On This Day: February 18, 1927 - Pakistan's first world-class pace bowler Fazal Mahmood was born

[MenInG]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">On this day 1927 Pakistan's first world-class pace bowler Fazal Mahmood was born. Fazal took 12-99 in Pak's 1st Test win vs England <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash">#Cricket</a> <a href="https://t.co/O7JxRciOYO">pic.twitter.com/O7JxRciOYO</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/832875821241102336">February 18, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Hitman]

In fact the first fast bowling legend from the subcontinent. Deserves lots and lots of credit for the rich culture of Pakistani fast bowling legends that came after him, he was their inspiration.

A first ballot Hall of Famer from Pakistan, and I hope the ICC inducts him into their 'Hall of Fame' soon.

 

[Navdeep Srivastava]

I remember somewhere reading that he destroyed Indian batting completely in Lucknow test in first series. A real legend .

 

[JibranAnsari]

Fazal mehmood and khan mohammad were pakistans first top class fast bowlers.

 

[WhenSultansBowled]

The OG, the first of many alphas we produced

Swag and looks

Pakistan toured England in 1954. The Pakistani team was invited to the Buckingham Palace and introduced to Queen Elizabeth, where she asked why Fazal had blue eyes unlike his countrymen. Later, he got special invitation to the queen’s annual Royal Garden Party. Some people suggest that it was due to Princess Margaret (Queen Elizabeth’s younger sibling) that Fazal was invited to the annual event for several years to come.

Spoiler

http://www.dawn.com/news/1185304

 

[JibranAnsari]

The OG, the first of many alphas we produced

Sadly the lineage is broken and we are left with damaged goods

 

[WhenSultansBowled]

Sadly the lineage is broken and we are left with damaged goods

Nah bro, let Pakistan's political condition improve a bit and we'll start pwning cricket world again as we used to

 

[Zeshan547]

From Fazal Mahmood to Anwar Ali, what a story of decline.

 

[Amirforpresident]

From Fazal Mahmood to Anwar Ali, what a story of decline.

Yeah, because Anwar Ali is the best bowler we have right now. -_-

 

[MenInG]

One of the greatest servants of Pakistan cricket was born today.

 

[andy0204]

I can say he was more charismatic and good looking than Imran Khan.

 

[SensiblePakFan]

An absolute legend.