Shoaib Akhtar: “You were always at an advantage. Calling yourself a bowler when you wanted and a batsman when you wanted”
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Legendary Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar poked fun at iconic all-rounder Shahid Afridi, saying he called himself “a bowler when you wanted and a batsman when you wanted”.
Dean Jones: “Nope… I have the dream job already… being coach of Karachi Kings”
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Former Australia batsman Dean Jones said that being head coach of the Karachi Kings is his “dream job”.
Brett Lee: “I see this guy with the beautiful black flowing hair running in with a quick arm action and I went ‘Holy smoke! That is good pace'”
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Legendary Australia fast bowler Brett Lee admitted that the first time he saw iconic Pakistan seamer Shoaib Akhtar bowling, he thought “Holy smoke! That is good pace”.
Brad Hogg: “I feel Williamson, Kohli at present with [their] longevity. They have a proven record of performing in the tough situations. Babar is breathing on their necks he is that close”
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Former Australia spinner Brad Hogg believes that Pakistan limited overs captain Babar Azam is breathing down the necks of India captain Virat Kohli and New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson in regards to the best batsmen today.
Rashid Latif: “The biggest regret of my life, I didn’t let my son play cricket, I should have”
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Former Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Rashid Latif has admitted that the “biggest regret of my life” was not letting his son play cricket.
Mohammad Asif: “My job is [to] perform on the ground – look at Wahab who went to play in the World Cup – we both played for WAPDA and I took 19 wickets in 2 games but Wahab had 2 wickets but he got called for the World Cup”
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Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif has made it clear that there is no bad blood between him and left-arm seamer Wahab Riaz.
Pakistan seamer Mohammad Asif: “From the time I was a matric student, I would continuously practice bowling from 2-6pm every day”
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Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif has revealed that he used to practice from 2pm to 6pm every day when he was a matric student.
Mohammad Asif: “Before when batsmen came into the team, they spoke of role models like Mohammad Yousuf or Younis Khan, but looking at the batsmen in our team today, no one wants to use them as role models”
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Veteran seamer Mohammad Asif has claimed that the current Pakistan team don’t consider the past legends as role models.
Mohammad Asif: “We need some more batsmen like Babar Azam in our middle order who can become the backbone of the team”
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Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif believes that the national team is lacking more middle order batsmen like limited overs captain Babar Azam.
Mohammad Asif: “The best 3-4 fast bowlers who have come to the fore in the past have been Gujjars – Shoaib Akhtar, Amir and I are all Gujjars”
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Pakistan seamer Mohammad Asif noted that the “best 3-4 fast bowlers who have come to the fore in the past have been Gujjars”.
