A lot of people are missing the point of the thread. The current bowling attack isnt bad, it can do a decent job against most batting line ups. The issue is that the mainstay batsmen of most teams are usually cashing in and not finding it too difficult against our attack, this has proven crucial in the past.
I really do not know when was the last time Pakistan managed to get Kohli out, or when Smith and Williamson didnt manage to score big against us recently.
When we had a bowler like Shoaib Akhtar, yes he used to get licks here and there, but notice most scorecards will have the biggest batsmen in the team falling prey to him. The guy had the ability to make things happen. We are missing such a guy big time.
I don't know Shoiab was so successful in SA/AUS, he won one test, when Asif was on the other end and they got SA out at 125 in first innings to set the match... Same is true in Sydney test, Asif(with the help of Sami and Conditions) got AUSes out at 125...
Bowlers work in pair, they also grow in pairs...Right now we only have one potential top bowler (Amir), but he is not finding it easy without help from other end. I have said it many times, only one bowler is very hard to develop... Without HW, Strac's effectiveness would be half...Johnson worked well with Harris, when Harris was injured, he would be far less effective...
Wasim was very lucky to bowl first along side Imran (who was main bowler when Wasim started), than Waqar and than Akthar, he never had to bowl alone... If you look deeply, in test Wasim was almost second best seamer almost all his career...
Separation of Asif and Amir was huge loss for Pakistan, after that we derailed (partly thanks to UAE), we are finding it hard to have high quality seamers... Pakistan need to change their mentality and focus on fast bowling as main product, at home, Misbah has always used fast bowlers as side kick, if we continue those policies, this will only go down more from here...
