Shoaib Akhtar: “Had it not been Ricky Ponting … I would have chopped his [the batsman’s] head off because it was furiously fast”
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Recalling a “furiously fast” spell he unleashed in 1999, Pakistan fast bowling king Shoaib Akhtar said if anyone else had been batting other than Australia legend Ricky Ponting, he would have chopped their head off.
Shoaib Akhtar: “I had never beaten him with my sheer pace”
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Pakistan seamer Shoaib Akhtar said he had “never beaten” legendary Australia captain and batsman Ricky Ponting with his “sheet pace”.
Shoaib Akhtar: “I wanted to see if Ricky can match my pace and I was purposely bowling bouncers [to] see if I could beat him”
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Pakistan pace demon Shoaib Akhtar admitted that he purposely bowled bouncers to iconic Australia batsman Ricky Ponting during a Test match in Perth in 1999.
Ricky Ponting: “The thing I always look for with these younger type of batters is if they can play well off the back foot in Australia”
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Iconic Australia captain Ricky Ponting pointed out that Pakistan skipper Babar Azam has done something that England leader Joe Root hasn’t.
Ricky Ponting: “He’s a beautiful player, simple as that”
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Legendary Australia captain and batsman Ricky Ponting said there is no denying the fact that Pakistan skipper Babar Azam is a “beautiful player”.
Ricky Ponting: “It’s only a matter of time I felt before he was going to be either the No.1-ranked Test batter in the world or certainly challenging for it”
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Former Australia skipper Ricky Ponting has backed Pakistan captain Babar Azam to become the number one Test batsman in the world or be “challenging for it”.
Ricky Ponting: “I think I said then that for this guy, the sky is the limit”
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Ricky Ponting feels Babar Azam is destined for greatness as he said the sky is the limit for the Pakistan captain.
Ricky Ponting: “I have heard a lot about him and I have seen a fair bit of his while-ball stuff, but this guy is the real deal”
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Australia great Ricky Ponting has no doubts in his mind that Pakistan captain and star batsman Babar Azam is the “real deal”.
Ricky Ponting: “His white-ball cricket has been nothing short of breathtakingly good for the last four-five years”
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Ricky Ponting, arguably Australia’s great-ever captain and batsman, lauded Pakistan skipper Babar Azam for being so “breathtakingly good” in limited overs cricket for the last four to five years.
Ricky Ponting: “He (Babar Azam) has been great in T20I cricket in the past as well, hasn’t he?”
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Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting heaped praise on Pakistan skipper Babar Azam for his performances in T20 Internationals.
