The World’s Fastest bowler – A Shoaib Akhtar Special

Test Match Special

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🗓️ 9 August 2020

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Isa Guha and Aatif Nawaz spend a lively half hour with the first man to break the 100 miles per hour barrier Shoaib Akhtar. Shoaib enjoyed a colourful 14 year international career with Pakistan and has since become an outspoken media performer. He discusses that famous fastest ball at the 2003 World Cup, shares memories of famous battles with Ricky Ponting, Sachin Tendulkar and Andrew Flintoff and he reveals how he thinks he’d be able to dismiss Virat Kohli these days.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts
0:04.9	This is the TMS Podcast from BBC Radio 5 Live.
0:09.9	I'm Esha Guwah and welcome to a special bonus TMS Podcast.
0:14.8	We're bringing you a feature interview with one of the biggest characters in Pakistan
0:18.8	cricket.
0:19.8	Showback star enjoyed a colourful 14 year international career taking 178 test wickets
0:26.0	and 247 in one day international.
0:29.6	He also famously became the first boulder to break the 100 mile an hour barrier.
0:34.5	Following his retirement, showb has become an outspoken commentator, famous for his strong
0:39.6	views across social media.
0:41.7	Well, Artif Nawaz, who will be joining the TMS team for the next two tests and I had the
0:46.7	good fortune to spend some time with showbid.
0:49.8	Prepare for a lively half an hour.
0:52.7	You're listening to the TMS Podcast from BBC Radio 5 Live.
0:58.6	Well, very, very pleased to be joined now by one of the true box office attractions of
1:02.3	cricket.
1:03.3	The fastest polar in the history of the game.
1:05.0	The Rahul Bindi Express, showb has a great to have you on with myself and Esha is going
1:09.9	to be joining us a bit later.
1:10.9	She's got one of the busiest schedules in world cricket but she will be here very, very
1:15.3	shortly.
1:16.3	How are you?
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