He is one honest commentator who calls a spade a spade... may not be politically correct all the time but does have an in depth knowledge of the game. Wish he wd hv taken up coaching after his retirement. He to me appears the only cricket from Pakistan who talks sense after great imran khan.
& will progress like sachin & dravid the best men to follow
I hope he wouldnt suffer with attitude problem
No doubt bangladesh has improved leaps and bounds in last year or so but they still have a long way to go. It's heartening to see them become competitive at home which is the first step towards becoming a successful team but to become a respectable test team they have to deliver out side their comfort zone. The batting has a lot of potential and can only get better with time however their bowling has been the achiles heels for them and they have to improve on this aspect of the game. having said that, they have the necessary ingredients in Taskin and Co. so I think bangladesh can only improve from here if they are able to manage their resources well.
In sha Allah
And why so ??? Who wd you replace him with under the circumstances? ??
Gul. Rather have original than made in China.
Common the guy has done just enough to stay in the team. I think on Lankan pitches which offer some movement early on to fast bowlers and reverse swing later on, he shd come good.
Lol I don't mind him, but he's even copied the way Gul walks back to the mark. Just eery thats all.
Does that have any thing to do with his performance on the field ? The answer is obviously no. So why is every body here on pp criticising him for modelling his bowling on gul. And btw omar gul is well past his prime as far as test cricket is concerned...Lol I don't mind him, but he's even copied the way Gul walks back to the mark. Just eery thats all.
Lol probably because out if all the bowlers we've had in the past, Gul would be the last bowler id expect to be a role model. If he'd modeled him self on Imran Khan Snr, then i dunoo, maybe id have more hope . But Guls action to begin with limited him in many ways.
Many ways like ??
Nice improvement
He had a high arm action, and kept the seam upright. He had too stiff a wrist, wasn't the greatest with the new ball. Was more a seam baller than swing baller.
I am sorry to disappoint you but I think omar gul has one of the finest actions in world cricket as a result he was able to get more from himself when at the peak of his game with his action. Out of all the Pakistani bowlers(right arm) omar gul more often than used to hv the wrist behind the seam hence he was able to move the new balk too . It's just that he didn't have the control on the new ball like Aasif had hence he always struggled with the new ball and btw that's always been our problem. We haven't produced even a single new ball bowler post imran khan senior era expect for Aasif. So I think it hardly matters who IK would have modelled his action on, he by and large would have been the same bowler...
I've always felt rounder arm actions and more side on actions produce more swing than front on actions.
Imran Khan Snr actually remodeled his action to become more side on, during his Oxford days. Helped him with his pace and outswing. Rare instance of a player completely remodeling his/her bowling action.
a great win indeed
