Flat_Track_Bully
T20I Debutant
- Joined
- Apr 6, 2015
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This boy at 18 is a match winner.
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Very very exciting prospect. Didn't let Samuels' sledging get to his head and dismissed him off his last delivery
And then people like Imran Khan go talent is not getting a chance to perform in the PSL... we are investing in foreign players instead of that... look at this guy, if anyone knew what this guy was capable of before the PSL please raise your hand...
The credit of this only goes to PSL.. its the brand thats bringing our identity back to our cricket.. what an aggressive little lad, full of energy and a bag full of tricks
Was ordinary on the England tour and performed OK against the Zimbabwe. Psl had a big role to play in making himThis lad was doing well, long before the PSL. He was on A tours to England and Zimbabwe.
Wrong to think it was the PSL that made him
Was ordinary on the England tour and performed OK against the Zimbabwe. Psl had a big role to play in making him
Was ordinary on the England tour and performed OK against the Zimbabwe. Psl had a big role to play in making him
A tours are not much followed these days because of too much cricket. He had a fantastic FC match against almost full ZIM team (I think scored a hundred & took 9 wickets), which is outstanding for a teen aged leggi. That actually brought him to PSL, otherwise I don't think ISLU management would have tried him at the start of PSL. In PAK, capability isn't measured at nets, rather measured through reputation & age (experience). His team mate is equally exciting, probably even more considering he can be a fast medium all rounder who can bat in top 3 - he had to wait till 7th match & after 2 senior players got banned & their replacement couldn't total scores in 3 innings equal to his age.
Obviously, talented kids will fast track, if they can play at highly competitive matches with higher skilled players.
I have been following the A tours. Incidentally I was in UK when our A team toured England. His performance both with the bat and ball wasnt that good. Apart from that odd game against Zim that you mentioned his performance was not that good. Infact he was below the pecking order amongst the promising leggies in the country being preceeded by Mir, Shahzaib and Karamat
PSL brought him to the attention of people who don't know much about Pakistan cricket.
No, he played an unofficial Test against SL A. Also played four limited over games. His best figures were 4/100 odd against SL A
Well agreed but his performance in England was average.
[MENTION=9]Saj[/MENTION] bhai not doubting your credibility one bit, you've been tracing down talent long before they become mainstream. What I was referring to was how PSL was crucial in his development, the dressing room exposure he got standing alongside legends like Wasim Akram, Dean Jones, to playing under the current test team captain Misbah ul Haq is a big deal... not only that getting International level players wickets.. prize scalps during the PSL of big names.. this is irreplaceable in terms of development for an 18 year old...the broadcast standard and following of A tours will never be as much as that of PSL.. so for a player to be the standout find of a tournament is a big plus on his CVBut for him to even be in the Pakistan A squad means he was already on the radar.
@Saj bhai not doubting your credibility one bit, you've been tracing down talent long before they become mainstream. What I was referring to was how PSL was crucial in his development, the dressing room exposure he got standing alongside legends like Wasim Akram, Dean Jones, to playing under the current test team captain Misbah ul Haq is a big deal... not only that getting International level players wickets.. prize scalps during the PSL of big names.. this is irreplaceable in terms of development for an 18 year old...the broadcast standard and following of A tours will never be as much as that of PSL.. so for a player to be the standout find of a tournament is a big plus on his CV
I might have exaggerated in saying if anyone knew about him before PSL.. (due to my lack of knowledge of A tours)
[MENTION=9]Saj[/MENTION] bhai not doubting your credibility one bit, you've been tracing down talent long before they become mainstream. What I was referring to was how PSL was crucial in his development, the dressing room exposure he got standing alongside legends like Wasim Akram, Dean Jones, to playing under the current test team captain Misbah ul Haq is a big deal... not only that getting International level players wickets.. prize scalps during the PSL of big names.. this is irreplaceable in terms of development for an 18 year old...the broadcast standard and following of A tours will never be as much as that of PSL.. so for a player to be the standout find of a tournament is a big plus on his CV
I might have exaggerated in saying if anyone knew about him before PSL.. (due to my lack of knowledge of A tours)
Someone like Imran Khan is undermining the contributions of these leagues, when he himself boasts about the Kerry Packer series he participated in
Al most correct, with a footnote. WSC DIDN'T FIND THE BOWLER OR ALL-ROUNDER IMRAN KHAN, WSC, MADE THE GREATEST FAST BOWLING ALL-ROUNDER IMRAN KHAN.
Imran was picked to represent WSC World XI, in 1977, after arguably bowling the best ever Test in Australia - 12/160 against Ian Chappel's team, which was No. 1 at that moment by some margin. Then he went to WI & took 26 wickets in 5 Test, against what was the start of a dynasty - Lloyd's WI.
T20 tournaments doesn't find players, neither teach them cricket. Only contribution is, it might fast track few youngsters.
And then people like Imran Khan go talent is not getting a chance to perform in the PSL... we are investing in foreign players instead of that... look at this guy, if anyone knew what this guy was capable of before the PSL please raise your hand...
The credit of this only goes to PSL.. its the brand thats bringing our identity back to our cricket.. what an aggressive little lad, full of energy and a bag full of tricks