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[VIDEOS] Haris Rauf is a habitually unreliable death bowler

Usman Chadda said:
Not much difference between the two, Wahab was as big a spray gun as Haris Rauf and probably a bigger match loser when he lost his radar.

2019WC was in different conditions, Rauf got smacked on a pitch where Mark Wood also went at 10 RPO in the opening game and that too against Conway and Ravindra, let alone one of the best ODI players in the modern game.

Rauf is no world beater, but he is not as bad as people are making him out to be. The pitch becomes an absolute dream to bat on under lights in Ahmedabad.
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Wahab averaged 26 in the ICC WCs with a SR of 28 in 20 matches . Don't care what he did in meaningless bilateral series. He is a bigger match winner in ICC tournaments than Babar ever will be.
 
Random stat:

Since start of 2022, v ICC Full Members in ODIs

Haris Rauf 33 wickets @ 27 (ec 5.83)
Shardul Thakur 41 wickets @ 27 (ec 5.85)
 
May be i am wrong. Wahab reversed the ball better. But when he was a regular we had only one ball to use. It aided him. Not sure how he would have bowled in this 2 new ball era.
 
The biggest problem with Rauf is how he goes missing in the most important matches especially vs India.

He averages over 37.42 at an economy rate of 7.27 vs India in the 7 ODIs and T20s. Contrast this with his career T20+ODi avg and ER of 23 and 6.8 respectively. He seems to be afraid of Indian team innately and tries to overcompensate with false bravado on field but obviously not enough oomph with the ball resulting in pasting.
 
Sir Alex said:
The biggest problem with Rauf is how he goes missing in the most important matches especially vs India.

He averages over 37.42 at an economy rate of 7.27 vs India in the 7 ODIs and T20s. Contrast this with his career T20+ODi avg and ER of 23 and 6.8 respectively. He seems to be afraid of Indian team innately and tries to overcompensate with false bravado on field but obviously not enough oomph with the ball resulting in pasting.
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The Indians are probably one of the best players against raw pace. World's best against short ball. Everyone Rohit, Gill, Kohli, Rahul, SKY. People misinterpret their struggle against new ball swing as a struggle against pace. Henry, and Boult are not really express. They just swing the ball. It was weird to see Pakistan loading the side with 4 seamers in Asia Cup. Proper left arm spinner who can spin the ball is likely to pose more threat than these speed merchants.
 
I think he has to develop a couple of more variations at the death. He bowls off cutter slower balls but he should also develop leg cutter and back of the hand ball to be more successful at the international level.
 
Haris needs to get his mojo back soonish!

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Would he recover from Rohit Sharma’s assault. If he does it would be incredible mental toughness
 
it seems like haris is more focusing on pace these days rather than on any variations thats the reason why he is getting threashed.

Hardly he bowls any slower deliveries or yorkers.

at the other end if you look Jasprit Bumrah he effectively deploys all of his bowling variations which make life more challenging for batsmen.
 
Cricket Warrior said:
it seems like haris is more focusing on pace these days rather than on any variations thats the reason why he is getting threashed.

Hardly he bowls any slower deliveries or yorkers.

at the other end if you look Jasprit Bumrah he effectively deploys all of his bowling variations which make life more challenging for batsmen.
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I think haris must be around 32 .he wants to bowl fast for another 2 years and make as much as possible in leagues and 20 20's. He never shows interest or passion to learn as though he knows what's going to happen.
 
Haris is my favourite Pak player ... a bit out of form like Siraj in the last 2 games but without a Bumrah to back him up. The problem is with Pak batting unit who give the bowlers smallish total to defend on good batting tracks in India
 
bala977 said:
Haris is my favourite Pak player ... a bit out of form like Siraj in the last 2 games but without a Bumrah to back him up. The problem is with Pak batting unit who give the bowlers smallish total to defend on good batting tracks in India
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Hasan Ali is like Bumrah in bowling.
 
The difference between tape ball and hard ball became evident today point to ponder why does every world class batsman like zkohli Rohit Warner takes Rauf for fun
 
Haris has come from grassroots and made his name in T20 circuit but that's that, he has no business in 50 over or Test cricket today was an all time worst display of bowling from a Pakistani at WC stage
 
He did well at the end. Rauf seems to be one of those people who needs to mess up just once before people pounce on him.
 
Honestly after this performance we can replace him with even Mohammad Wasim. Those 24runs given in first over just let down the morale of whole team. This is unforgiveable.

He started bowling slower balls when all the damage was done, 350 or 415 is same thing, our batting is too weak for those scores.
 
pillionrider said:
Rauf came in 1st change today.
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Ok I didn't really watch the Aus innings, but I still think he's never really going to be effective until the ball gets old. He doesn't really get much movement off a decent length, he has to pitch it right up and then can be quite expensive if he gets it slightly wrong.
 
Cpt. Rishwat said:
Ok I didn't really watch the Aus innings, but I still think he's never really going to be effective until the ball gets old. He doesn't really get much movement off a decent length, he has to pitch it right up and then can be quite expensive if he gets it slightly wrong.
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He hit 150 at the end which was impressive after a hard day out.
 
pillionrider said:
He hit 150 at the end which was impressive after a hard day out.
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He has the speed but at this level only speed isn't enough. He has to develop some variations along with his off cutter to be a successful bowler on consistent basis.
 
If Rauf made his name in T20 cricket then how's he a reverse swing bowler? Same in ODIs with 2 new balls.
 
Reality is that he can only be effective with old ball weather in middle or death overs. With new ball he will always be smashed like today on flat wickets. You need different skills with new ball which he don't have.
 
AMSS said:
The simpler explanation is that Rauf hasn't played enough FC cricket to develop the bowling intelligence that only comes from experience and hard slog.
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This is a good point often ignored. I can’t for the life of me understand why Pakistan think they are in the 1980’s when somebody without first class experience can just rock up and walk into the national team. Nowadays bowlers have to prise out batsmen and work hard to contain runs. You simply won’t bowl out a batsman with 90-91 mph balls. You need to set them up and he’s clueless.
 
I think he’s been smashed for 15-20 sixes since he arrived in India (including warm up games)
 
Jazx said:
Reality is that he can only be effective with old ball weather in middle or death overs. With new ball he will always be smashed like today on flat wickets. You need different skills with new ball which he don't have.
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It’s always good to know about your bowlers before you induct them into the international side let alone the freaking WC!!!
 
Yes he pulled things back at the end of the innings, but he ended up with the awful figures of 8-0-83-3

That's over 10 an over.

He was all over the place at the start of his spell, absolutely awful and thoughtless bowling.
 
There was lack of bowling plans by the whole team. Afridi was the only one who bowled well but was undermined by clueless fielding tactics. For a team boasting two coaches (Bradburn and Mickey) plus Morkel, one should expect better collective bowling plans and effort by the team.
 
Isn’t it the exact opposite? He has some of the best death bowling numbers in the entire world. It’s the opening and middle overs where he’s liable to get hit bad. Especially with such ball boundaries, the pace can work against you more than it can help you if you don’t bowl tight.
 
jeeteshssaxena said:
He is a very ordinary bowler( I have said it time and again), the best he can do is win matches against lesser teams in t20s, that’s it.

He is quite similar to Wahab Riaz, might produce a match winning spell sometimes but is prone to getting smashed all around
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Always believed this
 
Rauf is good at the death, its just that him coming after 10 overs is such a boost for opposition teams, going for so many runs.
 
He is a good bowler, but in India the mantra of "Pace is Pace Yaar" does not work
If you have noticed, the most successful bolwers in India have mixed up their pace really well and use the slow ball / knucle bowl, cutters, ect to great effect.
Indian pitches are flat but the ball is sometimes a bit slow to jump out of the surface. Harris in particular needs to use variations more effectively.
 
Have always believed him to be the second coming of Wahab Riaz. Might win you an odd match in 500 attempts but will always lack consistency

His pathetic economy in the PSL and international cricket is a proof of that
 
saqib.rai said:
Have always believed him to be the second coming of Wahab Riaz. Might win you an odd match in 500 attempts but will always lack consistency

His pathetic economy in the PSL and international cricket is a proof of that
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Wahab Riaz was a woeful ODI bowler. Rarely ever took wickets after his first 25 ODIs. Haris has better numbers as of yet but his lack of awareness in the first half of the game was very visible.
 
He's got some company Topley Wood Curran Woakes now the question who is worst among all
 
The “Rauf struggles with the new ball but is great at the death” narrative will also end in tears.

He is terrible with both new and old ball. He is a gone case and will be history within 12-18 months.

He is a street cricketer. A tape ball bowler. He has played 4 years of international cricket but he doesn’t have any mileage left.
 
Mamoon said:
The “Rauf struggles with the new ball but is great at the death” narrative will also end in tears.

He is terrible with both new and old ball. He is a gone case and will be history within 12-18 months.

He is a street cricketer. A tape ball bowler. He has played 4 years of international cricket but he doesn’t have any mileage left.
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Well their are no better options. He bowls at 150 kph and currently does have a bowling average of around 20 in both odis and t20is.

61 ODI wickets in 32 matches is no small feat.

Yes he has been smashed at times. But that comes with his pace. Starc and Wood also get smashed bro.
 
The way he managed to make a comeback in his last few overs with his variations should be appreciated. His stats could have been much worse but he bowled some good ones in his last few overs.
 
A classic example of a paper tiger.

Will show fake aggression all day but turns into a kitten and runs away with his tail between his legs as soon as the batsmen take him on.

I was wrong to call him Wahab 2.0. He is, at best, a poor man's Wahab.

Where is @RedwoodOriginal?
 
Indian wickets are generally very tough for fast bowlers all over the world. Only Bhumra, Siraj have held their own here.

The South African's against England enjoyed the pace and bounce of the wicket.
 
Bitterly disappointed with his lack of control. With his pace, his line has to be tight to off stump because anything else will disappear
 
Savak said:
Indian wickets are generally very tough for fast bowlers all over the world. Only Bhumra, Siraj have held their own here.

The South African's against England enjoyed the pace and bounce of the wicket.
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Lol Akhtar Akram Imran Gul Amir all have done well here.
Dumb fielding plus one dimensional bowling and captaincy have all wrecked havoc for PCT.
 
How this guy was smirking against Australia throughout the warm up game is beyond me.

And then sledging the Netherlands number 11.

The Almighty does not take kind to arrogance!
 
Rana said:
The way he was smirking when getting smashed for 96 in 9 overs in the warm up match

Guy needs to wake up. The teams coming now love extra pace on these tracks
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Seems players were given surety that they will play every game henceforth same mistakes over and over, spanked from warmup yet no change in plan, mgmt. also persisted with anyone who even played street cricket will know that leaking runs from the start is such a let off, opposition gets a jackpot Rauf did it twice against Aus and AFG
 
Rauf is a bowler without much strategic awareness, he just bowls conventionally without assessing the conditions and try to utilize his pace.

Hasnain is a significantly superior bowler as compared to him but he hasn't had as many opportunities as Haris Rauf got.
 
Maybe OP is confusing formats. In ODI's he is great at the death.

But where he is a massive match loser is in the middle overs.

Against IND/SL/OZ/SA/NZ/ENG,

Haris Rauf averages an absolutely pathetic 81 with the ball in his ODI career.
Combine that with the dross served up by your spinners and PAK will lose middle overs battle every single game.
 
Haris's form is ODI's is not that bad. He is a bit expensive but he had a habit to pick wickets. But recently he has not been using his brain tbh. Just trying to bowl fast in not gonna help in these conditions.
 
His downfall started on 29 September 2022 when he made the following statement. It was the beginning of the end for him:

"If I give my best, they (India) won't be able to play me easily”

Our players simply don’t learn. You don’t provoke Indian players because they won’t take long to show you your level.

Since he made this statement, Kohli and Rohit have owned him on multiple occasions and he is now fighting to save his sorry career.
 
saqib.rai said:
Have always believed him to be the second coming of Wahab Riaz. Might win you an odd match in 500 attempts but will always lack consistency

His pathetic economy in the PSL and international cricket is a proof of that
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Wahab is 100x the bowler Rauf is.

Wahab is superior to our entire bowling unit including naseem lol.

Wahab was very very poor in bilateral series but in crucial world cup stages he's always been a gun bowler.

His 2011 spell to am ATG Indian side. His 2015 spell to de villers and a strong SA side and his 2015 spell to watson is something no fast bowler in Pakistan has come close to replicating minus amir's ct 2017 unplayable spell.

Naseem is good but he's a defensive bowler who bowls test match line and length. He's good but not that good. Shaheen before his finger injury had one unplayable inswing that worked on rohit and Rahul and a few other openers that went goo goo ga ga over him, he otherwise is a medicore middle overs and death bowler. Even in his peak unplayable inswing, Kohli and pandya humbled him consistently.

Rauf in his prime was always expensive, he had a Knack of taking wickets yes but he was always expensive and cost games. Rn he's a trundler though.

Naseem, Shaheen and Rauf would get torn apart by 2015 Australia or 2011 India. Their not World cup wahab's Level, not by any means. Its a shame wahab only showed up on those stages and never during tours, but I'd rather have a guy who shows up in world cup crucial stages then some frauds who feel happy they reach no 1 against D sides.

Wahab was horrible in tours but he'd eat the d sides alive. He's underrated, no one besides him and Amir can survive against 2011 or 2015 Australia sadly.


Edit: if any one reads my comment, When I said no fast bowler replicating, I'm talking about post 2015, don't bum rush me by saying I'm disrespecting wasim or waqar. I'm obviously talking post 2015 lol.
 
I can only see the SA batsmen who love pace pounding the living daylights out of him tomorrow.

Pakistan are better off playing Nawaz instead of him, and hope for the top 4 SA players batting the bulk of the overs (getting 35-40 overs of spin through) before Klaasen comes in to bat
 
Rana said:
I can only see the SA batsmen who love pace pounding the living daylights out of him tomorrow.

Pakistan are better off playing Nawaz instead of him, and hope for the top 4 SA players batting the bulk of the overs (getting 35-40 overs of spin through) before Klaasen comes in to bat
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de Kock and Markram are scary aswell, not just Klassen.

South Africa looking at 450-500 against this average bowling attack.
 
Let’s try this….

Open the bowling with Chacha against DeQock after Shaheen initial first over.

Try keeping this spell going. Once the left hander is removed (I’m expecting DeQock to fall early), bring in Nawaz and a leggie to bowl at RVD, Hendricks/Bavuma and Markram. Just let these boys milk or score at 6-7 runs per over until the 30th-35th over.

Get Hassan Ali in around this time to try and get the ball to reverse from a length. Keep this spell going for a bit and then get Shaheen to bowl 5 out of the 10 death overs

It has to be 2 pacers and 3-4 spinner strategy
 
Usman Chadda said:
de Kock and Markram are scary aswell, not just Klassen.

South Africa looking at 450-500 against this average bowling attack.
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They won’t get 400 this time if you just use your brain a bit. Only Klaasen is a destroyer of spin

The best thing you can do is keep him out of the game for as long as possible, or make him bat the bulk of the overs (forcing him to reassess his usual approach).
 
Rana said:
Let’s try this….

Open the bowling with Chacha against DeQock after Shaheen initial first over.

Try keeping this spell going. Once the left hander is removed (I’m expecting DeQock to fall early), bring in Nawaz and a leggie to bowl at RVD, Hendricks/Bavuma and Markram. Just let these boys milk or score at 6-7 runs per over until the 30th-35th over.

Get Hassan Ali in around this time to try and get the ball to reverse from a length. Keep this spell going for a bit and then get Shaheen to bowl 5 out of the 10 death overs

It has to be 2 pacers and 3-4 spinner strategy
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Absolutely. Also, there's no point playing Rauf. His 150k+ deliveries will come nicely on the bat.
 
Rana said:
Let’s try this….

Open the bowling with Chacha against DeQock after Shaheen initial first over.

Try keeping this spell going. Once the left hander is removed (I’m expecting DeQock to fall early), bring in Nawaz and a leggie to bowl at RVD, Hendricks/Bavuma and Markram. Just let these boys milk or score at 6-7 runs per over until the 30th-35th over.

Get Hassan Ali in around this time to try and get the ball to reverse from a length. Keep this spell going for a bit and then get Shaheen to bowl 5 out of the 10 death overs

It has to be 2 pacers and 3-4 spinner strategy
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Woww man

Great advice

Babar would be a sh*t captain if he doesn't adhere to this genius advice and instead captains according to the situation
 
Mamoon said:
His downfall started on 29 September 2022 when he made the following statement. It was the beginning of the end for him:

"If I give my best, they (India) won't be able to play me easily”

Our players simply don’t learn. You don’t provoke Indian players because they won’t take long to show you your level.

Since he made this statement, Kohli and Rohit have owned him on multiple occasions and he is now fighting to save his sorry career.
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Never should’ve been called up any way. I always rated him below Wahab Riaz. I would’ve never selected him.

Test line & length bowlers like Mir Hamza or Mohammad Amir are much better for ODIs.
 
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