He speaks about conventional swing in one of the documentaries on Sky cricket. Him and a young Waqar had no interest in bowling with the new ball, but eventually they made a concerted effort to add that skill to be more effective bowlers.Never heard of Wasim not being able to bowl conventional. He always could when I watched him. I just don't think he was as effective at it as the other top swing bowlers, for the same (main) reason I don't rate his reverse as highly. He put the ball in the wrong area for the delivery too often. He made the bats miss more than probably anyone else, but it didn't translate into wickets enough.
Wasims record in the 90s by which time he was a more complete bowler (and before his powers started to wane) is as good as anyones. Averaged around 21 with a strike rate under 50 for that decade.
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