Waqar Younis: “I hope Shaheen Afridi is watching that because I think he needs to do that more often. Because early on if it [the ball] isn’t swinging, just hit this length”
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Pakistan fast bowling icon Waqar Younis has told pace spearhead Shaheen Shah Afridi to watch and learn from Mohammad Amir.
Waqar Younis: “He’s showing no respect to Shaheen Afridi, who’s the captain of Pakistan. No fear at all”
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Legendary Pakistan fast bowler Waqar Younis said Khawaja Nafay showed no respect to Shaheen Shah Afridi during his jaw-dropping batting blitz against the left-arm speedster in the 2024 Pakistan Super League (PSL).
Waqar Younis: “Rizwan always has a big smile on his face. Doesn’t matter who is winning or losing, that’s him. Players respect that and I think to gain respect, you must have that big smile on your face. He’s a very good leader”
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Legendary Pakistan fast bowler Waqar Younis has heaped praise on wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan’s captaincy skills, saying he is “a very good leader.”
Pakistan seamer Mohammad Ali: “Because of red ball, I am also swinging the ball in the shorter formats. Playing longer formats helps in bringing continuity in the game”
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Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Ali has attributed his ability to swing the ball in shorter formats to his vast first-class cricket experience.
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.
Waqar Younis: “I’m seeing medium-pacers or slow-medium pacers, all-rounders, there’s no real pace. People used to come and watch Pakistan pace bowlers really running in hard and bowling 150 clicks [kph], and that’s what I’m not seeing there”
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Legendary Pakistan fast bowler Waqar Younis has admitted that he is extremely concerned about how slow the current pace attack is bowling.
Waqar Younis: “I’m not really sure what’s wrong with him. If he’s not fit, if he’s got some issues, he needs to go away from the game and fix that because if you are going to carry on like that you are going to become a medium pacer”
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Iconic Pakistan speedster Waqar Younis is concerned about Shaheen Shah Afridi’s drop in pace, saying the spearhead of the bowling attack is in danger of becoming a “medium pacer.”
Waqar Younis: “He used to bowl 145-150kph and used to swing that ball. What I’m seeing now, yes there’s a little bit of swing but his pace is way down… and that is not going to get him wickets”
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Former Pakistan bowling coach Waqar Younis believes left-arm seamer Shaheen Shah Afridi’s wickets will dry up if he doesn’t rectify his falling bowling speed.
Mohammad Kaif: “Somehow feel this Pakistan team was too soft, their pacers too nice. Wasim, Waqar, Shoaib were intimidating. They would stare at you, even sledge. Babar, Shaheen, Rauf – they lacked that aura, they looked too friendly”
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Former India batsman Mohammad Kaif believes Pakistan batsman Babar Azam and the pace duo of Shaheen Shah Afridi and Haris Rauf were nowhere near as intimidating as the legendary fast bowling trio of Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis and Shoaib Akhtar.
Michael Atherton: “Bowling a yorker for Waqar Younis was about as natural as breathing. He just seemed to have drawn magnetically to the pop-in crease”
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Former England captain Michael Atherton said bowling yorkers was “as natural as breathing” for legendary Pakistan fast bowler Waqar Younis.
