Wasim Akram took a total of 916 wickets in his international career. Just imagine what his tally would have been with a fielding side that didn’t drop as many catches as Pakistan did. Truly the greatest ever. There will never ever be another bowling great that will even come close to the greatness of Wasim bhai. Coming from an Indian fan!
Also if Australia was his home. In those Australian bouncy pitches he would have taken 300 more wickets but he played most matches in Pakistan's flat pitches 😅
Good point, even the keeper was catching batairs. I guess that is why Waqar, Shoaib turned out to be such a attacking bowlers as they might not have enough confidence in fielding. But Wasim bowling is still an art form to me. To bad next gen. did not pick it up.
Old commentary is racist. "That's the closest to a hat-trick you will get, my boy"... That's not a polite way to mention an international cricketer. Especially in the case of Australian or British commentators of 80s/90s, just notice the difference in tone when they are mentioning South Asian players versus when they are mentioning white-skinned players. Commentary these days is much more respectful and civilized. And it's a good thing that women are being encouraged to commentate.
@@shankhoneel I don't think so. That might be your perception but old commentators were awesome. They were there because of their commentary skills while today every ex player is a commentator. No one can match richi benau or Tony Greg.....
"If I were to get reborn as a cricketer , I would like to be Wasim Akram" by Allan Border. This has to be the greatest of compliments from one cricketer to another.
@@karan200590 I don't agree..sachin was not a great bowler nor a great captain..wasim 257 not out in test innings is highest than sachin highest in test innings.. Moreover, pak won 92 world cup because of that wasims over..so sachin is nowhere near wasims greatness..just check sachin score in the two world cup finals he played.. Sachin was a media hype..sachin was never a match winner in his early days..
@@karan200590 You are talking without any knowledge..wasim being a frontline bowler used to lead from the front..you can see the confidence when he used to bowl and inspire fellow bowlers..was definitely a better choice as captain as compared to sachin who resigned from captaincy because of pressure on batting..so wasim outsmarts sachin here..just check the number of test matches captained by wasim and sachin..you will get the answer.. It was determination of Imran which helped pak to win world cup..permutations and combinations are always there in any world cup.. Regarding 2019 world cup, it was not luck but sanghi thoughts of shastri and kohli when India lost intentionally to eng to drive out pak from semi final race..
@@karan200590 Again you are wrong..you need to see the the world cup 99 to see what aggressive captaincy is when wasim was captain of pak..not to forget pak tour of India when pak won nail biting chennai and Kolkata test..chennai crowd even gave standing ovation to pak team for their exemplary win under wasim.. You are talking without any knowledge..check your facts before commenting... Wasim was a great captain while sachin was pathetic..
Then he would have hardly bowled within the wickets and most of his wickets would be caught at slip, because of pak fielders he had to change plans and try to get lbw
Then, Imagine he played with the warne, mcgrath and Lee. Then have 100 lesser wicket compare what he have as Aussies are so good in hunting in packs there's no lone wolf.
wasim akram was a grt bowler not because he can deliver six ball differently infact he was a grt bowler cos he can deliver six bowl on similar line n length consistently, variation is overrated control is d most important thing in fast bowling !
@@k-lalit I don't agree with you. McGrath was better at bowling 6 balls at same line & length. Akram used to bowl 1st ball inswing, 2nd ball straight, 3rd ball outswing, 4th cross seam, 5th bouncer & 6th Yorker ! He also developed bowling slower Yorkers afterwards
I agree with you, coz I myself was left arm fast bowler in the same era and I used to swing in and out and I tried to copy his action but never get close.
@@zonsahnaveed4163 no not at all. Cricket in general has gone down. I'll never consider new generation better than earlier. Sachin was way better than virat. It's like virat is better among current ones but not than yesteryear legends
@@usefulvideos566 dekha ha meray dost..sachin ko lahore main live dekha ha..he was a brilliant player..Virat is a fighter..virat doesnt care if he scores a hundred or not he just wants his team to win.Sadly sachin played for personal gains/records.
The commentator, my friend, was the late, great Richie Benaud - Much respected cricketer, commentator and human being. Amazingly fair man and an admirer of Wasim Akram. What he is saying as figure of speech is, “That is as close as anyone can get to taking a hat-trick” (he is NOT saying that Akram will never take a hat-trick).
My childhood favourite Paxtani cricketers:- Inzamam ul Haq, Shoaib Akhtar and Malik, Wasim Akram and Shahid Afridi. After 2011, I never watch cricket because most of my favourite cricketers retired.
my favorite was always Akram. His run up, action and bowling were a treat to watch. Not to mention his lower order hitting. In fact he is one Pakistani cricketer who is really liked by Indian public. somehow I never liked Waqar and Akhtar as bowlers though Shoaib was quick, probably the quickest bowler I have seen play. Afridi had great potential as an all rounder but he never developed his game properly and he was way too inconsistent and showy as a player, especially in his later years. I liked Anwar and Inzamam but he became too fat in his later years.
@@gagagagaagagag8436 Anderson is nowhere close to Wasim, and yes Anderson doesn't have more wickets than Wasim. Wasim has total 916 wickets and Anderson has 880 so Akram is greater than Anderson. So don't talk rubbish without knowing stats. And Compare the fielding of Pakistan with England, If Pakistan fielding would have been like England, Wasim would have got 200 wickets more. But still he is ahead of Anderson. And Yes Wasim is lethal in any condition, he can do magic on any pitch, on the other hand Anderson is only effective in England pitches.
Imagine how many wickets Wasim and Waqar were robbed by bad slips fielding (0:06). It is still an issue for Pakistan too. You're never going to bring the best out of your bowlers when they're perpetually angry at their own fielders for dropping sitters. For a country that churns out the most fast bowling talent, they're always let down by their lack of fielding discipline.
it goes both ways.. if we had better fielders then maybe they would not have those deadly yorkers and reverse swing!! to take the fielding out of equation. i would take bad fielding for the rest of the cricket playing days if it unsures we get great bowlers who can bowl yorkers and mind bending reservse swing.. what a treat to watch..
@@kkjcid Well, that's an over-optimistic way of looking, isn't it? At the start of an innings when there are more catches to the slip as the bowlers safely bowl good length balls to assess the pitch for the bounce and carry, that is a damn important time to hold onto catches, especially those knicked by the top order batsman. It cannot be a replacement to wickets from yorkers. A yorker is like lightning, can't overuse it too many times in an over.
@@KarthikVijapurapu i was talking about how wasim/waqar/shoaib were produced. You will not see a deadly fast bowlers like them again who master yorkers and reverse swing if u dont have the conditions and problems that they faced! Dead flat pitches and fielders who cant hold on to simple catches.. see waqar and wasims interviews. Theyve said it many times themselves..
That's no excuse. Kapil Dev must have alone lost around 150 wickets in his career since he was a genuine outswing bowler and except Gavaskar every other Indian slip fielder dropped innumerable catches
Wasim Akram - The Sultan of Swing. He was really pacy in the little video we saw here. The zip of the wicket is truly amazing. Lost some pace as he grew older but the swing compensated for it. Wat a bowler!!
Richie Benaud commentary reminds me of how good the days were back then. Tony was my all time favourite. Classical commentary along with legendary kits. Not to forget Wasim Akram, the legend.
That third ball (bouncer which hit Taylor (?) on the arm) has to be one of the best short balls ever. Absolute BEAUTY. From such a short run up generating very good pace and bounce and as accurate as they come.
I think you should watch Wasim's 'Six killer delivery' on youtube. and you watch wasim's bouncer to David Boon from the round wicket.. That was the best of the best.
What's the harm in dreaming about facing him even if I were to get hit in the ribs six balls of an over ....One of the greatest bowlers to have played the wonderful game
Marsh wicket..the ball moved away after being angled in.. then the man has the skill n experience to bring the ball back in against the new batsman(who was surly told by the outgoing batsman that is reversing away) ... wasim even at that age was a great bower.pace swing yorker bouncer. Everything.
The thing looking at old videos of the legend Wasim Akram has made me curious about is how many times he was on a hat trick! It's insane how often he seems to have taken two back-to-back wickets. The most iconic of them being of course World Cup 1992. I wouldn't be surprised if he holds the record in that category!
Kids! This was the standard of bowling during 80's and 90's. So before comparing kohli's, smith's, sharma's etc with batsman's of previous era, kindly keep in mind that they are not facing bowlers of this class and neither they are playing on kind of pitches as batsman of that era were playing on.
@@rashidsiddiqui5972 For Anderson, you have refuted your own point now. His career average is 26, does not matter what he has done recently. You cannot compare him to past greats.
Richie Benaud Says "You wont be closer to a hat trick than that my boy" but boy was he wrong this guy has 4 hat tricks, two in one days and two in tests. Awesome bowler, as an Indian I would be pissing in my pants when this guy would be bowling , would give absolutely no chance for the tail to wag. From 15 runs to get in 20 balls with 5 wickets in hand we could go to 15 runs in 10 balls with 1 wicket in hand and then loose. Amazing talent yorker, inswing, outswing, bouncer all in the same over. Genius !!!!
One of the most brilliant and most humble Pakistani cricketer... Love from In... You know what.. he deserves love from all over the world of cricket. I bet batsmen shat their pants when this guy had ball red or white in his palms
Growing up in the 90s, we always look forward to Pakistan touring Australia, that Channel 9 commentary team was legendary. Sad that Channel 9 doesn't hold the rights of Australian cricket.
Till today no one is worth watching for sheer artistry leave aside the speed than one and only Wasim Akram.. and a beautiful human being too.. so down to earth inspite of being the best ever left armer
Greatest left arm pace bowler I've ever seen. His back foot points backwards towards the umpire in delivery stride. How does he do that? How did he avoid injury doing this? A unique action, almost resembles left-arm orthodox in delivery sometimes but at pace.
Just Look at the ball's swing.That's the reason i oppose those who compare virat kohli with Great Sachin Tendulkar or today's batters with the Legends of those time. Batting was truly a breathtaking task in the past. In now a days cricket, specially in white ball, i barely see reverse swing.
U know what is the strength of vasim sir.. that his run-up was like 130kmph bowler.. but he can easily bowl 145 kmph.. fast swing of the hand.. and then the reverse swing
The world will never see the bowler like wasim akram. I remember those 2 deliveries he bowled in 1992 world cup final. Both batsmen had no clue, where the ball came from. Both were clean bowled.
He is poetry to world cricket. His bowling action, deceptive pace,stinging Yorkers,life threatning bounce attacks,science defying swings,etc what else the world cricket wants, he is there. Once in life time cricketer.
Should Wasim have had a hat trick here? Can't help but feel that with modern ultra edge he might have done. There was a noise and the replay looks like there is a slight deflection too. What a great bowler
I am an Indian and that is an insult to Wasim bhai. Wasim Akram is the best bowler in the history of cricket. He is not just the best Pakistani bowler in cricket.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a more complete clinic in fast bowling. Raw, unbridled beauty. This man had stunning talent, I think getting out to Akram would actually be a resume-builder. You could at least say you faced him! This was a joy to behold; thank you for the upload!!!
@@king_has_no_clothskul8635 Yes, but we're talking about Akram. Why wouldn't you mention Michael Holding, Dennis Lilley, Richard Hadlee and Shoib Aktar? Bwahaha!
@@michaelgpartridge2384 THE FOLKS I QUOTED ABOVE ARE ALL ARE BEST OF THE BEST AND YOU HAVE TO SEE IN A CONTEXT. WASIM HAD DISTINCT ADVANTAGE AS HE WAS A LEFT ARM BOWLER BOWLING TO LOT OF RIGHTIES. AND HE WAS ALWAYS AWKWARD WITH HIS ANGLES. HOW MANY RIGHT HANDERS HAVE TO GET PEOPLE OUT? HARDLY ANY UNLIKE AKRAM AND ZAHEER AND NOW STARC WHO DO ON REGULAR BASIS. EVEN BHURMA DO NOT GO AROUND AUTOMATIC. --------- THOUGH HE HAD EVERYTHING IT IS STILL DIFFICULT TO PUT HIM ABOVE MALCOM MARSHALL. ---- SO RIGHT HANDER YOU WOULD HAVE MARSHALL. LEFT HANDER AKRAM IN TOP 11. THAT ALSO MEANT YOU ARE NOT VOTING FOR MCGRATH AND NOW JIMMY ANDERSON AND FRED TREUMAN, HOLDING. ALL WERE TREMENDOUS BOWLERS. ---------------- NO ROOM FOR WAQAR WHO HAD BETTER STRIKE RATE, STERYN SIMILAR, DENNIS LILLE ALL THE TIME GREAT. WI SHARED WICKETS AMONG THEM: THEY HAD FOUR ALL THE TIME AND NO COUNTRY DID SO MANY AT ONCE. -------------- AND I LEFT OUT SYDNEY BARNES( MARSHALL REPLACEMENT). RECORD? 27 TESTS, 189 WICKETS AT RIDICULOUS AVERAGE OF 16.5!!! SAME WITH HIS FIRST CLASS. HE WAS UNBELIEVABLE. THIS CAME UP LONG TIME AGO AS WELL WHEN I CAME TO KNOW ABOUT BARNES. TAKE A LOOK FOR YOURSELF. ------------- WASIM AWESOME BUT THERE ARE OTHERS TOO!!
Only fast bowler to have such a short runup with lethal swing and pace.
Respect from India 👏 👏
Bumrah.
@@rishabhsethi29 ugly action tho
So how does he generate that pace
@@talkswithvigy7860 Depends upon how you see it.I think it's the beauty behind his bowling.
Cough... cough...ever heard Malcom Mershal anyone ?
Wasim Akram took a total of 916 wickets in his international career. Just imagine what his tally would have been with a fielding side that didn’t drop as many catches as Pakistan did. Truly the greatest ever. There will never ever be another bowling great that will even come close to the greatness of Wasim bhai. Coming from an Indian fan!
There will never ever be.... Lethal weapon
Also if Australia was his home. In those Australian bouncy pitches he would have taken 300 more wickets but he played most matches in Pakistan's flat pitches 😅
@@mohibahmed2737 true
Yes it was always a sign of great batting technique to survive a bowling spell from Akram.
Good point, even the keeper was catching batairs. I guess that is why Waqar, Shoaib turned out to be such a attacking bowlers as they might not have enough confidence in fielding. But Wasim bowling is still an art form to me. To bad next gen. did not pick it up.
Old commentary is like a old wine.
The waseem Akram bowling and old commentary shows that how much beautiful the old days were
Now they have women commentating.
@@DubSalvation yah women commentory is so irritating
@@heisenberg9584 specially that isa guha with forced UK accent....
Old commentary is racist.
"That's the closest to a hat-trick you will get, my boy"... That's not a polite way to mention an international cricketer.
Especially in the case of Australian or British commentators of 80s/90s, just notice the difference in tone when they are mentioning South Asian players versus when they are mentioning white-skinned players.
Commentary these days is much more respectful and civilized. And it's a good thing that women are being encouraged to commentate.
@@shankhoneel I don't think so. That might be your perception but old commentators were awesome. They were there because of their commentary skills while today every ex player is a commentator. No one can match richi benau or Tony Greg.....
No one is talking about how good is the footage quality.
NASA sent people to moon by then
More about good sun
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You are dead right
bro in 1990 i think u should telecast
"If I were to get reborn as a cricketer , I would like to be Wasim Akram" by Allan Border.
This has to be the greatest of compliments from one cricketer to another.
@@karan200590 I don't agree..sachin was not a great bowler nor a great captain..wasim 257 not out in test innings is highest than sachin highest in test innings..
Moreover, pak won 92 world cup because of that wasims over..so sachin is nowhere near wasims greatness..just check sachin score in the two world cup finals he played..
Sachin was a media hype..sachin was never a match winner in his early days..
@@karan200590 You are talking without any knowledge..wasim being a frontline bowler used to lead from the front..you can see the confidence when he used to bowl and inspire fellow bowlers..was definitely a better choice as captain as compared to sachin who resigned from captaincy because of pressure on batting..so wasim outsmarts sachin here..just check the number of test matches captained by wasim and sachin..you will get the answer..
It was determination of Imran which helped pak to win world cup..permutations and combinations are always there in any world cup..
Regarding 2019 world cup, it was not luck but sanghi thoughts of shastri and kohli when India lost intentionally to eng to drive out pak from semi final race..
@@karan200590 Again you are wrong..you need to see the the world cup 99 to see what aggressive captaincy is when wasim was captain of pak..not to forget pak tour of India when pak won nail biting chennai and Kolkata test..chennai crowd even gave standing ovation to pak team for their exemplary win under wasim..
You are talking without any knowledge..check your facts before commenting...
Wasim was a great captain while sachin was pathetic..
that was by Mark waugh and brian lara too
@@karan200590 I hope your last comment was sarcastic and an attempt to stop this guy from talking more non sense.
One of the most complete bowler in cricket history.. Love and respect from 🇮🇳
Wasim is Love
Thank You ICC for joining the comment party
@@devdesigns3830 Fake account. LOL!
Icc = pcb
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King of swing
We all love Wasim
Probably the most talented bowler in terms of skill. Absolute genius
wasim was angry on slip fielders but he released his frustration on batsman lmao
well, that was Miadad, who was the most senior player of the team along with Imran Khan so wasim had to just turn around and walk back to his mark.
Anybody will be angry..... MacGrath could convert even half chances into wickets due to the top class fielding of Aus
Fast bowlers are entitled to do that lol.
that was part of team strategy it seems
Imagine wasim bowling with an australian fielding unit 😳
Then he would have hardly bowled within the wickets and most of his wickets would be caught at slip, because of pak fielders he had to change plans and try to get lbw
200 Extra wickets
I would double wickets
Pakistani fielding was rubbish then
emagine, he had bowled more than 70 to 80 matches played in austrlian or england conditions :D
Then, Imagine he played with the warne, mcgrath and Lee. Then have 100 lesser wicket compare what he have as Aussies are so good in hunting in packs there's no lone wolf.
Wasim Akram is the most versatile player. He captained,he bowls,he fields and he bats in different formats and in any part of the world. No weakness.
He even got a double century
he fixed too :D
He tampered ball too.
If wasim could bowl 6 different balls in an over, his fielder could show him d way to drop a catch in 6 different styles..
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Exactly 😂
underrated comment.
hhaahaahahahah
Hhahahaa.. I get it.. But pak has improve their fielding.
My father says that Wasim Akram has so much variation in his bowling that he can bowl 6 balls differently in one over
wasim akram was a grt bowler not because he can deliver six ball differently infact he was a grt bowler cos he can deliver six bowl on similar line n length consistently, variation is overrated control is d most important thing in fast bowling !
@@k-lalit I don't agree with you. McGrath was better at bowling 6 balls at same line & length. Akram used to bowl 1st ball inswing, 2nd ball straight, 3rd ball outswing, 4th cross seam, 5th bouncer & 6th Yorker ! He also developed bowling slower Yorkers afterwards
Six balls with the simillar action, so batsman cannot figure out what is comming.
@@hritikpawar163 record.kiska.better h tuje pata hoga
@@arishsheikh3000 dono ka
Sultan of swing. Greatest bowler I have ever seen. Graceful action, lethal pace and great swing that's Wasim Akram.
They said it’s Hadlee, but it’s alway Wasim for me!
I have never seen a bowler's action more charming than wasim akram, quick, stearing, rythmatic, smooth... It's a treat to watch him bowling
I agree with you, coz I myself was left arm fast bowler in the same era and I used to swing in and out and I tried to copy his action but never get close.
His guru the great Imran had a wonderful action
Like there is one Bradman, one Sachin So there is be one Akram only.
virat is better then sachin.
Sachen hi nhi Lara , viv Richard many more ,
virat is better than sachin
@@zonsahnaveed4163 no not at all. Cricket in general has gone down. I'll never consider new generation better than earlier. Sachin was way better than virat. It's like virat is better among current ones but not than yesteryear legends
@@usefulvideos566 dekha ha meray dost..sachin ko lahore main live dekha ha..he was a brilliant player..Virat is a fighter..virat doesnt care if he scores a hundred or not he just wants his team to win.Sadly sachin played for personal gains/records.
Best left arm fast bowler...His bowling style is a treat to the eyes......Legend 🙏
Nilav Sengupta he is not only best left arm fast bowler he is the greatest skill full bowler of all time : by glen mc
@@Ahsankhan-qg2ky Agreed 💯
Not only left arm. He is all over greatest bowler of all time.
@@arandomguy8648 nice joke 😂😂😂😂
The greatest fast bowler to ever play the game .
An all time great. Probably the greatest left arm bowler ever.
Not probably rather surely
Why there is such a hesitation. He is what u saying so
No Trent Boult is greatest left arm bowler
@@gagagagaagagag8436 lol
@@gagagagaagagag8436 He is nowhere near Wasim.
What a bowler... My all time favorite. Loads of luv and respect from India 🇮🇳
Commentator: Well, you won't be closer to a hat trick in your life than that boy...
Later, Wasim Akram takes 4 hat tricks.
If only they taught their boys how to catch.
The comment was about how close to the edge the ball was in the hat-trick dilivery rather than a comment on the ability,
നിങ്ങൾ മനസിലാക്കിയത് തെറ്റാണ്
The commentator, my friend, was the late, great Richie Benaud - Much respected cricketer, commentator and human being. Amazingly fair man and an admirer of Wasim Akram. What he is saying as figure of speech is, “That is as close as anyone can get to taking a hat-trick” (he is NOT saying that Akram will never take a hat-trick).
@@whakjob that makes sense. I also got it wrong.
"We had to take 20 wickets each game on account of our fielders".
-Pakistani bowling legend
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True
Just see the delivery at 1:43😍😍..Dream delivery for any bowler.. perfect line , perfect length & perfect swing👍👍.. Respect from🇮🇳🇮🇳
My childhood favourite Paxtani cricketers:-
Inzamam ul Haq, Shoaib Akhtar and Malik, Wasim Akram and Shahid Afridi.
After 2011, I never watch cricket because most of my favourite cricketers retired.
Don't lie....dumb ass....watching video and commenting....,😁
@@saddeshkumar9380 this is the video of old matches you dumb ass but not the video of todays matches
my favorite was always Akram. His run up, action and bowling were a treat to watch. Not to mention his lower order hitting. In fact he is one Pakistani cricketer who is really liked by Indian public. somehow I never liked Waqar and Akhtar as bowlers though Shoaib was quick, probably the quickest bowler I have seen play. Afridi had great potential as an all rounder but he never developed his game properly and he was way too inconsistent and showy as a player, especially in his later years. I liked Anwar and Inzamam but he became too fat in his later years.
No u r wrong bro the good talent is present in Pakistan team like Shaheen shah Afridi shahnawaz dahani
"Wasim Akram" : World's greatest fast bowler in International Cricket history. .
Greatest fast bowler in whole international cricket history.*
@@irigm6132 Wow.
@@irigm6132 no names Anderson has more Wickef
Anderson is greatest fast bowler
@@gagagagaagagag8436
Anderson is nowhere close to Wasim, and yes Anderson doesn't have more wickets than Wasim.
Wasim has total 916 wickets and Anderson has 880 so Akram is greater than Anderson.
So don't talk rubbish without knowing stats.
And Compare the fielding of Pakistan with England, If Pakistan fielding would have been like England, Wasim would have got 200 wickets more.
But still he is ahead of Anderson.
And Yes Wasim is lethal in any condition, he can do magic on any pitch, on the other hand Anderson is only effective in England pitches.
@@gagagagaagagag8436 🤣🤣🤣 anderson is fan of mohd asif and you are comparing him with wasim🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂
Imagine how many wickets Wasim and Waqar were robbed by bad slips fielding (0:06). It is still an issue for Pakistan too. You're never going to bring the best out of your bowlers when they're perpetually angry at their own fielders for dropping sitters. For a country that churns out the most fast bowling talent, they're always let down by their lack of fielding discipline.
it goes both ways.. if we had better fielders then maybe they would not have those deadly yorkers and reverse swing!! to take the fielding out of equation. i would take bad fielding for the rest of the cricket playing days if it unsures we get great bowlers who can bowl yorkers and mind bending reservse swing.. what a treat to watch..
@@kkjcid Well, that's an over-optimistic way of looking, isn't it? At the start of an innings when there are more catches to the slip as the bowlers safely bowl good length balls to assess the pitch for the bounce and carry, that is a damn important time to hold onto catches, especially those knicked by the top order batsman. It cannot be a replacement to wickets from yorkers. A yorker is like lightning, can't overuse it too many times in an over.
@@KarthikVijapurapu i was talking about how wasim/waqar/shoaib were produced. You will not see a deadly fast bowlers like them again who master yorkers and reverse swing if u dont have the conditions and problems that they faced! Dead flat pitches and fielders who cant hold on to simple catches.. see waqar and wasims interviews. Theyve said it many times themselves..
Just what I was thinking
That's no excuse. Kapil Dev must have alone lost around 150 wickets in his career since he was a genuine outswing bowler and except Gavaskar every other Indian slip fielder dropped innumerable catches
Greatest fast bowler of all time respect from India
Wasim Akram - The Sultan of Swing.
He was really pacy in the little video we saw here. The zip of the wicket is truly amazing. Lost some pace as he grew older but the swing compensated for it.
Wat a bowler!!
Wasim bhai, you showed the world how a bowler can win matches single handedly. Respect for one of the greatest living legend .
Richie Benaud commentary reminds me of how good the days were back then. Tony was my all time favourite. Classical commentary along with legendary kits. Not to forget Wasim Akram, the legend.
That third ball (bouncer which hit Taylor (?) on the arm) has to be one of the best short balls ever. Absolute BEAUTY. From such a short run up generating very good pace and bounce and as accurate as they come.
I think you should watch Wasim's 'Six killer delivery' on youtube. and you watch wasim's bouncer to David Boon from the round wicket.. That was the best of the best.
watch above link and keep an eye on no.5
Wasim has the smoothest bowling action of all bowlers.
Best left arm bowler ever and entertaining.
Mann khus ho jaata hai ....
Wasim sir you are great
From India : I am great fan of Wasim Akram, who is not..? the best bowler in my book. Was blessed to see him in person too.
watching him makes feel young again !! Akram True fast bowler !!
The most complete and greatest fast bowler in history 👑
I could only see the last three years of wasim. And now I can easily say Wasim was 'the' greatest pacer I've ever seen.
Most talented bowler …. We all respect him
Some times he looks unplayable....King of swing ❤️🇮🇳
Are you satya?
@@rahilpandhre No..
3:19 I have seen first time someone getting out this way
Helicopter chala r tha. Ball andar hi ghus gyi lund pe 😂😂
@smokinjoe11 🤣🤣
My all time favorite bowler , such a fast pace he used to generate from such a short run up , incredible
He's still one of my favorite bowler....short run-up, express quick and above all a witty bowler
Skill wise the best ever fast bowler to have played the game
3:20
EA Cricket 2007 mode.
Lmao!!
LOOOOOOOL
lol...
True!!!!
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Lmao. Ditto! 😂
What a fine bowler he was ! Swing,york,bouncer & pace !
Smooth short runup!
The best dangerous and economical bowlers the cricket has ever seen and embraced.
one of the best bowler (fast) ever i known! Good Luck Pakistan!
Keep guessing why i got so much likes 🤭 😛
Ashish Dwivedi agree
Definitely agree with you.
Totally agree
Agreed but only if they would have played for India.
@@abdullahashraf8141 No bro, India's fielding also sucked before Dhoni came...
All pure gold Akram against the wallobs
"Wasim Akram was from another planet."
One of the most perfect bowler.
Love u wasim bhai
Wasim bhai... The greatest bowler ever in cricket history.... Love from India
What's the harm in dreaming about facing him even if I were to get hit in the ribs six balls of an over ....One of the greatest bowlers to have played the wonderful game
Marsh wicket..the ball moved away after being angled in.. then the man has the skill n experience to bring the ball back in against the new batsman(who was surly told by the outgoing batsman that is reversing away) ... wasim even at that age was a great bower.pace swing yorker bouncer. Everything.
The thing looking at old videos of the legend Wasim Akram has made me curious about is how many times he was on a hat trick! It's insane how often he seems to have taken two back-to-back wickets. The most iconic of them being of course World Cup 1992. I wouldn't be surprised if he holds the record in that category!
He is truely a Masterpiece ! If one has to learn accuracy, pace-swing variation, opponents mind setup, he is definitely a Book to learn from !!
Outstanding bowler one of the greatest. Swinging Yorkers with pace tested the best
The only bowler who could bowl inswinging yorkers to both left and right handed batsman...
You are right
absolutely right
Kids! This was the standard of bowling during 80's and 90's. So before comparing kohli's, smith's, sharma's etc with batsman's of previous era, kindly keep in mind that they are not facing bowlers of this class and neither they are playing on kind of pitches as batsman of that era were playing on.
Yaa...80s 90s legendary bowlers faced the real talents like Tendulkar, Dravid
@@rashidsiddiqui5972 bumrah has played 12 test matches only and he is already injured. Can't compare it to 100 test match greats.
James Anderson has an average of 26+ while playing 90% of his matches on swinging English wickets. Chalk and cheese if you compare to old greats
@@rashidsiddiqui5972 For Anderson, you have refuted your own point now. His career average is 26, does not matter what he has done recently. You cannot compare him to past greats.
@@rashidsiddiqui5972 I didn't say Shoaib or Lee were great. Don't lie at least
Wasim Akram is more than great bowler he is a legend who won a world cup for his team in only his second attempt.
Always wasim akram is a beautiful bowler 💕 love from india
Wasim Akram is the greatest pace bowler of all times. He was a departmental store of pace bowling
Wasim Akram is swinging super star. God blessed him the extraordinary talent for his lovable nature. You're one of the legend.
The Greatest Bowler of all time.
Wasim was undoubtedly the best cricketer of the 90’s . After him Sachin , Lara , Desilva , Donald , macgrath , warne !
Wasim and Waqar
Probably the most destructive duo in modern day cricket
Wasim and Ambrose are d best bowlers I have ever seen. Both had great variations.
Watching Wasim bowling is feel like listening to a poetry
Richie Benaud Says "You wont be closer to a hat trick than that my boy" but boy was he wrong this guy has 4 hat tricks, two in one days and two in tests. Awesome bowler, as an Indian I would be pissing in my pants when this guy would be bowling , would give absolutely no chance for the tail to wag. From 15 runs to get in 20 balls with 5 wickets in hand we could go to 15 runs in 10 balls with 1 wicket in hand and then loose. Amazing talent yorker, inswing, outswing, bouncer all in the same over. Genius !!!!
He was he is and he will be the greatest bowler ever played the game ❤️❤️
One of the most brilliant and most humble Pakistani cricketer...
Love from In... You know what.. he deserves love from all over the world of cricket. I bet batsmen shat their pants when this guy had ball red or white in his palms
Growing up in the 90s, we always look forward to Pakistan touring Australia, that Channel 9 commentary team was legendary. Sad that Channel 9 doesn't hold the rights of Australian cricket.
Thanks for this video! Wasim Akram was a great cricketer ! 👍
Commentator: " You won't be any closer to a Hatrick than that, my boy"
Wasim Akram: " Hold my four beers"
Till today no one is worth watching for sheer artistry leave aside the speed than one and only Wasim Akram.. and a beautiful human being too.. so down to earth inspite of being the best ever left armer
Just how he beat David boon, none can do it . Only spinners might able to do it. Best bowler wasim and best batsmen Sachin
Most talented and handsome bowler of everlasting
👌.There can never be another Wasim akram.
a true legend. gifted bowler
Greatest left arm pace bowler I've ever seen. His back foot points backwards towards the umpire in delivery stride. How does he do that? How did he avoid injury doing this? A unique action, almost resembles left-arm orthodox in delivery sometimes but at pace.
Mashallah
One of the Greatest fast bowler of all time none other " Sultan of Swing " The legend and Champion player of Pakistan
Wasim Akram
1:52 That coming around the wicket line by commentator reminded me of cricket07💯💯
Wasimbhai was bowler of my generation along with Ambrose Walsh in 90s
Love from India
It sound awesome when commentator saying at 2:52 "...Its close, it's got him, yes, what a bowler, what a beautiful bowler...".
thats Bill Lawry for you.
Just Look at the ball's swing.That's the reason i oppose those who compare virat kohli with Great Sachin Tendulkar or today's batters with the Legends of those time. Batting was truly a breathtaking task in the past. In now a days cricket, specially in white ball, i barely see reverse swing.
As Wasim himself would say, "Treat to watch".
*Look at his arm and the action and u know how superb bowler akram is, flawless 👌👍*
U know what is the strength of vasim sir.. that his run-up was like 130kmph bowler.. but he can easily bowl 145 kmph.. fast swing of the hand.. and then the reverse swing
Those days and those pure cricketers. Wish i was there watchin these beautiful deliveries from Wasim Waqar and Shoaib Akhtar
omg every other ball is a wicket taking delivery..
The world will never see the bowler like wasim akram. I remember those 2 deliveries he bowled in 1992 world cup final. Both batsmen had no clue, where the ball came from. Both were clean bowled.
He is poetry to world cricket. His bowling action, deceptive pace,stinging Yorkers,life threatning bounce attacks,science defying swings,etc what else the world cricket wants, he is there. Once in life time cricketer.
Wasim Akram - The best fast bowler in this world
One of the greatest bowlers in the history of the game.
Not one of the greatest. He is the greatest bowler in the history of the game.
Should Wasim have had a hat trick here? Can't help but feel that with modern ultra edge he might have done. There was a noise and the replay looks like there is a slight deflection too. What a great bowler
King of swing 💥
It was a tradition to drop catches of wasim's bowling
Best Pakistani bowler in history of cricket ever!😍😍🇵🇰❤️
I am an Indian and that is an insult to Wasim bhai. Wasim Akram is the best bowler in the history of cricket. He is not just the best Pakistani bowler in cricket.
No other bowler from West Indies, Australia or Pakistan can compete with Wasim.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a more complete clinic in fast bowling. Raw, unbridled beauty. This man had stunning talent, I think getting out to Akram would actually be a resume-builder. You could at least say you faced him! This was a joy to behold; thank you for the upload!!!
MALCOM MARSHALL,JIMMY ANDERSON,TRUEMAN ALL DAMN GOOD.
@@king_has_no_clothskul8635 Yes, but we're talking about Akram. Why wouldn't you mention Michael Holding, Dennis Lilley, Richard Hadlee and Shoib Aktar? Bwahaha!
@@michaelgpartridge2384 THE FOLKS I QUOTED ABOVE ARE ALL ARE BEST OF THE BEST AND YOU HAVE TO SEE IN A CONTEXT. WASIM HAD DISTINCT ADVANTAGE AS HE WAS A LEFT ARM BOWLER BOWLING TO LOT OF RIGHTIES. AND HE WAS ALWAYS AWKWARD WITH HIS ANGLES. HOW MANY RIGHT HANDERS HAVE TO GET PEOPLE OUT? HARDLY ANY UNLIKE AKRAM AND ZAHEER AND NOW STARC WHO DO ON REGULAR BASIS.
EVEN BHURMA DO NOT GO AROUND AUTOMATIC.
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THOUGH HE HAD EVERYTHING IT IS STILL DIFFICULT TO PUT HIM ABOVE MALCOM MARSHALL.
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SO RIGHT HANDER YOU WOULD HAVE MARSHALL. LEFT HANDER AKRAM IN TOP 11. THAT ALSO MEANT YOU ARE NOT VOTING FOR MCGRATH AND NOW JIMMY ANDERSON AND FRED TREUMAN, HOLDING. ALL WERE TREMENDOUS BOWLERS.
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NO ROOM FOR WAQAR WHO HAD BETTER STRIKE RATE, STERYN SIMILAR, DENNIS LILLE ALL THE TIME GREAT. WI SHARED WICKETS AMONG THEM: THEY HAD FOUR ALL THE TIME AND NO COUNTRY DID SO MANY AT ONCE.
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AND I LEFT OUT SYDNEY BARNES( MARSHALL REPLACEMENT). RECORD? 27 TESTS, 189 WICKETS AT RIDICULOUS AVERAGE OF 16.5!!! SAME WITH HIS FIRST CLASS. HE WAS UNBELIEVABLE. THIS CAME UP LONG TIME AGO AS WELL WHEN I CAME TO KNOW ABOUT BARNES. TAKE A LOOK FOR YOURSELF.
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WASIM AWESOME BUT THERE ARE OTHERS TOO!!
Not only the greatest bowler but the greatest sportsman of the last 30 years.
Almost overcome by feelings of nostalgia. Great bowling by Wasim, Richie Benaud on commentary, what more could you want?