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It's my Debut Post but I have been following this website regularly since 2 years.
Pakistan has been renowned of producing genuine fast bowlers starting with Imran Khan , Waseem , Waqar , Mohamaad Zahid , Shoaib Akhtar , Mohammad Sami , Mohammad Amir . These are the face of Pakistan fast bowling history. Fazal Mehmood and Sarfraz Nawaz were medium fast to fast medium , while Asif was fast medium in start then became abit medium fast but the most skilful and difficult bowler because of having magic in his fingers and wrist of swinging as well as seeming ball especially the wobbly seam seaming phenomèna is distinct only with this magician . I wish he comes back .
Let's now count on what we have now ?
1. Sadaf Hussain
He is talented he is accurate he has a very impressive record he deserves to wear the green blazer but when ? Immediately ? No . Why not ? Because he will come and go . He is medium fast but he is not mohammad asif , what he needs to do ? He needs fitness . Sadaf has to strengthen his shoulders , thighs , calves and biceps and triceps by muscular exercises in Gym backed my high protein diet to get into shape like Adam milne , boult or starc . Then he needs to do swimming as well as targetted running to build his stamenna . This way he will become a Fast medium bowler who will be bowling between 135kph to 142kph. Them his accuracy and swing will help him survive in international cricket with success and longetivity of a career rather then being a one match wonder and then sidelined. In international cricket these days neither you use the grays ball nor it's green moist wickets of winter of Northern cricket. So he needs to increase his pace by 5 to 8kph atleast. And he can do it . He has the talent and ability to be succesful .
Now what are we lacking in our team ? In both tests and one day ? Right arm fast bowler .
Ok so now do not get shocked at what I have to say
Who is the fastest right arm baller in pakistan ? It is mohammad Sami still majority would agree but he is 33 34 if he is recalled if , chances are grim though , he can play maximum 2 years. But the question is if not he than who ?
Atif Jabbar is the Answer.
Atif Jabbar is the second fastest right arm fast bowler in pakistan . Many would say it's Ahmed jamal or bilawal bhatti but in my opinion it's Atif Jabbar. Why I say that ? 2 years back when it was the debut of Dera murad Jamali team in T20 cup I saw a spell of Atif when DMJ played against Abbotabad Falcons .
In those 4 overs spell Yasir Hameed was hot twice on his body by Atif's bouncers beaten by shear pace , and twice younis khan missed his Backfoot punch outside offstump beaten by pace and keeper took the ball at shoulder height .
Now there was no speed gun there but he was bowling between 142 to 148kph according to me . I have watched almost all televised domestic matches of last 5 odd years . Watched Ahmed jamal and bhatti aswell. But to the naked eye they don't seem faster then him although I know bhatti clocked 149 in SA But mostly he bowls fast medium not fast.
Atif has better run up then bhatti and Ahmad jamal and better action. Ahmed jamal is tall but he falls to his left while delivering so he does not maximise his height and is not accurate enough .
Stats do not tell you everything .
Atif is from some suburb of sheikhupura and he has not got much oppurtunity in domestic only few FC and limited over matches. He plays for SNGPL now but last season he could only get 2 FC games due to the presence of Asad Ali and bilawal bhatti etc in SNGPL Preferred due to experience etc
In 3,4 list A games in gold cup he got 7 or 9 wickets.
He being from the area he belongs did not have luxury like pindi Lahore khi players of getting oppurtunity in regional teams and UBL and dera murad Jamali gave him chance .
He should be called to NCA and trained under a qualified trainer and quality bowling coach for 2 months with proper sports nutrition and training he can become genuine fast bowler with average speed of 88 to 90 miles per hour and bowling between 145kph to 150 152kph if he is worked on . I remember after that T20 cup mohammad Wasim too pointed out at him that he has potential and speed comes natural to him he should be called to NCA , even he talked with " HAJI " but he did not call him while other 7,8 players got calls from NCA . If anyone at PAKPASSION can get that video of ATIF in orange kit of DMJ vs Abbotabad majority would agree with me . That video is only with PTV SPORTS , hope anyone gets that and posts it here.
3 . Ali Imran Pasha
He is a fast medium bowler. His stats esp strike rate and average is impressive too. 2,3 years ago he was the second highest wicket taker in president trophy and was close to national team selection but he had a mild injury and he played the final of trophy when he should have been tested forcefully by team management he risked his carrier as final is broadcasted on tv . And his mild injury became serious injury ruling him out of cricket for 2,3 years then he made comeback last season with impressive figures he played 3,4 matches lesser than other fast bowlers in silver league but he had the best strike rate and average and ended in top 5 I guess . Ali imran pasha was seen with talent while he represented pak under 19 in wc. He is tall , lanky and accurate and he bowls around 137 to 142 kph range. But overall faster than ehsan adil for instance . But Ehsan Adil is also a bright prospect he gets injured as his body has not developed yet and Ehsan is a future asset too.
Nobody takes the names of Atif Jabbar and Ali imran pasha naked eye can tell or tv camera can tell whether to see stats of tabish khan Asad Ali Imran khan Ahmed jamal etc or to have the eye and pick talent who can serve better internationally .
Waqar shoaib waseem zahid etc they did not have stats like sadaf , asad ali , Sami ullah niazi etc but look how they fared internationally.
Pakistan has been renowned of producing genuine fast bowlers starting with Imran Khan , Waseem , Waqar , Mohamaad Zahid , Shoaib Akhtar , Mohammad Sami , Mohammad Amir . These are the face of Pakistan fast bowling history. Fazal Mehmood and Sarfraz Nawaz were medium fast to fast medium , while Asif was fast medium in start then became abit medium fast but the most skilful and difficult bowler because of having magic in his fingers and wrist of swinging as well as seeming ball especially the wobbly seam seaming phenomèna is distinct only with this magician . I wish he comes back .
Let's now count on what we have now ?
1. Sadaf Hussain
He is talented he is accurate he has a very impressive record he deserves to wear the green blazer but when ? Immediately ? No . Why not ? Because he will come and go . He is medium fast but he is not mohammad asif , what he needs to do ? He needs fitness . Sadaf has to strengthen his shoulders , thighs , calves and biceps and triceps by muscular exercises in Gym backed my high protein diet to get into shape like Adam milne , boult or starc . Then he needs to do swimming as well as targetted running to build his stamenna . This way he will become a Fast medium bowler who will be bowling between 135kph to 142kph. Them his accuracy and swing will help him survive in international cricket with success and longetivity of a career rather then being a one match wonder and then sidelined. In international cricket these days neither you use the grays ball nor it's green moist wickets of winter of Northern cricket. So he needs to increase his pace by 5 to 8kph atleast. And he can do it . He has the talent and ability to be succesful .
Now what are we lacking in our team ? In both tests and one day ? Right arm fast bowler .
Ok so now do not get shocked at what I have to say
Who is the fastest right arm baller in pakistan ? It is mohammad Sami still majority would agree but he is 33 34 if he is recalled if , chances are grim though , he can play maximum 2 years. But the question is if not he than who ?
Atif Jabbar is the Answer.
Atif Jabbar is the second fastest right arm fast bowler in pakistan . Many would say it's Ahmed jamal or bilawal bhatti but in my opinion it's Atif Jabbar. Why I say that ? 2 years back when it was the debut of Dera murad Jamali team in T20 cup I saw a spell of Atif when DMJ played against Abbotabad Falcons .
In those 4 overs spell Yasir Hameed was hot twice on his body by Atif's bouncers beaten by shear pace , and twice younis khan missed his Backfoot punch outside offstump beaten by pace and keeper took the ball at shoulder height .
Now there was no speed gun there but he was bowling between 142 to 148kph according to me . I have watched almost all televised domestic matches of last 5 odd years . Watched Ahmed jamal and bhatti aswell. But to the naked eye they don't seem faster then him although I know bhatti clocked 149 in SA But mostly he bowls fast medium not fast.
Atif has better run up then bhatti and Ahmad jamal and better action. Ahmed jamal is tall but he falls to his left while delivering so he does not maximise his height and is not accurate enough .
Stats do not tell you everything .
Atif is from some suburb of sheikhupura and he has not got much oppurtunity in domestic only few FC and limited over matches. He plays for SNGPL now but last season he could only get 2 FC games due to the presence of Asad Ali and bilawal bhatti etc in SNGPL Preferred due to experience etc
In 3,4 list A games in gold cup he got 7 or 9 wickets.
He being from the area he belongs did not have luxury like pindi Lahore khi players of getting oppurtunity in regional teams and UBL and dera murad Jamali gave him chance .
He should be called to NCA and trained under a qualified trainer and quality bowling coach for 2 months with proper sports nutrition and training he can become genuine fast bowler with average speed of 88 to 90 miles per hour and bowling between 145kph to 150 152kph if he is worked on . I remember after that T20 cup mohammad Wasim too pointed out at him that he has potential and speed comes natural to him he should be called to NCA , even he talked with " HAJI " but he did not call him while other 7,8 players got calls from NCA . If anyone at PAKPASSION can get that video of ATIF in orange kit of DMJ vs Abbotabad majority would agree with me . That video is only with PTV SPORTS , hope anyone gets that and posts it here.
3 . Ali Imran Pasha
He is a fast medium bowler. His stats esp strike rate and average is impressive too. 2,3 years ago he was the second highest wicket taker in president trophy and was close to national team selection but he had a mild injury and he played the final of trophy when he should have been tested forcefully by team management he risked his carrier as final is broadcasted on tv . And his mild injury became serious injury ruling him out of cricket for 2,3 years then he made comeback last season with impressive figures he played 3,4 matches lesser than other fast bowlers in silver league but he had the best strike rate and average and ended in top 5 I guess . Ali imran pasha was seen with talent while he represented pak under 19 in wc. He is tall , lanky and accurate and he bowls around 137 to 142 kph range. But overall faster than ehsan adil for instance . But Ehsan Adil is also a bright prospect he gets injured as his body has not developed yet and Ehsan is a future asset too.
Nobody takes the names of Atif Jabbar and Ali imran pasha naked eye can tell or tv camera can tell whether to see stats of tabish khan Asad Ali Imran khan Ahmed jamal etc or to have the eye and pick talent who can serve better internationally .
Waqar shoaib waseem zahid etc they did not have stats like sadaf , asad ali , Sami ullah niazi etc but look how they fared internationally.
