Top 5 bowling pioneers from Pakistan (Part 1)
Over the years, Pakistani bowlers have outplayed world class batsmen throughout their advent in international cricket. Pakistan is considered to be one of the most talented cricket countries, which lacks a proper channel for new
talent to come up the ladder. Many players from this country disappear before they can make any dominating impact or contributions to the game of cricket. However, some of these bowlers are said to be pioneers in bowling. The top 5 pioneer bowlers from Pakistani
cricket would be Fazal Mahmood, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Saqlain-Mushtaq-c88743.
The term, “pioneers of bowling”, is used for them, as all the top 5 Pakistani bowlers have brought something new to the game. From conventional swing to reverse swing, the fact that an off spinner can bowl a “doosra”, which is
bowled like an off spinner but spins like a leg spin delivery, indeed makes a bowler worth of the above mentioned term. All these bowlers have brought something out-of-the-box, than simply following a particular bowling trend.
Pakistani veteran fast bowler http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Fazal-Mahmood-c56927 surely deserves to be rewarded as the best ever bowler Pakistani cricket has ever produced. Mahmood was one of the finest fast bowlers of his time. He is the pioneer of controlled swing
bowling, which led to several controversies as to how he did it. Mahmood’s ten year test cricket career started in 1952 against India and ended in 1962 against England. He is also the first Pakistani to reach the landmark of 100 test wickets. The veteran played
34 test matches, in which he took 139 wickets at an average of 24.70.
His most memorable performance came from the 1954 tour of England, as he took match winning figures of 12 for 99, including 6 for 46 in the second innings as the English team collapsed chasing 168 at the Oval. He is the first bowler
in the history of test cricket to take 12 or more wickets in a test match against four different teams, which are http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760. He also reached the 100 wicket mark in just 22 test matches. Waqar Younis is the only other Pakistani
to reach the landmark quicker than the veteran.
Being the first Pakistani to take a 5 wicket haul, the veteran has a total of 13 five wicket hauls to his name. With a best of 7 for 42 against the Indian team in 1952, this man had outdone and outplayed several international players
of his time. With his unplayable swing fast bowling, he was simply unstoppable.
Second to the legend Fazal Mahmood, there is only one name worthy to be next to him, and that is of the left arm fast bowling “Guru” and former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram. He is one of the finest exponents of reverse swing bowling.
Although, the veteran left armer had been accused of ball tampering many times, but the skill of reverse swing bowling has now been accepted as a legitimate feature in cricket.
Akram who was born in 1966 in Lahore, has an exceptional record in international cricket; he took 414 wickets from his 104 test matches and a massive 502 wickets from the 356 ODI matches he played for his country. The veteran during
the 1980-90’s was nicknamed the “sultan of swing”. Akram at the peak of his international cricketing career was diagnosed with diabetes, but besides the initial blow, he regained his form and fitness and ended his career at high.
Akram was one of the few left arm fast bowlers, who had the ability to swing the bowl both ways at will. Indian master blaster batsman Sachin Tendulkar played his first international cricket match against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755, and to date
his first encounter with Akram is categorized by him as the most difficult one. Weaponry to Akram’s armoury was the ability to bowl full length yorkers at the end of the innings, which made his reputation as the best bowler to wipe off the lower order batsmen.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Wasim-Akram-c96292’s career statistics make him one of the best ever the international cricketing arena has seen. On the other hand, his ability and skills with the ball surely make him worthy to be known as the one of the top 5 bowling
pioneers from Pakistan.
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