Re: Shoaib Akhar in action against BD on Sunday
Well yaar, I just wasted my time to let you know that if batting is performing consistently (as Australians’ did in every match), the chances of being good at bowling are increased many times. This was and is the factor with Australia. Their batting is so stable that their bowlers are always confidant that they will definitely have a score of 250-350 on the board. Thus they try to pressurize the opponent from very first ball.
Now, What Bret Lee did against England? He failed to even take a single wicket and conceded 58 runs. Akhter took one wicket for 63… If Bret Lee took some wickets against NZ, Akhter also took some against Namibia to let Pakistan defend a total of 250 I guess (250 against Namibia:eek: , batting master-class by Pak). Now you can say here that Namibia is not comparative to NZ, then why Bret Lee failed to manage some wickets against them???
It is never a good idea to compare bowlers like Bret Lee or Irfan Pathan against Shoaib Akhter, just on the basis of performance in some matches. Bowlers like Bret Lee and especially Pathan come and go each day. 
Bret Lee is a very good bowler but he is not a class of bowler to compare with Shoaib Akhter. Like Wasim Akram was the king of his time and Waqar younis was a hallmark in his time, this age belongs to Shoaib Akhter.