Aamer becomes most successful 18-year-old bowler

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Pakistan's Mohammed Amir's inspired spell of fast bowling restricted England to 97-5 at lunch. More... Aamer becomes most successful 18-year-old bowler AP Test cricket Eight months short of his next birthday, Pakistan’s Mohammad Aamer is already Test cricket’s most successful 18-year-old bowler. Aamer produced a devastating display of late swing in the opening session of day two of the final Test at Lord’s on Friday to force another batting collapse by England and put his team in a strong position for the win it needs to draw the four-Test series. Unlucky on day one when opener Alastair Cook successfully appealed an lbw decision to the third umpire, Aamer removed Cook with the third ball of the day and got rid of Kevin Pietersen, Paul Collingwood and Eoin Morgan in a spell of four wickets for no runs in eight balls. Aamer’s haul took him to 49 career wickets as England slumped from an overnight 39-1 to 47-5, leaving the left-arm paceman with figures of 4-29 at lunch. It was only the fifth time in Test cricket that a team’s No. 4, No. 5 and No. 6 batsmen had all been dismissed in the same innings without scoring - and the first time it has ever happened to England. It could have been even worse for the home side, and better for Aamer, when Matthew Prior drove to gully for an apparent catch by Umar Amin. But the substitute fielder acknowledged that he was unsure whether the ball had touched the ground before reaching his hands. With the umpires and third official Steve Davis unable to resolve the issue conclusively, Prior, in at seven and yet to score, survived. England settled as the clouds thinned after midday and the sun dried the moisture from the air, but Aamer’s 28 wickets in six Tests in England - on a tour that included two matches against Australia - continues his record of dangerous performances in all conditions so far in his 13-month Test career. He took 6-112 on his debut in Sri Lanka, managed seven wickets in three matches in New Zealand and took a second innings 5-79 to gut Australia’s middle-order in Melbourne in December. Aamer has one wicket more than compatriot Waqar Younis managed before his 19th birthday 20 years ago. England may not come across the sort of swinging deliveries sent down by Aamer when the team gets to Australia later this year, but the collapse backed up Australia captain Ricky Ponting’s assertion - and England captain Andrew Strauss’ admission - that something is amiss with the side.

[Cricket_Guru]

If no injury or any other disturbance then watch out! this guy can ball, and ball like no one else(for his age)

[DomainK]

If he is really 18. But he is a very good bowler, no doubt about.

[punjabi_khota]

God damn he is doing great :nice:

[saneindian]

Has easily outbowled Asif in this series. WOnderful bowler. Will be interesting to see how he bowls on the UAE wickets.

[someone]

So what the bet that he will become the captain soon???

[kabira]

one year does not make a career. His difficult part starts now. Even Agarkar took quickest 50 wickets in ODI :cantstop:

[EnterTheVoid]

I really like Aamer :)

[Kumar]

fantastic find for pakistan! great bowler keep it up Aamer

[ZodiaC]

Whaddaplayaaaa.. Aamer take a :bow:

[DomainK]

I just watched his wickets. Some of his deliveries were just superb.

[HowardRoark]

Fast bowling is the only thing I have admired/admire about Pakistan. They are a treat to watch. Aamir is too good for his age. The real challenge before him is how he is going to survive and shine further despite the Pakistani cricket system/team/management.

[Gunner_Mania]

I want to know who was the most succesfull 18 year old before him, and who is the most succesfull 19, 20 and 21 year old currently.

[Cricketics]

Fantastic start to the career. Lets see how he goes from here on . He deserves the youth player of the year award in ICC awards this time.

[DomainK]

They have a very strong bowling lineup at present. Butt is turning out to be a decent captain. If only their batting was a little better they could have won a few more matches. May be YK's return will do the trick.

[HowardRoark]

They have a very strong bowling lineup at present. Butt is turning out to be a decent captain. If only their batting was a little better they could have won a few more matches. May be YK's return will do the trick.

Having 'swinging and seaming' England their 'home' is a big factor in their wonderful bowling this season.

[Gunner_Mania]

The ball has definitely done a lot more this summer than the last couple of years I've seen here.

[King Tendulkar]

Cant judge him on these conditions. Even crapthan would cause havoc in these conditions

[Cricket_Guru]

I want to know who was the most succesfull 18 year old before him' date=' and who is the most succesfull 19, 20 and 21 year old currently.[/quote'] i thnk it was daniel vettori before him

[Ram]

Wow, he’s literally carrying Pakistan’s attack on his young shoulders. Irrespective of what his real age is, he’s still an amazing find for Pakistan and a great addition to the world cricketing stage in general. He has been a breadth of fresh air, catching everyone’s eye with good, old fashioned swing bowling, much like how Swann has made attacking off-spin fashionable again. It’s a pity that he probably wont get an opportunity to test himself against the current generation of Indian middle order greats. The flip side to the argument, just because he probably will never play against India, the flimsy Pakistani fans will trumpet that he will easily ride rough-shod over our batting if he did play against them (even though that is not the case and our batsmen are capable of handling some high quality bowling..)