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[VIDEOS] "I never gave up and never accepted defeat in my quest for international cricket": Usama Mir

After todays preformance against Australia would you want to see Usama Mir play against Afghanistan?

  • Yes

    Votes: 2 22.2%

  • No

    Votes: 7 77.8%
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Usama Mir, the leg-spinner for Multan Sultans, has made history in the Pakistan Super League (PSL) by achieving a new record in the current season.

During the match against Quetta Gladiators, Usama dismissed Mohammad Wasim Jr., solidifying his position as the leading wicket-taker among spin bowlers in a single edition of the tournament.

His remarkable performance yielded figures of three wickets for 22 runs in four overs, elevating his total wicket count to 21 for this season.

This feat surpasses the previous record held by Rashid Khan, who claimed 20 wickets in the previous season while representing Lahore Qalandars.

Notably, Hasan Ali's 25 wickets in the 2019 season remains the highest tally of wickets taken by any bowler in a single PSL edition.
 
Usama Mir has dismissed Babar Azam twice in the ongoing Pakistan Super League season 9, and both times Babar was clean bowled.
 
Your performances in PSL are meaningless if you can't perform in internationals. I like Usama's work ethic, but he hasn't done much at international level yet.
 
Usama Mir is at the top of the wicket charts, with 21 wickets

He is the proud owner of the Fazal Mahmood cap.

Will another bowler be able to overtake his record?

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Usama Mir coming handy for MS against PZ in PSL 9 Final's qualifier. He ended up with a brilliant spell of 2/16 in four overs.
 
I am sure that he will be selected for the T20I series against New Zealand and I really hope that he reflects the same form in internationals as well as he is doing well in PSL 9 so far.

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Usama Mir speaking during the Multan Sultans vs Peshawar Zalmi post-match presser:

"Last year, I played a lot of T20 cricket. After the PSL, I participated in the Blast and The Hundred. Then, I immediately switched to one-day cricket against Afghanistan. It’s known that you tend to bowl a bit faster in T20 cricket, and everyone knows that I bowl quite fast. So, in one-day cricket, I decided to reduce my pace a bit, hoping it might be helpful. All matches were in the subcontinent, and I figured that if I bowled slower, it could be advantageous.”

“I played a warm-up match in the World Cup where I bowled slower and had a bit of success against New Zealand. I started to continue with the same strategy, which was different from what I had been doing in the past years. Because of bowling slower, my action was not fully completed. When I reviewed the videos, I noticed a significant difference. My action was fully completed at one place, but at another place, my action was stopping. I was confused about what was happening. So, I worked very hard on this and returned to the technique I was using earlier."
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He will never be successful in international cricket. Just a domestic merchant.
 
Slim said:
He will never be successful in international cricket. Just a domestic merchant.
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He has been doing well in PSL so far and his bowing looks far more improved. I wonder what happens to these guys when they play the international cricket.
 
BouncerGuy said:
He has been doing well in PSL so far and his bowing looks far more improved. I wonder what happens to these guys when they play the international cricket.
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You dont know?
What happens that in International cricket you face quality players, who can even hit good deliveries for a 6. In PSL/Domestic even poor deliveries can get you a wicket. Add to that the pressure of International games.

Surprised so many posters keep asking this question.
 
Alex Hartley, the spin bowling coach for Multan Sultans is impressed by the talented Usama Mir. She mentioned this during an interview with a local Pakistani media outlet:

"I'll share my opinion. A lot of hard work is kept behind the scenes before the PSL. He has worked on his actions to try and prevent falling full tosses. Tactically, he is very switched on, but we've developed a relationship where we work together, discussing the batters and our plans against certain ones. In my opinion, early on, we agree or express our views. We've built this relationship where we are also friends, and I think that's really important to understand a player—what they need. We sat down on day one with David Parsons as well and asked, 'What do you want us to look out for? What are you working on? What are your strengths and weaknesses?' And for me, he's been so good off the field as well, helping our young left-arm spinner Faisal Akram. He's constantly discussing his action and how he can improve and the speeds he should be bowling. So credit to him as a person as well because he wants everyone else to succeed, and he's not letting fame get to his head just yet."
 
Guptill smashed Usma Mir 18 runs in his first over.

Worst start by the highest wicket taker in the all important final.
 
Have to admit he had an incredible tournament.

Yes, he got hit really badly by Guptill in his first over today, but he recovered well. Leg spinners sometimes go for big runs, it is what it is.
 
24 wickets
15.87 Average
8.13 Economy
6/40 Best Figures
1 5 wicket haul

Usama Mir clinches the Bowler of the Tournament award.
 
Misbah-ul-Haq speaking during a TV show:

"I think today was a great opportunity for Usama, but early on, he bowled a bit full. He got the chance, and the stage was set, but maybe his bowling was delayed a bit. Normally, he comes to bowl from the seventh over, and it was a high-pressure situation. The required average was almost 10 runs at that time, and Islamabad had to attack him at that point. The moment he came, Islamabad’s batters took the chance, and after that, they couldn’t recover in the match.”

“It’s very important for a leg spinner that if they get a good start and bowl one or two good overs, they gain momentum, and their confidence level improves. But when you get hit as soon as you come, especially for a leg spinner, it becomes very difficult to come back."​
 
On his return to the Pakistan playing XI for the 4th T20I against the weak New Zealand side, Usama Mir went for 9 runs in his first over of the spell. It seems this guy is not cut out for international cricket.
 
Usama Mir ends up with an expensive spell of 1/43 for Pakistan today against New Zealand in the 4th T20I 2024.
 
The struggle for Usama Mir in international cricket seems to be a never-ending ordeal.
 
There were 5 spinners on show tonight and Usama's economy rate was the worst of the lot.

Has a decent stock delivery compared to someone like Shadab, and his height gives him bounce, but nothing else in his armory. No real plan when batsmen attacks him.

Fine for domestic and franchise level but think it's time to invest elsewhere.
 
Usama mir should everyone once again that he is also a league bully. He can only bowl well in PSL type leagues and domestics. Should be benched now for good.
 
BouncerGuy said:
He has been doing well in PSL so far and his bowing looks far more improved. I wonder what happens to these guys when they play the international cricket.
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Slim said:
He will never be successful in international cricket. Just a domestic merchant.
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Like i said, forever a domestic merchant. There are a few more players like these who i can name.
 
BouncerGuy said:
Yep exactly. a domestic bully. good for nothing in the internationals.
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I also analysed what @Slim Said, although full credit to him for pointing this out before.

Usama mir, bowls at bounce and an awkward angle which is good for a spinner and normally hard for a batter to play

But

He can't spin the ball, so that awkward angle is useless of you have zero variation and can't spin. Abrar on the other hand can spin the ball and has alot of variety and variation.

It's clear who's superior. One psl means nothing.
 
mominsaigol said:
I also analysed what @Slim Said, although full credit to him for pointing this out before.

Usama mir, bowls at bounce and an awkward angle which is good for a spinner and normally hard for a batter to play

But

He can't spin the ball, so that awkward angle is useless of you have zero variation and can't spin. Abrar on the other hand can spin the ball and has alot of variety and variation.

It's clear who's superior. One psl means nothing.
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Obviously, Abrar make the team for sure here and if selectors decided to leave him out for USama, I am out of here for good.
 
BouncerGuy said:
Obviously, Abrar make the team for sure here and if selectors decided to leave him out for USama, I am out of here for good.
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Tbf to usama he's bowling on pindi, but I can't see him being effective on any pitch beyond bilo bouncy pitches.
 
BouncerGuy said:
I guess he is not good enough. Not once he looked like he has troubled the batter. The wicket he got was also batter's mistake. It was nothing special.
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Has played 4 T20Is, he hasn't been amazing but his domestic record warrants at least 10 matches.

Not sure if there's time for him to be ready before the world cup but I'd persist with him a bit
 
ahmadharis1 said:
Has played 4 T20Is, he hasn't been amazing but his domestic record warrants at least 10 matches.

Not sure if there's time for him to be ready before the world cup but I'd persist with him a bit
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He does not have a place in the squad of 15 even if i buy your logic. Imad, Shadab and Abrar are better than him.
 
mominsaigol said:
I also analysed what @Slim Said, although full credit to him for pointing this out before.

Usama mir, bowls at bounce and an awkward angle which is good for a spinner and normally hard for a batter to play

But

He can't spin the ball, so that awkward angle is useless of you have zero variation and can't spin. Abrar on the other hand can spin the ball and has alot of variety and variation.

It's clear who's superior. One psl means nothing.
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Mir is also a mental midget, he has a pathetic attitude. Something i noticed in WC 2023.
 
What a great improvement in Usama Mir's bowling. Claimed 2 wickets and that too being economical. Would he be the man of the match today? 🤔
 
I believed, he should have been dropped from this game, however he bowled well. Economical & wickets. Good game from Usama.
 
Usama Mir has been left out of the squad for the upcoming series against Ireland and England. Does it make sense? I don't think so.

Dropping a player after just 1 series when he has a performance to show in PSL to back his selection. I am not sure what PCB is thinking here.
 
Member Selection Committee, Abdul Razzaq Speaking during the squad announcement press conference:

When asked about not selecting Usama Mir:

“Undoubtedly, Usama Mir has taken the most wickets in PSL, but we have Shadab Khan. We want to avoid taking players of the same type, that’s why we have included Abrar Ahmed in the team. So we have Shadab Khan and we have a mystery bowler as well, that’s why Usama Mir was not selected”​
 
BouncerGuy said:
Usama Mir has been left out of the squad for the upcoming series against Ireland and England. Does it make sense? I don't think so.

Dropping a player after just 1 series when he has a performance to show in PSL to back his selection. I am not sure what PCB is thinking here.
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I would have taken him just as an alternative to Abrar, but certainly not for his average performances in international cricket so far.

Before the PSL, he got absolutely destroyed by Finn Allen in New Zealand aswell. Has a tendency to either bowl so bad that he loses you games or bowl quite well. Nothing in between.
 
Usman Chadda said:
I would have taken him just as an alternative to Abrar, but certainly not for his average performances in international cricket so far.

Before the PSL, he got absolutely destroyed by Finn Allen in New Zealand aswell. Has a tendency to either bowl so bad that he loses you games or bowl quite well. Nothing in between.
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But he was dropped just after 1 series. What if Shadab fails as well? DO we have a back for him?
 
BouncerGuy said:
But he was dropped just after 1 series. What if Shadab fails as well? DO we have a back for him?
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It's not one series. He was awful in the 2023WC, equally as terrible in NZ T20I series and got a pasting in the first game he played in this series.

Shadab is already an attacking spinner in the squad, so I can understand the logic of not selecting Usama. I would have kept him around just incase Abrar doesn't do well.
 
Usman Chadda said:
It's not one series. He was awful in the 2023WC, equally as terrible in NZ T20I series and got a pasting in the first game he played in this series.

Shadab is already an attacking spinner in the squad, so I can understand the logic of not selecting Usama. I would have kept him around just incase Abrar doesn't do well.
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Ok. but he was your top wicket-taker in PSL. If other players can get selected on PSL why not him?
 
BouncerGuy said:
Ok. but he was your top wicket-taker in PSL. If other players can get selected on PSL why not him?
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I think the gulf between international cricket and a league like PSL is just too big, and only relying on league performances for selection in the Pakistan team for a tried and tested failure should not happen anymore. The job of the selector is not to just note down statistics and select the team based on them, but more about how the player has gone about acquiring those figures.

Usama is mentally weak, probably one of the weakest ones in this squad and completely self-destructs under pressure. International cricket will be brutal for you if you let that happen.
 
BouncerGuy said:
Usama Mir has been left out of the squad for the upcoming series against Ireland and England. Does it make sense? I don't think so.

Dropping a player after just 1 series when he has a performance to show in PSL to back his selection. I am not sure what PCB is thinking here.
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You don't need another spinner in this squad. In the presence of Imad and Shadab and with Iftikhar and Saim also capable of bowling spin, at most you are likely to play one specialist spinner. So that's either Usama or Abrar and the latter has been much more impressive.
 
amvbfm said:
You don't need another spinner in this squad. In the presence of Imad and Shadab and with Iftikhar and Saim also capable of bowling spin, at most you are likely to play one specialist spinner. So that's either Usama or Abrar and the latter has been much more impressive.
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I guess that does make sense. Usama was kind of a freebie-giving bowler. He might win you games 1 out of 10 times but most of the time he was bad.

I think many spinners in the team already made his chance to dim in the end.
 
Good riddance. Excellent decision from the selectors. He is simply not international quality. Even in the last match against NZland School boys team, he got wickets not because he was spinning the ball but because they threw their wickets away. In other matches he was smashed all over.
 
Slim said:
Good riddance. Excellent decision from the selectors. He is simply not international quality. Even in the last match against NZland School boys team, he got wickets not because he was spinning the ball but because they threw their wickets away. In other matches he was smashed all over.
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I think he should have been selected. I agree that he has been bowling trash over the last year. But if it wasn't for him, Pakistan would have lost 3-1 to NZ at home. He was also the highest wicket taker of the PSL. He needs to become more consistent, but I think he has done enough to warrant a place in the squad.
 
Asad T said:
I think he should have been selected. I agree that he has been bowling trash over the last year. But if it wasn't for him, Pakistan would have lost 3-1 to NZ at home. He was also the highest wicket taker of the PSL. He needs to become more consistent, but I think he has done enough to warrant a place in the squad.
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Bro, just no, don't even think about usama, the first letter in the English alphabet starts with an A, hence focus needs to be on abrar
 
Even in PSL, usama was getting wickets off loose balls. He is not that consistent in his line and length. All other teams having players like buttler, salt, Klassen, travis head will smash this guy for 30 odd runs in an over. I think abrar and his mystery spin is better than usama' half trackers. But usama will be feeling very unlucky that his pSL performance could not save his spot in the team.
 
BouncerGuy said:
Even in PSL, usama was getting wickets off loose balls. He is not that consistent in his line and length. All other teams having players like buttler, salt, Klassen, travis head will smash this guy for 30 odd runs in an over. I think abrar and his mystery spin is better than usama' half trackers. But usama will be feeling very unlucky that his pSL performance could not save his spot in the team.
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Maybe he shouldn't have gone for 40 runs in a game lol.

The reality is PCB isn't stupid, they know who's bad and who isn't. But PCB is nepotistic and biased towards their favourites as they bring them money, so they'll keep them as long as that happens. They don't care about cups.

I imagine chacha is in the team cause of his chacha meme rather them actually being a good player lol.
 
mominsaigol said:
Bro, just no, don't even think about usama, the first letter in the English alphabet starts with an A, hence focus needs to be on abrar
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haha i agree that Abrar is wayyyy better than Mir. I just feel that Mir is still a better option than someone like Hasan Ali. Mir got tonked in the first game, but he was literally the reason we won the last T20. It makes no sense to drop someone after they won you a match.
 
Asad T said:
haha i agree that Abrar is wayyyy better than Mir. I just feel that Mir is still a better option than someone like Hasan Ali. Mir got tonked in the first game, but he was literally the reason we won the last T20. It makes no sense to drop someone after they won you a match.
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But hasan is a pacer and mir Is a spinner?.
 
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