Agree , and I remember watching the World Cup 2003 game between Pakistan and India , when Waqar and Wasim for that matter both looked old, way past their best, no longer as fit as they once were and almost medium pacers with Shoaib bowling at one end — and they were still clocking at 140kph+ - between 86-89mph regularly and touching 90mph a few times in that game and the game v Australia also in that tournament if I remember correctly.
I remember thinking at the time that having seen these guys bowl 10-12 years earlier at their peak and fastest , I don’t need any speed gun or analyst to convince me, have seen enough cricket to trust my own judgement with the naked eye that Waqar (regularly) and Wasim (in some spells only, when he wanted to go flat out) at their peak in early 1990s would have been around 7-10mph quicker.
That would put them in express pace range of
95mph+ , just as quick as a Shoaib Akhtar if not slightly quicker.
