There are many players who are overrated but there are also many players who are underrated. Share your list of players who in your opinion are underrated/overrated.
Umar began his innings after Shane Bond and Chris Martin had reduced Pakistan to 85 for 5, trailing by 344 runs in the first innings. He dominated a 176-run partnership with his older brother Kamran and helped Pakistan avoid the follow-on.
We keep hearing that there is a dearth of batting or bowling talent in Pakistan . No one is good enough any more because of lack of international cricket in Pakistan or the poor domestic structure . How is it then the youngsta beauties end up performing better than the seniors and experienced players that have been around for ages ?
No , thread is not meant to hype up players who have not played more than 4 international level matches in any format . Still , Sohaib Maqsood , Anwar Ali , Bilawal Bhatti , Zulfiqar Babar have all impressed so far . Even Jamshed and Shafiq looked like very good prospects when started , which raises another question , what happens to these youngsters along the way ?
Ok, before you guys jump the gun, Asif ofcourse was a far better bowler and Anwar Ali will have to do a lot before he can get close to Asifs skill. Anyhow my observation though was that Anwar and Asif have similar actions and Anwar Ali should really take a look at the way Asif used to bowl and try to incorporate a bit of Asif in his bowling. He has a decent height as well, but needs to get closer to the stumps.
Steyn and now Clarke - Should ICC be paying more attention to behaviour of players on the field?
Brought back for the series against South Africa, does the indian pacer have it what it takes to match Steyn in the upcoming series?
After Stuart Broad, the 2 bowlers who have dismissed AB the most in all forms of cricket are Afridi & Ajmal. Both of them have dismissed him 7 times.
Afridi dismissed AB 3 times this year and Ajmal 5 times.
ODI cricket is changed now. The idea of 5 batsmen and a WK, 4 bowlers and 1 all rounder does not work in this era.
This is an era of players like Hafeez, Maxwell, McLaren, Parnell, Mathews, Faulkner, Perera, Kulasekara, Jadeja, Ashwin, Southee, Sammy, Shakib etc.