Yasir Shah's impact in Test matches won by Pakistan

[NauV]

I was running through some statistics regarding Yasir Shah's bowling since his test debut and his numbers are staggering.

He has played 26 test matches out of which Pakistan has won 14
14/26 = 54% wins

Out of his 149 test victims, 102 have been in wins
102/149 = 68% wickets in wins

His overall average stands at 29.91
His average in wins = 21.57
His average in losses = 50.70

Number of 5 wicket hauls in his career = 11
Number of 5 wicket hauls in wins = 8

The impact he has had in Pakistan wins is unbelievable! Clearly goes on to show that whenever he has had a bad game, we have lost. And he has been the major reason behind our wins since his debut.

 

[ExplicitAI]

Will end up being one of the best legspinners of all time. Clearly the best right now and I hope he ends up with 400-500 Test wickets.

 

[NauV]

Will end up being one of the best legspinners of all time. Clearly the best right now and I hope he ends up with 400-500 Test wickets.

Unfortunately, I don't think he will play the amount of cricket to get to that figure. He is 31 already. Pakistan is hardly playing any test cricket in the next year and a half . .

I think he will play a maximum of 65-70 tests . . so perhaps, best case would be to get to 350 . .

 

[troodon]

At the moment, he is a one man army with a little bit of help from the supporting cast.

Everyone thought Yasir was done after the end of Aus series. But he is back again.

 

[troodon]

Will end up being one of the best legspinners of all time. Clearly the best right now and I hope he ends up with 400-500 Test wickets.

Too lofty.

400-500?

My guess is, if Yasir is lucky, he will get to 300 mark. He is not a fit bowler. Plus so far Misbah over bowls him. May be Sarfraz bowls him wisely and prolongs his career.

 

[shaz619]

Too lofty.

400-500?

My guess is, if Yasir is lucky, he will get to 300 mark. He is not a fit bowler. Plus so far Misbah over bowls him. May be Sarfraz bowls him wisely and prolongs his career.

He will probably break the record for most wickets by a Pakistani spinner, but 400 is really pushing it given his age and number of Tests Pak play.

 

[Savak]

Pakistan desperately needs to find a reliable 5th bowler who should be either a pace bowling all rounder or a spin bowling all rounder, this 4 bowler formula is just not feasible, for far too many times we have let the opposition off the hook after getting the first 5 wickets quickly in the first innings but only for the opposition to recover because the pacers ran out of gas in their later spells and looked equally ineffective in the second innings. The workload has also not helped Yasir Shah one bit where he has to toil for 30 plus overs every day and that has taken a toll on his fitness and effectiveness.

Playing the extra batsmen will not make a world of a difference, Shafiq was a passenger on the entire tour but playing an All rounder who could have contributed decent runs, could have taken a wicket or two and most importantly could have provided a reliable fifth bowling option where he could roll his arm over for 10-15 overs a day with good economy would have made a world of a difference to an already jaded bowling attack.

 

[Xoib]

At the moment, he is a one man army with a little bit of help from the supporting cast.

Everyone thought Yasir was done after the end of Aus series. But he is back again.

Not true Amir,Abbas and Hassan did quite well in this series in fact if batting or team selction was better this should have been a 3-0 rout

 

[Ultimate]

Good observations. Amazing. This guy is a pure match winner. I don't think any other spinner in our history had this much impact in Test cricket. Is he our best Test spinner of all time? Can't rule this out.

 

[London_Lahori]

I think 300 test wickets should be a realistic target. Can't help but feel he's been overused.

 

[Mamoon]

If he doesn't win you matches, he ends up losing them for you, which is what we saw in England and Australia. He was our best bowler in the matches we won, but he was obliterated in the matches that we lost. Needs to find a middle ground somewhere down the line.

 

[Xoib]

If he doesn't win you matches, he ends up losing them for you, which is what we saw in England and Australia. He was our best bowler in the matches we won, but he was obliterated in the matches that we lost. Needs to find a middle ground somewhere down the line.

lack of odi bowling plan hurts him when batsmen go after him

 

[clean n cool]

I dearly hope the next captain uses Yasir well. Misbah with him in Australia was his extreme low point. Wonderful to see his bounced back so well.

 

[NauV]

If he doesn't win you matches, he ends up losing them for you, which is what we saw in England and Australia. He was our best bowler in the matches we won, but he was obliterated in the matches that we lost. Needs to find a middle ground somewhere down the line.

I respectfully disagree. This is where you need your other bowlers to step in . . he is almost single handedly winning you games . . That's why I posted the records up top of his impact in wins . . He is not supposed to win you games in Australia (traditionally the worst place for intl. spinners) . . or win you games all around the world, all the time . . he has won you the 2 you won in WI, the 2 you won in England and the 2 you won in SL (I believe those are all the away wins) . .

All bowlers were useless in Australia . . it is not right to single out Yasir and his performance on those flat Australian tracks . . If he doesn't perform, others step in and help him . . maybe if Amir gets warner and smith out, then he has more room to attack and be more useful . . but if everyone is getting plundered, it's unfair to blame Yasir only.

 

[Syed1]

Best spinner in world cricket today and miles ahead of Bradmin of bowling.

 

[Bilal7]

Best spinner in world cricket today and miles ahead of Bradmin of bowling.

Messi > Bradman.

 

[spade]

Best spinner in the world and the MVP of the Pakistan team, no disrespect but his efficiency would have been doubled had he being captained by Dhoni. Wish he were an Indian.

 

[Savak]

Insufficient experience and exposure to ODI and T-20 Cricket is what is hurting Yasir and why he looks clueless when the batsmen ruthlessly go after him in very good batting conditions, now that Shadab has emerged it looks even more unlikely that Yasir will ever get a go in ODI and T-20 Cricket but i hope for his sake he atleast plays in the domestic ODI and T-20 leagues and maximizes the opportunities he gets in the T-20 leagues world wide.

It also doesn't help when he is being made to bowl 30-35 overs in each and every innings of a 3 test match series and that seriously will take a toll on the fitness and effectiveness of a bowler. The other bowlers need to step up and we need to be find a reliable 5th bowler who can ease the strain on the other bowlers.

 

[Adil_94]

All Yasir needs is the ability to bowl dry on tracks that dont assist him. He often gives away too many runs and it causes our gameplan to go awry when it is so reliant on hom due to our pacers not being world class. However i think he will go down as Pakistans greatest Test matchwinner as far as Spinners go.

 

[New Yorker]

If he doesn't win you matches, he ends up losing them for you, which is what we saw in England and Australia. He was our best bowler in the matches we won, but he was obliterated in the matches that we lost. Needs to find a middle ground somewhere down the line.

One player can win you a match, but it takes 11 to loose one.

 

[moghul]

I keep a high bar before I call a player "great". Yasir has been "great" on helpful conditions and against weaker teams but wasn't very successful in New Zealand, Australia and England. He has to perform well in those countries before I call him great.

 

[Abdullah]

If he doesn't win you matches, he ends up losing them for you, which is what we saw in England and Australia. He was our best bowler in the matches we won, but he was obliterated in the matches that we lost. Needs to find a middle ground somewhere down the line.

I would say he was the victim of his own success when it came to the time of the overseas tours.

He had played in uae bang and sl previously and he had spoilt misbah by bowling upto 35 overs on the first day of test matches and he could keep it economical too. More so than normal leggies would.

That meant we persisted with 4 man bowling attack during the hafeez ban days and beyond.

However In England and Australia he should never have had to bowl more than 18 overs on the first day of tests, but he had too.

If we had the 5th bowling option and the fast bowlers had stepped up a bit, the overseas tours could have been different for him. But what happened was misbah only knew to throw the ball to him and for him to basically bowl back to back for two sessions.

He still played a big role in the 2 wins and I do agree he gets a bit lost when batters go after him.

 

[WhenSultansBowled]

An absolute match-winner.

Wins games for his nation. What a champion bowler!