Your favourite Mohammad Amir deliveries!

[TalentSpotterPk]

This forum has apparently many pakistani girls who are blind lovers of Amir, Shehzad & Akmal. (Sorry No Offence)


I don't express it but as a Cricket fan I hate Blind Haters and Blind Lovers of players passionately. The Bias is distasteful and dishonest.


Amir would do Average and His Spell will be termed the Best and sensational. (It's hard to digest such ******-ism)



I am a hugeeeee Amir Fan but I have heavily criticised him at times. In my books as per merit He did not deserve to be picked for Pakistan Test Squad for Windies tour since his past 5 Test performances were terrible. Yet He did quite well Alhamdoulillah and bounced back well.



Crunch match today and I am backing him to perform well. Amir release the bowl few milliseconds late imparting more backspin. This would mean more swing and late swing + 3-4 kph extra speed and you will land move deliveries in the agressive 2-6 meters wicket taking range. Go for ocassional surprise Bouncer and quick yorker too. Hope he stay fit for 10 overs.



After this " Tamheed " I come to the thread Topic



My favourite Amir's deliveries are :


1. Amir's first delivery to Raina in Asia Cup 2016 at Dhaka. 152.5kph outswing which swung late on the air and than seamed away as if it was a legcutter which it wasn't. It was a Jaffa and made Raina dance to his artistic tunes.


2. Amir to Johnson in a Test Match in 2009-2010. Pitched on almost Legstump and knocked off stump.


3. Amir's first delivery to Rohit Sharma in Asia Cup.


4. Amir's first delivery to Ajinkya Rahane in Asia Cup.


5. Amir's Inswinger to Peter Trego vs Somerset.


6. Amir's 2nd delivery to Rohit Sharma Asia Cup.


7. Amir's Bouncer to Dilshan in 2009 WT20 final.


8. Amir's 153 kph bouncer to Ponting in 2009 Test in Aus.


9. Amir's seam up delivery to Brathwaite which went with the

angle graced his outside edge in Test in WI.


10. Mohammad Amir's delivery to Shahid Afridi in BPL where

he got bowled.


11. Mohammad Amir's yorker to Misbah in BPl where he got

bowled.



What are your favourite deliveries of Mohammad Amir ?


Go Amir Go. Do it for Pakistan today. Hope he stay fit throughtout the match. Prayers with you.

 

[ahmedwaqas92]

1) Amir's Bouncer / Lifter to Ponting in 2010. Ponting went for his high backlift, but the ball was just too quick man !! Midway through his movement decided to leave the ball with his bat hanging in between; this got him into an awkward mid jump position and took a full 150kph blow on his abdomen. In the same over Amir I think had bowled a viscous lifter to Watson who got dismissed as the ball crashed into the top of the handle and spooned up only for Ajmal to take a simple catch.

2) Amir's Delivery to Raina (didn't get him dismissed) however Raina was searching for a fuller length of delivery but got a seriously good delivery to jump of a good length with pace and significant lateral movement.

3) Amir's Inswinger to Hales during the 2nd test of our last English Summer. Perfect backspin, completed his action and got lateral movement extremely late. Hales missed that almost by 5-6 inches.

4) Amir's Total Destruction of the Somerset Top Order and I concur with the OP his best delivery in that particular match was against Peter Trego. Brute of a Delivery.

5) Even though I only rate deliveries that get top order batsmen out / uncomfortable I'd have to add that Johnson delivery without any shadow of a doubt. That was almost stump to stump lateral movement and I personally have only seen a handful of people do such stuff with the ball in my almost 20 years of following the game.

P.S. Although we are celebrating Amir's greatest deliveries in this thread, I'd like to point out that a thread on Asif regarding such a compilation would be even more interesting as nearly in every series / tournament he featured, he'd most certainly produce a handful of such deliveries all through out his career.

 

[Da_Future_Knick]

If Amir started pitching the ball up a little bit more, he would be picking up more wickets and get that late swing.

He's too short right now.

My favorite delivery will always be the one he pitched to Mitchell Johnson

 

[Slog]

Amir's Inswinger to Peter Trego vs Somerset.

That was too good of a delivery to be wasted on a warm up match. Would have taken out any batsman

 

[Arsalan Pro]

All of them were great, but the bowl to Johnson was once in a generation delivery.

 

[Xoib]

most of them have been Pre ban since his return his magical deliveries are few and far in between even on supporting tracks

Not a delivery buy his whole 2nd innings spell at Melbourne in 2010 was ATG stuff he ran in consistently for 2 hours bowling 150 kmph on a flat pitch and got a fiver unless I see that Amir again I will not believe he will ever be the same again.

 

[kingusama92]

If Amir started pitching the ball up a little bit more, he would be picking up more wickets and get that late swing.

He's too short right now.

My favorite delivery will always be the one he pitched to Mitchell Johnson

They were mentioning this in the ENG vs NZ game today.

Most bowlers are pitching it shorter now because the white ball doesn't swing as much due to how it's manufactured.

 

[kingusama92]

Delivery to Johnson is the one you dream about as a young pacer.

Unplayable.

 

[Titan24]

most of them have been Pre ban since his return his magical deliveries are few and far in between even on supporting tracks

Not a delivery buy his whole 2nd innings spell at Melbourne in 2010 was ATG stuff he ran in consistently for 2 hours bowling 150 kmph on a flat pitch and got a fiver unless I see that Amir again I will not believe he will ever be the same again.

To be honest he didnt get much seaming conditions, not even in England this time around. Pitches as a whole have changed since his ban. Although he got few bowling friendly conditions, one time in Asia cup against India and other one in Westindies in the first test match and he did pretty good on both of these.

 

[hisham_ashraf]

The delivery to Johnson was very special,probably his best,and all the other deliveries mentioned in this forum too were phenomenol.I also liked that ball to Watson which he bowled in Australia,it was quick and bounced much more than Watson expected,certainly Watson got beaten for pace there.Some of the deliveries to CA batters too were unplayable.

 

[Xoib]

To be honest he didnt get much seaming conditions, not even in England this time around. Pitches as a whole have changed since his ban. Although he got few bowling friendly conditions, one time in Asia cup against India and other one in Westindies in the first test match and he did pretty good on both of these.

he was very average in NZL pre ban Amir would have destroyed NZL on the type of pitches we got this time especially the first test. Amir biggest issue right now is he is not hitting the pitch hard like he use to don't think he will ever get it back its been 18 months already since his return and he is still mediocre.

 

[ahmedwaqas92]

To be honest he didnt get much seaming conditions, not even in England this time around. Pitches as a whole have changed since his ban. Although he got few bowling friendly conditions, one time in Asia cup against India and other one in Westindies in the first test match and he did pretty good on both of these.

I disagree !! Sohail Khan in the 3rd and 4th Test match against England last year out bowled Aamir by a fair distance, both in Swimg and Statistics.

We have to admit that Aamir post ban cannot swing it at all unless and until the conditions are EXTREMELY favorable. Plus people are forgetting, that more than conventional swing it is the reverse swing that has traditionally aided Pakistani bowlers and if the last West Indies tour is something to go by then Hassan Ali clearly trumps him on that as well....

Aamir at the moment is not the best bowler in Pakistani squad!!

 

[Xoib]

The delivery to Johnson was very special,probably his best,and all the other deliveries mentioned in this forum too were phenomenol.I also liked that ball to Watson which he bowled in Australia,it was quick and bounced much more than Watson expected,certainly Watson got beaten for pace there.Some of the deliveries to CA batters too were unplayable.

yes it was an odi in Brisbane these are the deliveries that are missing from his locker now he can still get some seam and swing when conditions allow but now he is not able to hurry the batsman and lift it off good length like he use to.

 

[hisham_ashraf]

I disagree !! Sohail Khan in the 3rd and 4th Test match against England last year out bowled Aamir by a fair distance, both in Swimg and Statistics.

We have to admit that Aamir post ban cannot swing it at all unless and until the conditions are EXTREMELY favorable. Plus people are forgetting, that more than conventional swing it is the reverse swing that has traditionally aided Pakistani bowlers and if the last West Indies tour is something to go by then Hassan Ali clearly trumps him on that as well....

Aamir at the moment is not the best bowler in Pakistani squad!!

Completely agree that he is not the same Aamir but he is still our best bowler right now

 

[hisham_ashraf]

yes it was an odi in Brisbane these are the deliveries that are missing from his locker now he can still get some seam and swing when conditions allow but now he is not able to hurry the batsman and lift it off good length like he use to.

Don't know why as he still is there in terms of the pace,he still is bowling in the 140's,but yeah agree that he is not able to hurry the batters with pace.

 

[Xoib]

Don't know why as he still is there in terms of the pace,he still is bowling in the 140's,but yeah agree that he is not able to hurry the batters with pace.

I think he just does not explode like he use at the point of delievery that is the main reason I think it was Chief Destroyer who mentioned his gluts and generally lower body strength is not where it should be hence he is njot bounding to the crease.

 

[ahmedwaqas92]

he was very average in NZL pre ban Amir would have destroyed NZL on the type of pitches we got this time especially the first test. Amir biggest issue right now is he is not hitting the pitch hard like he use to don't think he will ever get it back its been 18 months already since his return and he is still mediocre.

There are a couple of glaring problems with Aamir at the moment and this should have been resolved in no more than the first six months of his return - I am not too sure what the bowling coach is doing but Aamir apparently is:

1) Releasing the ball too early which doesn't give him enough counter clockwise centrifugal rotation. This is the main ingredient for late swing which is why we see Aamir either not swinging the ball at all or swinging it way to early for the batsmen to pick it up easily. When you grip the ball you use your middle finger to impart backapin which causes the above phenomenon however if you release it earlier (midway through your action) then the amount of rotation becomes less and consequent less swing in general.

2) Knee extension during release is all over the place sometimes he is extending sometimes he's not. You have to look at sideway angles to know this But apparently from whatever I've seen his knee extension is not symmetrical and consistent.

3) That stupid sideways jump I am not too sure where did he pick this from but apparently he sometimes jumps laterally, to his right, to change the bowling angle. For every such delivery he will lose at least 2 yards of pace due to a simple thing called PHYSICS!!

4) Incomplete action plus zero consistency in release point and delivery stride.

5) He needs to be a yard fuller and be around fullish good length rather than on the short side of Good length

 

[hisham_ashraf]

I think he just does not explode like he use at the point of delievery that is the main reason I think it was Chief Destroyer who mentioned his gluts and generally lower body strength is not where it should be hence he is njot bounding to the crease.

That certainly has to be the main reason!

 

[Xoib]

There are a couple of glaring problems with Aamir at the moment and this should have been resolved in no more than the first six months of his return - I am not too sure what the bowling coach is doing but Aamir apparently is:

1) Releasing the ball too early which doesn't give him enough counter clockwise centrifugal rotation. This is the main ingredient for late swing which is why we see Aamir either not swinging the ball at all or swinging it way to early for the batsmen to pick it up easily. When you grip the ball you use your middle finger to impart backapin which causes the above phenomenon however if you release it earlier (midway through your action) then the amount of rotation becomes less and consequent less swing in general.

2) Knee extension during release is all over the place sometimes he is extending sometimes he's not. You have to look at sideway angles to know this But apparently from whatever I've seen his knee extension is not symmetrical and consistent.

3) That stupid sideways jump I am not too sure where did he pick this from but apparently he sometimes jumps laterally, to his right, to change the bowling angle. For every such delivery he will lose at least 2 yards of pace due to a simple thing called PHYSICS!!

4) Incomplete action plus zero consistency in release point and delivery stride.

5) He needs to be a yard fuller and be around fullish good length rather than on the short side of Good length

A lot of it is Amir's fault he did not keep himself physically fit during the ban you could see it when he first returned he looked like an early 20's engineering student with a skinny fat body rather then that of a professional athlete.

Now with this sudden heavy workload that he has had since July last year his body is not strong enough to replicate what his mind wants him to do hence the lack of stamina and strength means he picks us bad habits while he is bowling.

For next 12 months we do not play a lot of cricket its just series in UAE vs SL and a short limited overs tour to NZL Amir should use this time period to build his fitness and remove bad habits from his action otherwise its all curtains for him.

 

[Titan24]

I agree he may not be the same but the deliveries you guys have mentioned the conditions were totally different and ball was seaming around.

Sohail khan is one of the best swing bowlers currently in Pakistan, in england he was swinging the bowl more than the english bowlers at display in that series because of his seam position.

Also look at the bowling of Amir pre ban and pre Australia and England tour (2009 and 2010), he didnt perform that well in NZ and other conditions as well, especially in tests.
But definitely, his seam position leaves a lot to be desired currently.

 

[MachoKhan]

What is the obession with this amir guy man? Amir this amir that, now a days hes a nobody. Eng 2010 was fluke before and after that he has done nothing.

 

[kingusama92]

What is the obession with this amir guy man? Amir this amir that, now a days hes a nobody. Eng 2010 was fluke before and after that he has done nothing.

Still Pak's best fast bowler. Was evident against IND.

 

[Mamoon]

I don't foresee any new additions.