Black_Warrior
Cricketer Of The Year
Regarding the conversation on genetics and diet, they do play some role. People from the SC are in general not the fittest or athletic people. Just the number of international sports they can excel in is a good reflection of that. However, these things can be changed through change in diet, training, hard work etc. Wasim always says how Imran taught them things about diet and training and before that they had no idea about these things.
Pakistanis are just a unathletic and unfit as the rest of the SC people. Their fielding is a great argument for that. But cricket in general developed very differently in these countries and the culture is very different. The likes of Bedi and Prasanna became the heroes followed by Gavaskar and Amarnath in India, while Fazal was the hero for Imran's generation.
I am sure the emergence of Mustafiz will inspire a lot of young seam bowlers in BD now. When it comes to India, I think over the years they had quite a few seam bowlers with potential. They didn't go all the way and fulfill that potential for a number of reasons - laziness, lack of guidance, complacency etc.
Zaheer is a great example. He had everything when he started. Then around 2003-04 when he realized that there was no one challenging him, he became lazy, fat and unfit and this continued all the way through to 2006--07. I think the 07 England series is when we saw a different Zaheer who lasted until England 2011.
His career itself is a testament that fast bowling is as much about skill and it can be acquired with hard work, and lost with laziness.
A lot of the laziness has to do with people not being challenged for their positions. They know their place is guaranteed and they will get picked over and over again. A bowler like Ishant has played over 70 test matches. That's ridiculous. He should have been dropped a long time ago and someone else should have been invested in. Instead Ishant was the go to guy.
Wasim narrated this story about his KKR days when he asked Ishant to bowl a few overs and he said "sorry I am a niggle" whereas when asks the Pak bowlers to do anything, they'll do extra just to impress him so that they get an edge over the next guy.
These are very specific, controllable factors. They can easily be modified, worked on and improved.
Pakistanis are just a unathletic and unfit as the rest of the SC people. Their fielding is a great argument for that. But cricket in general developed very differently in these countries and the culture is very different. The likes of Bedi and Prasanna became the heroes followed by Gavaskar and Amarnath in India, while Fazal was the hero for Imran's generation.
I am sure the emergence of Mustafiz will inspire a lot of young seam bowlers in BD now. When it comes to India, I think over the years they had quite a few seam bowlers with potential. They didn't go all the way and fulfill that potential for a number of reasons - laziness, lack of guidance, complacency etc.
Zaheer is a great example. He had everything when he started. Then around 2003-04 when he realized that there was no one challenging him, he became lazy, fat and unfit and this continued all the way through to 2006--07. I think the 07 England series is when we saw a different Zaheer who lasted until England 2011.
His career itself is a testament that fast bowling is as much about skill and it can be acquired with hard work, and lost with laziness.
A lot of the laziness has to do with people not being challenged for their positions. They know their place is guaranteed and they will get picked over and over again. A bowler like Ishant has played over 70 test matches. That's ridiculous. He should have been dropped a long time ago and someone else should have been invested in. Instead Ishant was the go to guy.
Wasim narrated this story about his KKR days when he asked Ishant to bowl a few overs and he said "sorry I am a niggle" whereas when asks the Pak bowlers to do anything, they'll do extra just to impress him so that they get an edge over the next guy.
These are very specific, controllable factors. They can easily be modified, worked on and improved.
