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Mohammad Zeeshan is currently in the Pakistan Under 19 squad. He also plays for Central Punjab Blues Under 19s.

He has played 1 match recently versus UAE Under 19s in the ACC Under 19 Asia Cup where he took 2-34 from 9 overs.

He says he was born on 15th April 2006 in a village near Faisalabad (Chak 58 JB Lillan)

He is 6 foot 8” tall and his shoe size is 13.

He has been clocked at 138 and 139kph on the speed guns at the NHPC although he says that usually he is measured at around the 134 to 135kph mark.

His favourite all-time bowler is Shoaib Akhtar and out of the current bowlers his favourite bowler is Haris Rauf. He wears the number 14 shirt as that is the same number that his role-model Shoaib Akhtar wore during his playing days.

One to keep an eye on in the future.
 
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Hes only 15. By the time he is 20, he may be 7 feet tall. Should be a great test match prospect. With Shaur Ahmed, Shaheen and this guy , Pakistan will have the tallest, and because of that, the best attack in the world.

Only a matter of time now :) [MENTION=132916]Junaids[/MENTION]
 
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Mohammad Zeeshan is currently in the Pakistan Under 19 squad. He also plays for Central Punjab Blues Under 19s.

He has played 1 match recently versus UAE Under 19s in the ACC Under 19 Asia Cup where he took 2-34 from 9 overs.

He says he was born on 15th April 2006 in a village near Faisalabad (Chak 58 JB Lillan)

He is 6 foot 8” tall and his shoe size is 13.

He has been clocked at 138 and 139kph on the speed guns at the NHPC although he says that usually he is measured at around the 134 to 135kph mark.

His favourite all-time bowler is Shoaib Akhtar and out of the current bowlers his favourite bowler is Haris Rauf. He wears the number 14 shirt as that is the same number that his role-model Shoaib Akhtar wore during his playing days.

One to keep an eye on in the future.

Shaheen used to have the same pace at U19 level but it gradually increased over the time
 
Asim Ali is around the same height or even taller but couldn’t play U19 WC due to injury
 
Hes only 15. By the time he is 20, he may be 7 feet tall. Should be a great test match prospect. With Shaur Ahmed, Shaheen and this guy , Pakistan will have the tallest, and because of that, the best attack in the world.

Only a matter of time now :) [MENTION=132916]Junaids[/MENTION]

I know you are being sarcastic

Height has a massive advantage that you don’t have to really quick to survive in test cricket. You can’t be 130-135 kph and be under 6 feets. Skills are the most important factor.
 
Wow, i am genuinely excited and interested to see how this guy develops. It makes a change from the relative midgets of 5 10. He is the type of bowler the PCB should support with a diet plan and financial support.
 
Met him recently and he is one big unit !

I reckon the lad didn't have it easy in economy class on a 8 hour flight from Dubai to Manchester.
 
any proper pictures of him?

from the youtbe thumb looks like hes a fairly large lad, i.e. in proportion to his height, not gangly and weak looking like some of the other bowlers who have come and gone over the years.

also if hes really 135k average, thats great, with his height if he can imrpove to 145 in four or five years hes gonna be a handful.

i fear he wont get the right trainers tho, a guy that big needs a lot of physical conditioning, unless they like jamieson, naturally big and strong.
 
Met him recently and he is one big unit !

I reckon the lad didn't have it easy in economy class on a 8 hour flight from Dubai to Manchester.

Genuine question here Saj bhai, does the PCB actually have a set profile for the type of young players they want to scout? I.e. tall fast bowler, young batsmen with hitting ability etc? Because this lad, if focussed on by the higher ups and developed properly, could be very effective.
 
He is from Chak 58 , a village near Faisalabad . I have some relatives from that area and I know most of families there migrated from East Punjab in 1947, and you will see very tall men quite commonly there.

The most important matter for him is to improve his fitness, more than anything. Due to his height and young age, he is more at risk for knee injuries which can be a hurdle in his career. He is an asset and hope PCB will take care of him. If he remains injury free till he is 21-22 ( like Shaheen ) he will have a long career as cricketer.
 
That second delivery was nice. Hope he looks to hit a consistently good length not just banging it in like the first and last ball. Someone of his height will always get decent bounce from a length anyway.
 
Met him recently and he is one big unit !

I reckon the lad didn't have it easy in economy class on a 8 hour flight from Dubai to Manchester.

Surely someone at the PCB would have a few brain cells and give him a seat in FC to avoid back injuries. Isn't he worth the investment
 
Surely someone at the PCB would have a few brain cells and give him a seat in FC to avoid back injuries. Isn't he worth the investment

I would have thought so, but he was sat in economy class.

Heading to a World Cup so maybe it's the ICC who sorts out seats and airline tickets.
 
Genuine question here Saj bhai, does the PCB actually have a set profile for the type of young players they want to scout? I.e. tall fast bowler, young batsmen with hitting ability etc? Because this lad, if focussed on by the higher ups and developed properly, could be very effective.

I don't think they have a set profile.

The career path of many cricketers in Pakistan seems to be tape-ball, to local clubs, spotted by regional coaches, to u16 regional, u19 regional and onwards.
 
I would have thought so, but he was sat in economy class.

Heading to a World Cup so maybe it's the ICC who sorts out seats and airline tickets.

I bet my bottom dollar that if this was so PCB board member,he would travelled FC with all expenses paid. The PCB is a gravy train run for the benefit of its appointees and other employees. The players are last in the queue
 
He is traveling reserve for u19 world cup squad, not in official squad would just get some overseas travelling experience and that's it.
 
I don't think they have a set profile.

The career path of many cricketers in Pakistan seems to be tape-ball, to local clubs, spotted by regional coaches, to u16 regional, u19 regional and onwards.

On their way to under 16 regional, they leave their schools.
 
Perfect!

Now, there is no clear benefit to a guy of 6'8 bowling at 145K over 135K. His weapon is always going to be extra bounce from a full length meaning that batsmen can never decide whether to go forward or back.

This guy, like Shaheen Shah Afridi in 2018, is an absolute diamond.

But there are risks to be managed, and ways to minimise dangers.

Firstly, if he tries to bowl too fast he will destroy his spine like Bruce Reid did. He needs to have the number of balls he bowls strictly managed, and he needs to be told not to strive for pace.

Secondly, he needs to see a proper bowling coach like Ian Pont to smooth out the biomechanical problems in his run-up and delivery motions. Do it now before it's too late!

Thirdly, given that he must not bowl too much until his growth is complete, he needs to spend hours and hours each day on his batting. He may only be allowed to bowl for 30 minutes per day - that's around 4 overs - but that shouldn't stop him from batting for 2 hours in the nets every day, no exceptions.

A 6'8 bowler who can average 5 with the bat and bat at Number 11 in Tests is OK.

A 6'8 bowler who can average 15 with the bat and bat at Number 9 offers the team much more.

A 6'8 bowler who can average 36 with the bat and 33 with the ball, like Jacob Oram, is an amazing asset to have.
 
On their way to under 16 regional, they leave their schools.

Not all are born with silver spoons in their mouth or have influential dads or uncles to 'help' them.
 
Imagine taking this monster to South Africa and Australia
 
Perfect!

Now, there is no clear benefit to a guy of 6'8 bowling at 145K over 135K. His weapon is always going to be extra bounce from a full length meaning that batsmen can never decide whether to go forward or back.

This guy, like Shaheen Shah Afridi in 2018, is an absolute diamond.

But there are risks to be managed, and ways to minimise dangers.

Firstly, if he tries to bowl too fast he will destroy his spine like Bruce Reid did. He needs to have the number of balls he bowls strictly managed, and he needs to be told not to strive for pace.

Secondly, he needs to see a proper bowling coach like Ian Pont to smooth out the biomechanical problems in his run-up and delivery motions. Do it now before it's too late!

Thirdly, given that he must not bowl too much until his growth is complete, he needs to spend hours and hours each day on his batting. He may only be allowed to bowl for 30 minutes per day - that's around 4 overs - but that shouldn't stop him from batting for 2 hours in the nets every day, no exceptions.

A 6'8 bowler who can average 5 with the bat and bat at Number 11 in Tests is OK.

A 6'8 bowler who can average 15 with the bat and bat at Number 9 offers the team much more.

A 6'8 bowler who can average 36 with the bat and 33 with the ball, like Jacob Oram, is an amazing asset to have.

Totally agree with you. Don't bowl too much and I would add that someone should tell him to do long distance running to get stronger, a little bit of weights will help but not too much, we don't want him to turn into a palwan like Shoaib Akhtar.
 
Not all are born with silver spoons in their mouth or have influential dads or uncles to 'help' them.

What's the reason he isnt in the full squad, surely besides Zeeshan Zamir, the other guys aren't better than this guy.
 
He is traveling reserve for u19 world cup squad, not in official squad would just get some overseas travelling experience and that's it.

That's it?

Fantastic and useful experience for him, even if he doesn't play a match.
 
Imagine taking this monster to South Africa and Australia

Take him in a straight jacket and wrapped in chains, then unleash this monster on the pitch! maybe he should wear a boogeyman mask to, that would be a great spectacle
 
Take him in a straight jacket and wrapped in chains, then unleash this monster on the pitch! maybe he should wear a boogeyman mask to, that would be a great spectacle

This could be his Undertaker survivor series debut in Australia! We need a Million Dollar man to bill him up, the rest will be history!
 
This could be his Undertaker survivor series debut in Australia! We need a Million Dollar man to bill him up, the rest will be history!

That’s a fantastic suggestion, I think Mohammad Amir would be perfect for the Million Dollar man role! “Everyone’s got a price, muhahaha” :yk [MENTION=2016]Rana[/MENTION] [MENTION=53290]Markhor[/MENTION]
 
Imagine taking this monster to South Africa and Australia

Mohammad Irfan was also supposed to be the next big thing, but we all know what happened.

I would monitor this guy but keep my expectations low for now.
 
Such giants don't really make it at international level. Their freaky height creates fitness problems for them as we saw with Mo Irfan.
 
Not all are born with silver spoons in their mouth or have influential dads or uncles to 'help' them.

Schools in Pakistan don’t usually offer sports scholarships. And because we have matches scheduled on weekdays, a student can either choose studies or sports. Under Imran Khan one would think that something like this would change.
 
Perfect!

Now, there is no clear benefit to a guy of 6'8 bowling at 145K over 135K. His weapon is always going to be extra bounce from a full length meaning that batsmen can never decide whether to go forward or back.

This guy, like Shaheen Shah Afridi in 2018, is an absolute diamond.

But there are risks to be managed, and ways to minimise dangers.

Firstly, if he tries to bowl too fast he will destroy his spine like Bruce Reid did. He needs to have the number of balls he bowls strictly managed, and he needs to be told not to strive for pace.

Secondly, he needs to see a proper bowling coach like Ian Pont to smooth out the biomechanical problems in his run-up and delivery motions. Do it now before it's too late!

Thirdly, given that he must not bowl too much until his growth is complete, he needs to spend hours and hours each day on his batting. He may only be allowed to bowl for 30 minutes per day - that's around 4 overs - but that shouldn't stop him from batting for 2 hours in the nets every day, no exceptions.

A 6'8 bowler who can average 5 with the bat and bat at Number 11 in Tests is OK.

A 6'8 bowler who can average 15 with the bat and bat at Number 9 offers the team much more.

A 6'8 bowler who can average 36 with the bat and 33 with the ball, like Jacob Oram, is an amazing asset to have.

Having that height is an advantage. Guys like Jamieson or Green, who offer something different with the ball (extreme height) and can also bat can take a team to another level.

Extra pace is handy, he's young so maybe he has 5kph just from natural improvement. But you're right, if you have Joel Garner type height you don't need to be 145k.
 
Mohammad Irfan was also supposed to be the next big thing, but we all know what happened.

I would monitor this guy but keep my expectations low for now.

Irfan was already 30 when he was "discovered", so he had a very hard time getting up to fitness standards.

If this guy is training and playing serious cricket from his teens, he has a much better chance of coping better physically. The skill & talent- well that's the unknown.

But guys like Garner, Jamieson, Chris Tremlett... there are plenty of big birds who had good careers.
 
Mohammad Irfan was also supposed to be the next big thing, but we all know what happened.

I would monitor this guy but keep my expectations low for now.

Irfan was abnormally tall - had issues with fitness as well.
 
Mohammad Irfan was also supposed to be the next big thing, but we all know what happened.

I would monitor this guy but keep my expectations low for now.

Irfan was a late bloomer who made his FC debut at around 26-27 years of age with not even much competitive hard ball cricket behind him.

For a pacer it’s important to identify him early so that his muscles start developing in the way required for fast bowling (An unnatural motion for human body). Let alone when someone is around 7ft and makes his debut at 27 years of age with not much developed bowling muscles and natural fragility associated with that type of structure.

Zeeshan’s case is much different like that was for Shaheen or any other young tall pacer who is identified early (Hazlewood, Ishant, Cummins etc). Not sure what route Zeeshan’s career will take but, if he maintains his fitness he already has a better chance to excel for a long duration than Irfan unfortunately ever had (Though despite his limitations Irfan was really good in white ball cricket for a period).
 
He might be 6"8, but is he really U-19? ;)
 
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Mohammad Zeeshan is currently in the Pakistan Under 19 squad. He also plays for Central Punjab Blues Under 19s.

He has played 1 match recently versus UAE Under 19s in the ACC Under 19 Asia Cup where he took 2-34 from 9 overs.

He says he was born on 15th April 2006 in a village near Faisalabad (Chak 58 JB Lillan)

He is 6 foot 8” tall and his shoe size is 13.

He has been clocked at 138 and 139kph on the speed guns at the NHPC although he says that usually he is measured at around the 134 to 135kph mark.

His favourite all-time bowler is Shoaib Akhtar and out of the current bowlers his favourite bowler is Haris Rauf. He wears the number 14 shirt as that is the same number that his role-model Shoaib Akhtar wore during his playing days.

One to keep an eye on in the future.

I like his bowling approach and action a lot. Very different from the likes of Irfan or even Haris Rauf.

Smooth run up, nice delivery stride, good jump and an efficient release. Meant to generate pace and especially bounce.

Biomechanical experts will find many things in it but it already looks better than some of the others.
 
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He might be 6"8, but is he really U-19? ;)

For once I really hope he is 18 or 19 and have stopped growing because if he is only 15 as per his claim and already 6.8 by the time he reach 19 he will be 7ft tall and will become a freak instead of a cricketer , we all know what happened to M.Irfan and I think 6.8 is manageable height.
 
Good pace and bounce considering his age , I wonder is Asim Ali and Ahmed Khan really better than this guy? Probably he has some fitness issues and unable to bowl 10 overs in a match
 
From the video shown he was around 77-78mph which should increase to 83mph and higher with better diet and fitness
 
Looks promising but he will have to compete with a lot of gifted fast bowlers in future.
And we are not sucker for tall fast bowlers anymore. Arshad Iqbal and Irfan ullah Shah is already ahead of him in the loop.

Our fast bowling talent pool is amazing, MashAllah.
 
good run up, awkard action to face. Bangs it from a great height. If he gets it to move or cut will be a difficult customer.
With good training no reason he cant increase his pace.
A great future prospect
 
He does not need to bowl fast otherwise his body will break down by the time he is 23. Consistent 140 clicks with extreme focus on line and length and like the above said some cutters in the mix he will be very very deadly.

Should aim for McGrath level consistency.
 
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He does not need to bowl fast otherwise his body will break down by the time he is 23. Consistent 140 clicks with extreme focus on line and length and like the above said some cutters in the mix he will be very very deadly.

Should aim for McGrath level consistency.

140 is very quick
 
From the video shown he was around 77-78mph which should increase to 83mph and higher with better diet and fitness

Looked sharper than that to me.

He says he's clocked regularly at around 135kph which is 83mph.
 
Looked sharper than that to me.

He says he's clocked regularly at around 135kph which is 83mph.

He maybe but I often look at the WK, and he was taking steps towards the batsman as he is running in and he wasn't that far back to begin with. For me the pace at this stage isn't important, more importan is the run up, the gather and point of release, and they are all very solid. IA this guy becomes something special
 
If properly groomed and managed, he can be a great asset . With such height, he can get very good bounce.
 
Hope we can train these giants to become elite Test class bowlers so we can actually do something in Australia instead of taking along midgets to be carted around the park.
 
He maybe but I often look at the WK, and he was taking steps towards the batsman as he is running in and he wasn't that far back to begin with. For me the pace at this stage isn't important, more importan is the run up, the gather and point of release, and they are all very solid. IA this guy becomes something special

I saw that as the WK signalling him to bowl a slower ball, which the bowler either doesn't see his signal or he just ignored him.
 
I saw that as the WK signalling him to bowl a slower ball, which the bowler either doesn't see his signal or he just ignored him.

You maybe right but in all 3 balls i saw the WK moving towards the batsman. Anyways he looks sharp enough
 
He maybe but I often look at the WK, and he was taking steps towards the batsman as he is running in and he wasn't that far back to begin with. For me the pace at this stage isn't important, more importan is the run up, the gather and point of release, and they are all very solid. IA this guy becomes something special

Many keepers (and fielders too) do that as a routine every ball. Kind of like a batsmans trigger movement to step forward with his front foot before the ball is bowled. Has no real bearing on speed.
 
Many keepers (and fielders too) do that as a routine every ball. Kind of like a batsmans trigger movement to step forward with his front foot before the ball is bowled. Has no real bearing on speed.

Yes and No. They do take a step forward but look at how many he is taking. Its a minor point and shouldnt be taken too seriously
 
U19 fast bowler Muhammad Zeeshan has been summoned to the camp for Test series against Australia
 
The Aussie pacers are pretty tall so I guess it's to provide the Pakistan batters with practice of a bowler where the ball is coming down from a great height.

Great opportunity for Zeeshan to bowl to some of the biggest names in Pakistan cricket.
 
U19 fast bowler Muhammad Zeeshan has been summoned to the camp for Test series against Australia

Most likely as net bowler but that itself is a big deal and suggesting young man has some talent . He will learn from this experience.
 
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Mohammad Zeeshan getting some good advice from Mohammad Abbas

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Mohammad Zeeshan getting some good advice from Mohammad Abbas

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Zeshan looking nice and lean in this. Not just bones too like alot of super tall fast bowlers. Looks like he has some meat on him!
 
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Zeshan looking nice and lean in this. Not just bones too like alot of super tall fast bowlers. Looks like he has some meat on him!

that's the first thing i noticed too, if his real age is close to his quoted age, his physical development is exceptional, only guy i can think of atm with similar build is jamieson, only issue as abbas highlights is a lack of mobility and flexibility however he can work on that

doesn't need express pace, if he can become a consistent line and length seamer in mid to high 80s, with that height and build he would be very dangerous
 
Hope this guy is 145 km/hr plus atleast. Irfan in 2013 was lethal because he was consistently bowling at 144-148 km/hr in addition to get bounce at 7ft plus. Once he slowed down to 127-132 km/hr, he became much more easier to manage.
 
Mohammad Zeeshan getting some good advice from Mohammad Abbas

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Why does PCB have to record every single meeting, training session, to look cool (but in reality they look cringe in most videos except this one)??
 
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