http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahid-Afridi-c2482 has some cricket left in him, says Wasim Akram – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahid-Ali-Khan-c89356 Afridi can still represent the country for some more years and said that the right-arm leg-spinner is among the world’s
most dangerous bowlers in the limited-over sport.
Boom Boom burst into the scene of international cricket in 1996, having smashed a record-breaking century against Sri Lanka in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kenya-c752, which remains the fastest hundred of One Day International (ODI) cricket. The hard-hitting batsman
played for the country primarily as a batting all-rounder but he was dropped from the national team in mid-2000s because of inconsistent performances.
The cricketer from Karachi however, made his way back to the Pakistan side as a genuine bowler, and has been doing a fascinating job for the Green Shirts over the last five years. Afridi became the leading wicket-taker of the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Cricket
World Cup 2011, played in the sub-continent, along with India’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Z-Khan-c98379.
However, the current year has turned out to be a disaster for the former http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758, the all-rounder managed
to pick up just four wickets in six matches and scored merely 30 runs.
While talking to the reporters in Dubai, the former great expressed that Afridi still has some cricket left in him, being an extremely potent bowler in the shorter formats of the game.
“Afridi can still play as a bowler. He is one of the world’s best bowlers in instant cricket. His variations, quicker ones, googlies and off-breaks are effective and he is still a tremendous fielder,” said Akram.
The former captain also urged the fans to consider Afridi a specialist bowler and should not expect him to perform consistently with the bat.
“I don’t understand why people are after his batting. His batting was never there as he was always a pinch hitter,” he added. “He was always on and off with the bat and played one big innings may be after 20 innings. He has been doing
exactly that for the last 20 years. I feel he should continue playing.”
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