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Waqar was thrilling to watch and his name comes whenever some one bowls a great reverse swing spell. Today, Bumrah bowled and posters are again talking about Waqar. There is one issue though. Waqar's record was average against top batting sides of his era. I think he was one trick pony and that trick worked mostly against weaker sides.
During Waqar's career, sorted by W/L : WI, Aus, SA, Pak and Ind come as the top 5 teams.
Top 5 sides: Waqar's Avg 29 with 4 5-fers (36 tests)
It's obvious that bowlers like McGrath, Walsh, Ambrose, Pollock, Donald, Wasim, Marshall, Bishop were vastly superior to Waqar with new ball. As result, all of them averaged below 25 and had more 5-fers against top sides.
What was the reason for Waqar to have such an inferior record when compared to other top pacers? Personally I think, Waqar relied on reverse too much and it worked simply great against weaker sides, but stronger sides were able to counter that. Waqar had very little skills with new ball and that resulted in average record against stronger sides.
I did see his entire career and he was fun to watch like Akhtar, but I think Akhtar had more new ball skills than Waqar. I think having Waqar in history makes our cricket richer and he was thrilling to watch. His name will always come up whenever some one bowls a great reverse swing spell.
What are your thoughts? What happened to his famous reverse swing against better sides? Having only 4 5-fers against the top 4 sides in his entire career? That's just too little.
![Waqar_Top_5_Sides.png Waqar_Top_5_Sides.png](https://ppforum.pakpassion.net/data/attachments/80/80577-bcd8d38de2bc2cba498631ad1c786c09.jpg)
During Waqar's career, sorted by W/L : WI, Aus, SA, Pak and Ind come as the top 5 teams.
Top 5 sides: Waqar's Avg 29 with 4 5-fers (36 tests)
It's obvious that bowlers like McGrath, Walsh, Ambrose, Pollock, Donald, Wasim, Marshall, Bishop were vastly superior to Waqar with new ball. As result, all of them averaged below 25 and had more 5-fers against top sides.
What was the reason for Waqar to have such an inferior record when compared to other top pacers? Personally I think, Waqar relied on reverse too much and it worked simply great against weaker sides, but stronger sides were able to counter that. Waqar had very little skills with new ball and that resulted in average record against stronger sides.
I did see his entire career and he was fun to watch like Akhtar, but I think Akhtar had more new ball skills than Waqar. I think having Waqar in history makes our cricket richer and he was thrilling to watch. His name will always come up whenever some one bowls a great reverse swing spell.
What are your thoughts? What happened to his famous reverse swing against better sides? Having only 4 5-fers against the top 4 sides in his entire career? That's just too little.
![Waqar_Top_5_Sides.png Waqar_Top_5_Sides.png](https://ppforum.pakpassion.net/data/attachments/80/80577-bcd8d38de2bc2cba498631ad1c786c09.jpg)