Shoaib looking in good shape?

[in_cutter]

compared to the last pic I saw...but to stay fit is another thing!

[Hash]

You can't really tell from a picture.........the angle, the light etc can make things look like they aren't........but he does look better.

[The Godfather]

looks better than the last time i saw him

[foojam]

maybe someones been on photoshop

[SameerM]

It looks like he is saying - that youngster KHURRAM ka bacha, hit me rite there!!

ps. doesnt he look like he balding??

the man needs to get a shorter haircut - his style is a bit like the HAMLET cigar bloke.. bald with a strand at the front which he flips over his head!

[waqar_ahmad]

he should get his head shaved

[Solid Snake]

Poor guy, a mere shadow of his former self. To think we are now judging shoaib on his waist size. How desperate have we become?

[SameerM]

he looks leaner so should be faster..

shaved head? he would look worse than those other monkeys - Gibbs n co

[siddharth]

From the picture ,he looks leaner and fitter .No excess fat and pot belly .Good .

[sportacus]

He looks fit and his recent bowling performances such as 3-3 in 3 overs in 20:20 suggest he is also in very good form. In a format of the game made for batsmen as well.

[SameerM]

last game got slaughtered didnt he.. by imran nazir n the other opener as well as some youngster name Khurram.

consecutive boundaries i heard.. also heard Akhtar was a BIT angry.. kicking stuff on the ground and chuckin bottles etc!

[iZeeshan]

Looks good, but its Shoaib. He always has surprises for us.

[Monsee]

If with such a baggy/lose shirt on...one can see/or not see his pot belly: one must have laser vision!

[12thMan]

what is with phones and Paksitani players

[Monsee]

Originally Posted by 12thMan what is with phones and Paksitani players

All Pakistani Centrally contracted players have to wear a phone on their hand...it is part of a deal with Idiots and Bafoons limited; a company trying to promote the 'Important Useage' of Cell Phones in Pakistan!

The reasons: They don't think having 99.99% of Pak population as Cell Phone users is not enough...

[12thMan]

why didn't he just call the person he was pointing to. Bad phone plan or is he letting the person know he will call and suddenly flip open the phone?

[Amoeba]

Yes he is looking better but that is like saying that Mick Hucknall is better looking than Shane Macgowan. It is all relative.

[SUPERSAMI]

Its time to give up on his zulfay...

[shan2026]

Bad news for rest of the world.

[Sheikh]

Doesn't matter what he looks like; the fact of the matter is that he's struggling to bowl 4 over spells and is now skipping matches because he's unfit. Pathetic, but not surprising.

[Jayed]

he needs to grow his hair back pronto

[Sheikh]

Originally Posted by Jayed he needs to grow his hair back pronto

Umm, you can't grow your hair back when you're rapidly balding. See the white facial hair growing as well? This guy is aging worse than Andy Caddick!

[Jayed]

Originally Posted by Sheikh Umm, you can't grow your hair back when you're rapidly balding. See the white facial hair growing as well? This guy is aging worse than Andy Caddick!

I know...
I was being sarcastic.
Growing his hair back should be the last thought on his mind..proly is the first if I know shoaib

[Savak]

I feel really sorry and sad to say this but one of the sideeffects of powerful anabolic steroids is Rapid Hairloss. I would have given my everything to support him in his drugs case but the way he has lost hair from 2003 to now, it does raise serious questions in my mind now.

[the_love_machine]

Wow...look at the hairloss! Looks a totally different person compared to a couple of years ago. Sad to see! When do you think the decline of Shoaib started, regarding his body? I mean when exactly did he start putting on so much weight? I remember him bowling in 99 and he looked so fit. Good muscle, and he could bowl long spells. However, after 2000-2001 when his bowling action was questioned, that's when I feel he lost control over his weight. He gained excess muscle and always appeared 'too big' 2003 onwards. I remember in the 03 WC, I saw him bowling against Aus, and my first thought was damn, this guy looks so 'big' compared to a couple of months ago when he was playing Aus in a test series.

[safehands46]

He needs to complete a whole series. His thing is also he hasnt been playing for so long. all he is doing is chilling on the side.

[Mercenary]

Originally Posted by the_love_machine I remember him bowling in 99 and he looked so fit. Good muscle, and he could bowl long spells. However, after 2000-2001 when his bowling action was questioned, that's when I feel he lost control over his weight. He gained excess muscle and always appeared 'too big' 2003 onwards.

You think he's been comfort eating then?

[Jayed]

I doubt he has. Shoaibs pace was at its peak at 2002-2003. And, 2002 was Shoaib at his peak in pace and destructiveness, and 2003 was when he was just sheer pace and nothing else...04 was when he got slow, and started to get fatter...and. I think from 05 onwards he started to lose hair and just become blubber, but, in the 05 series against england and india, his pace wasn't there yet, maybe in india it was, but he did seem tooo fat...

[SHER-E-PUNJAB]

Did he play against India in the test series last time?

[12thMan]

yes he did in Pakistan but not in the one in India

[ehjaz]

Originally Posted by in_cutter compared to the last pic I saw...but to stay fit is another thing!

Hmmmmmmm....... Mr. Baldy

[siddharth]

Originally Posted by Savak I feel really sorry and sad to say this but one of the sideeffects of powerful anabolic steroids is Rapid Hairloss. I would have given my everything to support him in his drugs case but the way he has lost hair from 2003 to now, it does raise serious questions in my mind now.

U can't always relate hairloss to the ''steroid factors'.some people lose their hair quite rapidly .I am really surprised to see M Zahid as well.