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I have watched Mohammad Nawaz evolve as an international cricketer since his stellar PSL 1 . .

However, there is a major issue . .

He claims to be an allrounder! Pakistan selectors select him as an allrounder! Pakistan team management play him as an allrounder! And . . that is extremely misleading and it really harms the team!

From what I have seen of his batting, he isn't even close to being an allrounder . . he has made no runs! he doesn't even look like a batsman most of the time! he wastes balls! he isn't a slogger who can get sixes away! and he can't rotate strike either! What exactly makes him a batsmen?

In international cricket he hasn't played a single innings of note . . Test, ODI or T20!
I was going through his PSL records thinking I may have missed some of his batting skills . . but again! hardly anything to inspire!

In PSL he has made 267 runs in 31 games with an average of 16 . . you can argue that he comes lower down so we shouldn't look at his average! Okay! Fair point! What's worse? His strike rate is a 100 ONLY!

To summarize, Nawaz is a good/steady bowler who is accurate, economical and will give you a couple of wickets every few games . . but Pakistan is seriously ill-advised to play him as an allrounder, because it creates a false image of the depth of the batting line up and also invokes false hope within the team in the batsmen preceding him in the line up and the captain!

Nawaz is a bowler and a tail-ender who can hold the bat at best!
 
He is good at nothing. The main purpose of the bowlers is to take wickets which he seriously lacks by just bowling at leg stump and further outside leg
 
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Nawaz is a PSL UAE pitch specialist.

Hope we give Bilal Asif as much of a chance as this guy now.
 
Yeah I agree. Nawaz is at best a good no.10 who has a decent technique.

Imad Waseem still played a few knocks which suggest he has a batting brain.
 
A painfully mediocre "all rounder" who is repeatedly selected due to friendship with captain. He is not a matchwinner in any department.
 
gazza619 said:
Yeah I agree. Nawaz is at best a good no.10 who has a decent technique.

Imad Waseem still played a few knocks which suggest he has a batting brain.
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Good point actually! I didn't think of him . . but you're right! Imad Wasim is actually more useful than Nawaz and he has played innings for Pak where he has at least looked like someone who can bat and give you useful runs!
 
His batting style is more of to take singles and doubles not boundaries. But currently he comes out to bat when the RR is too high. He is a replacement for shoaib malik/harris sohail up the order. Currently he doesnt fit in the playing 11 but could be a back up for them. Im disappointed with how they ruined the team balance and combination in the asia cup. Nawaz coming out so low down the order was a plan destined to fail.
 
Both Imad Wasim and Nawaz are pretending to be batsmen/allrounders.

AND the awaam + selectors + Mickey Arthur think the same.

What sorry state our cricket is in our right now.
 
Imad and Nawaz are nothing cricketers really. Playing on a good pitch against any good side they would contribute zilch. They should be no where near the side.
 
gazza619 said:
Yeah I agree. Nawaz is at best a good no.10 who has a decent technique.

Imad Waseem still played a few knocks which suggest he has a batting brain.
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Imad Wasim has a FC average of 40, in a completely different league as a batsman to Nawaz.
 
He’s nauseating to watch. Can’t bowl, can’t bat.. his days are numbered and good riddance.

Next overhyped player on this forum...
 
He's a container bowler, and that's just about it. I feel if he's to be persisted with not only should he be seen only as a bowler, but he needs to expand upon his bowling arsenal (as in, not just contain but to be able to take wickets). At best he's a poor man's Jadeja. I feel he'll be more useful if he takes notes from the way Herath goes about his business.
 
I go back to my definition of an all-rounder - a cricketer who can win a match with either bat or ball.

Can Nawaz do it? That's the question.
 
Nawaz is a leg side hack tulleybaaz as a batsman. And an average bowler. only looked good on PSL 1 minefields. Pak should start Gohar instead.
 
PAK abuses the word “All-Rounder” too much, and now latest fashion is to manufacture “All-rounder” out of basically “not good at anything” players. All rounder should be good at most things with one core area as his strength - PAK does it exactly other way; not good overall and no specific area of strength.

I am surprised to see so many people backing “good at nothing” players to be successful as all rounder!!! If proper all-rounder is not available, next best way is to pick specialists: 6 batsmen, 1 WK who can bat, 4 specialist bowlers who make the team on absolute bowling merit.

Then try to extract 35 runs from last 4 & 10 overs from first 6. That’s much easier than trying to make an Abdur Razzak from Fahim or Shakib from Imad/Nawaz.
 
Only in the team because he is the captains friend. Doesn't specialise with bat or ball and he has been in international cricket for over 2 years. Should be ditched for a specialist spinner.
 
Actually if you Ask Nawaz he was a batting all rounder. He was a middle order batsman and used to ball as well.

I guess Pakistani managemet think everyone who is an all rounder must bat at 5, 6 down and should be able to hit the ball,

Nawaz plays in the middle order for his domestic sides and has got some strokes and is a very decent batsman. Playing him at 6 down under difficult scenarios and asking him to hit sixes is the fault in the expectations of the management. Same is the case with Shadab.

Yes those 6,7 down positions if you want hitters there then only Faheem and Amir Yamin are the ones who can hit reasonably well.

If Nawaz is batting anywhere below than 4 down he is mostly gonna disappoint as thats not his game, either develop his game for the role expected of him or play him just as a bowler or dont play him at all.

Not every player can hit the ball from the word go.
 
Also players at international level need to be developed, no one can start performing form his debut.

Is someone is good enough to be developed is another topic but no team gets already developed international cricketers. It takes time and patience but key is to select the right players so that your efforts results in a good product over a couple of years.
 
I think he can work in T20Is to a point, but ODIs I don't think so.
 
Abid Z said:
http://www.pakpassion.net/ppforum/s...ohammad-Nawaz-Answer-to-spin-all-rounder-slot
Just read some of the comments here from 3 years ago. A couple of performances in the PSL and suddenly he’s touted as the best all rounder in the line up. Wasn’t there a thread “nawaz the all rounder we need not the allrounder we deserve “
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Abid Z said:
http://www.pakpassion.net/ppforum/s...eserve-but-the-all-rounder-we-need-Take-a-bow
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I was referring to the current situation. A few years ago, many people thought that he would be a good option for the future but as we can see, he hasn't developed a whole lot in recent times and is quite a one-dimensional cricketer.

A lot of young players are hyped, that's the norm but many of them won't make it at the top level.
 
Can anyone tell me utility of Mohammad Nawaz

Its almost 2 years, and I am still waiting for one single good performance from Mr. Nawaz. We talked about Umar Akmal, but at least even after so many chances he came up with few match winning innings.

Here, Mr. Nawaz can't do anything with bat/bowl. He has been given chances in ODI/Test/T20. But, nowhere I can see anything of notice from him. His batting is absolute tailenderish with 20 balls 6/7/8 runs.

Can anyone please enlighten me about Mohammad Nawaz??
 
Is there anything I missed about Nawaz. I only saw him being thrashed by the batsmen, or he was somehow able to contain runs on dry pitches. His batting, I have never seen him even contributing little with the bat. Always he made 20/30 balls 5/10/15 runs at max.

People compare him with Imad. But at least, he was great against England in 2016, against WI at UAE, above average against Australia in Australia. decentish in CT. He did not play cricket for over an year, but that's another point.

Why people on PP hate Imad Wasim and rate Nawaz very high? Im curious to know ..
 
Further I think, if team management needs to develop all rounders then they should be given adequate responsibilities. Either they come too early[20-5] or too late when only 4/5 overs are left. This is going on for almost a decade or so, that is why we are not able to develop good All rounders.
In Playing XI, they should come at #4/5/6. Why we need Malik/Sarfaraz to play good middle overs? Senior batsman should come early and give direction to the innings or come late to control or provide impetus
 
XI :

Imam
Fakhar
Babar
Faheem Ashraf
Sarfaraz
Haris Sohail/ Any other player/Asif Ali/Imad Wasim
Malik
Shadab
3 bowlers

We can see how players perform, Malik is far better hitter than others in the team. So we can acomodate him to come that late.

In Indian team, new player starts batting at wither of 1/2/3/4 batting position, and once he shows his batting skills , maturity, hitting power etc. in first 10-20 innings, then only he is given position. Indians don't find specialist #6, #7, #8 batsman. Why we don't adopt this approach. Is it too hard??
 
From Day 1 of Round 3 of QeA20:

A 79-run alliance for the seventh wicket between Hammad Azam (64) and Mohammad Nawaz (73) lifted Northern out of trouble and helped them post 319 for nine in 90 overs before the close of play.

All-rounder Hammad hit six fours and three sixes in his 102-ball stay at the crease and Nawaz smashed eight four and two sixes as the pair helped Northern collect three batting bonus points.
 
Man of the match for Northern vs Southern Punjab in the National T20

All-rounder Mohammad Nawaz (player-of-the-match) made full use of two dropped chances as he scored an unbeaten 56 off 35 balls (six fours, two sixes) to spearhead his side’s 176-run chase.

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overall, he seems like a better package than imad wasim in terms of ability. His bowling has more quality in terms of spin, batting has more shots as well. But somehow, he seems like a lost guy sometimes, who does not know his purpose and also does not show enough excitement on the field as Imad.
 
NauV said:
I have watched Mohammad Nawaz evolve as an international cricketer since his stellar PSL 1 . .

However, there is a major issue . .

He claims to be an allrounder! Pakistan selectors select him as an allrounder! Pakistan team management play him as an allrounder! And . . that is extremely misleading and it really harms the team!

From what I have seen of his batting, he isn't even close to being an allrounder . . he has made no runs! he doesn't even look like a batsman most of the time! he wastes balls! he isn't a slogger who can get sixes away! and he can't rotate strike either! What exactly makes him a batsmen?

In international cricket he hasn't played a single innings of note . . Test, ODI or T20!
I was going through his PSL records thinking I may have missed some of his batting skills . . but again! hardly anything to inspire!

In PSL he has made 267 runs in 31 games with an average of 16 . . you can argue that he comes lower down so we shouldn't look at his average! Okay! Fair point! What's worse? His strike rate is a 100 ONLY!

To summarize, Nawaz is a good/steady bowler who is accurate, economical and will give you a couple of wickets every few games . . but Pakistan is seriously ill-advised to play him as an allrounder, because it creates a false image of the depth of the batting line up and also invokes false hope within the team in the batsmen preceding him in the line up and the captain!

Nawaz is a bowler and a tail-ender who can hold the bat at best!
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And that’s one of the major reasons why for this WC, I will happily take Shoaib Malik over Mohd Nawaz.
There is a day n night difference.
 
He is another burden on this team. More likely a bench warmer with Imad expected to play in that role. However, we can easily replace him with a genuine spinner like Qadir or Zahid
 
I'd much rather prefer him to Qadir or Zahid who will get smashed on those wickets. Because they have zero control. And by the looks of it, he probably will hold onto his position.
 
Forum363 said:
He couldn't dream of playing some of the innings Shadab has played at international level across formats.
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Shadab has a SR of 70 in ODIs. He is a glorified tailender. Shadab has been given a free ride since 2017. Give Nawaz a permanent spot in the team for 4 years and he won’t do worse than Shadab.

Nawaz has been treated like a second class citizen compared to Imad and Shadab even though he is in the same category.
 
The guy has potential but the amount of times he easily gets bowled while batting is very off putting. He is a good fielder and decent bowler. He isn't as good or reliable as Jadeja yet.
 
He has definitely improved his batting in recent times. He looks far more balanced while hitting the ball. I think he is ready for a comeback in T20I setup. My only concern here is that he’s been dropping a lot of catches in this tournament. He’s not as much of a gun fielder that he used to be.
 
Mamoon said:
Shadab has a SR of 70 in ODIs. He is a glorified tailender. Shadab has been given a free ride since 2017. Give Nawaz a permanent spot in the team for 4 years and he won’t do worse than Shadab.

Nawaz has been treated like a second class citizen compared to Imad and Shadab even though he is in the same category.
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That’s because his highest innings are usually when the team has collapsed so he is rebuilding.

He showed his hitting ability in the PSL. Before you discredit the level, it was the same tournament Nawaz played.
 
gazza619 said:
Currently on 40 (17) batting at no.4 against a good bowling attack.
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Yep, as we all know it was a one off, in a playing conditions where 400+ was scored within 40 overs.

We all know, he is a weak batsman, usually low on confidence and lacks fire in the belly, and also, at times looks borderline lazy, slow and sluggish fielder.
 
Colorblind Genius said:
Yep, as we all know it was a one off, in a playing conditions where 400+ was scored within 40 overs.

We all know, he is a weak batsman, usually low on confidence and lacks fire in the belly, and also, at times looks borderline lazy, slow and sluggish fielder.
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He doesnt appear to show hunger or think big. I feel he relaxes as a batsman or in the field.

His bowling is still much better than some of the other spinners. I feel Nawaz needs a strong mentor to push him beyond the limits he has set himself.
 
He looks like a lost cow sometimes, and may be suffering from the same ailment that Amir, Asif, Shoaib, Abdur Rehman and many Pakistani cricketers suffer from. If you have ever been in the company of Pakistani club cricketers , you would know what I am saying
 
Mohammad Nawaz on 41* now so far off 21 balls

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A very fine 51 off 34 balls wit 1 x 4 and 3 x 6
 
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Needs to be in our starting Xi for the world cup. Best current allrounder in PK

His experience in the PSL will also be really useful
 
He has good shots. His bowling is also not bad, if you look closely he does put some revolutions and spins the balls as oppsed to imad wasim who just darts the ball. With the bat, not as explosive as Andre Russel but if he is made a constant part of the national team, with exposure he will be even a better match winner. His current ability is better than Imad. He should be put at number 4, as a left hand option in the middle order. Will be better than Azam or Khurshid
 
He is a player that is a must for Pakistan in the T20WC due to his bowling and now after this tournament, his batting.
 
I rate Nawaz higher over Imad Wasim.

However, if he gets selected for the T20WC, he might fall casualty to over-satisfaction or mental tiredness.

What happens to a lot of Pak cricketers is that when they are trying to regain their spot in the playing 11, they have to fight very hard. Once they have achieved it they are mentally tired and have premature personal satisfaction. Hard for an athlete with mental tiredness and exaggerated self-satisfaction to perform on a big stage. Athletes must always have an unsatisfied hunger.

Although I believe that Nawaz is a better talent but I would go with Imad for the T20WC.
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="hi" dir="ltr">Mohammad Nawaz:<br><br>1 4 1 4 4 6 1 2 6 1<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PAKvWI?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PAKvWI</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@SajSadiqCricket) <a href="https://twitter.com/SajSadiqCricket/status/1470409363986788361?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 13, 2021</a></blockquote>
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and takes wicket also

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Seems to have really turned around his batting, used to be utterly abysmal with the bat. Still to be tested against the top quality bowlers but the development is very encouraging.
 
Super catch:

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Should have played the SF against Australia but that's how life goes on nevertheless he should be a fixture in this line up
 
His batting is finally starting to come to display at international level now. Till earlier this year, I used to think how this guy manages to score so many runs in the domestic.
 
Keep saying this guy should bat higher up the order, now with the inevitable retirement of both Hafeez and Malik. I think Nawaz can easily adopt a no. 4 spot in t20s.
 
Not the most talented one but with persistent hard work , he has become a very useful all rounder. Yet to prove himself at international level on foreign soil, but I think now he is ready for it, finally.
 
Nice to see that impressive batting display. Often times, he has struggled to time the ball from the get-go and hasn't looked confident at times in his batting but his batting looked quite smooth today.

Hard not to see why Pakistan have been going with him over Imad in the past year. He is the better long term option.
 
This guy is a much better cricketer than imad wasim.

It's actually a travesty that imad wasim kept this guy out the team for so long .
 
He is 27 and looks very fit.

I remember Hafeez revived his career as a very good all-rounder at the age of 31-32. Pakistan can get a good 10-13 years from him if they invest in him now for the long term. Class player!
 
He has really turned it around. Seemed very mediocre few years ago when he first arrived at the stage. Miles better than Imad.
 
mazkhan said:
This guy is a much better cricketer than imad wasim.

It's actually a travesty that imad wasim kept this guy out the team for so long .
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Presence of Imad Wasim has been good for his development. Nawaz had to force himself to be better since he wasn't getting picked ahead of Imad. The way Nawaz is hitting sixes now is quiet sexy to watch, add to it his bowling and fielding, the NAWAZ package is > IMAD package.

This sort of competition didn't exist in Pakistan earlier, long may it continue.
 
He can bat we knew that but he has definitely improved his approach, solid base ,still head & he’s a strong lad, better bowler then Imad & much better fielder too now if he can stay consistent then it’s bye bye ta ta for mr ponytail
 
The West Indies batsmen keep getting dismissed lbw by missing straight deliveries from Nawaz:

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gazza619 said:
Easy there.

He is not a no.4.
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People thought Rizwan couldn't bat, i'd say back the lad. I was impressed by his hitting in the previous series against Bangladesh and then of course his 30*(10). I'd personally like Shadab and Nawaz being backed a little more to bat higher up the order.
 
Shoaibbtt said:
People thought Rizwan couldn't bat, i'd say back the lad. I was impressed by his hitting in the previous series against Bangladesh and then of course his 30*(10). I'd personally like Shadab and Nawaz being backed a little more to bat higher up the order.
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Obviously those people didn't know what they were talking about and Rizwan had an excellent domestic record. He is fulfilling his potential but the power has been an unexpected development.

Nawaz domestic record isn't anywhere as good and he is definitely not good enough to be a #4. Totally fine as a #7 and supposedly, if he is good enough to be #4, than the team having enough depth to play him at 7 makes the team much better.
 
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