Shoaib to try break 100-mile barrier
By Imran Naeem Ahmad
RAWALPINDI, April 23: As overnight rain and cloudy skies Tuesday brought temperatures down, Pakistan’s pace ace Shoaib Akhtar was still sizzling and said he would be going all-out to break the 100-mile barrier in Wednesday’s second day-night One-day International against New Zealand.
While making it clear that taking five wickets in each match was more important for him than the speed record, he said he would however give it a shot.
“I’ll try to achieve that with the fourth ball of my third over and then again the third delivery of the fourth over,” he said on the eve of the match at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.
Shoaib, 26 was recorded to have bowled one at a speed of 98.9 miles in the recent Sharjah Cup. But Rawalpindi provides him his best opportunity yet to achieve the feat in front of his hometown fans.
“The kind of pitches we have at home suit me but then weather I am able to break the barrier or not, the bottom line is that I am enjoying my cricket.”
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