Pakistan has the weakest spin bowling attack in Asia!

[SarfiBabarHaris]

Even Bangladesh with Mehdi, and Shakib are better than us.

I dont see special quality in domestic too. Zafar Gohar's name is thrown every now and then but there must be a reason why his PSL teams didnt include him in playing X1.

I like Shadab but as an all rounder.

Coming NZ and Aus series wont be easy without a specialist second spinner.

 

[Rayyman]

Should drop Shadab. Need a better leggie. Yasir/Irfan Jr and Usama all are superior bowlers.

 

[Khan12]

Misbah was the reason why zafar didn't play i guess just like farhan.

 

[SarfiBabarHaris]

Should drop Shadab. Need a better leggie. Yasir/Irfan Jr and Usama all are superior bowlers.

Yasir is rubbish in odis.

Usama bhi bas theek he hai not special quality.

One guy who i really like is Irfan but his domestic stats are poor. But sometimes we have to go with the eye. Mushtaq Ahmed kahan hai when we need him.

 

[fluke]

we need a specialist spinner not just bits and pieces all rounders. maybe w could have sent mohammad asghar or raza hassan in place of nawaz they are way better spin bowlers

 

[SarfiBabarHaris]

we need a specialist spinner not just bits and pieces all rounders. maybe w could have sent mohammad asghar or raza hassan in place of nawaz they are way better spin bowlers

Raza of 2011-2012 yes.

 

[mak36]

Yasir is rubbish in odis.

Usama bhi bas theek he hai not special quality.

One guy who i really like is Irfan but his domestic stats are poor. But sometimes we have to go with the eye. Mushtaq Ahmed kahan hai when we need him.

Irfan has been performing well recently.

 

[Rayyman]

Yasir is rubbish in odis.

Usama bhi bas theek he hai not special quality.

One guy who i really like is Irfan but his domestic stats are poor. But sometimes we have to go with the eye. Mushtaq Ahmed kahan hai when we need him.

Thing is they are all specialist bowlers which is what we need. Shadab is a batting-all-rounder and should only be third spinner.

 

[Hasan123]

A specialist spinner must be selected. Shadab and Nawaz aren't front line spinners.

 

[mak36]

Pakistan has the weakest spin bowling attack in Asia!

By choice.

 

[SarfiBabarHaris]

And they didnt select a spinner against Aus A too for spin weird logic. Bachun ko direct khilayen gai ab Aus k against.

 

[mak36]

Zafar only played two matches because IU had Shadab, Samit and Duminy as spin options.

The two games he played he showed his class, especially against PZ where he bowled the best ball/spell of PSL3.

 

[mak36]

And they didnt select a spinner against Aus A too for spin weird logic. Bachun ko direct khilayen gai ab Aus k against.

I actually think this was a smart move. I am sure spinners will be selected for the NZ A and England Lions series.

 

[SarfiBabarHaris]

Thing is they are all specialist bowlers which is what we need.

True but honestly i dont see special quality. May be it will take a few years!

In past i was very optimistic about our spinners like Raza Hasan after u-19 world cup.

 

[Khan12]

Zafar only played two matches because IU had Shadab, Samit and Duminy as spin options.

The two games he played he showed his class, especially against PZ where he bowled the best ball/spell of PSL3.

he's far better bowler then all 3 on them.But Misbah is alergic to young players.

 

[SarfiBabarHaris]

I actually think this was a smart move. I am sure spinners will be selected for the NZ A and England Lions series.

Second spinner is a big problem. We should really think about it. We lost SL series because of this. The more matches likes of Asghar/Gohar/Bilal etc get against top opposition the better for us.

 

[SarfiBabarHaris]

Zafar only played two matches because IU had Shadab, Samit and Duminy as spin options.

The two games he played he showed his class, especially against PZ where he bowled the best ball/spell of PSL3.

Didnt play many matches for Lahore too.

 

[Mansoor3120]

Where is Kashif Butt ( SLA)

 

[mak36]

Didnt play many matches for Lahore too.

In PSL1 you mean? That was a while back.

 

[SarfiBabarHaris]

In PSL1 you mean? That was a while back.

Yep.
That being said he is one of the better from the available ones. But i doubt he will be selected for next test series.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Pakistan's spin resources

Pakistan would kill to have a trio of Rashid khan, Mujibur, Nabi especially on slower pitches. Same way Mehdi Hassan is better than any Pakistan LOI bowler. Add Shakib too. India has 2 or 3 good spinners. Few are up and coming. Pakistan would take Moeen Ali, Rashid khan in a heart beat. Because of weak spin resources Pakistan won't be able to tie the opposition down during the middle overs. These days middle overs is not just about consolidation. On roads they even attack during middle overs. Pakistan has to pick the absolutely best spinners even if they lack batting potential. Otherwise it is going to get worse and worse.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

I am sure Pakistan has some decent spinners in their domestic circuit.

It's just that their selectors and management are idiots like the case with India right now.

 

[Dark_Horse]

Its just about ego to play 4 pace bowlers

 

[Buffet]

Agree here. Pakistan surely should have better spinners.

 

[Hasan123]

We have spinners in domestic. Inzi just isn't picking them.

 

[Plumb]

Inzi waiting for them to becomes 32-33, that's about right age to pick a player

 

[BouncerGuy]

Pakistan's spin bowling has become a major concern. They're the only Asian team without a single spinner reaching 50 Test wickets in the last four years.

This raises serious questions about the spin attack heading into the upcoming series.

What combination of spinners should Pakistan field to address this weakness and be competitive?

 

[Romali_rotti]

Pakistan atm is bad in all departments spin, pace, medium pace, their bowling is terrible, batting is putrid, they are almost as pathetic as the Bangladeshis... Missing those Pakistani sides of the 90s and early to mid 2000s.

 

[shortbread]

Pakistan's spin bowling has become a major concern. They're the only Asian team without a single spinner reaching 50 Test wickets in the last four years.

This raises serious questions about the spin attack heading into the upcoming series.

What combination of spinners should Pakistan field to address this weakness and be competitive?

Spinners also need to be backed by a confident skipper and astute captaincy brain. Then top fielding and keeping. Rizwan is a decent keeper, not the best keeper of spin but nonetheless good enough. BUT the slips are atrocious, Babar views slip as a place to hide weak fielders, while top teams look at it as a specialism. Then the inner ring needs agile fielders, who ensure batsmen do not rotate strike easily, again an achilles heel for Pakistan.

Spinners need to be backed, need a smart intelligent captain, not exactly Babar's forte. The last many years the spinner has been seen as a holding option and even better if they can be part time batsmen as well, essentially spin department has been seen as a compromise. Top teams use their spinners as an attacking option on the other hand.

For a good spinner to flourish, the team desperately needs a smart educated captain.

 

[sweep_shot]

Pakistan haven't had a proper spinner since Yasir Shah.

Abrar should play as a spinner. He has been the best one since Yasir.

 

[BouncerGuy]

Pakistan haven't had a proper spinner since Yasir Shah.

Abrar should play as a spinner. He has been the best one since Yasir.

He will play for sure in tests. He is the only guy who can save the spin department atm. We do have upcoming spinners in line like Mehran, Arafat, Asghar, Aarish, Faisal Etc. They need to be properly groomed.

 

[Bhaijaan]

The last decade was wasted on Shadab and Imad. Indeed Pakistan has among the weakest spin attach atm especially among Bharatiya upmahadweep teams.

 

[sweep_shot]

The last decade was wasted on Shadab and Imad. Indeed Pakistan has among the weakest spin attach atm especially among Bharatiya upmahadweep teams.

Never considered Imad to be a spinner. He is a darter.

Shadab doesn't have good control. Unstable leggie.

So, yeah. They have had a spin vacuum in white ball cricket for the past 10 years.

Need someone who can turn the ball (not a darter) and has good accuracy.

 

[mominsaigol]

Pakistan need 3 spinners, the past use to be 3 spinners and 3 pacers which is why the formula worked.

3 pacers and 1 specialist spinner followed by 2 spin allrounders. Those allrounders should be Salman Ali agha who shpuld play test and focus on improving his bowling so he can bowl 10 overs in odi and another newbie.