Liposuction rules Akhtar out

[braguvaran]

His comeback with KKR was almost 2 years ago. He has played for Pakistan since and has looked woefully out of form and his pace was in the high 130s.

I would bet my mortgage that he can not touch anywhere near 150k right now.

He can easily touch 150's If of course he is FIT ..
yes he was bowling at high 130's for a short period with a very short run up because he was struggling with an injury!!
Saying that he is of lesser speed than anderson is an insult to him

 

[MaD]

Accuracy > Speed

 

[King Cricket]

I don't remember the last time I saw Akhtar fit and normal in a cricket match. For the past couple of years, he's always making headlines for all wrong reasons. From taking banned performance enhancers to having genital warts. And now this liposuction thing. Seesh!

 

[pcfan123]

If the PCB has any sense at all they will never recall him to the national side. Just doom him to the IPL where I am sure they will kick him out eventually once his brand value dies.

 

[King Cricket]

If the PCB has any sense at all they will never recall him to the national side. Just doom him to the IPL where I am sure they will kick him out eventually once his brand value dies.

His IPL contract is already terminated, if I remember correctly.

 

[pcfan123]

Only thing left for him is to do some commercials for Valtrex

 

[rahuldravidfan]

Haha what a joke!!
Iam sure he is still faster than most of these guys actually!! have'nt you seen his comeback with KKR?? he can go past 150 if he is fit!

Especially saying that Anderson is faster than akthar is an even bigger JoKE

Exactly man. I wouldn't call Peter Siddle or James Anderson express pace bowlers. They are decent bowlers who can only occasionally touch 90MPH. Anderson is no Shoaib Akhtar and as much as I like watchin him play, I don't think he can be one.

As for express pace,
Broad- maybe.
Morkel- you've gotta be kidding me, neither of the 2 bowl express pace.
Johnson- oh his day or maybe when his Mum isn't pissed with him.
Aamer- he's good but has a long way to go.
Tait- when he is not injured.

Of the list, I think only Steyn, Lee, Edwards & Taylor are Express Pace.

Shoaib can play international cricket. But he's gotta tell himself "I've gotta work hard and that is the ONLY way I can comeback".

 

[braguvaran]

His IPL contract is already terminated, if I remember correctly.

That could be great! May be he can play for CSK now!!!

 

[Howsie]

Exactly man. I wouldn't call Peter Siddle or James Anderson express pace bowlers. They are decent bowlers who can only occasionally touch 90MPH. Anderson is no Shoaib Akhtar and as much as I like watchin him play, I don't think he can be one.

As for express pace,
Broad- maybe.
Morkel- you've gotta be kidding me, neither of the 2 bowl express pace.
Johnson- oh his day or maybe when his Mum isn't pissed with him.
Aamer- he's good but has a long way to go.
Tait- when he is not injured.

Of the list, I think only Steyn, Lee, Edwards & Taylor are Express Pace.

Shoaib can play international cricket. But he's gotta tell himself "I've gotta work hard and that is the ONLY way I can comeback".

Taylor and Styen aren't really express pace bowlers, they're fast but they're really only 140-145. Roach and Lee are the only real express pace bowlers going around, Tait and Malinga maybe if they're fit.

 

[iridescentt]

Tait only hits 150+ KPH when he is fit. Anything less then fit then his speed ranges from 110 KPH to the low 140 KPH deliveries.

 

[Howsie]

Tait only hits 150+ KPH when he is fit. Anything less then fit then his speed ranges from 110 KPH to the low 140 KPH deliveries.

Hence why everyone has said "when fit"

 

[drainpipe32]

Tait>Malinga

 

[Aoun13]

Well you never no about PCB,he will come back if any other chairman would like to have him
otherwise in real there is just 5% chance for him to comeback on the bases of his performance and now when we have a long que of quality bowler its bit unlikely to possible.

 

[IanG]

He thought he'd get into shape so he'd been drinking nothing but milkshakes.

 

[mdoggie]

Taylor and Styen aren't really express pace bowlers, they're fast but they're really only 140-145. Roach and Lee are the only real express pace bowlers going around, Tait and Malinga maybe if they're fit.

Malinga like Steyn used to be a lot faster but both droped some pace to improve accuracy.

I would definately say Johnson is express pace, in South Africa he was hitting 150 almost every ball though he isn't at the level that he will ever be close to Lee's speed. Roach is scary as well.