Waqar's Accent on Channel Nine

[the_game]

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@Holden McGroin

Typical of pakistanis to slag off and put each other down.

Yeah, if you have an accent, stick with it. I don’t go around making fun of Sanjay Manjrekar for example, who sticks with his accent. Mr. Waqar goes from being a British to a South African to a Sri Lankan to an Australian! Really. Plus, he should contribute more comments from his own, which he will learn with time I am sure.

[akashifs]

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the most easiest work in this world is to critisize someone.
he has the ability and i hope he will improve soon.

[the_game]

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@akashifs

the most easiest work in this world is to critisize someone.
he has the ability and i hope he will improve soon.

*No, he doesn’t have much ability. Often times it seems like he is lost in his own thoughts while commentating, and doesn’t respond much to any of the queries. He was asked a lot of interesting questions by Mark Nicholas, which I’m sure a guy like Wasim Akram would have answered with some real insight. Waqar just gave some “ayeen bayeen shayeen” and started talking about something like how “Pakistan is on top right now” . *

[Destinee]

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Atleast he tries to speak Angrezi. It's not his fault you know, they invited him to do all the babbling so he had to come up with a few things to entertain you guys. Ha ha

[the_game]

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@Destinee

Atleast he tries to speak Angrezi. It’s not his fault you know, they invited him to do all the babbling so he had to come up with a few things to entertain you guys. Ha ha

We all know his Australian wife did some sifarish and got him the job. So keep quiet you .

[Destinee]

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Now that proves another good point; he listens to his wifey unlike some other ignorant people out there who like to chala their hukam all the time. :-p

Well his Australian wife sure is coming in handy for him.

As I said, no matter if you like his accent or not, atleast he brings in some extra entertainment for you people :D
Enjoy it, do not criticize.

[akpower]

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@Atlantis

this is the slave mentality of the people from the sub-continent still not gone. how well do you think gillespie or ponting speak hindi or bengali or urdu? and do you think the english laugh at how americans speak english?

slave mentality? r u on weed?? man relax . its not such a serios issue u dun need to get too sentimental

[Sharaabi]

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Theres a difference between guys like Shastri and Manjrekar speaking English and guys like Waqar and Wasim.

English is (almost) India's first language. People in India have a developed and a standard accent. Every kid who went to primary school speaks fluent English. However thats not the case in Pakistan. Other than students who go to GCSE schools the others learn to speak fluent English quite late.

In the case of Pakistani cricketers who usually end their education after high school, they learn their english when they go to England to play country cricket. Learning english that late in life and from goras, helps develop an accent automatically.

[Some1]

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Speaking of Sanjay Manjrekar, I think he is a very under-rated commentator.
He is humble, modest, impartial, unemotional and has the ability to observe things beyond what is obvious.

He may not be as flamboyant as some of the other commentators but he has all the skills a commentator needs to have.

[the_game]

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Yes Some1, I absolutely agree. Too bad Pakistani people are too busy making fun of his accent like a bunch of 12 year old kids. Really.