Mohammed Irshad

[Jahangir Khan]

I've heard this guy is very fast and also well built but I've never seen him bowl.

Is his action totally legal. We always have problems with dodgy actions such as:

Shoaib Malik
Hafeez
Shabbir
Yasir Ali
Junaid Zia
etc etc

Now that we have got an Academy, why don't the board make sure that any bowler with a suspect action is sorted out b4 playing him.

That way the team and the players 'behsti' will not happen when he is called for chucking.

If we have got genuine pacers with good control and swing, we should give a couple a go against India cos guys like Ganguly, Dravid and Laxman **** it from genuine pace.

If we drop Kotha and the other guys do well, it will put pressure on him and make him work harder on his game and his fitness.

Kotha needs to know that there are other express pacers apart from him.

The way Kotha's fitness is, he will not be around for much longer

"The Rawalpindi Express is overloaded and is in danger of being derailed"

[tahaqureshi]

well actually BW has said that he saw m irshad and thinks he is one of the fastest in the pakistan circuit at the moment..

BW WANTS TO TAKE M IRSHAD WITH HIM TO ZIMBABWE FOR THE PAK A TOUR!!!!!!

SO MAYBE WE SEE IRSHAD IN THE WINDIES OR ENGLAND SERIES

[Waqar's inswinging yorker]

estimates of speed have ranged from 90 mph to 96 mph!!!!!
hope we dont dont destroy the guy to

[Jahangir Khan]

We should get Waqar and Wasim to Coach our youngsters.

Wasim helped Pathan and Pedro Collins and they are looking like top bowlers who swing it.

Wasim likes criticising but he should be in Pakistan, working on his replacement. A top quality left armer who swings it at pace

[Naveed]

I'm a little biased towards Irshad as that is my father's name.

When is the A tour to Zimbabwe?

[Waqar's inswinging yorker]

also hopefully yasin bari,rizwan akbar,samiullah khan and fahad masood are selected too

[Waqar's inswinging yorker]

and sufyan with the bat!!! should definitely be there with usman saeed,shahid yousuf

[Amjid Javed]

zimbabwe/kenya/s.africa tour is in march i think.

[Muddaser]

Irshad should be taken to India if you ask me!

[Naveed]

So how can Woolmer take him to Zimbabwe, won't he be with the team in India?

[DM]

Seconded Muddy. I can't wait to see him. Sure he might be clattered about if he's very inaccurate but with his purported pace, he'd certainly break through their defence and rattle them.

[Waqar's inswinging yorker]

what a young set of pace bowlers that we have, they compliment each other nicley

irshaad
bari
r akbar
s niazi
f masood

all of these should go on the a team tour although irshaad may get the nod for india

[J-Essence]

is he from Peshawar?

[Waqar's inswinging yorker]

irshaad is from multan

[Muddaser]

Irshad is from Khanewal.

Shabbir Ahmed and Rao Iftikhar are from there too.

[Nawazb]

i quote taimur khan who says he is the fastest bowler in pak, with speed ranging from 90-96 mph.

[pakistani pride]

what is his record like any good?

[Muddaser]

FIRST-CLASS


O M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 489.4 85 1779 59 30.15 6-104 1 0 49.7 3.63

LIST A LIMITED OVERS

O M R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ
Bowling 134.5 2 729 30 24.30 4-29 2 0 26.9 5.40

[Naveed]

See below Zimbabwe in April so probably no Irshad in India.

"Two trial matches - one North v South and the other Pakistan v The Rest will be held in February. Thereafter a Pakistan A team will tour Sri Lanka in March, Namibia and Zimbabwe in April, and the West Indies A team will visit Pakistan in June. Bob Woolmer will accompany the Pakistan A team for part of the Africa tour," he added

Shaharyar said by the end of the season in June 2005, the Board should have a clearer idea of the capabilities and mental strengths of its players.