Would Saurav Ganguly, Ian Harvey, Douglas Hondo have been frontline pacers for Pakistan today?

[aboveandbeyond]

Pakistani fans needing that fiery Ganguly spell today.

Seriously though. Ganguly was quicker than Prasad and Kuruvila at that time?

 

[Bhaijaan]

Seriously though. Ganguly was quicker than Prasad and Kuruvila at that time?

He was basically the Philander/Abbas of his era.

 

[Ab Fan]

Philander is underrated on this forum. He has won his team test series in Australia and England as one of the standout player. He was also pivotal in winning a test match in UAE. He has had his share of success in different parts of the world so deserves to be rated as a SA great atleast.

 

[Kianig89]

Very embarrassing this Pakistan pensioners attack, a complete mismanagement that SSA etc are not available or selected.
This attack makes the Pathetic trio of Wahab Riaz, Rahat Ali & Sohail Khan look world class.

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Anyone remember the NZ dibbly-dobblers from the 90s? Gavin Larsen, Chris Harris, Dion Nash...I'm sure I'm missing a few others.

They could give these guys a real run for their money.

 

[Kianig89]

Anyone remember the NZ dibbly dobblers from the 90s? Gavin Larsen, Chris Harris, Dion Nash...

They could give these guys a real run for their money.

All three playedthe 99WC for NZ

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Can never understand why mohd Sami was.not successful. Saw him at the start of his career and he seemed to have all the tools.

All pace, no brains.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Anyone remember the NZ dibbly-dobblers from the 90s? Gavin Larsen, Chris Harris, Dion Nash...I'm sure I'm missing a few others.

They could give these guys a real run for their money.

Nash was not a dibbly dobbler. He used to clock 140 +

 

[Kianig89]

Pakistanis use to mock the Praveen & Vinay Kumars with Sreesanth, RP Singh etc even though Sree & RP were mid 80Mph bowlers.

Its a travesty that now Pakistan attack is like 70cc bike

 

[Bhaijaan]

Can never understand why mohd Sami was.not successful. Saw him at the start of his career and he seemed to have all the tools.

Because he was one himself.

 

[Varun]

Philander is underrated on this forum. He has won his team test series in Australia and England as one of the standout player. He was also pivotal in winning a test match in UAE. He has had his share of success in different parts of the world so deserves to be rated as a SA great atleast.

Lesser weight should be given to South African series wins in a place like Australia. The conditions are quite similar.

 

[Mainul]

What a sight it would have been.

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You are just giving salt on their wound, should have poured chilli though...

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Nash was not a dibbly dobbler. He used to clock 140 +

Maybe in the early part of his career but he generally operated in the 125 kph region. He was a glorified medium pacer, especially in ODIs.

 

[Ab Fan]

Lesser weight should be given to South African series wins in a place like Australia. The conditions are quite similar.

Conditions and opposition strength both matters. It doesn’t get stronger than Australia in modern day cricket. Also, Australian pitches are more tilted towards batting while SA pitches are more tilted towards the pacers.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Maybe in the early part of his career but the generally operated in the 125 kph region. He was a glorified medium pacer, especially in ODIs.

He clocked 141.6 kph even in his last ODI series - Australian tri series 2001/02

 

[Ab Fan]

What a sight it would have been.

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Is he gonna bowl with that spec on?

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

He clocked 141.6 kph even in his last ODI series - Australian tri series 2001/02

Well clocking 141 and bowling at 141 are two very different things. I am sure if you looked at his average pace even then it was probably in the 120s.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Maybe in the early part of his career but he generally operated in the 125 kph region. He was a glorified medium pacer, especially in ODIs.

Yes , he was medium pace swing bowler. Decent bowler and gave us trouble often.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Well clocking 141 and bowling at 141 are two very different things. I am sure if you looked at his average pace even then it was probably in the 120s.

I don't have any footage of Nash from his time. But I would say that he was an early 130's bowler rather than a 120's bowler with the effort ball at 142 kph.

He was definitely at least a level above Gavin Larsen types.

 

[Bhaijaan]

He clocked 141.6 kph even in his last ODI series - Australian tri series 2001/02

DSP Siraj bowled 170 kph+ but isn’t generally that quick.

 

[Kianig89]

Infact Suranga Lakmal, Thilan Thushara & Chanaka Welegedera were better than this attack

 

[Nikhil_cric]

I don't have any footage of Nash from his time. But I would say that he was an early 130's bowler rather than a 120's bowler with the effort ball at 142 kph.

He was definitely at least a level above Gavin Larsen types.

*footage with bowling speeds

 

[Bhaijaan]

Btw, Dion Nash named his daughter “India” just like Jonty Rhodes.

 

[Mainul]

i can understand a dedicated troll thread, and i can understand indian fans enjoying Pakistan flop, what i cant understand is how so many indirect trolls threads started by indians are tolerated on a Pakistani cricket forum.

Just relax mate. Its just fun
On positive note, everyone are accustomed to see Pakistani fast bowlers . Seeing these trundlers unexpectedly we are just hurt and imbalanced and the result is this kind of 'Pagol diwana' like thread

 

[Kianig89]

Infact Andrew Caddick, Sajid Mehmood & Ryan Sidebottom were better than this attack

 

[Xoib]

Infact Andrew Caddick, Sajid Mehmood & Ryan Sidebottom were better than this attack

Don’t insult Andy Caddick by comparing with this trash