Kaneria (Should he be given a bit prolonged chance in the Pak ODI squad)?

[shortpitched713]

Originally Posted by tooextracool

For those who have watched Rehman, why isnt he playing? Ive never seen him bowl, but he has an excellent domestic and international record thus far and Osman Samiuddin seems to rate him yet the likes of Shoaib Malik and Rana Naved make it in ahead of him.

Because theres no room for him in the team. The obvious choice would have been to have him in place of Afridi, but that seems very unlikely now. Replacing him for either of the other two would not be smart either as Malik provides a lot with the bat, and Naved apart from recently has been a world class one day bowler. Also taking Naved out for him would probably leave Pakistan a seamer short.

[Richard]

The only time recently that Rana has looked a ODI-class bowler was that WI series. Other than that, he's been woeful (as predicted by yours-truly) for the last year.

[tooextracool]

Originally Posted by shortpitched713

Because theres no room for him in the team. The obvious choice would have been to have him in place of Afridi, but that seems very unlikely now. Replacing him for either of the other two would not be smart either as Malik provides a lot with the bat, and Naved apart from recently has been a world class one day bowler. Also taking Naved out for him would probably leave Pakistan a seamer short.

theres no room for someone averaging 15 @3.06? Honestly i dont think Malik offers much and im convinced that Rana doesnt either given that he cant land 2 balls on the same spot in an over.

[shortpitched713]

I guess there might be a case for dropping Rana, but then we'd be a seamer short, and I'm not sure how comfortable I am with either Razzaq or Mahmood opening the bowling. Malik, on the other hand is one of our best batsmen and our best allrounder. I don't see how you can say he doesn't "offer much" and I don't see how you can replace him with a guy who doesn't offer much at all with the bat.

[Richard]

Razzaq and Mahmood have opened plenty before.

And in any case - they can't possibly be worse than Rana!

[FRAZ]

Originally Posted by shortpitched713

I guess there might be a case for dropping Rana, but then we'd be a seamer short, .

Slowly but surely people are realizing the worth of a good leggie .
Excellent !

[Prince EWS]

Originally Posted by FRAZ

Slowly but surely people are realizing the worth of a good leggie .
Excellent !

He was talking about dropping Rana for Rehman, not Kaneria.

[FRAZ]

Originally Posted by Prince EWS

He was talking about dropping Rana for Rehman, not Kaneria.

My comment was correlated with the long term solution providing tactics !

[IndianByHeart]

Rana is a mystery bowler for me,he's either a top class performer or complete rubbish, someone here has very wrongly stated that Rana only bowled well in Pak Wi series.Truth is that Rana has won man of Series awards for his One day bowling before too, one was against India.

[FRAZ]

Originally Posted by IndianByHeart

Rana is a mystery bowler for me,he's either a top class performer or complete rubbish, someone here has very wrongly stated that Rana only bowled well in Pak Wi series.Truth is that Rana has won man of Series awards for his One day bowling before too, one was against India.

Good one . I guess that he has all the ingredients to attack the stumps but the area where IMHO he really struggles is his punchable length and wayward out swing .

[Richard]

Originally Posted by IndianByHeart

Rana is a mystery bowler for me,he's either a top class performer or complete rubbish, someone here has very wrongly stated that Rana only bowled well in Pak Wi series.Truth is that Rana has won man of Series awards for his One day bowling before too, one was against India.

Rana has only ever bowled well against India and West Indies - and even then only some of the time.

[FRAZ]

Originally Posted by Richard

Rana has only ever bowled well against India and West Indies - and even then only some of the time.

That is the problem cuz when he does bowl good he reflects the golden old Waqar Younis ,and when he doesn't then he becomes Sami ..

[jammay123]

they dont need danish. they have afridi and hafeez who can bowl a few spin overs for them. and the fact is he cant bat and he isnt really that special of a bowler. very overrated. he aint no monty

[FRAZ]

Originally Posted by jammay123

they dont need danish. they have afridi and hafeez who can bowl a few spin overs for them. and the fact is he cant bat and he isnt really that special of a bowler. very overrated. he aint no monty

They need a decent leg spinner to add up a reasonable variety in the squad . Hafeez ,Malik etc etc are almost the same sort of bowlers . Yes they have Abdul Rehman who is a good prospect but I don't know why people have to judge Kaneria over his limited performance in the initial ODI's that he played . I need an expert on this issue tbh !!!!!!

[Prince EWS]

Originally Posted by FRAZ

They need a decent leg spinner to add up a reasonable variety in the squad . Hafeez ,Malik etc etc are almost the same sort of bowlers . Yes they have Abdul Rehman who is a good prospect but I don't know why people have to judge Kaneria over his limited performance in the initial ODI's that he played . I need an expert on this issue tbh !!!!!!

An expert? Like say... national team selectors? Well there we have it then.