He wiped the floors of jail for a longer time than he played test cricket.
20 tests FGS, He is not even in competition.
He still has more test wickets than Bumrah who is worshipped by Indian fans as he has already beaten IK and Hadlee combined. Asif just by skills and the spells that he has produced against the likes of ABDV, Amla, Smith, Sangakarra, Mahela, SRT, VVS, Dravid, Sehwag etc is more than what Shami has done in his entire career. Push it and I will post stats of his 110 test wickets (I dont remember exact number) against far superior batting lineups with no support from pak batting or fielders. Shami will look even worst like I said. Hype of fans always exposes players and make them look worst then what they actually are. Indo-Pakistani fans are champions of hyping their players.
Dont Asif also poor stats against certain countries like you mentioned above for Shami? He averages over 35 in Australia in Tests which is worst than Shami. His ODI averages are even worse.
Now, I dont think Asif is a bad bowler. Just showed you that most of the bowlers have certain weak spots in their career even if they are the best.
He was not a ODI bowler. Tests on the other hand were his domain where he was successful for as long as he played. He played ODIs to cover mostly for absent Akhtar and unreliable lot of Naveed, Iftikhar, Sami etc.
The comparison with Waqar doesn't make sense. Shami's best performance won't come near top 20 performances by waqar, the gap ia just too wide.
Waqar is like 5 levels above Shami in terms of pure skill against superior oppositions. This comparison is like Babar Azam vs Sunny Gavaskar. One would call Babar the winner because he has better average against same oppositions. Thats just stupid. All in all I will never compare two people from two different eras. Its just absurd. They never faced same opposition in same conditions to have any proper comparisons.
Again there's nothing in your post that proves MJ is bettee than Shami.
The only reason he gets highlighted more is bcoz of that crazy ashes performance .
Shami is better than Srinath
There is lots in my post that you deliberately missed so let me post it again. Just a matter of copy pasting ...
MG, Shami
25, 40 vs Eng (Shami loses to MG by giant figure of 15)
23, 34 vs NZ (Shami loses to MG by 11)
MG averages 36 vs Ind of SRT, Dravid, VVS, Dhoni, Sehwag, Kohli, Sharma
While Shami averages 32-33 vs Tim Pine led Aus, half of the matches he played against Aus were without Smith and Warner. He is inferior to MG in skills, longevity and numbers. Just level below. MG is a Ashes and WC winner while Shami did nothing of that sort in his career. He is 35-36 already and will only go down from here. Srinath comparison is perfect as both got similar records. Sri was just unlucky to have been born in an era of weak Indian team full of fixers like Azhar, Jadeja, Mongia etc. I used to enjoy his bowling, disciplined individual.
Shami is better than Johnson in most Condtions except in Australia and New zeland
Shami is a better bowler. Period.
These are your wishes and comments not what the stats says otherwise which matter more than what comes from mouths of Fans. Shami has far weaker numbers than MG. If you challenge I will post the numbers again or you can look above.
Asif is a trundling fodder. He quit at the right time. He would have got found out. England smashed him towards the end.
These are your wishes and comments not what the stats.
Here are the stats
Asif, Shami
19, 34 v New Zealand
31, 40 v England
29, 32 v Australia
28 v India (Asif dominated the India of SRT, Sehwag, Dravid, VVS, Yuvraj)
10, 23 v Sri Lanka (Asif played against SL of Sanga, Mahela, Dilshan, Saraweera, Tharanga while Shami plays against minnow SL of perreras)
25, 23 v South Africa (Asif vs Amla, ABDV, Smith while Shami plays against Elgar and Markaram's SA)
Asif is like a God compared to any Indian test bowler ever and thats just by number. Yes he was a spot fixer but here we are talking about skills and numbers. He is clearly superior. He was himself a fixer, surrounded by butter fingered fielders who dropped catches for fun and batting lines that collapsed regularly yet he came out with better numbers against far superior batting lineups. What does that tell us ?
He would have got found out. England smashed him towards the end.
Thats again your prediction that he would have been found out. Its like I say oh Bumrah will break his back with his faulty action and will end up with 150 wickets at most becoming another Irfan pathan. That will be my prediction not the reality. You need to live in reality of skills and numbers not in wishes, predictions, and comments.
Shami is a far better bowler.
Two people from two eras cant be compared. Its like Babar Azam will end his career with better average and strike rate than majority of the supposed Indian batting gods of 2000s, would that mean he is superior to Ganguly and Dravid ? Stop comparing ppl from different eras.
