Fast Bowling – A Forte of Pakistan Cricket – Part One
Pakistan has always produced genuine fast bowlers of the highest quality. Right from the early days of Pakistan cricket, fast bowlers have been the backbone of country’s sport at the highest stage of the game.
Legendary cricketers like http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Imran-Khan-c64237 emerged as world-beaters in 1970s and made sure that the Green Shirts remain as a potent force in international cricket.
However, the best was yet to come in shape of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Waqar-Younis-Maitla-c96193. The two W’s ruled the world of cricket for almost two decades and single-handedly won matches and even series’ for their country. They formed one of the most deadly bowling pairs
of the history of the game.
Reverse Swing is now an art in the game and no bowler is considered a complete article if he does not possess the ability to swing the old ball. This art was invented by the Pakistan bowlers, who also mastered it, and even now, the best exponents of reverse
swing are none other than the Green Shirts.
In 1997, Shoaib Akhtar made his debut in international cricket and became the fastest bowler to have played the game of cricket, when he bowled at more than 100 miles per hour during the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757.
In the previous decade, Pakistan continued to throw high quality fast bowlers in international cricket in shape of Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Asif and Umar Gul. However, quite unfortunately for the world cricket, Amir and Asif were found involved in the spot-fixing
controversy in 2010 and as a result, they are facing lengthy bans from all kinds of competitive cricket.
Since the loss of two main fast bowlers, Pakistan still has a very good pace battery but they are lacking experience of international cricket at the present moment.
Gul is now the spearhead of the Green Shirts and he is ably supported by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Aizaz-Cheema-c961. Out of all of them, Junaid is surely the most talented and he has at times shown what he is capable of in international cricket.
Ex-bowling coach of the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Aaqib-Javed-c41431 is also very happy with the progress of the left-arm fast bowler.
Junaid bowled exceedingly well in the series against Sri Lanka on the flat tracks of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/United-Arab-Emirates-c3033 (UAE) late last year and troubled even the best in the business.
"Junaid Khan bowled very well against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DPMD-Jayawardene-c1397," stated Aaqib.
Aaqib is also happy with the development of Gul as the leader of the Pakistani bowling attack and feels that the absence of Shoaib Akhtar, Amir and Asif has given him a chance to prove his worth as a world class operator.
The ex-bowling coach feels, "http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Amir-c76675, but these days he is the leader of the bowling
attack and he is responding well to that. Gul has taken on the responsibility of having to lead the bowling attack and has done a very good job."
To be continued in part two …
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