He’s searching for wickets, Shane Bond on Pakistan fast bowler leaking a lot of runs

Shane Bond said Pakistan left-arm seamer Shaheen Shah Afridi is searching for wickets and leaking a lot of runs

Shane Bond: “You look at someone like Shaheen Shah Afridi, who’s sort of still searching for wickets, bowling [a] really full length, and at the moment he’s going for a lot of runs”

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Legendary New Zealand fast bowler Shane Bond said Pakistan left-arm seamer Shaheen Shah Afridi is “searching for wickets” and “going for a lot of runs” when bowling.

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Causes big headaches, Tim Southee on Pakistan bowler who has plenty of ways to take wickets

Tim Southee said Pakistan left-arm seamer Shaheen Shah Afridi causes big headaches

Tim Southee: “Those two guys that you mentioned, Shaheen Shah and Trent Boult, are quality bowlers and have caused a lot of players headaches over the years”

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Tim Southee, the New Zealand speedster, admitted that Pakistan left-arm seamer Shaheen Shah Afridi causes big “headaches” since he is a difficult bowler to face.

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Number two on my list of favourite bowlers, Mohammad Amir ignores Shaheen Shah Afridi for another Pakistan pace maestro

Mohammad Amir said Pakistan seamer Naseem Shah is number two on his list of favourite bowlers

Mohammad Amir: “[Trent] Boult, he is number one for me, then Naseem Shah. These are bowlers, who I feel are complete bowlers and can play all formats. And third would be Mitchell Starc”

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Mohammad Amir has put fellow Pakistan fast bowler Naseem Shah rather than Shaheen Shah Afridi in second place on his list of favourite bowlers.

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Tougher than facing Mitchell Starc or Trent Boult, Fakhar Zaman singles out 150 kph Pakistan bowler who is a nightmare to bat against

Fakhar Zaman said Pakistan left-arm seamer Shaheen Shah Afridi is tougher to face than Mitchell Starc or Trent Boult

Fakhar Zaman: “It is tougher to bat against Shaheen than Starc or Boult”

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Fakhar Zaman, the Pakistan opening batsman, said it is “tougher to bat against” left-arm seamer Shaheen Shah Afridi than Australia’s Mitchell Starc and New Zealand’s Trent Boult.

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Want to mirror what he did, Trent Boult in awe of Pakistan bowler who is one of the best in the world

New Zealand fast bowler Trent Boult said he wants to mirror when Pakistan left-arm seamer Shaheen Shah Afridi did against India in the T20 World Cup

Trent Boult: “Hopefully, from my point of view, it swings around a little bit and I can mirror what Shaheen did”

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New Zealand left-arm seamer Trent Boult said he wants to “mirror” what Pakistan fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi did against India in the T20 World Cup.

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