He is still a far better bowler than I am, Australia pace spearhead Mitchell Starc hails Pakistan swing king

Mitchell Starc said Pakistan fast bowler Wasim Akram is still a far better bowler than he is

Mitchell Starc: “Wasim Akram’s still a far better bowler than I am. So as far as I’m concerned he’s still the pinnacle of left-armers and certainly right up there with bowlers to ever play the game”

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Australia pace spearhead Mitchell Starc insists legendary Pakistan swing king Wasim Akram is “still a far better bowler than I am”, even after overtaking him as the most successful left-arm fast bowler in Test history.

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Pakistan are not focusing on it, Wasim Akram on key area letting the players and the team down

Wasim Akram said the Pakistan players are not focusing on their fitness

Wasim Akram: “I haven’t talked much about this yet, and I don’t have any inside news, but I knew about it two years ago – cricketers aren’t focusing enough on their fitness”

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Legendary left-arm seamer Wasim Akram has slammed the Pakistan team for not focusing enough on their fitness.

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The best man to captain Pakistan in T20Is, Wasim Akram names his candidate and wants Salman Ali Agha dumped

Wasim Akram said Shaheen Shah Afridi is the best man to captain Pakistan in T20Is and wants Salman Ali Agha dumped

Wasim Akram: “Right now, Shaheen Afridi is your best T20 player. He also has captaincy experience from the PSL. There’s no better option than Shaheen for the T20 format at the moment”

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Legendary Pakistan fast bowler Wasim Akram believes Shaheen Shah Afridi is the best option as T20I captain and should replace Salman Ali Agha.

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He’s not going to improve, Wasim Akram frustrated Pakistan quick refuses to play red-ball cricket regularly

Wasim Akram said Pakistan fast bowler Haris Rauf is not going to improve as he doesn't want to play red-ball cricket

Wasim Akram: “He doesn’t play red-ball cricket. He’s not going to improve. If he’s not going to play, you don’t want a player in your team who refuses to play red-ball cricket”

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Pakistan fast bowling great Wasim Akram has expressed his frustration at the fact that rapid speedster Haris Rauf refuses to play red-ball cricket regularly.

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I was talking to Waqar Younis about him, Wasim Akram on Pakistan pace bowler with run-up issue

Wasim Akram said he was talking to Waqar Younis about Pakistan fast bowler Haris Rauf and why he hasn't fixed his run-up yet

Wasim Akram: “I was talking to Waqar (Younis), and I asked, how come he hasn’t fixed the run-up in the last four or five years since he’s been playing? He said he doesn’t play red-ball cricket”

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Iconic Pakistan pacer Wasim Akram revealed he spoke to fellow fast bowling legend Waqar Younis about why Haris Rauf has yet to fix his run-up.

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