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Saim Ayub as an all-rounder: Performance watch

Was the Saim Ayub would be the best all rounder of all Formats?

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Saim Ayub is honoring inzamam 2003 world cup performance

Inzamam 2003 world cup

6 matches 19 runs 3.16 average

Saim Ayub 2025 Asia cup

6 matches 23 runs 3.83 average
 
jnaveen1980 said:
Saim Ayub is honoring inzamam 2003 world cup performance

Inzamam 2003 world cup

6 matches 19 runs 3.16 average

Saim Ayub 2025 Asia cup

6 matches 23 runs 3.83 average
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Inzamam is a very good reason why we didn’t we couldn’t win any world cup between 1992 and 2007. He would often go missing in big tournaments.
 
cricketmania22 said:
Inzamam is a very good reason why we didn’t we couldn’t win any world cup between 1992 and 2007. He would often go missing in big tournaments.
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The Australian team of that era was a generational talent (Dr Noman Niaz lol) that won three successive World Cups (1999, 2003, and 2007). They were almost invincible. However, we could have done better in 2003 and 2007, at least reached the semis.
 
AZulfi said:
The Australian team of that era was a generational talent (Dr Noman Niaz lol) that won three successive World Cups (1999, 2003, and 2007). They were almost invincible. However, we could have done better in 2003 and 2007, at least reached the semis.
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We should have done well in 1996 too. After such a great start Inzi should have taken us close to the victory in the QF against India. He used to hit those bowlers for fun in Sharjah.
 
shamaan said:
He still has a chance to win pakistan a game with the bat.
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Pak don’t change ‘winning combination’ so he’s obviously going to play the final. Plus his bowling has been really good so he’s undroppable.
 
Waqar Younis speaking to an indian media outlet:

"Look, I said it after the second duck, I said this guy needs to be benched. It's not that he is not talented; he is very talented. I think he is the future of Pakistan cricket. But sometimes when things are not going right for you, you just keep going in the shell, keep going down and down, and that's what is happening here with him. His body language was poor this afternoon when he walked onto the field."

"You know, he is a youngster, you really need to look after them sometimes, by just not playing them sometimes. Pakistan kept on playing him, just purely because he can bowl. You don't need to worry about his bowling; Pakistan needs to worry about his batting. If he is going to give us runs or not. At the moment, it's not happening. He needs to dig deeper in his game to score a few runs"
 
He is probably the best bowler in this lineup, literally undroppable even if he bats like Chris Martin these days.
 
Cover Drive Six said:
Saim Ayub era will start soon.
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Pakistan treats T20s like tests. That is where you persist with potential players. In T20 generall players shouldn't take more than 5 or 6 matches to showcase their talent. 10 matches max. He has played 45 matches. If he can't you have to move on to next guy as this format requires capable , inform players. This guy has played 14 T20s against NZ. Scored a grand total of 153 runs at an average of 12.75/SR of 130.76 . But they cling on to that one 98 he made against SA where even RVD scored at 173 SR and pakistan lost that match.
 
He could either become the next Shahid Afridi (utility player who plays 100s of games) or next Umar Akmal (Discarded after certain games).
 
He couldn't make the most of his decent start and gone after making 14 off 11. Still a lot better than a duck.
 
I hope he doesnt get to bowl with the ball when India bat after providing such an excellent performance with the bat, Agha might give such a useless bowler to bowl 3 overs in the first 8 overs of the match and finish the contest there itself. This Saim whether with the ball in his hand or bat provides no value.
 
He needs to go back to drawing board and see what is going off for him.

It could be slow UAE wickets - but still you need to score some runs with on/off failure.

Needs to work super hard on his game next 2/3 weeks.
 
If Saim hadn’t been bowling, either his batting stats would have been better or he’d be out of the team. Agha made Saim an all-rounder to hide his own lack of overs. That’s how you break a player and mould him into Hesson’s vision of bits and pieces.
 
It is not a surprise to not see his name in the test squad for the upcoming series against South Africa but I expect him to be back in the Pakistan team for the white ball series.
 
jnaveen1980 said:
Another Umar Akmal who was hyped and compared with sachin after his first Test innings.
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He has two ODI tons in SAF and helped us win ODI series in Australia.

Anything but Umar Akmal - I don't think you follow the game properly, and T20 not best for his game.

He isn't suited to UAE type pitches - I see him doing well in ODI coming series.
 
He is even more threatening than Abrar when it comes to wicket taking ability but he does seems to ball one bad delivery every couple of overs and if he can control that then has the potential to become genuine frontline spinner.
 
He needs to work on his batting full time. Focusing on bowling has ruined him. Another prospect destroyed by these useless Pakistani coaches.
 
He probably is more suited for ODIs, can't believe he has played 48 T20Is at an average of 19 and SR of 134. Even though he averages 24 with the ball and an economy under 7, he hardly bowls 1 over a game, cannot be termed as an all rounder. At the moment he is just a batter who can bowl a bit and he is not doing his primary role well in this format. 4 fifties in 46 innings is pretty bad for a specialist batter who bats in top 3. He probably should concentrate on ODIs which seems to be his best format
 
He needs to play full season of domestic along with Odis and needs to be kept away from t20s until he finds form.
 
Saim Ayub has made it into Wisdens XI for the Asia cup team of the tournament

www.wisden.com

Wisden's Asia Cup 2025 Team Of The Tournament | Asia Cup 2025 | Cricket News Today

The 2025 Asia Cup came to an end on Sunday, with India beating Pakistan to win the title (but not lift the trophy). Here is Wisden's Team of the Tournament.
www.wisden.com www.wisden.com

Abhishek Sharma, Pathum Nissanka, Saim Ayub, Tilak Varma, Sanju Samson, Azmatullah Omarzai, Axar Patel, Dasun Shanaka, Shaheen Afridi, Kuldeep Yadav, Mustafizur Rahman
 
I do believe Pakistan somewhat missed a trick with him in test. Abdullah should have been dropped for saim.

Test would probs be the perfect platform to get his rhythm back
 
mominsaigol said:
I do believe Pakistan somewhat missed a trick with him in test. Abdullah should have been dropped for saim.

Test would probs be the perfect platform to get his rhythm back
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Plus if Pakistan is opting for spin doctored pitches then saim offers an extra spin option anyway
 
Sachin fan said:
Saim Ayub has made it into Wisdens XI for the Asia cup team of the tournament

www.wisden.com

Wisden's Asia Cup 2025 Team Of The Tournament | Asia Cup 2025 | Cricket News Today

The 2025 Asia Cup came to an end on Sunday, with India beating Pakistan to win the title (but not lift the trophy). Here is Wisden's Team of the Tournament.
www.wisden.com www.wisden.com

Abhishek Sharma, Pathum Nissanka, Saim Ayub, Tilak Varma, Sanju Samson, Azmatullah Omarzai, Axar Patel, Dasun Shanaka, Shaheen Afridi, Kuldeep Yadav, Mustafizur Rahman
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This team will lose majority of the games against semi decent teams.
 
He is definitely a T20 all-rounder. Possibly an ODI all-rounder too. Not sure about Test.
 
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