Usman Salahuddin Turning up the Heat on Middle Order Rivals

[M.A.G]

There is simply no doubt that this lad is Super SERIOUS TALENT.

In 2010-2011 Quaid Azam Divison two, His breakout year, He was the leading top scorer:
Scoring 927 runs from 15 Innings at an average of 77 with 4 Centuries and 4 Fifties.

In 2010-2011 Faysal Bank Pentangular Cup, He did ok:
Scoring 270 runs from 6 innings with 4 fifties, only failing not to score more in just 2 inning.

In One Day National Cup of 2010-2011, He also played well:
He scored 204 runs from 6 innings at an average of 68 with 3 notouts with 2 fifties including a final match winning runs in the last over.

In 2011-2012 Quaid Azam Divison two, He was again the leading top scorer:
Scoring 975 runs from 14 innings at an average of 81 with 4 Centuries and 5 Fifties.

In the current 2011-2012 Faysal Bank Pentangular Cup, He is the leading top scorrer now:
Scoring 322 runs from 5 innings at an average of 107 with 2 centuries and a fifty (yet).

 

[anakwalajinn]

Get him in the team for the Bangladesh series, at least!

 

[Saj]

Punjab (First Innings): 426 in 136.5 overs (Nasir Jamshed 131, 195 balls, 16 x4s, Mohammad Yasin 29, Mohammad Saad 59, 187 balls, 3 x4s, 1 x6s, Usman Salahuddin 102*, 185 balls, 15 x4s, Asif Raza 24, Mohammad Zoahib 44, 110 balls, 7 x4s, Tanvir Ahmed 3-109, Faraz Ahmed 3-57, Danish Kaneria 3-121)

 

[ninjafirstslip]

Not much he can do now. Put azhar at opening move the order up and slot him to no.6
hafeez
azhar
younis
misbah
asad
usman
hamaad
akmal
rehman
ajmal
gul

Would make a pretty strong team in SC.

 

[AZ]

jeez, how many 100s has he made this year now?

runscoring machine.

 

[violet_may]

Honestly, have lost count of all the 100s he's been making. Give him a shot!

 

[ninjafirstslip]

I think is ultra form came after he recovered from dengue fever.

 

[AZ]

^ Dengue se chutkhara pao, kirkat mey 100 banao!

you've started a rage, Ninja.

 

[Blade]

drop taufeeq and get this guy in

 

[M.A.G]

7 100's and 5 fifties in 5 months FFS.

I think is ultra form came after he recovered from dengue fever.

he has been performing like this since last year.


HE NEEDS TO SELECTED ASAP.

 

[anakwalajinn]

He is like Fawad Alam part 2

Let's hope he does not turn up like him

Has he scored a century in all matches in The Pentangular this year?

Seriously, a must for The Bangladesh series even though our batting slot is full, can at least have him in the team!

 

[sehsan]

another fantastic performance. Hard to believe he was dropped after couple of matches from pakistan team.

 

[JibranAnsari]

11 centuries in 59 innings , good conversion rate and has 13 50s as well.

 

[ninjafirstslip]

^ Dengue se chutkhara pao, kirkat mey 100 banao!

you've started a rage, Ninja.

I remember hearing it and thinking this poor bloke has no luck

 

[W63L35]

another fantastic performance. Hard to believe he was dropped after couple of matches from pakistan team.

Sorry to sound like a broken record..... but compare that to 38 consecutive failures by Malik... and he is still in the squad.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Has scored 1342 runs including 7 centuries and 5 half centuries this season averaging 89.5. You can not keep him out of the team now , it is criminal.

 

[AZ]

topping 1000 runs is considered an outstanding season, this guy has smashed that

I think Shafiq made 1100-1200 in 09/10 season when he was selected?

 

[Xoib]

topping 1000 runs is considered an outstanding season, this guy has smashed that

I think Shafiq made 1100-1200 in 09/10 season when he was selected?

even scored 1200 runs last seasoc. Has scored over 2500 runs during the last 2 seasons at an average close to 75 could be one of the most prolific scorers in our domestic cricket history.

 

[JibranAnsari]

topping 1000 runs is considered an outstanding season, this guy has smashed that

I think Shafiq made 1100-1200 in 09/10 season when he was selected?

Yup 1244 ,4 centuries and 4 halves. Averaging under 50 though , usman has done wonderfully well this season.

 

[JibranAnsari]

even scored 1200 runs last seasoc. Has scored over 2500 runs during the last 2 seasons at an average close to 75 could be one of the most prolific scorers in our domestic cricket history.

Yup extremely impressive perfromance , 11 centuries and 13 half centuries in 2 seasons and averaging 77 wow. Bradmanisque performance.

 

[saeed-sohail]

They will pick him in 2 years when he is going through a lean period. It frustrates me to see talentless wonders pick time and again whilst a bloke scoring for fun in FC is ignored.

 

[gravity_killz]

Usman's stats are very impressive. He definitely deserves a chance based on them. I really hope that he gets a consistent opportunity. Having said that I really pray that he avails the opportunity. We have seen so many cases who scored piles of runs at domestic level but frooze when it came to international cricket.

 

[WiiiCKET]

He has done Hat trick of centuries.

108* 114 102*

Other thing is to note that he has been not out 2 times. He can Score big.

 

[ninjafirstslip]

selectors just use stats so they will eventually get to him.

 

[sully3]

The current middle order is too strong for him to break into, Just ask Umar Amin and Fawad Alam.

Usman is talented no doubt and if he wants to break into the team the only position available at the moment is the Openers spot, so if he wants to open the innings next domestic season and still manage to score big i think thats his chance to break into the team.

 

[JibranAnsari]

The current middle order is too strong for him to break into, Just ask Umar Amin and Fawad Alam.

Usman is talented no doubt and if he wants to break into the team the only position available at the moment is the Openers spot, so if he wants to open the innings next domestic season and still manage to score big i think thats his chance to break into the team.

Umar Amin is a wrong example , he has not done anything this sear ,was rathar poor with average in twenties. Usman on the other hand has piled up 11 tons and 13 halves in last two seasons.

 

[akheR]

He should have more chances, two ODIs are not enough to judge any player, esp. when in the 1st he got run-out as he was batting with the tail (the missing Tanvir Ahmed) and trying to accelerate the RR, and, quite criminally in 2nd, an obvious bad decision (Ashocker de Silva at his finest...)

21.1 Bishoo strikes in front of his home crowd! Well done solja! Usman doesn't seem too thrilled with the decision. And he has reason to feel disappointed. This is an ordinary ordinary decision. Pitched outside leg! Usman misses the sweep, is hit in front. It's common sense: if a big legbreak is hitting the stumps, it can't have pitched in line. Doesn't apply to Asoka, though 67/3

He's in a good form currently, as some pointed out, but he'll have to wait seeing our apparently solid middle-order.

 

[JibranAnsari]

He should have more chances, two ODIs are not enough to judge any player, esp. when in the 1st he got run-out as he was batting with the tail (the missing Tanvir Ahmed) and trying to accelerate the RR, and, quite criminally in 2nd, an obvious bad decision (Ashocker de Silva at his finest...)



He's in a good form currently, as some pointed out, but he'll have to wait seeing our apparently solid middle-order.

LOL , what about openers , I am sure against BD taufeeq can be rested if not dropped.

 

[ninjafirstslip]

If they get youngsters in they should let them bat up the order and give them a whole series. Honestly this culture goes back to the waqar days when he would make sure nobody new got in his team. Selfish arrogant man.

 

[WiiiCKET]

Usman can replace Younis in ODIs.

 

[talha3]

I don't know why people are asking for him to be selected in ODIs when his success has come in the longer form. But as sully3 has pointed out, the test middle order is just too strong to break into at the moment. Usman will have to wait till Misbah and/or Younis retire because Azhar and Asad have done enough to almost guarantee selection for the next year.

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

Impressive stats, never seen him play BUT you can't ignore someone scoring that amount of runs

Hopefully he is given a chance sometime soon

Agree with the post above that his success in domestic cricket has came in the longer format so surely he should be played there first, though knowing our selectors he will be picked for the ODI format, struggle then never get a look in again

 

[Blade]

Forget knocking on the door, this kid is breaking them down

 

[zarak]

I don't know why people are asking for him to be selected in ODIs when his success has come in the longer form. But as sully3 has pointed out, the test middle order is just too strong to break into at the moment. Usman will have to wait till Misbah and/or Younis retire because Azhar and Asad have done enough to almost guarantee selection for the next year.

asad made one 50 in five innings vs england

 

[Xoib]

Asad made to very crucial 40's aswell, Asad is not one of our problems infact imo he is good enough to average 40+ consistently

 

[akheR]

Hit a half century today v Rawalpindi Rams, in the on going Faysal Bank One Day Cup... 's one of those youngtars who should be in our ODI squad in place of few well known expired products.

 

[MRSN]

Hit a half century today v Rawalpindi Rams, in the on going Faysal Bank One Day Cup... 's one of those youngtars who should be in our ODI squad in place of few well known expired products.

selectors and team management don't have the balls to drop YK,Malik,Afridi and select youngsters you know..Misbah didn't even bother giving one game to Zulifqar,Haris or Anwar when we had already won the series against India..

 

[W63L35]

Hit a half century today v Rawalpindi Rams, in the on going Faysal Bank One Day Cup... 's one of those youngtars who should be in our ODI squad in place of few well known expired products.

100% agree.. I would have loved to watch today's innings..... 56 runs with a S/R of 96 ..and only 3 fours. He does know how to take singles and doubles.

 

[Hussey_fan]

looked out of form this season

 

[akheR]

selectors and team management don't have the balls to drop YK,Malik,Afridi and select youngsters you know..Misbah didn't even bother giving one game to Zulifqar,Haris or Anwar when we had already won the series against India..

Well, that's our misery, that our players have towering egos and selectors are afraid to hurt them.

100% agree.. I would have loved to watch today's innings..... 56 runs with a S/R of 96 ..and only 3 fours. He does know how to take singles and doubles.

Was sure you'd get that.

That's why I want Haris Sohail/Babar Azam in ODIs too... these young guys know how to pace an innings, and unless we don't forget the Younus & Maliks, we'll never post a +260 total nor chase such target... as I said on that other thread, we play our ODI cricket like others did a century before (an era where 300 was unheard of), quite a shame when you know we had the likes of Inzy/MoYo/Saeed Anwar...

 

[farazaidi]

It really pains me to see YK, Misbah & Malik playing ahead of these guys, frustrating to watch !

Usman is my favourite prospect among middle over vacancies, welcome return to form for him. Had a quite period in last season

 

[JilaWatan]

Eye opening stats. Id love to see usman, haris, amin, and Alam in the middle order. That would be a sexy line up

 

[Patriot]

I can't believe Usman and Alam are being kept out of the Test team. Absolutely ridiculous!

 

[MR__KHAN__JI]

Eye opening stats. Id love to see usman, haris, amin, and Alam in the middle order. That would be a sexy line up

How is Salahuddin doing in domestic cricket?

He was being touted for big things but things have got a little quiet on PP?

 

[JibranAnsari]

How is Salahuddin doing in domestic cricket?

He was being touted for big things but things have got a little quiet on PP?

Has had a pretty bad season.

 

[MR__KHAN__JI]

Has had a pretty bad season.

How bad?

What do you think has happened?

 

[pakistanigoneaussie]

he had a good first calss season , bad t20 and odi season

 

[waqar goraya]

Very Naughty Khan_ji..) )

 

[waqar goraya]

he had a good first calss season , bad t20 and odi season

Only decent Q.A Trophy,did not do anything in Presidents Trophy 4 day

 

[JibranAnsari]

How bad?

What do you think has happened?

Averaged 18 in 14 innings in president's trophy.

I think he did well in grade 2 cricket in the previous seasons where cricket is of lesser quality.
He averaged 46 in quaide azam trophy again.

 

[MR__KHAN__JI]

Averaged 18 in 14 innings in president's trophy.

I think he did well in grade 2 cricket in the previous seasons where cricket is of lesser quality.
He averaged 46 in quaide azam trophy again.

Do u think its due to technique or temperament?

What do you think would have happened if he played against international bowlers if he had been picked for Pakistan?

 

[MR__KHAN__JI]

Very Naughty Khan_ji..) )

I think it's good to keep up to date with the ups and downs of domestic cricket.


Btw is there anywhere we can get the cumulative domestic stats for Pak players?

 

[JibranAnsari]

Do u think its due to technique or temperament?

What do you think would have happened if he played against international bowlers if he had been picked for Pakistan?

I don't know , it is the stats all I know. I haven't seen him play. That's probably what happens to navid yasin when he plays big boys.

 

[Muhammad Saad]

Do u think its due to technique or temperament?

What do you think would have happened if he played against international bowlers if he had been picked for Pakistan?

Temperamentally he is strong and not a bad technique as well , but whenever I have seen him bat he doesnt look assured at the crease and some how he always get out (not due to bad shot but may be due to lack of confidence)

 

[JibranAnsari]

I think it's good to keep up to date with the ups and downs of domestic cricket.


Btw is there anywhere we can get the cumulative domestic stats for Pak players?

http://www.pcboard.com.pk/Events/Presidents_Trophy_2012-13/Batting_by_Average.html

 

[MR__KHAN__JI]

http://www.pcboard.com.pk/Events/Presidents_Trophy_2012-13/Batting_by_Average.html

Does this have career stats?

Looks like it's just for this tourney.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Does this have career stats?

Looks like it's just for this tourney.

Cliack on players name ..you will find career stats as well.

 

[MR__KHAN__JI]

Cliack on players name ..you will find career stats as well.

Thanks.

What I was looking for was cumulative career average listing so we can see who has performed successfully for a consistent period of time....

Relative to each other.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Thanks.

What I was looking for was cumulative career average listing so we can see who has performed successfully for a consistent period of time....

Relative to each other.

Well you can go in archives and can see records of a batsman in different seasons and tourneys.

 

[MR__KHAN__JI]

Well you can go in archives and can see records of a batsman in different seasons and tourneys.

Sure. Thanks

 

[Chromeuser]

Usman looks like a talented Pakistani player.
Pakistan should get him in international team ASAP.

 

[hur rizvi]

Not a great batsman, i have seen him bat agaisnt half decent Afghani bowlers and he looked out of sorts

 

[hur rizvi]

Averaged 18 in 14 innings in president's trophy.

I think he did well in grade 2 cricket in the previous seasons where cricket is of lesser quality.
He averaged 46 in quaide azam trophy again.

That shows he gets exposed when playing Quality bowlers

 

[Xoib]

Not a great batsman, i have seen him bat agaisnt half decent Afghani bowlers and he looked out of sorts

Nothing wrong with that even the best can have off days KP on some days looks like a village cricketer next day he is treating Steyn like club bowler. Usman has the scores behind him in division 2 and if he can have a good season this year then he should be in the reckoning.

 

[hadi123]

done good today, but don't want him in the team until the 2015 world cup is over

 

[kamz]

you cant compare grade 2 with grade 1. The selectors are not deliberately picking a side that pp posters dont like.

It is a general consensus. Just reading the other thread of watchign the first ever match, majority of the ppers are still too young to experience a board meeting or an executive management meeting.

These selectors meetings are the same with quite a few people involved. I can understand that if there are 1 or 2 people or 1 or 2 associations trying to manipulate and get their people in the team through corruption.

But getting a buy in on a corrupt agenda by 1 selector or 2 selectors from each region and selectors and managers and coaches and captain, is just a bit of a stretch.

had it been so corrupt, then the way people say that rashid latif or karachi associations lobby up for sarfaraz and shahzaib, they would have been playing right now in the team.

I do not say that there isnt corruption, there maybe at regional level or some sort of a bias, but it is definitely not so high the way you lot make it sound.

 

[hadi123]

out for 1 today

 

[Haz95]

This guy is the type of player we should be nurturing(along with Haris, Maqsood and UmarA)

 

[tauseef_mahmood]

Unbelievable form in this years QeA trophy.
His performance in the 12 innings he has played in the tournament so far :-

132*, 120, 80, 76, 00, 82, 131, 116*, 82, 18, 88, 00

He can easily threaten Asad's place in the test squad, but I dont think selectors are gonna touch Asad for a while.

damn that is impressive ...

 

[Firebreaker]

I would take him in team for younis

 

[Analyst]

you cant compare grade 2 with grade 1. The selectors are not deliberately picking a side that pp posters dont like.

It is a general consensus. Just reading the other thread of watchign the first ever match, majority of the ppers are still too young to experience a board meeting or an executive management meeting.

These selectors meetings are the same with quite a few people involved. I can understand that if there are 1 or 2 people or 1 or 2 associations trying to manipulate and get their people in the team through corruption.

But getting a buy in on a corrupt agenda by 1 selector or 2 selectors from each region and selectors and managers and coaches and captain, is just a bit of a stretch.

had it been so corrupt, then the way people say that rashid latif or karachi associations lobby up for sarfaraz and shahzaib, they would have been playing right now in the team.

I do not say that there isnt corruption, there maybe at regional level or some sort of a bias, but it is definitely not so high the way you lot make it sound.

Its not corruption i believe its incompetency of our selectors. They only use their own judgement most of the times instead of relying on facts and figures too. For example, they would select Umar Amin and Asad shafiq because they look pleasing on eyes and can play all around the ground without identifying their weaknesses and lack of consistency. They also look their most recent performances (which may be due to form) only rather than their overall career performance in domestic cricket!!!. To further prove what I want to say is that Umar Amin and Asad shafiq's batting average in first class cricket is below 40 and list A below 35 which means they are even inconsistent or lack class at domestic level. How can they do well at international circuit?

 

[Saj]

Just to provide an update on Usman.

He wasn't deemed good enough for any of the Lahore teams taking part in the Haier T20 Cup.

The decision came from a senior official within Lahore Cricket Association.

 

[Rizwan25]

Just to provide an update on Usman.

He wasn't deemed good enough for any of the Lahore teams taking part in the Haier T20 Cup.

The decision came from a senior official within Lahore Cricket Association.

And one wonders where is all the talent ?

Lahore Loins is a prime example of nepotism that has plagued our system.

Besides handfull of players, most won't make it to club level teams.

 

[chacha kashmiri]

And one wonders where is all the talent ?

Lahore Loins is a prime example of nepotism that has plagued our system.

Besides handfull of players, most won't make it to club level teams.

TBF, not in the best of nick coming into the tournament
With two scores of 50+, in his last 12 innings

Saying that, he should really get in ahead of the likes of Hamza Paracha or Fahad- ul Haq

 

[Square Drive]

Just to provide an update on Usman.

He wasn't deemed good enough for any of the Lahore teams taking part in the Haier T20 Cup.

The decision came from a senior official within Lahore Cricket Association.

Wow!

Extremely sad news. Usman is a star in the making - should be next in line after Fawad, Haris, & Umar Akmal in Tests - and he's not selected by ANY of the Lahore teams!

 

[Sakss]

WOW... He is on of the batsmen I rate highly in Pak Domestic and the Lahore Board doesnt even give a toss about him

 

[KoyoAli]

Out on 60 in QeA Final First Innnings