Shoiab is great. Spam brigade can get rekt.And for all that Pakistan have debuted zero great bowlers in the past three decades.
Oh I rate Shoaib, but I don't quite consider he had the staying power to be considered truly great. Asif was quality but had other aims in the game, and Saqlain and Yasir have done decently for spinners in the modern era. The supporting cast has been an unending parade of trash though.Shoiab is great. Spam brigade can get rekt.
He's not great at all. Bloke had a heart the size of a split pea. A moderate upgrade on Atul Sharma.Shoiab is great. Spam brigade can get rekt.
Wobble seam a new invention? Really?Sky UK had a nice bit on what NZ call the three quarter ball and England the wobble seam ball and how it's wrecking left handers. Whoever was first out of Southee and Broad to use it is pretty influential in modern cricket. Dunno when Southee put away the off cutter for the three quarter. When did Broad start coming around the wicket to Warner?
Moving the ball off the pitch is 'innovative' apparently.Wobble seam a new invention? Really?
no, but the effect to left handers appears to be more pronounced than ever. it used to be conventional wisdom that going around to lefties was doomed to fail. i remember it becoming more frequent in the 00s and commentators getting on the soapbox about it.Wobble seam a new invention? Really?
And before that it used to be conventional wisdom that going around the wicket to lefties was the thing to do. Using wobble seam for unpredictable variations off the pitch would have been around since before my grandfather was bornno, but the effect to left handers appears to be more pronounced than ever. it used to be conventional wisdom that going around to lefties was doomed to fail. i remember it becoming more frequent in the 00s and commentators getting on the soapbox about it.
so once again we have to conclude conventional wisdom is a euphemism for people slow to accept changeAnd before that it used to be conventional wisdom that going around the wicket to lefties was the thing to do. Using wobble seam for unpredictable variations off the pitch would have been around since before my grandfather was born
Sure maybe a few more bowlers are doing it more that they were in the previous decade but in no universe is it a new invention
I look at it more as ebbs and flows. Things go in and out of style and whenever they come back into fashion the current generation thinks they invented it.so once again we have to conclude conventional wisdom is a euphemism for people slow to accept change
No.Four ATG pacers in Imran, Wasim, Waqar and Asif.
Two very good spinners in Saqlain, Mushtaq and Yasir
Aaqib Javed, Shoaib, Aamir, Razzaq all are decent
Kaneria and Rehman had their moments.
I'd say a healthy bowling pedigree. If Pakistani batsmen were bit supportive and fielding was not Meh then would have been a very strong bowling side for a long time.