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*Originally posted by lunaticCalm: *
No doubt Aaqib was a fine bowler. His outcutter was one of his finest weapons. BUT did you ever consider why he was so successful?? Had Wasim or Waqar not put pressure on the other end, Aaqib would have been an avg bowler. See all the other teams used to concentrate so much on dealing with Wasim and Waqar, that they would forget about Aaqib, and instead try to hit him for boundaries just to get the run rate in place. In doing so, Aaqib got most of his victims. I cant forget the WC semifinal in 92, or the match before against Newzealand, in which Greatbatch came out to wack aaqib, but was bowled by his slow outcutter. And one other thing...Aaqib came as a refined bowler. Imran dint have to work on him as much as he did on Wasim and Waqar.
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I don't buy that Aaqib claiming wickets just because he was the weakest link. Aaqib bowled with great accuracy. I love the way he bowls , it looks very attacking but always maintained a strict line and length.
I don't really know why he was axed so early of his career. The only reason I can think of that he always played under the shadow of Wasim and Waqar and he wasnt a "test" material. He didn't generate great deal of pace or swing thus claiming very few wickets in test cricket. He was more of a ODI bowler. PCB had a policy of having the same team. Whoever performed poorly in Test would be axed in both forms of cricket. I might be wrong in my assumption
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*Originally posted by lunaticCalm: *
No doubt Aaqib was a fine bowler. His outcutter was one of his finest weapons. BUT did you ever consider why he was so successful?? Had Wasim or Waqar not put pressure on the other end, Aaqib would have been an avg bowler. See all the other teams used to concentrate so much on dealing with Wasim and Waqar, that they would forget about Aaqib, and instead try to hit him for boundaries just to get the run rate in place. In doing so, Aaqib got most of his victims. I cant forget the WC semifinal in 92, or the match before against Newzealand, in which Greatbatch came out to wack aaqib, but was bowled by his slow outcutter. And one other thing...Aaqib came as a refined bowler. Imran dint have to work on him as much as he did on Wasim and Waqar.
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No offenese, but that was very dumb.
You are completely taking the credit away from a great bowler. He was one of the best, and a brilliant match winner.
So are you saying the 7 wickets he took against India in Sharjah was also because Indians were trying to hit him every delivery.
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*Originally posted by Asif_k: *
Bilal - There comes a time when the Great ones have to go too, Reasons could be many, for example There may not be enough motivation left for them esp. after playing 20 years of Cricket at the top level and achieving almost everything a human can achieve in the game.
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mayb i picked the wrong words.......i was just tryna say that they shouldnt be criticised like theyre bein by this guy coz theyve served the team for a long time and have acheived a lot for the team
....i totally support the new selection committee n our new team.
rizwanfareed....thats part of the article n i dint write this article!!