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

Akhtar retired a decade ago

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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
Stories
‘Behave yourself’ – Akhtar in bizarre tirade against NZC as Pakistan face deportation threat

"This is not a club team"

by Wisden Staff / November 27, 2020
Magazine
Wisden Cricket Monthly issue 38: The Pace Issue

"The real quicks leave their mark everywhere"

by Wisden Staff / November 23, 2020
Stories
Former Pakistan Test quick Farooq Hamid claims he bowled at '110-115 mph' in the Sixties

"Commentators said that I was much quicker than [Charlie] Griffith"

by Wisden Staff / September 30, 2020
Stories
'Brat like me' – Shoaib Akhtar draws parallel between himself & Virat Kohli

"In 2010, 2011, Kohli was nowhere to be seen"

by Wisden Staff / September 12, 2020
England v Pakistan
'He looks like a lost cow' – Shoaib Akhtar slams Babar Azam for 'confused' captaincy

"Pakistan team are playing in a bio 'insecure' bubble"

by Wisden Staff / August 31, 2020
Stories
The Divisive XI: From Gayle to Shoaib, the players you love or hate

"You can only imagine the commotion in that dressing room"

by Manoj Narayan / August 27, 2020

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shoaib akhtar

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

‘Behave yourself’ – Akhtar in bizarre tirade against NZC as Pakistan face deportation threat

Wisden Cricket Monthly issue 38: The Pace Issue

Former Pakistan Test quick Farooq Hamid claims he bowled at '110-115 mph' in the Sixties

'Brat like me' – Shoaib Akhtar draws parallel between himself & Virat Kohli

'He looks like a lost cow' – Shoaib Akhtar slams Babar Azam for 'confused' captaincy

The Divisive XI: From Gayle to Shoaib, the players you love or hate

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