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Mohammad Abbas...


Asim

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4 hours ago, Nikola said:

McGrath was more of 140+ bowler for most part of his carrier. Batsman who faced him said he was quicker than his pace showed on meter.

 

Yes ...  the McGrath example invariably comes up when trundler references are given these days.

 

But

 

McGrath was a  6'5"  pacer who hit the deck hard and got steep bounce.  Extracted a lot of life out of the pitch. There was no regular speed gun usage during his quickest years when he was in his 20s.  

 

During the 1999 World Cup, when regular speed gun usage started,  he bowled at an average speed of 138 k in the first match.  That is quick.

 

McGrath hit more batsmen on the body than Jason Gillespie did.   He got a lot of zip and bounce off the deck.

 

Some people only remember a 35 year old McGrath bowling slower.  That happens to every pacer when " old ".

 

Even Anderson  is a 6'2" pacer who gets good bounce.  He  was a fast medium bowler during most of his career. Never a trundler. Again, impression is formed during his last years.

 

Good pacers who are able to gather huge experience ... are able to pick up lots of wickets when they are " old ".  At that time, experience and high skill level substitutes extra pace.  A pacer without huge experience can't replicate that.

 

 

 

 

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On 10/16/2018 at 7:09 PM, Asim said:

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Just took his 50th Test wicket in 10th match, impressive going, never went wicket-less in any inng so far...

SR of 40 with avg 16 is super impressive considering it includes few matches in UAE too where he is performing equally well...

wtf were you guys doing with Mohammad amir all this while? this guy should have played 75 test matches by now...

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