I realize that Yaser Hammed played some good innings for Pakistan in last 15 months but to keep the discussion in its perspective we have to realize that most of his scores were against minnows like BD and all of them were on home ground. He was a total failure in NZ, England, and Holland. I never liked his technique to start with. It was pretty pathetic to see Indian left arm spinner murli kartik tying him completely by bowling on middle and leg early this year in fourth ODI in Lahore. It was a scene to watch. Yaseer could not score for almost 30 balls and all balls were bowled on middle and leg. He was so frustrated that he finally lost his wicket. It was pretty obvious that the guy has some serious problems playing on the onside. At international level, this attitude was not acceptable.
Outside Pakistan, on seaming wickets, like any other Pakistani player, he is always helpless against the swing. He is an opener and he has to face the new swinging ball. In my humble opinion, yasir hammed does not possess enough technique to serve as an opener. He will be a total failure on bouncy wickets of Australia. I am glad that he has been dropped. We should also realize that yaseer hammed was given enough chances.
I know that he will be back in the final squad for Aussie tour but would that be a right step in right direction from long term stand point? Remember, a true character of a player especially an opener should not be gauged by his performance in his own backyard against minnows but it should be based on his performance in unfamiliar conditions abroad. After all, every team has to play 60 percent of its cricket outside its home grounds.
