[VIDEOS] Was Ehsan Adil discarded too soon?

[Abdullah719]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Impressive bowling from Ehsan Adil for Faisalabad versus Sialkot in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Grade II 2nd Round. Ehsan finished with match figures of 9-57 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a> <a href="https://t.co/s27aFzbmFe">pic.twitter.com/s27aFzbmFe</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1085957035584307203?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 17, 2019</a></blockquote>
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[Fahdi]

Does he still collapse his knee like he used to? Because if so he isn't going to increase his speed too much.

Ehsan had and still has the potential to be a very good bowler but I think he was too focused on being the next McGrath. He was never as accurate though and nor did he have a lot of skill. He should have focused on his pace from the start, if he remodels his action properly and develops the lean muscular fitness that fast bowlers should have he might be able he can bowl at 145 kph. With that sort of pace he can be a real asset for Pakistan.

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Can't see him troubling a single good batsman in the world so No. Not really.

 

[Mobashir]

Should have bee given a longer run in Tests and never selected in ODI's. But we have always been the worst at selecting players for the wrong formats.

 

[AFM]

Incoming [MENTION=132916]Junaids[/MENTION] rant about height

 

[Junaids]

Can't see him troubling a single good batsman in the world so No. Not really.

And yet as Under-19 internationals in South Africa in 2011-12, he spent seven weeks troubling Quinton De Kock on pitches in Cape Province.

It’s not about pace for the likes of Hazlewood or McGrath or Ehsan Adil, and they are never going to succeed in the UAE.

It’s about their ability to stifle the scoring in SENA, and make batsmen drive at balls outside off-stump.

 

[last_knight]

No.
He was selected too early.

 

[Da_Future_Knick]

If he was bought to South Africa he would’ve done a lot better than Hassan and Amir.

 

[Plumb]

The Problem with our system is grooming. We expect player to make a debut and do wonders. We hardly groom player at the domestic level as well as when they come in international setup.

If players are trained properly we will have pool of talent but problem is we don't groom our players.

 

[Mobashir]

If he was bought to South Africa he would’ve done a lot better than Hassan and Amir.

So also better than Abbas and Shaheen? As Amir was undoubtedly our best pacer of the test series.

 

[Shandarchowka]

And yet as Under-19 internationals in South Africa in 2011-12, he spent seven weeks troubling Quinton De Kock on pitches in Cape Province.

It’s not about pace for the likes of Hazlewood or McGrath or Ehsan Adil, and they are never going to succeed in the UAE.

It’s about their ability to stifle the scoring in SENA, and make batsmen drive at balls outside off-stump.

 

[LordJames]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Impressive bowling from Ehsan Adil for Faisalabad versus Sialkot in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Grade II 2nd Round. Ehsan finished with match figures of 9-57 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a> <a href="https://t.co/s27aFzbmFe">pic.twitter.com/s27aFzbmFe</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1085957035584307203?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 17, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Is anyone looking at that Pitch? Ehsan Adil has improved but what the heck are they playing on?

 

[Hawkeye]

Another in the endless list of harmless trundling brigade.

It's enough.

Our bowling is somewhat decent right now, but no proper fast bowlers in the backup. All we have are these trundling Ehsan Adils, Mir Hamzas.

 

[Chokli]

Another in the endless list of harmless trundling brigade.

It's enough.

Our bowling is somewhat decent right now, but no proper fast bowlers in the backup. All we have are these trundling Ehsan Adils, Mir Hamzas.

lol get over pace mate.

 

[gazza619]

Looks in hot form..should have played in place of Yasir Shah is the first two SA tests..

 

[angrypathan]

Should be back in the team. People complaining about his pace must not have seen him bowl, was consistently bowling between 135-143kph in the 2015 WC which is better than most of our current stock

 

[iRfaN_LA]

look at that green mamba. Good bowling though. I guess most of us are looking for an express bowler who are not coming up for whatever reason.

 

[aloo paratha]

He's only 25, so it's not too late. He just needs to keep performing and he'll probably get selected.

 

[Junaids]

It's incredibly frustrating.

Ehsan Adil and Hasan Ali basically are both fast-medium support bowlers who can aspire in Test cricket to average 30 with the ball and 20 with the bat from Number 9.

Neither will ever lead the attack, but as we just saw in South Africa, in SENA conditions they are required to come on and bowl with Faheem Ashraf for 40 minutes after the opening bowlers finish their spells.

In terms of their batting, they are basically the same - both currently capable of averaging 15 when they have the potential to average 20 and, more importantly, survive an average of 40 balls at the crease.

If your number 9 comes in at 200-7 in the 55th over, and scores 20 in 40 balls, he will be at the crease for an hour with a better batsman, and ensure that the bowler who got the breakthrough finishes his spell without getting any more.

Too often for Pakistan 200-7 becomes 205-8. A batsman who can last an hour will see them through to 250-8, which is a really important role.

Anyway, back to "Ehsan Adil versus Hasan Ali".

I have no doubt that Hasan Ali has more skillful variations in his repertoire than Ehsan Adil........or Josh Hazlewood.

But the 9 inch difference in height allows Ehsan Adil to bowl a stifling line and length in a spell of 6-2-10-0, whereas we saw in South Africa that Hasan Ali is too short to find an unhittable length and will produce figures of 6-0-32-0.

And that is just crucial. The matchwinning innings of Quinton De Kock at Johannesburg basically happened because the Pakistan bowlers had the following match figures:

Mohammad Abbas 36-9-117-3
Mohammad Amir 35.4-4-100-4
Faheem Ashraf 29-5-99-6
Hasan Ali 34-4-158-3
Shadab Khan 21.3-2-80-4

In other words, their respective economy rates are:

Mohammad Abbas 3.25
Mohammad Amir 2.82
Faheem Ashraf 3.41
Hasan Ali 4.65
Shadab Khan 3.76

The figures basically prove that Hasan Ali is incapable of being the third seamer in SENA because he loses control of the scoring rate.

You need someone tall and accurate to strangle the scoring rate. It doesn't matter that Hasan Ali took 3 wickets in 34 overs (although let's face it, Faheem Ashraf took 6 wickets in 29 overs).

The point is, Ehsan Adil has the attributes to slow down the Aussie counter-attack at Perth and Adelaide in 11 months' time. Hasan Ali doesn't.

 

[Chokli]

Should be back in the team. People complaining about his pace must not have seen him bowl, was consistently bowling between 135-143kph in the 2015 WC which is better than most of our current stock

i think he was too raw at that point and that's why he failed to impress

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

And yet as Under-19 internationals in South Africa in 2011-12, he spent seven weeks troubling Quinton De Kock on pitches in Cape Province.

It’s not about pace for the likes of Hazlewood or McGrath or Ehsan Adil, and they are never going to succeed in the UAE.

It’s about their ability to stifle the scoring in SENA, and make batsmen drive at balls outside off-stump.

Well you can't select players who you think could do well in South Africa based on U-19 performances from 8 years ago nor can you even look seriously at performances in Grade II cricket. Pakistan already has enough bowlers who can bowl well and lack pace.

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

And yet as Under-19 internationals in South Africa in 2011-12, he spent seven weeks troubling Quinton De Kock on pitches in Cape Province.

It’s not about pace for the likes of Hazlewood or McGrath or Ehsan Adil, and they are never going to succeed in the UAE.

It’s about their ability to stifle the scoring in SENA, and make batsmen drive at balls outside off-stump.

Well you can't select players who you think could do well in South Africa based on U-19 performances from 8 years ago nor can you even look seriously at performances in Grade II cricket. Pakistan already has enough bowlers who can bowl well and lack pace.

 

[Invincible Gujjar]

I really hope he does well and get selected for national team soon.He has the height if he can consistently bowl in the range of 135-140ks with good lines then he can be useful in overseas conditions.

 

[Abdullah719]

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[Nado_]

Just doesn’t seem to have that spark in the international level

 

[ahmadharis1]

Comebacks are rare in Pakistan cricket. Save for the rarest of players, once you're gone, you're gone. It's unfortunate

 

[Flat_Track_Bully]

He was given multiple opportunities. He's not international grade.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

He was played far too early as some players take time and he was thrusted into the side at 19-20 and put under very high pressure.

Some take time to mature and he is now 25-26 and could be given a shot again if he can keep putting up good performances domestically.

 

[Hawkeye]

No.

He's club quality at best.

Keep him out.

 

[Junaids]

He was given multiple opportunities. He's not international grade.

He has played one Test outside Asia - and he did fine against Smith, Amla and De Villiers.

He will never be a danger in Asia. But outside Asia he’s the perfect third or Fourth quick.

 

[Salman4.]

So disappointing that he has only played 1 PSL season, especially when he was their highest wicket taker in the only season.

 

[minamino]

So disappointing that he has only played 1 PSL season, especially when he was their highest wicket taker in the only season.

After the first season, Lahore Qalandars started playing this stupid gimmick of PDP.

 

[MenInG]

Waqar Younis in his interview with PP


Ehsan Adil is one bowler that I am keeping a close eye on and he is someone who has been bowling well this season, can bat and is a handy fielder too.

 

[Junaids]

He was born to bowl in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.

He would have been so useful at Adelaide and Brisbane, even if only to reduce the daily score from 300-2 to 240-3.

On bouncy pitches he’s a 18-6-40-1 bowler, whereas apart from Shaheen Shah Afridi the Pakistanis in Australia were more along the lines of 18-1-105-1.

 

[Saj]

I thought he was somebody who lost his way.

Injuries and then his confidence went.

But he seems to be back bowling quite well.

Should have played for Pakistan more than he has done.

 

[Saj]

Naturally he's annoyed that he's been ignored for PSL and for most of the bowling camps.

 

[Barragan]

He should be in the Test squad.

You pick garbage like imran and musa, when this guy is superior to them.

 

[MMHS]

For some reason, he didn't develop from his U19 days. I think, around August 2012, just after U19 WC in AUS, I wrote a detailed post on Adil and he looked million dollar kid that time with pace, skill and most importantly height - could have been as good as Sabbir Ahmed with a clean action, but never fulfilled potential, neither given proper opportunities also to be honest. And, at U19 level he was quite decent bat and a very good fielder - overall a very good package to invest that time - still not too late, but guy is already officially almost 27.

 

[Hawkeye]

Not good enough.

Bowls trundling pace with no movement.

Will go for hundreds of runs in places like Aus and SA.

 

[Saj]

For some reason, he didn't develop from his U19 days. I think, around August 2012, just after U19 WC in AUS, I wrote a detailed post on Adil and he looked million dollar kid that time with pace, skill and most importantly height - could have been as good as Sabbir Ahmed with a clean action, but never fulfilled potential, neither given proper opportunities also to be honest. And, at U19 level he was quite decent bat and a very good fielder - overall a very good package to invest that time - still not too late, but guy is already officially almost 27.

Yes at Under 19 level he was superb with the ball and hit a long ball. But as others progressed he fell away. I know he had a few injuries but never discovered his best form, although from what I have seen and heard he's been a lot better this season.

 

[Abdullah719]

Not good enough.

Bowls trundling pace with no movement.

Will go for hundreds of runs in places like Aus and SA.

Yeah, let's stick with Mohammad '125kph' Abbas, Imran 'friend' Khan and Musa 'short-ball' Khan instead for tours of Aus and SA.

If not then here you go, take your pick from these pacers in the QEA Trophy.

 

[Fahdi]

He has the potential to be a decent test bowler. We need to have A-team matches to test out the likes of him and see if he is worth investing in.

In the past he became a full on trundler despite the fact that he could easily operate at 135 kph on average and in his younger days he had shown potential to bowl even quicker. If he has sorted that out then there may be hope for him.

 

[Hawkeye]

Yeah, let's stick with Mohammad '125kph' Abbas, Imran 'friend' Khan and Musa 'short-ball' Khan instead for tours of Aus and SA.

If not then here you go, take your pick from these pacers in the QEA Trophy.

Who said they are any better? Ehsan is no better either, we need to stop overhyping these very similar bowlers.

 

[Abdullah719]

Who said they are any better? Ehsan is no better either, we need to stop overhyping these very similar bowlers.

Like I said, take your pick. Can't pick bowlers who don't exist.

Others averaging under 40 who aren't a part of the setup:

35-year-old Sohail Khan
30-year-old Waqas Ahmed
31-year-old Rahat Ali
28-year-old Bilawal Bhatti
32-year-old Anwar Ali
35-year-old Umaid Asif
40-year-old Aizaz Cheema

 

[Titan24]

Waqar Younis has mentioned in PP interview that he is keeping close eye on Ehsan Adil.

I think he is the most improved bowler in domestic cricket in recent times. His pace is now consistently around mid 130s to 140s mark and hits good lengths continuously.

He can be really good in tests. He shouldnt be disappointed with non selection of PSL as he can offer much more in the longer format of the game.

 

[Savak]

Ehsan Adil was a beneficiary of the green bowling wickets which prevailed in domestic cricket for a long time. His true level always got exposed at the international level

 

[Mean&Green]

Mediocre as they come these guys are domestic bully’s as soon they come to international they get exposed. They design wickets in domestic cricket suitable for their needs and when they get different wickets in international cricket they get tonked to different parts of the ground. That’s what happened with him when he played against newzeland. Players that are quality they show from day one example shaheen afridi naseem shah haris rauf. Players who are mediocre and will never make it big also show their mediocrity from day one example hasnain musa ehsan adil.

 

[Cric1234]

Yeah, let's stick with Mohammad '125kph' Abbas, Imran 'friend' Khan and Musa 'short-ball' Khan instead for tours of Aus and SA.

If not then here you go, take your pick from these pacers in the QEA Trophy.

They should pick Ehsan Anwar Bilawal and Rahat as they next in line on merit.

 

[JibranAnsari]

The guy has played three tests in three different years , you do not discard a player after playing him for one test match. At least give him 3 test matches in a row , he is not much of a limited overs cricket bowler though.

 

[Mercurial]

Looking at the stats, I think Usman Shinwari deserves more Test matches. Only Naseem and Shinwari averaging below 30 on flat tracks, whoa. No point selecting Ehsan Adil and Rahat Ali at all.

 

[Hawkeye]

Like I said, take your pick. Can't pick bowlers who don't exist.

Others averaging under 40 who aren't a part of the setup

We don't have to pick someone at any cost, even if they're supremely mediocre and trundle at 125-130kph without extraordinary skill.

There's a reason why Ehsan was never seriously considered and that's because he has no immediate international quality skill. Others who came way later like Shaheen and Naseem were picked because they have the right ingredients.

Ehsan needs to be bowling at 140kph or more to trouble international quality batsmen. He cannot do that. He cannot swing both ways like Asif either at low pace.

Someone else and much better will come on to the scene soon enough. Right now our bowling attack is quite good and in need of more intl experience. They're doing it right.

 

[Pete Rose]

Waqar Younis in his interview with PP


Ehsan Adil is one bowler that I am keeping a close eye on and he is someone who has been bowling well this season, can bat and is a handy fielder too.

Its worth pointing out that he is has the best economy rate in QEA amongst leading pacers. That matters for the type of controlled bowling on a good length when the batsman attack. I would rather a 26 year old ehsan rather than 30+ imran khan or sohail khan.

 

[Abid Z]

I think if ehsan can get his fitness and rhythm right and if a decent coach can polish him to the best of his ability he will be an awesome pairing with SS afridi this summer in England on old Trafford and headingly pitch.

 

[MenInG]

PCB bring him for Shaheen's squad - why the after thought?

 

[Pakpak]

He had the most pathetic and beaten body language I had ever seen in a bowler.

 

[hur rizvi]

Can replace ABBAS when he’s done


Should travel to England as cover to Abbas

 

[Titan24]

PCB bring him for Shaheen's squad - why the after thought?

I think they realized it later that they should use this to give an opportunity to those young players who are currently or potentially in the selection radar and are not part of PSL franchises.

 

[TeymurBlake]

I'm interested in knowing how he performs. He's reaching a very pivotal point in his career where a recall isn't a far off dream but a real possibility, maybe he would suit pitches in Pakistan.

 

[Invincible Gujjar]

i m happy he is selected in this squad.i hope he performs well in these games.He is way better than these imran khans and company.I hope to see him soon in Pakistan national squad.

 

[Junaids]

Not good enough.

Bowls trundling pace with no movement.

Will go for hundreds of runs in places like Aus and SA.

I respectfully beg to differ.

Josh Hazlewood and Morne Morkel have never swung or seamed a delivery in their entire careers.

Ambrose and Garner and McGrath hardly ever did in Australia either.

There is a specific niche here: a guy a minimum of 6’4 in height who bowls 135K on a consistently full length outside off-stump and makes the batsman try to drive balls which rise too high to drive.

Ehsan Adil is the only Pakistan bowler with the raw materials to play that role. Maybe Sameen Gul could, but he can’t now.

At Brisbane and Adelaide we saw Musa, Naseem, Abbas and Imran return daily figures of 16-1-100-0 because they weren’t tall enough to do this.

Ehsan Adil would probably have returned 16-7-40-1.

And 350-3 in a day would have been 290-4. And if there had been Faheem as a fourth quick it would have been 270-5 each day.

 

[Hasan123]

He had the talent but he didn't develop and has been left behind now.

 

[Sher Khan]

I respectfully beg to differ.

Josh Hazlewood and Morne Morkel have never swung or seamed a delivery in their entire careers.

Ambrose and Garner and McGrath hardly ever did in Australia either.

There is a specific niche here: a guy a minimum of 6’4 in height who bowls 135K on a consistently full length outside off-stump and makes the batsman try to drive balls which rise too high to drive.

Ehsan Adil is the only Pakistan bowler with the raw materials to play that role. Maybe Sameen Gul could, but he can’t now.

At Brisbane and Adelaide we saw Musa, Naseem, Abbas and Imran return daily figures of 16-1-100-0 because they weren’t tall enough to do this.

Ehsan Adil would probably have returned 16-7-40-1.

And 350-3 in a day would have been 290-4. And if there had been Faheem as a fourth quick it would have been 270-5 each day.

I hope you are joking, when you state that hazlewood or morkel have never swung or seamed a ball.

Hazlewood and Morkel are one of the best seamers of the recent era. Hazlewood in particular is lethal with his new ball swing. You are disillusioned by your obsession with height.

Height is an important attribute for a fast bowler but doesnt beat accuracy. You need to be accurate and penetrative as a bowler to succeed.

Plenty of short bowlers in Australia have succeeded. Bumrah, Shami, Steyn, Harris, and Ntini have done well. Even Mohammad Sami bowled well on the 2009 tour.

 

[FreePalestine]

I respectfully beg to differ.

Josh Hazlewood and Morne Morkel have never swung or seamed a delivery in their entire careers.

Ambrose and Garner and McGrath hardly ever did in Australia either.

There is a specific niche here: a guy a minimum of 6’4 in height who bowls 135K on a consistently full length outside off-stump and makes the batsman try to drive balls which rise too high to drive.

Ehsan Adil is the only Pakistan bowler with the raw materials to play that role. Maybe Sameen Gul could, but he can’t now.

At Brisbane and Adelaide we saw Musa, Naseem, Abbas and Imran return daily figures of 16-1-100-0 because they weren’t tall enough to do this.

Ehsan Adil would probably have returned 16-7-40-1.

And 350-3 in a day would have been 290-4. And if there had been Faheem as a fourth quick it would have been 270-5 each day.

Way off the mark here - Hazlewood swings the ball regularly. MCGRATH swung and especially seamed the ball all the time. Seam was in fact his primary weapon.

Also, looks like Ehsan Adil can bowl some lethal late in-swing - just look at the videos above from this domestic season. Whether he can do it in intl cricket remains to be seen.. but certainly impressive this season because of his consistency and swing. Would not get picked without the swing.

 

[zains_rulez]

over rated

 

[MMHS]

I respectfully beg to differ.

Josh Hazlewood and Morne Morkel have never swung or seamed a delivery in their entire careers.

Ambrose and Garner and McGrath hardly ever did in Australia either.

There is a specific niche here: a guy a minimum of 6’4 in height who bowls 135K on a consistently full length outside off-stump and makes the batsman try to drive balls which rise too high to drive.

Ehsan Adil is the only Pakistan bowler with the raw materials to play that role. Maybe Sameen Gul could, but he can’t now.

At Brisbane and Adelaide we saw Musa, Naseem, Abbas and Imran return daily figures of 16-1-100-0 because they weren’t tall enough to do this.

Ehsan Adil would probably have returned 16-7-40-1.

And 350-3 in a day would have been 290-4. And if there had been Faheem as a fourth quick it would have been 270-5 each day.

To justify this guy Adil, you are bringing McGrath, Ambrose, Garner, Hazzlewood, Morne here just because of the similarities in height ......... seriously!!!!!!

As far I knew there are few fundamental bowling skills - swing, seem, cut, pace.... none of those 5 were express and you can’t use cutter much on SENA wickets, then they didn’t swing or seem - I am wondering what else these guys could do then?

And, I must curse God for the injustice done to me - I am around 5’10”, which keeps me among top 10 percentile of Bangladeshis when it comes to height and mom had a bit of arrogance as well - her son is tall ..... but looks like, I was really hard done by God Almighty - another 7-8”, I could have been as good as McGrath.......

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

its ok to say that morne didnt seam the bowl much but
Josh hazlewood seams the bowl quite often. Infact he is quite good at it.

And 5"10 5" 11 feet is decent height, i wonder how tall junaids himself is.

 

[Ryw]

Ehsan Adil was a decent player but not that special imo, Ammad Butt is much better find

 

[Hawkeye]

I respectfully beg to differ.

Josh Hazlewood and Morne Morkel have never swung or seamed a delivery in their entire careers.

Ambrose and Garner and McGrath hardly ever did in Australia either.

There is a specific niche here: a guy a minimum of 6’4 in height who bowls 135K on a consistently full length outside off-stump and makes the batsman try to drive balls which rise too high to drive.

Ehsan Adil is the only Pakistan bowler with the raw materials to play that role. Maybe Sameen Gul could, but he can’t now.

At Brisbane and Adelaide we saw Musa, Naseem, Abbas and Imran return daily figures of 16-1-100-0 because they weren’t tall enough to do this.

Ehsan Adil would probably have returned 16-7-40-1.

And 350-3 in a day would have been 290-4. And if there had been Faheem as a fourth quick it would have been 270-5 each day.

Disagreements on quite a lot of things there. Those bowlers were wonderful and had great skill with the ball.

So your argument of 'only height' doesn't make sense. Many TALL bowlers have failed in Aus, esp if they don't have much skill.

Irfan - tallest bowler in the world probably, couldn't do much.

Many other examples.

Ehsan is very very mediocre. PAK has at least one thing going good in its domestic scene - the top bowlers are rewarded and selected on time.

Ehsan has never been rated enough by any coach.

 

[Invincible Gujjar]

Disagreements on quite a lot of things there. Those bowlers were wonderful and had great skill with the ball.

So your argument of 'only height' doesn't make sense. Many TALL bowlers have failed in Aus, esp if they don't have much skill.

Irfan - tallest bowler in the world probably, couldn't do much.

Many other examples.

Ehsan is very very mediocre. PAK has at least one thing going good in its domestic scene - the top bowlers are rewarded and selected on time.

Ehsan has never been rated enough by any coach.

waqar younis doesn't seem to agree with you.He is obviously way way better than that trundler imran khan and if given a chance he can prove himself.

 

[rollingstoned]

To justify this guy Adil, you are bringing McGrath, Ambrose, Garner, Hazzlewood, Morne here just because of the similarities in height ......... seriously!!!!!!

As far I knew there are few fundamental bowling skills - swing, seem, cut, pace.... none of those 5 were express and you can’t use cutter much on SENA wickets, then they didn’t swing or seem - I am wondering what else these guys could do then?

And, I must curse God for the injustice done to me - I am around 5’10”, which keeps me among top 10 percentile of Bangladeshis when it comes to height and mom had a bit of arrogance as well - her son is tall ..... but looks like, I was really hard done by God Almighty - another 7-8”, I could have been as good as McGrath.......

i'm convinced he is deliberately trying to wind people up now even in the face of all evidence to contrary.

 

[MenInG]

2 wickets for Ehsan Adil so far in the game against MCC

 

[MenInG]

2 wickets for Ehsan Adil so far in the game against MCC

4 wickets so far and the main one of Sangakkara also.

4/17 in 7 overs so far

 

[MenInG]

4 wickets so far and the main one of Sangakkara also.

4/17 in 7 overs so far

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[Junaids]

[MENTION=79064]MMHS[/MENTION]
[MENTION=134608]Hawkeye[/MENTION]

I do not dispute that McGrath, Ambrose and Garner were significantly better bowlers.

But the thing is, most of their deliveries were gunbarrel straight. And that doesn’t matter if on SENA wickets you are 6’4 or above and you bowl a stifling line and length. Accuracy and lift are a tremendous combination.

I will give you two examples. Hazlewood was a disaster in England 4 years ago when he was too ambitious and tried to move the ball. Glenn McGrath spoke with him before the 2019 Ashes and told him to simply rely on accuracy and lift, and the rest is history.

Stuart Clark fits here too. He couldn’t swing or seam a ball if his life depended upon it. But that wasn’t his job: he just needed to place the ball on a full length outside off-stump and wait for the batsman to nick off to slip.

I agree that Ehsan Adil has limited skills and is wasted in places like the UAE. But so was Curtly Ambrose: 22 years ago on a Test tour of Pakistan he averaged 139 runs per wicket.

Ehsan Adil’s utility is as third seamer on Test tours to Australia, England, New Zealand, South Africa and the West Indies. He will keep the scoring rate low and make the batsmen take risks.

 

[MenInG]

Ehsan Adil takes 6/34 in 10 overs vs MCC!

 

[Abdullah719]

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[Xoib]

Not the best opposition but him and Hassan ali should be the other two Pacers on the English tour along with Abbas,Shaheen and Naseem

 

[Abdullah719]

6/34 vs MCC.

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[aloo paratha]

One match against poor opposition doesn't prove much. If he plays well in the Pakistan Cup in April, he could justify a selection.

 

[gazza619]

He has had his chances to be honest. Still a decent seamer and worth another look.