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Should Pakistani medium-pacers be accepting of having the keeper stand up to the stumps?

Savak

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I know we are a fast bowling nation which produced Imran, Wasim, Waqar, Shoaib all guys who bowled at 145-150 km/hr plus during their primes. The only speedy prospects we found since then were Sami and Wahab but obviously both guys did not have the same class and quality of their predecessors

Since then we have mostly produced guys like Amir, Asif, Gul, Junaid, Rahat, Shinwari, Hasan Ali, Sohail Tanvir and Abbas ie guys who mostly operate at 127-133 km/hr on average for the most part.

Abbas is the only guy who readily asked the keeper to stand up to the stumps the moment he saw the batsman standing outside their crease to counter his rhythm. I wonder if the other medium pacers might have had more success if they put their egos aside and had the keeper standing up to the stumps and that way they could have maximized their chances of putting pressure on the batsman
 
If a bowler is not bowling at full pace , getting keeper up is a pretty good idea.
It restricts batsman from leaving the crease. Also it embarrass bowler, forcing him to bowl faster.
 
Its a good idea , to stop Batsmen from coming down the track. Batsmen feel uncomfortable with WK standing up .
 
What i meant was will it be humiliating for a country which prided itself of a pace attack of Imran,Wasim, Waqar, Shoaib of having the keeper up? Will the likes of Amir and Wahab accept a keeper standing up to them? I have seen some bowlers who bowl at 136-140 km/hr accept a keeper up to the stumps but wonder if the egos of our pacers will accept that?
 
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