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[PICTURES/VIDEOS] First impressions: Mohammad Hasnain

Absolutely brilliant first over from him in this PSL6 opening game.
 
He has developed a beautiful outswinger.
Still a work in progress but has jumped ahead of naseem in development who was far better in psl 5.
 
Looked so good with the new ball.

Two lovely overs from him, good pace and swung the ball.
 
Gets the biggest wicket in Pakistan, Babar Azam! Absolute beauty. Having a fantastic game, he's bowling a lot fuller than he used to I think
 
Why was he not backed ahead of Musa and Naseem by Misbah/Waqar? What utter clowns, clearly has more quality than both.
 
asadee said:
Looks v good too bad biased Misbah didn't play him vs South Africa
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Was ridiculous that we did not play him, they wanted a new ball bowler to compliment Shaheen and instead they persisted with Rauf, who does not show capability to put in extra ordinary performances.
 
Firebat said:
Gets the biggest wicket in Pakistan, Babar Azam! Absolute beauty. Having a fantastic game, he's bowling a lot fuller than he used to I think
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Ended with a poor ball on leg and conceded boundaries..
 
Smbhayi said:
Ended with a poor ball on leg and conceded boundaries..
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He's the one you'll single out for conceding boundaries? He's bowled 11 dot balls in 3 overs. Economy of 5.33 in a T20

Meanwhile, Naseem is giving 11.5 runs an over and Qais 14.33
 
Firebat said:
He's the one you'll single out for conceding boundaries? He's bowled 11 dot balls in 3 overs. Economy of 5.33 in a T20

Meanwhile, Naseem is giving 11.5 runs an over and Qais 14.33
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And this ball to Babar Azam

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How could any pick a gully Mohalla bowler like Haris over Hasnain. Not saying Hasnain is a finished product but there is no way Haris should play ahead of him.
 
Beautiful presentation of seam, swung new ball at pace too. Credit to waqar or gul??? He should be a fixture in Pak team and MUST play a full season of red ball cricket then open bowling with Shaheen
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Not many positives for Quetta today but Mohammad Hasnain bowled beautifully. 4-18-2 including the wickets of Babar Azam and Sharjeel Khan <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PSL6?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PSL6</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/KKvsQG?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#KKvsQG</a> <a href="https://t.co/01pWDpezGA">pic.twitter.com/01pWDpezGA</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1363191925654831110?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 20, 2021</a></blockquote>
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He was brilliant today.

He's definitely much improved and just bowling better lines/length. It's showing over his last few International T20 games and in domestic too. You can see in the List A games that occurred recently, he had a very good economy despite the scoring being extremely high.

Still very young and he definitely needs to play more FC games but hard not to think the management will start favouring Hasnain instead of Rauf going forward.
 
Firebat said:
He's the one you'll single out for conceding boundaries? He's bowled 11 dot balls in 3 overs. Economy of 5.33 in a T20

Meanwhile, Naseem is giving 11.5 runs an over and Qais 14.33
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Lol i only watch that over.. then check scorecards they need some 20 odd runs in 50+ deliveries so decided to skip..
 
Proper bowler now

Just goes to show the talent is still there in Pakistan as long as you are determined and put the hard yards in at work
 
Shows cricket is a funny game. A year ago Nasim looked like the better bowler and now its completely opposite
 
Savak said:
Shows cricket is a funny game. A year ago Nasim looked like the better bowler and now its completely opposite
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Which should serve as a reminder for people to not overreact as much as they are towards Naseem Shah. International cricket isn't easy and a lot of young players struggle early on and both of these bowlers are extremely young without a lot of domestic experience under their belt.
 
common theme continues, the less time u spend in the national setup the more you improve. :waqar
 
FC cricket bowling average of about 25

That's the only way he should be coming any way near the national setup except for t20s
 
With no score to defend he bowled brilliantly, I just wish Misbah can grow a brain when selecting his playing 11.
 
Hasnain speaking after match:

"This was our first game of the tournament and I was really excited about it, and we really wanted to win this game"

"We didnt have that many runs so we put in our effort, and I also tried my best and bowled well"

"I am doing my best to maintain my fitness and play as much cricket as I can and to continue bowling as quick as I can"

"Goal is to help my side win and become the best bowler in PSL, and along with Naseem and Shinwari to bowl the best we can and win games for this"

"Our main target was to get the openers out, and save runs; I bowled in an attacking manner and got Sharjeel out and that gave me confidence"
 
It's apparent that he has developed a very decent stock out-swinger. When he started his seam was all over the place

Excellent progress needs to keep it up and focus on FC from next season onwards
 
Bigboii said:
FC cricket bowling average of about 25

That's the only way he should be coming any way near the national setup except for t20s
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His List-A record is excellent. No reason why he shouldn't play ODIs, but agree with you regarding tests
 
Could do so much better if we had any decent coaches around that could help him get that front leg braces. It collapses so much and thus he loses height in his action.
 
Nado_ said:
Was ridiculous that we did not play him, they wanted a new ball bowler to compliment Shaheen and instead they persisted with Rauf, who does not show capability to put in extra ordinary performances.
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Ridiculous? Pakistan have churned through fast bowler after fast bowler in the past 10 years. Where has that got us? The last Pakistani fast bowler to take 200 wickets was Waqar.

Rauf's selection was on merit for SA. He did not perform but prior to that his domestic, league and international performances were better than Hasnain's and anyone else's for that matter, except maybe Amir.

We've been getting emotional and dropping players seamlessly for long enough now. Even if Rauf is looking like dropping off (thanks Waqar) he ought to remain in the side until either his position becomes untenable or Hasnain forces his way in with performances like today.
 
Great game from him. If he can kepp bowling like this he and Afridi will be opening our attack in the T-20 World Cup.
 
Kroll said:
Why was he not backed ahead of Musa and Naseem by Misbah/Waqar? What utter clowns, clearly has more quality than both.
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It's not all about Misbah and Waqar. Babar is the boss and should make the selection calls. He should have realized about Hasnain's potential and played him ahead of our new spray gun Rauf
 
He has finally improved quiet a bit now, An ideal new bowl away swing bowler to compliment Shaheen inswingers at the other end. Now I want Hasan Ali to get back to his old form and rythm and our Test and ODIs and even T20 problems are solved , The other 3 bowlers can be Naseem (I really hope he improve and get to back his own this season) Rauf (I really rate this guy for some reasons) Sameen Gul and any decent upcoming bowler this season (Be it Zameer , Dilbar or any one)
 
6 runs needed off the last over. Hasnain gets a wicket the first ball, a run out the next. 6 from 4.

Then he inexplicably bowled a full toss to third man which goes for 4, and suddenly the scores are level.

Pressure is cruel
 
Firebat said:
6 runs needed off the last over. Hasnain gets a wicket the first ball, a run out the next. 6 from 4.

Then he inexplicably bowled a full toss to third man which goes for 4, and suddenly the scores are level.

Pressure is cruel
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Unlucky there but Steyn lost the match in the previous over. No bowler in the world could have defended 6 runs there.
 
Firebat said:
6 runs needed off the last over. Hasnain gets a wicket the first ball, a run out the next. 6 from 4.

Then he inexplicably bowled a full toss to third man which goes for 4, and suddenly the scores are level.

Pressure is cruel
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Dew made that ball slip probably
 
Maliq_Mudasir said:
He bowled pretty well apart from that no ball, probably due to dew.
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There will always be “apart” and “except” when he is playing. Like majority of the rest, he is also not good enough and he has deficiencies in his game that will prevent him from becoming a quality player at the highest level.

Yet another overhyped “talent”.

Him, Rauf, Naseem - all garbage.
 
Mamoon said:
There will always be “apart” and “except” when he is playing. Like majority of the rest, he is also not good enough and he has deficiencies in his game that will prevent him from becoming a quality player at the highest level.

Yet another overhyped “talent”.

Him, Rauf, Naseem - all garbage.
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Match was gifted by steyn after he conceded 3 sixes. Young lad has bowled well throughout the tournament. Give credit where it is due.
 
Maliq_Mudasir said:
Match was gifted by steyn after he conceded 3 sixes. Young lad has bowled well throughout the tournament. Give credit where it is due.
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There is no need to give credit when I know that he will never have a successful international career.
 
No one could honestly expect him to defend 6 off the last over.

From what I have seen in this tournament, he can have a successful international career.
 
Must have been the dew that caused the ball to slip. Feel for the kid. No way anyone would have been able to defend 6 in the final over anyway, but the manner of it is very cruel.

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Maliq_Mudasir said:
Match was gifted by steyn after he conceded 3 sixes. Young lad has bowled well throughout the tournament. Give credit where it is due.
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Steyn, like the majority, is not good enough and has deficiencies in his game. Yet another overhyped “talent”.
 
Mamoon said:
There is no need to give credit when I know that he will never have a successful international career.
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Just like you thought Ahmad Shahzad and Quinton DeQock are equally talented?
 
Rana said:
Just like you thought Ahmad Shahzad and Quinton DeQock are equally talented?
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de kock is one of the most overrated players in the world... he is not half as good as mamoon likes to try and portray and, he along with buttler will go on to have had decent careers but will be nowhere near the status mamoon seems to give them....
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shahzad had lots of talent and wasted it with his own attitude and some poor management ( dropping him from tests when it was arguably his best format)
 
Hasnain was doing fine until his skipper started mouthing off in his face. The kid just seemed to lose it after that.
 
I have watched most of his spells in the PSL and although I am not a fan, I have seen some really good stuff from him. He still doesn't look as quick as his speed suggests but he looks quicker than before.
 
The 2 balls that went for 6, he should have either gone for a slower ball or yorker.

Sarfaraz in his face just seemed to confuse the kid.
 
Saj said:
The 2 balls that went for 6, he should have either gone for a slower ball or yorker.

Sarfaraz in his face just seemed to confuse the kid.
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these are things he will learn from... hes still very young and has a way to go but the improvments hes made from his debut up till now are promising signs
 
Feel for him. Had an idiot of a captain that kept mouthing off. This was expected. And it happenedat the worst of time.

Sarfraz was having a go everytine someone went for a boundary. Hasnain took pressure.

He did bowl better than steyn
 
Saj said:
The 2 balls that went for 6, he should have either gone for a slower ball or yorker.

Sarfaraz in his face just seemed to confuse the kid.
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Wonder if Sarfaraz takes accountability for people's careers when it goes wrong after he forces them to bowl purely to his will.

It must be incredibly frustrating as well as confusing for Hasnain to go against his own ideas of bowling to appease a failed skipper who will bark and abuse endlessly if he doesn't.

Not sure what's going on in the dressing room but from here it looks like a mutiny might not be out of the question!
 
hitthestump said:
Wonder if Sarfaraz takes accountability for people's careers when it goes wrong after he forces them to bowl purely to his will.

It must be incredibly frustrating as well as confusing for Hasnain to go against his own ideas of bowling to appease a failed skipper who will bark and abuse endlessly if he doesn't.

Not sure what's going on in the dressing room but from here it looks like a mutiny might not be out of the question!
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i dont agree with sarfrazs public shows of anger and being overly emotional on field and i dont really rate him as a player tbh ... but to call him a failed skipper is harsh... he led us to number 1 in the world in t20s and a champions trophy victory and the lack of respect he is treated with embarrassing at times
 
Mamoon said:
There will always be “apart” and “except” when he is playing. Like majority of the rest, he is also not good enough and he has deficiencies in his game that will prevent him from becoming a quality player at the highest level.

Yet another overhyped “talent”.

Him, Rauf, Naseem - all garbage.
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Please explain what deficiencies you are referring to. I understood when you explained about rauf but Hasnain seems better than most of the lot and apparently I do it find any glaring deficiencies. He lacks experience and pressure handling but surely that can be learned with experience?
 
Sarfraz's antics and the dew were the reasons why the attempted Yorker by Hasnain ended as a wide.
 
He has improved a lot.Will become good with experience.He has a lot of time on his side.Most bowlers become good when they are around 25 years old.
 
Is a champion of bowling 4 world class balls every over and then compensates with 2 hit me balls. He lacks brains.
 
I'm loving Husnain's bowling these days. Yes there was that one horror ball where it all went wrong but putting that aside, he's bowled beautifully and at pace. He's improved considerably since he first burst onto the scene.

For a time, it seemed that Naseem Shah would far exceed Husnain when it came to performance but as things stand, Naseem seems to have regressed massively whilst at the same time, there are giant improvements in Hussnain's game. A fast bowling attack of Shaheen, Hassan Ali ans Husnain is a genuinely exciting prospect.
 
Rana said:
Just like you thought Ahmad Shahzad and Quinton DeQock are equally talented?
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Shehzad would have been a really good player if he didn’t end up in the wrong hands because of daddy issues. Unlike other young Pakistani batsman he had the temperament to occupy the crease and go big.

A good batting coach in the 2009-11 period could have sorted him out.

As far as Hasnain is concerned, he is a mental midget and blaming others will not change anything. He is relatively better than that joke Naseem, but he is not good enough in his own right to have a successful international career.

If you think otherwise that is fine, but let’s get back to this in a few years to see where he is. If he becomes a top bowler at the international level I will no hesitation in praising him.
 
wajid said:
Please explain what deficiencies you are referring to. I understood when you explained about rauf but Hasnain seems better than most of the lot and apparently I do it find any glaring deficiencies. He lacks experience and pressure handling but surely that can be learned with experience?
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He is a better bowler than Rauf and Naseem and will do better than them relatively, but he has a bottle gene that will prevent him from having a glittering career.

9/10 times, he is going to lose the plot under pressure. People can blame the dew, Sarfraz’s shouting in his ears and anything and anyone else at this point, but in due time, it will become obvious that there is something lacking in Hasnain as well.

He is basically the next Sami, who also failed to have a successful career because he too was a mental midget.

You throw the ball to Hasnain under pressure and more often than not he will find a way to let you down. When I was watching the last over yesterday I was convinced that we will win, but if we were up against Qalandars with Shaheen bowling the last over, I wouldn’t be confident of getting over the line.
 
I feel incredibly sad over what happened yesterday. I just hope that Hasnain bounces back soon from the setback. Here´s wishing him success in the matches to come. Come on, boy!
 
Mamoon said:
He is a better bowler than Rauf and Naseem and will do better than them relatively, but he has a bottle gene that will prevent him from having a glittering career.

9/10 times, he is going to lose the plot under pressure. People can blame the dew, Sarfraz’s shouting in his ears and anything and anyone else at this point, but in due time, it will become obvious that there is something lacking in Hasnain as well.

He is basically the next Sami, who also failed to have a successful career because he too was a mental midget.

You throw the ball to Hasnain under pressure and more often than not he will find a way to let you down. When I was watching the last over yesterday I was convinced that we will win, but if we were up against Qalandars with Shaheen bowling the last over, I wouldn’t be confident of getting over the line.
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I agree completely with your views about Hasnain. Mental side of his games seems to be lacking. I fear he might go the Sami route.
 
Hasnain with the fastest delivery so far of PSL6, 151.1 kph!
 
Hasnain has the potential to become Pak's new Shoaib Akhtar. The new superstar of bowling.
 
sohailmm said:
I agree completely with your views about Hasnain. Mental side of his games seems to be lacking. I fear he might go the Sami route.
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mental side develops with experience of which he has very little ? rn he is a kid with lots to learn and improve on... he has already shown considerable improvement in his bowling plans whereas beforr every ball was back of a length and as fast as possible - we have seen bouncers yorkers, slower ones... have some patience the signs are positive
 
Thats some incredible speeds can he break his own speed for this season and reach 154.he has improved massively
 
He maybe bowling 150 plus, but he has the attitude of a 120 kph trundler.

There is no character or presence in his bowling. Doesn't have the killer instinct that Shaheen and Hasan have.
 
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Hassnain has shown the biggest improvement of all young fast bowlers barring Shaheen.

2 years in long form domestics and he will be ready.
 
Corridor of Uncertainty said:
Hassnain has shown the biggest improvement of all young fast bowlers barring Shaheen.

2 years in long form domestics and he will be ready.
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DEfinitely he should be around the limited overs squad and play odd games, but now is the time for him to focus on red ball cricket and play some consistent first class cricket
 
Pacy with wisdom said:
He maybe bowling 150 plus, but he has the attitude of a 120 kph trundler.

There is no character or presence in his bowling. Doesn't have the killer instinct that Shaheen and Hasan have.
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He has not been given the same opportunities as Shaheen. Doesn’t seem to have the grasp of how to set up batsmen, that comes from experience and quality experience at that. He has improved on his skills, but that tactical nous is severely lacking still.
 
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