Is Imran Khan the best Test pace bowler from Pakistan?

[kron]

We have. Blatant chucker.

Just like shoaib I suppose

 

[Bewal Express]

Just like shoaib I suppose

Ban him too.

 

[moghul]

I saw entire career of Waqar. His mythical peak gets talked and many believe it due to not seeing his entire career. He wasn't that great against good teams even during his peak.

6 top test teams during Waqar's peak:

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Waqar's performance in test involving top 6 teams during his peak:

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Who is the bowler in the history of cricket to take 200 tests wickets in the least number of ball bowled ??

 

[moghul]

 

[Barragan]

Imran Khan is the best Test bowler.

Wasim Akram is the best bowler.

 

[Buffet]

Who is the bowler in the history of cricket to take 200 tests wickets in the least number of ball bowled ??

You couldn't cite single great series by Waqar like Wasim.

What did he do against the top tier teams in those 200 wickets? What is his collective perofmance against top 4-5 teams in those 200 wickets?

 

[gazza619]

You couldn't cite single great series by Waqar like Wasim.

What did he do against the top tier teams in those 200 wickets? What is his collective perofmance against top 4-5 teams in those 200 wickets?

I know Waqar gets slammed a lot for mostly cleaning the tail but boy Pakistan would have won a lot of important games over the last decade if it had Waqar to wrap up the tail.

 

[gazza619]

Imran Khan is the best Test bowler.

Wasim Akram is the best bowler.

The beauty is that both were allrounders in their own rights. Wasim could do fireworks with the bat when he wanted to and Imran was good enough to play as a batter alone throughout most of his career.

 

[Buffet]

I know Waqar gets slammed a lot for mostly cleaning the tail but boy Pakistan would have won a lot of important games over the last decade if it had Waqar to wrap up the tail.

His yorkers would have certainly come handy.

One thing to remember though, tail of 90s are not tail of nowdays. So may not have been the same effectiveness, but Waqar surely would be far better in cleaning tails than most bowlers playing right now in world let alone Pakistani bowlers.

 

[BouncerGuy]

Imran is generally not talked about as a bowler but he is certainly the best one out there. His record is impeccable.

 

[moghul]

and, Imran for injured and was not able to bowl for almost three years at his peak.