‘Do I look like Shoaib Malik to you?’: Shoaib Akhtar recalls when he warned Brendon McCullum from charging down the wicket | Cricket News
Former Pakan speedster Shoaib Akhtar revealed one of his famous altercation with New Zealand’s Brendon McCullum and how he threatened to kill the Kiwi batter if he would charge down the track on his bowling.
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“Brendon McCullum walked down to the pitch on me and I then I went up to him and said ‘Len, you got a good eye sight,” recalled Shoaib Akhtar.
“He said Yes, I have, why?
“I said Do I look like a Shoaib Malik to you? You really can’t walk down on me.
“I will throw a beamer to you I’ll kill you, if not here, then in the hotel. I’ll definitely kill you,” he added.
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“I could’ve become the greatest fast bowler in the hory of the game, but my knees did not support me.
“My physical fitness was such that I was in agony. I had to go through 12 operations on my knee including a knee replacement last year, and I am still struggling.
“But I always believed in running in hard and putting up a good show, just like a modern day gladiator. I always believed that people need to remember who I was,” he said.
