‘Par bhaijan humare vale toh 150+ phekte hai’ – Fans bash Pakistan as a stat exposes dearth of quality in bowling attack
Mohammad Waseem Jr (Image Credit: Twitter)
This year, Pakistan‘s pace bowling in Tests, especially at home, has been terribly exposed in front of different opposition. This year, they played host to Australia, England, and currently New Zealand. For the first time in many years, these teams touched the shores of the Asian country. However, the preconceived historical season has turned out to be a nightmare for Pakistan.
In the three-match series against Australia in March this year, the bowlers gave away more than 1500 runs in the series. The first two games ended in a draw. Not to forget, they had a chance to chase down 506 runs to create history in the second game but they couldn’t. Eventually, they lost the series by 1-0 as they lost the last game by 115 runs.
Early this month, they hosted England for as many Tests. In the first game, the bowlers conceded 506/4 on the first day of the game. Eventually, they lost the game by 74 runs on a flat track. In the second and third games, Abrar Ahmed, the mystery spinner, and other spinners gave some control to the Babar Azam-led side. However, the pacers failed to cash in and the team lost the series 0-3.
The same story is being continued in the ongoing Test against New Zealand. Apparently, Abrar and Nauman Ali have taken two wickets each and once again, the pacers are failing to pick wickets for a long time. Meanwhile, a famous Pakistani statistician shared the stats of Pakistani pacers in the last three Tests excluding the ongoing one.
According to his numbers, the pacers have taken only one wicket in 77.4 overs and averaged 320. Clearly, these numbers are appalling.
This is not good! pic.twitter.com/959cHmFWGv
— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad) December 28, 2022
Fans have gotten an opportunity to troll Pakistani pace bowling attack
The fans aren’t willing to let go of the opportunity to troll the Pakistani pace bowling attack. Not to forget, the Asian nation is regarded as the proud factory of Pace bowling given its history.
This is how Twitter reacted
https://twitter.com/on_drive23/status/1493453344022704129?s=20&t=p4vL8EN030uihGBrvBgmPg
https://twitter.com/reddysaab__/status/1608037250398564352?s=20&t=6Dv-axhENBBp128QY5U-EA
https://twitter.com/Sparks_huu/status/1608037072794705920?s=20&t=Y1Ciw0yg4m1G0Z73-212qg
https://twitter.com/MalhotraSaurabh/status/1608037250406977545?s=20&t=wxHBHffM8yFtcOvSm-rg1Q
No matter what conditions you play in. That is shambolic.
— HCC- The Honest Cricket Community (@hcc_cricket) December 28, 2022
https://twitter.com/a_gaurav19/status/1608037549037195269?s=20&t=wxHBHffM8yFtcOvSm-rg1Q
How irony that Pakistan fans do chest thumping about fast bowlers when the reality is this..
— Cricket Opinions (@cric_opinions) December 28, 2022
Not good, our much talked about fast bowling resources seem to be suited for T20s only… We don't know how to do reverse swing on such pitches…
— Engr Shahid (@Rizwan06) December 28, 2022
— nitish (@nitishnit34) December 28, 2022
So suddenly its the incapability of our fast bowlers. But in last series it was all due to the bad selections as we had Marshalls and Lillees warming the bench, right?
— Touqeer Tariq (@TouqeerTariq) December 28, 2022
