IND vs PAK: "We Are Lacking Threatening Pace In World Cricket Currently"- Salman Butt

Former Pakistan cricketer Salman Butt feels that the current batch of bowlers in world cricket doesn’t bowl at excess speeds compared to their former counterparts.

Taking the example of Jasprit Bumrah and Anrich Nortje, Butt said they’re fast but don’t have the same threatening factor as Brett Lee or Shoaib Akhtar.

“There is no threatening pace. Even in world cricket, you won’t find many bowlers with threatening pace. Who bowls at 150kph at the moment like Shoaib Akhtar, Mohammed Sami and Mitchell Johnson used to do?” said Butt on his YouTube channel.

“Haris and Hasnain touch 150 but neither does it consistently” – Salman Butt

Turning to the Pakistan pace bowlers, Butt reckoned that Mohammad Hasnain can also hit the 150kmph mark but their fitness levels don’t allow them to do it on a consistent basis.

“Express pace has vanished now. Bumrah is an outstanding bowler with great control on his yorkers and slower ones but isn’t threatening. For Pakistan, Haris and Hasnain touch 150 but neither of the two does it consistently. Nortje bowls at a rapid pace in one occasional game but isn’t threatening like the bowlers we have seen in the past.”

“In the recent cricket history, Jofra Archer is the only bowler to have threatened a bit. We are lacking threatening pace in world cricket currently. Even Mitchell (Starc) doesn’t bowl consistently beyond 150,” he added.

Archer has been out of action for a while with an elbow injury while Bumrah was also recently ruled out of the Asia Cup.

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