Usman Khawaja: “Shaheen Shah Afridi is a world-class bowler opening up”
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Australia batsman Usman Khawaja has lavished praise on Pakistan pace spearhead Shaheen Shah Afridi, calling him a “world-class” opening bowler.
Usman Khawaja: “Then you have (medium-fast) Hasan Ali who has been a stalwart for them for a long time and is very skilful”
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Australia opening batsman Usman Khawaja knows veteran Pakistan seamer Hasan Ali “is very skilful” and is thus refusing to take him lightly.
Shahid Afridi: “He possesses the skills to trouble any batter in the world”
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Legendary Pakistan six-hitter Shahid Afridi knows left-arm speedster Shaheen Shah Afridi has the skills required to “trouble any batter in the world.”
Usman Khawaja: “We know Starc can swing the new ball. Shaheen has a very good wrist. He definitely swings the ball. When it’s overcast in Australian conditions, if a fast bowler is swinging the ball, it makes our job as an opener a bit tough”
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Australia opening batsman Usman Khawaja has confessed that it is tough to face Pakistan left-arm fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi as he “definitely swings the ball.”
Usman Khawaja: “I think Shaheen Shah and Mitchell Starc, both are very fast bowlers, and both can bowl up to 145”
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Australia opening batsman Usman Khawaja admitted that Pakistan left-arm seamer Shaheen Shah Afridi is “very fast” as he is capable of hitting speeds up to 145 kph.
Hasan Ali: “Usman bhai is familiar with Urdu, but after he leaked our strategies to the Australia cricket team in Karachi, we’ve become more cautious. We’ll ensure not to discuss plans in Urdu in front of him to keep our strategies confidential”
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Fast bowler Hasan Ali said Pakistan need to be cautious around Australia opening batsman Usman Khawaja as he “leaked our strategies” during a previous Test match in Karachi.
Usman Khawaja: “Imam-ul-Haq and Abdullah Shafique [have] scored a lot of runs”
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Australia top order batsman Usman Khawaja has refused to underestimate the Pakistan opening duo of Abdullah Shafique and Imam-ul-Haq as he knows they have “scored a lot of runs.”
Usman Khawaja: “Beautiful player of the ball, excellent player of spin, he’s got all the attributes too”
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Usman Khawaja, the Australia opener, admitted that Pakistan captain Babar Azam is such a good batsman since he has “got all the attributes.”
Usman Khawaja: “He’s got the innate ability, I’ve seen it, where people bowl a nice channel ball and he sort of gets on top of it and smacks you through anywhere from mid-off through cover through point”
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Usman Khawaja, the Australia opening batsman, has pointed out Pakistan captain Babar Azam’s incredible ability to smash good balls to the boundary.
Sajid Khan: “If you see their [Australia] batting lineup they have world-class batters in the shape of Usman Khawaja, David Warner, Steve Smith, Marnus Labuschagne and then comes their wicketkeeper [Alex] Carey”
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Pakistan spinner Sajid Khan called Australia quartet Usman Khawaja, David Warner, Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne “world-class batters”.
