Mohammad Amir: “Naveen-ul-Haq said to me I should have gone to jail for 5 years”
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Pakistan left-arm seamer Mohammad Amir said that Afghanistan pace bowler Naveen-ul-Haq told him that he should have gone to jail for five years.
Pakistan seamer Mohammad Amir: “Even when I started off, I had this habit of getting into trouble with every other batsman”
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Pakistan left-arm seamer Mohammad Amir has revealed that he had a habit of getting into altercations with batsmen early on in his career.
Jofra Archer on Naseem Shah: “It’s not every day you’re going to come in at 90 mph. I’ve seen Shah started bowling 90 mph so we’ll see how he goes on later on”
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England pace bowler Jofra Archer has questioned whether Pakistan seamer Naseem Shah will be able to bowl at 90 mph consistently during the second Test in Southampton.
Shane Watson: “It was very silly and naive of me [that] I didn’t realise that Wahab Riaz could bowl that fast. I said something to him – because he kept playing and missing Mitchell Starc – so I ran past him and said, ‘Have you got a hole in your bat? Because you just keep missing the ball’”
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Former Australia all-rounder Shane Watson has revealed that he regrets sledging Pakistan left-arm seamer Wahab Riaz during their famous battle in the quarter-final of the 2015 World Cup.
Kevin Pietersen: “The speed at which Shoaib Akhtar bowled in that Test series, oh my word! Crazy, he was bowling faster at five in the afternoon than he was in the morning. It was crazy, crazy”
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Legendary England batsman Kevin Pietersen has revealed that the speed at which iconic Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar used to bowl at was “crazy”.
Shan Masood: “Sarfaraz [Ahmed] is funny. Imam-ul-Haq is very funny”
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Pakistan batsman Shan Masood has revealed that wicketkeeper-batsman Sarfaraz Ahmed and opening batsman Imam-ul-Haq are the two funniest sledgers in the national team.
Wasim Akram: “If I sledged Tendulkar he would have become even more determined. But if I did the same to Kohli, he might have got angry and tried to attack me which would have given me a good chance to take his wicket”
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Legendary Pakistan left-arm seamer Wasim Akram has suggested that it would be easier to dismiss current India captain Virat Kohli than iconic batsman Sachin Tendulkar.
Shoaib Akhtar: “I will produce more aggressive, fast and more talkative bowlers than the current ones, who will tell off the batsmen in a way that you will enjoy a lot”
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Legendary Pakistan seamer Shoaib Akhtar firmly believes he can make India’s bowlers “aggressive, fast and more talkative” if he is given the chance to coach them.
Andrew Flintoff: “I called him and said ‘Shoaib it’s all right. You look like Tarzan but bowl like Jane’, which haunted me straight away. First or second ball, my stump was cartwheeling backwards and as I walked off he gave me that big ‘ooahhhhh’ (Tarzan scream)”
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Former England captain and all-rounder Andrew Flintoff recalled when legendary Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar called him “fat” and screamed like Tarzan.
Tim Paine said Mohammad Rizwan “smells very nice”
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Australia captain Tim Paine sledged Pakistan batsman Mohammad Rizwan in a unique and hilarious way on the opening day of the first Test in Brisbane, saying “he smells very nice”.
