Friday 7 November 2014

Just some Wasim Bhai things...

Osman Samiuddin is definitely the best Pakistani cricket writer I have read, there aren't many anyway, here is his take on Wasim Bhai http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/457209.html

Ravi Shastri ''for me he's the best cricketer of the decade (1990's) without a shadow of a doubt, I know there's Tendulkar, there's Lara, like's of Steve Waugh's and Shane Warne but I think Wasim Akram is the cricketer of the 1990's''


Mark Taylor 'Akram could land four balls on the same spot in an over and do four different things with it.'


Former West Indian tearaway fast bowler Colin Croft explains here why Wasim is his favourite player and also does an interview with him http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/91186.html


Allan Border  'He (Wasim) is the cricketer I would like to come back as if I had another go at it'


Greg Chappell 'Wasim Akram is one of the best all-rounders that I have seen, There were Imran Khan, Richard Hadlee and Kapil Dev in the 80's, I would put Wasim Akram at the very top of that group, one of the most exciting cricketers that I have seen play '  


David Lloyd 'He was a natural leader, magnificent, world class bowler that's why I made him captain at Lancashire, all the lads believed in him respected him and simply called him just 'King'


Kumar Sangakkara explains here why Wasim's his favourite player http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/377268.html


Alec Stewart 'Wasim could bowl you deliveries u couldn't handle whether you are on 20 or 200'


Rashid Latif "I don't think we will see someone as naturally talented as him for a long time. I have never seen a greater cricketer or sportsman than him, I have always looked up to him as a cricketer. It was an experience keeping to his bowling all these years"


Imran Khan "I reckon Wasim and Holding are two of the best and most natural fast bowlers of the century, Grooming Wasim was the easiest thing because he was naturally the most gifted I have ever seen"


Javed Miandad "Wasim Akram was one of the greatest finds of Pakistan cricket, I still feel proud to have introduced him in world cricket''


Robin Singh "He is the most complete bowler in the world. My personal observation of Akram is that he is the best fast bowler in the world''


Shane Warne puts him at no.6 (too low if you ask me!) in the greatest cricketers he shared a field with or against, click on the book you can preview it till his first 7 cricketers including Wasim http://www.amazon.co.uk/Shane-Warnes-Century-Test-Cricketers-ebook/dp/B0050OM3TC/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=&qid=


Mohammad Akram ''I always liked watching Wasim and Imran but there was a special quality about Wasim's bowling that stood out for me. Growing up I was a huge fan of Wasim Akram and his bowling style, he really was something else''


Jacques Kallis 'Wasim was the best bowler I faced' http://www.dawn.com/news/791225/wasim-akram-was-the-best-i-ever-faced-says-kallis


The genius that is Gideon Haigh on Wasim Akram 'The wonder that was Waz' http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/430006.html


Mike Selvey 'The left hand of God' http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/131403.html


Stephen Fleming https://twitter.com/ICC/status/530239783126433792


Shoaib Akhtar ''Wasim can raise 100 bowlers like me from the dust of his shoes. That's his class!'' 


"I tell Wasim to go easy on the batsmen in the nets because they lose confidence by getting beaten every time by a 45 year old" KKR Director


Ricky Ponting http://www.thenewstribe.com/2012/12/06/ponting-admits-wasim-akram-scared-him-with-bowling-style/


Brian Lara http://www.awaztoday.com/News_I-have-never-seen-the-best-bowler-like-Wasim-Akram-Brian-Lara_2_25529_Sports-News.aspx


Alex Bowden of the 'king cricket' pays a lovely tribute on 'Kings of cricket' http://www.alloutcricket.com/cricket/blogs/kings-of-cricket-wasim-akram


Infamous Langer vs Pakistan *refusing to walk* incident, vs Wasim Akram, Hobart test 1999


WASIM AKRAM'S BOWLING MASTERCLASS | Inside KKR Ep 14 | He's still got it!

Everyone please follow this channel, it has many rare Wasim Bhai videos http://www.youtube.com/user/myjkyz87a/videos

World Cup Vignettes: Wasim Akram's nocturnal, unplayable swing 1992  http://www.espncricinfo.com/wctimeline/content/story/794903.html


will be updating with more nuggets, videos, articles etc as I find them...