Shoaib Akhtar: “I wanted to see if Ricky can match my pace and I was purposely bowling bouncers [to] see if I could beat him”
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Pakistan pace demon Shoaib Akhtar admitted that he purposely bowled bouncers to iconic Australia batsman Ricky Ponting during a Test match in Perth in 1999.
Naseem Shah: “I have worked on my strength that is speed but at the same time target bowling, yorkers, slower bouncers etc”
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Pakistan rising star Naseem Shah said his bowling speed has always been his strength.
Mohammad Yousuf: “Australia bowled a lot of bouncers at him but the way he showed his mettle and stuck around in the middle. He kept on leaving the ball, this shows the experience that he has played a lot of Test cricket, which also [benefited the] team”
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Mohammad Yousuf lauded Pakistan top order batsman Azhar Ali for not backing down even though Australia’s bowlers tried to unsettle him by bowling many bouncers.
David Hussey: “[He] bowls express, can bowl around the wicket, good yorkers, good bouncer, slow ball”
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Melbourne Stars head coach David Hussey said Pakistan left-arm fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi bowls with express pace.
Pakistan quick Hasan Ali: “Learning how to score more and more runs against yorkers, bouncers and slower deliveries”
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Pakistan fast bowler Hasan Ali said he is learning how to score runs against yorkers, bouncers and slower balls.
Pakistan seamer Zeeshan Zameer: “My wicket-taking deliveries are yorkers and bouncers and I feel that the bouncer is the one I excel in the most”
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Pakistan speedster Zeeshan Zameer said he excels in bowling wicket-taking bouncers.
Shaheen Shah Afridi: “It will be beneficial for me, if I can bowl bouncers like Shoaib Akhtar. Shoaib [Akhtar] bhai was the fastest bowler and I would like to add a bit more pace like him in my bowling”
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Pakistan left-arm seamer Shaheen Shah Afridi crowned legendary speedster Shoaib Akhtar the fastest bowler ever and said he had a lethal bouncer.
Rashid Latif called Shoaib Akhtar a “strong man”
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Former Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Rashid Latif has called legendary pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar a “strong man”.
Former Pakistan cricketer Faisal Iqbal: “Indeed bouncers [are] Steve Smith’s weakness”
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Australia star Steve Smith is arguably the best batsman in the world right now, but Balochistan head coach and former Pakistan cricketer Faisal Iqbal claims to know his weakness.
Michael Vaughan: “Naseem Shah bowled ok. He wasn’t quite his best, the way he bowled at Manchester”
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Former England captain Michael Vaughan was not overly impressed with the way in which Pakistan pace bowler Naseem Shah bowled in the second Test.