Salman Butt finds obsession with 140 km/h bowlers ‘annoying’

Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt believes that pace should not be the only criteria to judge a bowler.

While speaking on his official YouTube channel, the former left-hander said that the obsession with bowlers bowling at 140 km/h is annoying.

“Most of our bowlers [in the past] could bowl at 140 [km/h]. Rana Naveed and Rao Iftikhar were 140 [km/h], meanwhile Yasir Arafat and Abdul Razzaq were 145 [km/h] plus. Azhar Mahmood also bowled at 140 [km/h] also. But these bowlers were not considered genuine pacers,” said Butt.

“I don’t know from where this obsession for bowlers bowling at 140 [km/h] has come. People talk about this like we never had such bowlers in the past. Nobody talks about a bowler’s arm position, action, ability to pick up wickets or whether he can bowl at a consistent line and length,” he added.      

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Salman Butt played for Pakistan from 2003 to 2010. He featured in 33 Tests, 78 ODIs and 24 T20Is where the left-handed batsman scored 1,889 runs (average 30.46), 2,725 runs (average 36.82) and 595 runs (average 28.33), respectively.