Episode 5 - Wasim Akram vs England, MCG 1992
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- Опубликовано: 16 сен 2024
- The spell that gave birth to the legend of Wasim, to a left-arm fast renaissance in cricket, and to the death of English white-ball cricket for several decades.
Few moments in cricket history are as indelible as Wasim's double-wicket death strike in the final of the World Cup. We break down the spell, the legacy of Wasim's impact, and who he was before this spell changed his life, as well as ours.
This is the finest cricket podcast. Period. That opening theme music though ❤
Brilliant podcast and tribute which WASIM deserves. This is the first time someone talk about his legacy in such a fantastic manner. Its the common feeling all WASIM fans shares and you guys expressed it . Thank you
Bang on guys! I wish you both very good luck. A part of me wishes that no matter what happens in your lives, you guys just don't stop doing this series. In times like these, this keeps me sane. Can't wait for the next one.
thank you!
What a great program guys! Such a relaxed conversation of not only reminiscing the great 92 achievements by Wasim Akram but also contextualising not only the magical deliveries but also the significance & the whole era it ushered in! As Richie Benaud would say ‘Marvellous Delivery”
I must say, stumbling upon your RUclips channel feels like finding a hidden gem! Your content is exactly my kind of conversation - engaging, thought-provoking, and insightful. Feeling incredibly lucky to have found you! Keep up the amazing work!
Glad you enjoy it!
The hot takes and analogies here are wild.
This is so much fun to just listen to
The ms Shehnaz teacher story is too good! Reminds of robin williams in good will hunting saying repeatedly it is not your fault to matt damon😂😂
Great content guys!
Bahut mazaa aayaa. I love Jarrod Kimber for his surgical analysis of stats and data. I am grateful that on the other end of the spectrum there exists Batta Fast, that talks about everything romantic and irrational that made us fall in love with cricket in the first place.
thank you - that is probably the whole point of the podcast. and i guess also an effort for us personally to reconnect with that joy.
Brilliant Episode! Loved it a lot. I love the transition you guys make between the greatness of the spell with the overall career. Really makes the conversation wonderful and helps you contextualise things better. One thing I would like you guys to sometime talk about is Wasim bhai's career in a bit more detail and especially the fixing era in context of what he wrote about it in his biography.
it was so fun to do! thanks for watching
So many storylines. Inzamam's crucial 42(35) always forgotten. His 52(38) partnership with Wasim was incredible after they were sent in ahead of Ijaz and Shahzada Salim. Derek Pringle's figures 10-2-22-3. Bonkers! Aaqib's (2-27) and Mushy's (3-41) incredible support act, not only in this game but throughout the tournament. Sohail and Ijaz Voltron-ing into a passable 5th bowler. And then those two deliveries (We can just ignore Osman's Wannabe-Hipster views on the two balls. That's like saying Maradona's slalom run against England in 86 at the Azteca is not one of the greatest goals ever because one of the England center halves was QPR's Terry Fenwyck). Love the podcast.
Wasim is one of the greatest fast bowler ( right and left) . I don’t like when people stress like he was the best left arm fast bowler of all time
amen
I think U guys should cover some of the spells of Shoaib Akhtar vs Australia
This guy is a gem, such a block bluster analysis, even on who discovered Wasim Akram, which has been totally misconstrued by the whole nation, thinking that it was Niazi who discovered Akram whereas it was Miandad behind the scenes.
The response to Usman's take on the Chris Lewis delivery really made me laugh!! : )
Love your show.
I had been waiting for it for quite some time
Disappointed Osman didn’t know that Wasim meant to bowl the Lewis delivery on a length after talking to Imran at mid off. He meant to bring it back in and you can watch Lewis trying to get outside the line protecting his stumps and getting lbw/bowled off a Yorker. The length was the actual genius of the delivery. You should’ve known this cus wasim had mentioned it many times.
Great call out for my senior Wasti. A genius in his own rights. Spent some quality time with him talking about Music and Starwars in giki. Sadly never got to cricket with him because the guy was a walking talking Almanac.
the legend
Great Again❤ Cant thank you enough for this podcast
thank you!
Great episode. In context of the game, I think if you were to WinViz this, England were at that point maybe 40/60 to win at best i.e., still up against it needing 7+ an over for 15 overs with only 6 wickets left. And 10 overs of Wasim, Aaqib, and Mushtaq to come, who between them had taken all the wickets thus far. This one-two punch effectively ended the contest and I really enjoyed your discussion of how Richie Benaud also sensed this with his "Perhaps so too England" after the Lamb wicket.
Also what was weird that day was that Wasim started around-the-wicket almost immediately, even with the new ball. Usually he reserved that angle for his 2nd spell, and almost always at the death, when the ball was older. Not sure what prompted the change, maybe he wanted to be aggressive from the get-go, or was having trouble controlling the swing from over-the-wicket.
the initial ball by ball suggests that he was having a lot of issues with wides so perhaps why
Guys your podcast is super! Thanks for doing this! So insightful and fun at the same time. Loving it and wish you guys lots of success - Godpseed! Can I shamelessly request you to also do an episode on Waqar Younis' bowling sometime soon?
you'll love episode 6
Please make a video on Muhammad Zahid's spell against Brian Lara...
First of all great podcast I mean one of the best episodes on Wasim because just so much content around the book that it was getting nauseating. Wasim was doing podcast after podcast and videos after videos. Aisa lag raha tha ki Bollywood film release ho Rahi ho.
Sabse pahle to I want to know ki who are these people who think that Wasim was just a reverse swing guy. live cricket wasim ki agar nahi bhi dekhi Ho RUclips per wasim ki bowling dekhi hi hain. Usme toh nayi ball ho ya purani woh wicket le Raha hai.
There is no doubt in my mind that he is the only reason why left arm bowlers across the world started mushrooming.
Dusri baat yah hai ki much like Shane Warne, Wasim made the difficult easy by doing it over and over again. Left arm in swing kafi natural cheez hai yeh hum bolte hi isliye Hain kyunki Wasim ne aasani se kar liya tha. Par Wasim's magic goes much beyond. Woh in swing bhi karata tha out swing bhi karata tha uski slower ball bhi thi aur arm speed mein bhi koi fark nahin hota tha.
Jis baat Ko log nahin samajhte woh yeh hai ki Wasim vas the master of using the angles of cricket. Bowlers take their entire career to change sides. Zaheer Khan to become a effective bowler from around the stumps ka credit goes back to the 1992 World Cup final ke woh do deliveries.
Yeh around the stumps ka angle aaj bhi unexploited hai. Coaches sari duniya mein aaj bhi bowlers ko sirf over the stumps ball Karate Hain. Left handed batters ko around the stumps right handers karaye toh problem hoti hai isko samajhne mein 150 saal lag Gaye.
And back to Shane Warne and Wasim, not only did they make it look easy, their actions were easy to copy and that led to many people bowling leg spin and left arm fast.
Another important thing that people miss is that both Warne and Wasim never hid anything. If they new something they were happy to share that knowledge. One was always ready to flaunt it but Wasim ke itne kisse Hain even India mein ki aapko bus unse jakar puchna hai aur woh aapko baithkar sikha denge. Iska sidha example yeh hai ki inn donon ke RUclips per master class Bhare pade hain aur inke master class mein koi rocket Science nahin hai Inka master class is like eli5 and that's the reason why these two difficult but dark arts were made simple, so simple that everyone thought that they'd able to do it.
Lastly, I really hope that in future episodes agar koi bhi aur episode hota hai aur Wasim Akram we must speak about his fingers and the use of the thumb in the release which makes the ball dance.
P.S ek cheez hai which is an anomaly. Osman and many others I share that Wasim does not remember his best delivery is or his wickets but Gideon when he was doing the interviews before the book was released said the complete opposite he said that Wasim remembers every detail.
thank you for such a wonderful comment. re his memory, we discussed in our bootleg episode how he has excellent recall of other's moments, but in our experience rarely remembered his own
Haan wahi. It seems strange that in interviews and interactions yaaddash achhi nahi hai par kitaab pe Gideon ko details mil Rahi hai.
@@mirajvorabro you have a great research on Wasim AK ram's bowling tricks and mentality
oh usman bhai - please look at the Chris lewis delivery on youtube with the playback speed at 0.25x - there is absolutely nothing played on about it! It was a Murali spinner at 90mph. Please try it, you will change your opinion about the actual ball of the century (to an unworthy recipient i do agree)
I need to say two things. Firstly Ahmer that was great as always; including the kind of haunting and beautiful insinuation that Wasim Akram is why Khan finds himself behind Adiala's walls today. Poetic, chilling, etc. etc.
Secondly, I need Osama's address so I can go have a nice friendly chat with him for saying that BS about the 2nd ball not being a good one. I am going to hurt people over this.
i feel the threat in the second comment would have carried so much more power if you had written osman instead of osama
Just Brilliant Brilliant!!! I am miss Shehnaz when it's Pakistan doing terrible things during a high pressure match!
hahaha we all are
still, when Wasim Akram took those wickets, we were dancing for Joy.
Osman Wasim is on record as to what happened with that second ball - as per him they had a conference about what to do having bowled the Lamb ball. Wasim wanted to bowl an in swinging yorker but Imran told him thats what Lewis would be expecting and to bowl a length ball that swings in.
So yes he meant it and yes it was a great ball.
nice!
1:35 ASAL JUICE PIPY K CHANNEL ME CHUPA HUA HE OSMAN BHAAAAI
Bhai concept aacha hai but prelog itn abore hai na ... Content pe kaam karo.. but concept bahut sahi hai ... All the best
Osman's hot takes are triggering me so hard
Usman some time have such bizarre opinions, like his opinion on Chris Lewis delivery
hahaha
For me the best Wasim Akram delivery or a series of deliveries is this:
ruclips.net/video/b_jl8l0utR8/видео.html
Destroyed Rahul Dravids defence in three deliveries. What a craftsman!
This 2nd ball bullshit is bordering on cancellation territory....