Well the figures speak for themself… It is RANA. :eek:
Inzi should take note and not use him as an opening bowler.
**The best ODI bowler at the death
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The last three weeks have been particularly forgettable ones for the Australian one-day team, and while the performances all round have lacked polish, the one aspect that opposition teams - mostly New Zealand - have exposed and mercilessly exploited has been the bowling at the death. In the second ODI of the series [(http://stats.cricinfo.com/guru?sdb=player;playerid=19820;class=odiplayer;filter=advanced;team=0;opposition=0;notopposition=0;homeaway=0;continent=0;country=0;notcountry=0;groundid=0;season=0;startdefault=2003-04-04;start=2006-01-01;enddefault=2007-02-14;end=2007-02-14;tourneyid=0;finals=0;daynight=0;toss=0;scheduledovers=0;scheduleddays=0;innings=0;followon=0;result=0;seriesresult=0;captain=0;keeper=0;dnp=0;recent=;runslow=;runshigh=;batposition=0;dismissal=0;viewtype=bow_list;bowposition=0;ballslow=;ballshigh=;bpof=0;overslow=;overshigh=;conclow=;conchigh=;wicketslow=;wicketshigh=;dismissalslow=;dismissalshigh=;caughtlow=;caughthigh=;caughttype=0;stumpedlow=;stumpedhigh=;csearch=;submit=1;.cgifields=viewtype), but with old ball in hand when the slog is on Naved is a transformed bowler - his average and his strike rate are, quite incredibly, less than ten. Compare those numbers with his stats in the first 40 overs of an innings - an average of 58.69, an economy rate of 5.36, and a wicket every 66 balls - and you know exactly how Pakistan should use him in an ODI. **
Most economical bowlers in the last ten overs since 2006 (At least 150 balls; excludes ODIs against Zim, B’desh and all non-Test playing teams) Bowler Balls Bat runs conceded Wickets Average Econ
Muttiah Muralitharan 263 209 9 23.22 4.76
Harbhajan Singh 151 120 2 60.00 4.76
Andrew Hall 244 220 17 12.94 5.40
Marlon Samuels 197 184 9 20.44 5.60
Lasith Malinga 206 202 14 14.42 5.88
Rana Naved-ul-Hasan 170 174 18 9.66 6.14
Daniel Vettori 163 161 4 40.25 5.92
Chris Gayle 266 277 7 39.57 6.24
Irfan Pathan 166 181 12 15.08 6.54
Shane Bond 208 224 18 12.44 6.46
And if you’re wondering where all the Australian bowlers have vanished, have a look at the next table, which lists the most expensive bowlers during the slog. Stuart Clark is the second-most profligate bowler, conceding almost eight runs per over, while Nathan Bracken and Brett Lee both leak more than seven. Glenn McGrath doesn’t quite make it into the list of most expensive bowlers, but his economy rate of 6.68, coupled with an average of 27.71 suggests he hasn’t been the most effective slog-overs bowlers either.
It’s also interesting to see Chaminda Vaas at the top of the table. His impeccable line-and-length stuff, coupled with his exaggerated swing, makes him a deadly proposition at the start of an innings, where he averages 27.17 per wicket and goes at only 3.63 per over. However, at the end of an innings he has tended to be far more predictable. If the ideal way to utilise Rana Naved is to bowl him at the death, Vaas will probably be at his best if Sri Lanka use him through the first 20 overs of the innings.
Most expensive bowlers in the last ten overs since 2006 (At least 145 balls; excludes ODIs against Zim, B’desh and all non-Test playing teams) Bowler Balls Bat runs conceded Wickets Average Econ
Chaminda Vaas 181 243 9 27.00 8.05
Stuart Clark 145 191 6 31.83 7.90
Zaheer Khan 150 183 6 30.50 7.32
Dwayne Bravo 239 284 15 18.93 7.12
Nathan Bracken 282 333 17 19.58 7.08
Brett Lee 301 355 15 23.67 7.07](“http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/nzvaus/engine/match/251495.html”)
