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Yousuf to arrive to England following drama...
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International 12th Man
THE MAIN LEAD PLAYER IN pcb CIRCUS 
Faisal1985
International Vice-Captain
I don't know how Raza Hasan has been picked ahead of a number of spinners in Pak...its quite messed up...and he has played only 2 fc level games i think..
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
He was supposed to play against James Hart this weekend in club cricket; Pakistan didn't want him ruined forever by belting Hart would've given him so they sneakily added him to the Test squad to make him unavailable on Saturday. Good move.
Faisal1985
International Vice-Captain
Have you seen him play? I have no idea what kind of spinner he is compared to Kaneria or Ajmal?
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
I'm pretty sure I saw him bowl in the Under 19 World Cup. If it's the guy I'm thinking of I was very impressed (I actually made a post on the forum about him at the time IIRC). Classic left arm spinner with a good action - tosses it up and gives it a fair rip. Think of Murali Kartik (although hopefully with less of a tendency to massively choke
).Not that this means he's Test standard or anything.. I think he's probably just been picked to give him some experience around the squad. If Ajmal gets injured then Kaneria's still in the country so he can be called back up; I don't think the selectors have any intention of playing Hasan, but doing it this way allows Kaneria to get some match practice if he's going to come back into the team and also gives a kid a chance to train with the big boys.
Plus, as I said, they've now saved him from the otherwise inevitable James Hart bludgeoning he was about to receive...
Faisal1985
International Vice-Captain
I'm pretty sure I saw him bowl in the Under 19 World Cup. If it's the guy I'm thinking of I was very impressed (I actually made a post on the forum about him at the time IIRC). Classic left arm spinner with a good action - tosses it up and gives it a fair rip. Think of Murali Kartik (although hopefully with less of a tendency to massively choke
Not that this means he's Test standard or anything.. I think he's probably just been picked to give him some experience around the squad. If Ajmal gets injured then Kaneria's still in the country so he can be called back up; I don't think the selectors have any intention of playing Hasan, but doing it this way allows Kaneria to get some match practice if he's going to come back into the team and also gives a kid a chance to train with the big boys.
Plus, as I said, they've now saved him from the otherwise inevitable James Hart bludgeoning he was about to receive...
Yes, i guess you can say those were probably the motives behind selecting him...
Certainly doesn't mean he is test standard and i hope he doesn't get selected ahead of Ajmal....with these PCB dumbasses you never know....
Neil Pickup
Cricket Web Moderator
Faisal1985
International Vice-Captain
Yeah true....Fawad Alam can bowl a bit ..but not quite like that...isn't it called the chinamen or something like that...the left arm off break?
stumpski
International Captain
Yes, but 'chinaman' means slightly different things in England and Australia ... the English use it to describe all left-arm wrist-spin bowling, while Australians reserve it for the ball bowled from the back of the hand (i.e. leaving the right-hander). Or maybe it's the other way round.
They also had this guy, somewhat briefly. Only know of him because he made it into the original Brian Lara game.
They also had this guy, somewhat briefly. Only know of him because he made it into the original Brian Lara game.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Haha yep, indeed.
In case it wasn't blatantly obvious by now, I know James Hart and was taking the piss about his ultimate awesomeness. Hart was actually packing it at the prospect of having to face Hasan.
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