Pakistan in New Zealand - Test series ratings

[Saj]

Here's my Pakistan ratings for the recently concluded Test series in New Zealand. Feel free to add your own ratings for the players

Sami Aslam - 1 decent innings and 3 failures 5/10
Azhar Ali - finished with an average of 26. Looked out of sorts 3/10
Babar Azam - looks a class act and will get better 7.5/10
Younis Khan - awful form and shot selection. Days are numbered 1/10
Misbah-ul-Haq - poor shot selection in the match he played 3/10
Asad Shafiq - looked short of confidence and panicked. Poor series 2/10
Sarfraz Ahmed - some good shots, but Pakistan needs more from him 4/10
Mohammad Rizwan - poor shot 1st innings and didn't shield the tail 2.5/10
Sohail Khan - lionheart. tried his best but still poor bowling in 2nd innings 7/10
Mohammad Amir - dropped catches but still not at his best. Needs to do more with the bat in hand 5/10
Yasir Shah - a poor match in unhelpful conditions 2.5/10
Rahat Ali - 4 wickets then dropped. Still lacks consistency with the ball 3/10
Wahab Riaz - 0 runs and 2/110. The numbers don't lie. Very poor 1.5/10
Imran Khan - 6 wickets and tried his best. No lack of effort 6.5/10

 

[Bilal7]

Yasir Shah barely bowled 10 overs in a single name. N/A would be better than a poor score since 10 overs is hardly enough to make a judgement either way.

I would also give Sami and Amir a 6/10 for batting during the most difficult times and having several catches dropped, respectively. Other than that, these rankings are pretty accurate.

 

[Ab Fan]

Points should be reduced for ones who drop catches too..

 

[Belawal2014]

Still too generous

 

[moghul]

YK 1/10 ? why not 0/10 ? what did he do to earn 1 point ? I would give him -5/10

 

[PakLFC]

All of the 5. No one was that great or that poor.

 

[cricketInsight]

It was a failure all round exposing our weakness in batting and pace bowling. Pakistan recent victories have had two main factors:

1) spin/batting friendly conditions utilized by our batsmen
Our batsmen have not delivered the goods in conditions that assist faster bowlers.

2) Ajmal/Yasir Shah capitalizing on spin friendly conditions or scoreboard pressure.
The likes of Imran/Wahab have played a helpful hand but victories have delivered by Ajmal/Shah.

P.S. Imran Khan does deserve more chances in Australia.

 

[The_KING]

Azhar 3/10- Showed fight in the final innings but was poor overall.
Sami 3/10- Same as above.
Babar 6.5/10- Looks a very good prospect.
Younis 0.5/10- Absolutely awful performance from him. His days are outnumbered if he doesn't perform in Australia.
Misbah 4/10- Only one to show some fight in the 1st innings of the first match but played awful shots to get out in both innings but still our best batsman and we missed him in the 2nd match.
Asad- 0/10- 6 years of worthless investment. Should be dropped if he doesn't perform in Australia.
Sarfraz- 2/10- Poor form with the bat in tests continue. When was his last 50 seriously?
Rizwan 2/10- Didn't shield the tail well enough in the final innings.
Sohail 7/10- Our best test pacer. Also scoring some runs with the best. An important part of the team. Just wish he could improve his fitness.
Amir 2/10- Just plain rubbish from the golden boy of Pakistan. Definitely doesn't merit a place in the team.
Rahat 3/10- Did pick up four wickets in the match that he played but still very inconsistent despite having all the skills to be a very good bowler for us. Mentally weak.
Wahab 0.5/10- Absolutely dreadful from the fast and furious Wahab.
Imran 5/10- Did well in the only match he played. Deserves a run in the team surely.
Yasir 3/10- Didn't bowl enough in the first match as the pitches didn't suit him.

 

[Snatch]

Amir 2/10- Just plain rubbish from the golden boy of Pakistan. Definitely doesn't merit a place in the team.
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Haha 2/10 for taking 7 wickets @ 28 which included 3-4 dropped catches, yet you say Sohail is your best pacer and give him a 7/10 for 7 wickets @ 38 along with a few slogging runs with the bat.

This is the classic stereotype overly-emotional and irrational reaction we've come to expect from some Pakistan fans following a loss.

I think the biggest problem is the expectations a lot of you had on Pakistan coming into this series. Did you really expect them to win? I know they were recently number 1 on the ranking, but if you actually look at the players in the squad, there was no good reason to think they should beat NZ in NZ conditions.

In fact I'm trying to think of a weaker looking Pakistan squad, if you actually look at their records to tour NZ in the last 20 years or so.

 

[Snatch]

It was a failure all round exposing our weakness in batting and pace bowling. Pakistan recent victories have had two main factors:

1) spin/batting friendly conditions utilized by our batsmen
Our batsmen have not delivered the goods in conditions that assist faster bowlers.

2) Ajmal/Yasir Shah capitalizing on spin friendly conditions or scoreboard pressure.
The likes of Imran/Wahab have played a helpful hand but victories have delivered by Ajmal/Shah.

P.S. Imran Khan does deserve more chances in Australia.

It was a failure of Pakistan fans overrating their side and underestimating NZ in their own conditions.

Even the generic bookies had NZ as favourites prior to the series starting. I'm not saying they weren't extremely disappointing yesterday, but I think Pakistan fans were lead into a false sense of security because they got to no 1, when really it was only because other teams like SA and Aust kept losing to one another.

Not saying they were undeserving of their no 1 title for that short time, as they did play very well in England, but looking at this team man for man, I never thought they looked as great as a lot of people made out.

So while I didn't expect the collapse yesterday afternoon, I did, like the bookies expect NZ to win the series

 

[HussainRx8]

Ranking them relative to each other is more informative since most collectively underperformed.

Batting:
Babar Azam
Sami Aslam
Sarfraz Ahmed
Azhar Ali
Misbah
Asad Shafiq
Rizwan
Younis

I was expecting at least one out of Azhar or Shafiq to perform.

Bowling:
Sohail
Amir
Imran (tie)
Rahat (tie)
Yasir
Wahab

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

I wonder what Bangladesh will do there in december-January tour ? What if they do better than Pakistan?? Hope the won't do worse than Pak.

 

[Snatch]

I wonder what Bangladesh will do there in december-January tour ? What if they do better than Pakistan?? Hope the won't do worse than Pak.

Yeah I think Bangladesh will be a stiffer challenge for New Zealand. I think the NZ players and coaching staff will feel the same way & won't take them lightly.

Bangladesh are no joke these days.

 

[Dr_Bassim]

Haha 2/10 for taking 7 wickets @ 28 which included 3-4 dropped catches, yet you say Sohail is your best pacer and give him a 7/10 for 7 wickets @ 38 along with a few slogging runs with the bat.

This is the classic stereotype overly-emotional and irrational reaction we've come to expect from some Pakistan fans following a loss.

I think the biggest problem is the expectations a lot of you had on Pakistan coming into this series. Did you really expect them to win? I know they were recently number 1 on the ranking, but if you actually look at the players in the squad, there was no good reason to think they should beat NZ in NZ conditions.

In fact I'm trying to think of a weaker looking Pakistan squad, if you actually look at their records to tour NZ in the last 20 years or so.

Amir was poor.

Maybe not as poor as 2/10, but definitely doesn't deserve more than 5/10.

 

[Saj]

YK 1/10 ? why not 0/10 ? what did he do to earn 1 point ? I would give him -5/10

Caught a few.

 

[jeetu]

Batting

Player	Mat	Runs	HS	Ave	SR	100	50
Babar Azam	2	142	90*	47.33	46.1	0	1
Sami Aslam	2	122	91	30.5	33.79	0	1
Azhar Ali	2	105	58	26.25	26.85	0	1
Sohail Khan	2	94	40	23.5	71.75	0	0
Misbah-ul-Haq	1	44	31	22	28.38	0	0
Sarfraz Ahmed	2	69	41	17.25	84.14	0	0
Asad Shafiq	2	56	23	14	42.42	0	0
Mohammad Rizwan	1	13	13*	13	38.23	0	0
Younis Khan	2	16	11	4	21.91	0	0
Mohammad Amir	2	14	6	3.5	30.43	0	0
Imran Khan	1	6	6	3	54.54	0	0
Rahat Ali	1	2	2	1	12.5	0	0
Wahab Riaz	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yasir Shah	1	10	6*	-	58.82	0	0

 

[jeetu]

Bowling

Player	Mat	Wkts	Ave	Econ	SR	5W	10W
Imran Khan	1	6	21.33	3.1	41.1	0	0
Rahat Ali	1	4	21.5	3.93	32.7	0	0
Mohammad Amir	2	7	28.57	3.03	56.5	0	0
Azhar Ali	2	1	29	2.9	60	0	0
Sohail Khan	2	7	38.14	3.81	60	0	0
Wahab Riaz	1	2	55	2.97	111	0	0
Asad Shafiq	2	0	-	4	-	0	0
Yasir Shah	1	0	-	4.51	-	0	0

 

[Amjid Javed]

Apart from Babar Azam and Imran Khan no other players came out with any credit during the series, The team just looked unprepared but more shocking was the lack of discipline with both bat and ball.. lets hope the whole team performance picks up in Australia.

 

[cricketInsight]

It was a failure of Pakistan fans overrating their side and underestimating NZ in their own conditions.

Even the generic bookies had NZ as favourites prior to the series starting. I'm not saying they weren't extremely disappointing yesterday, but I think Pakistan fans were lead into a false sense of security because they got to no 1, when really it was only because other teams like SA and Aust kept losing to one another.

Not saying they were undeserving of their no 1 title for that short time, as they did play very well in England, but looking at this team man for man, I never thought they looked as great as a lot of people made out.

So while I didn't expect the collapse yesterday afternoon, I did, like the bookies expect NZ to win the series

It was going to be a tough series but considering a NZ series win as a forgone conclusion is naive. This is the first NZ series win against Pakistan in 30 years (home or away).

We expected it to be a tough series but not make life so easy for NZ.

 

[Mamoon]

Younis Khan should be zero.

 

[The_Odd_One]

Younis Khan should be zero.

Younis and Shafiq both deserve a big zero. Shafiq's 56 runs were no better than Younis's 16. Even, Sohail Khan scored 94 runs in 4 innings.

 

[Hawkeye]

Only these players showed promise:

Babar Azam, Sami Aslam, Amir, Rahat Ali, Misbah (good fight in 1st match, shows can still play), Sohail Khan's batting/bowling combo.


Azhar didn't do well at all, remember that he's a senior now with YEARS of experience, and is expected to lead the batting in such conditions with Shafiq.

Mediocre bowling yet some wickets: Imran Khan.


Extremely poor were:
Asad Shafiq, Younis Khan, Yasir Shah, Wahab Riaz. These are close to getting discarded, except Yasir Shah.

 

[Mamoon]

Younis and Shafiq both deserve a big zero. Shafiq's 56 runs were no better than Younis's 16. Even, Sohail Khan scored 94 runs in 4 innings.

Shafiq should get 1. He showed a little more fight than Younis. Just a little.

 

[Jan Sher]

Unfair on Rizwan! He survived at least! 2.5 is way too low.

 

[Hawkeye]

Shafiq should get 1. He showed a little more fight than Younis. Just a little.

OK then, 0.5.

 

[Hawkeye]

Unfair on Rizwan! He survived at least! 2.5 is way too low.

for the love of God, you just can't digest his success, lol, Mr. Cry Baby

Oh, how could I forget Rizwan?

The only specialist fielder playing in the world of cricket today. Clueless cricketer can't bat, can't keep, can only field.

Also, Imran Khan is a poor bowler and another Umar Gul. You know it too, think from a neutral mind and think about his skillset.

 

[Jan Sher]

Oh, how could I forget Rizwan?

The only specialist fielder playing in the world of cricket today. Clueless cricketer can't bat, can't keep, can only field.

Also, Imran Khan is a poor bowler and another Umar Gul. You know it too, think from a neutral mind and think about his skillset.

Lol.

Imran Khan's application is good, and that's what matters the most in the end

 

[New Yorker]

Only these players showed promise:

Babar Azam, Sami Aslam, Amir, Rahat Ali, Misbah (good fight in 1st match, shows can still play), Sohail Khan's batting/bowling combo.


Azhar didn't do well at all, remember that he's a senior now with YEARS of experience, and is expected to lead the batting in such conditions with Shafiq.

Mediocre bowling yet some wickets: Imran Khan.


Extremely poor were:
Asad Shafiq, Younis Khan, Yasir Shah, Wahab Riaz. These are close to getting discarded, except Yasir Shah.

Rahat Ali needs to show more than promise by now. Didn't get that many chances but the problem is not his performance in this series alone. Both he and Wahab should be close to being discarded.

Imran did fine, could have done better, but stands on a much better long term record than either Rahat or Wahab, and has not had as many chances. Deserves another 5-6 Tests.

 

[New Yorker]

Oh, how could I forget Rizwan?

The only specialist fielder playing in the world of cricket today. Clueless cricketer can't bat, can't keep, can only field.

Also, Imran Khan is a poor bowler and another Umar Gul. You know it too, think from a neutral mind and think about his skillset.

The most important skill for me is the ability to take wickets cheaply and frequently.

 

[Hawkeye]

Rahat Ali needs to show more than promise by now. Didn't get that many chances but the problem is not his performance in this series alone. Both he and Wahab should be close to being discarded.

Imran did fine, could have done better, but stands on a much better long term record than either Rahat or Wahab, and has not had as many chances. Deserves another 5-6 Tests.

The most important skill for me is the ability to take wickets cheaply and frequently.

Rahat was one of our best bowlers there, haha! How can you even think of discarding him. Been putting up good show too in the last few series.

Plus we all know he's super talented.

Imran Khan is a trundler with no skill, he might take a few wickets here and there but won't be any good in the long run.

He's the kind of support bowler you need when you don't have good penetrative strike bowlers. Sohail and Rahat both can strike better.

 

[shaz619]

Azam 9/10
Sohail Khan 9/10
Amir 5/10
Aslam 5/10

The rest 0/10.

 

[New Yorker]

Rahat was one of our best bowlers there, haha! How can you even think of discarding him. Been putting up good show too in the last few series.

Plus we all know he's super talented.

Imran Khan is a trundler with no skill, he might take a few wickets here and there but won't be any good in the long run.

He's the kind of support bowler you need when you don't have good penetrative strike bowlers. Sohail and Rahat both can strike better.

If Rahat is so terrific, why is "he shows promise" and "he is super talented" the best that you or anyone can say about him?

Why does he average 37 after 18 Tests. Don't know we know something about him by now? Is that not the very definition of "the long run," as you would have it.

If Imran has no skill, why does he take wickets faster and more cheaply than Rahat or Wahab on UAE pitches that should be graveyards for bowlers?

Why does he average nearly 10 runs less per wicket than this super talented golden boy? Why does this super talented "strike" bowler actually have a worse career SR than Imran?

Why has he never in his entire career even in domestic games in Pakistan taken a 10fer in an FC match?