Tim said:
Every new bowler coming out of India or Pakistan seems to be called the next McGrath...Salvi, Rao, Munaf Patel.
Comparing youth players to former/current greats is a disaster waiting to happen. The pressure becomes too great for the player & he'll never achieve what he's capable of.
You are absolutely right but there is one problem . Salvi , Rao , Munaf Patel are quite Indian names .
And mind you every young bowler who comes from Pakistan has qualities to become Mcgrath . Wasim ,Waqar were i guess in the same class as of Mcgrath .
I am also sick and tired of hearing that Munaf , Salvi and Rao are next Mcgrath . I hope they become but watching limited qualities and expressing big is'nt a wise thing .
There were Moh Akram and M Zahid from Pak . Zahid has bowled in excess of 155 with great accuracy and Akram was a county player but could'nt find a proper spot in the team .
There is a bowler Abdul Raoof and he has bowled even faster than Sami in the nets and he is still struggling to find a spot in the Pakistani side .
Tim I guess you are mixing this salvi , Rao and Munaf pat thing with the Pakistani team .
There are bunch of young speedsters who are still struggling in Pakistan to find a spot in the team as a spped machine cuz the compitition is immense among the speedsters there .
I know the line and length is very important but atleast a bowler should have some sort of pace for respectability . Line and length comes through experience. So please check the record sites and make sure where these Salvi , Munaf , and Rao thing belong to ................