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"Yasir Shah has the best pure leg break I've ever seen" - Shane Warne

Just saw Warne say this before play starts today. Massive compliment

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Shane Warne earlier "Yasir Shah is the best leg-spinner I have ever seen" <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash">#Cricket</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/EngvPak?src=hash">#EngvPak</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/754349348608217088">July 16, 2016</a></blockquote>
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He has said this before as well. Yes, it's quite a compliment from the best
 
if yasir can b 75% as good as warne, we will b xtremly luky.... he is on track to b as good as warne but needs to improve to be on level with the gr8 warne and tht too for 10-12 years......
 
Big complement beause Warne is himself with the best leg-break in the history of Cricket.
 
Obstructing_the_field said:
if yasir can b 75% as good as warne, we will b xtremly luky.... he is on track to b as good as warne but needs to improve to be on level with the gr8 warne and tht too for 10-12 years......
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I would be happy if YAsir can have a better 10 year career than Qadir, Mushi and Kaneria. Warne is an extremely different level and I dont think Yasir has enough time to match Warnie's achievements
 
Shame his Googly is so underused though. I think Tahir has the best Googly I've seen.

If Shah can get more positive in his use of the Googly he'd be an even better bowler.
 
I don't know why but I just can not take Warnies praise for cricketers seriously. According to him every Young player is the best he has seen.
 
Sherlock said:
Shame his Googly is so underused though. I think Tahir has the best Googly I've seen.

If Shah can get more positive in his use of the Googly he'd be an even better bowler.
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Danish had the best Googly of all time. OF ALL TIME!!
 
Yasir was born to bowl legbreak.

He's never going to turn the googly much. Doesn't have the wrists for it. Neither does he need it. That slider is nasty.
 
Slog said:
Danish had the best Googly of all time. OF ALL TIME!!
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Danish had a very good one but Tahir's Googly is very deceiving because the flight in which he bowls it is the same as his leg break. It's very very good.
 
IAJ said:
I don't know why but I just can not take Warnies praise for cricketers seriously. According to him every Young player is the best he has seen.
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bcz he's very biased. he'll praise everyone who he likes, and blames everyone who he dislikes!
 
Sherlock said:
Shame his Googly is so underused though. I think Tahir has the best Googly I've seen.

If Shah can get more positive in his use of the Googly he'd be an even better bowler.
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Abdul Qadir was the best in bowling googley, no one has come even near to him.

Tahir can bowl googley and it's good indeed but his leggie, what should be the primary weapon for a leggie is not good enough.That's why Tahir won't enjoy much success as like Yasir in tests. Yasir's googley is not bad either what some people are saying here, but yes,his googley is not as good as Tahir. Warne didn't have a good googley and he achieved almost all those wickets with conventional leggie and his very good flipper.

Yasir possess all the variety a leggie can have and he will learn how to use those variations better as time goes. He is only 13 tests old and he is already better what Warne was at this stage.
 
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aliasad1998 said:
"Yasir Shah has the best pure leg break I've ever seen" - Shane Warne

Just saw Warne say this before play starts today. Massive compliment

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Shane Warne earlier "Yasir Shah is the best leg-spinner I have ever seen" <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash">#Cricket</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/EngvPak?src=hash">#EngvPak</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/754349348608217088">July 16, 2016</a></blockquote>
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" Yasir has the best eye pleasing action as a leg spinner i have ever seen."-Dr.mainul
 
I thought he said Yasir Shah had the best leg spinner he's ever seen, as opposed to he is the best leg spinner he's ever seen?

Either way, incredible praise.
 
London_Lahori said:
I thought he said Yasir Shah had the best leg spinner he's ever seen, as opposed to he is the best leg spinner he's ever seen?

Either way, incredible praise.
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It's the first one and he's said that multiple times before. Not sure why the title was changed.
 
Mainul said:
Abdul Qadir was the best in bowling googley, no one has come even near to him.

Tahir can bowl googley and it's good indeed but his leggie, what should be the primary weapon for a leggie is not good enough.That's why Tahir won't enjoy much success as like Yasir in tests. Yasir's googley is not bad either what some people are saying here, but yes,his googley is not as good as Tahir. Warne didn't have a good googley and he achieved almost all those wickets with conventional leggie and his very good flipper.

Yasir possess all the variety a leggie can have and he will learn how to use those variations better as time goes. He is only 13 tests old and he is already better what Warne was at this stage.
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Depending on how you look at it. Yasir is 30 and when Warne was 30 he had 300+ wickets at 24-25.

What I don't understand why was Yasir not given chance at test when he was 20-25?
 
Slog said:
Danish had the best Googly of all time. OF ALL TIME!!
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Mainul said:
Abdul Qadir was the best in bowling googley, no one has come even near to him.

Tahir can bowl googley and it's good indeed but his leggie, what should be the primary weapon for a leggie is not good enough.That's why Tahir won't enjoy much success as like Yasir in tests. Yasir's googley is not bad either what some people are saying here, but yes,his googley is not as good as Tahir. Warne didn't have a good googley and he achieved almost all those wickets with conventional leggie and his very good flipper.

Yasir possess all the variety a leggie can have and he will learn how to use those variations better as time goes. He is only 13 tests old and he is already better what Warne was at this stage.
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Eagle_Eye said:
No. Mushy did.
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Stewie said:
BULL!!!!!

You aint seen Qadir's yet, then.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr72IMeCqCY

when it comes to variation as leggie, Qadir is the emperor
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You are all wrong, Inti Nana Abu had the best googly :inti
 
#GreenRoars said:
Indeed, but he hasn't the best Googly.
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Neither had Shane Warne.

The incredible quality shared by Warne and Yasir Shah - but no other leggie that I have ever seen - is their incredible accuracy.

They deliver so few loose balls that they build incredible pressure on the batsmen.

Mushtaq Ahmed had a better googly and Anil Kumble had a better top-spinner. Abdul Qadir had more variety.

But Yasir Shah and Shane Warne both have total control of their stock delivery - the leg-break - and it makes them the best.

This was true in Warnie's career too. Stuart MacGill had a better wrong'un and flipper and turned his leg-break more than Warne from 1998 onwards. But it was Warne's absolute mastery of accuracy that gave him the control that MacGill lacked.
 
Slog said:
Danish had the best Googly of all time. OF ALL TIME!!
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Danish is very underrated here. He was absolutely unplayable at times.

Personally I think he had a higher ceiling than Yasir.
 
Junaids said:
Neither had Shane Warne.

The incredible quality shared by Warne and Yasir Shah - but no other leggie that I have ever seen - is their incredible accuracy.

They deliver so few loose balls that they build incredible pressure on the batsmen.

Mushtaq Ahmed had a better googly and Anil Kumble had a better top-spinner. Abdul Qadir had more variety.

But Yasir Shah and Shane Warne both have total control of their stock delivery - the leg-break - and it makes them the best.

This was true in Warnie's career too. Stuart MacGill had a better wrong'un and flipper and turned his leg-break more than Warne from 1998 onwards. But it was Warne's absolute mastery of accuracy that gave him the control that MacGill lacked.
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agreed.

Yasir may not turn the ball quite as dramatically as Warne but hge does turn it a fair amount and he does have tremendous control.

Its a shame he is already 30. I can see him playing another 6 years if he is managed well. That means 30-40 more matches. I think he can hit the 300 wicket mark.
 
I hope Usama develops quickly and bowls with Yasir in tandem. It would make some viewing.

Two world class leggies operating from both ends.
 
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hk031992 said:
agreed.

Yasir may not turn the ball quite as dramatically as Warne but hge does turn it a fair amount and he does have tremendous control.

Its a shame he is already 30. I can see him playing another 6 years if he is managed well. That means 30-40 more matches. I think he can hit the 300 wicket mark.
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You can easily play 50-60 tests in 6 years.
 
Junaids said:
The new 2 division structure means that there will be 3 Test series per year, each a minimum of 3 Tests long.
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Don't worry, PCB'll make those 2 Test series for 2020 WC preparation.

On topic, I see the drift in Yasir's bowling,which was almost a monopoly to Warne. If Yasir can add an accurate Googly (just about 6 inches turn, not like Qadir), he'll run through may sides. As long as Artrur is there, PAK fielders won't get away with dropping dollies, so yes,he should get lots, lots of wickets. I think, Misbah & Afridi has cost Yasir 3 to 5 years of career at least (he had 270+ FC wickets at 24, over 10 years career before playing 1st Test - that too because of Ajmal's ban).

Hope, some how PCB bans him from PSL ............
 
Unless Yasir started to turn a bit more I think England will sort him out as he mostly bowls wicket to wicket with a bit of wobble here and there (which is good enough now for English batters bar Cook and Root)
 
^I think he should make an adjustment to his wrist angle in order to generate more turn as he gets enough rotation already so I am not sure why he doesn't turn it much.
 
muhammad saad said:
^I think he should make an adjustment to his wrist angle in order to generate more turn as he gets enough rotation already so I am not sure why he doesn't turn it much.
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Yasir is a decent turner of the ball this pitch was not conducive to big turn he usually rips it more in UAE and other Asian countries watch his match spinning spell in Bangladesh where he bowled some huge rippers
 
My worry for Yasir is that as expectations rise, he will struggle to live up to them. The area of his game that he needs to work is on the angle of the seam at the point of release, atm it is around 35 degrees, which is very good but to kick on, he needs it over 45 degrees.
 
I'm sure very soon he will take over Warne as the greatest leg-spinner in the history of the game.
 
Lol at people picking holes in a guy who has 86 wickets in 13 matches, ten of them coming in his last match.

Yasir Shah is the best test spinner of the last six years. Better than Ajmal, Swann, Herath, Ashwin and Lyon in the test format.
 
apollo said:
After 13 Test he is miles ahead of him. Has more variations. Plus, he is more enjoyable to watch then Warne.
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Have you ever watched Warne live? Warne had all the variations and mastered them at a very tender age. Yasir however hasn't mastered all the variations, though he is working hard.
 
Ellipsism said:
Have you ever watched Warne live? Warne had all the variations and mastered them at a very tender age. Yasir however hasn't mastered all the variations, though he is working hard.
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Yasir is a complete leg-spinner. Warne was great but he was also over-hyped. He struggled in India, West Indies and used to get smashed by Tendulkar and other great batsman of his time.

Yasir will overtake him very soon.
 
Lets stop the hype guys, Yasir is a million miles from where Warne was, but he is a work in Progress and maybe he can reach somewhere near the great Warne. If he does PK cricket will have some decent yrs as long as like Warne he doesnt go silly with food.
 
only ppl with no knowledge of game ll say Yasir is better than Warne.

Warne ll remain best spinner of the game. untill someone master the art of leg spin and rule the cricket world like he did then we can start the comparison
 
Warne was on another level, even though Warne played up until the mid 00s most of you I think are too young to remember any of his live performances. Those of us who's seen him through the 90s and early to mid 00s would think otherwise.

Yasir has all to tools be the greatest spinner since Warne but it will take a lot of hard work, determination and discipline to achieve such a level.
 
Warne used to bowl well only when the footholes will appear on the last 2 days. He will only depend on his big leg-spinners.

Yasir takes wickets in the first innings on lifeless tracks. That shows he is also a very clever bowler than Warne.
 
Yasirs biggest weapon is his amazing acccuracy .
The most accurate leg spinner after the great warne himself.
Certainly not as big a turner as warne nor does he have a googly like mushtaq but has other attributes like drift , dip , variation of pace and the most important one of them all is his accuracy something kaneria never had.
 
Warne has a lot of time for most leg spinners in the world but seems to enjoy seeing yasir do well more than anyone else which is great to see, its also great to see Yasir thriving in all conditions.
 
Amjid Javed said:
Warne has a lot of time for most leg spinners in the world but seems to enjoy seeing yasir do well more than anyone else which is great to see, its also great to see Yasir thriving in all conditions.
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It was interesting to Nasser Hussain urging Warne in the commentary box to go and see this 19 years old leggie from Lancashire. Warne started talking about Yasir.. lol
 
i told you same ball he bowled 10 years and yasir shah bowled 2016 in lords test

:akhtar
aliasad1998 said:
"Yasir Shah has the best pure leg break I've ever seen" - Shane Warne

Just saw Warne say this before play starts today. Massive compliment

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Shane Warne earlier "Yasir Shah is the best leg-spinner I have ever seen" <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash">#Cricket</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/EngvPak?src=hash">#EngvPak</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/754349348608217088">July 16, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Look as far as the skills of a leg spinner are concerned, we can debate centuries about who is the most skillful. The real question is in regards to the impact that leg spinner has in dictating terms in a match. This is why Shane Warne is the best leg spinner of all time. He owned cricket matches and took the biggest wickets in the most desperate of times.

So to become the greatest, you need to be a bigger match winning leg spinner than shane. I know plenty of colts and young leggies who can rip the ball as much as anyone, there is no shortage of them in the world. What is rare to find is the leg spinner who holds the key to victory in the longest format of the game.

Shane did it. Kumble could do it. Yasir is doing it better than Shane as it seems
 
ethan hunt said:
Yasirs biggest weapon is his amazing acccuracy .
The most accurate leg spinner after the great warne himself.
Certainly not as big a turner as warne nor does he have a googly like mushtaq but has other attributes like drift , dip , variation of pace and the most important one of them all is his accuracy something kaneria never had.
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Not just that, Yasir is very quick. Usually spinners who bowl quicker than aveerage are more interested in drying up runs than to take wickets. Shah wants to rip the ball as fast as he can
 
apollo said:
Warne used to bowl well only when the footholes will appear on the last 2 days. He will only depend on his big leg-spinners.

Yasir takes wickets in the first innings on lifeless tracks. That shows he is also a very clever bowler than Warne.
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Lets wait for the reaction of people when Yasir struggles, which will come sooner or later( something that happens to all bowlers) and Warne becomes slightly critical. I can see now some will say it jealousy, other will accuse him of being racist etc.
 
bowling legspin isnt jsut about bowling the tricky deliveries. Its about playing on a batsmens mind, working him voer and then getting him out. What yasir seems to ahve elarnt very well is to keep it tight, to keep probing and then suddenly bang, send in a variety delivery that catches the opposition off guard. Warne used to do it all the time. Thats what makes yasir so dangerous.
 
Slog said:
no it hasnt

both are top spinners
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Yes but one is better than the other and Yasir is better. I did say to ppl not to compare two as one is finger spinner and the other a wrist but they were adament. As a neutral prospective Yasir is clearly at lot better than him.
 
thelandofthebravepeople said:
Depending on how you look at it. Yasir is 30 and when Warne was 30 he had 300+ wickets at 24-25.

What I don't understand why was Yasir not given chance at test when he was 20-25?
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There is scarcity of proper method and person of identifying talents in Pakistan.That's why bowler like Yasir is debuted at late age.
 
Yasir's real test of how good he is will come when bowls to the Indians. Warne did not have a good time bowling to them and it will be interesting to see how Yasir fares against the country that produces the best players of spin bowling.
 
fawad_wellwisher said:
Yasir's real test of how good he is will come when bowls to the Indians. Warne did not have a good time bowling to them and it will be interesting to see how Yasir fares against the country that produces the best players of spin bowling.
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Lol that is a thing of history.

This bunch are weak against spin (although they still play leg spin better).
 
street cricketer said:
Lol that is a thing of history.

This bunch are weak against spin (although they still play leg spin better).
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They are still the best on average as a country. The one thing I like about the Indians is their footwork against spin bowling. They use their feet to get to the pitch of the ball and smother the spin.
 
fawad_wellwisher said:
Yasir's real test of how good he is will come when bowls to the Indians. Warne did not have a good time bowling to them and it will be interesting to see how Yasir fares against the country that produces the best players of spin bowling.
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Yasir's tough tests lie in swing pitches of England, flat tracks of Aus and SA pitches.

Not against Indians.

Times have changed.
 
London_Lahori said:
I thought he said Yasir Shah had the best leg spinner he's ever seen, as opposed to he is the best leg spinner he's ever seen?

Either way, incredible praise.
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Yeah my sentiments exactly. Not sure whether Warne said "Yasir Shah is the best leg-spinner I have ever seen"or whether "Yasir Shah has the best pure leg break I've ever seen". These are two somewhat different things.

In any case Yasir bowls well but it is a long way to go before once can put him in the same class as Warne, far less saying he's better.
 
fawad_wellwisher said:
They are still the best on average as a country. The one thing I like about the Indians is their footwork against spin bowling. They use their feet to get to the pitch of the ball and smother the spin.
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We may play better than others in todays era but its nowhere near what Warne bowled to
Sehwag
Dravid
Tendulkar
Laxman
Dhoni

Dont think the world has ever seen a better spin playing line up.
 
fawad_wellwisher said:
They are still the best on average as a country. The one thing I like about the Indians is their footwork against spin bowling. They use their feet to get to the pitch of the ball and smother the spin.
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I don't know if you're talking about history or current times.

I would be very surprised if the Indian batsmen have an average anywhere near the top against spin. Our batsmen make every offie look like Murali:murali
 
cricketjoshila said:
We may play better than others in todays era but its nowhere near what Warne bowled to
Sehwag
Dravid
Tendulkar
Laxman
Dhoni

Dont think the world has ever seen a better spin playing line up.
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Inzi, Moyo, Yk were better. VVS was equal, though.
 
Hawkeye said:
Yeah, you're better than Australia so give you that.

Relative to other Test sides, not better.
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Yes according to you Inzy MoYo YK are better players of spin than Sehwag Dravid VVS Ganguly and Dhoni.

LOL.Thats all i can tell you.
 
Lol joshila unable to contain his hate on one of Pakistan's best moments.
 
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