Former Pakistani sailor Mohammad Asif has alleged that the cricket team’s current pacemakers are 9-10 years older than their birth certificates suggest. Asif’s comments came in the wake of Pakistan’s 101-race loss to New Zealand in the first round at Mount Maunganui this week. Asif feels that problems related to his age are the reason for his inability to cast longer spells.
‘These kids don’t have the knowledge’
“They are so old. It is written as 17 to 18 years old on paper, but actually they are between 27 and 28 years old,” Asif said on Kamran Akmal’s YouTube channel, but did not take any names. “They don’t have the flexibility to throw 20-25 overs. They don’t know how to bend their body and they get stiff after a while. They can’t stand on the field after throwing a 5-6 over.”
Asif’s career in competitive cricket came to an end after the ICC banned him for five years for participating in the 2010 spot-fixing scandal in England. Mohammad Asif is also disappointed by the current crop of fast pitchers in the national team, once dominated by legends like Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis and Imran Khan.
“I feel like it’s been 5-6 years since a fast pitcher took 10 wickets in a game. We used to salivate after watching pitches like New Zealand’s. It wasn’t a matter of leaving the ball as a fast pitcher. He never used to leave the ball. ball before doing a five wicket round. “
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“These kids don’t have the knowledge. They don’t know how to keep the batters on the front foot, not hit a single, and how to bowl over the wickets. When they try to bow the wickets, it falls on the side of the leg. They are not in control, “Asif said.
Among the current group of Pakistani pacemakers serving in New Zealand, Shaheen Afridi and Naseem Shah are 20 and 17 years old respectively. Mohammad Abbas is 30 years old and Faheem Ashraf is 26. Age fraud has been one of the problems that preoccupies cricket in Pakistan for many years. Previously, Pakistan’s boss Babar Azam was ruled out of the second test against New Zealand. In Babar’s absence, Mohammad Rizwan, who captained Pakistan in the first round, will continue to lead the team.
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(With inputs from agencies)
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