stevewittry
Tape Ball Regular
- Joined
- Mar 23, 2007
- Runs
- 567
Well... Till recently, Pakistan has been about express fast bowling and reverse swing. Bowlers from this part of the world inspired by express fast bowlers - Imran, Wasim, Waqar, Shoaib and the likes would strive for pace and reverse swing. These bowlers mentioned have been the real benchmark for fast bowling.
Now with changing times and batsmen dominating the game and the new ball situation killing any prospect of reverse swing, Pakistani bowlers have found a new way to counter these conditions and it's only Pakistan the breeding ground of fast bowling where this revolution was expected to come from. Express pace replaced with smart change of pace, fast full length bowling replaced by smart change of lengths, fast bouncers replaced by slow loopy bouncers - all of these leaving the batsmen bemused. Impressed by Hasan Ali - the Imran Khan of this modern generation. Is he the new benchmark for fast bowling at a time when the art of fast bowling was fast dying.
Take a bow - Hasan Ali. In you, Pakistan has a new hero, a new match winner.
Now with changing times and batsmen dominating the game and the new ball situation killing any prospect of reverse swing, Pakistani bowlers have found a new way to counter these conditions and it's only Pakistan the breeding ground of fast bowling where this revolution was expected to come from. Express pace replaced with smart change of pace, fast full length bowling replaced by smart change of lengths, fast bouncers replaced by slow loopy bouncers - all of these leaving the batsmen bemused. Impressed by Hasan Ali - the Imran Khan of this modern generation. Is he the new benchmark for fast bowling at a time when the art of fast bowling was fast dying.
Take a bow - Hasan Ali. In you, Pakistan has a new hero, a new match winner.
