http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/current/story/334274.html
He is absolutely right . What a shame !
PCB has been worse than ZCU recently !
He is absolutely right . What a shame !
PCB has been worse than ZCU recently !
Kaneria's always so, so disappointed me. I saw him for the first time in 2000\01 and rated him on the spot - Mushtaq had been on the decline for a fair few years by then (Kaneria actually replaced him in the side when playing his first 2 Tests) and it seemed Pakistan might have a wristspinner who could finally fulfull his potential, unlike Qadir and Mushtaq.Who is right Fraz? Kaneria or the author? Because the author isn't entirely buying into Kaneria's excuses. Personally I think there is some justification to what Kaneria is saying. He's been hard done by flat pitches, bad wicket-keeping, no support from the other end, and a lack of a defined role. However, in watching him, I never get the sense anymore that he's about to get a wicket. And forget getting a place in ODI's, even in his peak days he was crap in that format. I'm willing to give Kaneria another chance or two, but my patience with him is very very thin.
Me and Kaneria !Who is right Fraz? Kaneria or the author? .
Two years ago it didn't bother him much. "If I bowl 50 overs in an innings, then will I not give away 100 runs for my wickets? As a leggie I attack, so runs will be scored. But I take wickets, which is how you win matches," he said before England arrived in 2005. But, as he points out now, support was solid back then: Shoaib Akhtar, Mohammad Sami, Shabbir Ahmed and Abdul Razzaq.
Kaneria's always so, so disappointed me. I saw him for the first time in 2000\01 and rated him on the spot - Mushtaq had been on the decline for a fair few years by then (Kaneria actually replaced him in the side when playing his first 2 Tests) and it seemed Pakistan might have a wristspinner who could finally fulfull his potential, unlike Qadir and Mushtaq.
But yet again it's been same-old-same-old.
Sure, the wicketkeeping (and indeed outfielding - inclusive of course of himself) for much of his career's been poor, be it Kamran Akmal or someone else. But I don't think his average would be particularly good even if he'd had every chance taken.
Sure, he's had to bowl on a fair few flat pitches (as of course has everyone of late). But he has had some turners too and it's not like he's ripped The World apart even on those. In any case, wristspin is supposed to be special because the bowlers don't need turning pitches to get turn.
As for the rest of the attack being poor and ever-changing - don't buy that at all. A good bowler will remain a good bowler, and if he bowls well he'll still get the hauls. It might mean he doesn't get as many victories, but not that many people are fool enough to judge cricketers on the results of their teams.Kaneria has long since worn my patience thin, but sadly unless there are four or five better and more reliable bowlers than him (and I'd say there's currently two beyond all doubt, in Mohammad Asif and Umar Gul) he really has to stay in the team. At least he's a more reliable presence than Shoaib Akhtar, and at least he's better than the likes of Rana Naved-ul-Hasan, Rao Iftikhar Anjum, Mohammad Sami and the posse. And at least he doesn't seem to have a sad penchant for allowing his action to slip back to illegalities like Shabbir Ahmed.
Yeah this is what's always disappointed me most about Kaneria, the fact that for a wristspinner he just doesn't spin the ball as much as he should. Someone like Kumble doesn't spin the ball overtly but I honestly believe Kumble puts more spin on his topspinner than Kaneria does on his Leg-Break. That, added to Kumble's novelty factor, means Kumble's done far better on turning pitches (and better catchers has undoubtedly helped him too).The thing is Kaneria was never that great and he was always just decent. Decent spinner need support from seamers to take wickets, they are never going to take big hauls by themselves. Also unless a leg spinner spins the bowl a mile or has the ability to get a lot of bounce, they need as much support from the pitch as an offie.
Who ?yeah time to bring in Manzoor Amjad and Kareem jahan.
Who ?
I extracted one Noor jahan out of them anyways !
Isn't he the kid who was playing (and doing reasonably well) First-Class cricket at 14 or 15? And apparently, unlike Hasan Raza, genuinely too?yeah time to bring in Manzoor Amjad and Kareem jahan.