[VIDEO] Mohammad Asif humiliates Azhar Ali and Asad Shafiq in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy final!

[shaz619]

Shocking! past his prime, no competitive cricket for 6 or 7 years , a Pakistani 35 years of age and rumoured to be bowling at speeds of 100 kmph yet this man was able to dethrone International Pakistani batsman in Azhar Ali and Asad Shafiq with one of those names being among the world's best today.

 

[Arham_PakFan]

I wouldn’t call Azhar’s dismissal humiliating exactly (didn’t watch Shafiq’s) but Asif bowled well indeed as he has done throughout the tournament.Too bad he’s too old now to deserve a recall.

 

[syed abbas]

I think it is high time that we move on from Asif,considering his fitness,declining speed and the available pool of talent.And getting wicket of Azhar and Shafiq doe not mean that Asif humiliated and destroyed them.If it were that simple,Sohail Tanveer has destroyed and humiliated many great batsmen.

 

[shaz619]

I had thought Asif would not be capable of this going by the expert opinions of PPers on Asif's age, fitness and bowling speeds. Hence why Azhar and Shafiq have been humilated by a past it bare bum like Asif who is nearly 45.

 

[Raja Sab]

bring back Asif

 

[HuzaifaE]

Shocking! past his prime, no competitive cricket for 6 or 7 years , a Pakistani 35 years of age and rumoured to be bowling at speeds of 100 kmph yet this man was able to dethrone International Pakistani batsman in Azhar Ali and Asad Shafiq with one of those names being among the world's best today.

Asif is a genius with a ball, there's next to nothing shambolic about that for Azhar and Shafiq. if he was clean for his entire career, it's very possible that it wouldn't be Steyn who'd go down as the best bowler of this generation is all I'm saying.

 

[Flat_Track_Bully]

Asif is a world class bowler. There is no humiliation its as expected.

 

[Syed1]

Well those two bats have been humiliated by lesser bowlers on a regular basis.

 

[Abdul]

Asif will never wear a green shirt again Inshallah.

 

[giri26]

Asif is a brilliant bowler but again bringing a 35 year old fast bowler into a test squad with the knowledge that he is not going to last more than couple of seasons is not a wise move. Pakistan brought Amir back because he had age on his side and can play for a long time for his country, Asif and Butt are old (in cricketing terms) and will be very lucky to be brought back to play for the country again. If Asif was 5 years younger, I am sure PCB would have given him a chance.

 

[Flat_Track_Bully]

Asif is a brilliant bowler but again bringing a 35 year old fast bowler into a test squad with the knowledge that he is not going to last more than couple of seasons is not a wise move. Pakistan brought Amir back because he had age on his side and can play for a long time for his country, Asif and Butt are old (in cricketing terms) and will be very lucky to be brought back to play for the country again. If Asif was 5 years younger, I am sure PCB would have given him a chance.

He needs to be assisted in becoming a coach.

 

[shane]

Asif is a bit of a forbidden fruit. He has always been a world class bowler. But he is also a fraud, criminal and corrupting influence on others. So....

 

[Lefthanded]

With Asif, it's not like we're England. Desperate to steal foreign talent. Not a single man who can bowl fast, don't have a world class spinner, etc etc.

Asif was a magician but we've always had magicians. We will have more.

 

[IAJ]

Asif will never wear a green shirt again Inshallah.

Let him wear only white shirt then?

 

[Red Devil]

"A fish will never forget how to swim. A bowler doesn't forget how to bowl well" - Mohammad Asif. [MENTION=46929]shaz619[/MENTION]

 

[jnaveen1980]

He was a 400 wicket min bowler. Too bad he ruined his career.

 

[Hasan123]

He ruined his own career. I don't see him playing for Pakistan again.

 

[coy0607]

stop sensationalizing this like some tabloid

no one was humiliated - Asif bowled well and got their wickets. Nothing shocking about a good bowler getting wickets at all

 

[Junaids]

He has been eligible to play international cricket for the last 2 years and 4 months.

The PCB has wilfully given up 4 seasons of Asif as an international cricketer.

If they had picked him they would have won:

England away 2016
New Zealand away 2016-17
Australia away 2016-17
England away 2018
South Africa away 2018-19

Five winnable series thrown away.

 

[msb314]

He has been eligible to play international cricket for the last 2 years and 4 months.

The PCB has wilfully given up 4 seasons of Asif as an international cricketer.

If they had picked him they would have won:

England away 2016
New Zealand away 2016-17
Australia away 2016-17
England away 2018
South Africa away 2018-19

Five winnable series thrown away.

With or without Asif - we would still have lost 3-0 in Aus.

 

[Prince of Pakistan]

He has been eligible to play international cricket for the last 2 years and 4 months.

The PCB has wilfully given up 4 seasons of Asif as an international cricketer.

If they had picked him they would have won:

England away 2016
New Zealand away 2016-17
Australia away 2016-17
England away 2018
South Africa away 2018-19

Five winnable series thrown away.

We have already lost in Aus when Amir/Asif where at their best. We will probably always struggle in Aus and SA because of our fragile batting.

But yes we could have done wonders in Eng and NZ.

 

[Prince of Pakistan]

Selecting Asif will give the PCB a bad rep the reason they will never EVER select Asif or Butt again. Which is a shame considering there still is no one better than M. Asif in test cricket.

 

[Junaids]

With or without Asif - we would still have lost 3-0 in Aus.

How?

You lost the first Test by 20 runs.

You were one session away from drawing the second Test.

By the Third Test, Yasir Shah was opening the bowling - and Dave Warner hit a century before Lunch.

At worst, you would have drawn 1-1 in Australia a year ago if Asif had been picked.

 

[CricFan2012]

Asif will never wear a green shirt again Inshallah.

because he will wear a white?

 

[WhenSultansBowled]

Other batsmen Asif 'humiliated' : Indian top order of late 00s ; AB ; KP ; Sanga ...

Not a bad company to be in for Azhar and Asad... I guess.

 

[UN talkz]

PCB isn't selecting SK for his age forget about Asif

 

[KingKhanWC]

Any video?

In the top 10 of the most skillful bowlers in the history of cricket.

 

[Usman Chadda]

He has been eligible to play international cricket for the last 2 years and 4 months.

The PCB has wilfully given up 4 seasons of Asif as an international cricketer.

If they had picked him they would have won:

England away 2016
New Zealand away 2016-17
Australia away 2016-17
England away 2018
South Africa away 2018-19

Five winnable series thrown away.

We got smashed with Asif in 2009-10.

One of the greatest tragedies of Pakistan cricket. Too old now. Time to move on.

 

[boomboom6]

I wouldn’t call Azhar’s dismissal humiliating exactly (didn’t watch Shafiq’s) but Asif bowled well indeed as he has done throughout the tournament.Too bad he’s too old now to deserve a recall.

Name me a better new ball bowler in Pakistan for test cricket I'll wait.

Asif doesn't have the mileage of a 35 year old and neither does his bowling rely on sheer pace. It's all guile & skill. Why do people keep ignoring this?

 

[boomboom6]

With Asif, it's not like we're England. Desperate to steal foreign talent. Not a single man who can bowl fast, don't have a world class spinner, etc etc.

Asif was a magician but we've always had magicians. We will have more.

It's been 7 years since the ban and we have yet to find the next superstar pacer in the test format. Asif was the last one we had besides Akhtar.

May be Sadaf could've taken over but poor lad hasn't been given a chance and it doesn't look like he will be any time soon.

 

[boomboom6]

We got smashed with Asif in 2009-10.

One of the greatest tragedies of Pakistan cricket. Too old now. Time to move on.

Yes because Asif should be held responsible for our batting failures. Genius!

 

[MenInG]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Mohammad Asif dismissing Asad Shafiq & Azhar Ali recently in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy final <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a> <a href="https://t.co/l25pktbbkp">pic.twitter.com/l25pktbbkp</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/945586326740627456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 26, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Mainul]

He didn't look like bowling at 100 km.He was bowling I think@ 125-130 cage.The speed of McGrath. There is test no bowler in the calibre of Asif in the Pakistan team.Why shouldn't bring him back?

 

[big_gamer007]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Mohammad Asif dismissing Asad Shafiq & Azhar Ali recently in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy final <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a> <a href="https://t.co/l25pktbbkp">pic.twitter.com/l25pktbbkp</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/945586326740627456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 26, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Reading the title of the thread and the comments I would have thought the balls he bowled to dismiss these guys would atleast be good.. 1st one was a bad shot from the batsmen and second one was decent line and length but nothing extraordinary..

 

[shaz619]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Mohammad Asif dismissing Asad Shafiq & Azhar Ali recently in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy final <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a> <a href="https://t.co/l25pktbbkp">pic.twitter.com/l25pktbbkp</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/945586326740627456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 26, 2017</a></blockquote>
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There you go [MENTION=43583]KingKhanWC[/MENTION] he set up Shafiq and then took out Azhar our best batsman of swing bowling with lateral movement. His best quality beyond swing/seam has always been outsmarting batsman and setting them up, very high cricketing IQ

 

[pakistani pride]

LOL at the shafiq dismissal. He will never learn.
Always gets out like that.

Really poor.

 

[Abdullah719]

LOL at the shafiq dismissal. He will never learn.
Always gets out like that.

Really poor.

In the other innings he got out LBW to an inswinging delivery, trying to flick it away to the legside

Lost count of how often that's happened, really.

 

[Adil_94]

Asad's dismissal was more his error chasing a wide one just poor judgement rather than a great delivery by Asif.

the dismissal of Azhar though was a classic Asif dismissal nibbling away outside off stump and drawing the bait.

 

[shaz619]

Asad's dismissal was more his error chasing a wide one just poor judgement rather than a great delivery by Asif.

the dismissal of Azhar though was a classic Asif dismissal nibbling away outside off stump and drawing the bait.

Basically prior to that stroke from Shafiq, Asif kept tempting him in that channel and maintained a tight line, Shafiq was made to feel the pressure and chased a delivery he should have left. Azhar was set up as well but was undone by lateral movement like you say, he had no choice but to play at the ball. Asif aka Razor Ramon always backs up his promo's on the pitch [MENTION=47617]Red Devil[/MENTION] a fish never forgets how to swim

 

[boomboom6]

There you go [MENTION=43583]KingKhanWC[/MENTION] he set up Shafiq and then took out Azhar our best batsman of swing bowling with lateral movement. His best quality beyond swing/seam has always been outsmarting batsman and setting them up, very high cricketing IQ

That's what separates Asif from the pack ... If one actually checks out the full highlights of his spell from the match, they will see that he set up Shafiq for that errant shot.

That he should be in the playing XI for test team is a foregone conclusion!

 

[boomboom6]

Basically prior to that stroke from Shafiq, Asif kept tempting him in that channel and maintained a tight line, Shafiq was made to feel the pressure and chased a delivery he should have left. Azhar was set up as well but was undone by lateral movement like you say, he had no choice but to play at the ball. Asif aka Razor Ramon always backs up his promo's on the pitch [MENTION=47617]Red Devil[/MENTION] a fish never forgets how to swim

Precisely. Watching that wicket taking ball only wouldn't provide the context to what led to Shafiq playing that shot.

 

[Saj]

The shot alone from Shafiq looks awful but I was speaking to a team mate of Asif's who said that he had given Shafiq a good working over - inswingers, then outswingers and beat him several times. He knew that Shafiq was getting frustrated and served up a wide half volley to tempt him.

Superb skills and thinking from a wily fox.

 

[boomboom6]

The shot alone from Shafiq looks awful but I was speaking to a team mate of Asif's who said that he had given Shafiq a good working over - inswingers, then outswingers and beat him several times. He knew that Shafiq was getting frustrated and served up a wide half volley to tempt him.

Superb skills and thinking from a wily fox.

But you know we don't need the dude in our sub par team! Hah!

 

[boomboom6]

Asif can play on till 40 barring injury. And we clearly need his skill in the team. Can't rely on Yasir to keep bowling bazillion overs in the UAE heat without breaking down. We need wicket takers upfront to take the pressure off Yasir. Asif gives us that!

 

[Flat_Track_Bully]

Here's the full video.

His skill level is extreme. He can easily go straight into the groove if picked. Why is he not opening the bowling in Tests??

 

[UP]

Can easily walk into the test team.

 

[hitthestump]

It hurts to think what him and Aamir could have done over the last 5 years for Pakistan. Aamir was young, but i can't ever forgive Asif. Let him rot in the domestics.

 

[Abdul]

I'd rather have Aizaz Cheema back in the Test team than compared to this crook.

 

[giri26]

I'd rather have Aizaz Cheema back in the Test team than compared to this crook.

Why are Pakistan fans wanting 35+ year olds back in the team? Aren't there any young bowlers who can make the team ahead of these two(Asif and Cheema)?

 

[Abdul]

Why are Pakistan fans wanting 35+-year-olds back in the team? Aren't there any young bowlers who can make the team ahead of these two(Asif and Cheema)?

You misunderstood me. No one (including me) wants to see Aizaz Cheema back in the side now since he's too old but I'm sick of seeing all the support for this crook despite the fact that Cheema (alongside 4 others) took more wickets than him. Why is no one raising voice for the others?

It's disgusting how these fixers get the most attention from the fans.