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With all the focus on Amir, Yasir and to some extent Wahab, Imran Khan is flying a bit under the radar.

I am putting great stock by his bowling in England.

He has good pace, can swing the ball and above all, knows what he is doing with what he has. A test average of 28 at an SR of 52 is very decent on UAE/SL pitches.

From whatever I saw of him live in UAE (and I am no expert), I thought he gave an excellent account of himself on pitches made to favor the spinners. Kept the batsmen on tight leash and moved the ball just enough to cause doubts. Got a wicket or two here and there whenever he was called upon.

Just what you need in English conditions.

Misbah knows how to use him as well.

He is, for some reason, under bowled in Domestic long form game, but that will only help him be fresh in England.

He is no second coming of Kapil Dev, but I believe he will be Pakistan's surprise package in English conditions.
 
He is a good bowler, but as you know, the bestest Pakistani bowlers are yet to play a test match. So logically they will be more effective than Imran
 
A guy who has performed decently and gave his all, at Int'l level i.e. Imran Khan cannot be compared or replaced by bowlers who have just burst on the scene and are yet to play Int'l (Hassan Ali etc.) or ones who are erratic at best (Zia-Ul-Haq)!

PP arm chair critics are the best, let's dump the ones that have shown consistency in the graveyard of fast bowlers (UAE) and helped the team win games...and let's select the ones who are yet to bowl against even decent Int'l batsmen, amazing

As for points raised in OP, I expect Imran Khan to do very well, provided he gets the chances, Pak team will do well to select a right arm bowler in the glut of all the left armers already in the team...he is a good enough bowler on dead UAE pitches and will only give the team attack much more balance and a bit of an extra edge as well, if selected!
 
He is a decent first change bowler. Hard working and keeps it tight.

I hope he does well.
 
Nobody is saying he should be dumped. Should be part of the squad, but so should be Hasan Ali, who is younger and is more of a long-term prospect and who I think can outperform IK in England.
 
He has done well at international level so far big test to come in England though
 
Yasir
Amir
Wahab
Rahat

Would be my attack in the first 2 tests. If one of the pacers bowls poorly in these games I will replace him with Imran
 
Immy K II is a genuine hardworker, someone here posted a pic here few months back of him having dinner with IK2 at some nice cozy chicken karhai restaurant, and talked about how he was humble and down to earth - which is true so far. Doesn't give flashy conferences or cry his heart out on twitter, or even run in to the law. Rare traits in a Pak cricketer these days.

Having said that, I don't think he is some sort of ground breaking bowler, but is a very solid 3rd seamer so far. Also gets reverse. I back him above Rahat, while Rahat has more skill, Immy K II has more control.

Personally think X-factor could've been Rizwan on this blockbuster tour, with a solid first class average, as Sarfraz is just going to get exposed again like Eng did to him in UAE. But yes for now Immy II can fill in the X-fac role.
 
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Imran khan is a must really

A strong right hand workhorse who bowls good lines n has the ability to move the ball a touch either way

Hed be one of my first choice seamers
 
aliasad1998 said:
Yasir
Amir
Wahab
Rahat

Would be my attack in the first 2 tests. If one of the pacers bowls poorly in these games I will replace him with Imran
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Agreed.

Although I'm thinking that it will create a rough on the off stump and we don't have any good off-spinner to utilize that.
 
aliasad1998 said:
Yasir
Amir
Wahab
Rahat

Would be my attack in the first 2 tests. If one of the pacers bowls poorly in these games I will replace him with Imran
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Need a right handed bowler.

I can see Wahab being dropped mid series and replaced with Adil or IK.
 
Don't know why the poor lad has so few fans, even good for nothing wahab has more fans who's good performances are not enough to win matches for us, perhaps we prefer style over substance, and process over result. Which is really sad to see. Imran can be our version of peak form Siddle, and such workhorse type bowlers are must for any team. He may be limited in skill but he has control and bowl his heart out, and he is also kind a lucky charm for us, i guess pak have never lost a test in which ik has played. So by all means he deserve to be 3rd seamer for this whole series atleast, and i would take him over more skillful but brainless rahat any day. If rahat has to play he can come in for wahab but no way i would play all left armers attack.
 
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From what I have seen of the lad so far, I can safely say that IK 2.0 will be the player of the tournament for Pakistan in the up coming English tour.

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Imran Khan is not good enough to be in our first XI.

He is a workhorse, but lacks skill with the ball. Very reliant on reverse swing, plus he trundles. I don't mind him on the bench, but someone like Ehsan Adil is better off in out first XI. Ehsan is tall, gets bounce, swings and seams the ball, bowls decent pace, has bowling intelligence, and is penetrative. He's looked like a truly improved bowler from when I saw him last and I think he deserves to be on that plane to England.
 
aliasad1998 said:
Yasir
Amir
Wahab
Rahat

Would be my attack in the first 2 tests. If one of the pacers bowls poorly in these games I will replace him with Imran
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don't tell me you wanna go in with these 4 fast bowlers + Yasir + Wicket keeper. that means going into test with 5 proper batsmen?
 
Ahson8 said:
Hasan Ali is a better option.
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blood him in the Odis imo, pitches have been getting flatter in England in recent years, unless we get a green pitch I'd rather go with Imran who knows how to bowl on flat wickets
 
aliasad1998 said:
Yasir
Amir
Wahab
Rahat

Would be my attack in the first 2 tests. If one of the pacers bowls poorly in these games I will replace him with Imran
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sorry I missed Yasir's name in ur post
Instead f Rahat, I would go with imran in first 2 tests. Imran does look like hard worker guy and put in some extra effort too, meanwhile Rahat seems like Razzaq type bowler who just turn around and roll arm over.
 
Can someone correct the name please?

He is Imran Khan snr (the Test team bowler). The other one, IK jnr is the one who plays for Peshawar Panthers and Zalmi. The slow medium pacer who relies on change of pace and variations.
 
hur rizvi said:
Extremely 1-D-al attack

I would have IK ahead of Rahat.
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:)))

Putting in IK would make it one dimensional!

He has no great skillset while Rahat does. Rahat can swing and seam the ball, IK can't swing an inch.
 
Hawkeye said:
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Putting in IK would make it one dimensional!

He has no great skillset while Rahat does. Rahat can swing and seam the ball, IK can't swing an inch.
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I have seen IK swing it away from right hander in UAE and SL. YEs Rahat has more skill, but to start the series I would go with IK because he has better control.

We can also drop WAhab if outfield isnt conducive to reverse
 
My bowling attack-

Amir
Ehsan
Wahab/Rahat (depending on conditions)
Yasir
Yamin
Hafeez (if cleared)
 
Corridor of Uncertainty said:
Imran deserves a full outing based on his performances so far.
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He is guy who is performing consistently and never disappointed his team still some people want other un-tested guys over him.

I would put my all money on Imran Khan, he should be in playing XI along with Amir. And still you can include new bowler in your team i guess.

Would be disaster if they drop him from playing XI tbh.
 
ahmedwaqas92 said:
From what I have seen of the lad so far, I can safely say that IK 2.0 will be the player of the tournament for Pakistan in the up coming English tour.

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I think he has no hope at all of success in England.

His style of bowler never does well there. He's no quicker than medium-fast, he gets no movement off the seam, his wrist position is not great and he bowls the wrong length.

And he has never scored a single Test run.
 
Junaids said:
I think he has no hope at all of success in England.

His style of bowler never does well there. He's no quicker than medium-fast, he gets no movement off the seam, his wrist position is not great and he bowls the wrong length.

And he has never scored a single Test run.
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From what I have seen of him, he does get movement off the seam.

Can't wait for his first test run!
 
Imran Khan is a genuine English condition bowler, if somehow we manage to get the bowling attack of asif, amir, Imran Khan and Yasir shah then this should be a top-class attack for Test matches in England.
 
Manager101 said:
Imran Khan is a genuine English condition bowler, if somehow we manage to get the bowling attack of asif, amir, Imran Khan and Yasir shah then this should be a top-class attack for Test matches in England.
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What is English conditions about him?

Out of 20 Test wickets, only 4 were caught other than by the keeper and only 1 was a recognised Test batsman caught in the slips.

But in England, a quick bowler needs to get the top order caught at slip. That's how you get the opposition out.

It all bodes very, very badly for this bowler. His modus operandi is completely unsuited to English conditions.
 
Junaids said:
What is English conditions about him?

Out of 20 Test wickets, only 4 were caught other than by the keeper and only 1 was a recognised Test batsman caught in the slips.

But in England, a quick bowler needs to get the top order caught at slip. That's how you get the opposition out.

It all bodes very, very badly for this bowler. His modus operandi is completely unsuited to English conditions.
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He consistently keeps the ball up i.e at full length and that's where bowlers get wickets in England. Our other bowling options like Wahab and Rahat keep the ball mostly back of the length which minimizes the chances of swing.

Secondly, he has played all test matches in sub-continent and still troubled the top-order batsmen by his bowling methods, hence in helpful swinging and seaming conditions he will be extremely effective.
 
Some good pace bowling options. This is what I would go for personally:

On a green deck:

Amir
E.Adil
Imran Khan
Yasir

On a flatter, slower deck:

Amir
E.Adil
Wahab
Yasir

Rahat is a good bowler, bowls around 140 and can swing the ball both ways but he lacks a cricketing brain. Doesn't how to work out and set batsman up, also doesn't know what to do when the batsman is getting on top off him. Having said all that he was very decent v Aus in the UAE series but in English conditions you want bowlers with decent SR, since some of these games can be lower scoring and those who bowler fuller length which is why I wouldn't be keen on Rahat and Wahab on green decks especially.
 
Junaids said:
What is English conditions about him?

Out of 20 Test wickets, only 4 were caught other than by the keeper and only 1 was a recognised Test batsman caught in the slips.

But in England, a quick bowler needs to get the top order caught at slip. That's how you get the opposition out.

It all bodes very, very badly for this bowler. His modus operandi is completely unsuited to English conditions.
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Stats are deceptive in his case. You need to watch him bowl.
 
Monsee said:
A guy who has performed decently and gave his all, at Int'l level i.e. Imran Khan cannot be compared or replaced by bowlers who have just burst on the scene and are yet to play Int'l (Hassan Ali etc.) or ones who are erratic at best (Zia-Ul-Haq)!

PP arm chair critics are the best, let's dump the ones that have shown consistency in the graveyard of fast bowlers (UAE) and helped the team win games...and let's select the ones who are yet to bowl against even decent Int'l batsmen, amazing

As for points raised in OP, I expect Imran Khan to do very well, provided he gets the chances, Pak team will do well to select a right arm bowler in the glut of all the left armers already in the team...he is a good enough bowler on dead UAE pitches and will only give the team attack much more balance and a bit of an extra edge as well, if selected!
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+1. Fantastic post. Can't believe so many posters here are not recognizing his performance in the UAE, and that he is very consistent in his line and length which is an asset in English conditions. And yes, he is capable of seaming the ball. Should be an automatic selection in the test team.
 
Some guys here just surprise me to no ends.Having your agend is fine (might be)but enforcing that with no factual things is complete wrong...

Some guys who suggest Immi Khan can't swing or seam the ball need to first see matches he has played in and then give their judgment.

He is a workhorse.He is someone you need in these sort of tours.He can be an inferior version of Ryan Harris.He swings and seams the ball JUST ENOUGH to trouble the batsman.He is not a big outswing bowler but he creates an angle from where ball holds its line and that is an extremly difficult to play.Also he can swing the bowl in which is his natural angle.

But most important to me is the length he bowls.He bowls a nagging length and with the bowl moving just a bit he can be very important cog in the wheel.Also,if he is not able to get swing he can control the flow of the runs.

My bowling line up:

If the pitch is greenish and heavily assists the fast bowlers:
Amir
Rahat
Immi Khan
Yasir

If pitch isn't tilted towards fafast bowlers (a falt one with a little bit of spin) I'll have:
Amir
Wahab
Immi Khan/Rahat
Yasir...........
 
On PP, any cricketer that does not have test or LOI cap is always better than the folks in the side
 
Hawkeye said:
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Putting in IK would make it one dimensional!

He has no great skillset while Rahat does. Rahat can swing and seam the ball, IK can't swing an inch.
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What? His spell to Clarke on a dead UAE pitch where he was swinging it.

He isn't special, but he keeps things tight unlike Rahat who is hit or miss. We already have a leaky tap in Wahab, need damage control and that comes in the form of IK.

And why on earth would we play an all left armer attack lol.
 
Junaids said:
What is English conditions about him?

Out of 20 Test wickets, only 4 were caught other than by the keeper and only 1 was a recognised Test batsman caught in the slips.

But in England, a quick bowler needs to get the top order caught at slip. That's how you get the opposition out.

It all bodes very, very badly for this bowler. His modus operandi is completely unsuited to English conditions.
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I suspect that some people here are underrating his new ball skills.

During SL's 3rd innings in the third test in SL (in fairly favourable conditions) he utilised the 2nd new ball brilliantly to pick up the wickets of Matthews and Chandimal (1 LBW, the other caught behind).

Both were playing very gritty, dangerous knocks considering that SL had already amassed a lead well over 300. After that, he also nicked off their last three in a rather short time period, thus giving us a chance to fight back in the 4th innings. A critical 5-fer given the context of the match.

As they say: "The rest is history" :yk :shan
 
IK is a good honest bowler but I d start with Ehsan Adil first - who looks like a promising fast bowler who can also potentially add 15-20 runs with the bat
 
hur rizvi said:
I have seen IK swing it away from right hander in UAE and SL. YEs Rahat has more skill, but to start the series I would go with IK because he has better control.

We can also drop WAhab if outfield isnt conducive to reverse
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Asim2Good said:

that delivery to Michael Clark at 3:30 says otherwise
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Hmm, sorry, I have no idea you guys can't differentiate between a swing and seam bowler.

BTW, [MENTION=234]Asim2Good[/MENTION] , at 3hr 30 mark, the delivery you pointed out was a seam movement delivery, off the pitch. Just like Umar Gul and Junaid would produce on UAE/Pak wickets.

Swing is when the ball moves in the air.

Rahat Ali is a swing bowler while Imran Khan is a gun-barrel straight bowler who sometimes can move the old ball when it's seaming.

Just like Umar Gul and Junaid Khan. All 3 are the same skillset seam bowlers. They can generate a flukey swing with the shiny ball at times, like Junaid's Anay Do spells.

Suleiman said:
What? His spell to Clarke on a dead UAE pitch where he was swinging it.

He isn't special, but he keeps things tight unlike Rahat who is hit or miss. We already have a leaky tap in Wahab, need damage control and that comes in the form of IK.

And why on earth would we play an all left armer attack lol.
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^ Read above.

Rahat Ali is a natural swing bowler whose stock delivery is the inswinger.

Rahat >>>> Imran Khan on skillset, particularly the skills required in English conditions.

But Rahat is a decent workhorse bowlers like Gul.
 
Junaids said:
I think he has no hope at all of success in England.

His style of bowler never does well there. He's no quicker than medium-fast, he gets no movement off the seam, his wrist position is not great and he bowls the wrong length.

And he has never scored a single Test run.
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You're right that he's a poor option for English conditions.

He can, however, at times generate seam movement (like Junaid). But it's not on a consistent basis.

However, the lack of swing means he won't be that effective. Rahat is 10 times better esp. if you consider swing, and Rahat can also seam it.

However, even more poor could prove to be Wahab if he's not generating reverse swing....
 
He should be picked , he has bowled well in the tough conditions if UAE and now its his time to bowl in bowling friendly conditions and drop him?
 
hussain.r97 said:
Imran Khan is not good enough to be in our first XI.

He is a workhorse, but lacks skill with the ball. Very reliant on reverse swing, plus he trundles. I don't mind him on the bench, but someone like Ehsan Adil is better off in out first XI. Ehsan is tall, gets bounce, swings and seams the ball, bowls decent pace, has bowling intelligence, and is penetrative. He's looked like a truly improved bowler from when I saw him last and I think he deserves to be on that plane to England.
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For the umpteenth time, Ehsan has not been selected for the camp OR the 'A' team squad, so the chances of him being selected for the England tour are quite slim.

pakistanigoneaussie said:
blood him in the Odis imo, pitches have been getting flatter in England in recent years, unless we get a green pitch I'd rather go with Imran who knows how to bowl on flat wickets
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Exactly. Hasan is a very fine prospect but it's pathetic how everyone wants him in Tests so fastl

Hasan should get LOIs while I believe someone like Mir Hamza who is more suited for Tests should be ahead in the pecking order.

The five pacers I'd carry would be Amir, Wahab, Imran [playing XI], Rahat, & Ehsan/Mir (preferably Adil but since he is not included in the camp, I'd go for Mir).

In ODIs, however, I'd have Sohail Khan, Hasan Ali, and Aamer Yamin accompany Amir & Wahab.
 
Square Drive said:
For the umpteenth time, Ehsan has not been selected for the camp OR the 'A' team squad, so the chances of him being selected for the England tour are quite slim.
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What? He wasn't picked? In that case, I'd go with Rahat Ali, even if it means going with 3 lefties. Ehsan simply isn't good enough.
 
Square Drive said:
Who would be the 5 bowlers you'd carry for the Test series, then?
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Amir
Rahat
Wahab
Imran Khan Jr
Aamer Yamin
Yasir Shah
Hafeez (should be cleared)

I would have had Ehsan Adil in there for Imran, but it seems unlikely because he wasn't picked for the camp.
 
hussain.r97 said:
Amir
Rahat
Wahab
Imran Khan Jr
Aamer Yamin
Yasir Shah
Hafeez (should be cleared)

I would have had Ehsan Adil in there for Imran, but it seems unlikely because he wasn't picked for the camp.
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Hm yeah same, except I'd have Mir replace Yamin, and I'd also carry Zafar since it's a long tour.
 
Square Drive said:
Hm yeah same, except I'd have Mir replace Yamin, and I'd also carry Zafar since it's a long tour.
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Yamin is there as an all-rounder, not as a bowler. I personally want Azhar opening, Asad and YK at 3 and 4 (any order). This creates space to slot Yamin in at 6. He could be exactly what we need down the order, I'd be keen to see how him and Amad Butt do on the A tour.

Also, carrying Zafar is a good idea.
 
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Yamin is there as an all-rounder, not as a bowler. I personally want Azhar opening, Asad and YK at 3 and 4 (any order). This creates space to slot Yamin in at 6. He could be exactly what we need down the order, I'd be keen to see how him and Amad Butt do on the A tour.

Also, carrying Zafar is a good idea.
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Not a fan of bits-and-pieces players in Tests.

Let's see how he goes in the 'A' series, though.
 
Square Drive said:
Not a fan of bits-and-pieces players in Tests.

Let's see how he goes in the 'A' series, though.
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I wouldn't say he's bits and pieces. His batting is up to the mark, he even has 3 FC 100s including a double century, and is averaging around 40. Got promoted to 3 in the Pakistan Cup, and looked very well organized as a batsman. His bowling is very handy too, and he makes good use of the newer ball, knows how to swing and seam it around. He needs to work on his old ball skills though.
 
Yes Rahat can swing the ball but is he an impact bowler? NO he is not. Imran Khan is and can create breakthroughs. His dismissal of Clarke in the OZ series in UAE was sublime.

Rahat bowls good spells but rarely has moments like that so IK for sure deserves his spot ahead of Rahat.
 
Flat_Track_Bully said:
Yes Rahat can swing the ball but is he an impact bowler? NO he is not. Imran Khan is and can create breakthroughs. His dismissal of Clarke in the OZ series in UAE was sublime.

Rahat bowls good spells but rarely has moments like that so IK for sure deserves his spot ahead of Rahat.
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That dismissal was an example of reverse swing. The reverse swing he gets in the UAE is unlikely to be a factor in England. Without reverse swing, he's a gun barrel straight bowler who bowls in decent areas. Rahat Ali may not bowl in the most consistent areas, but he has the skills required to succeed in England, he has his magical moments in which he takes wickets.
 
hussain.r97 said:
That dismissal was an example of reverse swing. The reverse swing he gets in the UAE is unlikely to be a factor in England. Without reverse swing, he's a gun barrel straight bowler who bowls in decent areas. Rahat Ali may not bowl in the most consistent areas, but he has the skills required to succeed in England, he has his magical moments in which he takes wickets.
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LOL Rahat averages over 30 in away matches for both Tests and ODIs.

IK has average of 28 on dead UAE tracks. He is earned his chance to play on English wickets.

Rahat is competing with Wahab for his place.
 
Flat_Track_Bully said:
LOL Rahat averages over 30 in away matches for both Tests and ODIs.

IK has average of 28 on dead UAE tracks. He is earned his chance to play on English wickets.

Rahat is competing with Wahab for his place.
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Wahab and Imran are competing, they have a similar set of skills, except Wahab is much quicker.

I don't give a damn about averages in such a small amount of games, what matters is their ability and potential to succeed, and currently, Imran Khan does not have the skill set required to do well in England. Just because someone did well on UAE dead wickets, does not mean they will do well in England. Imran Khan's skillset is suited to UAE wickets, Rahat's is not (but has still done reasonably well).
 
hussain.r97 said:
Imran Khan is not good enough to be in our first XI.

He is a workhorse, but lacks skill with the ball. Very reliant on reverse swing, plus he trundles. I don't mind him on the bench, but someone like Ehsan Adil is better off in out first XI. Ehsan is tall, gets bounce, swings and seams the ball, bowls decent pace, has bowling intelligence, and is penetrative. He's looked like a truly improved bowler from when I saw him last and I think he deserves to be on that plane to England.
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Every decent bowler would rely on reverse swing in UAE. Ehsan would have failed miserably in UAE. Lacks fitness and can't bowl reverse swing as good as IK.

Plus, you haven't watched IK enough. He has a deadly outswinger (better than Ehsan) and will be successful in England. Ask any FC player who had faced both.
 
Hawkeye said:
Hmm, sorry, I have no idea you guys can't differentiate between a swing and seam bowler.

BTW, [MENTION=234]Asim2Good[/MENTION] , at 3hr 30 mark, the delivery you pointed out was a seam movement delivery, off the pitch. Just like Umar Gul and Junaid would produce on UAE/Pak wickets.

Swing is when the ball moves in the air.

Rahat Ali is a swing bowler while Imran Khan is a gun-barrel straight bowler who sometimes can move the old ball when it's seaming.

Just like Umar Gul and Junaid Khan. All 3 are the same skillset seam bowlers. They can generate a flukey swing with the shiny ball at times, like Junaid's Anay Do spells.



^ Read above.

Rahat Ali is a natural swing bowler whose stock delivery is the inswinger.

Rahat >>>> Imran Khan on skillset, particularly the skills required in English conditions.

But Rahat is a decent workhorse bowlers like Gul.
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I know the difference between Swing and Seam. IK jr gets away swing with new ball. In recent series he dismissed Bell with a great outswinger and I dont agree with [MENTION=291]junaid[/MENTION] that he bowls bad length for English conditions. He bowls fuller length which is ideal for English conditons, Infact it is Rahat who bowls short most of the times. So for first test I would go with IKjr, Amir, Wahab and Yasir backed up by Hafeez. If IK or Wahab doesnt do well in 1st test Rahat can come in for one of them.
 
Imran Khan & Rahat Ali have average fitness test scores.

This means

A. they cannot sustain there pace in a spell, there pace will dip sharply in 2nd & 3rd spell aswell as in the 2nd innings of the test.

B. They won't be able to bowl long spells.

C. They won't be consistent with their line, length & direction.


If there " Average " fitness does not graduate to the level of " Good " fitness after the Boot Camp than none of them will be able to deliver match winning spells in tests vs England.
 
Monsee said:
A guy who has performed decently and gave his all, at Int'l level i.e. Imran Khan cannot be compared or replaced by bowlers who have just burst on the scene and are yet to play Int'l (Hassan Ali etc.) or ones who are erratic at best (Zia-Ul-Haq)!

PP arm chair critics are the best, let's dump the ones that have shown consistency in the graveyard of fast bowlers (UAE) and helped the team win games...and let's select the ones who are yet to bowl against even decent Int'l batsmen, amazing

As for points raised in OP, I expect Imran Khan to do very well, provided he gets the chances, Pak team will do well to select a right arm bowler in the glut of all the left armers already in the team...he is a good enough bowler on dead UAE pitches and will only give the team attack much more balance and a bit of an extra edge as well, if selected!
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Come on man you know the rules:

PakPassion Rule #6: The players outside the national team are better than the players in the national team aka. The grass is always greener on the other side.
 
hur rizvi said:
He seemed a very fit guy thus far to me, sad if he is unfit
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He has passed the test, which means he is fit for the Test cricket, not unfit bro. Though some are implying that he will not be able to perform well, or his pace will decrease in his 2nd or 3rd spell. We have seen him at UAE under devastating heat, and he was able to maintain his fitness. So i hope English conditions won't trouble him.
 
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hussain.r97 said:
I wouldn't say he's bits and pieces. His batting is up to the mark, he even has 3 FC 100s including a double century, and is averaging around 40. Got promoted to 3 in the Pakistan Cup, and looked very well organized as a batsman. His bowling is very handy too, and he makes good use of the newer ball, knows how to swing and seam it around. He needs to work on his old ball skills though.
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Still, should give him a go in LOIs first.

Don't want another Sami Aslam kind of situation.
 
#GreenRoars said:
He has passed the test, which means he is fit for the Test cricket, not unfit bro. Though some are implying that he will not be able to perform well, or his pace will decrease in his 2nd or 3rd spell. We have seen him at UAE under devastating heat, and he was able to maintain his fitness. So i hope English conditions won't trouble him.
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[MENTION=138980]TalentSpotterPk[/MENTION] You presented Imran Khan's fitness as if he had failed the test, and I blindly believed you and wrote 'his fitness is a concern' :23:

So, it means he is fit, as he has passed the test.
 
The Last Of The Stars said:
[MENTION=138980]TalentSpotterPk[/MENTION] You presented Imran Khan's fitness as if he had failed the test, and I blindly believed you and wrote 'his fitness is a concern' :23:

So, it means he is fit, as he has passed the test.
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He has passed the test with an average score. I never said that he failed the fitness test.

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I would take him to England he could do well in favourable conditions he's a hard worker and has done well in the chances he has be given
 
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