[VIDEO] Mohammad Yousuf - Was he really a great?

[zubair007]

Actually, Miandad was a minnow basher.

Also, another thing - Waqar and Wasim were too pitch-dependent.

In short, Pakistan has always sucked and will continue to suck. Rubbish team.

LOL, I was about to rip into you on your Miandad comment ... then read the rest of your post

 

[zubair007]

Imo good player but not a good team player.

Would love to know Indians opinion on him as they are spoiled when it comes to batting talent.

We (I and a lot of my friends) have always liked his flowing batting. Technically a very good player overall, and an excellent player of spin. Not the one you would want to send to improve the run rate, but one you would want to bat for a long time. His weakness was seam and bounce, while he played the swing better than a lot of his team mates. I am not sure why he struggled against Murali and Herath, since his technique was always quite good against spin: bat in front of pad for pitched up balls, playing late, reading well from the arms etc.; may be the pitches he played agains them were just dustbowls where one ball will have your name on it!
Overall, a great batsman, especially from the subcontinent, but not an ATG. Same level as Inzamam and may be a little higher than Laxman in my opinion.

 

[DHONI183]

Mohammad Yousuf - Was he really a great?

.... may be a little higher than Laxman in my opinion.

A matter of opinion, but I rate VVS Laxman very, very, very highly in Test cricket. People put up different qualifications, mine is his awesome stroke-play, wristy flicks and drives and the number of innings he played to win matches from almost impossible situations. I know all about his averages in some countries and all those arguments put up against him, but let´s just conclude this as a personal choice, can we?

 

[MenInG]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1251950685949702145

 

[TeymurBlake]

Mohammad Yousuf was one of my favourite batsmans growing up and I absolutely cherished watching him, specially during the 2006 test run he was on. But I can't help but admit he should have been better. I feel he had the makings of being the best batsman from Pakistan but never truly realized his potential. His record in Australia and South Africa speak for itself. He couldn't take them on like he did with England and India. Also Inzi was the same, two batsman who should have been better than what they ended on.

 

[Ab Fan]

Very good cricketer, probably at same level as Laxman and Mahela although those two are much better pressure players than Moyo.

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

Another example of subcontinent inferiority complex, in other threads we talk about players like langer, kirsten and cook as they are some sort of atgs and here we are calling someone who averages 55+ in england a FTB.
One of the posters compared him to Cullinan.
If cook is an atg then so is yousuf.
Yousuf>clarke>cook>langer=kirsten.

 

[Abdullah719]

Mainly struggled in/vs Australia, Sri Lanka, and South Africa.

 

[Saj]

My favourite shot of Yousuf's was the lofted cover drive that he played against pace-bowlers and spinners. Graceful and placed to perfection.

 

[Bewal Express]

Talented and good but poor in both Australia and SA so not a great

 

[TeymurBlake]

Favourite shot was the one cover drive he played in 2006 at Lords against Harminson.

 

[Khan12]

Very good cricketer, probably at same level as Laxman and Mahela although those two are much better pressure players than Moyo.

Yousuf was million times better odi batsmen then laxman. Try again.

 

[Ab Fan]

Yousuf was million times better odi batsmen then laxman.

Right. I forgot to mention tests.

 

[sweep_shot]

Yousuf was a really good batsman but he was not a legend.

He could've been much better but he was too bitter/emotional at times.

 

[Faizhassan]

I guess same thing can be said about most of the Pakistani players after 92's generation. Yousuf, Razzaq, Afridi and Akhtar they all had something in them to become an ATG but no matter how many great moments they tend to provide, none of them can be considered to be an All time great.

Whereas guys like Yasir, MIsbah and Younis and even Hafeez had done more for themselves despite being very limited players.

 

[Savak]

Pakistani Legend for sure. You can't take that away from him and downplay his achievements. Soft runs or not, he got the runs, he had the talent and had his moments.