Naseem Shah is a shadow of the bowler he was in PSL 5

[ethan hunt]

What an alarming loss of pace and poor changes to the action.
He bowled 70 percent of his deliveries over 145 kph in the last psl with zip and good lines.
He seems to have regressed massively since than. Shocked that he changes to the run up and action were approved.

 

[Savak]

His body language is down as well.

 

[Barragan]

He definitely looks worse than before.

Pace is especially down.

 

[Snowflake]

What an alarming loss of pace and poor changes to the action.
He bowled 70 percent of his deliveries over 145 kph in the last psl with zip and good lines.
He seems to have regressed massively since than. Shocked that he changes to the run up and action were approved.

Did he really change his action? I heard during the NZ series that he shortened his run-up, is that true?

 

[Energy]

Hasnain looked way better than him, pace wise, and pitched the ball in the right areas.

It's really a shame to see Naseem hyped to the moon and then floored.

 

[Titan24]

His pace was okay, touched mid 140s kph on couple of occasions I think. Problem more that the pace has been his accuracy.

 

[ethan hunt]

His pace was okay, touched mid 140s kph on couple of occasions I think. Problem more that the pace has been his accuracy.

His is not generating it as naturally as he used to. He was bowling 145 effortlessly every ball last psl.
This time around he has no rhythm due to the shorter run up.

 

[Kroll]

Bit of a laughing stock now. Batsmen can see this and just want to pile on the misery.

 

[Bewal Express]

Young bowlers and their tribulations. Good to see some of the sharpness back but looks short of confidence. Long way back

 

[ethan hunt]

Did he really change his action? I heard during the NZ series that he shortened his run-up, is that true?

Dominic Cork mentioned the changes on commentary.

 

[ataullah]

Short run up is the cause as corky said in commentary. Seam position was good but wrong line...he will be back i feel

 

[MenInG]

Hasnain his senior now...

 

[ethan hunt]

Short run up is the cause as corky said in commentary. Seam position was good but wrong line...he will be back i feel

I believe he will be back.
Just wanted to point out the poorly thought changes

 

[Titan24]

Did he really change his action? I heard during the NZ series that he shortened his run-up, is that true?

Yes thats true. Not particularly the action but his run up and foot placement while delivering the ball. Reason was his back issues and other injuries which his previous bowling mechanics were causing. I guess it can just be hoped that he achieves the same rhythm with his current mechanics.

 

[Slog]

His pace wasnt much last year. Out of 4 overs, 2-3 deliveries touched 144-146kph, 10-15 hovered around 137-140 and rest slower ones. If it was similar then yea there's been no change. No need to rewrite history.

Also last PSL season; Naseem Shah took less than a wicker per game and averaged in the 30s. Overall in T20s he goes over 8 per over and averages almost 40. So what was there to even regress from? The more cricket he plays the more mediocrity will be for all to see.

 

[Maher96]

Hasnain his senior now...

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Isn’t naseem senior as he played more test matches?

P.s KK are the best team no shame being hit around by Clarke who set T10 also on fire.

 

[ethan hunt]

His pace wasnt much last year. Out of 4 overs, 2-3 deliveries touched 144-146kph, 10-15 hovered around 137-140 and rest slower ones. If it was similar then yea there's been no change. No need to rewrite history.

Also last PSL season; Naseem Shah took less than a wicker per game and averaged in the 30s. Overall in T20s he goes over 8 per over and averages almost 40. So what was there to even regress from? The more cricket he plays the more mediocrity will be for all to see.

Lol please share your data source.
Are you getting this from cricviz?

 

[ethan hunt]

His pace wasnt much last year. Out of 4 overs, 2-3 deliveries touched 144-146kph, 10-15 hovered around 137-140 and rest slower ones. If it was similar then yea there's been no change. No need to rewrite history.

Also last PSL season; Naseem Shah took less than a wicker per game and averaged in the 30s. Overall in T20s he goes over 8 per over and averages almost 40. So what was there to even regress from? The more cricket he plays the more mediocrity will be for all to see.

Please back up the claims with some evidence.

 

[Pacy with wisdom]

Please back up the claims with some evidence.
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He also played only 6 matches and bowled around half of his deliveries over 90 mph.
I hope this shuts up the ones who lie just to prove their point.

 

[Bigboii]

His pace wasnt much last year. Out of 4 overs, 2-3 deliveries touched 144-146kph, 10-15 hovered around 137-140 and rest slower ones. If it was similar then yea there's been no change. No need to rewrite history.

Also last PSL season; Naseem Shah took less than a wicker per game and averaged in the 30s. Overall in T20s he goes over 8 per over and averages almost 40. So what was there to even regress from? The more cricket he plays the more mediocrity will be for all to see.

Lol dude reading the posts there are still die hard Naseem shah "fans"
Oh boy this is just idiotic the guy was always a garbage T20 bowler (if you don't believe just check out PSL 5 commentary thread he was an attratious don't try to rewrite history - he just wasn't good enough SIMPLE! )

 

[from_da_lost_dim3nsion]

Seemed pretty good to me. Seems to have added a killer off cutter and bowled some slower balls. Pace is still up there. TBH seems like he is actually thinking about his bowling rather than just running in and bowl fast AF

 

[BakuGM]

Short run up is the cause as corky said in commentary. Seam position was good but wrong line...he will be back i feel

I sure hope so as I still believe Nasim has the talent to succeed at the bigger stage. Not sure if Waqar is foe or friend but it sure seems Nasim has lost direction since coming under him.

 

[BakuGM]

He also played only 6 matches and bowled around half of his deliveries over 90 mph.
I hope this shuts up the ones who lie just to prove their point.

Haters will be haters, Nasim just need to get his rhytm back and we will see the old bowler that we all fell in love with.

 

[Bewal Express]

He certainly looked better than in NZ but for me he doesnt have a strategy to get people out. His instinct is to attack the stumps but fields at the international level are set for the 4th stump. At the moment he isnt doing either

 

[Saj]

His first over was good and he swung the new ball.

However in his second over he lost his length and Clarke sized him up.

In my opinion he shouldn't be playing in this PSL and should instead be at the NHPC working on his bowling, his action and his run-up.

 

[Suleiman]

Really really sad how often this has happened to us.

Promising new player breaks onto the scene, usually a fast bowler.

How many have there been? Sami, Amir, Anwar Ali, Md Irfan, Naseem.

And then one way or the other goes through devolution, that you hardly recognize them anymore. Are the coaches or mentors really sabotaging the players? Or is it them? If all these flashy new UK born and raised with degrees type PCB admins really care, they should get to the bottom of this. About 20+ years of promising players just disappearing into the abyss of nothingness...

 

[Muhammad Saad]

It's always a same case with every Pakistani bowler , They start Raw and Fresh in the first season , improved their pace and performance in the first couple of seasons and then they just go down the hill from there on.

 

[Abdullah719]

Please back up the claims with some evidence.
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He bowled 22 overs in PSL last season (5 more balls after this image was taken). So around 40% of his deliveries were over 145.

 

[Muhammad Saad]

Give him a break and consider his age and Inshallah he will be ready by 2023.

 

[MenInG]

His first over was good and he swung the new ball.

However in his second over he lost his length and Clarke sized him up.

In my opinion he shouldn't be playing in this PSL and should instead be at the NHPC working on his bowling, his action and his run-up.

Take him out of circulation - impose a media blackout on him - unleash him in one year as a changed bowler.

 

[Tabishbeigh]

He is all of 19 or 22 give him a break. You don’t get test hattricks unless you are good enough. Let this guy learn his trade. He needs to be protected from injury .Needs a mentor to guide him not bad influences like Amir and Akmals around. I’m sure he will do well the fact is t20 is a murderous assault on cricket especially young bowlers.

 

[Gharib Aadmi]

While my expectations from him are not high, he has only played one game in 2021 PSL. Too soon to say he is a shadow of his former self.

 

[Muddaser]

Yes he got smashed in one over. Don't see what the big deal is.

 

[UzmanBeast]

Yes he got smashed in one over. Don't see what the big deal is.

The bigger deal is that he has regressed considerably since he first came onto the scene. When he was bowling short-pitched aggressive spells in Australia, I thought there was something there to work with. After that series, he has never bowled a good spell of short-pitched bowling, which is arguably one of the areas he'd do well.

A bowler should only shorten their runup as a last resort if an injury keeps occurring or if there's an issue of the feet not being able to land properly.

Naseem bowled a lot of no-balls, but that alone isn't a good enough reason to change the runup. The runup he grew up with has now been changed, so the large dip in performances particularly on the New Zealand tour was because he was concerned about what was happening at his own end (new runup) rather than being concerned about the other end where the batsman was.

At such a young age, his runup should not have been altered, instead, he should have gone into domestic and found his natural length and learned how to be more accurate.

The problem isn't just the fact that he got hammered in one over, that's acceptable in T20I cricket. The problem is his visible regression and the lack of development seen.

 

[Saj]

Well according to Naseem, his run up is still the same as it has always been. He said his speeds were good and he felt ok especially in the first over, but Clarke took a chance in the 2nd over and it paid off.

 

[Firebat]

After his below par performance vs Karachi in the opening game, he has been left out of this game vs Lahore in favour of Anwar Ali

 

[Firebat]

Must be doing something wrong in the nets if he can't get in the team twice in a row over Shinwari.

 

[MenInG]

Lets see if he can improve after the enforced break due to covid-19.