Usman Khawaja: “We know Starc can swing the new ball. Shaheen has a very good wrist. He definitely swings the ball. When it’s overcast in Australian conditions, if a fast bowler is swinging the ball, it makes our job as an opener a bit tough”
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Australia opening batsman Usman Khawaja has confessed that it is tough to face Pakistan left-arm fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi as he “definitely swings the ball.”
Usman Khawaja: “I think Shaheen Shah and Mitchell Starc, both are very fast bowlers, and both can bowl up to 145”
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Australia opening batsman Usman Khawaja admitted that Pakistan left-arm seamer Shaheen Shah Afridi is “very fast” as he is capable of hitting speeds up to 145 kph.
Sarfaraz Ahmed: “Shaheen Afridi and Mitchell Starc are both excellent bowlers and they will both try to create problems for the batters”
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Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Sarfaraz Ahmed said he expects pace spearhead Shaheen Shah Afridi to be hostile and create problems for the batsmen in the ongoing three-Test series against Australia.
Rohit Sharma: “None, both are quality, quite threatening with the new ball, can swing the ball, quite fast. So I would say none”
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India captain Rohit Sharma has admitted he wouldn’t want to face Pakistan left-arm seamer Shaheen Shah Afridi as he bowls “quite fast” and generates good swing.
Shikhar Dhawan: “Shaheen Afridi I wouldn’t take because then there would be two left-arm pacers, so I’ll go for Rabada”
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Shikhar Dhawan, the India opening batsman, picked South Africa fast bowler Kagiso Rabada over Pakistan pace spearhead Shaheen Shah Afridi when putting together the first five players in his dream XI for the ongoing 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup.
Mohammad Amir: “[Trent] Boult, he is number one for me, then Naseem Shah. These are bowlers, who I feel are complete bowlers and can play all formats. And third would be Mitchell Starc”
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Mohammad Amir has put fellow Pakistan fast bowler Naseem Shah rather than Shaheen Shah Afridi in second place on his list of favourite bowlers.
Fakhar Zaman: “It is tougher to bat against Shaheen than Starc or Boult”
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Fakhar Zaman, the Pakistan opening batsman, said it is “tougher to bat against” left-arm seamer Shaheen Shah Afridi than Australia’s Mitchell Starc and New Zealand’s Trent Boult.
Geoff Lawson: “Pakistan will have a leftie with swing & genuine speed in Shaheen Afridi. He boasts a Mitchell Starc-like yorker, a threatening bouncer & a knuckleball”
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Former Pakistan head coach Geoff Lawson said left-arm speedster Shaheen Shah Afridi boasts a yorker similar to that of Australia’s Mitchell Starc.
Kane Williamson: “Ooh, they’re both pretty similar, aren’t they, with their yorkers. Shaheen Afridi”
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New Zealand captain Kane Williamson said Pakistan left-arm seamer Shaheen Shah Afridi’s yorkers are better than those of Australia speedster Mitchell Starc.
Mohammad Yousuf: “If you look at Starc and Cummins they are very experienced. I think they were fantastic and bowled in brilliant areas”
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Legendary Pakistan batsman Mohammad Yousuf said the Australia pace duo of Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc were “fantastic” in the recent three-Test series.
