5 ugly bowling actions in cricket

#3 Sohail Tanveer

Tanveer with his peculiar action

Tanveer belongs to the rare breed of fast bowlers who are wrong-footed. He also has a peculiar action where he rolls his arm twice before delivering the ball.

For his unique action, he is often called ‘Pankha’ (fan) in Pakistan cricketing circles. But his peculiarity has not stopped him from playing cricket at the highest level.

He was quite effective in the ODIs and the T20s he has played so far for Pakistan but injuries too have hampered his progress.

For the record, Tanveer has taken 71 wickets from 62 ODIs and 52 wickets from 54 T20 games. He was quite brilliant the first season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) too where batsmen failed to pick him. In a group game that year he picked up 6/14 which remain the best IPL figures till date.