Why was Yasir Shah brought on to bowl before Wahab on Day 1 of the Gabba Test?

[Rafay Shafiq]

First test-First Day-Australia-Gabba not Sydney-Pakistani fast bowling reputation-BUT

Yasir Shah introduced in 11th over and bowled 31 over in a day. What does it mean?

1. Pakistani fast bowling has no teeth.

2. Misbah has no trust on fast bowlers

3. Misbah don't know how to use fast bowling attack.

Select your option.

 

[Ashraful_Rox]

Pakistan are missing an all rounder like Razzaq

 

[Syed1]

Option 4:


Misbah was panicking and brought on Yasir and forced him to bowl a defensive legside line in order to curb the runs (even though the Aussies weren't blistering away)

 

[Navdeep Srivastava]

I was also surprised , first day In Brisbane bouncy wicket which was seaming and had pace, spinners end up bowling 38 overs.
If Wahab , Rahat and Amir are not fit enough to bowl 20 overs a day in Brisbane then they should not play and let other have a chance.

 

[moghul]

Worst selectors we have in years, did nit bring any fresh faces, including fast bowlers teams disaster tour of New Zealand.

 

[Rayyman]

2 and 3. Absolute knee-jerk reaction from Misbah.

 

[MMHS]

No. 3 - by some margin.

And this will be the case as long as PCB selects batsmen as Captain; most of whom are ultra defensive, often doesn't know when & who to attack & most importantly - extremely concern about draining boundaries.

Take a random pick in last few years - Inzi opted for Arabs Naved & Rao over Sami; Misbah is couple of degree ahead & least said about MoYo is better. It was same in olden days as well - Hanif, Zaheer, Mazid, Javed, Anwar; actually everyone - may be Asif Iqbal was a bit different but he was a genuine 4th bowler for Kent, while Butt didn't get enough time to spoil as Captain (on field that is).

More or less, few attacking Captains that I had seen/read are Kardar, Intekhab, Mushtaq, Imran & Wasim with Fazal being border line (was made Captain at almost 38) & for few matches Amir Sohail was impressive & I am sure Saqline would have been a fantastic Captain - each & everyone were either bowler or all-rounder; at least batsmen who were all-rounder at FC level. Malik was a very good LO captain & I am sure MoHa would have been one as well - at least he has a bowler in him. Next in line is same - Azhar Ali.

 

[Syed1]

No. 3 - by some margin.

And this will be the case as long as PCB selects batsmen as Captain; most of whom are ultra defensive, often doesn't know when & who to attack & most importantly - extremely concern about draining boundaries.

Take a random pick in last few years - Inzi opted for Arabs Naved & Rao over Sami; Misbah is couple of degree ahead & least said about MoYo is better. It was same in olden days as well - Hanif, Zaheer, Mazid, Javed, Anwar; actually everyone - may be Asif Iqbal was a bit different but he was a genuine 4th bowler for Kent, while Butt didn't get enough time to spoil as Captain (on field that is).

More or less, few attacking Captains that I had seen/read are Kardar, Intekhab, Mushtaq, Imran & Wasim with Fazal being border line (was made Captain at almost 38) & for few matches Amir Sohail was impressive & I am sure Saqline would have been a fantastic Captain - each & everyone were either bowler or all-rounder; at least batsmen who were all-rounder at FC level. Malik was a very good LO captain & I am sure MoHa would have been one as well - at least he has a bowler in him. Next in line is same - Azhar Ali.

We will be ninth in tests in no time if Azhar Ali is made the captain.

This guy is not a leader of men. End of. Every Tom, Dick or Harry cannot be captain. You are born with it. Sarfaraz has leadership qualities and has a fighting persona, but he hasn't done himself any favours by dropping dollys or not performing with the bat.

 

[Speedster777]

What to expect from a defensive captain like Misbah? he doesn't understand how to use his bowlers effectively. Sarfraz seems to be giving better advice to bowlers behind the stumps.

 

[Rafay Shafiq]

Using yasir shah at wrong time and lengthy period also diminished his fear

 

[Syed1]

What to expect from a defensive captain like Misbah? he doesn't understand how to use his bowlers effectively. Sarfraz seems to be giving better advice to bowlers behind the stumps.

I remember whenever Shah pitched it outside off Sarf would shout "yeh cheez".. First couple of times I thought maybe he is just doing that because the ball was good, but he was consistently doing it whenever Shah pitched in the "wrong" line of outside off.

Obviously sending a message to our defensive Kaptaan and his defeatist tactics.

 

[Hasan123]

Option 3

 

[Slog]

It just baffles me how the team doesnt know how to take care of a new ball

 

[Buffet]

First test-First Day-Australia-Gabba not Sydney-Pakistani fast bowling reputation-BUT

Yasir Shah introduced in 11th over and bowled 31 over in a day. What does it mean?

1. Pakistani fast bowling has no teeth.

2. Misbah has no trust on fast bowlers

3. Misbah don't know how to use fast bowling attack.

Select your option.

Option 3.

Pakistani pacers may not have teeth , but why not give pacers first go with new ball on first day in Brisbane? If you think that pacers are useless then simply play with more spinners.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

There seems to be no plans whatsoever against any of the players from the opposition.

Renshaw, Handscomb have been given an easy entry into international cricket with Handscomb still 50+ not out and Maddison yet to come to bat as he can also get a nice entry too.

Pakistan's pace attack lacks any venom, too soft on the opposition from the start and no strategy at all.

Too much reliance on Yasir won't help either especially on a first day Gabba track so many overs consistently was a bit too much to ask a spinner to do.

 

[abughio]

3-

i think they can use younis khan in swingers to lhb. genuine wicket taker

 

[Chief Destroyer]

Bringing Yasir on early wasn't a bad tactic. It was to exploit the early moisture in the pitch. The problem was how Misbah used him. 6-3 field and asking him to bowl middle and leg stump consistently, not only is it impossible to consistently bowl in such a narrow channel, it takes so many options away from you and the only you can take wickets is by building dot ball pressure which is just not gonna happen here. This is not how you use attacking leggies.

Misbah is a one dimensional captain who doesn't understand that it's impossible to restrict teams for a whole day on such honest pitches. One session or small periods is understandable but you've got to take risks here. Terrible on-field captaincy.

 

[sa]

Bringing Yasir on early wasn't a bad tactic. It was to exploit the early moisture in the pitch. The problem was how Misbah used him. 6-3 field and asking him to bowl middle and leg stump consistently, not only is it impossible to consistently bowl in such a narrow channel, it takes so many options away from you and the only you can take wickets is by building dot ball pressure which is just not gonna happen here. This is not how you use attacking leggies.

Misbah is a one dimensional captain who doesn't understand that it's impossible to restrict teams for a whole day on such honest pitches. One session or small periods is understandable but you've got to take risks here. Terrible on-field captaincy.

Agreed. Do ppl here actually play cricket ? Asking this question really shows that there is a lack of thinking outside of box. Misbah trust Yasir more than anyone doesn't mean that he doesn't trust other bowlers. Yasir is his trump card for Misbah. He can open the bowling if Misbah feels like it. You don't need a fast bowler all the time to open the bowling. Hafeez was a prime example.

 

[munda_khi]

To me Misbah's plan seems to be use Yasir for choking runs that is why he is asked to bowl middle and leg. That way fast bowlers can attack from other end. Reason can be that none of our pacers can contain batsman.

 

[saabir]

Misbah always a average captain who bring calmness due to his defensive tactics. His style of leadershiplay works in slow low subcontinent pitches. In England it was a fluke. But as per Pakistan standard he is one of the best captain. No where close to Faf or Kohli

 

[ExplicitAI]

Yasir is technically the best bowler in the side (obviously) and my thought on Misbah bringing him on early was due to panic. He knew Wahab would get smacked everywhere so he knew Yasir was the one to bring him breakthroughs. Unfortunately UAE tactics do not work in Aus, you've got to attack more here and get the fast bowlers to pitch it up more. We're the worst when it comes to utilising the new ball, Asif would've raised our new ball skills by a lot though.

 

[Indiafan]

Pakistan are missing an all rounder like Razzaq

What does your post have to do with what OP said? Wahab was already there yet Misbah went to a spinner. How on earth would having an all rounder make Misbah not go to Yasir?

 

[Indiafan]

Agreed. Do ppl here actually play cricket ? Asking this question really shows that there is a lack of thinking outside of box. Misbah trust Yasir more than anyone doesn't mean that he doesn't trust other bowlers. Yasir is his trump card for Misbah. He can open the bowling if Misbah feels like it. You don't need a fast bowler all the time to open the bowling. Hafeez was a prime example.

Surely not on Aussies pitches? Taking an example. Ashwin is clearly a Trump card for Kohli. In the last Mumbai pitch, on day 4 wicket, Kohli still let his two fast bowlers bowl for almost 10 overs before bringing Ashwin.

 

[Indiafan]

To me Misbah's plan seems to be use Yasir for choking runs that is why he is asked to bowl middle and leg. That way fast bowlers can attack from other end. Reason can be that none of our pacers can contain batsman.

Amir might not be taking lots of wickets but he hardly goes for runs

 

[Barragan]

This is the problem with misbah, he wants to take the UAE strategy everywhere!!

Seriously needs to be more dynamic and flexible.

 

[Bilal7]

Bringing Shah on was a very good move because he got good turn and bounce like we saw and controlled the RR well. The only problem was the bizarre leg-stump line because he was banking on the openers to make a mistake without considering that they could just play it safe and didn't need to take risks in the first session of the first test.

Misbah is a very good captain and knows how to use his fast bowlers. He used both Amir and Riaz quite well and Rahat would have been the workhorse instead of Shah if only he wasn't going at 4.5 and over. This is where Misbah is missing a Mohammad Asif or Junaid Khan.

 

[Asim2Good]

as if ONE over would have made all difference in the game.
Yasir was brought in 11th over and Wahab was bowling 12th over.

 

[sa]

First test-First Day-Australia-Gabba not Sydney-Pakistani fast bowling reputation-BUT

Yasir Shah introduced in 11th over and bowled 31 over in a day. What does it mean?

1. Pakistani fast bowling has no teeth.

2. Misbah has no trust on fast bowlers

3. Misbah don't know how to use fast bowling attack.

Select your option.

Misbah trust Yasir just like Clarke trusted Lyon in the 2nd test in the 11th over. Time to think outside the box .

 

[in_cutter]

as if ONE over would have made all difference in the game.
Yasir was brought in 11th over and Wahab was bowling 12th over.

All that drama from OP for no reason!