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[VIDEOS] Talent Spotter : Muhammad Musa Khan

Hawkeye said:
He needs to learn how to bowl under pressure. No doubt about that.
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What is his outstanding attribute in your eyes? Every team has a few bowlers who can hit 140kph, most of them can offer bounce as well due to higher delivery point.
 
THrew the whole match away with one over.

I already miss Sami and Raees
 
Cpt. Rishwat said:
What is his outstanding attribute in your eyes? Every team has a few bowlers who can hit 140kph, most of them can offer bounce as well due to higher delivery point.
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Genuine pace and saw him moving the ball in the 1st over.

Of course he's not going to become a world beater, but can be a handy bowler in LOIs if he can get some control.

No, 19-21 year olds consistently bowling 140kph+ aren't common.

If he can't improve then he'll be shown the door.
 
Liked his lengths( very full) at the start. The seam was very poor, maybe deliberate but let's see him in other games. Run up has more momentum and the gather wasn't bad either.
 
Syed1 said:
Damn he got through an over without bowling a ball and also got smacked around :yk2
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*25 off 18.

This guy is not international standard. Yes I appreciate he bowls with heart and effort, but will leak far too many runs in pressure situations.
 
Cpt. Rishwat said:
What is his outstanding attribute in your eyes? Every team has a few bowlers who can hit 140kph, most of them can offer bounce as well due to higher delivery point.
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Let me answer that - he is Misbah-ul-Haq's pet project.
 
Today he bowled well espically first three overs

Shadab and butt cost them the game not musa !
 
Can someone please remind me of the name of any 5’7 Test fast bowler who has reached the top in the last sixty years?

(Or is Musa the undisputed greatest short bowler for half a century?)

Thanks!
 
Hawkeye said:
Genuine pace and saw him moving the ball in the 1st over.

Of course he's not going to become a world beater, but can be a handy bowler in LOIs if he can get some control.

No, 19-21 year olds consistently bowling 140kph+ aren't common.

If he can't improve then he'll be shown the door.
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Not sure what you mean by genuine pace. His pace is same as most fast-meidum bowlers except delivered without bounce or swing. A 19-20yr old who is still below 5'8 isn't likely to develop bounce or speed. Maybe he can learn to swing the ball like India's Buvi Kumar.
 
Top bowling today.

Was good yesterday as well, except the last over.
 
Cpt. Rishwat said:
Not sure what you mean by genuine pace. His pace is same as most fast-meidum bowlers except delivered without bounce or swing. A 19-20yr old who is still below 5'8 isn't likely to develop bounce or speed. Maybe he can learn to swing the ball like India's Buvi Kumar.
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First thing first, if he has fast twitch fibres then off course he can ball quicker by strengthning the core as height has nothing to do with bowling fast, and for his lack of height if he improves his skill set as he goes along then he can have a fantastic career
 
There’s pictures of Musa on this forum standing next to other young bowling lads. He looks tiny, his real height must be around 5’6”.
 
Kroll said:
There’s pictures of Musa on this forum standing next to other young bowling lads. He looks tiny, his real height must be around 5’6”.
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Yes he is very short no doubt, but his ability can't be judged by his height
 
With the quality pakistan has in the fast bowling I can't really see musa establishing himself as a regular in any form of international cricket, even though he could have a fantastic domestic career
 
There is nothing this guy can't do.
Bowled 150
Batted like Ben stokes
I'm really impressed by his never loose attitude :yk
 
He'll continue to get battered at the top level. Needs to be bowling 150+ to have any impact at his height, because he doesn't have either the accuracy or movement to threaten at his current pace.
 
Guy’s give it all attitude and passion in all 3 facets of the game is commendable.
 
Well, I must say if he improves his bowling he is surely handy with the bat no mug at all his shots were quite proper and above that he was calm and composed out there. I was impressed by the ball he blocked understanding the situation.
 
Maybe he should focus on his batting because I don't think he merits a place on the basis of his bowling alone.
 
He looked very impressive.

He kept his composure and had a lot of confidence in his skills.
 
Another Hasan Ali in the making - short bowler with a bit of extra pace who can also hit a long ball.

Also like Hasan i don't see him breaking into the international side on a consistent basis.
 
He's looked solid so far in the competition. Bowled well and yesterday batted well. Hopefully he improves his fielding cause that has been poor so far.
 
Fantastic performance by Musa today vs CP - 3/23 from his 4 overs.
 
Bowling a good, pacy spell in the current Northern v S Punjab game. One of the better spells we have seen so far in this series.
 
Good to see him improving and working on his game. Much better lines and lengths along with variations in most of part of this national T20 tournament. Still he needs 4 day games under his belt to further solidify the good length spot just like other young pacers around.
 
Titan24 said:
Good to see him improving and working on his game. Much better lines and lengths along with variations in most of part of this national T20 tournament. Still he needs 4 day games under his belt to further solidify the good length spot just like other young pacers around.
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Only matters of time before our fast bowlers master bowling in pakistan condition .They are getting used to extremely flat wickets which will help them in longer run
 
Very poor again today..Musa proving to be a consistent let down..well down the pecking order now..Haris Rauf..Hasnain both ahead of him
 
Wickets but too many runs in my view for for Musa as he takes 3/40 in 4 overs for Northern

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13 wickets at 28 in the QeA Trophy for Northern on some of the flattest pitches around. He's certainly been the most effective fast bowler in the tournament and it's promising for his career that he's learning to bowl long spells with the kookaburra.

If he keeps it up, I expect a recall to the national team before too long.
 
He's always had potential but was thrown to the wolves way too early.

He needs to stay away from t20s for a while and work on consistency by playing as much fc and grade 2 etc as possible

He has a real mean bouncer. If he can develop an outswinger and consistency in line and lengths, he can become a very successful test bowler. Like Steyn said, you only need an outswinger and a good bouncer to succeed in tests.
 
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Don't think he will forget this for some time to come!
 
As I have said multiple times before . . This guy has absolutely no qualities of a good bowler . . His action won't let him swing the ball or have any control over seam . . He is a typical tape ball bowler . . His only chance of making it to the intl level (or even PSL level now) is to increase his speed by another 10kph and become on average over 150kph . . Otherwise, he is the least talented of any bowler going around
 
NauV said:
As I have said multiple times before . . This guy has absolutely no qualities of a good bowler . . His action won't let him swing the ball or have any control over seam . . He is a typical tape ball bowler . . His only chance of making it to the intl level (or even PSL level now) is to increase his speed by another 10kph and become on average over 150kph . . Otherwise, he is the least talented of any bowler going around
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Don't think the pace will help if he doesn't swing the ball. I have watched domestic 4 day highlights, the guy becomes effective when the ball gets older.
 
Musa Khan returned figures of 4-100 in the first innings against Central Punjab.

#QeAT | #NORvCP

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Another one who was thrown to the wolves in international cricket when he had no experience even in FC cricket and naturally fans along with overall cricketing community started writing him off rather than understanding that it was not even a phase to judge him.

Again before jumping to conclusions not implying he is next coming of Marshall, just putting forward the numbers of a young pacer in red ball cricket which show that he is working hard and trying to improve. Ofcourse future depends upon a lot of things but lets look at his numbers in QAE 2021 and 2022 which have seen runs pile up

QAE 2021 (7th highest wicket taker amongst pacers, bowled some quick spells, economy 3.70 which shows improvement in control than his younger days, average 35 and 22 wickets with SR of 58)

QAE 2022 (while 12th highest wicket taker, with 16 wickets overall average improved to 29 and economy was in similar territory at 3.85) Current 5 wickets in the final

He is in his early 20s, is fit and has decent stamina for different spells. Good to see a young pacer trying to improve and create impact in domestic cricket. Yes he is quite back in the pecking order but, if he keeps on improving and working hard then you never know.
 
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Watched him a for a few years now this lad and there is very little improvement in his bowling.

Pace not great, up and down, hardly any yorkers.

Cannon fodder.
 
Excellent c&b from Musa - bowled well so far in Match 22
 
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He has an economy rate of 11.50 at PSL 8.

Another mediocre season - I don't see any improvement in his bowling at all.
 
Why is he so scared to pitch the ball up?

He has 145kmh+ speed

Why can’t he just pitch it up and hope for the ball to swing???
 
Rana said:
Why is he so scared to pitch the ball up?

He has 145kmh+ speed

Why can’t he just pitch it up and hope for the ball to swing???
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Because he is from the wahab Riaz school of wrist position. It won't swing an inch.
 
zarak said:
Because he is from the wahab Riaz school of wrist position. It won't swing an inch.
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Shocking!

He might just be the worst ever cricketer in the history of the game with a test cap
 
Musa Khan delivered a remarkable spell during the National T20 Cup 2023 with impressive figures of 3-22 against Dera Murad Jamali.

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He was also on a hatrick, and almost got it.
He got a lot of reverse swing today
 
Need to impose some sort of height limit in pakistan grassroots cricket... if your height starts with 5, stick with spin bowling
 
kingusama92 said:
Dale Steyn and Malcolm Marshall are in shock at your comment. :steyn
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Dale Steyn wasn't a midget like musa , he is 5.10ft/5.11ft which is the cut off point for a pacer. he just looked small because the rest of the south african bowlers were absolute units .
 
mazkhan said:
M asif warned about these age fudgers from kpk masquerading as 16 yr old pacers bought into the team thanks to the pti senator javed
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But that still doesn't solved the mystery why he looked so young in 2022. May be some stress related issues he is facing.
 
kingusama92 said:
Dale Steyn and Malcolm Marshall are in shock at your comment. :steyn
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Exceptions to the rule. It's exponentially harder to be a fast bowler when you're short like Musa Khan. Steyn and Marshall are legendary talents, and I trust their domestic systems better than ours. Musa Khan averages more than 30 across domestic formats, it's an absolute joke that he's in the domestic system, and it's laughable that he's played for Pakistan
 
3rd First Class 5-fer for Musa Khan (5/32) on Day 1 of the fourth round of Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2024 for Islamabad Region against Hyderabad
 
Maiden 10-wicket haul of Islamabad's Musa Khan (12/60) leads his side to victory over Hyderabad in 4th round of Quaid-e-Azam Trophy
 
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