Loote bro,

To add something on reverse swing. Do you remember how in 1992 England tour Wasim/Waqar literally made the english batsmen look like a club side with their reverse swing, and then there was a huge cry that it was ball tempering. They only gave due respect to the art of reverse swing when their own bowlers- Simon Jones, Andrew Flintoff, Harmison and co. used reverse swing to win Ashes in 2005. It's an art and it goes a long way in to 70s.

Sarfaraz Nawaz was the original master of reverse swing. Imran was not as successful in his early days but Sarfaraz taught him the skill of reverse swing. Thereafter Imran went on to become one of the best wicket taking bowlers of his time. He later passed this on to Wasim and Waqar.

Wasim had such a quick arm action that he never had to rely on mere run up or pace for that matter. I can bet that he was the only bowler that Sachin has been most cautious of in his hey days. And there duel was always fascinating. While bowlers like McGrath got wickets with persistent line and length in that off stump corridor, Walsh and Ambrose with their pace, height and bounce off the pitch, Akram foxed the batsmen. Apart from Lara and Sachin, very few batsmen played him that well.

Who in the world cares the difference in the economy rate betweem 20 and 23. Akram was a wicket taking bowler at any stage of the game, any ball (Sg or KB), first day pitch, last day pitch, any country any condition.

Sachin rates him the best he ever faced.  Desilva said the same and so did Arjuna Ranatunga. But I saw this interview of Imran khan, one of the greatest of bowlers, he was asked who he thought was better- him or Wasi\m,He said no doubt..it's Wasim.

When Imran Khan says, he says. When Imran says Viv was more destructive than any other batsmen he has seen, that ends the argument for me.

Having seen Wasim bowl, Sachin, Lara, Mark Waugh, Azharuddin bat, Warnie played, I truly believe I witnessed the best era of cricket(90s) where all those players were once in a generation players. true Legends.