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.
Junaid Khan: “he had hardly played any domestic games and his performance on that tour wasn’t that great, so that could affect him going forward and damage his confidence”
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Pakistan left-arm seamer Junaid Khan believes that fellow seamer Muhammad Musa may have damaged his confidence following his international debut.
Shoaib Akhtar: “Sami could have easily picked up 400 wickets and be par with the right-arm version of Wasim Akram”
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Legendary Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar believes that fellow seamer Mohammad Sami had the talent to take 400 wickets and be as good as the legendary Wasim Akram.
Mohammad Sami: “I surely see them among the top four teams in the World Cup”
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Fast bowler Mohammad Sami believes that Pakistan are capable of qualifying for the semi-finals at the World Cup, which begins in England and Wales on May 30.
