royGilchrist
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run rate ???
If you mean average, its around 23, around the other greats
If you mean average, its around 23, around the other greats
which is what i have been telling u all the time. he is in a way like lara...when turned on he can run thro any team. but other times he seems to bowl erratically.Actually to tell you the truth, I do agree with you partly. When Imran was around to groom Wasim, he was by far the most potent fast bowler in the world, Ambrose, Marshall, Patterson etc not withstanding. But since 1992, Wasim has become a shadow of a bowler he once was. The simple reason, short pitched bowling! He has totally wasted himself, he bowls too short thinking he can intimidate batsmen into getting out, but invariably it doesnt happen with top order batsmen, Ganguly might be an exception. Another simple reason for short pitched reason is economy rate, Akram has always had the mentality of hating to give runs, and unconciously fast bowlers feel short pitched bowling would not give away runs.
All that being said, its difficult to separate Wasim for m the rest so emphatically, overall he is in the same league, but with his rare talent he should have done more.
McDermott was certainly a good bowler, but wasnt great, that lists places him over Marshall and Hadlee, that shows that its crap!
Its true that Akram is not the bowler he once was, infact he should retire from tests cricket, but in his youth he was the one of the greatest bowler.
Who said that Kapil was lucky?? Kapil did had an advantage of lack of quality pacer in the team, but obviously u should know how to bowl to get wkts!
yeah..thts what i meantscorpio: "he bowled short wide and too full"
Hmm, thats a bit tough to do, be short and also too full. Maybe you menat, ...short wide or too full...
tells a lot abt how much u know there bud.Akram was at his best till the early 90's.By late 90's he totally faded away.I think ur qs was already answered by Roy!
There is no point in giving reference to Akram's performance that were dated to late 90's and 2000, when he wasn't half the bowler he once was.To tell u the truth Akram should had retired from test cricket long back!
I was mentioning what his capabilities are and what he has achieved. How much his stats are skewed coz he can blow away tailenders.Everyone is entitled to his opinion.I would place Marshall and Ambrose above Akram, but Akram was in my opinion better than Donald.
Ponting rates Akram as the second best bowler after Ambrose, Steven have mentioned him as the best.
If one is talking about as to who actually performed on the field, then Akram fares much better than many pacers having been mentioned.Akram was erratic and off the mark in the past few yrs, but it wasn't the case thoughout his career.
i am comparing him to whom ? yeah thts right. Mcgrath, ambrose and donald.Yeah but as i said earlier that Akram fared poorly during the past few yrs and it wasn't the case earlier on.I can name a number of bowlers that struggled towards the end.As for that list, its crap, it doesn't prove a point.
I can mention u tons of matches when Akram performed when the team really needed him, to say that he was inconsistent thoughout his career is misleading!
guess thts what we have to do here..Lets agree to disagree!
Scorpio: Fix your sig. You know what I'm talking about too.
McGrath's not as good as Hadlee. I prefer Waqar YounisGlenn mcgrath would be my one , although im a kiwi i would go with Richard Hadlee too !