Raza Hasan vs Imad Wasim

[hadi123]

In his first match for more than 2 years, Raza Hasan returned excellent match figures of 12/188. Imad Wasim has only come in to the Pakistan team in this period Raza was banned and since then we have discovered many left arm spinners such as Nawaz and Hasan Khan.


Raza Hasan is the premier spinner compared to the likes of Nawaz , Asghar and Hasan Khan so my question is who is a better player; Raza Hasan or Imad Wasim? If Raza Hasan keeps doing well he may overtake Imad Wasim in the pecking order.

 

[CricFan2012]

Raza Hasan is better

 

[ExpressPacer]

I wouldn't think a second time and go for Imad Wasim and that is for a number of reasons. Imad Wasim not only promises a lot of commitment and passion, but also good hard-hitting and consistency as a batsman down the order, even in pressure situations - like the final vs India.

As far as his bowling is concerned, he's very hard to pick for Non-Asian sides and especially for people who haven't played him before given he doesn't spin it and is more of a mystery bowler with the ball skidding on to the batsman.

That being said however, I think Raza Hasan is not too far behind Imad as a bowler. He should definitely be in the mix post QeA considering how good he was when I last saw him.

For now, I think its somewhat like this:

1) Imad Wasim
2) Raza Hasan
3) Mohammad Asghar
4) Zafar Gohar
5) Mohammad Nawaz
6) Hasan Khan

We're lucky we have quite a few able left-arm spinners right now. Unfortunately, only a couple (at most) can play.

 

[badsha001]

Raza Hassan is the proper batsman...

 

[CricFan2012]

I wouldn't think a second time and go for Imad Wasim and that is for a number of reasons. Imad Wasim not only promises a lot of commitment and passion, but also good hard-hitting and consistency as a batsman down the order, even in pressure situations - like the final vs India.

As far as his bowling is concerned, he's very hard to pick for Non-Asian sides and especially for people who haven't played him before given he doesn't spin it and is more of a mystery bowler with the ball skidding on to the batsman.

That being said however, I think Raza Hasan is not too far behind Imad as a bowler. He should definitely be in the mix post QeA considering how good he was when I last saw him.

For now, I think its somewhat like this:

1) Imad Wasim
2) Raza Hasan
3) Mohammad Asghar
4) Zafar Gohar
5) Mohammad Nawaz
6) Hasan Khan

We're lucky we have quite a few able left-arm spinners right now. Unfortunately, only a couple (at most) can play.

Imad was having difficulty hitting the ball in that final, except for that one six, he's not the finisher we can rely on.

He's an okay batsman for a run a ball short innings, but we need more than that, that's where we're massively lacking in world cricket, not having a batsman like Stokes, Mo, Hardik in this era will bite us in the back in an important match.

 

[Plumb]

Raza Hasan over Imad any day.

 

[ExpressPacer]

Imad was having difficulty hitting the ball in that final, except for that one six, he's not the finisher we can rely on.

He's an okay batsman for a run a ball short innings, but we need more than that, that's where we're massively lacking in world cricket, not having a batsman like Stokes, Mo, Hardick in this era will bite us in the back in an important match.

Most other batsmen so young would not have been able to keep their wicket, let alone hit boundaries and a six in the pressure of an India - Pakistan final.

And must you not forget, in the CT, India's bowling was their forte. They were regularly beating sides just because of their bowling.

 

[Justcrazy]

Raza hassan is a superior bowler , without shade of doubt.

Also , he is no mug with the bat.

 

[Abdul]

Raza Hasan was better than this pretender.

 

[Madplayer]

Raza hassan is a far far superior bowler. Arguably the best left arm spinner in Pakistan currently.

 

[Rayyman]

Imad is a lot better tbh.

 

[hadi123]

I wouldn't think a second time and go for Imad Wasim and that is for a number of reasons. Imad Wasim not only promises a lot of commitment and passion, but also good hard-hitting and consistency as a batsman down the order, even in pressure situations - like the final vs India.

As far as his bowling is concerned, he's very hard to pick for Non-Asian sides and especially for people who haven't played him before given he doesn't spin it and is more of a mystery bowler with the ball skidding on to the batsman.

That being said however, I think Raza Hasan is not too far behind Imad as a bowler. He should definitely be in the mix post QeA considering how good he was when I last saw him.

For now, I think its somewhat like this:

1) Imad Wasim
2) Raza Hasan
3) Mohammad Asghar
4) Zafar Gohar
5) Mohammad Nawaz
6) Hasan Khan

We're lucky we have quite a few able left-arm spinners right now. Unfortunately, only a couple (at most) can play.

I agree with that ability wise more or less. However, it seems like Zafar Gohar is out of the picture now and lower in the pecking order than the likes of Nawaz and Hasan Khan which is a shame for him. I think he is currently injured as well which doesn't help.

 

[ExpressPacer]

I agree with that ability wise more or less. However, it seems like Zafar Gohar is out of the picture now and lower in the pecking order than the likes of Nawaz and Hasan Khan which is a shame for him. I think he is currently injured as well which doesn't help.

I'm aware of that and it's pretty sad because from the little that I saw of him, he's a much better prospect that Nawaz and Hasan both. I think he would bother Asghar too considering he hasn't done anything of note since the first PSL.

 

[mak36]

I wouldn't think a second time and go for Imad Wasim and that is for a number of reasons. Imad Wasim not only promises a lot of commitment and passion, but also good hard-hitting and consistency as a batsman down the order, even in pressure situations - like the final vs India.

As far as his bowling is concerned, he's very hard to pick for Non-Asian sides and especially for people who haven't played him before given he doesn't spin it and is more of a mystery bowler with the ball skidding on to the batsman.

That being said however, I think Raza Hasan is not too far behind Imad as a bowler. He should definitely be in the mix post QeA considering how good he was when I last saw him.

For now, I think its somewhat like this:

1) Imad Wasim
2) Raza Hasan
3) Mohammad Asghar
4) Zafar Gohar
5) Mohammad Nawaz
6) Hasan Khan

We're lucky we have quite a few able left-arm spinners right now. Unfortunately, only a couple (at most) can play.

How have you skipped Kamran Ghulam?

 

[ExpressPacer]

How have you skipped Kamran Ghulam?

To be honest, I haven't seen much of him to form an opinion. 13 wickets in 8 First Class games doesn't say much so I'm going to reserve my comments as far as ability is concerned till I see him.

As of now, I'd rate him under Nawaz. Lets not forget Nawaz hasn't shown much of his batting prowess in Internationals because packs a serious punch. His highest score in LA's is 187.

 

[Abdullah719]

To be honest, I haven't seen much of him to form an opinion. 13 wickets in 8 First Class games doesn't say much so I'm going to reserve my comments as far as ability is concerned till I see him.

As of now, I'd rate him under Nawaz. Lets not forget Nawaz hasn't shown much of his batting prowess in Internationals because packs a serious punch. His highest score in LA's is 187.

Kamran Ghulam is a far better option than Nawaz in the shorter formats as an all-rounder. You can check his videos here, he would definitely be more handy down the order than Nawaz and is a capable bowler as well.

In the longer formats, Nawaz is not good enough as a bowler or an all-rounder yet.

 

[saeed5646]

agree with [MENTION=141922]ExpressPacer[/MENTION] imad is currently better than all the them in LOI.i am not too sure about the

raza hasan who has not played competitive cricket for more than 2 years and we all know the standard of

domestic cricket so we should at least wait till raza bowl in televised match before calling him better than

imad

 

[ExpressPacer]

Kamran Ghulam is a far better option than Nawaz in the shorter formats as an all-rounder. You can check his videos here, he would definitely be more handy down the order than Nawaz and is a capable bowler as well.

In the longer formats, Nawaz is not good enough as a bowler or an all-rounder yet.

Just checked out the videos. I can't believe I was ignorant enough to not have noticed him earlier. However, are you sure we can rate him over a tournament that basically consists of a bunch of club level players?

 

[Hasan123]

Rasa Hasan was a much more exciting talent. Let's see how he performs now.

 

[Abdullah719]

Just checked out the videos. I can't believe I was ignorant enough to not have noticed him earlier. However, are you sure we can rate him over a tournament that basically consists of a bunch of club level players?

Can't read too much into it but you can see that he has the ability to strike the ball. We need these type of players in T20s.

Raza Hasan is obviously a more exciting option from a bowling point of view though.

 

[New Yorker]

In his first match for more than 2 years, Raza Hasan returned excellent match figures of 12/188. Imad Wasim has only come in to the Pakistan team in this period Raza was banned and since then we have discovered many left arm spinners such as Nawaz and Hasan Khan.


Raza Hasan is the premier spinner compared to the likes of Nawaz , Asghar and Hasan Khan so my question is who is a better player; Raza Hasan or Imad Wasim? If Raza Hasan keeps doing well he may overtake Imad Wasim in the pecking order.

Depends a bit on what we need. Raza is the better spinner by some distance particularly in longer formats of the game and is a better investment because younger than Wasim. Imad is currently the no 1 bowler in IT20s for a reason. But he has not become a spinning strike bowler for Pakistan in ODIs in the Ajmal or Tahir mould, which is surely where Raza might have a look in. Could play both in that format.

 

[pakistanigoneaussie]

Raza Hasan was a player of immense ability who threw it away


He still has time though, will be interesting to see how he progress

If his batting improves, there is no reason why he should not play over Imad, when he is lightyears ahead of him in bowling.


Imad is a really curious case, as others have mentioned he doesnt badly do enough to be dropped, and he doesnt do well enough to inspire confidence either.


We should not be adverse to seeking alternatives, especially in odis

 

[MMHS]

Raza any day - over any spinner, except Yasir in Test. May be, they can carry with Imad in T20. Ideal bowling combination for 3 formats should be

In Asia (& WI)-
Test: Hasan, 2nd pacer (Can be Amir or Abbas), Yasir, Raza + Aga Salman Ali (Or any off-spin all-rounder)
ODI: Amir, Hasan, pace All-rounder (Yamin or Fahim or any new kid), Raza, Shadab + Malik
T20: Amir, Hasan, pace All-rounder (Yamin or Fahim or any new kid), Imad, Shadab + Malik

In UK (& NZ) -
Test: Amir, Abbas, Hasan, Yasir + Hairs (& Azhar)
ODI: Amir, Hasan, 3rd pacer (JK or new kid, current resources are not good enough, need new face), 2 of Raza, Shadab & a pace all-rounder depending on weather & venue
T20: Amir, Hasan, 3rd pacer/pace all-rounder, Imad, Shadab

IN AUS (& SAF) -
Test: Amir, new pacer, new pacer (May be Abbas for next SAF tour, but not for next AUS tour), Yasir (Or new leggi that turns big) + Finger spin all-rounder (May be Haris & Azhar can manage 25 overs)
ODI: Amir, Hasan, 3rd pacer/pace all-rounder, Shadab, Raza + Haris
T20: Amir, Hasan, 3rd pacer/pace all-rounder, Shadab, Imad + Malik

 

[mak36]

Just checked out the videos. I can't believe I was ignorant enough to not have noticed him earlier. However, are you sure we can rate him over a tournament that basically consists of a bunch of club level players?

He was part of IU's squad in PSL 1 but only played 2 games. It was a little harsh of them to drop him to be honest (although it paid dividends with Shadab I suppose).

He is also one of the few left arm spinners in Pakistan who bowls a carrom ball.