Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar: “In a season, I used to bowl around 800-900 overs”
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Legendary Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar said he used to bowl between 800 and 900 overs in an entire cricket season.
Umar Gul: “If you talk about his future career, I think he needs to develop [a slower] ball and work on his yorker – by working on these two aspects, he could become lethal”
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Umar Gul has advised up-and-coming Pakistan seamer Ihsanullah to work on his slower ball and yorker as it will make him a lethal bowler.
Geoff Lawson: “Pakistan will have a leftie with swing & genuine speed in Shaheen Afridi. He boasts a Mitchell Starc-like yorker, a threatening bouncer & a knuckleball”
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Former Pakistan head coach Geoff Lawson said left-arm speedster Shaheen Shah Afridi boasts a yorker similar to that of Australia’s Mitchell Starc.
Kane Williamson: “Ooh, they’re both pretty similar, aren’t they, with their yorkers. Shaheen Afridi”
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New Zealand captain Kane Williamson said Pakistan left-arm seamer Shaheen Shah Afridi’s yorkers are better than those of Australia speedster Mitchell Starc.
Aakash Chopra: “Full…swinging…fast. Shaheen Afridi is getting close to his best. Gurbaz’s toe agrees”
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Former India batsman Aakash Chopra said Pakistan left-arm pace bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi is getting close to his very best following the toe-crushing yorker he bowled to Afghanistan opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz.
Virender Sehwag: “You don’t know when he will bowl a bouncer and when he will hit you on your feet”
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Legendary India opening batsman Virender Sehwag said iconic seamer Shoaib Akhtar was the toughest Pakistan bowler he faced.
Shadab Khan: “Toughest bowler is Ferguson”
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Pakistan star Shadab Khan has revealed that New Zealand seamer Lockie Ferguson is the toughest bowler he has faced.
Michael Atherton: “Brilliant at setting batsmen up. He’d just hold his line outside off-stump and then a real effort ball and got it swinging in fast and late, and dipping right into your toes onto the base of the stumps”
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Former England captain Michael Atherton said iconic Pakistan seamer Waqar Younis had the ability to swing the ball in fast and late.
Pakistan seamer Mohammad Asif: “I had a routine, where ahead of the commencement of any season, I would start practising a month or two in advance, even when the temperatures were very hot”
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Pakistan seamer Mohammad Asif has revealed that he used to practise one or two months before the start of the season.
Shahid Afridi: “It was a great and unplayable yorker Haris very well bowled! Please bowl slow to me next time”
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Legendary Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi admitted that pace bowler Haris Rauf’s yorker that dismissed him was unplayable.
