Speed doesn't count for crap. Pakistan's own best bowlers were Wasim, Waqar and Imran and they were known for their swing not for speed. Shoaib was the one known for speed and he didnt even come close to these guys.
The best bowler in the world right now, Bumrah is also not known for his speed. Gleen Mcgrath, arguable the best bowler in the world of his time was also not known for speed.
Shaun Tate and Dale Steyn were also damn fast. They didn't achieve mcuh
I see I thought you had a better understanding of the topic. My mistake.
Take a glance at this, written by a very knowledgeable Indian btw.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/603756.html
Here's an interesting snippet from it:
"It is so with Steyn too. Possessed of an action that doesn't place too much strain on him and is easily reproduced, he allows himself to get into an excellent rhythm. And when the ball snakes away from the right-hander at pace, cricket is a game to be enjoyed by everyone but the man at the other end.
And he wants to bowl fast.
They are a bit like fighter pilots, these fast bowlers, looking down at anything that dilutes the thrill. (When asked if he would fly commercial aircraft for several times his salary, my cousin who flew
MIGs sneered and said, "Anyone can fly that, even the plane itself.") These guys will sneer too if you ask them to run up and bowl medium pace at three-quarter lengths. It is a more comfortable life, like flying a jetliner, but it isn't them.
Many years ago, when Waqar Younis was still a tearaway and one of the great sights in the game, he went to play in England, where the importance of a steady line and length was being impressed on him. "Naw" he said (and he was still shaking his head sideways in the interview, looking back), "I don't do that. I am a fast bowler." Steyn, for all his accuracy, is a fast bowler. It is Philander who does that other job (and mighty well too for South Africa)."
Kind of interesting he talks about fighter pilots and MIGs just a happy coincidence.