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Call him dumb and brainless as much as you want, but i am pretty certain that the reason Mickey Arthur loves this guy is the fact he races in and gives 100% on each and every delivery. Right now he is a boom or bust player where either he goes for plenty or when he performs he wins the match for Pakistan. He got mauled from Ahmed Shehzad in his third over but it takes a lot of mental strength to come back and deliver a final over like that.

However i give him the edge over Amir because Amir to me is a softy who gets disheartened and goes missing when the going gets tough. Do you seriously think Amir would have backed himself or believed he could have defended 5 runs in the final over with a set batsman in? Shinwari doesn't think about these things, he just runs and gives his 100%, yesterday i saw a ball from him at 146 km/hr, when has Amir bowled at that pace last?

The only thing we need to see from him is the prodigious swing he showed early on in his career. I am glad Mickey Arthur and the Pakistan team management refuse to give up on him.
 
With all due and respect, giving your all doesn't hide the fact he's mentally weak bowler that can't take pressure and just keeps bowling the same.

He rarely, if at any time, adheres by the field the captain sets for him and just uses his brute as a way of getting someone out.

Regarding his swing, I feel that's gone now. He's just a gun-barrel straight-type bowler now. His lack of slower deliveries too is odd.
 
Sherlock said:
With all due and respect, giving your all doesn't hide the fact he's mentally weak bowler that can't take pressure and just keeps bowling the same.

He rarely, if at any time, adheres by the field the captain sets for him and just uses his brute as a way of getting someone out.

Regarding his swing, I feel that's gone now. He's just a gun-barrel straight-type bowler now. His lack of slower deliveries too is odd.
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Mentally weak bowlers don't defend 5 runs in the last over bowling to a set batsman and against a team with wickets in hand. Mentally weak bowlers don't run through sides when they get a wicket.

I will however tell you what mentally weak bowlers do, bowl at 127-130 km/hr when the wicket has nothing for them, when the opposition is on top or if they have to bowl longer spells. I will take Shinwari over Amir anyday. With his work ethic and die hard attitude, it is only a matter of time when he becomes a force to be reckoned with.
 
Savak said:
Mentally weak bowlers don't defend 5 runs in the last over bowling to a set batsman and against a team with wickets in hand. Mentally weak bowlers don't run through sides when they get a wicket.

I will however tell you what mentally weak bowlers do, bowl at 127-130 km/hr when the wicket has nothing for them, when the opposition is on top or if they have to bowl longer spells. I will take Shinwari over Amir anyday. With his work ethic and die hard attitude, it is only a matter of time when he becomes a force to be reckoned with.
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U can't be serious.
It was a fluke.
A fluke.
Nothing special from shinwari.
The guy was getting smashed in the last 3 overs he bowled.
He's mentally weak it is obvious.
 
a_tahir said:
U can't be serious.
It was a fluke.
A fluke.
Nothing special from shinwari.
The guy was getting smashed in the last 3 overs he bowled.
He's mentally weak it is obvious.
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Lol at defending 5 runs of the last over is nothing special. Sour grapes from the anti shinwari crowd who refuse to sportingly give a man his dues. Name one bowler who doesn't get smashed in T-20 Cricket.
 
we need whole brained cricketers not whole hearted ones, already have too many of those
 
Savak said:
Lol at defending 5 runs of the last over is nothing special. Sour grapes from the anti shinwari crowd who refuse to sportingly give a man his dues. Name one bowler who doesn't get smashed in T-20 Cricket.
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shinwari gets smashed a little too often
 
Shinwari was selected again for Pak in 2017 edition of PSL, at that time he was bowling deadly yorkers.

The only problem for me is that he hasnt been able to bowl decent yorkers for sometimes now and is one of the reasons he has been going for a lot of runs especially in the later part of the innings.
 
Savak said:
Mentally weak bowlers don't defend 5 runs in the last over bowling to a set batsman and against a team with wickets in hand. Mentally weak bowlers don't run through sides when they get a wicket.

I will however tell you what mentally weak bowlers do, bowl at 127-130 km/hr when the wicket has nothing for them, when the opposition is on top or if they have to bowl longer spells. I will take Shinwari over Amir anyday. With his work ethic and die hard attitude, it is only a matter of time when he becomes a force to be reckoned with.
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Is this supposed to a parody post?

It was a fluke/Quetta had a meltdown. Shall we also forget his previous over :))
 
Savak said:
Mentally weak bowlers don't defend 5 runs in the last over bowling to a set batsman and against a team with wickets in hand. Mentally weak bowlers don't run through sides when they get a wicket.

I will however tell you what mentally weak bowlers do, bowl at 127-130 km/hr when the wicket has nothing for them, when the opposition is on top or if they have to bowl longer spells. I will take Shinwari over Amir anyday. With his work ethic and die hard attitude, it is only a matter of time when he becomes a force to be reckoned with.
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Glenn Maxwell must be one of the greatest off spinners of all time because he defended only 2 runs in the final over of a game against Pak.
 
Boi said:
Glenn Maxwell must be one of the greatest off spinners of all time because he defended only 2 runs in the final over of a game against Pak.
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Lool still remember that match from 2014.
 
Savak said:
Lol at defending 5 runs of the last over is nothing special. Sour grapes from the anti shinwari crowd who refuse to sportingly give a man his dues. Name one bowler who doesn't get smashed in T-20 Cricket.
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Amir. Bumrah. There are many MANY more
 
Who cares about "heart", you're either good enough or you're not. Shinwari is simply not good enough.
 
Thank god we have selectors. The team would be a mockery if selected on the basis of personal likes and dislikes. Too much likes for Amir who has nothing to show for it.
 
Savak said:
Thank god we have selectors. The team would be a mockery if selected on the basis of personal likes and dislikes. Too much likes for Amir who has nothing to show for it.
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When England would be thrashing the likes of hasan and shaheen on a ground like Trent bridge, you would need Amir. He is our death bowler, and gives the captain control in different stages of the game.
 
Savak said:
Thank god we have selectors. The team would be a mockery if selected on the basis of personal likes and dislikes. Too much likes for Amir who has nothing to show for it.
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Personal likes or dislikes?

How do you think the selectors have been picking the national side players...by merit? :))

In fact your bias for him has made this thread laughably anti-Shinwari than he would already be.

Take the L and let this go, he's an awful bowler.
 
Reposted with correction :amir2

Muhammad Amir: 4-0-24-3
Usman Shinwar: 4-0-42-1



I'd much rather take a "softie" who goes at 6 runs per over and picks up 3 wickets rather than a brainless "hardworker" who just gets smashed around for more than 10rpo and picks up a tailender wicket while he is trying to slog. Amir over UKS any day of the week and twice on Sunday.


Only people with agendas can want UKS over Amir. Anyone with even kindergarden level of cricket knowledge can tell who is the better bowler.
 
Shinwari has more wickets in ODI's than softie Amir already in 2018 and 2019. He was even given the new ball over the loser Amir in South Africa. Clearly the team management knows what it is doing.
 
Syed1 said:
Oh I was following on cricingif and it showed Shinwari picking up Hasan on last ball of innings.



That's all this loser bowler is good for, picking up tailenders when they are swinging for the fences. I have never seen a worst bowler get so much hype despite phainti after phainti. He makes Wahab Riaz look like a miserly McGrath type.
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Remind me the last time when Amir picked up more than one wicket in an ODI. He can't even wrap up the tail if his life depended on it.
 
He is way too inconsistent to be played as a frontline bowler.

And comparisons with Amir are futile; the latter is still playing due to his foregone hype.
 
ManFan said:
He is way too inconsistent to be played as a frontline bowler.

And comparisons with Amir are futile; the latter is still playing due to his foregone hype.
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Fact is that his good days are match winning performances for Pakistan.
 
Savak said:
Fact is that his good days are match winning performances for Pakistan.
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Yes but how many matches in between will he cost Pakistan?

It’s a rolling of the dice, one in five is not a great trade off.
 
ManFan said:
Yes but how many matches in between will he cost Pakistan?

It’s a rolling of the dice, one in five is not a great trade off.
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No reason why he can't get better. To win games you need wickets up front or in the middle or end. Amir does not provide Pakistan wickets and that has hurt us badly in ODI's.
 
Savak said:
No reason why he can't get better. To win games you need wickets up front or in the middle or end. Amir does not provide Pakistan wickets and that has hurt us badly in ODI's.
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I agree with that.

But one can improve his bowling physically but he is past the age to tinker with it mentally.

Anyways, if he wins a game for Pakistan, I will not be complaining.
 
Savak said:
No reason why he can't get better. To win games you need wickets up front or in the middle or end. Amir does not provide Pakistan wickets and that has hurt us badly in ODI's.
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He is somebody who gets tailenders out, that's it. He is really struggling atm.
 
Sean143 said:
He is somebody who gets tailenders out, that's it. He is really struggling atm.
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When did getting tailenders out become a bad thing. Amir can't even get tailenders out. This is what a fast bowler does, when he gets into the tail, he finishes them off.
 
So Big hearted that he hands over the match to opposition :yk
 
Mark my words, Usman Shinwari will go places for Pakistan. Injury excluding, he is going to be a consistent wicket taker for Pakistan.
 
Needs to develop a good slower one. He bowls the same thing over and over.
 
Savak said:
Mark my words, Usman Shinwari will go places for Pakistan. Injury excluding, he is going to be a consistent wicket taker for Pakistan.
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R u his marketing manager or something?
You're on something else lol
 
Lol.

Sure.

But, he's a bowling machine who runs in and bowls without having any idea where the ball will pitch. Or where to direct the ball.


NO skills, and brainless.
 
No chance, he’s needs time out to work on his game. I hope he doesn’t get selected for the WC!

Faheem
Hassan Ali
Amir
Junaid

Backup Afridi, Abbas and Hasnain
 
QuickCrick said:
No chance, he’s needs time out to work on his game. I hope he doesn’t get selected for the WC!

Faheem
Hassan Ali
Amir
Junaid

Backup Afridi, Abbas and Hasnain
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Agreed, but Shaheen needs to play ahead of Junaid. Much better bowler.
 
Hawkeye said:
Agreed, but Shaheen needs to play ahead of Junaid. Much better bowler.
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I’d be happy with either tbh but picked Junaid and because of how good he was during the CT17 - if he can reproduce that form then I think we are in with a chance as all the bowlers will get game time - need bench strength!
 
Big whole hearted cricketer gifting yet another match to the opposition... 2-0-28-0 while the rest of his teammates have gone for 6-8 rpo. I hate this fazool bowler.
 
Haan bhai [MENTION=2501]Savak[/MENTION] what happened to your big whole hearted cricketer?????
 
Another 40+ runs conceded thus far, and he's in his 3rd over...

Big hearted indeed...:))
 
Singlehandedly lost Pakistan the South Africa series. Doing the same for Karachi game after game. I will discard him in a heartbeat and replace him with Omer Khan in Australia squad.
 
The yorker length keeps becoming full tosses.
 
Corridor of Uncertainty said:
Singlehandedly lost Pakistan the South Africa series. Doing the same for Karachi game after game. I will discard him in a heartbeat and replace him with Omer Khan in Australia squad.
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Also single handedly allow bd score 220+ in asia cup which in the end proves match winning total
 
It is funny when commentators call Shinwari's wickets a 'comeback'. Most of his wickets come from mishits rather than any skill on his part.
 
Well done Shinwari, you've helped kick your side out of the tournament.

#BigHeart
 
in before savak says shinwari defended 5 in an over and amir couldn't defend 6.


that match was more quetta screwing it up than shinwari's brilliance.
 
Not really cut for bowling at all on Flat decks. Very risky bowler
 
He has a big heart. He didn't want the opposition to feel bad as they're the guests. So he sacrificed his own final berth for someone else. What a man.
 
Shinwari has had more ups and downs in his career than a roller-coaster.
 
Damn he lost the tournament for Karachi. They really had trouble for that 5th bowler. Both UKS and Sohail suck.
 
Chokli said:
in before savak says shinwari defended 5 in an over and amir couldn't defend 6.


that match was more quetta screwing it up than shinwari's brilliance.
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That match got KK in the playoffs and kicked LQ out. Point is in T-20 Cricket everyone gets smacked. Shinwari mostly gets the ball when everyone is going after him.
 
He has no variation. He will perform good in patches but will get hammered most of the times
 
Chokli said:
now you're just clutching straws.
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Its the truth, i mostly see him get the ball from Overs 10-12 when batsmen are looking to tee off. I believe the role given to him is to get the ball in the block hole, sadly he keeps getting it wrong and they become full tosses.
 
And we are going with just couple of spinners in the squad in UAE against Aussies to accommodate Shinwari. Umer Khan looked a real prospect throughout the tournament.
 
Savak said:
Its the truth, i mostly see him get the ball from Overs 10-12 when batsmen are looking to tee off. I believe the role given to him is to get the ball in the block hole, sadly he keeps getting it wrong and they become full tosses.
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He is good at only one thing, consistently keeping his economy rate around 13-16.
 
Savak said:
Its the truth, i mostly see him get the ball from Overs 10-12 when batsmen are looking to tee off. I believe the role given to him is to get the ball in the block hole, sadly he keeps getting it wrong and they become full tosses.
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So you basically agree with us that he doesn't have the accuracy of an international bowler?
 
Titan24 said:
And we are going with just couple of spinners in the squad in UAE against Aussies to accommodate Shinwari. Umer Khan looked a real prospect throughout the tournament.
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one spinner who doesn't even belong in the 15 let alone XI..

and one spinner who is an all rounder.

so pathetic
 
Pak's pace bowlers for LOI in the order I would see them and close to national selection

1. Shaheen Afridi
2. Hassan Ali
3. Mohammad Amir
4. Harris Rauf
5. Mohammad Musa
6. Mohammad Hasnain
7. Sameen Gul
8. Wahab Riaz (would take him over Shinwari at this point)
9. Rahat Ali
10. Usman Khan Shinwari

I dont see him better than the 9 names mentioned. This list excludes experienced bowlers such as Irfan and Sami who might still be better than him.
 
aloo paratha said:
So you basically agree with us that he doesn't have the accuracy of an international bowler?
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The thing i like about him is apart from racing in every ball, when he gets a wicket, he gets them in bunches, quick time and runs through the side. T-20 tbh isn't the place to judge bowlers overall
 
Like I said, he should only be considered for ODIs, and even then, he shoud be behind Shaheen, Hasan, Junaid, Hasnain, Faheem, Haris Rauf, Musa, and even Rumman in the pecking order.
 
Yes... the amount of runs he leaks does show how big of heart he got...:afridi
 
Mark my words, He is going to deliver some great 5-6 wicket quick prime Waqar, prime Shoaib type bursts and become the next big thing for the Pakistani bowling attack. Amir will be benched as people will get sick and tired of his Zulfiqar Babar type bowling.
 
In the PSL he has once again shown that he lacks game-awareness. He just seems to run in and bowl without much thought or consideration of the field set for him or the match situation or the opposition batsman.

Once in a while he hasa good game, but most of the time he looks very average.
 
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