Shoaib Akhtar: “Thank god he shortened his run-up. He lands on the left foot, and you see often he collapses on the pitch because he cannot control the follow-through”
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Pakistan pace great Shoaib Akhtar is glad that England fast bowler Mark Wood shortened his run-up.
Shoaib Akhtar: “If I become the PCB chairman, only the players who show impressive performance will come forward”
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Iconic fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has revealed what he would do if he were to become Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman.
Pakistan pace icon Shoaib Akhtar: “Now you’ll say that I stayed unfit throughout my career. But even if I was unfit, I bowled in such a way that jaws would drop. Then that is not unfit, that is sheer will and madness for my country”
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Legendary Pakistan pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar said he even when he was unfit, he bowled “in such a way that jaws would drop” as he had “sheer will and madness” to perform for his country.
Shoaib Akhtar: “That’s why I had criticised Saqlain Mushtaq and others to get your middle order and batting order sorted”
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Legendary pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar has urged Pakistan head coach Saqlain Mushtaq to sort of the team’s middle order woes.
Shoaib Akhtar: “Whoever can bowl 150kph has 10ks in reserve, with the right preparation and the right recuperation”
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Iconic Pakistan speedster Shoaib Akhtar said whichever bowler can hit speeds of 150 kph has 10 kph in reserve, meaning they can bowl at 160 kph.
Shoaib Akhtar: “Virat Kohli was the chase master, Babar Azam has mastered that art”
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India batsman Virat Kohli “was the chase master”, but Pakistan captain Babar Azam has now mastered that art, 161.3 kph fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar said.
Shoaib Akhtar on Mohammad Wasim: “Jab chief selector average hoga unke decision bhi average honge (When the chief selector is average, his decisions are also going to be average)”
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Pakistan pace icon Shoaib Akhtar said Mohammad Wasim was an average chief selector who made average decisions.
Shoaib Akhtar: “If he is thinking that he cannot bowl more than 155, he is absolutely wrong there”
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Legendary Pakistan pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar said if England speedster Mark Wood thinks he can’t bowl faster than 155 kph, he’s “absolutely wrong”.
Shoaib Akhtar: “Fakhar Zaman, I have told this a million times before, give him those six overs”
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Legendary Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar wants Fakhar Zaman opening the batting in T20Is and going big in the first six overs.
Shoaib Akhtar: “If he wants to bowl 100 mph, he needs to start pulling trucks”
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Legendary Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has told England seamer Mark Wood that if he wants to bowl 100 mph, he has to “start pulling trucks”.
