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[VIDEOS/ PICTURES] Mohammad Nawaz - A risky pick for Pakistan's spin attack?

3 wickets for Nawaz and big ones too

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excellent bowling today, should just be used as a front line spinner. His batting will never been good enough for a top 6 or 7 slot.
 
Nawaz's wicket - good one too - Alex Hales!

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Is the opening with Nawaz trick been overused?
 
England running between the wickets like Pakistan.

Big wicket.
 
He's supposed to be an all rounder, but I don't rate his batting either. He can hit big, but he usually misses 4 balls for every one he connects with.
 
Him bowling the first over will work for a couple of matches in the series, but if you keep doing it and make it predictable then the opposition will work you out, as England have.
 
People were raving about his batting, but he has done nothing with the bat since the India Asia Cup game. His bowling has been poor recently as well, but that is more the fault of incompetent captain for giving him the ball during the powerplay overs.
 
Garbage fake all rounder, his bowling is decent at best, his batting is that of a tail ender.
 
Saj said:
Him bowling the first over will work for a couple of matches in the series, but if you keep doing it and make it predictable then the opposition will work you out, as England have.
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They are trying to make him Imad Wasim , which he is not.
 
Saqlain doing his best to destroy Nawaz bowling out of turn and batting deep down in tail
 
moghul said:
They are trying to make him Imad Wasim , which he is not.
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To me , Neither Imad nor Newaz seems to be the go to guy spinner opening the bowling for Pakistan. Only bowlers of the class of Saqlain or Akmal can do it on regular basis. Pakistan is doing serious harm to Newaz opening with him all the time.
 
moghul said:
They are trying to make him Imad Wasim , which he is not.
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I wonder what's said in these prematch meetings. We've decent new ball bowlers in Rauf and Hasnain, yet Babar opens with Nawaz.

He gave him one over in the PP yesterday and didn't use him after that, but gave Wasim jr, who was getting spanked, a full quota !
 
He opens the bowling frequently in PSL and those who have watched him over the years can tell that he struggles with the new ball in Pakistan. He was really effective in UAE.

He is not a darter like Imad. He is a conventional finger spinner, and if you are opening with him on flat wickets you are not utilizing him properly. He is a good option with the new ball on slow wickets only.

Nawaz is a good player, a homeless man’s Jadeja at best, which means he merits a place in the team.
 
Mamoon said:
He opens the bowling frequently in PSL and those who have watched him over the years can tell that he struggles with the new ball in Pakistan. He was really effective in UAE.

He is not a darter like Imad. He is a conventional finger spinner, and if you are opening with him on flat wickets you are not utilizing him properly. He is a good option with the new ball on slow wickets only.

Nawaz is a good player, a homeless man’s Jadeja at best, which means he merits a place in the team.
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Imad is a one trick pony with the ball, he just has the arm ball, he can't turn it at all. But somehow he still gets wickets, he's very clever with his flight. Also he's a better bat in my opinion. Although both are pretty ordinary to be perfectly honest, you can take or leave either.
 
Cpt. Rishwat said:
Imad is a one trick pony with the ball, he just has the arm ball, he can't turn it at all. But somehow he still gets wickets, he's very clever with his flight. Also he's a better bat in my opinion. Although both are pretty ordinary to be perfectly honest, you can take or leave either.
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There might be a place for both in the team. Even if Imad doesn’t bowl he probably brings more to the table than Khushdil. You can do a direct swap and you won’t make the team worse.

The chief selector hates Imad with passion though. It almost feels personal at this point. He would rather play with 10 men than let Imad back in the squad.
 
The_KING said:
People were raving about his batting, but he has done nothing with the bat since the India Asia Cup game. His bowling has been poor recently as well, but that is more the fault of incompetent captain for giving him the ball during the powerplay overs.
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In comparison to Moeen and Adil he stil bowled decently.
 
Mamoon said:
There might be a place for both in the team. Even if Imad doesn’t bowl he probably brings more to the table than Khushdil. You can do a direct swap and you won’t make the team worse.

The chief selector hates Imad with passion though. It almost feels personal at this point. He would rather play with 10 men than let Imad back in the squad.
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Imad's issues are with Babar than the CS. Even in the Karachi Kings team you saw that they weren't talking to each other.
 
Mamoon said:
There might be a place for both in the team. Even if Imad doesn’t bowl he probably brings more to the table than Khushdil. You can do a direct swap and you won’t make the team worse.

The chief selector hates Imad with passion though. It almost feels personal at this point. He would rather play with 10 men than let Imad back in the squad.
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Poept calling Imad Bette than nawazshout out forward a t20 innings of Imad where he won us any? Nawaz did it three time in his whole areer plus he is young , better fielder and bowler
 
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Savak said:
Imad's issues are with Babar than the CS. Even in the Karachi Kings team you saw that they weren't talking to each other.
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Imad's issues certainly are with Wasim. He was the one who removed him from Northern captaincy...

His issues with babar might be an aftereffect for not supporting him.
 
Nawaz actually uses the long handle really well against pacers. It surprises me Pakistan didnt promote him as pinch hitter when they were chasing 200 against England.

My current first choice XI includes both Nawaz & Imad.
 
Finishes with 2-25 in his 4 overs. His double strike derailed Bangladesh's chase

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Definitely a better batsman than Asif Khushdil Haider and Iftikhar but looks like Saqlain and Co. are blind to notice it
 
He keeps picking up wickets, but he can also be very expensive.

He needs to watch the batsmen's feet, whenever they come down the track he doesn't adjust his line and length and is easily hit for six. This is irritating.
 
IAJ said:
He keeps picking up wickets, but he can also be very expensive.

He needs to watch the batsmen's feet, whenever they come down the track he doesn't adjust his line and length and is easily hit for six. This is irritating.
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He isn't a darter that's why
 
Getting a hammering today vs India - could cost us the match?
 
Honestly if he'd been hit for six sixes, I would've taken it, since being a spinner at this stage of the game isn't easy. But the no-balls and wides were absolutely inexcusable.
 
Mohammad Nawaz gave 12 extras in the last over against India

second ball of the over, he bowls a chest high ball, but gets away with it

4th ball and he bowls a chest high no ball to virat kohli. He smacks it for 6 and plus one run for the no ball

next ball is wide, free hit stays

next ball under free hit, it hits the stumps. Shaheen is unaware of the situation, instead of going after the ball he reacts to the ball hitting the wicket(its a free hit), he runs afterwards, India gets byes.

Next Ball bowled

2 needed of 2

Nawaz bowls a wide

12 runs give in extras.

Why couldn't babar just use him in between and complete his qouta before?
 
Can't blame Nawaz. It's stupid to give a spinner the last over, especially against India.

Babar completetly messed it up. When India were 4 down, he didn't go for kill and they didn't play an extra fast bowler either.

They will learn it the hard way now.
 
Can't blame Nawaz. It's stupid to give a spinner the last over, especially against India.

Babar completetly messed it up. When India were 4 down, he didn't go for kill and they didn't play an extra fast bowler either.

They will learn it the hard way now.
 
IAJ said:
Can't blame Nawaz. It's stupid to give a spinner the last over, especially against India.

Babar completetly messed it up. When India were 4 down, he didn't go for kill and they didn't play an extra fast bowler either.

They will learn it the hard way now.
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If there is one constant in Babars captaincy, it is that he learns Jack and he will always make eternally poor decisions on the field.
 
Nawaz bowled the worst ball for the sitiation 3 separate times in that last over. He choked.

I actually agree Babar had to save Nawaz for last and hope Rauf or someone could break it open before it ever got to Rauf.

If Rauf had bowled yorkers instead of length to Kohli they would have cruised home also.

In the end that was really a bit of a choke by Pakistan. They'd worked themselves well on top in that game and had to actually unravel completely in order to lose it.
 
Nawaz bowled the worst ball for the sitiation 3 separate times in that last over. He choked.

I actually agree Babar had to save Nawaz for last and hope Rauf or someone could break it open before it ever got to Rauf.

If Rauf had bowled yorkers instead of length to Kohli they would have cruised home also.

In the end that was really a bit of a choke by Pakistan. They'd worked themselves well on top in that game and had to actually unravel completely in order to lose it.
 
Its a huge gamble always to keep spinner for last over.

Seldom does it work
 
Its a huge gamble always to keep spinner for last over.

Seldom does it work
 
IAJ said:
Can't blame Nawaz. It's stupid to give a spinner the last over, especially against India.

Babar completetly messed it up. When India were 4 down, he didn't go for kill and they didn't play an extra fast bowler either.

They will learn it the hard way now.
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Nawaz has to be blamed here.

He completely lost it under pressure.

And don't forget he had two poor overs tonight.

He had already conceded 20 runs earlier in his 3rd over.....and that's the reason Babar didn't bowl him and held him back.
 
The logic was perfectly sound to keep him for the last. If Haris had left even 20 it would have been basically impossible.

Nawaz just cracked under pressure, but the takeaway shouldn't be that a spinner can't bowl death. You see 16 chased off pacers all the time in last over. In fact, failed shots lead to dots and wickets often as happened here. Nawaz just lost his nerve, gave away tons of runs and balls, and got very unlucky with the free hit ball.
 
Totally the wrong call to bowl the spinner in the last over he should’ve bowled the 17th over with the fast bowlers bowling the last 3 overs.

King Babar has once again let the team down with the bat and in the field in a big match.

This hould be his last World Cup in T20s as captain and please change this opening weak bowling bashing partnership as it’s getting more pathetic with the failures in big games stacking up.
 
IAJ said:
Can't blame Nawaz. It's stupid to give a spinner the last over, especially against India.

Babar completetly messed it up. When India were 4 down, he didn't go for kill and they didn't play an extra fast bowler either.

They will learn it the hard way now.
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I agree with you that Babar messed up. And had Nawaz been HIT for runs, I would agree you cant blame him.

But extras? Those are nawazs fault. He is an international bowler, not domestic. He shouldnt be bowling these high full tosses/no balls. He gave 12 runs in extras and he should be blamed for it
 
Nawaz is a 2nd class spinner and a 2nd class bat. He's a very mediocre all rounder, these type of players will always lose the battle against the top players.
 
I thought Nawaz was unlucky with that no ball call from the square leg umpire. Looked marginal but Kohli knew what he was doing and the umpires gave in.

Nawaz does not deserved to be blamed for this loss. Bowling the final over as a spinner is a very difficult task.

Babar and Rizwan lost us this game. They scored 4 runs off 13 balls. As I've stated on numerous occasions over the last few months, they're massively overrated by the green tinted hype brigade.

Babar needs to bat at 3 like Kane Williamson and Joe Root do. He's at their level in T20Is. He has no right whatsoever to be opening the batting.

Time for Shan Masood and Babar to swap batting positions.
 
Marooned said:
Nawaz choked horribly. No 2 ways about it.
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What did they expect he’s a part timer despite taking a wicket of the first ball he still conceded 20 of the last over if he didn’t trust Nawaz Iftikhar could’ve bowled an over before the last 4 overs.
 
It was always going to be tough for spinner to defend in last over.

It is always a big gamble to hold back spinner for last over. I remember ms dhoni once chased 26 against A grade darter like axar patel in IPL.

Rauf getting smacked for two sixes was bigger turning point imo.
 
His over lasted forever, just won't end untill he gifted India the victory. It seemed like he will continue to bowl Extras till India win.

No problem if he went for runs any spinner would in the final over but atleast don't bowl so many extras. No Ball Height Six in the Final over is criminal.
 
You have to ask who asked Nawaz to bowl medium pace in the final over. Clearly an indication that the captain does not have trust in him. The over started on a wrong foot. He got Pandya out, but Nawaz was not comfortable bowling close to 100kph.

We can sit and analyze why he did that and who asked him to bowl the way he did, but there was massive pressure on Nawaz. It showed in his face right through.
 
Sometimes the most obvious answer is also the correct one.

Nawaz bowled 3 illegitimate deliveries in the last over of a WC match.
Pakistan lost the match on the last ball.

The over-analysing intelligentsia will of course find some other reason so they can look intelligent.
Nawaz lost the game, it-s simple.
 
I think Babar's and Mo Wasim's beef with Imad Wasim cost us dearly today. He should be in the XI over Nawaz.
 
You have to ask who asked Nawaz to bowl medium pace in the final over. Clearly an indication that the captain does not have trust in him. The over started on a wrong foot. He got Pandya out, but Nawaz was not comfortable bowling close to 100kph.

To be honest, we can sit and analyze why he did that and who asked him to bowl the way he did, but there was massive pressure on Nawaz. It showed in his face right through.
 
Nah man, I’m not gonna fault Nawaz here. Babar has to take responsibility.

It happens. Even if we gave Rauf last over, yes things may have been different but he too conceded 2 sixes in his last over.
 
Babar and his lack of game awareness. Zero instinct. One dimensional thinking. The worst Pakistani captain I’ve had the misfortune to witness in my life time.
 
In T20 you can never be certain of anything so I don't think giving Nawaz the last over was the wrong decision. It is just that he lost control due to nerves. I think Babar could have consoled him / calmly guided him a little better. That is definitely where captaincy counts.
 
Poor Nawaz he shouldn’t be bowling that last over . That’s why useless asif Ali should be dropped for waseem .
 
IAJ said:
Can't blame Nawaz. It's stupid to give a spinner the last over, especially against India.

Babar completetly messed it up. When India were 4 down, he didn't go for kill and they didn't play an extra fast bowler either.

They will learn it the hard way now.
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I agree 100 percent but the issue is babar made the same mistake twice vs India this year by making Nawaz bowl the final over.
 
I think the idea was to contain until the 19th over and give him 20+ runs to save. The plan was well on course until the 2 sixes of Rauf on his final 2 deliveries.
 
topspin said:
I thought Nawaz was unlucky with that no ball call from the square leg umpire. Looked marginal but Kohli knew what he was doing and the umpires gave in.

Nawaz does not deserved to be blamed for this loss. Bowling the final over as a spinner is a very difficult task.

Babar and Rizwan lost us this game. They scored 4 runs off 13 balls. As I've stated on numerous occasions over the last few months, they're massively overrated by the green tinted hype brigade.

Babar needs to bat at 3 like Kane Williamson and Joe Root do. He's at their level in T20Is. He has no right whatsoever to be opening the batting.

Time for Shan Masood and Babar to swap batting positions.
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I always criticize Babar for his captaincy but wouldn't blame him today for holding back Nawaz. It is the kind of decision that would have gone against him either way as they would have come hard for Nawaz regardless of when he bowled. And considering the way Kohli was playing he would have butchered whoever else bowled the last. The actual issue was not having a 6th bowler and more specifically a 4th seamer. You could even argue that if Babar was a gutsy captain, which he is certainly not, he could have given one to Iftikhar at some point. If there is one thing he could have done differently is to have given Shaheen another one some time in the first 7 overs. Shaheen isn't too good at the back of the innings and another wicket at the top could have sealed it for Pakistan.

Also you cant blame what happened right at the start to have influenced the result especially when we ended up at 160 and had them 40-4 at the halfway mark. Not winning from there can't be pinned on what happened at the start of the game, that opening partnership was irrelevant by then. What was relevant was how you bowled those last 10 and how the opposition played it. And we didn't bowl too badly, it is just that we came up against a legend of the game at his best. Virat and Hardik gave exactly ZERO chances to Pakistan during their partnership. They played wonderful cricket and transferred the pressure on Pakistan by taking the game deep. It was wonderfully smart and flawless batting, a masterclass in how to chase down a tall total. And also it was the complete antithesis of how our own middle order brainlessly flubbed the momentum Iftikhar had created.

Having said all that I wholeheartedly agree with you that one of the most crucial adjustments that Pakistan need to make is to have Babar drop down to 3. It is absolutely essential.
 
To be fair to the guy he should never have been given the 20th over today.

Ideal situation was to get 3 overs and 1 from Ifthi in when India were rebuilding.

Poor captaincy.
 
Nawaz is not international class. But for a few decent innings doesn't appear as if he's gonna take any wickets. Due to a lack of talent i assume we're forced to play another average player. I can't think of any better option in the WC squad.
 
Honestly shocked to see no thread about this guy on the front page.

Absolutely deserves all the criticism and more, time to make way for Imad or someone else.

Bowling and Batting both rubbish, one of the biggest culprits last two games, just cannot handle the pressure, Asia cup game is looking more and more like a fluke as the days go by.
 
Bottled at the end in both games. We needed 3 from 3. All he needed to do was place the ball in the gap and look for 2, but he wanted the headlines by winning a match after hitting a six. Incredibly brain dead player as well as mentally weak.
 
Slightly confused on his role in the team.

He is hardly given any overs to bowl.

Is a bowler being played as a specialist batsmen?
 
Concerned said:
Slightly confused on his role in the team.

He is hardly given any overs to bowl.

Is a bowler being played as a specialist batsmen?
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He is not the only one confused, we are all confused regarding his role in the team. Babar doesn't trust his bowling but trying to justify his selection in the team by playing him as a batter , it almost cost us the match against BD.

We're missing Imad.
 
there is no specialist batsmen in the squad to replace him with considering his bowling is not required.

Fakhar would have been a ideal replacement if he was fit.
 
moghul said:
He is not the only one confused, we are all confused regarding his role in the team. Babar doesn't trust his bowling but trying to justify his selection in the team by playing him as a batter , it almost cost us the match against BD.

We're missing Imad.
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Overreaction much? Bangladesh batting lineup was full of lefties and Pakistan have 7 bowling options. He's bowling vs right handed batsmen and has been fine when doing so & lets also keep in mind, Pakistan's fast bowlers have been unreal and so has been Shadab.

At this point, there's more trust in his batting over Asif & Haider too.
 
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