When fans of cricket remember the biggest fast bowlers in history, Wasim AkramThe name is long. Known as the ‘Sultan of Swing’, Akram terrorized the batsmen in generations with his deadly speed, deadly yorker, and reverse swing. With a career in about two decades, 356 Odis, 414 and 502 wickets were scored for Pakistan, in 104 tests and Pakistan respectively. Akram’s talent made him a bad dream for the best batsmen, often left him with a small room to combat his variations.
During his career, he closed the horns with some of the biggest names of cricket – from – Sachin Tendulkar And Brian Lara To Ricky Ponting And Steve WaughMany believed that Tendulkar gave him the most difficult time with his unmatched technology, but Akram recently revealed a surprising name when he asked to identify the most difficult batsman, which he bowled.
Wasim Akram named the most challenging batsman
Speaking on Stick to Cricket, Akram revealed that it was New Zealand Martin cro Who stood out as the most challenging rival to face international cricket. Akram highlighted two important aspects – first, Crow’s ability to continuously score against Pakistan during an era when the bowling was in its fierceness, and second, his adaptation ability against reverse swing, a craft that Akram and Waqar Unis Introduction to the world. At a time when most of the batsmen struggled to read the ball movement, Crowe showed remarkable technology and patience, often neutralized Pakistan’s fiery speed attack with Pakistan’s fierce and composed batting.
“Look, this is a very difficult question to answer, but if you had to choose a person who scored the most runs against us and that too when no one knew about reverse swing, I will name Martin Crow from New Zealand. He scored a lot of runs against us,” Akram said.
Impressive numbers in international cricket
Crowe enjoyed a 13 -year international career between 1982 and 1995. In 77 Tests, he scored 5,444 runs at an impressive average of 45.36. He recorded 17 centuries and 35 half -centuries, against 299 with his monuments Sri Lanka One of his best innings. Prior to his retirement, Crowe set several New Zealand batting records, including most test runs and centuries – benchmarks, who exposed his stature as one of the greatest kiwi batsmen of all time.
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