Anwar Ali Khan video - Under-19 final

Apologies to those of you with slower internet connections, but this is quite interesting. It's Anwar Ali Khan, playing for Pakistan in the final of the Under-19 World Cup against India. As well as bowling three no-balls, he also took three wickets.



We've read quite a bit about both Anwar Ali Khan and his partner opening the bowling for Pakistan Under-19s, Jamshed Ahmed. By all accounts Jamshed Ahmed is the more refined of the two, with the ability to move the ball both ways, but watch this video - Anwar Ali Khan swings the ball an enormous amount. An ENORMOUS amount.

Jamshed Ahmed's a left-armer, by the way, so you've got a wily left-armer moving the ball both ways and a quick right-armer bowling prodigious inswingers. Sound familiar?

Here's a link, if the video doesn't play here for whatever reason.

Tip: Sakib al Hasan/Shakib al Hasan/Saqibul Hasan

Sakib Al Hasan is representing the Bangladesh under-19s at the moment. He's 16 (or 18 - it's never simple) and he's a left-handed, top order batsman and left arm spinner. He was out for 20 off 16 balls against Uganda under-19s this morning, so this isn't the most timely of tips, but he is good. Really good.

He got the top four Pakistan batsmen out in Bangladesh's first match of the Under-19 World Cup. He also took 3-39 and then scored 100 off 86 balls against Sri Lanka in the final of an under-19 tri-nation tournament before Christmas.

He's also helping the under-19s in their bid to field at least three Hasans in every match they play.

- As a footnote to this, we do now know what Sakib looks like because we found a picture on cricinfo. We were going to steal it, but the warnings about stealing it are a little bit too clear, so instead we're going to make do with pointing out that cricinfo think that he's a medium-fast bowler when he isn't.

Click here to laugh heartily at cricinfo and their poor research/airtight legal warnings about image theft.

King Cricket's other tips.