bowling IQ.
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Let him prove his success at FC level in Pakistan and then we can talk about his chances at international level. I like the way Dhani got selected, proved himself in QE trophy , then PSL and then Pakistan team.
 
moghul said:
Let him prove his success at FC level in Pakistan and then we can talk about his chances at international level. I like the way Dhani got selected, proved himself in QE trophy , then PSL and then Pakistan team.
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This is very reasonable and completely agree with you on this.

Infact would like to see Rauf also go to FC to get some accuracy. It was so annoying to see him in test squads.
 
Good bowler has good variations and decent cricketing brain he's proberly more of a t20/odi bowler
 
He has bowled so will in PSL because he is in KPK who already have lots of Pacers he can't get a game its really a shame.
 
Splendid performance from Mohammad Imran, who bagged 4 wickets by conceding just 28 runs, earned him the Man of the Match award in the final of the Pakistan Cup 2023-24.

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FearlessRoar said:
Splendid performance from Mohammad Imran, who bagged 4 wickets by conceding just 28 runs, earned him the Man of the Match award in the final of the Pakistan Cup 2023-24.

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Really impressed with this young gun. His wickets included the crucial one of Saim Ayub. I hope he will continue this form and also focus on red ball cricket

 
Kaddy said:
Lol....background music of the above video reminded me of my childhood.

And Thanks God, he is not another 5'7" 'Phaast' bowler, which we are producing in abundance.
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Yea looks about 6 foot. Thank God. I don't want to see shorties again.
 
We can make him our top Test cricket bowler. He has the potential to take 300 wickets for Pakistan in Tests.
 
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