Gajanayake
School Boy/Girl Captain
Do you guys think Pathan will become a decent cricketer for India ?
If you were his coach, at the present time would you encourage him to be an all rounder or focus more on his bowling ?
Personally, I think some people expected too much from Pathan....what with the "Wasim AKram like" comparsions and so on....I don't think he was ever going to be as good a bowler as Wasim.....but unlike some, I do think he can be a fairly decent bowler in the Hoggard-Vaas-Kapil Dev style, if he can get his pace back up to 133-135 range. While pace is not the be all and and end all, I do think it has some importance at test level at least and right now Pathan is no more than a trundler and that is disappointing for a guy who frequently touched 140 Km'hr against Australia in the 2004-2005 test series.
I think his batting technique is pretty good....but how that that develops will hinge I guess on whether he wants to be a true all rounder or primarily a bowler.
If you were his coach, at the present time would you encourage him to be an all rounder or focus more on his bowling ?
Personally, I think some people expected too much from Pathan....what with the "Wasim AKram like" comparsions and so on....I don't think he was ever going to be as good a bowler as Wasim.....but unlike some, I do think he can be a fairly decent bowler in the Hoggard-Vaas-Kapil Dev style, if he can get his pace back up to 133-135 range. While pace is not the be all and and end all, I do think it has some importance at test level at least and right now Pathan is no more than a trundler and that is disappointing for a guy who frequently touched 140 Km'hr against Australia in the 2004-2005 test series.
I think his batting technique is pretty good....but how that that develops will hinge I guess on whether he wants to be a true all rounder or primarily a bowler.