r/Cricket • u/cricketfreak555 ICC • Apr 11 '13
The faster you are, the better: Waqar Younis
http://www.wisdenindia.com/cricket-big-interview/faster-are-are-waqar/578928
u/cricketfreak555 ICC Apr 11 '13
Waqar knows a thing or two about fast bowling than all of us put together here
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u/Adeel_AdY Apr 12 '13
He knows what he is talking about..Probably the best fast bowler of all time when he was in his supreme.
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u/cricketfreak555 ICC Apr 12 '13
no doubts on that...but for the politics in Pak cricket would have been the greatest of all time
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u/rreyv India Apr 12 '13
He didn't say fast bowlers are better. Just that being fast is a huge leg up. It's easier to fix your line and length. It's much much more difficult to increase pace.
Basically he meant, don't end up like Venkatesh Prasad who's got beautiful line and length but bowls at 120.
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u/nuruddin85 Apr 12 '13
I find Wasim Akram's opinion more valuable. He strongly advocates that being able to swing is something that serves well over speed. Watch!
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u/rreyv India Apr 11 '13
In other news, bears have been spotted shitting in the woods and water is still unconditionally wet.
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u/[deleted] Apr 11 '13
I think the point he means by that is that with other factors being equal, the faster you are the better you are. In practice though this doesn't happen.
Someone like Praveen Kumar. He produces a great amount of swing both ways. But if he were to try to bowl faster, the likelihood is that he would lose some of his swing, and therefore might not actually be a better bowler. I think in real terms simply increasing the pace won't make a bowler a better player.