[VIDEOS] "I hit Hayden around 5 times in 3 overs, but he never moved an inch" : Shoaib Akhtar

[Abdullah719]

[VIDEOS] "I hit Hayden around 5 times in 3 overs, but he never moved an inch" : Shoaib Akhtar

From Shoaib Akhtar's YouTube channel:

"I got into a fight with Matthew Hayden. It was the first game of the World Cup and we lost it, I completely lost it. Hayden used to call me a C-class actor and low-grade fast-bowler. I said Matthew, I'm gonna have a go at you in the World Cup.

"Bad luck for me that we lost the game and it was really bad luck on top of that that we got up for breakfast really early in the morning. I won't get into details but Matthew and myself were alone, standing and having a verbal chat. We got into a fight, a really bad fight.

"Matthew was the one guy, and Justin Langer, they used to tease me. They would ask me to bowl quick and quick and quick. I went after them and I wasted a lot of energy in the Melbourne and Perth Test matches but I hit them badly, I hit Matthew Hayden around 5 times in 3 overs. But that guy never moved an inch, I was shocked to see that.

"People would get under my skin badly at times and I faced many problems with the management and with batsmen."

 

[liam26]

Was Hayden so strong that he didnt even move an inch inspite of getting hit?

 

[Rana]

Tough Aussies. They are number 1 in the world for a reason.

 

[Zaz]

Was Hayden so strong that he didnt even move an inch inspite of getting hit?

Hayden was a big fella around 6'3 -6'4 and built like a tank A strong and intimidating physical specimen

 

[shamaan]

Tough cricketers the Australians he was built like a tank didnt care about getting hit

 

[SensiblePakFan]

He was a tank.

 

[ManFan]

Haydos was too big, too strong for anyone in cricket at that time and perhaps of all time.

 

[angrypathan]

So they would rile him up, and he would just keep bowling short delivery after short delivery. Pretty smart way to rule out being bowled and LBW as a batsman. And completely braindead on Shoaib's part for letting them get under his skin so easily

 

[Hawkeye]

So they would rile him up, and he would just keep bowling short delivery after short delivery. Pretty smart way to rule out being bowled and LBW as a batsman. And completely braindead on Shoaib's part for letting them get under his skin so easily

Oh really.

How come he has ATG stats then? Averaging 24 and 25 in ODIs/Tests, more 5-wicket hauls than Michael Holding even.

It's people like you have no idea about the achievements of a great bowler and come here trashing him for no reason.

 

[andy0204]

Oh really.

Stop posting drivel and trash.

How come he has ATG stats then? Averaging 24 and 25 in ODIs/Tests, more 5-wicket hauls than Michael Holding even.

It's people like you have no idea about the achievements of a great bowler and come here trashing him for no reason.

The reason why Michael Holding has 5 wicket hauls because he had Roberts,Marshall,Garner to deal with sharing the wickets,
Shoaib had Wasim,Waqar and Saqlain but only in his early career.

 

[Hawkeye]

The reason why Michael Holding has 5 wicket hauls because he had Roberts,Marshall,Garner to deal with sharing the wickets,
Shoaib had Wasim,Waqar and Saqlain but only in his early career.

How laughable. More most of his career or even at his peak he did share his wickets with others.

Plus

Holding bowled in the most bowler-friendly era. No helmets. No bouncers limit - could bowl 6. Underprepared wickets.

Shoaib bowled in a much tougher bowling era.

 

[sweep_shot]

Hayden was a tough nut to track. Not surprised by Shoaib's comment at all.

 

[Zaz]

So they would rile him up, and he would just keep bowling short delivery after short delivery. Pretty smart way to rule out being bowled and LBW as a batsman. And completely braindead on Shoaib's part for letting them get under his skin so easily

Akhter did very poorly in 99\00 test series He just bowled too too short

He did a little better on subsequent tours when he mixed it up a little more

 

[Zaz]

Oh really.

Stop posting drivel and trash.

How come he has ATG stats then? Averaging 24 and 25 in ODIs/Tests, more 5-wicket hauls than Michael Holding even.

It's people like you have no idea about the achievements of a great bowler and come here trashing him for no reason.

He doesnt have ATG stats And 178 test wickets is not an achievement

 

[Saj]

Haydos was too big, too strong for anyone in cricket at that time and perhaps of all time.

He bullied bowlers into submission.

He got in the minds of bowlers and wore them down.

 

[Savak]

He doesnt have ATG stats And 178 test wickets is not an achievement

Hmm. I guess Danish Kaneria with 261 wickets at 35 and Saqlain at 208 wickets at 29 are bigger legends than Shoaib.

Lol even Brett Lee with 300 wickets at an average of 31 and Gillespie with 259 wickets at an average of 26 average higher than Shoaib

 

[Ashraful_Rox]

Walking down to fastbowlers and smashing them with so much confidence and even to fast bowlers used to shatter their confidence. Haven't seen anyone as built and big like him in cricket, don't think we ever will. My favorite left handed youngsta beauty

 

[Rayyman]

Haydos was too big, too strong for anyone in cricket at that time and perhaps of all time.

Walking down to fastbowlers and smashing them with so much confidence and even to fast bowlers used to shatter their confidence. Haven't seen anyone as built and big like him in cricket, don't think we ever will. My favorite left handed youngsta beauty

Pollard is probably the biggest guy I can think of. Guy is 6’5 and hits huge sixes.

 

[andy0204]

How laughable. More most of his career or even at his peak he did share his wickets with others.

Plus

Holding bowled in the most bowler-friendly era. No helmets. No bouncers limit - could bowl 6. Underprepared wickets.

Shoaib bowled in a much tougher bowling era.

So it makes Shoaib a better bowler huh?

 

[MenInG]

Steve Waugh was the master of “mental disintegration” and he taught Matthew Hayden well judging by this tale from the legendary Aussie opening batsman.

Hayden was no stranger to sledging opposition players from the slips cordon but he was more than a one-line wonder, showing he could commit to the long game to break a rival’s spirit.

That’s certainly what happened when Australia played Pakistan in Sharjah as the burly Queenslander made it his mission to break fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar.

Speaking on The Grade Cricketer podcast, Hayden told of how on a stinking hot day — the mercury reached 50C during the 2002 Test in the UAE — he set out to claim a knockout win in his duel with the lightning quick Akhtar, who could hit speeds of 160km/h.

“Someone like Akhtar for example, I’d call him ‘B-grade actor’ for a start, which used to get under his skin a bit,” Hayden said.

“We were playing in Sharjah and it was 58 degrees out in the middle and Akhtar, when we walked out, said, ‘I’m going to kill you today’ in a whole lot more colourful language. And I said, ‘Mate, that’s terrific, you know I’m looking forward to that challenge’ in a lot more colourful language.

“So I said, ‘But here’s the thing, Dumbo. You’ve got 18 balls to do it. You’ve got three overs because you’re going to turn into a marshmallow that’s been left on the plane too long and is going to be dripping down and I’m going to be the one at the other end of those 18 balls that’s going to be mopping it up’.”

And that was before Hayden had even faced a ball.

Former Indian star Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan — more commonly known as Venkat — was umpiring, which Hayden thought he could use to his advantage.

“I go right, how can I get Shoaib looking like an absolute goose and how can I tell Venkat about this? Now India and Pakistan, there’s no love lost there, so I though that’s my point (of leverage),” Hayden said.

“So as Shoaib’s running in to bowl and he’s cursing every profanity under the sun at me, I get to his bowling mark as I’m counting down his balls from one to 18. He gets to his delivery stride and I pull out. He runs at me going, ‘What’s the problem?’

“I said, ‘I’ve got a problem’. I storm up to Venkat and say, ‘I give everything on the game, I deserve everything I get, but within the protocols and etiquette of the game, surely you can’t be running in and abusing someone’.”

Umpire Venkat agreed and according to Hayden, gave Akhtar a stern talking to as he walked him back to his mark.

“I think the only way that Shoaib is going to get me out here, is bowled — because Venkat’s definitely not going to give me LBW and I’m not going to get caught behind because this thing (the pitch) was an absolute Bunsen burner. It wasn’t bouncing more than a centimetre,” Hayden told The Grade Cricketer.

“So all I had to do was stand my ground and that was it. He (Akhtar) got through his 18 balls and he collapsed at the end of it. And of course I take the opportunity to get my (fresh pair of) gloves I didn’t need and just go up to Shoaib and said, ‘You want to go off, don’t you?’

“And he says no. And I say, ‘Mate, come on. There’s no heroes in Test cricket. David Boon once said that to me. It’s hot and I know you’re busted. Just go off, I promise I won’t think any worse of you’.

“Anyway, he called old mate on and he’s gone off and he didn’t participate in the rest of the Test match.”

If ever there was the perfect example of a biting sledge being wrapped in fake empathy, the line about not thinking “any worse of you” is it. Just brutal.

Now, there’s a chance Hayden embellished slightly here for effect. He played Pakistan twice in Sharjah during his Test career and Akhtar only played one of those matches. The right-armer bowled 14 overs in that clash and picked up 1/42 as Australia won by an innings and 198 runs (Hayden plundered 119 in his only dig).

Akhtar did come out and bat in Pakistan’s second innings, so he finished the match, but regardless of the finer details that may have become blurred 18 years after the fact, Hayden’s story is still too good not to share.

https://www.news.com.au/sport/crick...g/news-story/a795541d83fe31c909705523614dc026

 

[Ahmad Shah]

Its all started here
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Hayden vs akhtar was more entertaining than sachin v akhtar

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