Brian Lara: “Wasim Akram was maybe the most difficult bowler or the one I least wanted to come up against”
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Legendary West Indies batsman Brian Lara has admitted that iconic Pakistan left-arm seamer Wasim Akram was “maybe the most difficult bowler” he faced or “the one I least wanted to come up against”.
Wahab Riaz: “Shan is a very talented and skilful player and maybe in the future we can include him in the (T20) squad but this time around we just weren’t able to carve a space out for him”
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Pakistan chief selector Wahab Riaz conceded Test captain Shan Masood is “a very talented and skilful player”, but pointed out that there is simply no space for him in the T20I team.
“The experience of watching the very best go about their business is huge, so I’m a massive fan”
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England batsman Eoin Morgan has announced that he disagrees with legendary all-rounder Sir Ian Botham’s views about the Indian Premier League (IPL).
“He is the best bowler England have ever produced”
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England captain Alastair Cook has announced that pace bowler James Anderson “is the most skilful bowler in the world”.
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Anderson is only the fourth English bowler to take 300 Test wickets
In a rather bold statement, England bowling coach David Saker believes veteran pace bowler James Anderson is the “most skilful fast bowler in the world”, even more so than South African seamer Dale Steyn, who is currently ranked first on the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Test bowler rankings.