Former Pakistan fast bowler Rao Iftikhar Anjum has said that the country's pacers have become too predictable in ODIs, in light of the one day series loss to Sri Lanka.
Anjum, who made his ODI debut against Zimbabwe in 2004 and last represented Pakistan in 2010 against Australia at Perth, has said that pace bowlers need to be a lot smarter and be proactive rather than reactive.
Anjum said that pace bowlers in the last few overs need to be able to think quickly and literally pre-empt what the batsman will try and do, and added that they also need variety in the death overs instead of predictability, Pak Passion reported.
The former paceman said that rather than just running up and bowling in the same spot ball after ball, pace bowlers need to have the ability and confidence to bowl bouncers, slower bouncers, slower deliveries and Yorkers instead of being predictable which sometimes the modern day Pakistani pace bowlers can be.
