ISLAMABAD: Former captain Rashid Latif feels the Twenty-20 format was not appropriate to gauge the potential of Usman Khan Shinwari saying he had troubled all good batsmen at the domestic circuit and was rightly picked up for the national team.
Rashid Latif said the T20 format is not suitable to test the potential of any young cricketer. "Shinwari is the best young bowler in Pakistan," he said while talking to a private news channel.
He said Shinwari, along with Muhammad Talha, is one of the best young bowlers. Shinwari's outstanding figures of five for just nine runs in the final of the national Twenty20 tournament earned him a place in the Pakistan T20 outfit against Sri Lanka," he said.
Rashid said in the T20 match not just Shinwari but other bowlers were hammered too, as over a 100 runs were scored in the last eight overs.
Rashid Latif also dispelled the impression that difference of domestic and international cricket balls might cost Shinwari. "There was not much difference in the balls being used in Pakistan and abroad. Both local and international balls are being machine manufactured and behave almost identically. Other bowlers also use the same ball, in domestic, but don't struggle at the international level," Rashid said.
Talking about Umar Amin who plays for Port Qasim at the domestic level, which is coached by Rashid, he said the performance of Umar Amin was below-par but primarily he was not a T20 player.
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