Shaun Tait: “He is tall, he runs in fast and becomes intimidating for the batter”
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Pakistan fast bowling coach Shaun Tait said left-arm seamer Shaheen Shah Afridi is an intimidating sight for batsmen as he is tall and swings the ball at speeds of 150 kph.
Yasir Arafat: “Other cricketers were fast-tracked based on someone’s liking, someone who had played two matches of first-class cricket or not played at all. I didn’t understand why I was not in their good books”
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Former Pakistan all-rounder Yasir Arafat has offered a shocking insight into favouritism during his playing days.
Shoaib Akhtar: “Where batsman David Warner hit me for three or four boundaries, even though it was at the end of my career, I knew what to bowl but couldn’t bowl the way Amir was reading the situation. On the same pitch, he [Amir] was making Warner dance in Birmingham”
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Legendary Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar recalled the time when left-arm seamer Mohammad Amir troubled Australia opener David Warner immensely with his bowling.
Ben Cutting: “I personally dislike facing them in the nets especially when they use two new balls between them as their pace and swing are quite intimidating”
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Australia all-rounder Ben Cutting has admitted that the Pakistan pace duo of Naseem Shah and Mohammad Hasnain can be “quite intimidating”.
Kumble’s tenure as head coach will conclude after the Champions Trophy
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The Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC), which consists of Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman, have sought more time to decide whether to retain Anil Kumble as India’s head coach.
Kumble’s tenure as head coach will come to an end after the Champions Trophy
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Speculation has been rife about why the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) didn’t extend head coach Anil Kumble’s contract, which ends after the Champions Trophy in England next month.
“It’s a knockout situation and you have to win pretty much every game, that is the way I see it”
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Australia left-arm pace bowler Mitchell Johnson has announced that England “are dreaming if they think they are not under pressure”.
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“If you can bowl a ball at someone’s grille, I don’t care who you are you’re going to feel intimidated”
Australia left-arm pace bowler Mitchell Johnson has defended his aggressive approach, stating that fast bowling has always been about “intimidating” your opponent.
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“He says he’s ready to go again and we will have to work well with him on tour”
England captain Alastair Cook has announced that he will be keeping a close eye on left-arm spinner Monty Panesar during the Ashes series as he has been involved in numerous controversies over the past couple of months.
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“Pakistan cricket has hit rock bottom”
A number of former players who represented Pakistan have called for Misbah-ul-Haq to be stripped of the captaincy and head coach Dav Whatmore to be fired immediately after the national team suffered a humiliating loss to Zimbabwe in the second Test, which saw them drop from fourth to sixth on the International Cricket Council (ICC) Test team rankings.
