Name one bowler you'd like to face?

[Rightarmfast]

Still, the ball swings more from 130-140 kph than it does at 140+ kph.

Never questioned his ability as a bowler. The comment was on his pace.

 

[Rightarmfast]

And he was 33 in 1999. Most fast-bowlers start losing speed by that age.

I said almost 140kph because I saw several videos where he was clocking 135-139 in the World Cup.

Regardless, your claim of him being a 130kph Indian-esque trundler is ridiculous.

Naah, he was never express. He could crank it up to 145 at times, although he was only clocked at 145 once in his career, thats his fastest recorded delivery.
He mostly operated in 130's. Whether thats Indian-esque ( is that even a word?) trundler is regardless.

 

[Rightarmfast]

Wrong. Wasim was quick (at least mid 140s) in his earlier days before he got diagnosed with diabetes (in 1997 I think), after that he had to cut the pace down and age caught on to him as well. His average pace then was around 135 but he could still push 140 sometimes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJ6rGvvvOy4&t=256s

He was clocked at 145 once in his career, which has been his fastest recorded delivery. So you are right in saying that he could touch mid 140's, but that wasnt regular.

 

[Sam99]

Glenn McGrath, a perfect bowler to test yourself as cricketer

 

[Abdullah719]

Naah, he was never express. He could crank it up to 145 at times, although he was only clocked at 145 once in his career, thats his fastest recorded delivery.
He mostly operated in 130's. Whether thats Indian-esque ( is that even a word?) trundler is regardless.

Never said he was express. I said he wasn't a 130kph bowler.

I don't want to derail this thread so if you want to continue this discussion, feel free to bump this: http://www.pakpassion.net/ppforum/showthread.php?229213

 

[aloo paratha]

He was clocked at 145 once in his career, which has been his fastest recorded delivery. So you are right in saying that he could touch mid 140's, but that wasnt regular.

They only started recording speeds in the very late 90s and early 2000s where Wasim was 35+ yet was still bowling 137 kph. Many batsmen have said he was genuinely quick so I think it's safe to assume a 25 year old, healthy Wasim was bowling at least in the low 140s during most of his career.

 

[Chief Destroyer]

He was clocked at 145 once in his career, which has been his fastest recorded delivery. So you are right in saying that he could touch mid 140's, but that wasnt regular.

Warne going as far as saying "his spell on a flat Faisalabad wicket is the fastest he's ever seen." This coming from a guy who's seen Shoaib at his fastest.

 

[TheNightWatchman]

Waqar Younis or Dale Steyn
But in a match Ishant Sharma

 

[SL_Fan]

Thisara Perera