Wasim Akram hails Pakistan as ‘Brazil of cricket’
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Highlighting the huge resource of talent in Pakistan cricket, former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram said they are probably the Brazil of cricket when it comes to producing young cricketers. Akram made the comments while interviewing former Australia batsman Dean Jones in his Youtube channel.
“You’re (Pakistan) the talent factory. We in Australia always used to say that Pakistan have so much talent, it’s just the matter of how you harness it,” Jones said.
In reply, Akram said, “… Raw talent, It’s like Brazil of cricket.”
Brazil are renowned to be one of the strongest football sides of the world, having won the World Cup a record five times. Pakistan, on the other hand, are regarded as one of the powerhouses of cricket but are also often criticised for being inconsistent and unpredictable.
Explaining why Pakistan is so special in cricket, Jones, who represented Australia in 52 Tests and 164 ODIs, said they bring in different techniques and different attitude to international cricket.
“Pakistanis bring different techniques to international cricket, different attitudes fast bowlers like yourself (Wasim) and Waqar (Younis), Shoaib (Akhtar), and of course Abdul (Qadir) and Mushi (Mushtaq Ahmed) and all these great bowlers that are coming through even now,” added Jones.
Going down memory lane, Jones, who was the coach of Karachi Kings in Pakistan Super League (PSL), highlighted the importance of winning the 1992 World Cup for Pakistan cricket.
“Cricket is in the DNA, it’s been great for a long time but really started to turn big time in the late 80s when Imran took over, when you rip England apart in front of a 100 thousand people at MCG (in 1992) was amazing,” said Dean Jones.
