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[VIDEOS] Haris Rauf is a habitually unreliable death bowler

Haris Rauf has been a very very good death bowler. He had the second best economy in the 2023 ODI WC in the death overs, second only to Bumrah. He bowled 15 overs in the death in that tournament at an economy of 5.80 which is brilliant.

With so many new ball options now, like Naseem, Shaheen, Imad, and Amir, we need to give Haris maybe 1 over in the middle but keep his other 3 overs for the end of the innings.

If we go with a 4 pace attack then Naseem, Shaheen, Amir, and Rauf could be a very very strong pace attack.
 
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One of the main issues I see with our cricket at the moment is always trying to use players in roles where they are not at their best.

Rauf should bowl almost all his overs at the end.
Shaheen should bowl almost all his overs early on when he is deadliest.
Naseem can bowl at any point.
Amir is primarily a new ball bowler but he keeps it tight at most phases of the game so he can be used in the middle as well.

This is before we begin to even include Imad’s 1-2 tight overs early on.
 
Haris Rauf is fully fit and bowling well in the nets. It would have been nice if he had gotten an outing at Headingley, but we remain confident that he will continue to maintain an upward trajectory in the upcoming matches, as he will have an important role to play along with other strike bowlers in the T20 World Cup.
 
Cricket Warrior said:
Haris Rauf is fully fit and bowling well in the nets. It would have been nice if he had gotten an outing at Headingley, but we remain confident that he will continue to maintain an upward trajectory in the upcoming matches, as he will have an important role to play along with other strike bowlers in the T20 World Cup.
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Rauf stinks, he's better then hasan Ali though.

I thought the wc should have made it clear hasan Ali and rauf aren't needed. Only shaheen gets a respite for his 2019 performance as well has being gun and saving the team constantly in 2022 wc.

Shaheen got a finger injury but each and every game he's improving, granted he's not fully back to his 2019 form but getting their.

The other 2 don't have an injury, broken finger etc etc excuse to hide behind. Naseem you can argue can use that excuse. Rauf can't
 
mominsaigol said:
Rauf stinks, he's better then hasan Ali though.

I thought the wc should have made it clear hasan Ali and rauf aren't needed. Only shaheen gets a respite for his 2019 performance as well has being gun and saving the team constantly in 2022 wc.

Shaheen got a finger injury but each and every game he's improving, granted he's not fully back to his 2019 form but getting their.

The other 2 don't have an injury, broken finger etc etc excuse to hide behind. Naseem you can argue can use that excuse. Rauf can't
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In my opinion he shouldnt be a priority pick when u already have shaheen, naseem and amir maybe if someone gets injured so he can replace him but upfront a big no for him.
 
Cricket Warrior said:
In my opinion he shouldnt be a priority pick when u already have shaheen, naseem and amir maybe if someone gets injured so he can replace him but upfront a big no for him.
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It's cause he's a friend group member. I wonder why pcb gave him a respite. His contract should have been cancelled.

Huge Injustice to Ali
 
Gets in team ahead of WasimJr, Zaman Khan etc is he part of Saya Corp. or may be Babar's crony
 
Not sure why PCB was desperate so much for Haris to get fit so they can select him. His form was pretty bad TBH and his selection ahead of likes of Mohammad Ali who was in top form is pretty surprising. Coming back from injury and strightaway playing the world cup is never a good idea for any bowler.
 
Haris Rauf is one of the best death bowlers in the world in T20s. The idea that he is not a good death bowler in T20s is simply not true.

He has an economy rate of 8.03 in the death overs. Among active fast-bowlers, only Bumrah (7.13) has a better economy rate at the death.

Here are the economy rates of some noted fast-bowlers that bowl at the death.

PlayerDeath Overs ER
Pat Cummins8.11
Trent Boult8.43
Mohammad Amir8.56
Mustafizur Rehman8.58
Shaheen Shah Afridi8.63
Jofra Archer8.73
Tim Southee9.25
Chris Jordan9.60
Arshdeep Singh9.69
Kagiso Rabada9.98


As far as wickets go, he has taken the 49 wickets at the death in T20Is. That makes up 54.5% of his total wickets. He has taken 41 wickets in overs 1-15.

His bowling average in the death overs in T20Is is 14.53. For context, Bumrah has a bowling average of 14.83, Umar Gul had a death overs bowling average of 11.86, Malinga had a death overs bowling average of 15.87.

He is not very good in overs 1-15 but his death bowling numbers speak for themself. There's no reason why Pakistan can't play 4 pacers and use Haris Rauf exclusively at the death. Especially when he is one of the best in the world in that phase of the innings.
 
Here are the death overs wickets of active fast-bowlers. All three players who have more death overs wickets than Haris Rauf debuted long before him.

Bowler Death Overs Wickets
Tim Southee62
Mustafizur Rehman 54
Chris Jordan50
Haris Rauf 49
Shaheen Shah Afridi38
Jasprit Bumrah 36
Arshdeep Singh32
Trent Boult31
Mitchell Starc29
 
RedwoodOriginal said:
Here are the death overs wickets of active fast-bowlers. All three players who have more death overs wickets than Haris Rauf debuted long before him.

BowlerDeath Overs Wickets
Tim Southee62
Mustafizur Rehman54
Chris Jordan50
Haris Rauf49
Shaheen Shah Afridi38
Jasprit Bumrah36
Arshdeep Singh32
Trent Boult31
Mitchell Starc29
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His odi record is what people mostly use to justify a non inclusion, Regardless let's see how he performs in the upcoming games and the cup
 
He bowled well today in this comeback game. 2 wickets for 34 runs is not bad.
 
Always and always will be a pathetic bowler. A right handed Wahab Riaz. A rubbish street cricketer who is mentally weak and has a bad attitude.

He had a fluke purple patch but the treatment dished out by Kohli in front of 90,000 people at the MCG kickstarted his downfall. Pakistan needs to move on from him in all formats for good.

He is at best a Tymal Mills level fast bowler but Pakistani deluded fans hyped him up as the second coming of Akhtar.
 
Mamoon said:
Always and always will be a pathetic bowler. A right handed Wahab Riaz. A rubbish street cricketer who is mentally weak and has a bad attitude.

He had a fluke purple patch but the treatment dished out by Kohli in front of 90,000 people at the MCG kickstarted his downfall. Pakistan needs to move on from him in all formats for good.

He is at best a Tymal Mills level fast bowler but Pakistani deluded fans hyped him up as the second coming of Akhtar.
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Beyond this, one must also understand that Haris, similar to Shaheen/Naseem, has not improved in any facet in the last three years or so.

He is predictable. Oppositions know how to play him. The bad delivery is always coming. You don't even need to play out of your skin to get 10 runs from an over of his.

Besides this, he does not know how to hit a hard length and contain runs. For his pace, he has quite a poor bouncer and almost every time he bowls short, he is punished.

His yorker is is go-to delivery but when that does not come off, he is truly a scatter-gun.

These conditions in the West Indies suit Abbas Afridi more than Haris Rauf.
 
From Lahore to Melbourne to Ahmadabad to Dallas, it is proved this guy is not a reliable bowler we prefer him blindly
 
This guy literally bowled a tape ball bowler like over today. In tape ball, mostly the bowlers try to aim at stumps and he did exactly that and missed his mark costing us the game. Can't believe why he could not bowl a yorker when needed the most.
 
BouncerGuy said:
This guy literally bowled a tape ball bowler like over today. In tape ball, mostly the bowlers try to aim at stumps and he did exactly that and missed his mark costing us the game. Can't believe why he could not bowl a yorker when needed the most.
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Absolutely.

Bowled like a village idiot and completely forgot the basics of bowling.

They really should come back, something has gone seriously wrong with this team.

As I said, you can’t play this bad against this opposition even if you are bloody fixing the damn thing.

Babar taking 27 balls for 9 runs in the first ten overs.

Usman and Fakhar’s shots.

Haris’ last over against club-level batting.

Amir proceeding to give 9 runs all by himself in a super over.

Shadab giving away a six at EXACTLY the same ball where Jones hit 10 sixes in the Canada game. That too at a crucial stage.

There’s so much wrong there, don’t even know what to say.
 
FearlessRoar said:
Haris Rauf has become habitual of going for expensive spells. Haris Rauf went for 2/38 in 4 overs, which also included 2 wides for San Francisco Unicorns against Los Angeles Knight Riders in MCL 2024 match, , resulting in San Francisco Unicorns winning by 6 wickets.

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Haris Rauf has become a bunny for legends to hit famous sixes against him

 
@Mamoon has been saying for years this guy is useless. Apologies to him for not taking his word. If team management has an inch of sense they will not pick Rauf in international colours again.
 
Something about Pakistani fast bowlers.

Speed gun say 150 kph but ball appears 120 kph to batters. Maybe it's the low trajectory with no bounce.

Weak tape ball style bowling
 
you mean the 30 year old tape ball bowler with very little hard ball domestic experience they picked up from the literal streets of pakistan doesn't know how to bowl properly?

i for one am shocked :o
 
I agree with Mamoon. Haris is a right handed Wahab Riaz (batting practice machine). He might have been unplayable in tape ball but this is a different "ball" game. Wonder why speed is a criteria for picking bowlers. There is something called line and length which he doesn't possess. I still remember Livingstons six over the roof and Kohlis WC Six. Goes to show how pace can be used for a batsmans benefit.
 
Nowadays, Pace is more beneficial for the batters than it is for Bowlers if you have no sense to bowl a channel.

Bowlers can only succeed if they have some good variations and can bowl 6 different deliveries but unfortunately, Haris is not the guy who can do that. He is a blind bullet nowadays.
 
Haris is declining now

in another game of MLC he went wicketless where the pitch was more suited for the bolwers

He bowled 3 overs conceeded 24 runs without taking any wicket
 
I don't know why MLC is paying Haris Rauf when he is not capable of taking any wickets.

Again today against the Seattle Orcas he couldn't take any and ended up with figures of 0/30 in 4 overs.
 
No matter how bad our batting remained, over the years our bowling had sting and we use to win even half of impossible matches ever since Haris came in, our bowling has lacked the bite, leaking runs and allowing batsmen to settle , AFG in 2023WC came at ease after Haris overs, 2022Wt20 against India and then crap over vs USA just killed off any momentum.
 
That USA over was a big stain on his world cup campaign otherwise he was very good overall in the event. Although I don't think he uses his mind while bowling otherwise he can be weapon of destruction but so far, he has been a destruction for his own team.
 
Cricket Warrior said:
I don't know why MLC is paying Haris Rauf when he is not capable of taking any wickets.

Again today against the Seattle Orcas he couldn't take any and ended up with figures of 0/30 in 4 overs.
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I think US just doesn’t suit his style or batsmen have figured him out.
Too many hot and cold players in recent years from Pakistan, who start extremely well and then same trajectory.
 
I'm trying to understand and analyze why Rauf is still in the team. Here's a wild analogy:

he's like the Imam-ul-Haq of T20 cricket. Imam secures his place by selfishly playing '90s cricket and padding his stats, regardless of the situation. Similarly, Rauf performs slightly better than the rest and hides behind other major underperformers. He's terrible in the early overs but takes a few wickets in the death overs, either by luck or his pace. People, with their short-term memory, are wowed by his pace, aggression, and celebrations, causing them to forgive and forget his past.

Rauf has created a false persona of being the second coming of Shoaib Akhtar, and the PCB is buying into it, believing that without him, the team will fall apart. However, the reality is that his sporadic and inconsistent performances are a major reason why the team is struggling. He is not the only problem but a significant part of it. It's now the perfect time for the team to look beyond him and start playing a new generation of bowlers. He can be a useful backup bowler though.
 
BouncerGuy said:
That USA over was a big stain on his world cup campaign otherwise he was very good overall in the event. Although I don't think he uses his mind while bowling otherwise he can be weapon of destruction but so far, he has been a destruction for his own team.
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Rauf might have e taken some cheap lower order wickets vs Ind and Canada but was guilty of giving away easy runs.

Vs Ind, his ER was 7 in a match where neither team managed an ER of even 6 overall.

Vs Canada, he was the most expensive bowler for Pak, too.

At 30, he has shown no signs of being a reliable clutch situation bowler.
 
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Sir Alex said:
Rauf might have e taken some cheap lower order wickets vs Ind and Canada but was guilty of giving away easy runs.

Vs Ind, his ER was 7 in a match where neither team managed an ER of even 6 overall.

Vs Canada, he was the most expensive bowler for Pak, too.

At 30, he has shown no signs of being a reliable clutch situation bowler.
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Yep. he is not reliable anymore but he was Pakistan best death bowler before injury.
 
Haris final over against USA was inexcusable. I think its time Pak give Zaman an extended run.

Haris still has pace x factor but too often it is backfiring on team
 
I think the USA does not suit this guy. Actually nowhere in the world he is safe.

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BouncerGuy said:
I think the USA does not suit this guy. Actually nowhere in the world he is safe.

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That's a splendid economy in today's world cricket for a bowler who bowls at the death.

The only think lacking is the wickets. Which doesn't mean much because 3 games are a tiny sample size
 
sweep_shot said:
I think Rauf may do well in South Africa and New Zealand.
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He might as well

But he can't be playing in Pakistani colors.

Time and again bottled under clutch situations. Ever since Kohli spanked him he's lost all self confidence.

Backed it up with totally underwhelming outings at last year world cup as well as this year world t20.

At 30 plus yrs of age he should be guiding youngsters in his team - instead he is the scattergun and others have to come and rescue Pakistan from a pickle.

Always loosens any pressure that others bring in on the opposition.

Weak.
 
Currently not doing that bad of a job in the MLC 2024 game playing for San Francisco Unicorns against MI New York.

3 overs 19 runs but no wickets so far.

His main problem has been the empty wickets column because his economy is good for a t20 game.
 
Ended the game with the figures of 4 overs, 35 runs and 1 wicket.

A poor last over of his spell and the game. gave away 16 runs while defending 19. A scary finish.
 
Reckon this thread gets it right. Haris is not and will never be a Malinga/Bumrah type death closer.

His strength is hard lengths in middle overs. Team should look to bowl him out by 16th/17th over max.
 
There was a time when batsmen used to fear express pacers, nowadays batsman don't fear express pace. Haris is not consistent with his line and length and lacks discipline to bowl according to the field and he can't trouble modern international batters with just pace.

He needs to grind it out in first class and test cricket, if he wants to bowl Yorkers like legendary Waqar. Quite enough years in international cricket, he has hardly grown as a bowler. I don't think he will make any significant progress unless he repeats it day in and day out in the longer formats. He will just shine once in a while and get smacked in other matches.
 
pratiktc said:
Reckon this thread gets it right. Haris is not and will never be a Malinga/Bumrah type death closer.

His strength is hard lengths in middle overs. Team should look to bowl him out by 16th/17th over max.
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He has just lost his focus and doesn't bowl with accuracy consistently anymore.
 
Another day, another MLC 2024 game, and another mediocre performance. 4 overs 32 runs and no wickets.

I wonder what has happened to this guy. He was good at taking wickets but in this tournament, he is struggling.
 
What a pathetic bowler Haris Rauf is..

Pakistan cricket's death over specialist - we truly are delusional

Every second grade batsman can take him to the cleaners. Everybody keeps bashing him and he has no answers.

We, as Pakistan fans, should be ashamed that he represents us.
 
Haris Rauf couldn't put up a good show in the final of MLC 2024 for San Francisco Unicorns against Washington Freedom. With the ball, he took 1/41 in 4 overs, resulting in his side's loss.

He should be sent to the domestic circuit and forced to play red ball cricket only for the next year, otherwise, his career will soon be finished.
 
Haris Rauf had a disastrous campaign in MLC 2024. In 9 matches for SFU, he took only 4 wickets with a BBI of 2/38, a bowling average of 73.50, and a bowling economy of 9.09.
 
FearlessRoar said:
Haris Rauf had a disastrous campaign in MLC 2024. In 9 matches for SFU, he took only 4 wickets with a BBI of 2/38, a bowling average of 73.50, and a bowling economy of 9.09.
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He has done well by his standards, I expected an economy of 12 for the tournament...

I wonder how bad his performances need to be for PCB to consider dropping him? How long will he have the license to humiliate us fans..
 
FearlessRoar said:
Haris Rauf had a disastrous campaign in MLC 2024. In 9 matches for SFU, he took only 4 wickets with a BBI of 2/38, a bowling average of 73.50, and a bowling economy of 9.09.
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This guy has been a disappointment for a long time now. Whether it is PSL, Pakistan games, or this MLC 2024, he has been below par.

This guy is having some serious issues with his bowling. PCB should make him rest for a long time now. No need to keep dragging a dead weight.
 
He had the talent to become the next Umesh Yadav but he could not learn the trade in Pakistan where fast bowling standards are very low.
 
Haris was good death over bowler but he got spoiled when he was asked to bowl with the new bowl. He was never a new ball bowler. I think he was misused but TBH a bowler like him who has no mind of his own will always struggle.
 
Haris takes 1 wicket and he jumps onto the moon but soon the reality hits and his landing is even more painful than ever before. There is no denying the fact that this guy has declined. He is not the same guy he was before injury.

He needs rest or maybe he needs to play domestic cricket and longer format instead of these 10-20 ball games. These games are not going to help him.
 
BouncerGuy said:
Haris takes 1 wicket and he jumps onto the moon but soon the reality hits and his landing is even more painful than ever before. There is no denying the fact that this guy has declined. He is not the same guy he was before injury.

He needs rest or maybe he needs to play domestic cricket and longer format instead of these 10-20 ball games. These games are not going to help him.
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He is the modern day Wahab. Phaaaaast and flatters to deceive but always expensive and costs us the game.
 
Haris Rauf continues his prime form in The Hundred, taking 2 crucial wickets for 9 runs in 10 balls in a rain-affected match against Northern Superchargers. He is now the fifth-highest wicket-taker in The Hundred 2024, with 9 wickets in 4 matches
 
He is rubbish crap absolutely no control
 
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The right-handed Wahab needs to banished for good. A match loser through and through.

Only a complete fool would advocate for his selection in any format. The worst part is that with Aqib calling the shots for the next year or so, he isn’t going anywhere.
 
Got 3 wickets but was most expansive bowlers. As usual he can get few wickets like this but he will never be a match winner as he has no control and always give up in pressure situation. In fact all Pakistani bowlers are like that now. None of these can run through entire batting of opposition
 
111 International games for Pakistan
175 International wickets
276 T20 wickets
2x PSL winner.

Happy 31st Birthday to Haris Rauf.
 
A very very average cricketer, may be its the parents blessing he has achieved this much. The way Kohli & Rohit spank him for fun is beyond embarrasment.
 
Good stuff this is from Haris as he got Josh Inglis, soft dismissal really.

Need this man in full form. He can take wickets.
 
Another wicket for haris. Marnus is gone. 2nd time haris got his wicket in 2 games. Makes it 2 in 2 LOL

Bunny vibes
 
Salman Ali Agha talking to commentators about Hairs Rauf:

"Haris Rauf wears his heart on his sleeves. Whenever he comes to Australia, he looks like a different bowler. He consistently takes wickets here. If you look at his performance in the Big Bash League and T20 World Cup, he's a different bowler in Australia. He's been bowling amazingly well lately."
 
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