Shoaib Akhter has done it again. 5 Overs 41 runs 1 wicket and wait for it,he broke down yet again. So what’s new? The only tragedy is when will Pakistan learn.
Both Waqar and Shoaib bowled really agressively and the Aussies took the advantage of that. Shoaib was trying to be really fast and didn't keep the pace. Rightnow they just took the wicket of Mark Waugh, so now that will help us a little.
Thank you, come again
I was so happy to see him back in action but urghhhh I am so frustrated!
ok ok but 97.2 M/H
wat a speed…
he broke bratt lee’s record by bowling at 97.70 mph. but he got four on that.
What do we want from Shoaib, to bowl at 97 MPH and get hit for boundaries, or bowl sensibly and with greater control and get wickets for Pakistan?. And it would be nice if once in a while he can bowl his full quota before breaking down.
Shoaib Akhtar may have ended up on the losing side but he will surely remember Saturday's one-day international against Australia as a personal victory.
The Pakistan bowler, his career under a cloud just a few months ago after being reported for throwing, dispelled doubts that he would never operate again at top pace after his cameo performance at Cardiff.
Shoaib, who has been persuaded to remodel his action in recent months, finished with figures of one for 41 off five overs before retreating to the pavilion, vomiting and coughing up blood.
That did not suggest much to smile about after Australia's seven-wicket win in the triangular series encounter.
But the 25-year-old, dubbed the ``Rawalpindi Express'' and challenging for the unofficial title of the world's fastest bowler two years ago, hurried all the Australian batsmen before leaving the field feeling unwell.
The speed gun at the Cardiff ground timed one delivery unofficially at 97.7mph (157.2 kph), which would put him right up with Australian Brett Lee, currently regarded as the world's fastest strike bowler.
Adam Gilchrist and Inzamam-ul-Haq might be more reliable witnesses to Shoaib's progress on Saturday.
Gilchrist, opening the Australian innings, had made 13 when, late on his shot and beaten for pace, he saw his stumps shattered by Shoaib.
Team mate Inzamam, however, was probably involved in the most extraordinary incident of the match.
It came on the fourth ball of the eighth over.
Mark Waugh could only nick a Shoaib delivery to Inzamam, who looked well placed to take a shoulder-high catch at first slip.
The ball, however, ricocheted out of his hands and bounced just once before crossing the third-man boundary for an unlikely four runs.
Pakistan manager Yawar Saeed said after the game: ``Shoaib is fine. The doctor's immediate reaction is that it's nothing serious, just over-exertion.''
Shoaib, while cleared of throwing earlier in the year, has changed his bowling action to try and cut down the risk of injury posed by the unusual flexibility in his shoulder and elbow joints.
Earlier this week, Daryl Foster, who helped Shoaib change his bowling style and who worked with him during Pakistan's test series against England last month, suggested that Shoaib would take around a year to rediscover his pace.
``Give him six to 12 months and he will be back,'' he had said.
Inzamam's bruised fingers in Cardiff on Saturday suggested it might be much earlier.
brett lee is not tha fastest because for 2 reasons firstly u have to bowl constantly at a fast speed like shoaib and secondly shoaib akhtar has beaten lee by about 0.2 miles any way because the fastest lee has done is 97.55 Mph
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i agree his breaking down was heartbreaking... but watever u ppl say,,, i so enjoyed his bowling spell... he just needs a little guidance and u,ll see him ripping batsmen apart inshallah. He did get punished on some loose balls,,, but did u see his good ones,,, trust me.. u cud tell by the way aussies were playing his good balls,,, he was too good ... just needs a little guidance, and with this pace , he can become a legend.
as far as an outsider like me is concerned, i dont understand the hype about akhter. the bowlers who have given results and are truly promising are azhar mahmood and razzak. how do u care for all those speeds if he does not take wickets. as i have always pointed, mc'grath is slower than many others, but more deadly.
i think shoaib will also be in better shape if some one tells him that he does not have to try breaking speed record at EVERY ball. rather try to take wicket at every ball.
Shoaib is unreliable so get him out of the team unless he bowls 100% in domestic tournaments.
If u see the moon
U will see a star near it