Saeed Ajmal: “I think after Zaheer Khan, he is the first Indian bowler whose swing and pace is not predictable. He gets two to move away, and then gets one to jag back in”
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Former Pakistan spinner Saeed Ajmal said left-arm speedster Arshdeep Singh is the first Indian bowler since Zaheer Khan “whose swing and pace is not predictable”.
Wasim Akram: “What I love about him is his follow-through. The way he bends down, puts all the pressure on his front leg. A very clean action, that’s very important. His front arm is high, he gets the out-swing because of that”
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Naseem Shah gets out-swing since his front arm is high when he is bowling, legendary Pakistan left-arm seamer Wasim Akram said.
Shaun Tait: “Getting both conventional and reverse swing”
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Pakistan bowling coach Shaun Tait acknowledged that fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi is a major threat with the ball as he has the ability to get “conventional and reverse swing”.
Mohammad Amir: “Even early on, he struggles against the ball that goes away”
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Pakistan left-arm pace bowler Mohammad Amir said India opener Rohit Sharma has a weakness against out-swing early into his innings.
Wasim Akram: “He swings the new ball at pace in both directions”
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Pakistan great Wasim Akram said left-arm fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi has good pace and swings the ball both ways.
Sherfane Rutherford: “A true legend of cricket, master of swing and here reverse swing [wow], amazing Wasim Akram”
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West Indies big-hitter Sherfane Rutherford said legendary Pakistan left-arm seamer is a “master of swing” and a “true legend of cricket”.
Mohammad Asif revealed how to bowl deadly out-swingers and in-swingers
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In a video on Twitter, Mohammad Asif, who was once a Pakistan sensation for his ability to take wickets, revealed the secrets behind bowling deadly out-swingers and in-swingers.
Shaheen Shah Afridi: “Out-swing like Sohail Khan”
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Pakistan left-arm seamer Shaheen Shah Afridi has said that he wants to copy teammate Sohail Khan’s out-swing as it is always a threat.
Wasim Akram: “Why I like Marin Crowe is there was a series in which Crowe scored two centuries against us”
Legendary Pakistan left-arm seamer Wasim Akram has admitted that he really liked the way iconic New Zealand batsman Martin Crowe played.
Akram recalled how Crowe, who tragically passed away in 2016, scored two centuries against Pakistan in one particular series.
He also remembered the way Crowe used to trouble him and Waqar Younis, even though they were, and still are, one of the best bowling pairs in the history of the game.
“Why I like Marin Crowe is there was a series in which Crowe scored two centuries against us,” Akram told former Pakistan cricketer Tanveer Ahmed in a YouTube interview as quoted by the Hindustan Times. “So I asked him how did play us? He said ‘[I] played both of you (Wasim and Waqar) on the front foot and for the in-swing. The outside automatically used to go past the outside edge. Out-swing will trouble you when you go to chase the ball’.
“So that was his simple technique. When played us on the front foot we used to bowl bouncers at him which hampered our lines.”
Crowe represented New Zealand in 77 Test matches and scored 5,444 runs, which included 17 centuries and 18 half-centuries, at an average of 45.36.
He also played 143 ODIs and amassed 4,704 runs, which included four centuries and 34 fifties, at an average of 38.55.
Akram, meanwhile, played 104 Tests and took 414 wickets at an average of 23.62.
He is also the second-highest wicket-taker in ODI history as he claimed 502 wickets in 356 matches at an average of 23.52.
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Younis Khan: “It’s important for me when I speak to the batsmen that you have to focus on one ball at a time, no matter who the bowler is”
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Batting coach Younis Khan has revealed that he has advised the Pakistan batsmen to “focus on one ball at a time” ahead of the England series.
