Mohammad Amir likely to quit Tests, wants to focus on ODIs, T20Is

[Rightarmfast]

17 minutes ago, rkt.india said:

it is impossible for anyone to bowl in 150s whole day. Akhtar is probably the quickest bowler ever in both aspects top speed and average speed since the advent of speed guns in cricket.

For me, imagining someone bowled quicker than Akhtar ever in the history of cricket is a little tough. We hear about Tyson and all, but this guy did it straight for a few years.

[sandeep]

1 hour ago, Rightarmfast said:

For me, imagining someone bowled quicker than Akhtar ever in the history of cricket is a little tough. We hear about Tyson and all, but this guy did it straight for a few years.

Its amazing what a little bit of "hyper-extension" can do for a pacer's bowling speeds.  RP Singh also had the same exact elbow condition, difference is that he didn't use it to do batta.

[Muloghonto]

15 hours ago, rkt.india said:

it is impossible for anyone to bowl in 150s whole day. Akhtar is probably the quickest bowler ever in both aspects top speed and average speed since the advent of speed guns in cricket.

No, it isn't. if you are fit enough, you can maintain your pace the whole day. If bowlers like McGrath can maintain 135-140kph all day long without losing speed, then a bowler who is naturally 145-150kph will keep the pace for the whole day too. Obviously some spells will be slower than others and the 10th over of a spell will not be as fast as the 2nd over. 
Of the super-fast men i've seen, such as Akhtar, Lee, Holding and Sami, it was noticeable how much pace Akhtar dropped after his first 2-3 overs- he simply wasn't fit enough to keep generating the same speed for more than 3-4 overs at a time

 

[Autonomous]

27 minutes ago, Muloghonto said:

No, it isn't. if you are fit enough, you can maintain your pace the whole day. If bowlers like McGrath can maintain 135-140kph all day long without losing speed, then a bowler who is naturally 145-150kph will keep the pace for the whole day too. Obviously some spells will be slower than others and the 10th over of a spell will not be as fast as the 2nd over. 
Of the super-fast men i've seen, such as Akhtar, Lee, Holding and Sami, it was noticeable how much pace Akhtar dropped after his first 2-3 overs- he simply wasn't fit enough to keep generating the same speed for more than 3-4 overs at a time

 

What a waste Sami was. 

[rkt.india]

1 hour ago, Muloghonto said:

No, it isn't. if you are fit enough, you can maintain your pace the whole day. If bowlers like McGrath can maintain 135-140kph all day long without losing speed, then a bowler who is naturally 145-150kph will keep the pace for the whole day too. Obviously some spells will be slower than others and the 10th over of a spell will not be as fast as the 2nd over. 
Of the super-fast men i've seen, such as Akhtar, Lee, Holding and Sami, it was noticeable how much pace Akhtar dropped after his first 2-3 overs- he simply wasn't fit enough to keep generating the same speed for more than 3-4 overs at a time

 

Sami was nowhere close to actor in terms of pace in test cricket. You need to watch games to know that. Even Brett lee barely bowled as quick as actor in test. Actor used to bowl 155kph or more in test cricket more often than any of his contemporaries.

[BeautifulGame]

I remember watching that 2001 series against Australia in UAE.

 

Akthar used to bowl high 140s consistently even in that searing heat.

[rkt.india]

4 hours ago, BeautifulGame said:

I remember watching that 2001 series against Australia in UAE.

 

Akthar used to bowl high 140s consistently even in that searing heat.

Mulo has watched games in some other universe.

[Rightarmfast]

On 5/12/2017 at 9:36 AM, Muloghonto said:

No, it isn't. if you are fit enough, you can maintain your pace the whole day. If bowlers like McGrath can maintain 135-140kph all day long without losing speed, then a bowler who is naturally 145-150kph will keep the pace for the whole day too. Obviously some spells will be slower than others and the 10th over of a spell will not be as fast as the 2nd over. 
Of the super-fast men i've seen, such as Akhtar, Lee, Holding and Sami, it was noticeable how much pace Akhtar dropped after his first 2-3 overs- he simply wasn't fit enough to keep generating the same speed for more than 3-4 overs at a time

 

Buddy, I dont know what you are talking about. like @rkt.india was saying, Shoaib was simply the fastest. He never gave up on pace. I doubt there ever was a bowler as quick as Akhtar.

Sami was nippy but nowhere like Akhtar. The only bowler Pakistanis say was as fast as Akhtar was Zahid. but I doubt that. I saw Zahid bowling and he never created the ripples what Akhtar could do. He was never a terror to Indian batsmen. But Shoaib Akhtar was, every mile of his, he was full 160kph of terror!

[Laaloo]

This guys trundling at 126 kph. Definitely looks disinterested.

[Dil Dil India]

On 5/10/2017 at 3:03 PM, sarchasm said:

He is a good bowler without the stats to show for it. This often happens to bowlers playing in a weak team so stats ninjas need to ease off a little.

This is not true over a large sample size. If you're good enough over a career you will definitely have the stats to show for it. Stats which have matches won as a criterion in them will be biased if a good player plays for a weak team, but overall individual stats are representative. Aamir averages nigh on 32 over 28 tests. That is definitely representative. In fact you could even argue that it flatters him. He's bowled in 6 countries and aside from the current series against a woeful West Indies side and one in England before his ban in extremely bowling friendly conditions(which YK conveniently skipped) he has done jack diddly squat.  His lowest average outside of England(and this current West Indies series) is 36+. He's played 10/28 matches in England which is disproportionate. His stats will only get worse. 

Edited May 13, 2017 by Dil Dil India