Muhammad Irfan: He is the Tallest Not the Youngest

There are many tall height bowlers you may found; many in England such as Chris Tremlett, Broad and Finn. But expecting an Asian team to have the tallest bowler in cricketing history is unbelievable. Those English players are more or less touching 2m and 7 ft mark but Pakistani left arm fast bowler Muhammad Irfan is about 7'1" tall and has recorded his name as the tallest fast bowler in the history. West Indians were also having some giant fast bowler Joel Garner(6' 8.5") and Ambrose(6'8").

He is the tallest fast bowler in the history but not the youngest. From Left to Right; Kamran Akmal, Muhammad Irfan and Asad Shafiq

But the story not ends up here He needs to learn a lot. Being tallest is a great advantage for any bowler but being fit and strong makes you a great bowler. Young bowlers do have those advantage like Aamer had, Waseem had and alot of them.

Fitness Is the Key:

He is 30 years old and he has now step in to cricket. That is really unfortunate for any fast bowler. He need to give special attention to his fitness. Look around some great fast bowlers like Brett Lee and James Anderson. They took there fitness very seriously. It is very Important as a fast bowler to be fit or else his tall body will be useless. As because of not being fit he was unable to represent Pakistan for so many years.

Avoid Playing Too Many Leagues:

If we see James Anderson who is currently the best fast bowler. You never see him playing IPL, Big Bash, SLPL and BPL. It is pretty unfortunate for fast bowlers to play world wide in too may leagues unlike the Batsman. Because there team needs them in best form. Irfan needs to do the same if he is really serious about his cricket so he should avoid playing for the money as too much money will be an early exit from the National Side and slowly from the leagues. As National Camps are the best place where you can be nourished fabulously. He should give priority to Pakistan national Side and yes there are many big gaps in International tour so he can play in spare time.

Quick Leaner:

Muhammad Ameer was a quick learner he rises brilliantly. From T20 world cup 2009 he reaches to Pakistan Test team and where he assigned the role of strike bowler against top class English batsman in there ground. Irfan should learn from him also from his mistakes. I am sure he is 30 so he will not do the mistake as Ameer did. But he really needs to be a good learner he needs to bowl on the right spot on the right channel and has to be as precise as Ameer was.

Pakistan team has produced great fast bowlers in history and also currently they have got excellent bowlers in the bench. Pakistan is very fortunate that they have such a threatening bowling line up which is rarely found in the world. Many teams have great fast bowlers but poor spinners. Pakistan is very fortunate that they have extra ordinary talent in both the depart. Even in Past Pakistan team has great combination of fast and spin. Let us see how well Irfan does with his remaining years of Cricket?