--- title: "4 Bowling Quotes By Wasim Akram" description: "4 Bowling quotes by Wasim Akram. Plus more from Wasim Akram and more Bowling sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ca/wasim-akram-13207_bowling_i-was-over-the-moon-after-bowling-chris_1684213.png" --- > [I was over the moon after bowling Chris Lewis and I was a little nervous about the hat-trick. You know it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wasim-akram/i-was-over-the-moon-after-bowling-chris-lewis-and-i-was-a-little/) [Wasim Akram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wasim-akram/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ca/wasim-akram-13207_bowling_i-was-over-the-moon-after-bowling-chris_1684213.png) > [I would have enjoyed Twenty20. A couple of things: it would have suited my batting style, and of course, it would have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wasim-akram/i-would-have-enjoyed-twenty20-a-couple-of-things-it-would-have-suited/) [Wasim Akram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wasim-akram/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22a/wasim-akram-13207_batting_i-would-have-enjoyed-twenty20-a-couple-o_2567050.jpg) > [I think it's related. Batting and captaincy or bowling or captaincy. If you are doing your job well as a batsman, then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wasim-akram/i-think-it-s-related-batting-and-captaincy-or-bowling-or-captaincy-if/) [Wasim Akram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wasim-akram/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9d/wasim-akram-13207_bowling_i-think-it-s-related-batting-and-captain_2595825.png) > [Test cricket is not easy. If you haven't played first-class cricket for five years, then your muscles aren't used to bowling for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wasim-akram/test-cricket-is-not-easy-if-you-haven-t-played-first-class-cricket/) [Wasim Akram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wasim-akram/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74a/wasim-akram-13207_bowling_test-cricket-is-not-easy-if-you-haven-t_3176050.png) ## Other authors on Bowling - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-bhuvneshwar-kumar-6399.jpg) Bhuvneshwar Kumar 17 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bowling/bhuvneshwar-kumar/) - [Vijay Shankar 10 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bowling/vijay-shankar/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-jasprit-bumrah-6312.jpg) Jasprit Bumrah 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bowling/jasprit-bumrah/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-yuzvendra-chahal-5957.jpg) Yuzvendra Chahal 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bowling/yuzvendra-chahal/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-jofra-archer-5937.jpg) Jofra Archer 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bowling/jofra-archer/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jim-gaffigan-49756.jpg) Jim Gaffigan 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bowling/jim-gaffigan/) - [James Anderson 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bowling/james-anderson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-steve-smith-87398.jpg) Steve Smith 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bowling/steve-smith/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-chris-hardwick-23475.jpg) Chris Hardwick 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bowling/chris-hardwick/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-glenn-mcgrath-38826.jpg) Glenn McGrath 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bowling/glenn-mcgrath/) - [Dale Steyn 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bowling/dale-steyn/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-andrew-flintoff-12936.jpg) Andrew Flintoff 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bowling/andrew-flintoff/) ## More by Wasim Akram > [You have to be prepared to go along the way life takes you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wasim-akram/you-have-to-be-prepared-to-go-along-the-way-life-takes-you/) [Wasim Akram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wasim-akram/) > [People think you get tired quickly when you are a diabetic. But I have taken about 190 wickets in One Day International matches after…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wasim-akram/people-think-you-get-tired-quickly-when-you-are-a-diabetic-but-i-have/) [Wasim Akram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wasim-akram/) > [Coaching is a very different skill. You need patience, you need a lot of organisation. I don't have any.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wasim-akram/coaching-is-a-very-different-skill-you-need-patience-you-need-a-lot/) [Wasim Akram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wasim-akram/) > [Whenever you see Indian first class cricket on television, you see only a white wicket in a four-day game. And you have after five…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wasim-akram/whenever-you-see-indian-first-class-cricket-on-television-you-see/) [Wasim Akram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wasim-akram/) > [As a bowler you need to keep an eye on what the batsman is trying to do till the last moment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wasim-akram/as-a-bowler-you-need-to-keep-an-eye-on-what-the-batsman-is-trying-to/) [Wasim Akram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wasim-akram/) > [Green wickets. That is why everybody wants to be a fast bowler instead of being a spinner or a batsman.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wasim-akram/green-wickets-that-is-why-everybody-wants-to-be-a-fast-bowler-instead/) [Wasim Akram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wasim-akram/) > [I don't judge a player by T20 performance, I judge them from their performances in longer version of cricket.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wasim-akram/i-don-t-judge-a-player-by-t20-performance-i-judge-them-from-their/) [Wasim Akram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wasim-akram/) > [When you become the coach, you need to give at least 200 to 250 days a year to the team and that's a lot of work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wasim-akram/when-you-become-the-coach-you-need-to-give-at-least-200-to-250-days-a/) [Wasim Akram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wasim-akram/) > [I dont know what to bowl at him. I bowled an inswinger and he drove me through covers of the front foot. Then I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wasim-akram/i-dont-know-what-to-bowl-at-him-i-bowled-an-inswinger-and-he-drove-me/) [Wasim Akram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wasim-akram/) > [It's things that you find difficult as a bowler in matches that you have to practise more. Some people don't, they just think line…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wasim-akram/it-s-things-that-you-find-difficult-as-a-bowler-in-matches-that-you/) [Wasim Akram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wasim-akram/) > [I have toured Bangladesh plenty of times and the pitches were unbelievable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wasim-akram/i-have-toured-bangladesh-plenty-of-times-and-the-pitches-were/) [Wasim Akram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wasim-akram/) > [As long as I have been playing internationally as a cricketer, no-one has ever come up to me, nor mentioned anything to me, nor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wasim-akram/as-long-as-i-have-been-playing-internationally-as-a-cricketer-no-one/) [Wasim Akram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wasim-akram/) > [I think most of the people don't remember that we defeated Australia in the preliminary round match in 1999.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wasim-akram/i-think-most-of-the-people-don-t-remember-that-we-defeated-australia/) [Wasim Akram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wasim-akram/) > [Coach isn't the one playing. The players do that. The coach can only help with planning so if the team loses, I don't think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wasim-akram/coach-isn-t-the-one-playing-the-players-do-that-the-coach-can-only/) [Wasim Akram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wasim-akram/) > [You know, in pressure games everyone tests your skills on and off the field.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wasim-akram/you-know-in-pressure-games-everyone-tests-your-skills-on-and-off-the/) [Wasim Akram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wasim-akram/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bowling/wasim-akram/#itemlist", "name": "4 Bowling Quotes By Wasim Akram", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I was over the moon after bowling Chris Lewis and I was a little nervous about the hat-trick. 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