Is Irfan Pathan like Wasim Akram?

   yeh kudos to that legen greg, i was going to mention him before. I do not thing Ganguly utilised him very well and didnt handle him as a player very well. He didnt instill the belief in Irfan that Greg has goven him.

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MiNiWaRnEy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Banned Ricky Ponting for PM Joined: 14 December 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2395	Topic: Is Irfan Pathan like Wasim Akram? Posted: 06 January 2006 at 6:43am
	yeh kudos to that legen greg, i was going to mention him before. I do not thing Ganguly utilised him very well and didnt handle him as a player very well. He didnt instill the belief in Irfan that Greg has goven him.

krisdy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Banned Joined: 01 December 2005 Location: India Online Status: Offline Posts: 1313	Posted: 06 January 2006 at 6:39am
	yes truning Irfan into a usefull handy allrounder credit completely goes to the great Greg Chappell , coz he was the one who put beleif in Irfan that he has it in him to play well at the top
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MiNiWaRnEy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Banned Ricky Ponting for PM Joined: 14 December 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2395	Posted: 06 January 2006 at 6:37am
	Indeed, that is true, if he scores handy runs that is just awesome for India and more handy if he gets them when the Indian Batting line up doesnt fire, and doesnt score runs. The runs he scores are a bonus, like that of Wasim Akram. I mean if the kid is getting 80's and 90's and other scires of note he is doing his national team a service.

krisdy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Banned Joined: 01 December 2005 Location: India Online Status: Offline Posts: 1313	Posted: 06 January 2006 at 6:35am
	ya that the catch ,, he knows and understands his primary responsibility
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MiNiWaRnEy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Banned Ricky Ponting for PM Joined: 14 December 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2395	Posted: 06 January 2006 at 6:34am
	Yeh, his defensive game isnt sound, but his batting is clever, plays shots aswell. But at the end of the day should focus his training on bowling, that is where he is needed forst.

krisdy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Banned Joined: 01 December 2005 Location: India Online Status: Offline Posts: 1313	Posted: 06 January 2006 at 6:33am
	Irfan will keep on imporving his batting ability for next 3-4 years and become genuine batsman
	"I go by present and present says - Sachin IS the BEST , Shewag is going to be the next best and Dhoni's is gonna rock the world with his brutal assaults - GOD help the rest of the world"

krisdy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Banned Joined: 01 December 2005 Location: India Online Status: Offline Posts: 1313	Posted: 06 January 2006 at 6:32am
	he is someone like a genuine bowler with limited batting ability ,, but uses it effectively and he has scope to impore it
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krisdy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Banned Joined: 01 December 2005 Location: India Online Status: Offline Posts: 1313	Posted: 06 January 2006 at 6:31am
	No probs mini , he is a strong young lad ,,with a good cricketing brain ,,,he can take any amount of pressure
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MiNiWaRnEy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Banned Ricky Ponting for PM Joined: 14 December 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2395	Posted: 06 January 2006 at 6:29am
	So much pressure is being outg on him rite now with his bowling and his batting, he may crack if he is expected to bat in teh middle order and be the spearhead of the attack at only 21 with not much experience, they have to treat him very cautiously.

saadadvanced7 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Banned 4000 Test Runs Joined: 04 August 2005 Location: Canada Online Status: Offline Posts: 3938	Posted: 05 January 2006 at 11:48pm
	Yea, well if he continues to perform like he is right now, he will become statistically another Wasim Akram with better batting stats.
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	just give pathan his chance guys. he'll come through and in a big way. i was so surprised at his batting ability since the australia series last year. i feel that tryin to compare him to wasim akram is not right. the guy has potential, but he just needs some more time on both counts.
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saadadvanced7 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Banned 4000 Test Runs Joined: 04 August 2005 Location: Canada Online Status: Offline Posts: 3938	Posted: 05 January 2006 at 4:04pm
	I am sure that he can acheive the feat of 4000 Test Runs and 400 Test wickets.
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ANIL KUMBLE Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Opening Bowler 7000 test wickets Joined: 16 December 2005 Location: Australia Online Status: Offline Posts: 8043	Posted: 05 January 2006 at 3:44pm
	i knew pathan was young and fresh but 21 i didnt know that he could be the first to score 3000 test runs and 300wickets unless someone already done that if not then 4000 runs and 400 wickets
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saadadvanced7 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Banned 4000 Test Runs Joined: 04 August 2005 Location: Canada Online Status: Offline Posts: 3938	Posted: 05 January 2006 at 3:40pm
	Pathan comes no where near Wasim's bowling right now and I don't think he will ever have as much variety as Wasim did in his bowling. But Pathan could very well accomplish just as much as Wasim or even more if he continues like this. He is only 21 and is already the spear-head of the Indian bowling attack so he could very well accomplish more than Wasim Akram. Irfan might become the first bowler in the history of cricket to take 500 test wickets, and 500 ODI wickets. Why I think Irfan is going to accomplish all this is because he is so young and already so good, so if he continues on current form, he will turn out to be a great left-arm bowler.
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ANIL KUMBLE Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Opening Bowler 7000 test wickets Joined: 16 December 2005 Location: Australia Online Status: Offline Posts: 8043	Posted: 05 January 2006 at 3:37pm
	i have never seen wasim akram ball so i wouldn't have a clue if pathan bowls like wasim
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saadadvanced7 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Banned 4000 Test Runs Joined: 04 August 2005 Location: Canada Online Status: Offline Posts: 3938	Posted: 05 January 2006 at 3:32pm
	Ofcourse not now. Irfan Pathan is a good left-arm seamer but he doesn't have the variety that Wasim had. He doesn't have reverse swing. Wasim had conventional swing and reverse swing, both in great control. He had great control over his line and length. And with all those factors mixed together, he still had good pace.
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	wasim is almost a legend. pathan is new. after maybe 7 years he might become like wasim not now.

saadadvanced7 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Banned 4000 Test Runs Joined: 04 August 2005 Location: Canada Online Status: Offline Posts: 3938	Posted: 05 January 2006 at 3:01am
	Pathan's batting is no doubt better than Wasims but Wasim's bowling had so much variety, that its unbelievable and Pathans bowling won't have that kind of variety.
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Big Josh Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Test Debutant Joined: 02 December 2005 Location: Zimbabwe Online Status: Offline Posts: 125	Posted: 05 January 2006 at 12:50am
	ok maybe Wasim was a great all-rounder towards the end of his career his batting to a great fall and i don't Pathan is going to be like that
	josh

saadadvanced7 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Banned 4000 Test Runs Joined: 04 August 2005 Location: Canada Online Status: Offline Posts: 3938	Posted: 04 January 2006 at 9:20pm
	He was a useful batsman but there is no way he was an all-rounder like some people claimed earlier in the thread. I read a book called 'ESPN Legends of Cricket' and in that Sachin Tendulkar says "Wasim is an exceptionally talented all-rounder..."
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MiNiWaRnEy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Banned Ricky Ponting for PM Joined: 14 December 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2395	Posted: 04 January 2006 at 7:50am
	Are u guys fools. Wasim is absolutely brilliant. He was sharp in pace, accurate enough, conventional swing both ways, reverse swing and he was a left armer, which gave variety. He was alos a more then useful batsmen, clean striker of the ball. Hitting sixes was his forte. 12 sixes in an innnings against Zim, he got 257* that match, superb (not the best bowling attack, but still brilliant). Also he got a few more 100's in tests and was a handy player in the lower order for Paki and all of the 1st class teams he played for in England and Pakistan. I rest my case.

Big Josh Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Test Debutant Joined: 02 December 2005 Location: Zimbabwe Online Status: Offline Posts: 125	Posted: 04 January 2006 at 6:48am
	He may become like him in the bowling prespective but with the bat Pathan is better
	josh

saadadvanced7 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Banned 4000 Test Runs Joined: 04 August 2005 Location: Canada Online Status: Offline Posts: 3938	Posted: 28 December 2005 at 2:43pm
	His bowling averages in both forms of the game are great.
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ANIL KUMBLE Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Opening Bowler 7000 test wickets Joined: 16 December 2005 Location: Australia Online Status: Offline Posts: 8043	Posted: 28 December 2005 at 2:03pm
	hes bowling average in test cricket is phenominal
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ANIL KUMBLE Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Opening Bowler 7000 test wickets Joined: 16 December 2005 Location: Australia Online Status: Offline Posts: 8043	Posted: 28 December 2005 at 2:03pm
	pathan at times can be a bit expensive but once he gets his first wicket hes a wicket taking machine
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saadadvanced7 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Banned 4000 Test Runs Joined: 04 August 2005 Location: Canada Online Status: Offline Posts: 3938	Posted: 28 December 2005 at 1:38pm
	Wasim Akram was not an all-rounder. He could bat sometimes and even then, it's not like he had proper batting technique. Irfan Pathan is certainly a better batsman then Wasim Akram, but Wasim is a much better bowler. I think Irfan Pathan could become like Wasim Akram.
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	Wasim Akram was also a good all rounder but Pathan is also good.I m afraid he can take india to 1 position if he go like Wasim Akram

saadadvanced7 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Banned 4000 Test Runs Joined: 04 August 2005 Location: Canada Online Status: Offline Posts: 3938	Posted: 09 December 2005 at 2:12am
	Yea, if you're talking about India, I certainly agree with you. He can bat and bowl.
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lewy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Square Leg Joined: 06 November 2005 Location: Saint Lucia Online Status: Offline Posts: 264	Posted: 09 December 2005 at 12:56am
	i do think so myself. and the kid can also bat. to me he seems to be the first genuine allrounder since kapil dev.
	L.Prudent

saadadvanced7 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Banned 4000 Test Runs Joined: 04 August 2005 Location: Canada Online Status: Offline Posts: 3938	Posted: 08 December 2005 at 11:40pm
	Yea, you are correct, only time will tell if he is really like Wasim...but right now he looks like he certainly has the potential to be as good Wasim Akram.
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