Shaheen Shah Afridi: “Now that he has made a comeback in the ODIs, he has shown that he has the skill; he can reverse swing the ball very well”
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Pakistan ODI captain Shaheen Shah Afridi has lauded pace bowler Mohammad Wasim Jnr, saying he can “reverse swing the ball very well”.
Shan Masood: “There is no one better than Hasan Ali and Shaheen Shah Afridi in Pakistan at reverse swing”
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Pakistan Test captain Shan Masood believes there is no one better in the country at reverse swing than the pace duo of Shaheen Shah Afridi and Hasan Ali.
Aaqib Javed: “I have spoken to Haris Rauf and Shaheen Afridi, and I’ve asked them to go back and work on their skill sets”
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Pakistan Director of High-Performance Aaqib Javed revealed he has asked fast bowlers Shaheen Shah Afridi and Haris Rauf to “work on their skill sets”.
Former Pakistan batsman Mudassar Nazar: “Unfortunately, our pacers are not generating as much reverse swing as they should. I feel they lack confidence, and the fact that they don’t play enough first-class cricket is a major reason behind it”
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Former Pakistan batsman Mudassar Nazar has criticised the pace attack for not “not generating as much reverse swing as they should”.
Sohail Tanvir: “Death bowling is a big, big concern lately, ball reversing and still we couldn’t nail yorkers”
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Former Pakistan left-arm seamer Sohail Tanvir has slammed the national team’s pace attack, saying their “death bowling is a big, big concern lately”.
Shan Masood: “Aamer Jamal can reverse swing, bowls well with the new ball, and has proven his responsibility as a batter in multiple Tests”
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Pakistan Test captain Shan Masood has praised fast bowler Aamer Jamal, saying he can get the ball to reverse swing and has also proven himself as a batsman in Test cricket.
Salman Butt: “Wasim bhai and Waqar bhai were not only express fast bowlers, but they could swing the ball, seam it, and execute deadly reverse swing. They had the ability to shatter toes and split helmets, such complete bowlers are unmatched”
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Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt believes the legendary pace duo of Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis “are unmatched” as they were “complete bowlers” who “had the ability to shatter toes and split helmets”.
Shoaib Akhtar: “Sachin Tendulkar used to score in every difficult situation. He used to hit me when I was reversing the ball at 155 kph. Anything over 150 kph is hard to see, but Sachin used to make runs at will”
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Legendary Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has heaped praise on iconic India batsman Sachin Tendulkar, saying he used to hit him “when I was reversing the ball at 155 kph”.
Jason Gillespie: “He swings the ball, and he can swing it quite late. He can get some reverse swing as well. He bowls very disciplined lines, very disciplined lengths”
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Former Australia fast bowler Jason Gillespie has highlighted Pakistan left-arm seamer Shaheen Shah Afridi’s lethality with the ball, pointing to his ability to generate late swing and reverse swing.
Naseem Shah: “I was bowling at him and I bowled a yorker and the ball was reversing. It was a perfect yorker and he ran it down to third man, I felt this was unfair”
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Pakistan seamer Naseem Shah admitted he was shocked at how easily batsman Babar Azam played his reverse swinging yorker when they battled against each other in the 2024 Pakistan Super League (PSL).
