Stupid video and even more stupid comparison. Akhtar's ball is with a front cam. Full pitched ball that batsman played. Thommo's ball is shot from the back. Short ball left by batsman and jump-caught by marsh. its like comparing apples and bananas (forget oranges). Watch a similar left alone akht...
Most of these balls will be given an uppercut my modern batsmen today. 170kmph or faster? Watch Akhtar's deliveries with a cam from back. Will look the same. The pace and the carry appears much more exaggerated when seen from the wk end cam.
Batting was not as AGGRESSIVE and INNOVATIVE those days as it is today. So what if the batsmen are wearing helmet these days? How often they get ruffed up on the helmets? Not often. Pointing can swat your quickest bouncer for a six like swatting a fly. Sehwag can cut any and everything. Jayasuri...
a bunch of drug addicts wagging their drum heads in the ecstasy of crack.....