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The next Wasim Akram...literally...
- Thread starter jack_sparrow
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FaaipDeOiad
Hall of Fame Member
How many threads have there been about this guy? Seriously.
jack_sparrow
U19 Debutant
LA ICE-E
State Captain
thats crazy....did you see how much the second one swung?jack_sparrow said:
silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
IMO he's better than Malcolm Marshall. The only difference between the two is, you know, actual performance at the test level.
mohammad16
U19 Captain
that guy kinda chucks the ball, anyways his action is kinda like wasim, but i havent seen anything special yet
NZTailender
I can't believe I ate the whole thing
Don't see the point of saying "literally" unless he is perhaps related? But then, it'd help if he was also called Wasim Akram.
SpaceMonkey
International Debutant
That sort of thing is 100x worse in Football, everytime a talented youngster comes through they are always dubbed 'the next..'. I think its just the media been lazyJF. said:People are also comparing Mitchell Johnson to Wasim Akram. I dunno... it will be "the next Warne", like it is with the next "Bradman". Why can't we just say the players name in their OWN right
adharcric
International Coach
No problem with comparing players to legends as long as you acknowledge that the comparisons are of style and not of ability.
For example, there's a left-arm opening bowler in my college team who bowls with pace (75+) and swings the ball with accuracy and variety, just like Akram.
As for Jamshed, I want to watch him in action for Pakistan A before passing any judgments.
There are far too many players who have looked like the next Tendulkar, Warne or Akram early on and fallen flat on their faces.
For example, there's a left-arm opening bowler in my college team who bowls with pace (75+) and swings the ball with accuracy and variety, just like Akram.
As for Jamshed, I want to watch him in action for Pakistan A before passing any judgments.
There are far too many players who have looked like the next Tendulkar, Warne or Akram early on and fallen flat on their faces.
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adharcric
International Coach
As I said earlier, making comparisons like that is alright to an extent. For example, I compared Pathan to Akram because they had similar styles of bowling initially. I also compared Dhoni to Gilchrist because they had similar attacking modes of batting. The problem comes when the bastard Indian media gets serious about these comparisons and hypes these guys up to ridiculous levels. Really is disappointing that there are so many tools in the subcontinent that get fooled by these idiots in the media.
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Perm
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
It's fair to compare people with similar styles like Dhoni and Gilchrist and also Pathan to Wasim. I respect people with some cricketing knowledge if they make these comparisons based on style or a similar action or characteristic, but like you said it's when fools that don't really know that much catch on to these comparisons they warp it and start calling Dhoni the new Gilchrist and things like that.