Sajid Mahmood

[cover drive man]

Just wandering what everyone on cw think's of him I think he's good young talent.

 

[steds]

I think he would be a good young talent...if he could bowl.

 

[Tomm NCCC]

Harsh Steds

I like the Saj, but consistency has always been a problem. We've seen the best of him, but unfortunately, the worst of him aswell. However, I think as time has gone by he has improved, and has got better. If England have the good Sajid Mahmood, I geniunly think He could be one of the leading wicket takers. He has the pace, and he has the... height ? and he can achieve

 

[Arjun]

At least he doesn't need to be treated royally by Harmison, and turned up in the ODI uniform. Can't be too bad.

 

[Evermind]

I rank the English ODI pace bowlers:

Flintoff (duh)
Plunkett (I genuinely believe he's got more potential than Anderson)
Anderson (I can't believe this guy is third in a non-minnow non-Indian pace lineup)
Jon Lewis
Mahmood
Tremlett

 

[GIMH]

Far too inconsistent for international cricket at this point.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Mahmood has about as much potential as Fidel Edwards. And given that he has the fortune of being in the English system, he will probably end up being marginally better than Edwards.

Mahmood should learn to bowl on the domestic circuit.

 

[wpdavid]

Mahmood has about as much potential as Fidel Edwards. And given that he has the fortune of being in the English system, he will probably end up being marginally better than Edwards.

Mahmood should learn to bowl on the domestic circuit.

... which is probably where he'll be this summer. I think he's better than Harmison was on the last Ashes tour, and I get the impression he has the desire to work on his game and improve. It's far too early to write him off in the way that some have.

 

[Richard]

Mahmood is rubbish and I'm willing to make the call that he's unlikely ever to be much but.

 

[cover drive man]

Mahmood is rubbish and I'm willing to make the call that he's unlikely ever to be much but.

Carry on.

 

[FRAZ]

Saj is a strong bowler and can hit the deck pretty hard but needs some variation and some sense of humor !!!

 

[Richard]

Carry on.

Where?

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Mahmood is rubbish and I'm willing to make the call that he's unlikely ever to be much but.

The use of "unlikely" weakens the strength and courage of that call.

 

[Richard]

I never have the courage to strengthen the call to "will never be".

It's not completely OOTQ that Saj will turn-out decent, anyway - it's not like there's nothing good about him. But he's so wayward I can't really see him ever making enough of an improvement.

 

[vic_orthdox]

The biggest thing that stands out about Saj is that his bad balls aren't just slightly overpitched, they're really bad balls.

 

[thierry henry]

He's fast, sometimes bordering on express, and he swings it a bit. So really, he should be pretty good. But he's at the extreme end of inaccurate as far as international bowlers go and that's not easily fixed.

 

[Perm]

Woeful.

 

[Goughy]

Very average cricketer, and has been mentioned before he would struggle to make a full strength Lancashire side let alone England.

Does a lot of things decently but isnt capable of doing 1 or 2 things well enough to be a good bowler.

 

[chaminda_00]

Very average cricketer, and has been mentioned before he would struggle to make a full strength Lancashire side let alone England.

Does a lot of things decently but isnt capable of doing 1 or 2 things well enough to be a good bowler.

I was going to mention that i rather have Chapple, Cork, Flintoff and even Anderson ahead of him in a full strength Lancashire. Way too inconsistent to be playing Internationals. His got some pace and swing at times, but bowls too many crap bowls. Maybe after two full season in CC he might learn how to bowl proper, but worrying that someone who has played Test has so many problems.

 

[Richard]

I was going to mention that i rather have Chapple, Cork, Flintoff and even Anderson ahead of him in a full strength Lancashire.

Not to mention Tom Smith...

IMO a better prospect than Mahmood. And Broad for that matter.