Ashley Noffke: “We want Shaheen to keep working on it – whether it’s bringing the ball in or taking it away”
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Pakistan bowling coach Ashley Noffke confirmed left-arm seamer Shaheen Shah Afridi is working on improving his out-swingers and in-swingers.
Wasim Akram: “He has only two types of deliveries. Either he will bowl a yorker or keep straight. The world knows about his bowling now, and the batters are prepared to take him on. He doesn’t know how to take the ball away from the batter”
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Pakistan pace icon Wasim Akram has lambasted left-arm seamer Shaheen Shah Afridi for only having two types of deliveries, saying it has made him predictable.
Brian Lara: “Wasim Akram was maybe the most difficult bowler or the one I least wanted to come up against”
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Legendary West Indies batsman Brian Lara has admitted that iconic Pakistan left-arm seamer Wasim Akram was “maybe the most difficult bowler” he faced or “the one I least wanted to come up against”.
Mir Hamza: “I thought if I can swing the ball, I’ll have a great opportunity because the batter isn’t set at the time. I thought that way and believed Travis Head was waiting for my out-swinger, but I brought it back in. It was my favourite Test dismissal”
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Pakistan left-arm fast bowler Mir Hamza has conceded that getting Australia batsman Travis Head out for a golden duck in the second Test in Melbourne was his “favourite Test dismissal.”
Rana Naved-ul-Hasan: “If I was in my old rhythm, then I can get Kohli out easily. I had good out-swing so I would have gotten him caught at slips or the wicketkeeper”
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Former Pakistan fast bowler Rana Naved-ul-Hasan firmly believes that if he was in his prime, he would get India batsman Virat Kohli out easily.
Hashim Amla: “I’d set myself up for an in-swinger and he’d beat me on the outside edge”
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Ex-South Africa batsman Hashim Amla said Pakistan quick Mohammad Asif had the ability to “beat me on the outside edge”.
Pakistan seamer Mohammad Asif: “I had a routine, where ahead of the commencement of any season, I would start practising a month or two in advance, even when the temperatures were very hot”
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Pakistan seamer Mohammad Asif has revealed that he used to practise one or two months before the start of the season.
Hunain Shah: “He speaks to me before my matches and offers a lot of help and guidance especially since I am striving to develop an out-swinger like him”
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Hunain Shah has admitted that he wants to copy his brother Naseem Shah’s out-swinger.
Darren Gough: “The biggest problem for Pakistani pacers is when they come to the likes of England and they see the ball seaming around and they kind of don’t know how to deal with it”
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Former England fast bowler Darren Gough has revealed that the “biggest problem for Pakistani pacers” is when they come to places like England and “see the ball seaming around and they kind of don’t know how to deal with it”.
