hi,
Aamer is a very fine bowler. There is no doubt about that. He has got all the ingredients to be number 1 fast bowler in upcoming days. He is fast, got very good bouncer, cutters and can swing the ball both ways. I really hope he will be next Wasim akram. Also, he has got batting talent as well, which he showed against New zelander's. I really wish him great future.

Muhammad Amir rules
Pure sheer talent
He's gonna surprise everyone
A next Wasim Akram in the making

Yes Imran, Aamer is a special talent and is gonna be a treat to watch in coming years.Within a couple of years when he gets stronger, more experienced and confident, speed will increase and new tricks will add too. Historically our fast bowlers are injury pron and have to take care of their backs. I can never forget Mohammad Zahid who actually was much faster than Shoaib Akhtar and didn't make it more than a couple of matches due to a weak build. I hope Aamer will be taken care of in this regard.

Talking about new talent, Umar Akmal is a tremendous talent who needs a fine tuning to become a futur icon. But the guy I am waiting anxiously to see on the international scene is Naved Yasin of multan who has been scoring heavily in domestic competitions.

i also watched him first during thetwenty20 worldcup no doubt that he has unbelievable talent but he needs a captain who can use him intlligently he can be a great danger for any batsman in the world,with age and better psysical condition i can bet thet one day hewill be better then wasim akram lets pray that he stays injury free and doesnot get into politics and other features of akram's personality

It's only a matter of time before we get Aamer/Watson slash fiction

Yeah , wel nice post.I wish young M.amir all the best for his future and bring many more victories for his team.I hope he is not going to be wasted by the captains and left injured.Many fast bowlers came and went from international arena .... they would have been splendid for pakistan , had they not been wasted like that.Any ways I hope best !

Yes... He has ability to be very good bowler in this DECADE, as Great WASIM AKRAM was in early of the mid 1980, 1990s and and early in the 2000s. I am not saying that he is next WASIM AKRAM, but he has the potantiol to follow Great Pakistani´s foot steps. Amir has a shining career in front of him. GOOD LUCK Amir

Great Talent!!! this little kid is full of energy & talent, he has got everything in his armory, Pace, Bouncy, Inswing, Outswing,Cutters,Reverse Swing, he showed superb display of fast bowler in Boxing Day test match. It is amzing to see someone 17 years old bending his back & bowling at 152Kps-153Kps.
@Shahid, rigthly stated, our bowlers are injury pron, Mohammad Zahid was probably the fastest bowler every produced by Pakistan, even Shoaib Akhtar & all other crickets of that time agreed that Zahid was the fastest bowler of Pakistan.

I hope that PCB take care of Mohammad Ammir, If he stays fit,then he is the bowler to watch in the next decade.

wonderful article. A massive, toothy teenage grin. Nothing more to be said.

YAH...AAMEER IS GUD & I THNK HE CAN REVIVE PAKISTAN WITH THE HELP OF UMAR AKMAL!!

To all the M Aamer fans:
Hes young, and cannot yet swing the ball back into the right hander CONSISTENTLY. In fact, Waz is always quick to point out he leans too much to the right in his release, therefore hampering his chances of swinging it back into the right hander, which is crucial for a lefty.
He also needs to develop a slower ball, and ofcourse, build up so he doesn't end up as the oft-lamented (and rightly so) Mohammed Zahid .
His batting is good, and theres no reason why he can't be a genuine no 7. Just pray he doesn't end up another Mohammed Sami!!!

Aamer is a great great prospect for Pakistan , but having said that I think Mohammad Asif is still the best and more promising for Pakistan , as Aamer is too too young to be judged the next akram ... Remember Sami,Gul,Naved .... All promised a lot, but now none's delivering .. Asif is still ... I hope both Aamer and Asif turns into a terrific combo for Pakistan in the coming days , the two A's !!!

aamer should come back he is great

The interesting thing about cricket is that "should be's" arent always true. Shane Warne for example, one of the greatest bowlers in Test Cricket, and yet most people would not have picked him in the side for his first 12 months. After his first 2 matches he had 1 wicket for about 300 runs. He was struggling and as a TV-selector (like millions of other Aussies) I thought the selectors were wrong in 1992 to put him back in the side.
Like wise there have been many players that have played excellent few matches and fadded.
In Australia our media puts too much pressure on our players. As soon as anyone starts doing well, its that they are going to be the next Don Bradman (batting) or DK Lillee (Fast Bowler) or Shane Warne (Spinners). Batmens, Bowlers or Spinners are just that, they arent previous players and to say that they will be a great player at the beginning of their career is unfair.
Its easy to ruin a player but making a prediction, but its hard not to.

he is good quick but we never forget that he is still 17.his mussels can not bear such stress any more.im also 17 so i can know much more &i also used to play cricket timely.so cricket board should care of him & make him rest for months or even years to become more healthy & put on weight.his mussels are also immature.GOD BLESS HIM& OTHER PLAYERS TOO.

All well that ends well. Well said Terry it's too early to judge Amir .He has still a lot to do prove his worth at international arena. Hard working and commitment is key and hopefully he 'll stick to it. Wish him very best...

Yup! he is very good find for pakistan cricket team hope as he gets little older and experince comes along with him he will be one of the best ...

Aamer is a talent, but let him progress naturally. Everyone was trumpeting Ishant Sharma after 'that' over against Ponting, but over time he has been shown to be an average paceman. Ditto Monty Panesar for England.

a massive moment of mohammad aamer's little career i would like to add...T20 champions were headed to south africa for champions trophy. The biggest match of the year india v/s pakistan..the biggest batsman on earth sachin ramesh tendulkar was on strike as a new boy from pakistan began his run up. There was nothing special in the delivery except it moved just a little outside off stump and was little over 145 kmph. Tendulkar who has played wasim akram before but not so recently went for a drive and got an edge. Rest is history india lost the match but i saw 'WASIM AKRAM' at the age of 17 bowling to much older sachin and again he won. History repeats itself.

No doubt Aamer is world class fast left hand bowlers and shows the memories of the great Wasim Akram, why not he got so many advises and tips from the great man, The worls will see another Wasim soon in shape of Mohammad Aamer. Pakistan always have the great bowlers in the past and the present as well. Mohammad Aamer has to be more fast and have to be in touch with Wasim Akram, Imran Khan, the australian fast bowlers. He is one the great asset for Pakisatn and wish him all the best for his future

Aamer, a new era in Cricket, he will be the best bowler in near future. Waseem and Waqar should give him tips for improvement.

Ameer is definitely a good find for Pakistan and he was spotted by the best in business that is Wasim Bhai. As a lot of my friends have mentioned in the eralier posts, fast bowlers are prone to injuries and for Ameer to prosper he should be mentored and coached properly. I hope he doesn't fall victim to injuries due to excessive bowling on placid sub-continental tracks and nasty politics that has plagued Pakistan cricket for decades. He has the makings of a great fast bowler but we need the X-Pakistani pacers like Wasim n Waqar to back him and provide him with more tips n tricks to make him more lethal in the international cricketing arena.
On a different note, I really wish Pakistan finds a solid and consistent opening pair and a captain who has true leadership qualities like legendary Imran Khan.

Mohammad Asad from USA.
I watched AAmer bowling on the boxing day.....Oh my God !!! he has all the weapons....Great future....
Slower delivery will automatically come as he will gain experience...Just imagine he is only 17.
I do not want to compare with Great Wasim Akram but pray for him to be free from any injury and Pak ugly cricket politics.
New Star for this decade. Go ahead...Good Luck.

Mohammad Asad from USA.

He is truly a great find.

I really hope he is managed better than Mohammed Zahid and Mohammed Asif. It would be so sad to see such talent go to waste due to lack of workload and player management.

best of luck to him.

Does anyone remember Mohammad Zahid? Brian Lara once said he is the fastest he ever face, Shoaib Akhtar once said, Zahid was a yard quicker than me...

Test matches are too much work for a 17 years old bowler, use him wisely and carefully we don't want him to disappear like Zahid..Good luck Aamer

Pakistan is the land that produces much more cricket talent than any other country, but the lack of facilities, substandard coaching, the dead wickets and politically chosen mostly corrupt cricket administrators have always kept this talent from developing in to big things.
Players with averages of 25 at international level and some of them even with average of 30 in domestic competitions are been kept representing us for decades. They drop them and then they bring them back when there is a vacancy again. it goes on and on. When we allready are losing each and every match, when 3-4 batters are non existent, then why not try those who are knocking at your doors with wonderfull shows in domestic seasons. Our youger talent has lost exposure to the visiting international teams as those side matches which were played by visitors were serving the talent, but administators do not come up with ideas to compensate that. They have to push other nations to make up for that.

Just look at this 15 year old Baber Azam, the opening batsman for U19. What a talent.. but who is gonna take care of him to find the right technique for bigger scenes, temprament. who is gonna tell him more tricks, who is gonna take him to next level. You need some top class batting and fielding coaches to work with this raw talent, otherwise you will always create exitement by bringing in likes of Hasan raza being 15, in to the national fold for a couple of matches and then the kids will float freely on domestic market without any further developement.

Yes,Imran. Aamer will be the best bowler in this decade. Not only he has a talent but he is a smart bowler with speeds of over 90m/hr. I wish him best of luck and wow what a talent Pakistan have found.

We should not blame Aamer for the drop catch of Ponting. we have senior players, even Wicket Keeper,constantly dropping catches. Aamer proved today that he is an alrounder in making like great imran and Wasim. We should not try to tarnish his confidance with one dropped catch. Today when I looked at him I was confident that if others would have supported him he could withstand the aussies attack and make it a draw test. Unfortunately Khuram was out and others could not resist for few minutes. The NEW PCB under Zaheer Abas should drop all except Aamer, Asif and Umar akmal and Afridi. Bring new talents and work with them for a while. Meanwhile the New PCB and new captain should enforce strict dicipline . The players should not decide for themselves and give unnecessary statements through media to show a total choas. you need a authocratic and militray type PCB not to tolerate non-sense like what happened to Kamran Akmal saga.

We Pakistanis have a habit of putting youngsters on a pedestal too often. I agree with Terry Jones that to comment on a player's future at the beginning of his career does not make much sense.

Amir is talented and a great asset for pakistan cricket but i still believe that he is finding it difficult to bring the ball back to right handers that is key for a left armer and wasim was exceptional in doing that and got so many wickets with that ball. Amir is young and am sure he would learn this art but the same time his muscles are weak and needs to improve his fitness as we would never want to see the most unfortunate thing happened to him that happened in case of the fastest bowler pakistan ever produced yes Mohammed Zahid, i wish he had played a lot. i hope Amir will be given proper care and advise to keep him self fit and free from injuries. Azhar, Saudi Arabia

amir is multitalented player of pakistan i hope he will played well for pakistan in futre i want to some word for afridi that he should stay at pitch

Aamer is one of the greatest criketer i have ever seen but i still dont get it tht why ddi he not play in the 3rd ODI?????