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He’s finished how many times do I need to tell everyone. Needs to retire. Got rushed back from injury and burnt to the ground won’t ever discover his magic again
Most skillful with doctored balls for sure, but the balls that made his (early) career would not be deemed fit for play today.
Yep lose line and length. I think we need to bring in Mir Hamza, he is good in bowling tight lines. He may replace Faheem or Shaheen in case he does not deliver.
Waqar, in terms of a coach, everyone says he is pathetic. He has some ego problems.He has destroyed the game and careers of many players.
I think Naseem was at his peak (thus far) before and in the Asia Cup. That control, seam movement where even established Indian batters had not much of an answer.
May be by giving them more breaks in between series and utilizing them like Starc and Cummins can bring back their flair.
They were definitely overused. Shaheen bowled something like 2nd most number of overs in all Cricket behind Southee
Waqar Younis was better than Wasim Akram and was extremely devastating in his early years before his back injury. He was a sight to behold charging in from the boundary with his rhythmic run up and bowling at high pace. Just go and check the bowling averages for all bowlers (not only Wasim) between 1988 and 1994 and then you will be able to understand the impact which he had in those early years.
Haven't seen a better exponent of reverse swing than Waqar Younis. Those banana swinging yorkers used to be mind boggling. I remember in those days people used to watch the highlights especially to see Waqar Younis blasting out the stumps.
Breaking the 135 kph is an achievement for the gentle collingwood type pies they’ve been bowling
And when they were bowling to the Aus top order in that game, the highest wicket taker on the field was umpire Paul reiffelThink about India's Gabba bowling attack
Indian bowling attack experience
5 bowlers 2 tests 9 wickets
Siraj (1) + Saini (1) +Sundar(0) + Natrajan (0) + Thakur (1) (didn't bowl in that one test except 1 over)
They faced Starc/Hazlewood/Cummins/Lyon/Green
TBH when the IPL is on and there is no international cricket, Simply Watching W And W charging in on U-tube is the equivalent of watching VIV swagger out to bat. In my hostel days our rooms were plasterd with centrefold posters of the 2 W's and IK. And we in India had manoh prabhakar trundling in.... and the came along SA who was another sight to behold.
Mohammed zeeshan should be groomed to be test bowler
Waqar Younis couldn’t bowl with a non-doctored ball and he learned to bowl with a new ball only in the last few years of his career after he had lost a lot of pace and it became progressively tougher to tamper with the ball.
Can we not say we left the Australians off the hook with 50extras ?
Yep, in the age range feom 23 to 30, he has the highest no.of wickets in the history of cricket.
Yeah but overall they restricted Australia to a pretty manageable target.
They have bowled in bowler friendly conditions and from what I saw, they were very average. SSA looks a shadow, HA is FC but that's it, Mir Hamza is barely FC and Jamal has an action that will go from unplayable to downright rubbish.
And he is dreadful
They certainly have been on a decline but what a comeback are they tailoring now. Mir Hamza and SSA you beauty!
Especially need some good efforts from Abdullah Shafique!
Yeah his catching technique seems flawed. I wonder if he was the slip fielder in domestic cricket?
drom imam and play imran butt as a specialist slip fielder. That guy never drops a catch
