Ali Raza: “I watch bowlers like Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, Mohammad Asif, Rana Naved and Mohammad Sami”
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Rising star Ali Raza said he studies bowlers such as Pakistan’s pace quintet of Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, Mohammad Asif, Rana Naved-ul-Hasan and Mohammad Sami.
Awais Zia: “I have been facing bowlers in the domestic circuit who bowl at 145 kph like Wahab Riaz, (Mohammad) Sami bhai, and many others like Mohammad Talha at that time, who also bowled 140 plus kph”
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Pakistan opening batsman Awais Zia said the pace duo of Wahab Riaz and Mohammad Sami were extremely fast as the bowled at speeds of 145 kph.
Gary Kirsten: “You had the challenge of some of the most fearsome fast bowlers around. I really loved the contest with Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Sami”
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Pakistan white-ball head coach Gary Kirsten admitted that the Pakistan quartet of Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Sami were four of the “most fearsome fast bowlers around”.
Azam Khan: “I was extremely scared of fast bowlers at that time and was trying to back off. Sami Bhai (Mohammad Sami) was bowling rockets and it was insanely hard for me to tackle that sort of pace”
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Azam Khan, the power-hitting wicketkeeper-batsman, has admitted that he was scared of the pace Pakistan speedster Mohammad Sami used to bowl at.
Mohammad Sami: “Pakistan needed Shaheen Afridi in their side, we were lacking a strike bowler”
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Former fast bowler Mohammad Sami said left-arm seamer Shaheen Shah Afridi is the only proper “strike bowler” Pakistan have got.
Mohammad Sami: “Haris Rauf and Wasim Jr are doing well and if you bring Shaheen in, that combination would be lethal”
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Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf and Mohammad Wasim Jnr would be the most lethal pace attack for Pakistan, former speedster Mohammad Sami believes.
Mohammad Sami: “We have all-rounders like Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Khushdil Shah and also Iftikhar Ahmed who can pitch in match-winning knocks”
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Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Sami said Iftikhar Ahmed can pitch in with match-winning knocks for the team.
Pakistan seamer Mohammad Sami: “I once bowled two deliveries that were both faster than 160 kph, at 162 and 164 respectively”
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Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Sami has claimed that he once bowled two deliveries that were 162 and 164 kph respectively.
Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Sami: “I bowled 100 mph twice in international cricket but they didn’t recognise it because I’m Karachite”
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Pakistan pace bowler Mohammad Sami has claimed that he bowled 100 mph twice in international cricket, but it wasn’t acknowledged or recorded because he is from Karachi.
Pakistan cricketer Rashid Latif said Shoaib Akhtar, Waqar Younis and Mohammad Sami all bowled at 150 kph regularly
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Former Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Rashid Latif revealed that Shoaib Akhtar, Waqar Younis and Mohammad Sami all bowled at 150 kph regularly.
