Waqar Younis: “He started feeling like the old Shaheen Afridi and started to swing the ball and the pace was getting better”
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Legendary Pakistan fast bowler Waqar Younis said left-arm seamer Shaheen Shah Afridi was looking like his old, dominant self again during the Test series against Australia.
Aakash Chopra: “Shaheen forces batsmen to play his deliveries with a squared stance, which opens up the opportunity for him to swing the ball back into the right-arm batters”
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Former India batsman Aakash Chopra said Pakistan left-arm seamer Shaheen Shah Afridi is such a threat because he “forces batsmen to play his deliveries with a squared stance”.
Imran Nazir: “Ryan Sidebottom, I want to learn some swing”
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Ex-Pakistan batsman Imran Nazir has told former England left-arm seamer Ryan Sidebottom to teach him how to swing the ball.
Trent Boult: “I have a lot of idols but this guy definitely inspired me to swing the ball. No one could move the ball like Wasim Akram could”
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New Zealand left-arm seamer Trent Boult has revealed that it was his Pakistan idol, Wasim Akram, who “inspired me to swing the ball”.
