May 28, 2013 Part three: Allan Donald on the most intimidating bowlers he has seen: Waqar Younis, the ready wrecker
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There was certainly a tinge of jealousy between the two Ws. When Waseem Akram was the Captain, I always felt that he would give Waqar fewer spells with the ball. Waqar's stats also suffered as a result. Once Waseem was gone and Waqar was the Captain, things changed dramatically. He was taking wickets again; mainly because he was bowling more.
Great tribute to one of the all time greats from one of the all time greats.
A wonderful listen/read
Visva Balaji -- Sachin beat them in world cup 2003 crucial world cup game and both retire after that game..
I have seen both W's hitting the bottle cap regularly in practice session before the match in Karachi in early 90's. Waqar was really a woodpecker who never leaves the wood intact.
Nobody could beat this W's duo.
He was built for kill..........comparison of waqar to early 1990 & late.....he just dropped little pace but again came back strongly. B lee smashed him with a six but waqar smiled & on next ball banana swing yorker......that was the blink of his early 1990. He used to practice bowling not with wickets but with pepsi bottle ......imagine how much he accurate was........amazing fast bowler but sad none seems to be like him now a days.
There is no doubt that Waqar Younis was a magnificent fast bowler, a super run up, fabolous action and a classic follow through and at his peak, he was just unplayable. Thrilling to watch ,he came close to the great Micheal Holding in his run-up and speed. Smooth and rhythmic, he had a presence that was a pleasure to watch. His combination with the legendary Wasim Akram, the one and only, was one of the finest in the game's history alongside Lindwall and Miller,Trueman and Satham, Hall and Griffith, Lillee and Thomson, Roberts and Holding, Marshall and Garner, Ambrose and Walsh, Donald and Pollock, McGrath and Gillepsie. .....all fabolous pair of quick bowlers who gave so much pleasure. Waqar of the toe crushing yorker and super out-swinger with a fearsome speed in prime was a sight for the Gods. Not just a great cricketer, but also a great human being with mannerisms and a decency that are a delight. His stint as a bowling coach with Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL was simply superb
Nice tribute from A.D but still missing many facts.Waqar's in dipper to left handers with the new ball was his trade mark, outswing, inswing, reverswing, toe crushing yorkers, handsome bowling action,ending careers of greats like bothams, falling batsman down on floor like laras,ability to ball with the old ball where other greats find it tough and gifting yorker to cricket, takes him far away than the rest. He changed the trend of fast bowling by bitching full.The most attacking bowler with come back ability where he can go for few boundaries but mostly ends up uprooting batsman stumps, not like G Mcgrath or great Akram bowling out side the off stump and waiting for batsman to edge.A little high economy rate coz of his attacking fast bowling yet It settles down with the great strike rates I.e. 30 and 43 in ODIs and tests respectively. He was far more fearsome for top order batsmen,(Chck cricinfo for total ducks)If you can't swing old ball at the down order, dnt take crdt from him plz.
Once in a lifetime do you come across a bowling attack as diverse as the one which Pakistan had! Wasim,Waqar,Saqlain, Mushtaq and Shoaib were the part of the most furious attack ever and it's no rocket science Pak cricket peaked when these players fired together. It's sad to see how Cricket has now become a game of batsman, We need to give bowlers their share of pie to rejuvenate the interest in the game.
@ waspsting Waqar's stock delivery with the new ball was the outswinger. He lost it almost completely for a while - from 1992 (following his return from injury) to 1995 but got it back when he slowly returned to action against Sri Lanka in 1995 (played one test). During those three odd years, the inswinger replaced the away going ball and he struggled to take wickets early on. Following his return in 1995, the outswinger returned and was very visible during the World Series Cup in 1996-1997. His famous flooring of Lara was also with an outswinger with the new ball (to the right-hander). With the old ball, he developed a straighter non-swinging delivery which compensated for his lack of outswinger. He would bowl this from very close to the stumps to get LBWs against lefties. But basically, the crippling injury suffered during the 1998 Zimbabwe tour marked the beginning of the end. By 1998, he had 275 wickets from 55. After that he only got 98 from 32.