Pakistan produces far more and better quality fast bowlers than India says Imran Khan

[Austin 3:!6]

Though Wasim/Waqar were great bowlers no doubt....I would love to know how they would hv fared in modern day with so many cameras. The reverse swing this duo used to generate was impossible without ball tampering. Looking at the condition of Starc after Sandpaper gate as how ineffective his bowling has been, one wonders if Waqar/Wasim faced the same fate in modern era.

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[Gollum]

2 hours ago, Austin 3:!6 said:

Though Wasim/Waqar were great bowlers no doubt....I would love to know how they would hv fared in modern day with so many cameras. The reverse swing this duo used to generate was impossible without ball tampering. Looking at the condition of Starc after Sandpaper gate as how ineffective his bowling has been, one wonders if Waqar/Wasim faced the same fate in modern era.

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Imran Khan was the greatest beneficiary of ball tampering. Tell that to Pak!s and they will declare a fatwa on you. 

 

 

[Austin 3:!6]

2 minutes ago, Gollum said:

Imran Khan was the greatest beneficiary of ball tampering. Tell that to Pak!s and they will declare a fatwa on you. 

 

 

Imran accepted tampering ball openly in an interview with Mike Artherton for Sky sports. According to him, ball tampering was not a crime and teams should not be penalized.

[Khota]

3 hours ago, Austin 3:!6 said:

Though Wasim/Waqar were great bowlers no doubt....I would love to know how they would hv fared in modern day with so many cameras. The reverse swing this duo used to generate was impossible without ball tampering. Looking at the condition of Starc after Sandpaper gate as how ineffective his bowling has been, one wonders if Waqar/Wasim faced the same fate in modern era.

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Wasim was great enough to survive scrutiny anytime. Waqar was real good too. I personally don't think Imran was of their calibre. We cannot take anything away from Wasim and have to show nothing but respect for him as a bowler.

[Austin 3:!6]

2 hours ago, Khota said:

Wasim was great enough to survive scrutiny anytime. Waqar was real good too. I personally don't think Imran was of their calibre. We cannot take anything away from Wasim and have to show nothing but respect for him as a bowler.

Why? What is so holy about Wasim? Its a well known fact that he fixed many matches (as per Qayyum report) and deliberately sat out on the 96 WC quarter finals faking injury. So he was a proven sell out.

 

He was a good bowler no doubt but his highest percentage wickets were of tail-enders, unlike McGrath who troubled most contemporary top order batsman. Wasim used to mostly rely on reverse swing with old ball in his 2nd or last spell and took loads of tail ender wickets. Now how he and Waqar used to get so much reverse is any bodies guess. But after this sandpaper saga, we should have a clue.

[Vijy]

5 hours ago, Khota said:

Wasim was great enough to survive scrutiny anytime. Waqar was real good too. I personally don't think Imran was of their calibre. We cannot take anything away from Wasim and have to show nothing but respect for him as a bowler.

I rate waqar more highly, followed by imran and then wasim. this is because wasim has a very high proportion of lower-order wkts. in terms of talent, he had a huge amount of it, but was something of an underachiever (despite his great record). Imran at his peak was a mesmerising bowler - beautiful late swing - although with all these bowlers, we don't know how much of it came from "unnatural" causes.