shoaib akhtar

Videos

Watch: 'Quicker than Shoaib' – Mohammad Zahid, Pakistan's lost gem, rips through New Zealand in debut spell from 1996

The best match figures by a Pakistan bowler on Test debut

Stories
'This isn't Candy Crush' - Shoaib Akhtar hits out at criticism of 'greatest player in the last ten years' Virat Kohli

"I had predicted 110 hundreds"

by Wisden Staff / July 16, 2022
Stories
Virender Sehwag: 'Shoaib Akhtar used to jerk his elbow, he knew he was chucking'

"Why would ICC ban him otherwise?"

by Wisden Staff / May 17, 2022
Stories
'You should be ashamed' – Shoaib Akhtar recalls he angrily 'kicked' Steve Waugh after lbw was turned down in 1999 World Cup

"Have you been sleeping?"

by Wisden Staff / May 11, 2022
Stories
Watch: The Harbhajan-Shoaib face-off — When Bhajji won a hot-headed thriller with a last-over six

Bhajji hit a last-over six to help India win

by Wisden Staff / December 26, 2021
T20 World Cup 2021
Shoaib Akhtar walks off and resigns mid-show after claiming he was disrespected by anchor

Akhtar claimed he was insulted after being asked to leave for an opinion

by Wisden Staff / October 27, 2021
Stories
Watch: Shoaib Akhtar turns back the clock to have a bowl

Akhtar retired a decade ago

by Wisden Staff / October 6, 2021
Stories
Shoaib Akhtar delivers epic rant after ICC snub Pakistan in awards of the decade

"This is so embarrassing"

by Wisden Staff / December 29, 2020
Archive
My Golden Summer, 2003/04: Exploring Pakistani culture and an unplayable Shoaib

"I felt strangely privileged to have visited Pakistan"

by Luke Alfred / December 20, 2020
Australia v India
‘They broke Pakistan’s record’ – Shoaib Akhtar taunts ‘embarrassing’ India after their dramatic collapse

"Disgraceful performance"

by Wisden Staff / December 19, 2020

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Moeen Ali looks to the future
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Daniel Brigham re-examines the impact made by Andrew Strauss on the 10th anniversary of the former England captain’s retirement
Jon Hotten tells us what it’s like to collaborate with Geoffrey Boycott
County Files: interviews with Toby Roland-Jones, Jordan Thompson, Colin Ingram and Simon Harmer
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Raf Nicholson analyses the women’s Test at Taunton
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shoaib akhtar

Watch: 'Quicker than Shoaib' – Mohammad Zahid, Pakistan's lost gem, rips through New Zealand in debut spell from 1996

'This isn't Candy Crush' - Shoaib Akhtar hits out at criticism of 'greatest player in the last ten years' Virat Kohli

Virender Sehwag: 'Shoaib Akhtar used to jerk his elbow, he knew he was chucking'

'You should be ashamed' – Shoaib Akhtar recalls he angrily 'kicked' Steve Waugh after lbw was turned down in 1999 World Cup

Watch: The Harbhajan-Shoaib face-off — When Bhajji won a hot-headed thriller with a last-over six

Shoaib Akhtar walks off and resigns mid-show after claiming he was disrespected by anchor

Watch: Shoaib Akhtar turns back the clock to have a bowl

Shoaib Akhtar delivers epic rant after ICC snub Pakistan in awards of the decade

My Golden Summer, 2003/04: Exploring Pakistani culture and an unplayable Shoaib

‘They broke Pakistan’s record’ – Shoaib Akhtar taunts ‘embarrassing’ India after their dramatic collapse

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