I disagree with your OP. I think you've taken it a bit too literal. For me Azam Khan has to be the worst.
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Azam Khan definitely is up there. But his problem more than skills was his weight. If he had worked on it. He would've turned out a decent option in T20s as a WK Batter.I disagree with your OP. I think you've taken it a bit too literal. For me Azam Khan has to be the worst.
If we are being extremely extremely extremely literal then its Nawaz Sharif
But I do agree with the rest of it. His gully Mohala technique just wasnt good enough for international.
Man its crazy how my bias towards Rizzu made me make such stupid comments in the past. As soon as Rizzu left t20 I started analysing everything so carefully.
That's a what if, The reality is he doesn't have the displincne to lose weight. It is not too difficult to lose 1KG a week. Yes it is difficult for some, I dont wanna sugar coat it as if its easy to do but it is doable for a lot of people who showcase minor discipline.
His continued selection is a slap on the faces of those who toil in Pakistan domestic cricket.
So even worse average than Haris and one of the worst strike-rates in the playing XI.
Based on his current numbers he is not even good enough to play for UAE
Usman Khan reminds me of @Bhaag Viru Bhaag favorite- Sandagopal Ramesh former India opener. Worst Pakistani cricketer after Azam Khan and should never have been picked. It is a travesty that he is playing over Rizwan who despite his flaws is Viv Richards compared to hacks with 0 talent like Usman Khan, Azam Khan and tulla Agha.
Once a tulla, always a tulla.
Once again.. He is only gonna smash trundlers in domestic cricket... For internationals, he is useless.
Haris is a better WK than him. Usman as WK is a bit more than part timer. Batting wise though, he is not international quality. Thrives against low ranked teams and players, hence domestic bully. Batting style is one of the ugliest.
An extremely foolish decision. You can compromise on bowling or batting but there is no bits and pieces when it comes to keeping. You have to have a specialist. As much as I am against Haris, if there are no other specialist options then I would rather go with him than Usman or Nafay. If the latter are to be picked they should be picked purely for their batting. No amount of runs are worth missed chances behind the wicket.
I think he will do a decent job in these Asian conditions. Not expecting anything outstanding but I don't think it will be a complete failure for him.
I mean if he's scoring against Netherlands or USA then I wouldn't really count that as a success. I just don't see him scoring runs against quality teams. Best thing we can hope for is him hacking his way to 30 (20)
Imo runs aren't even the real issue. If he is playing as WK, his primary job is being safe behind the stumps, runs are secondary. I haven't seen recent games so haven't seen him keeping but playing part time keepers rarely pays off.
His keeping is one of the better among other part timers but he is not a regular. Though I'd argue runs are very important. Specially in this format. Other teams have aggressive WK batters, specially at the top who score runs. We have one in Haris too but team management refuses to play in his top order position.
His keeping has been very good.
Most of those aggressive WKs are pure keepers. Don't think Usman is a regular keeper even in domestic games.
You can get away with it in T20 I think.. I would be more concerned if he was keeping wickets in the longer formats. But with the matches in Sri Lanka his ability to keep wickets to spin might be tested.
As i said, i haven't seen him keep so not judging him specifically, just not a fan of part time keepers in general.
He’s not keeping like a part timer though. He is keeping like a proper keeper.
That's good. Will try to watch the game today .
