Shoaib Akhtar: “You need to increase your bowling speed to reverse swing the ball. Unless you add a couple of yards, the ball will not travel quickly enough”
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Masterful Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has shared the secrets on how to get the cricket ball to reverse swing.
Cameron Green: “He was getting the ball to reverse pretty largely both ways”
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Australia all-rounder Cameron Green said Pakistan speedster Naseem Shah was getting the ball to reverse swing in the Test series.
Azhar Ali: “We always knew how good they are, especially Starc when it comes to reverse swing”
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Pakistan batsman Azhar Ali said he and the rest of the team know how good Australia left-arm seamer Mitchell Starc is when it comes to reverse swing.
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”.
Shoaib Akhtar: “The one surprising thing about him [was] that he knew the reverse by living in Australia”
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Iconic Pakistan pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar said he was surprised at the fact that legendary Australia seamer Brett Lee knew how to bowl reverse swing.
Sarfraz Nawaz: “Over the course of time, more and more bowlers learnt and perfected the art which was very pleasing, especially given that some felt it was cheating, which of course was never the case”
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Iconic Pakistan quick bowler Sarfraz Nawaz said some cricketers felt he was cheating when he initially got the ball to reverse swing.
Sarfraz Nawaz: “The Pakistan team had Saleem Altaf and Asif Masood as the opening bowlers and I knew that I was a better bowler than them as they had no clue about reverse swing”
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Legendary Pakistan pace bowler Sarfraz Nawaz said he was better than Saleem Altaf and Asif Masood as they had no clue about reverse swing.
Ravi Shastri: “Imran’s strength was his remarkable control over swing and reverse swing. The steeply curving late swingers he bowled made life hellish for batsmen”
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India head coach Ravi Shastri said legendary Pakistan captain Imran Khan made life hell for the opposition batsmen with his “remarkable control” over his ability to swing the ball.
Shoaib Akhtar: “Always an inspiration”
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Pakistan great Shoaib Akhtar said iconic fast bowler and reverse swing master Waqar Younis is “always an inspiration”.
Michael Holding: “Waqar Younis, reverse swing that’s the first thing that comes to my mind”
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West Indies pace great Michael Holding said legendary Pakistan pace bowler Waqar Younis is a master of reverse swing.
