Former Pakistan pacer, Shoaib Akhtar was one of the fastest bowlers of his time. He was a nightmare for any batsman in the world during his peak as he was simply unplayable on his best days. And, former South African skipper, Shaun Pollock revealed an interesting story when the Proteas used to breathe a sigh of relief after the end of Shoaib Akhtar’s spell during the Test matches.

Akhtar was known for hitting the quite hard due to which he was able to get extra bounced on any kind of surface. Also, he had mastered the art of bowling in swinging yorker that used to make life much more difficult for the batsmen to get out of the crease.

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By the time Shoaib decided to hang his boots from international cricket, he had already earned the reputation as one the quickest bowlers in the history of cricket. Shaun Pollock, the former South African played with and against many great bowlers. He was one of the most accurate bowlers and can arguably be termed as the finest bowling all-rounders in the history of cricket.

Shaun went on to reveal a story when South African batsmen used to keep a close watch on the Pakistani skipper to know the number of overs left in Shoaib’s spell.

Pollock also recalled the way all the players in the dressing room used to gave a huge sigh of relief whenever Akhtar’s spell used to get over. AS per the quotes in Cirkcet Pakistan, Pollock said, “When batting we used to watch the Pakistan captain to see how many overs Shoaib Akhtar had left in his spell. When he’d get the signal that he was out of the attack, we would think, Yes!”

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Pollock also recited that Akhtar gave a different dimension to fast bowling. According to him, now bowlers have an idea on how fast they need to bowl to arrive in the category of quick bowlers. He explained,  “The speed gun brought a different dimension to fast-bowling because all of a sudden now you had something through which you could register how quick you were on the field.”