Shoaib Akhtar: “If you make fast pitches where batters will get a blow, blood running from the nose, youngsters will look to become a pacer”
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Pakistan pace demon Shoaib Akhtar has called for better pitches to be prepared, whereby they provide more support to fast bowlers.
Imam-ul-Haq: “That is my go-to shot (charging to go over the top) and the idea was to put him on [the] back foot”
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Pakistan opening batsman Imam-ul-Haq said he had planned to put Australia spinner Nathan Lyon “on [the] back foot” in the Test series.
Naseem Shah: “I heard someone bowled a lot of bouncers at him [Khushdil] in the nets, he was furious at that time. I didn’t say anything to him but it is a part of the game”
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Pakistan fast bowler Naseem Shah said big-hitting batsman Khushdil Shah was “furious” with him when he bowled him a bouncer that hit him on the head.
Shahid Afridi: “He is not that sort of bowler to be hit like that”
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Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi said left-arm seamer Shaheen Shah Afridi is not the type of bowler who should be hit for many runs.
Wasim Akram: “I told him in PSL as well that you have to change your game. As a bowler, if I’m bowling to Sharjeel, I know that I’m only going to get hit if I bowl a bad ball or he plays an exceptional shot”
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Iconic Pakistan left-arm fast bowler Wasim Akram has urged power-hitter Sharjeel Khan to change his game.
Mohammad Asif: “I called him up recently and told him to shut up about the incident and move on from it”
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Pakistan seamer Mohammad Asif said he told legendary pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar to “shut up” about the 2007 dressing room incident.
Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan: “I have been hearing that I am a player who is unable to hit sixes but it’s my belief that the Almighty is always helping me”
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Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan said he has “been hearing that I am a player who is unable to hit sixes”.
Mohammad Hafeez: “Good strong base, eye on the ball, good swing and follow through, body momentum”
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Pakistan power-hitter Mohammad Hafeez has provided some tips and advice on how to hit big sixes.
Shoaib Akhtar: “He was interfering and misbehaving in my argument with another player”
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Legendary Pakistan pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar has revealed that he hit seamer Mohammad Asif with a bat since he was “interfering and misbehaving” while he was having an argument.
Shaheen Shah Afridi will be monitored for 48 hours after being struck on the helmet
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Pakistan left-arm seamer Shaheen Shah Afridi will be closely monitored for the next 48 hours after he was struck on the helmet.
