There was a time when the world admired Pakistan's pace attack. This team had bowlers like Shoaib Akhtar, Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, whose fast pace used to blow away even the best batsmen, but now it seems as if the fast bowlers have disappeared from the Pakistan team. The current fast bowlers of Pakistan team have forgotten to throw the ball with speed. If you don't believe then watch the Multan test. In this match, Pakistan has fielded three pacers. Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah and Aamir Jamal were seen bowling in Multan. Although he is a fast bowler, his speed is like that of a medium pacer.
The pace of all three fast bowlers of Pakistan seems to be missing in the Multan Test. Shaheen Afridi's fastest ball in Multan Test was only 138.9 km. Is per hour. Whereas his average speed is only 134.1. Naseem Shah definitely bowled the fastest ball at a speed of 141.6 but his average speed is also only 136. Aamir Jamal's fastest ball was 137.9 km. per hour and his average speed is just 131. The speed of Pakistan's fast bowlers used to be more than 140 but now it is not visible like that. This is the reason why fans are now comparing Pakistani fast bowlers with spinners.
Pakistani pacers speed in this test. pic.twitter.com/clbDkrq9MI
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) October 9, 2024
Pakistan's fast bowlers are not only bowling low speed balls but the line-length of these players has also disappeared somewhere. Talking about Multan Test, the economy rate of Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah and Aamir Jamal is around 5 runs per over. Meaning these players have also failed to stop the runs. It is clear that if bowling continues like this, England's batsmen will make many records in Pakistan. As Joe Root and Harry Brook have done in the first innings of Multan Test. Root scored the 35th century of his Test career, while Brook scored four consecutive Test centuries in Pakistan.
