capt_Luffy
Cricketer Of The Year
Why a man is running like someone is chasing him with a belt?? I can't see anyone there
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Michael Holding vs Waqar Younis
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kyear2
International Coach
Personally unless I've at least seen a little of someone it's hard for me to rate them, especially if it's from 1877 or even 1908.
Coronis
International Coach
A few inches at least.
Coronis
International Coach
You mean by the time Grace was 40?
capt_Luffy
Cricketer Of The Year
Yes. Halfway his career. He also, according to Simon Wilde, was World's best batsman between 1895-96
Waqar's rise was so meteoric. He made his Test debut in the same Test match that Sachin Tendulkar made his debut. Within an year, he was considered one of the most lethal bowlers in the world.
I have rarely seen another fast bowler consistently swing the ball that much, and that late, as Waqar did at his peak.
If you had watched him live back in the early 90s, it was impossible not to be astonished.
Again, much like peak Patrick Patterson's pace, YouTube replays don't do much justice.
Many times the ball would leave his bowling hand way outside off stump (around sixth stump line), and even be directed slightly away from the batsman (slightly towards the first-slip), you would naturally assume it was going to be an off-side wide - and what made it extremely difficult for the batsman was that, the ball would begin by following that expected 'off-side wide' trajectory as it travelled across the first half of the pitch, before rapidly swinging in to the leg-side and crashing into the middle or leg stump (or the unfortunate batsman's foot/leg). And all this at tremendous pace.
But Waqar couldn't acheive this kind of swing everywhere. He didn't look as lethal in Australia or in the Carribean, as he looked in the subcontinent, England and New Zealand.
At his peak, it was amazing to watch Waqar's battles with Martin Crowe, Carl Hooper and Brian Lara.
Like Steyn, Waqar could be very expensive for a great Test bowler even at his peak. I remember Aravinda De Silva gving him a proper hiding in a 1994 Test match. Phil Simmons and Lara did the same in a Test match in Barbados in 1993.
Waqar's fall was as precepitious as his rise was meteoric. He seemed to have lost his pace almost overnight. The last time in his career where he looked consistently quick was when Pak toured RSA-Zimbabwe in early 1998. He was never the same bowler after that, although he played for nearly 5 more years. Within an year he was dropped from the playing XI in Eden Gardens Test against India in 1999, to make place for Shoaib Akhtar. He still played a lot for Pakistan but he just had one 5 wicket haul in rest of his career after the RSA-Zimbabwe tour in early 1998 (about 60 innings), and that was against Bangladesh.
I have rarely seen another fast bowler consistently swing the ball that much, and that late, as Waqar did at his peak.
If you had watched him live back in the early 90s, it was impossible not to be astonished.
Again, much like peak Patrick Patterson's pace, YouTube replays don't do much justice.
Many times the ball would leave his bowling hand way outside off stump (around sixth stump line), and even be directed slightly away from the batsman (slightly towards the first-slip), you would naturally assume it was going to be an off-side wide - and what made it extremely difficult for the batsman was that, the ball would begin by following that expected 'off-side wide' trajectory as it travelled across the first half of the pitch, before rapidly swinging in to the leg-side and crashing into the middle or leg stump (or the unfortunate batsman's foot/leg). And all this at tremendous pace.
But Waqar couldn't acheive this kind of swing everywhere. He didn't look as lethal in Australia or in the Carribean, as he looked in the subcontinent, England and New Zealand.
At his peak, it was amazing to watch Waqar's battles with Martin Crowe, Carl Hooper and Brian Lara.
Like Steyn, Waqar could be very expensive for a great Test bowler even at his peak. I remember Aravinda De Silva gving him a proper hiding in a 1994 Test match. Phil Simmons and Lara did the same in a Test match in Barbados in 1993.
Waqar's fall was as precepitious as his rise was meteoric. He seemed to have lost his pace almost overnight. The last time in his career where he looked consistently quick was when Pak toured RSA-Zimbabwe in early 1998. He was never the same bowler after that, although he played for nearly 5 more years. Within an year he was dropped from the playing XI in Eden Gardens Test against India in 1999, to make place for Shoaib Akhtar. He still played a lot for Pakistan but he just had one 5 wicket haul in rest of his career after the RSA-Zimbabwe tour in early 1998 (about 60 innings), and that was against Bangladesh.
took 184 Wickets at 18.49 Average - Best Fast Bowler of First Half of 90s in Cricket 