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Usman Khan Shinwari is a big whole hearted cricketer

Saj said:
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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The fact of the matter is that he doesn't have any skill! He can run in and bowl at decent pace . . no skill, no game awareness, can't swing the ball, no bounce . . nothing!

He is going to get absolutely WALLOPED in England if we take him!
 
Rana said:
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.
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You forgot Junaid Khan.
 
Rana said:
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.
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Darkrai said:
You forgot Junaid Khan.
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I think Faheem Ashraf would be ahead of UKS at this point. That says it all.
 
I think Shinwari needs to rediscover the swing which made him deadly in his opening season in domestic cricket
 
I don’t know. I like something about him. I was sick of watching unmotivated trundlers like Rahat ali fr so long. Shinwari has passion and a fast bowlers aggression. He runs in hard and is lively with the ball.

However, he can always bowl an over which loses his team the match or bowl an over which wins his team the match. He blows hot and cold.
 
Rana said:
Another person noted Faheem Ashraf also. Yes both JK and Faheem are better pace bowlers than Shinwari.
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Mohammad Abbas is also coming in the mix of things in ODIs.
 
muhammad saad said:
What happened to his Boomerang outswing??? Nothing bowler he is without that swing.
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Not hitting the good length often and when he does his line is off more often than not. For any movement to be generated and be effective you need to be bowling in an area of uncertainty. Whatever little swing he produces is going to be ineffective as a short ball or half volley.
 
Titan24 said:
Mohammad Abbas is also coming in the mix of things in ODIs.
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I actually forgot to add Rumman Raees Also.

Shinwari is sol fortunate to to still be selected for the series against Australia. Although as argued 11-12 names should be considered before him.

Good for Pakistan really, looks like the Pace factory is back
 
Sher Khan said:
I don’t know. I like something about him. I was sick of watching unmotivated trundlers like Rahat ali fr so long. Shinwari has passion and a fast bowlers aggression. He runs in hard and is lively with the ball.

However, he can always bowl an over which loses his team the match or bowl an over which wins his team the match. He blows hot and cold.
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Shinwari needs work with the coaches. Plenty of examples of bowlers who were initially hot and cold in the early part of their careers before they became more consistent with more experience. If he can rediscover the swing he had in his first season and the pace he bowls at he will be lethal.

I wonder if him striving for extra pace is the problem which hurts his length
 
This thread is like saying that other cricketer's don't have that big hearts compared to Shinwari and aren't trying hard enough.

Poster is just supporting one of their favourite bowlers by using this mediocre justification.

I agree that Usman has the potential to blow line ups away but he is extremely inconsistent and the risk isn't worth it unless he improves.
 
CricFan2012 said:
This thread is like saying that other cricketer's don't have that big hearts compared to Shinwari and aren't trying hard enough.

Poster is just supporting one of their favourite bowlers by using this mediocre justification.

I agree that Usman has the potential to blow line ups away but he is extremely inconsistent and the risk isn't worth it unless he improves.
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You can judge these things by looking at a bowlers body language in general and especially when the going gets tough. Seeing Amir operate at 127-128 km/hr on unsupportive pitches or when the overs pile is another example. Even Imran Khan used to like cricketers who had temprament rather than ability alone. This is the reason why he picked Mushtaq Ahmed in the 1992 WC squad.
 
Agree .....I don't get how shinwari is a better bowler than Wahab to get picked again and again for Pakistan .. the latter should have been picked atleast for the Australia series .he was by far our best bower at the last world cup and has been performing well and bowling at pace in current PSL !
 
Savak said:
I think Shinwari needs to rediscover the swing which made him deadly in his opening season in domestic cricket
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Shinwari has ability no doubt but when the stakes are high, unfortunately he crumbles as we saw yesterday. Should be kept away from the Pakistan squad. Need players who can keep their cool under pressure.
 
topspin said:
Shinwari has ability no doubt but when the stakes are high, unfortunately he crumbles as we saw yesterday. Should be kept away from the Pakistan squad. Need players who can keep their cool under pressure.
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Don't think its the pressure, just gets his execution wrong. Players under pressure dont race in every delivery
 
Savak said:
Don't think its the pressure, just gets his execution wrong. Players under pressure dont race in every delivery
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He's always crumbles under the slightest pressure.

Yes he gives 100% but he's not good enough at international level. He will choke in the WC - no doubt about it!

Also there is no way does he have the edge on Amir, who not only has an intelligent cricketing brain but knows how to keep his calm on the big stage as evident by his excellent track record in ICC LOI tournaments and his excellent economy at the death + in T20Is.

Picking Shinwari and making him bowl at the death is a recipe for disaster my friend!
 
I don't doubt he's an honest trier, but he lacks bowling intelligence and fails to bowl to set fields.
 
Not impressive at all from Shinwari vs KK!
 
That fluke spell against Misbah’s team in a domestic T20 in 2013, where he swung the ball like Wasim, made his career.

I don’t think he would have played international cricket or even PSL without that performance.
 
His career is by no means over, he isn't a T20 bowler and that's clear from Day 1 when he made his T20I debut back in 2013.
He is a must for ODI team, his record in ODIs is very very impressive and he's performed everywhere, on every type of surface and against top ranked opposition as well. He's been Pakistan's best bowler after CT17 when it comes to the ODI format.

Shouldn't be selected for T20Is at all and is a must in the ODI team, as simple as that.
 
Mamoon said:
That fluke spell against Misbah’s team in a domestic T20 in 2013, where he swung the ball like Wasim, made his career.

I don’t think he would have played international cricket or even PSL without that performance.
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Anwar Ali U19 WC - another fluke spell.

Would've never been noticed and selected anywhere without that.

Junaid Khan also pulled off one fluke spell in AnayDo 2012.
 
Cpt. Rishwat said:
Called it a year ago, people are just catching up now. Musa Khan is equally useless for the same reason. Not fast enough to terrify genuine batsmen, and not enough skills to compensate.
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Musa khan bowls at 145 clicks but agree on skill level
 
Not the most intelligent bowler.

Doesn't seem to be able to understand what works for him and just runs in and bowls without much thought.
 
Lahore need to get him out of the line up if they want to progress in the PSL.

Shinwari can't be trusted to be consistent.
 
He was always useless but he managed to lose pace as well. Trundler
 
He will remain a rubbish headless chicken who runs in and then just bowls pies. He is not and he will never be an international standard.
 
Kroll said:
The ball also goes flying past his head at 145 clicks when he's bowling.
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No itgoes flying at a lot more pace than he delivers it. More like it goes pass his head at 200 clicks. Thoughtless bowler who was lucky to be selected for Pakistan thanks to Misbah. Rubbish
 
Kroll said:
The ball also goes flying past his head at 145 clicks when he's bowling.
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If you look at the post I was responding to he stated musa not quick enough I stated 145 is quick enough but his skill level isnt thier
 
He is a whole hearted cricketer but unfortunately he is not good enough international cricketer on his best day (which is one in 5) he can do a job which is not good enough.
 
Rudi hater said:
No itgoes flying at a lot more pace than he delivers it. More like it goes pass his head at 200 clicks. Thoughtless bowler who was lucky to be selected for Pakistan thanks to Misbah. Rubbish
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Hehe true that. Selection for Australia Test series was baffling. Not doing much better in LOI cricket where we were told he'd perform better.

Misbah needs to be brought to book for these senseless decisions, but all we'll get his some sarcastic comments as is the customary default response from the great man.
 
And he's made it to the list of 20 for the Test side! How is that even possible?
 
Did well today vs Sindh but bit of a battering in his final over - ends up on 3/20 in 4 overs
 
Usman shinwari is hands down a better bowler than Md Illyas, yet Illyas is always preferred, things that are tough to understand!
 
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