Dean Jones on Wasim Akram: “I was in next and shi**ing myself”
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Former Australia batsman Dean Jones has admitted that he was “shi**ing myself” to face legendary Pakistan left-arm seamer Wasim Akram.
Faisal Iqbal: “I have been saying again and again that Naseem Shah will demolish whoever comes his way”
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Former Pakistan batsman Faisal Iqbal has lavished praise on teenage pace sensation Naseem Shah, saying he “will demolish whoever comes his way”.
Naseem Shah “generated considerable pace on a slow pitch and troubled all of the batsmen, with Fawad Alam needing treatment and a new helmet after he was clattered by a skiddy bouncer from Naseem”
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Pakistan fast bowler Naseem Shah was in scarily good form in the latest warm-up game the national team played as he struck batsman Fawad Alam with a skiddy bouncer that left him needing treatment and a new helmet.
Shoaib Malik: “I will say Shoaib Akhtar was the toughest overall. I faced him many times in domestic cricket and he was quick and nasty”
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Pakistan all-rounder Shoaib Malik has admitted that legendary fast bowler Shoaib Malik was the toughest opponent he ever faced since he was “quick and nasty”.
Babar Azam: “I kept doing that – block two balls and drive the third one. He was like, ‘Get me a new ball, I will show him’. Immediately, Mudassar bhai told me, ‘get out of the nets or he will kill you’. He took me out of the nets”
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Pakistan limited overs captain Babar Azam recalled how he faced and angered legendary fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar in the nets.
Shoaib Akhtar: “It was a special innings, he should have reached the century mark and I wanted him to hit a century. For that bouncer where I got him out, I would have loved to see a sixer”
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Legendary Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has admitted that he was “very sad” when he dismissed iconic India batsman Sachin Tendulkar during the 2003 World Cup.
Shoaib Akhtar: “Thank God he didn’t die because if the ball had hit him just inches towards the head, his skull bone would have been broken and thank God it didn’t happen”
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Legendary Pakistan pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar recalled how he nearly killed former West Indies batsman Brian Lara with a lethal bouncer.
Shoaib Akhtar has revealed all the tips and secrets to bowling the perfect bouncer
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Legendary Pakistan seamer Shoaib Akhtar was one of the quickest and most lethal bowlers the game has ever seen.
Pat Cummins: “Hope you practise your bouncers, because we’ll be bowling a lot of them”
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Pat Cummins has made it clear that Australia will bowl a barrage of short balls to England during the highly-anticipated Ashes series, which begins in November.
Warner is expected to travel to Bangladesh with the rest of the Test team on Friday
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Australia head coach Darren Lehmann has revealed that opening batsman and Test vice-captain David Warner is likely to be on board the team flight to Bangladesh on Friday.
